The Oppo F1 Plus – which is the international version of the company’s recently-launched R9 smartphone – is now available for purchase in India. The device carries a price tag of INR 26,990, which translates to around $407 at current exchange rates. As for availability, the handset can be purchased in stores across several regions in the country, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. The device is also available for purchase online (Amazon.in), but at INR 27,790, it’s slightly pricey there. The global roll-out of the F1 Plus started earlier this month. The Chinese variant…

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Samsung Semiconductor executives have held a special invite-only meet-up with potential new customers in Silicon Valley. The reason behind the event is the announcement of plans for a new and cheaper 14-nanometer manufacturing process. Re/Code cited Kelvin Low, Samsung Semiconductor senior director, who also said that a second-gen 10-nanometer chipmaking technology will be operational later this year. The new 10nm process will offer 10% better performance than the one before it. The battle for the top spot in the mobile semiconductor sector is heating up. TMSC is rumored to have the…

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Samsung Gear 360 camera was introduced back at the MWC in Barcelona as part of the Galaxy S7 lineup of accessories. The exact pricing and availability was left out of the announcement, but it seems the sales of the round fella will be kicking off very soon. The Gear 360 camera is now available on pre-order in South Korea, Samsung’s homeland. It costs KRW 399,300 (€320) and will be released on April 29. Those who pre-order the VR camera will also receive a 5,100 mAh battery pack for free. Samsung Gear 360 is already available on pre-order in the Netherlands, too. A retailer there has…

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Lenovo subsidiary ZUK just pulled the wraps off the Z2 Pro smartphone, oft-rumored over the past weeks. What sounds like a second model, rather than a successor to the existing Z1, was unveiled at a dedicated event in China. For starters, the ZUK Z2 Pro comes with a smaller 5.2-inch display, as opposed to the 5.5-inch Z1. It also makes a switch from IPS LCD to AMOLED, but resolution remains FullHD. On the inside we find the latest Snapdragon 820 chipset – while ZUK settled with the aging S801 for the Z1, the Z2 Pro gets the proper flagship treatment. And in line with this concept,…

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Smartphone adoption is reaching a saturation point and global shipments fell 1.3% year on year and 18.6% down quarter on quarter, for a total of 292 million units. The info comes from global market research firm TrendForce. Leader Samsung moved up the ladder, going up 5.7 percentage points in market share compared to Q1 last year. It shipped 81 million units, which is actually up quarter on quarter (usually, the holiday quarter, Q4, is the strongest). Launching the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge earlier than competing flagships helped sales. The affordable J-series has found success in…

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The best Tizen phone and, uh, also the third one ever (not counting watches), the Samsung Z3, is currently 20% off in India on the Big Three etailers – Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart. The phone goes for a hair under INR 7,000 ($105), having launched at INR 8,500 ($130) in October last year. Snapdeal has the Black, Silver and Gold versions, so does Flipkart (but the silver one is a smidgen pricier). Amazon is running low on Gold units, which are the only ones under INR 7,000, Silver and Black cost a couple of hundred INR more. Via

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Samsung has just posted a set of videos on YouTube promoting this year’s Galaxy A-series under the tagline “A for you” (A4U, millennials?). From the A3 (2016) to the A9 (2016) they all share the same glass/metal build, and that’s the first thing the PR team has highlighted. Almost the entire range has the same camera too – they all rock the 13MP f/1.9 unit with OIS, save for the A3, which has been denied stabilization. That won’t stop you from photographing kittens, though. And they all have the fingerprint sensor in their home buttons, allowing them to support Samsung Pay -…

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Opera has baked a free VPN service into the browser’s developer channel and you can take advantage of it right away. The VPN is unlimited and you won’t have to pay a dime to use it. Virtual Private Networks are used to add a layer of privacy to web browsing and allow you to bypass geolocation restrictions on popular websites. Opera cites the Global Web Index, according to which 38% of users online use VPNs to access entertainment content, and 30% to keep their anonymity while browsing. Check out Opera’s promo video for its new VPN feature. The Opera preview version gives you…

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Last week, we told you about the existence of a Xiaomi phablet dubbed Max. Shortly thereafter, another leak surfaced online allegedly showing off the front panel of the device. And now, the first render of the handset has been leaked. The image shows a device with thin bezels, a hardware home button (which wasn’t there in the front panel leak, and might house a fingerprint sensor), and volume and power buttons on the right side. Design-wise the phone looks quite similar to the Chinese company’s Mi 5 flagship. As for the specs, nothing much is known at the moment, except the rumored…

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Facebook has announced that it’s rolling out a new feature to its Messenger app that’ll allow users to connect with their group through a VoIP-based group call. The announcement came in the form of a Facebook post from Messenger chief David Marcus, who also noted that the update is expected to hit the app’s iOS and Android clients in the next 24 hours. “From any group conversations, just tap on the phone icon to initiate a group call. You can then manage individual participants on the next screen,” he explained in the post. The new feature allows you to talk to up to 50 of your…

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