South Korean giant, Samsung announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2016. The company has reported 50% profit surge in its fourth quarter due to its semiconductor and display businesses, despite the Note 7 debacle. Samsung said it expected 9.2 trillion won ($7.2 billion approx.) in operating profit for the fourth quarter. On the … Continue reading "Samsung predicts 50 percent jump in fourth quarter 2016 operating profit"South Korean giant, Samsung announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2016. The company has reported 50% profit surge in its fourth quarter due to its semiconductor and display businesses, despite the Note 7 debacle. Samsung said it expected 9.2 trillion won ($7.2 billion approx.) in operating profit for the fourth quarter. On the … Continue reading "Samsung predicts 50 percent jump in fourth quarter 2016 operating profit"
Check out FoneArena Daily video that gives you a daily dose of the latest technology news. At the ongoing CES 2017 event, Xiaomi unveiled its latest television set — Mi TV 4. The Mi TV 4 features a 4.9mm frame at its thinnest point with a modular TV design that separates the display from the … 
Earlier this week Lenovo teased the launch of its P2 smartphone in India soon. Now it has confirmed that the smartphone will launch in the country exclusively on Flipkart on January 11th. The latest smartphone in the ‘P Series’ packs a whopping 5100mAh battery with support for 24W quick charge. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, is powered … 
This week there were several announcements at the CES 2017 from several brands such as Asus, Xiaomi, Samsung, LG and more. In India there were quite a few product launches. Check out all the announcements and launches from this week in our roundup. Earlier this week Samsung announced Galaxy A3 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy … 
Google introduced Goals feature for its Calendar app back in April last year that lets you find time to meet your personal goals such as fitnes. Now you can connect Google Fit and Apple Health to your fitness goals in Google Calendar. When you do, activity in your favorite fitness apps will be recorded and used to … 
Vodafone has launched a new SuperHour scheme that offers unlimited 3G or 4G data for one hour at a starting price of Rs. 16 for its pre-paid customers. The company will also offer unlimited local on-net (Vodafone to Vodafone) voice calls with one hour validity for Rs. 7. Under the new offer, prepaid customers will get unlimited 4G/3G data … 
At the ongoing CES 2017 earlier this week, Coolpad introduced Conjr, its latest budget smartphone with unibody metal design. It packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, has 3GB of RAM, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI 8.0, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS, LED flash … 
The search engine giant, Google has announced the acquisition of Sweden’s Lime Audio company, in order to boost the voice quality on Hangouts. The Limes Audio team builds technology to enhance the voice communication systems sound for a better experience during video conferencing. In fact, Google acquired Swedish communications company Marratech, back in 2007 to … 
HMD Global just announced Nokia 6, the first Nokia smartphone after it was granted exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor, dual-tone … 
The first Samsung Gear smartwatch was compatible only with select Samsung smartphones, later with the Gear S2 in 2015, Samsung released the Gear Manager app for all other Android smartphones running Android 4.4 and later. Now Samsung has finally released its Gear S and Gear Fit apps for iOS, so now the Gear S3, Gear S2 and Gear Fit2 … 
Coolpad has been on a roll recently. From the Mega 3 to the Cool 1 Dual, the Note 3S marks the third handset launched within the last month. The phone takes a renewed focus on design and well-balanced performance. Here’s our review of the Coolpad Note 3S. Coolpad Note 3S specifications 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) … 
Apple on January 9th celebrates the tenth anniversary of the first iPhone that was introduced at the Macworld 2007 in San Francisco by Steve Jobs. He introduced the first iPhone as ” A widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device.” Even though iPhone’s 10th anniversary is officially on January 9th, … 
Mercedes Benz has partnered with Nvidia to make Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered car. The two companies have been working together for about three years and revealed the partnership at CES 2017. According to Mercedes-Benz President of Digital Vehicle and Mobility Sajjad Khan, the AI-powered car will be released within 12 months. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang … 
Lenovo launched the successor of K5 Note smartphone in the Indian market dubbed as K6 Note under mid-range segment last month. In a matter of fact, this is the first smartphone under K-series to be available through offline channels. This smartphone comes with lots of features including Dolby Atmos, TheaterMax technology for VR and much … 
It was reported last month that Apple is expected to start assembling iPhones in India by April 2017. Now according to a latest PTI report Apple team will meet a group of senior officials from IT and finance ministries on January 25 to discuss its demands for setting up a manufacturing unit in the country. The … 
UIMI Technologies, a Delhi-based brand popular for its power banks has launched U8 15600mAh Power Bank. It comes with innovative FitCharge technology, which allows users to simply connect their device to the power bank without the need and effort to switch on the power button. It has a stainless steel metallic finish and offers protection against … 
Apple is said to be working on three new iPads that will be released later this year. The latest bit of news comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple is said to release another iPad with 10-10.5 inch bezel less display along with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 and 9.7-inch iPad. A separate report in November last … 
After launching V-Fiber in Chennai, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Pune, Indore and Bhopal, Airtel has launched V-Fiber in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. V-Fiber offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps and is based on Vectorization, which is Europe’s No.1 fixed broadband technology. There is no need for wiring or drilling in customer’s premises, just a new modem upgrade is required to experience ‘V-Fiber’. … 
Gionee today announced that it has signed Indian Cricket Ream Captain Virat Kohli as their new brand ambassador. It also said that it clocked 1.20 crore customers in India. Gionee had roped in actor Alia Bhatt as it’s brand ambassador a few months ago. “Virat is joining her in helping the brand touch new heights. He will soon … 
Check out FoneArena Daily video that gives you a daily dose of the latest technology news. HMD Global announced its first Nokia smartphone dubbed as Nokia 6 after it was granted the exclusive global license to sell Nokia phones. The Nokia 6 sports a 5.5-inch full hd display and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out … 
