Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

Huawei Nova 2s with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced

Huawei Nova 2s

Huawei just announced Nova 2s, the company’s latest smartphone in the Nova series in China. It has a 6-inch Full HD+ 18:9 display, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 960 SoC with IntelliSense i6 sensor hub and runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0. It has a 16-megapixel RGB camera sensor along with a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor with f/1.8 aperture for capturing depth information and also has portrait mode. Continue reading “Huawei Nova 2s with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced”

Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with 5.7-inch / 5.99-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 / 625 announced

Xiaomi Redmi 5

Xiaomi just announced the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. The Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and packs a 3300mAh battery, while the Redmi 5 Plus comes with a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 and packs a 4000mAh battery. Both these run Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9.
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Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more

Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale

After its Big Diwali Sale in October, Flipkart today started its 3-day Big Shopping Days Sale, just in time for the year-end holidays, as it had promised. The sale offers great deals on smartphones including Pixel 2, Xiaomi Mi A1, Redmi Note 4, HTC U11 , iPhones and mobile accessories. All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform announced – Octa-Core Kryo 385 CPUs, Adreno 630 GPU, X20 LTE and secure processing unit

Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platfrom

Qualcomm on the second day of its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit announced Snapdragon 845, its next-generation Mobile Platform for mobile devices that is manufactured on second generation 10LPP process from Samsung. It promises immersive multimedia experiences including eXtended reality (XR), on-device artificial intelligence (AI), lightning-fast connectivity, and also has new secure processing unit (SPU) to offer the best security for premium, flagship mobile devices.

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Amazon Echo (2nd Gen) Unboxing

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Amazon launched its Alexa powered Echo smart speakers in India back in October. We brought you the unboxing of Echo Dot (2nd Gen) last year that we got from the U.S. Here we have the unboxing of the Echo (2nd Gen).

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LG V30+ with 6-inch QHD+ OLED FullVision display, dual rear cameras launching in India on December 13

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LG just sent out invites for the launch of its flagship V30+ smartphone in India on December 13th. The V30+ comes with 128GB storage compared to 64GB on the V30.  It has a 6-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ OLED FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio and narrow bezels, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with LG UX 6.0+, which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo).

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Airtel, Intex launch Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 4G phones starting at an effective price of Rs. 1649

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After Karbonn and Celkon, Airtel has partnered with Intex to launch range of  affordable 4G smartphones – Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 at effective price of Rs. 1649, Rs. 1999 and Rs. 4379, respectively. All the phones run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and come with 4G VoLTE support. Continue reading “Airtel, Intex launch Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 4G phones starting at an effective price of Rs. 1649”

Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available

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A week after releasing the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2, Google has released final Android 8.1 (Oreo) update for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices that brings support for  Android Oreo (Go edition) software experience for entry-level devices and also introduces the Neural Networks API, a hardware accelerated machine learning runtime to support ML capabilities in apps.  Continue reading “Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available”

Xiaomi’s next flagship smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845

Xiaomi Flagship Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platfrom

At the second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform as the successor to Snapdragon 835 that most flagship smartphones this year. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun at the event said that Qualcomm has always been part of Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone launches right from the Mi 1 that was introduced back in 2011 and the next flagship Xiaomi smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform. He said that 238 million Xiaomi smartphones are powered by Qualcomm processors.

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Qualcomm and Microsoft launch Windows 10 Snapdragon Always Connected PCs with 4G LTE

Snapdragon 835 WIndows 10 Always Connected PC

Microsoft and Qualcomm last year announced that Windows 10 will be coming to next-generation of Snapdragon Mobile processors. At the Computex 2017  earlier this year Qualcomm announced that ASUS, HP and Lenovo will be the first OEMs to build PCs powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform with X16 LTE modem. Today at its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm in partnership with Microsoft introduced the Always Connected PCs with 4G LTE which would bring ARM support to Windows 10, but with x86 emulation, allowing all existing applications to work as well.

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Honor View 10 with 5.99-inch FullView display, 16MP + 20MP dual rear cameras announced, India launch in January

Honor View 10

Huawei’s Honor brand along with the Honor 7X  also introduced the Honor View 10 smartphone, which is the global version of the Honor V10 that was introduced in China last week. It has similar specifications including a 5.99-inch 18:9 FullView display with ultra narrow bezels, Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor, dedicated neural network processing unit and Android 8.0 (Oreo) with Emotion UI 8.0 on top.

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Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999

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Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the most expected Honor 7X smartphone at a global event in London, as it had promised. It packs a 5.93-inch Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with minimal bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with a 2-megapixel secondary camera along with an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”

OnePlus 5T Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

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OnePlus launched the flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone  in India last month. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3300mAh battery battery, same as the predecessor and supports its own Dash Charge fast charging technology. It has a 6.01-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 835, has 6/8GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS. Check out the test results. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”

Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale from Dec 7 to 9: Google Pixel 2 starting at Rs. 39999, exchange offers and more

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Flipkart has scheduled its year-end Big Shopping Days sale from December 7th to 9th. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones and other devices, including Google Pixel 2 that will be available starting at an effective price of Rs. 39,999 compared to the original price of Rs. 61,000. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale from Dec 7 to 9: Google Pixel 2 starting at Rs. 39999, exchange offers and more”

Xiaomi Mi A1 to get Rs. 2000 price cut from Dec 7 to 9, will be available for Rs. 12999

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Xiaomi launched the Mi A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone with dual rear cameras in India back in September for Rs. 14999. It also launched the Rose Gold version in the country recently. Today the company has announced a Rs. 2000 price cut for the phone for limited period on Flipkart during its Big Shopping Days sale between December 5th and 7th as well as Mi.com. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 to get Rs. 2000 price cut from Dec 7 to 9, will be available for Rs. 12999”