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Lenovo has started sending media invites for an event in India on March 15, where the company is set to unveil the Moto G5 Plus. The invite shared by the company confirms that the Moto G5 Plus will be unveiled at the event though there is no mention whether the Moto G5 will be also announced at the same event. To recall, the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus were unveiled at the company's Sunday launch event in Barcelona at the side-lines of MWC 2017 trade show. The new Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus have received a much needed design refresh, with a metal chassis and a circular camera frame at the back. Specifications also see a bump in many departments, while the price stays in the affordable range. For pricing, the Moto G5 starts at EUR 199 (roughly Rs. 14,000) for the 2GB RAM/ 16GB storage variant while the Moto G5 Plus has been priced at $229 (roughly Rs. 15,300) for the 2GB of RAM with 32GB storage model, and EUR 279 (roughly Rs. 19,700) for the 3GB of RAM with 32GB storage variant. The...

As expected, Sony has launched the Xperia XZ Premium, Xperia XZs, Xperia XA1, and Xperia XA1 Ultra smartphones at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. The XZ Premium is a high-end variant of the Xperia XZ, while Xperia XZs is essentially a smaller variant. Similarly, the Xpera XA1 and Xperia XA1 Ultra are successors to the Xperia XA and Xperia XA Ultra smartphone launched last year. Sony Xperia XZ Premium Starting with the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, the smartphone sports a 5.5-inch Triluminos HDR display with 4K (2160 x 3840) resolution. It is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor (Gigabit LTE speeds with X16 LTE modem) paired with Adreno 540 GPU and 4GB RAM. The new Xperia XZ Premium offers 64GB of inbuilt storage with the option to expand further via a microSD slot (up to 256GB). The new Xperia XZ Premium camera on the back has a 19-megapixel sensor with Sony's new Motion Eye camera system (based its new memory stacked 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS CMOS sen...

Bharti Airtel on Monday announced revisions to its domestic and international roaming charges. With the new announcement, Airtel will stop charging for incoming calls while roaming across India. Additionally, the company says that it will stop asking for premium charges on outgoing calls while roaming. For international roaming starting April 1 2017, the company says it will offer customers protection from bill shocks. Airtel said that call charges have been reduced by up to 90 percent to as low as Rs. 3 per minute on international roaming while data charges by up to 99 percent to Rs. 3 per MB across popular roaming destinations The company in a press statement announcing new roaming revisions calls it "Death of National Roaming" where it will offer free incoming calls and SMS. Airtel also claims no bill shocks while roaming overseas where the company will start automatically adjusting daily billing to the price of basic one day pack even for customers who don't buy ...

When HMD Global announced that it would bring back the iconic Nokia 3310 at MWC 2017, the excitement and anticipation for the feature phone was perhaps at par with what you would expect for today's flagship smartphones. The revamped Nokia 3310 priced at EUR 49 (roughly Rs. 3,500) did not fail to impress, bringing back a ton of nostalgia (adding Snakes and the Nokia ringtone) with modern day aesthetics. We got our first look at the new Nokia 3310 during the launch event and tell you what you need to know in the video below. The Nokia 3310 (2017) sports a refreshed design, keeping the rounded edges and sturdy build iconic to the original 3310. The new curved screen window is designed for better "readability in sunlight." The phone also sports new push buttons and a new UI with similarities to the original. The new colours also add some vibrancy to the Nokia 3310 with Red, Yellow, Blue and Grey colours as options. The 2-megapixel rear camera on the Nokia 33...