Mobilink Partners with Nokia to Launch Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 in Pakistan

Mobilink has launched Nokia Lumia 720 and Nokia Lumia 520 for its customers across Pakistan. This follows the success of Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and Lumia 620 launched by Mobilink earlier this year.

Mobilink’s prepaid customers can also avail a package deal with the Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 phones, including free 2 GB internet for three months and exclusive 15 days free trial of Mobi Music.

Farid Ahmed, Vice President, Marketing Mobilink highlighted, “The launch of Lumia 720 and Nokia 520 ensures that our customers have access to the latest cellular technology at competitive prices and bundled with the most attractive offers. The launch of the Nokia Lumia series with Mobilink’s Mobile Internet confirms Mobilink’s leading position in bringing best value for money to our customers.”

Intel Launches 4th Gen Intel Core processors in Pakistan

Naveed Siraj, Country Manager, Intel Pakistan with his team at the launch of 4h Gen Intel Processors.

Intel yesterday announced the 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor family, dubbed as Haswell, in Pakistan.

Intel said that its 4th gen Intel Core delivers optimized experiences personalized for end-users’ specific needs, packing extraordinary battery life capability, better graphics and new usages in devices such as 2-in-1s, tablets, robust enthusiast and portable all-in-one systems and secure and manageable business device with Intel® vPro™.

The Google Play Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Go on Sale

A while back, Google announced that it would be selling the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One with Vanilla version of Android OS onboard. That day has finally arrived and both of the phones have finally gone on sale on Google Play.

The Google Edition of the phones are deprived of their exclusive software features and are exactly the same in this department. It is agreeable that HTC Sense and Touchwiz UI add a lot of features over Vanilla Android but with both of them gone, the phones will feel a bit snappier, that’s for sure.

Specifications-wise, the duo is exactly the same as there original counterparts. The Galaxy S4 version packs a SnapDragon 600 chipset underneath instead of the octa-core version but that won’t be hurting anyone much. Instead, it will yield better battery life. HTC One, on the other hand, will be packing the same quad-core SnapDragon 600 version as the original phone.

Nokia Asha 501 Smartphone with 48 Days Battery Launched in Pakistan

Nokia announced that the Nokia Asha 501, the first smartphones to run on, yet another OS from Finnish company, the Asha Platform is going to surface in Pakistan with-in a week.

Launching with Pakistan and Thailand, Nokia Asha 501 will roll out in subsequent weeks across countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. It is said that US, Canada and European markets may not see Asha 501 as Nokia is focusing these rich markets with its Lumia series.

Nokia Asha 501 is part of new smartphone range from Nokia, aimed at emerging markets and those early buyers who are going to get their first smartphone.

BlackBerry to Release the Mid-Range Q5 for $400 Today

BlackBerry will be releasing its third BB10-running smartphone today. The phone is mainly targeted towards the young crowd but still features BlackBerry’s trademark keyboard and is the cheapest of the current crop of BB10 smartphones.

The Q5 has a 3.1 inch display with resolution of 720 x 720 pixels. It is powered by a 1.2Ghz Qualcomm SnapDragon processor and has 2 GB RAM. The amount of internal storage is set at 8 GBs which is also expandable.

Pakistan Imposes 5% Additional Tax on Telecom Services

Pakistan has announced to increase the tax rate on telecom services, a sector that is topping the taxed list, by 5 percent from July 1st, 2013.

According to Mr. Ishaq Dar, the Finance Minister, all telecom users will now have to pay 15 percent withholding tax, which was previously settled at 10 percent for last many years. Mr. Dar said that proposal has been incorporated into the finance bill after consultation with the concerned stakeholders.

Mr. Dar, in his briefing to National Assembly today, said that this increase in tax can be reimbursed to the customers as it is adjustable in the yearly financial assessment of the individuals.

List of Taxes on Cellular Services

After this increase in WHT, taxes on cellular services are as following: