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

Samsung’s 2020 profits up 29.6% YoY, mobile profits up 23.7% YoY; new Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip models confirmed for 2021

Samsung has reported its earnings for Q4 2020 and the whole of 2020 that ended December 31, 2020. In Q4 2020 the company has made an operating profit of 9.05 trillion won, up 26.39% YoY. This is due to strong display and memory chip businesses, but fell 26.7% compared to Q3 2020 due to weaker memory prices and sluggish consumer products sales, as well as higher marketing costs and negative impact from the Korean won’s appreciation. Continue reading “Samsung’s 2020 profits up 29.6% YoY, mobile profits up 23.7% YoY; new Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip models confirmed for 2021”

Samsung Galaxy M02 with 6.5-inch Infinity-V display, 5000mAh battery launching in India on February 2 for under Rs. 7000

After the launch of Galaxy M02s earlier this month, Samsung has officially confirmed the launch of Galaxy M02, the company’s new budget smartphone in the Galaxy M series in India on February 2nd. The company has confirmed 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display and a 5000mAh battery for the phone. The teaser image reveals a similar design as the Galaxy A02 that was introduced yesterday. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M02 with 6.5-inch Infinity-V display, 5000mAh battery launching in India on February 2 for under Rs. 7000”

Airtel says its network is 5G ready; successfully demonstrates live 5G services in Hyderabad

Airtel today announced that it has become the country’s first telcom performance to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. Airtel said that this has been carried out over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800MHz band through the NSA (Non Stand Alone) network technology using Ericsson 4G (DSS) radio infrastructure on OPPO Reno5 Pro and OPPO Find X2 Pro smartphones. Continue reading “Airtel says its network is 5G ready; successfully demonstrates live 5G services in Hyderabad”

Apple reports $28.8 billion profit on all-time record $111.4 billion revenue in FY Q1 2021

Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $111.4 billion, an all-time revenue record, which is up 21.3% YoY. It posted a net profit of $28.8 billion, up 29.7% YoY and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.68, up 35% YoY for the financial year Q1 2021 that ended December 26, 2020. During the earnings call Tim Cook said that Apple saw strong double-digit growth across every product category, and achieved all-time revenue records in each of the geographic segments. Continue reading “Apple reports $28.8 billion profit on all-time record $111.4 billion revenue in FY Q1 2021”

Redmi 8A MIUI Software Update Tracker [MIUI 12 update with January Android security patch starts rolling out in India]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 8A smartphone in India running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). Xiaomi doesn’t follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in a month. Continue reading “Redmi 8A MIUI Software Update Tracker [MIUI 12 update with January Android security patch starts rolling out in India]”

Redmi 8 MIUI Software Update Tracker [MIUI 12 update with January Android security patch starts rolling out in India]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 8 smartphone in India running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). Xiaomi doesn’t follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in a month. Continue reading “Redmi 8 MIUI Software Update Tracker [MIUI 12 update with January Android security patch starts rolling out in India]”

Indian Government to ban 59 Chinese apps including TikTok permanently; TikTok cuts workforce in India

TikTok

Back in June last year the Indian Government announced a ban on 59 Chinese mobile apps including TikTok and Helo saying that they are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. Now  there are reports that says that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent new notice to these apps last week saying that their answers and clarifications following the ban were found to be inadequate, so the temporary block has now been made permanent. Continue reading “Indian Government to ban 59 Chinese apps including TikTok permanently; TikTok cuts workforce in India”

Carl Pei launches new smart venture called ‘NOTHING’; first smart devices coming in H1 2021

Carl Pei, who co-founded OnePlus today launched ‘Nothing’, which he says is a new forward-thinking consumer technology company based in London. This comes after receiving $7 million (approx Rs. 52 crores) in a Seed funding round from a list of high-profile investors such as Tony Fadell, Casey Neistat, Kevin Lin, Steve Huffman and Josh Buckley for the new hardware venture. Last week, the company raised undisclosed funding from CRED Founder Kunal Shah.

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POCO M3 with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, 48MP triple rear cameras, 6000mAh battery launching in India on February 2

POCO has confirmed the launch of POCO M3 smartphone in India on February 2nd on Flipkart. This was introduced back in November last year and packs a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD Dotdrop screen with 90.34% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 662 SoC, 48-megapixel primary rear camera with LED flash along with a 2-megapixel 4cm macro sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is an 8-megapixel camera on the front. Continue reading “POCO M3 with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, 48MP triple rear cameras, 6000mAh battery launching in India on February 2”

Sony Xperia PRO with 6.5-inch 4K OLED HDR 21:9 CinemaWide display, 5G mmWave + 5G Sub-6, HDMI port starts rolling out

Sony showed off Xperia PRO smartphone along with Xperia 1 II back in February last year. After almost one year the company has announced that it is available for order in the US priced at $2,499.99 (Rs. 1,80,204 approx.). Continue reading “Sony Xperia PRO with 6.5-inch 4K OLED HDR 21:9 CinemaWide display, 5G mmWave + 5G Sub-6, HDMI port starts rolling out”

Apple releases iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 update with iPhone camera repair warnings, bug fixes and more

Apple has released iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4, a month after it released the iOS 14.3 update. The update now lets the camera to identity smaller QR codes and a feature for specifying a device type for third-party Bluetooth-connected audio devices that lets you take Headphone Audio Level measurements correctly. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 update with iPhone camera repair warnings, bug fixes and more”

Xiaomi Mi Band 6 could come with bigger screen, GPS, SpO2 monitoring, Amazon Alexa support and 30 Sports modes

Mi band 5

It has been over 7 months since the Mi Band 5 was introduced with major changes including a new charging method. Now reports about the upcoming Mi Band 6 have surfaced. According to Zepp app code, a new device codenamed “Pangu”  and model number “XMSH16HM”. The Firmware and Resources files have revealed new features in the Mi Band 6. The “XMSH16HM” is the China NFC version and there is also “XMSH15HM” is the global version without NFC. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band 6 could come with bigger screen, GPS, SpO2 monitoring, Amazon Alexa support and 30 Sports modes”

Realme X7 Pro 5G with 6.55-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Dimensity 1000+ and realme X7 5G launching in India on February 4

After teasers realme today confirmed that it will launch the realme X7 5G and realme X7 Pro 5G  in India on February 4th. The phones will be sold on Flipkart . As we already know, the X7 Pro 5G packs a 6.55-inch Full HD+ 120Hz flexible AMOLED screen with 240Hz touch sampling rate, is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ SoC with dual 5G support, 15509mm² VC liquid cooling, tactile Engine linear motor, features 64-megapixel main camera with IMX686 sensor, 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, 2-megapixel retro portrait and a 2-megapixel macro camera. The phone packs a 4500mAh with 65W Super Dart fast charging that offers 100% charge in 35 minutes. Continue reading “Realme X7 Pro 5G with 6.55-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Dimensity 1000+ and realme X7 5G launching in India on February 4”

Samsung introduces new Galaxy A02 with 6.5-inch Infinity-V Display, 5000mAh battery

Samsung has silently introduced a new Galaxy A02 (SM-A022F) smartphone after a lot of rumours. This comes after last year’s Galaxy A02 model, but the specifications are different even though it retains the 6.5-inch HD+ TFT Infinity-V Display and the 5,000mAh battery. It is powered by MediaTek MT6739 SoC compared to Snapdragon 450 SoC in the last year’s model, feature 13MP main + 2MP macro camera and a 5MP front camera. Continue reading “Samsung introduces new Galaxy A02 with 6.5-inch Infinity-V Display, 5000mAh battery”

Motorola edge s with 6.7-inch FHD+ 90Hz display, Snapdragon 870 5G, dual front cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Motorola just announced its edge s smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.7-inch 21:9 aspect ratito Full HD+ LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 16-megapixel + 8-megapixel 100° ultra-wide front cameras inside the punch hole. The front camera also has a feature that can take a selfie for 15 seconds to measure the heart rate. It is powered by the latest Snapdragon 870 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM, 5G SA/NSA support with Snapdragon X55 Modem and runs Android 11. The company says that it has scored 680,000 points on AnTuTu offering 12% improved CPU performance and 10% GPU improvements.

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