We already know that the Z1 smartphone from Lenovo subsidiary ZUK will be launched in India soon – Lenovo has started teasing the device and also sent out media invites for the launch event (date isn’t yet confirmed).

However, what’s new is that the phone could shed the ZUK branding for its India launch. According a report out of China, the ZUK Z1 will be sold in India as the Lenovo Z1. There was, however, no word on why the Chinese company has decided to take this step.

Given that the brand Lenovo has pretty good visibility in India, it would be reasonable to assume that the…

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The Galaxy J5 (2016) and J7 (2016), which were first unveiled late last month in China, have been officially announced by Samsung in its home country of South Korea.

Carrying a price tag of KRW 290,000 (around $255) and KRW 363,000 (around $320), respectively, the handsets will be available for purchase from local carrier KT, which will be selling them in the black and gold color options.

An important thing worth mentioning here is that the South Korean Galaxy J7 comes with 720p display and 2GB RAM, compared to the full HD display and 3GB RAM that the Chinese version features.

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As scheduled, Samsung has launched the Gear 360 camera. The device is now available for purchase in the company’s home country of South Korea – it’s currently listed online, but will be available in around 450 stores starting next month.

Priced at KRW 399,300 (around $350), the camera – which was announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) – is currently compatible with the Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, and Note5.

Aside from South Korea, the device is also expected to made available in select other countries. However, those in the United States are currently…

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This is a battle of innovation versus refinement. LG let the designers off the leash and they went wild on the LG G5. Samsung brought in the perfectionists to polish the Galaxy S7.

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April hasn’t even ended, and Samsung has already started rolling out the Android security patch for the month of May to its Galaxy Note 4 smartphone. Weighing in at around 380MB, the update is currently rolling out to units in India.

There’s no clarity on exactly what else the update brings along – the change-log contains generic language like performance and stability improvements, and bug fixes. Rolling out OTA, the update carries a build date of April 22.

This comes less than week after the device started receiving April security update in India. That update weighs in at around…

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Samsung has revealed that users of its Gear VR headset have already consumed more than 2 million hours of virtual reality content thus far. The revelation was made by John Pleasants, the company’s executive VP of Media Solutions, at SDC 2016.

If you calculate, that translates into over 228 years of continuous watching. And given that Samsung is one of the many players in the market, it does give an idea about the kind of interest consumers are having in the VR space.

This comes just a day after the South Korean company confirmed that it’s working on a standalone virtual reality…

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Lenovo has announced that half a million units of the K4 Note have been sold since the device was launched in India back in January this year. Aside from this, the Chinese company has also sold 100,000 units of the ANT VR headset.

The VR headset was initially bundled with the smartphone, but was sold separately shortly thereafter. However, the company is bringing back the smartphone+headset bundle to celebrate the milestone.

“To celebrate the milestone of 5 lakh happy customers, Lenovo is bringing back the VR bundle offer,” a company spokesperson said. “Customers will be able to…

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Apple has updated its Apple Music app on Android, bumping it to version 0.9.8. The update brings support for music videos as well as family subscription option.

“You can now enjoy thousands of music videos on Apple Music—view popular ones featured in New or search for the music videos from your favorite artists,” the Cupertino-based company says in the change-log.

As for the Family Membership, it costs around $15 a month and allows up to six members of a family to enjoy the streaming music service together.

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It’s been just a few months since Huawei launched its Mate 8 smartphone, and rumors about the device’s successor have already started pouring in. According to a latest one out of China, the handset will be powered by the homegrown, and yet-to-be-announced Kirin 960 chipset with octa-core CPU.

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In addition to the SoC, it was also revealed that the Mate 9 will sport a 20MP dual rear camera setup. This compares to the dual 12MP cameras that the Chinese company’s newly-announced P9 and P9 Plus feature.

There was, however, no word on whether – like the P9 duo – Leica will…

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The latest update of BBM for Android, which should already be out in the Play Store, brings with it a much-requested feature: video chats. BBM has had support for video calls on BlackBerry OS 10, but this is now finally making its way to the two big mobile platforms – a release for iOS is apparently coming soon.

Over in the Android app, the video chat functionality is still in beta, and marked as such. Hence, some hiccups may occur. Also, to make sure nothing will break with its backend infrastructure, BlackBerry is currently limiting the rollout of the new feature to the US and Canada….

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