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Xiaomi is enhancing its service network in India with Mi Protect, an accidental and liquid damage protection plan. This is another step by Mi India to fortify their foothold in India, which started with retail availability through The Mobile Store.

Samsung Galaxy E7 was stuck on Android 4.4 KitKat since launch, but it seems overlords at Samsung thought of deeming the E7 worthy of atleast one update. Users of Galaxy E7 in India are reporting that their E7's are being graced with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Samsung might be planning to launch the Galaxy S7 a bit earlier next year. According to a "tipster that has been right many times in the past," the Galaxy S7 will be unveiled on February 21st, which is the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelon

Qualcomm has finally gone official with the next-gen Snapdragon 820. The flagship SoC from Qualcomm comes with new Adreno 530 GPU, 40% faster than 810's Adreno 430, it delivers faster LTE speeds upto 600 Mbps with X12 LTE modem, 802.11ad WiFi support.

It seems InFocus is going to beat everyone else to the punch with Marshmallow update. The company has just announced that the InFocus M812 and the M370 will get their Android 6.0 Lollipop update by the end of this year.

Someone at Flipkart finally has their head screwed on right way. The pompous and flawed app-only strategy has, for now, taken a back-seat. The move comes to Flipkart Lite (mobile website) comes in the wake of consumer backlash and ridicule.

The build quality of the Nexus 6P came under the scanner with a bend test. But now its the glass front and back that seems to be cracking of its own accord. Users on Reddit are reporting spontaneous cracking of the back and front glass on the Nexus 6P.

We are starting a new series, titled The Week That Was (TWTS) which will cover the most important launched and news from the rest of the week. So here's all news, launches and happenings in the world of Mobile Technology for the week starting November 2nd.