ZTE to launch 5.5 inch phablet in India in Nov

ZTE had launched six smartphones in India in July this year.

ZTE, the Chinese handset giant, will launch a huge 5.5 inch display bearing smartphone in the first week of November in India, according to a senior executive of the company. Another phablet with 5 inch display is also set to be launched.

"We will launch a 5.5 inch display bearing smartphone and a 5 inch smartphone in India in the first week of November in view of the upcoming Diwali season," said Amir Saxena, ZTE's director of marketing to The Mobile Indian in an exclusive meeting.

Both the devices are based on Android operating system and quad core processors; also, both are said to be priced "affordably".

However, no further information (including their names) about the devices were revealed. ZTE Grand Memo, which is not available in India and is the biggest smartphone in its stable, comes with a 5.7 inch display and not 5.5 inch as told by the ZTE official. However, ZTE has several 5 inch Android smartphones in its kitty and it could not be ascertained which one ZTE plans to launch in India.

As per ZTE China's webpage, it has a smartphone called Grand S Flex, which comes with a 5 inch screen. ZTE Grand S, which also comes with a 5 inch screen, also fits the bill to be launched in India; in fact earlier media reports also said that the ZTE Grand S will be launched in India this Diwali.

ZTE had been supplying CDMA phones to Indian operators. In July this year, though, it launched six handsets under its own brand name in a price bracket of Rs 5,000-Rs 15,000. To know more, click here.

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On Nov 1 2013 Airtel, RCom set to launch iPhone 5C, 5S.

As per speculations, iPhone 5C is expected to be priced around Rs 45,000 while iPhone 5S may cost around Rs 55,000.

Bharti Airtel and RCom have announced that they will be launching the recently announced iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C in the Indian market on November 1. Although the price of the devices has not yet been revealed, iPhone 5C is expected to be priced around Rs 45,000 while iPhone 5S may cost around Rs 55,000.

Meanwhile, both the operators have announced that they will offer unlocked versions of iPhone 5S and 5C in India. Also, RCom and Airtel have claimed to offer attractive data and talk plans with both the devices for customers.

While RCom is relying on its physical stores to offer the new iPhone 5S and 5C, Airtel has started the pre-booking process via its online as well as offline stores to attract potential buyers.

Apple iPhone 5S:

Apple iPhone 5S has a 4 inch retinal display with 1136x640 pixels resolution. The display has Corning Gorilla Glass coating as well. Armed with fingerprint sensor, the Apple iPhone 5S comes with three axis gyro sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and even digital compass.

Besides, the iPhone 5S has an 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.2 megapixel front camera which is capable of recording high definition videos, iOS 7 operating system, the newly announced 64 bit Apple A7 processor, OpenGLES 3.0 graphics processing unit, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB 2.0, and GPS with A-GPS. It has a 1440 mAh Li-Ion battery that is said to provide 10 hours of talktime on 2G and 9 hours of talktime on 3G network.

Apple iPhone 5C:

This phone comes with a 4 inch touchscreen with 1136x540 pixels resolution. It has three axis gyro sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and even digital compass. It would be available in pink, white, yellow, blue, and green colours.

The colourful iPhone 5C has 1 GB RAM, 8 megapixel rear camera, and a 1.2 megapixel front camera which is capable of recording high definition videos. Besides, the Apple iPhone 5C has 1.3GHz dual core Apple A6 processor, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB 2.0, GPS with A-GPS, iOS 7 operating system, and a Li-Ion battery capable of giving 9 hours of talktime both on 2G and 3G networks.

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Automatic app updates in iOS 7 can be disabled

Disable app updates that happen in the background on the iOS 7 software update.

Apple's new iOS 7 software update brought several features and one of them was background app updates. This feature automatically updates the downloaded apps on iOS 7 devices - iPhone, iPad, iPod touch (5th Generation) and iPad mini.

Though the automatic background updates are great they often tend to eat up data packages.

Step one

Open the Settings App (Gears icon).

Step two

Select the iTunes & App Store option from the list on the left panel.

Step three

Select the Toggle button next to the Updates option under the Automatic Downloads header.

After this your apps will not get updated automatically in the background.

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Lava E-Tab Ivory dual SIM tablet launched at Rs 10,199

It has a dual core processor but has 1 GB RAM for decent gamin performance.

Lava has launched a dual SIM tablet, called E-Tab Ivory, for Rs 10,199. The tablet thus comes with 3G video calling facility.

Lava E-Tab Ivory comes with a 7 inch display with 1024x600 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, Android Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system, Power VRSGX531 Ultra GPU running at 500 MHz, and 1 GB DDR3 RAM - a combination that is expected to give very good gaming performance.

Besides, the E-Tab Ivory has 4 GB internal storage which could be expanded to up to 32 GB. The tablet has also a 2 megapixel rear camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera. The Lava tablet comes armed with a 3000 mAh battery which looks decent too.

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