Unlike the last week, this week we saw the launch of few smartphone from 4 different brands Coolpad, Intex, Moto, and Cat. Also, we saw 2 new series of headphones being announced by Sennheiser. Also, OnePlus launched a new variant of OnePlus 3T, but it won’t come to India.
Moto G5 Plus
The successor of the last year’s Moto G4 Plus was announced this week, the major changes from its predecessor include, the size has been now brought down to 5.2-inch from 5.5-inch, the camera on the G5 Plus now users Dual-Pixel technology. The device is available from Flipkart starting at INR 14,999 for 3GB+16GB ROM and INR 16,999 for 4GB+32GB ROM.
Coolpad Note 5 lite
Coolpad launched the Note 5 lite with 5-inch HD IPS display, it is powered by MediaTek MT6735CP processor, comes with 3GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage. It sports a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera and 8-megapixel camera, both cameras comes with LED flashlight. It is packed with 2500mAh battery.
Also, coolpad announced that they have sold over 2 million units of Cool 1. To celebrate this they are now offering Cool1 for INR 12,999, which was initially priced at Rs 13,999. Cool 1 comes with Dual 13-megapixel rear camera making it the only smartphone with the dual camera in the budget segment and its massive 4000mAh battery. Watch Our Review of CoolPad Cool 1 here.
Cat S60- Thermal Imaging smartphone
Cat phones announced their Thermal Imaging smartphone in India this week for INR 64,999, Cat S60 is the world’s first smartphone to come with an integrated thermal camera. The smartphone is also waterproof, it can go to depths of up to 5 meters for 1 hour. The Cat S60 is an extremely tough smartphone, it is a rugged smartphone. The device is IP68 certified which makes it dustproof, shockproof, waterproof and MIL-SPEC 810G certified, making it the perfect companion to those living even the most rugged of lifestyles. Read more about Cat S60 here.
Intex Aqua Trend Lite
Intex announced a new device in their Aqua series, the Aqua Trend Lite which comes with 5-inch display, 1 GB RAM, and 8GB onboard storage. It is packed with 2600mAh battery and is running on Android Marshmallow 6.0. It is available for INR 5,690 across te country.
OnePlus 3T Colette Edition
In order to celebrate Colette’s 20thanniversary OnePlus announced the special Edition of OnePlus 3T with all black color, Only 250 units of OnePlus 3T with the Colette logo will be available, OnePlus will host a pop-up shop at the Colette store in Paris on March 21. Also, OnePlus will be offering a free set of the Bullets V2 earphones with each purchase. It is available in 128GB storage option and is priced at 479 Euros (INR 33,400).
This week OnePlus rolled out an update to its OnePlus 3 and 3T users bringing the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat experience via Oxygen OS 4.1.0. The update also includes Google security patch to 1st March 2017, improved picture taking of moving objects with blur reduction, improved video stability when recording and more bug fixes.
Sennheiser launches HD 4 series and HD 2 series headphones
Sennheiser launched their 2 new ranges of portable headphones, HD 4 series and HD 2 series. The closed-back, around-ear HD 4 series includes the HD 4.20s, HD 4.30i, and HD4.30G. The new HD 2 series includes the HD 2.10, HD 2.20s and HD 2.30i and HD 2.30G. The series 4 Headphones starts from INR 5,990 and goes up to 7,990 and series 2 starts from INR 3,990 and goes up to 6,990.
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