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NEW DELHI: South Korean technology giant LG has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of a new smartphone. Dubbed X500, the handset is priced at KRW 319,000 and will go on sale in South Korea starting June 9. The USP of the smartphone is its 4,500mAh battery, which the company claims is good for 20 hours of video playback on a single charge. LG further says that the battery can be charged up to 50% in an hour. In terms of specifications, the LG X500 has a 5.5-inch display and is powered by a Mediatek MT6750 SoC. Running Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box, the smartphone has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, with support for microSD cards. The X500 has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front shooter for selfies. On the connectivity front, it offers 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Last month, LG launched its X Venture rugged smartphone in the US. The device comes with IP68 rating for water and dust resistance. In addition, it's claimed to hav...

NEW DELHI: South Korean consumer electronics giant  Samsung  has launched the 2017 variants of its Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 smartphones in Europe. Dubbed Galaxy J5 (2017) and Galaxy J7 (2017), the smartphones are priced at $304 and $332 respectively. Both are available in Black and Gold colour options. Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) comes with a 5.2-inch HD Super AMOLED display of 720x1280 pixel resolution. The device runs Android 7.0 Nougat operating system and is powered by a 1.6GHz octa-core Exynos 7870 SoC, paired with 2GB of RAM. There's 16GB of internal storage, with support for microSD cards of up to 256GB in size. The smartphone has two 13MP cameras, one each at the front and the back. Having a fingerprint sensor and a 3,000mAh battery, the Galaxy J5 (2017) offers 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS as major connectivity options. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) features a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display of 1080x1920 pixel resolution. It runs Android ...

Huawei Y7 Prime unveiled: 4,000mAh battery and Snapdragon 435 07 JUNE 2017 Huawei unveiled the Y7 Prime in Hong Kong, which seems to be a version of China’s  Enjoy 7 Plus . Available now at  Vmall  (at HKD 1,880, around $240/€215) and coming to  Three , the handset offers long-lasting battery life thanks to its ample 4,000mAh capacity. The Huawei Y7 Prime has a metal body (8.35mm thick) and 2.5D glass covering its 5.5” display - a 720p IPS panel. Inside is a power efficient Snapdragon 435 chipset (8x A53, Adreno 505) with 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage. The phone is running Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI 5.1 customization. The photography department features a 12MP main camera (f/2.2, 1.25µm pixels) and an 8MP selfie cam. The main camera shoots 1080p video. Below the camera is a fingerprint reader with 0.3s reaction time.             Huawei Y7 Prime in Silver, Grey and Gold On the connectivity side, there’s two SIM slots with L...

Asus Zenfone Live review: A budget smartphone for selfie lovers Critic Rating 3.0 /5                                                                                    Top Features *‘BeautyLive’ app *Vibrant display *Software enhancements While all other smartphone makers are banking on the ever-popular selfie craze, Asus has gone a step ahead and launched a smartphone that 'beautifies' users' faces when they are live on social channels like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Priced at Rs 9,999, the  Asus Zenfone Live  has a 'feature' that's likely to encourage selfie-lovers to do Live videos more often. But is it enough for the smartphone to compete with so many other devices in the budget range? Read the rest of our review to find out....

The Essential Phone: Everything we know so far  Andy Rubin's new company Essential started in the right place. But at first glance the Essential Phone looks more like another bleeding-edge Android phone than something completely new. The founder of Android, Rubin  created his own company , and that company's first product is a phone. In fact, it's called the "Phone." It runs Android, but it's also the key piece in a dream suite of smart home and modular devices that Essential plans to release over the next year and beyond. The phone has a lot of screen. Essential It's expensive At $699, the Essential Phone is a premium device. (UK and Australian details have yet to be announced -- it's US-only for now -- but that converts to about £550 or AU$940.) It's also got a crazy amount of screen, removing the bezel almost completely and even wrapping the 5.7-inch display around the front camera. The specs sound competitive with other top-e...

Apple’s Pro laptops get just a bit better If you splurged on a new 15-inch  MacBook Pro  when  Apple   revamped the line in late 2016 , it was probably a pretty hefty investment. They started north of $2,000 and went up from there, and included the new Touch Bar interface above the keyboard, a huge touchpad and an AMD graphics chip for photo, video and 3D work. James Martin/CNET So when you heard  Apple updated the entire high-end MacBook Pro family  just a little more than six months later, you may be feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. The good news is that I'm here to say don't worry about it. These updates are minor enough that you shouldn't feel left out with these new versions hitting stores immediately. On the other hand, if you've been thinking about stepping up to a MacBook Pro, or upgrading a much older model, the jump to newer Intel CPUs and faster AMD graphics cards makes the sky high prices a bit easier to justify. What's new under t...