'Half a billion wearables will be in use by 2019'

There will be half a billion wearable devices in use around the world within four years, including smart watches and fitness trackers - fuelling an 18-fold growth in mobile traffic






There will be half a billion wearable devices in use around the world within four years, including smart watches and fitness trackers - up from just 109m last year.
Within the UK there to be 16.4m wearables by 2019, up from 2.8m last year, according to forecasts made today by Cisco.
The company predicts that each of these devices will be creating 569MB of data per month by 2019, up from 119MB last year.
Some of these devices, around 1.1m, will have embedded mobile connections, but most will channel their data through smartphones, Cisco predicts.
This is expected to fuel an 18-fold growth in mobile traffic from wearable devices between 2014 and 2019.


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11386560/Half-a-billion-wearables-will-be-in-use-by-2019.html

Octa-Core : HTC Desire 826 Octa-Core to launch in India starting Rs. 22,499

Taiwanese smartphone company HTC announced its upcoming Desire 826 early this month in CES 2015. But the company didn’t tell much about the pricing of the phone. Now that the phone has launched in China, the price has been revealed.






According to HTC, the 16 GB model of HTC Desire 826 will cost CNY 2,299, which is roughly Rs. 22,600. Customers who need even more storage can opt for 32 GB model which costs CNY 2,499, about Rs. 24,500.



Anyone living in China can order the phone from HTC Eshop online. The phone will eventually make its way into India, too. It is already listed on HTC India’s website, but the availability date or pricing has not yet been revealed for Indian customers. However, people can get a rough estimate of the price of the new phone now that it’s launched in the sub-continent.

In case you need a reminder, HTC Desire 826 is a 5.5-inch full HD display phone that comes in both single-SIM and dual-SIM variants depending on the region. The powerful phone packs an octa-core processor. Of the total eight cores that the phone sports, four cores are clocked at 1.5 GHz and the remaining four cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz. The chipset is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 that is 64-bit supported.


Source:
http://www.pc-tablet.co.in/2015/01/29/5461/htc-desire-826-octa-core-launch-india-starting-rs-22499/

Octa-Core: ZTE Blade S6 delivers octa-core Android 5.0 on a budget

ZTE goes after a younger crowd with its Blade S6. ZTE
What has eight cores and is made by ZTE? The company's latest smartphone, the 4G LTE-equipped Blade S6. Powered by Android 5.0, it's a cost-conscious attempt to attract the younger user base.






Apart from the eight-core chipset, hardware details are par for the course. They include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 CPU with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Additionally, we find a 13-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, and microSD expansion.
As for the display, ZTE is somewhat tight-lipped on the finer details. Listed only as "5-inch HD," we might look for something at 720p rather than 1080p. On a positive note, if this turns out to be the case, it could potentially lead to longer battery life.




The ZTE Blade S6 will be offered for $250 (which converts to £165 or $AU314) in silver or pink-matte finish when it launches. ZTE did not disclose carrier specifics or exact timing.


Source:
http://www.cnet.com/news/zte-blade-s6-delivers-octa-core-android-5-0-on-a-budget/

Lenovo comes with the latest and cheapest A6000 4G smartphone

Smartphone industry is going through a phase where no company can say that it has everything under control. The rule is applicable to each and every company, no matter if it’s Apple, Samsung or Nokia. The reason behind it is the innovative handsets getting launched every now and then. A few years ago, 3G looked like the future, but today, people are talking about 4G and 5G. As per the reports, Lenovo has come up with the cheapest possible 4G smartphone model called A6000. It won’t cost you more than Rs 6,999.

Flipkart becomes the distributor:

As of now, Lenovo has made this phone available only on Flipkart, the Indian E-Commerce giant. The company expects a huge demand of this phone; hence, it has decided to sell it through flash sale model. Consumers have already seen Apple and Xiomi opting for the same model to distribute their phones in the market due to a huge demand.

Source:

http://www.pc-tablet.co.in/2015/01/19/4931/lenovo-comes-latest-cheapest-a6000-4g-smartphone/