OnePlus begins auctioning off OnePlus 2 invites, proceeds go to charity

OnePlus may not have a great history when it comes to creating promotions for invites to buy its phones, but the company’s latest promo is a good one.

OnePlus today kicked off Invites for a Cause, an effort that’ll let you bid on OnePlus 2 invites and help out a charity, too. OnePlus is selling 100 invites on eBay, and all of the proceeds will go to help the UNICEF Tap Project, which helps get clean water to underprivileged kids.

There are currently 50 invites available on OnePlus’ eBay page, with bidding ranging from $31 to $355. These auctions will last until August 8, and OnePlus plans to begin auctioning off another 50 invite tomorrow. If you win, you’ll get an invite to buy a 64GB Sandstone Black OnePlus 2. You’ll have a full week to claim your invite and a full month to buy your OnePlus 2.

OnePlus says that it’s noticed some invite holders selling their invites on third-party sites in the past, and while that’s not technically against any rules, this Invites for a Cause campaign does the same thing but is backed by OnePlus and helps a worthy charity. While a lot of us may not be huge fans of OnePlus’s invite system as a whole, most of us could probably agree that it’s nice to see OnePlus using the system for good.

Are you going to bid on a OnePlus 2 invite?

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The i-mobile iQ II is the newest Android One smartphone

One week after Google launched the Lava Pixel V1 in India, it’s introduced another Android One phone for Thailand.

The i-mobile iQ II is the latest member of the Android One smartphone, and it’s the first to arrive in Thailand. It’s bringing with it a 5-inch 1280×720 display, Snapdragon 410, 8-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front cameras, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a microSD slot to add up to another 32GB of space. Powering the iQ II is a 2500mAh battery and Android 5.1.1. And because it’s an Android One phone, the iQ II will get updated to the next version of Android shortly after its release.

The iQ II will set buyers back 4444 Thai Baht, or approximately $127 USD. It comes with dual SIM slots and supports HSPA connectivity up to 42Mbps. It’s available in black and white color options.

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Samsung claims its Indian smartphone market share has crossed 40%

Samsung has said that its smartphone market share in India – which is the world's third-largest smartphone market – has crossed 40% in the month of June, up from 35% in January. The claim was based on data from market research firm GfK.

"Our market share (smartphone) has crossed 40 percent by value in June this year," said Samsung India VP marketing (IT and mobile) Asim Warsi at the Galaxy A8 launch event. "Since January 2015, we continued to grow for six consecutive months and widened the gap (marketshare)."

It's worth mentioning that in 2015, the South Korean company has already released around 16 handsets in the country, including the Tizen-based Z1 smartphone, which has sold well. "India is an encouraging market with double digit growth," Warsi…

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Two New Funds To Invest In The Latest Stock Market Fads

Are you big on data or switching out your credit cards for your smartphone? There are apps for that and even better — new exchange-traded funds. PureFunds, best known for launching the first cyber security ETF, PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (HACK), rolled out two niche tech ETFs in mid-July for investors to play the latest stock market fads.
PureFunds ISE Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY) is a basket of 31 global companies engaged in electronic payments such as financial services providers and software developers. Household names, Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), PayPal (PYPL) and American Express (AXP), lead the portfolio.
PureFunds ISE Big Data ETF (BDAT) holds shares of 32 companies engaged in gathering and analyzing data.  The top holdings include Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Oracle (ORCL), SAP (SAP) and IBM (IBM).

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