Moto G4 is Motorola, not Lenovo

 By Felipe Berhau on June 21, 2016       

Ever since the moto G4 was released last month, a lot of reviewers have been calling the phone as Lenovo Moto G4. Well, the truth might surprise you: it's a MOTOROLA! The phone, which will be released in India tomorrow (standard version) and had its Plus version released last month has been reviews back and forth, but it seems the tech blogs and some members of the press didn't notice some important facts.

To begin with, its build.prop shows Motorola as its brand/manufacturer. Just open any benchmarking app and you will see this. If it wasn't a Motorola phone, it wouldn't carry that name in its software. You can see this here:

Its official specs at motorola.com show it comes with the Motorola Mobile Computing System as processor. This is the name of the SoC that allows all the Moto Display and actions/gestures for the phone.

If you check out the back of the box (in Europe and Latin America) or the bottom of it if you are in India, it will say "Manufactured by Motorola Mobility, LLC.", which is the formal name of Motorola. This is very important, because it proves the phone is actually a Motorola device. 

In addition, the bottom of the box shows the Motorola logo and in the legal information sticker you will see it says Motorola and the model number. So the phone is legally and technically a Motorola Moto G4.

Last but not least, the back of the phone says "Designed by Motorola" and its internals carry the Motorola logo as you can see in this picture.

So, to sum up, Lenovo only put their logo in the box and during the boot animation. And although the boot animation is not pretty like the previous one, if they keep the Motorola brand like they did here, showing in many places the full Motorola brand, the fans might not be so worried after all. But the press should have noticed this and they didn't. They need to do some research before naming a phone. It's correct name is Motorola Moto G4.

You can now play Game Boy cartridges on your Android Smartphone

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 21, 2016       

Its easy to just Install gameboy emulator and play games on your Android Smartphone , but there is something more cool out there !

A year back Hyperkin teased a peripheral that would play real Game Boy cartridges on your phone and now the company is on its words !



The Smart Boy Development Kit lets your Android smartphone play Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges easily . The Device is available at 59.99$ and will be shipped at December 2016 .

Source: Hyperkin

Via - engadget

Smartwatch vs. Flip-Phone : The Saga continues

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 20, 2016       

Few days back we posted a story ( Yeah you can say a short story ) about the battle between Smartphone and Flip-Phone .

In the previous story the Flip-Phone wins and Smartphone's Father ( The iCon 6s ) looses while bending his back ! 

So This is a little glimpse of the previous post , Watch out the full Story Here .

The story continues ...

Smartphone : WTH , My father just broke his back !
I Should call my pet !
"Smartphone Calls his pet , The Smartwatch
and This What happens -

This Art is made by LOLNEIN , Share it and Comment below your Thoughts !

Motorola Moto G4 will go on sale in India starting June 23

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 20, 2016       

As reported earlier , Motorola is all set to release Moto G4 ( AKA Moto G 2016 ) on 22nd June In India . The Smartphone was announced earlier along with Moto G Plus .



Moto G4 will be finally available for Sale Starting from June 23 exclusively on Amazon India . 



Moto G 4th Generation is expected to be priced 11,999/- INR . Moto G4 only comes with 16GB variant , so there will be one price of the same .

Also Read -

• Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus, and Moto G4 Play [ Official Specs and Images ]

• Should you upgrade to the Moto G4 from the Moto G3 ?

Should you upgrade to the Moto G4 from the Moto G3?

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 19, 2016       

Every year a manufacturer releases a new phone which joins the old series or becomes a whole new series . This Time Motorola and Lenovo added new smartphone to the Moto G series and the devices were the 4th Generation Moto G's - The Moto G Plus , Moto G4 and Moto G Play .

We had already posted about the Specifications of 4th Gen Moto G's , Check them out here . The Moto G Plus and Moto G Play are additional devices which were launched this year , Moto G Plus introduced the fingerprint sensor in the Moto G series while Moto G Play replaced the Moto E .



Moto G Plus and G4 is already available in some countries , Moto G4 will be available from 22nd June in India .

Lets talk about the Moto G4 , Motorola Moto G4 is a little bit downgrade version of Moto G Plus . The Moto G4 lacks Fingerprint sensor and has downgraded camera with no laser Autofocus ( In comparison to Moto G Plus ) .

Moto G4 is the true upgraded version of Moto G3 , Moto G 3rd Generation owners who have had their phone for a year at most ? Well If you should upgrade to Moto G4 from the Moto G3 or not ?

The answer is "YES" . If you want to upgrade your Moto G3 and wants a Smartphone which will be worth Its Price , Then Moto G4 is a worth upgrade . 

In comparison to Moto G3 ( 1 year back ) , Moto G4 is priced very low and comes with many upgraded features over the G3 . Moto G4 packs a 5.5 inch HD Display , 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon 617 processor with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM .

The Moto G4 and Moto G3 has same RAM and camera specs i.e 13MP Rear and 5MP front , Moto G4 has a 3000 mAh battery which can be charged rapidly with Turbo charging Tech .

Moto G4 only lacks is Water resistivity , which is there in Moto G3 . Though Moto G4 is water repellent .



The Moto G4 is worth its value , The device is available at Motorola UK's website at £169 , while It will be available in India at a price ranging between 11,000 - 12,499 INR .

What's OnePlus 3 Memory Management issue and How to Fix it

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 19, 2016       

Recently launched OnePlus 3 comes with 6GB of RAM and looks like OnePlus 3 can't even take the advantage of the 6GB RAM .



When C4Etech did a speedtest between OnePlus 3 and S7 edge . Though it was known that OnePlus 3 will win this because of 6GB RAM and Latest Processor , But Things were different . 

OnePlus 3 has more than enough RAM to go around, but can't cope with keeping apps in memory, probably due to overly aggressive memory management and This was the reason OnePlus 3 lost against The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge .



According to OnePlus's CEO , OnePlus has decided to limit its RAM's potential in favor of long battery life . But then what's the use of 6GB RAM ?

Though Developers from XDA took it on their hand to fix that issue and provided a solution for the same .

If you wish for your OnePlus 3 to take better advantage of its RAM management, you can edit the build.prop value for “reading ro.sys.fw.bg_apps_limit=20” to 36 or 42 each showing similar gains in performance.

After applying this tweak the OnePlus 3 handles just under twice as many apps loaded into the memory.

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[All variants] Stock Firmware for Moto G Plus ( 4th Gen )

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 19, 2016       

The Motorola Moto G4 Plus ( AKA Moto G Plus 2016 / Moto G Plus ) comes with Android 6.0.1 Out of the box , Read full specifications - Here .



For Moto G 4th Generation Firmwares - Go Here

Note - 

• Don't flash other variant firmware

• It will wipe all your data 

• It will Bring your Phone to stock new condition .

• Firwmares are for  XT1642 , XT1641 , XT1640 and XT1643 Moto G 4 Plus .

[All variants] Stock Firmware for Moto G4 Plus  -

XT1640

• XT1626-XT1640-XT1641_ATHENE_6.0.1_MPJ24.139-23.1_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

XT1641 

• XT1641_ATHENE-TELUS_MPJ24.139-23.3_cid50_subsidy-TELUS_CFC.xml.zip

• XT1641_ATHENE-ROGERS_MPJ24.139-23.5_cid50_subsidy-RGRCA_CFC.xml.zip

• XT1641_ATHENE-RETCA_MPJ24.139-23.2_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

XT1642 

• XT1642_ATHENE_MPJ24.139-48_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

XT1641-XT1643

• XT1641-XT1643_ATHENE_6.0.1_MPJ24.139-13.3_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

• G4_XT1641-XT1643_ATHENE_6.0.1_MPJ24.139-13.1_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

Comment below , If you find any dead link ! 

Motorola Pulse 2 now in WHITE at Flipkart

 By Felipe Berhau on June 19, 2016       

Along with the Moto G4, a new audio device was released by Motorola. The new Pulse 2 headphones are now available in white, and we must say that they are BEAUTIFUL.

Now available at Flipkart's site, the new headphones are available in white, and have some gold accents, similar to the white/gold moto X Style from last year. Its price is still the same, and it offers HD audio and rotating ear-cups. It does come at a very low price so it's a great deal too.

If you are interested in getting a new white Pulse 2, you can do it here!

It seems we will get many Motorola accessories this year. Pulse 2, VerveLife wearables and more to come.

iPhone 7 to be dual sim?

 By Felipe Berhau on June 19, 2016       

We don't talk about Apple that much, but the new iPhone rumors are exciting. The latest rumors come from Engadget, and they are very interesting, and confusing, because they claim the iPhone 7 might have some features that we thought they wouldn't.

The first is the 3.5mm jack. Apparently, the new leaked components by the site Rock Fix (Chinese repair shop) show the new iPhone will have a 3.5mm headphone jack, so maybe they changed their minds after so much critizism.

Another shocking rumor, is that the phone might come with a dual sim tray so it will support two nano-sim cards. Dual sim is beloved in Asia and Latin America so this could be true too. 

The new iPhone will be revolutionary according to Apple's CEO. Should we believe him? Maybe he thinks dual sim is revolutionary...let's see how it goes.

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The history of the RAZR: Part I

 By Felipe Berhau on June 18, 2016       

Sometimes I feel the RAZR deserves much more credit than it got. People have a horrible misconception that it's just an old flip phone, when it actually was a revolutionary device that changed the way people interact with their smartphones, care for customization and good designs. So I will release three separate articles about the history of this amazing phone.

The History of the MOTOROLA RAZR, part I

Founded in 1928, Motorola invented the car radio, the walkie-talkie, and the mobile phone. It was always the innovator. The first HDTV standard was shown by Motorola. All the moon landing radio transmissions and images were shown live to over 600 hundred million people back in 1969, thanks to Motorola, who transmitted Neil Armstrong’s memorable words (“It is one small step for a man but one giant leap for mankind”). Motorola not only created the flip phone and vibrator mode (StarTAC, 1996), but also created the most popular mobile phone of all time: the RAZR.

The RAZR. The phone that started the idea of buying a new device every year and becoming a fan of a product line. If it wasn’t for it, there wouldn’t be an iPhone, or a Galaxy, or even any smartphone today. Released back in July 2004, it was the best of the best. It was impossibly thin, at 13.9mm. The standard was 20mm or so. Razr also featured unique materials like glass and aluminum. And the fun fact over here is that Motorola never thought it would be a success! They actually thought it would sell under a million devices. 

Boom! The Razr quickly became the phone everyone wanted. With over 100 million units sold within 28 months, the Razr became the fastest selling mobile of all time (until 2015). Motorola milked its success by releasing dozens of colour variations of it: Black, Silver, Pink, Purple, Blue, Gold, Red, Green, Lime, Miami Ink tatoos, just to name a few. Eveyone in the world would have a different version of the Razr, because of the different technologies countries offered. So apart from the V3, the V3i, V3c, V3m, V3r, V3s, V3im, V3x, V3xx, V3re, V3a, V3t, V3i D&G, MAXX V6, were born. From 2004 to 2007, Motorola kept releasing Razrs based in the V3 design. They were all the same phone, though, the RAZR. You can’t say Motorola released 26 versions of the Razr because there was only one Razr. Smartphone manufacturers release different RAM versions or 16/32/64GB variants, and that's what Motorola did for last decade's standards: colors and 2G/3G variants. And making a Razr for everyone worked very well.

The unpredictable and surprising success of this little flip phone made Motorola think they could release more exciting products in different form factors. And so they did. 2005 saw the release of the SLVR, the thinnest phone in the world at less than 11mm, and the PEBL, a fashion-centric mobile similar to a pebble. Although these phones sold very well, their sales were not even close to the ones of the Razr, which was the star of the show. 2005 also saw the release of the ROKR, the first true iPhone. It was not a success, though. 

Steve Jobs wanted to install the itunes player inside a Razr and call it an iPhone. Motorola wanted the Razr just for themselves. The lack of collaboration between the companies resulted in the Rokr E1. Steve Jobs even boycotted the product by releasing the iPod Nano the same day and showing how the Rokr wasn’t a good music player. But that’s another story. By 2006 the Razr was already a legend, and spin-offs kept coming, making Motorola's market share skyrocket. 

A stylish flip phone called KRZR, with advanced features and an improved OS, and also the RIZR, a slider version of the Razr with improved functionality. Las but not least, the moto Q, the first smartphone to sell over a million copies in the USA. Moto Q was the smartphone version of the RAZR. It came with Windows Mobile, it let you to install a wifi SD card, and it even allowed an extended battery.



But the star was still the original RAZR. 2006 ended really well for Moto, with over 65 million phones sold in the last quarter of the year, more Razrs sold than any other quarter, new colours for RIZR, KRZR and exciting new spin-offs about to come. What was  about to go wrong? The price of the Razr. The phone was already two years old by that time and Nokia, Samsung and LG were releasing improved copies of the Razr. 

Motorola's component supplier was also lagging behind, so the whole product cycle had to be delayed for almost one year. All Motorola could do was lower the price of their phones in order to compete. It worked well at first, but by the beginning of 2007 the newly released RIZRs, KRZRs, Qs and ROKRs for that year were delayed almost six months. 

Everyone was expecting these phones to be huge, given the fact that the last three years had been stunning for them. But 2007’s first six months, weren’t that great. They kept selling dozens of millions of RAZRs as always, yet sales from others were cooling off, and the competition was harder every single day. But they weren’t worried at all. In the meantime, they put all their efforts into building the successor of this famous phone, the RAZR2.

Will the RAZR2 succeed? We will find out in part II.

[All variants] Stock Firmware for Moto G 4th Generation

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 18, 2016       

The Motorola Moto G4 ( AKA Moto G 2016 / Moto G 4th Generation ) comes with Android 6.0.1 Out of the box , Read full specifications - Here .


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For Moto G4 Plus Firmwares - Go Here

Note - 

• Don't flash other variant firmware

• It will wipe all your data 

• It will Bring your Phone to stock new condition .

• Firwmares are for  XT1622 , XT1621 and XT1626 Moto G 4th Generation .

[All variants] Stock Firmware for Moto G 4th Generation  -

XT1622 

• XT1622_ATHENE-TESCO_MPJ24.139-23.4_cid50_subsidy-TESCOEU_CFC.xml.zip 

XT1621 

• XT1621_ATHENE-IUSMX_MPJ24.139-23.1_cid50_subsidy-IUSMXLA_CFC.xml.zip

XT1626 

• XT1626-XT1640-XT1641_ATHENE_6.0.1_MPJ24.139-23.1_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip

Comment below , If you find any dead link ! 

Smartphones vs. Flip-Phone : The Ultimate Battle

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 18, 2016       

After Smartphone's era , we almost forgot about the Flip-Phones ( Remember The Moto Razr ? )  . 

So , Here's What happens when Flip-Phone battles Smartphones ( Though Its a Cute fight :p ) -

Flip-Phone : Can you Do This _/ _/
Smartphone : Man , What is this ?

Smartphone : "Calls His Father"
( His Father - The iCon 6s )
and a sound comes Craaack !

This Art is made by LOLNEIN , Share it and Comment below your Thoughts !

Part 2 : - Smartwatch vs. Flip-Phone : The Saga continues

Panasonic P75 launched at Rs 5,900

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 18, 2016       

Panasonic has launched the new budget Smartphone i.e The Panasonic P75 at a price tag of Rs. 5,900/- . The Smartphone comes in Champagne Gold and Sand Black colour options.



The Panasonic P75 Comes with a 5 inch HD Display with 720x1280 pixels resolution . The Device comes equipped with 1.3GHz quad-core processor ,1GB RAM and 8GB ROM . 
The Smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop OS .



Other specifications of the device includes 8MP Rear and 5MP Front camera with 5,000 mAh battery .

Motorola Moto G4 to be launched on June 22 in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 18, 2016       

Currently available on Motorola's Website , the Lenovo Motorola Moto G4 will be launched in many markets around the world starting later this summer. 

Motorola Moto G4 will be available in India Starting from June 22 on Amazon.in . The Smartphone will cost around 11,000 - 12,499 INR . 

Also Read - 

• Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus, and Moto G4 Play [ Official Specs and Images ]

• Moto G Play coming to India!

Two new Motorola mysterious devices leak

 By Felipe Berhau on June 17, 2016       

Motorola has been very active lately. Releasing the moto Z, moto G4, Play and Plus, now there's a rumored moto E, a moto X for this year and a Z Play. Seems that we will see more moto phones than ever before! 

Now, a Russian site has leaked the picture and specs of a new mysterious Motorola device. It makes us wonder how many phones will get this year, but this one seems really interesting: it's smaller than any new Motorola phone.

The new device leaked today, rumored as moto X3, comes with a 4.6" full HD screen, 32GB of on-board memory and 3GB of RAM, running a octa-core MediaTek processor clocked at 2.1GHz and a 15/7 MP camera (that will probably be 16/8MP set up).

The new Moto phone is one of the many to come later this year, or probably not so later this year. We have to say that we are very intrigued, and also for the other device that leaked today and we already talked about: moto Z Play. That lower end version of the moto Z will carry a Snapdragon 625 and have 3GB of RAM, on top of its modular design.

You can check the new Z Play HERE.

Moto Z Play specs confirmed

 By Felipe Berhau on June 16, 2016       

Attention, Motorola fans! A new mid-range modular phone is coming soon to you, or that's what at least has been leaked. Roland Quandt has tweeted the specs and a benchmark info preview of the upcoming Motorola Moto Z Play.

It should be noted that, even if the Motorola brand is less visible now, the phones are still designed and manufactured by Motorola Mobility, so formally, the Moto Z Play is a Motorola device. Other than that, several specs have leaked, including its Android version (6.0.1), its model number (XT1635) and its power specs.



This includes a Snapdragon 625 (octa-core, 2GHz) and a 3GB of RAM memory, pointing out to it being a mid-range version of the new Z flagships. 

HelloMotoHK had already leaked an upcoming Z Play device, so it seems rumors are real and it will come out by the time the other ones are released.

Download : Motorola Moto Z Wallpapers

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 16, 2016       

The Motorola Moto Z and Moto Z Force are now official and will be available to purchase from late summer in US while The Smartphones will be available globally in September  .



Both the Smartphone's comes with Stock Android and with new wallpapers , two of them can be downloaded from below -

Also Download - [Download] Moto G 4th Generation 2016 Wallpapers

The Moto Z and Moto Z Force comes with a new feature called Shrink Screen

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 16, 2016       

Few days back Lenovo and Motorola announced the upcoming Moto Z and Moto Z Force with MotoMods . 



The Moto Z and Moto Z force comes with new innovative technology of modularity . The Smartphone comes with Stock Android version with some added features , and one of the new feature is "Shrink Screen Mode" .

The "Shrink Screen Mode" also known as One handed mode , lets you Shrink the Application screen and navigation onscreen buttons and helps you to use the Smartphone from one hand easily .



This new feature comes with the Moto Application , For now its only available for Moto Z and Moto Z force . This feature will be available soon for other Motorola Devices with 5.5 inch display . 

Watch Moto Z Shrink Screen Mode in Action - 

Download : OnePlus 3 Wallpapers

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 15, 2016       

OnePlus 3 is now official , The Smartphone comes with amazing specifications and feature . But what we liked most is OnePlus 3 wallpapers . 



Here are some wallpapers from OnePlus 3 -

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Motorola launches five new wearables!

 By Felipe Berhau on June 15, 2016       

Motorola's new wearable line was just launched in the UK and NYC yesterday, and we got some details to show you! VerveLife by Motorola is the official name of the device line and it will be available very soon in Europe, India and the USA. All the specs and pictures can be seen here.

Motorola's audio team has been working hard into releasing a wireless, water-proof and wearable collection. Now under Binatone Global, the company that bought the Motorola Mobility accessories division last year, the devices are ready.

VerveLife is for fitness lovers. All the devices connect to an Android or iOS app that will tell you where your wearable is, the battery left it's got, and will allow you to change music setting, or, in the case of the camera wearables, you will be able to share or stream your videos to most popular social networks.

This range includes five bluetooth headphones: Ones, Ones+, Loop+, Rider+, Rider. Its price ranges will be from $79 to $249. The high end model are the in-ear, similar to Moto Hint, Verve Ones, which give you 12 hours of battery life and a futuristic form factor in a water-resistant body.

Then there's a camera, similar to the GoPro, that will be water proof and have the ability to stream live. This will be available soon, though it won't be initially available. The headphones are coming this same week!

You can see from the packaging that these will carry the Motorola brand. Binatone is very happy with its Motorola accessories division, and is even creating Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts for these devices. We think they come in a good time: Samsung has not yet released their Gear wearable bluetooth devices for this year and Verve's design and functionality is way ahead. So hopefully they become a success. Plus, they say we will see more later this year! Let's hope it's a Motorola smart band!

How to enable LED in Moto G4 Plus

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 15, 2016       

Just Like Moto G 3rd Generation , Moto G4 Plus also comes with a hidden LED light . Although We already have Moto Display , which is an alternate to Led light . 



So if you still want to enable LED light in Moto G4 Plus , You can follow this Guide on How to enable LED in Moto G4 Plus -

Prerequisite - 

1. Moto G4 Plus : Unlocked , TWRP recovery Installed and Rooted .

Steps : How to enable LED in Moto G4 Plus -

Step 1. Go to Play store and Download Moto LED Application .

Step 2. Install the Application and Grant access with superuser . 

Step 3. Configure the application as per requirements .

Step 4. The LED will lit up only while charging . 

OnePlus 3 leaked on Amazon before announcement

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 14, 2016       

OnePlus is going to announce The OnePlus 3 in upcoming hours , but seems that Amazon has already leaked the OnePlus 3 fully . 

Though the Amazon has now removed the listing but we have already captured many OnePlus 3 listing shots for you .

Also Read - OnePlus 3 Real life images leaked online