Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear Smartwatch India Price Revealed, To Hit Stores on 25 September

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Samsung India launched its flagship Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch at an event in New Delhi, today.

The electronics giant has revealed that the third-generation Galaxy phablet will be priced ₹49,900, whereas the smartwatch would be marketed for ₹22,990. Both devices are said to hit stores on 25 September.

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Samsung fans who are eager to get their hands on the new Galaxy gadgets, can place pre-orders on the company's official e-store. They will have the option to place the order on a combo deal, consisting of both Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear for ₹2,000 or book only the phablet for the same advance amount.

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10 apps to cut down your phone bill

With Internet-enabled phones, it has become easier to stay in touch with people at all times. With plenty of apps that offer text, audio or video-based options to stay connected, it can be difficult to pick ones that stand out from the crowd. 

Here is a list of some popular free calling applications in no particular order:

1) Skype
Skype was perhaps the pioneer in this space and continues to be used by a large number of people. The app lets you do text, voice and video chats. It also enables users to do group calls and call landlines and mobile phones at a cost.

Available for : Android , ios, windows ,blackberry ,windows phone ,mac

2) We Chat

WeChat is available across varied mobile platforms. The app offers features like Live Chat, Group chat, Video calling and push-to-talk. This app also comes with a 'Shake' feature to help you find new friends. To use this feature, all you have to do is shake your phone and the app will help you connect with other people, who are shaking their mobile at that time.

3) WhatsApp

WhatsApp is perhaps the most well know application in the list, outside of Skype, and has become the proffered alternate to SMS for millions across the globe.

4) Hike

Hike is a desi app that offers a feature-set very similar to WhatsApp, though it offers additional features like sending SMS to non-Hike users, walkie-talkie mode and more.

5)LINE 

Line is another popular app that offers features similar to those in the list, including voice chat, stickers, and more.

6)Nimbuzz 

lets you send free messages and call other Nimbuzz users. This app has started offering 'NimbuzzOut' service, which is a low cost Pay-As-You-Go option to make calls to other mobiles and landlines numbers across the World.

7)VIBER

With the help of Viber, users can make free calls, send free texts and share location and setting. For using Viber, you don't need to create a separate username, as your mobile number doubles up as your ID. After you have installed the Viber app, it syncs your mobile contact list, automatically detecting which contacts area already using Viber, similar to WhatsApp.

8)Fring

Fring is also a free application that enables you to make free calls. The group calling feature helps you to talk simultaneously with up to 4 participants. Just like Skype, Fring can also be used to make calls to regular phones around the world at an additional cost.

9)Tango

Tango is another nifty application that lets you make free calls. This app also comes with a "Push-to-Talk" feature, which helps in turning your smartphone into a walkie-talkie..

10)Google Hangouts

Google offers a free video chat service Google+ Hangouts. It lets you make free video calls that can be one-on-one or and group chats (maximum ten people at a time). This app is available for all Android smartphones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or higher. In case of iOS, the devices should be running on iOS 6 or later.

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Samsung apes Apple, announces next Galaxy flagship will feature 64-bit chip

Looks like smartphones are all set to go 64-bit. After Apple's unveiling of the iPhone 5s, which is considered to be the first smartphone based on a 64-bit architecture chip, South Korean electronics giant Samsung has also said that its next smartphone will be powered by a 64-bit chip.
 
Samsung's mobile business chief Shin Jong-kyun told Korea Times that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy-branded smartphones will come with 64-bit processing capability.
 
"Not in the shortest time. But yes, our next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality," Shin said.
 
The Apple iPhone 5s is the first mobile phone with an ARM chip that has 64-bit support. According to Apple the chip has 64-bit desktop-class architecture, a modern instruction set, 2x general-purpose registers, 2x floating point registers, and over 1 billion transistors.  

In desktop computing, a 64-bit processor can perform certain tasks at double the speed of a 32-bit one as it can address more volatile memory or RAM. A 32-bit CPU is limited to only 4GB RAM, so a 64-bit CPU addresses that limit. However, Apple has not shed any light on the amount of RAM inside the iPhone 5s (it usually does not), though it's improbable that it comes with more than 4GB. Overall, whether the move to 64-bits has any real world benefits at the moment is questionable. While Apple has said that the processor is twice as fast as the iPhone 5 and up to 40 times faster than the first iPhone, the move to 64-bit is likely only a small component in that, and undoubtedly there are several other improvements underneath.
 
The report talks about how Samsung is all geared up to take on Apple in the Chinese market, where it has a much larger market share compared to the Cupertino giant. However, with the launch of the new iPhones, Apple has increased its focus on China by including it in the first phase of the iPhones' release. Apple has also reportedly gained approval to offer the device with China's largest carrier, China Mobile which uses its proprietary 3G network.

The new iPhones also support a wider range of 4G LTE bands, making them an attractive proposition for Chinese customers. However, contrary to rumours, Apple's new iPhone 5c is not a low-cost offering which might go against Apple as the Chinese market is price conscious and Samsung and Chinese players like Lenovo and Xiaomi, offer a bigger range of smartphones across different price points.
 
The Korea Times report also cites Samsung officials as saying that Chinese authorities had recently authorised Samsung to integrate time-division duplexing (TDD) LTE technology on the company's future devices and that Samsung plans to release mobile devices that support both TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE in China ahead of previous schedules

Galaxy Note 3 specifications

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the first device ever to feature 3GB of RAM. With it, Samsung makes the jump to 1080p full HD displays on phablets and it adopts a new textured back. The Note 3 features a larger than before 5.7” 1080p Super AMOLED display, but it retains a more compact profile. There is a 13-megapixel camera with improved flash, and of course an all new S Pen with improved functionality.

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	4G Network	LTE
	SIM	Micro-SIM
	Announced	2013, September
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, September

BODY	Dimensions	151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
	Weight	168 g (5.93 oz)
		- S Pen stylus

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.7 inches (~386 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
	Internal	32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB Host

CAMERA	Primary	13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
	Video	Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model)/ 1080p (3G model)
	Secondary	Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
	CPU	Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model)/ Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (3G model)
	GPU	Adreno 330 (LTE model)
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	TBC
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White, Pink
		- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Air gestures - SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Dropbox (50 GB storage) - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY		Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time

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Samsung India begins pre-bookings for Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear

Samsung has started taking pre-orders for its new Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear devices on the official e-store. Like other Samsung devices in the past, Samsung is asking for INR 2,000 as the pre-booking amount and the users will be able to pay for the rest once the devices are available and priced.

As the new Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch works only with Note 3 and Note 10.1 (2014) devices at the moment, Samsung is selling it bundled with Note 3 smartphone and not separately. Consumers can either book Note 3 as a single device or Note 3 with Galaxy Gear, only these two options are available.

The pre-booking section seem to have been made live pre-maturely as a lot of details are missing from the pre-booking listings including the terms and conditions. We would suggest you to wait for a day or two before pre-booking these devices.

To remind you, Samsung is hosting a press event in New Delhi on September 17 to officially launch both the devices in the Indian market, they will however go on sale a week later, beginning September 25.