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South Korean giant Samsung on Wednesday launched its flagship device, Galaxy S8, that has a voice assistant,  after much speculation over its specifications over past few months.  The device comes in two variants with different screen sizes -- the 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch Galaxy S8 Plus - and will be available from April 21. Registrations begin from March 30. The device might be priced from $720 (approximately Rs 47,000). Samsung will release these devices in India in the coming months. Samsung also revealed Bixby, a smart voice assistant to rival Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant. With a perfect amalgam of voice, vision and touch, Bixby can search restaurants, take screenshots and even book a cab for you. The technology giant has used the best hardware and provided the best features available to date in the device. The device has a bezel-less curved edge "infinity display" covered with pristine glass and a 12MP rear camera with multi-frame proces...

Riding on the upcoming festive season boom in smartphone and mobile products and new product launches, mobile handset shipments are likely to surpass the 75-million-a-quarter mark for the first time in the third quarter of 2016, a report said on Wednesday. According to market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR), a total of 65.9 million handsets were shipped during the second quarter, of which 56.5 per cent where feature phones.  Samsung, Micromax and Intex, respectively, lead the market in overall feature phones and smartphones segments. While Karbonn is at fourth spot, Reliance's LYF brand is now at fifth spot within smartphones.  "Now onwards, we are going to see a clear demarcation between new customer acquisition and the refresh among existing users of the phones," said Faisal Kawoosa, Lead Analyst, Telecoms, CMR, in a statement.  Transsion Holding's brand, itel, garnered close to two per cent market share in the feature phones category in its first quarter o...

The Cinemax 3 smartphone  Domestic mobile manufacturer Zen Mobile on Monday launched a new Cinemax 3 smartphone priced at Rs 5,499 that comes pre-loaded with games, live TV streaming app NexGenTV, music streaming service Saavn and Vuliv video player. "Zen Cinemax 3 is loaded with various smart features at an affordable price that provides seamless experience," said Sanjay Kalirona, CEO of Zen Mobile, in a statement. The device with 5.5-inch FWVGA IPS display is powered by 1.3GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. The smartphone sports 5MP auto-focus rear camera and 3.2MP front camera, has 16GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 32GB and houses 2,900mAh battery. The smartphone also has SOS feature that allows users to send location details to five pre-defined numbers of user's choice in case of an emergency.