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

ColorOS 7.0 with near stock Android experience coming to realme phones soon, realme Fitness Band expected next month

Realme’s smartphone run ColorOS 6, based on Android 9 (Pie), and some of its latest phones have some tweaks so they call it ColorOS 6 realme edition. In the latest episode of #AskMadhav, the company’s CEO, Madhav Sheth has answered some questions about their future OS. When asked about ColorOS 6.0.1, he said that realme phones will directly get ColorOS 7.0, which will likely be based on Android 10 that will roll out next year. Continue reading “ColorOS 7.0 with near stock Android experience coming to realme phones soon, realme Fitness Band expected next month”

Apple starts selling iPhone XR assembled in India

Apple launched the iPhone XR in India last year, and after a year, Apple has finally decided to assemble the phone in India. With this, Apple is expanding its portfolio of smartphones under the ‘Made in India’ scheme. As mentioned on the box, the phone is assembled in Chennai by Taipei-based contract manufacturer Foxconn. Apple started assembling iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 models in India by Winstron in Bengaluru, and it assembled the iPhone SE as well, but it is not on sale anymore. The iPhone XR assembling is said to have started back in July. Continue reading “Apple starts selling iPhone XR assembled in India”

HONOR 20 Lite with 6.3-inch FHD+ OLED display, 48MP triple rear cameras, in-display fingerprint scanner announced

HONOR has announced HONOR 20 Lite in China, as it had promised. It has a  6.3-inch FHD+ OLED screen with in-display fingerprint scanner, Kirin 710F processor, up to 8GB of RAM, 48MP+8MP wide-angle + 2MP depth sensor, 16MP front camera, and a 4000mAh battery with 20W fast charging.

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Redmi Note 8 series sold out in under a minute in second sale in India, next sale on Oct 25

Xiaomi under its Redmi brand launched its Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphones in India last week starting at Rs. 9999 and Rs. 14999, respectively. These phones went on sale for the first time yesterday, October 21st, and were sold out in minutes. Xiaomi said that 1.5 million or 15 lakh people had shown interest to buy the phone, but it did not reveal the number of units sold. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 series sold out in under a minute in second sale in India, next sale on Oct 25”

Vivo iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition with 6.38-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, up to 8GB RAM, UFS 3.0 to be announced on October 24

Vivo introduced iQOO Neo, a mid-range smartphone with Snapdragon 845 in China back in July, now it has started teasing the iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition, which will also come with 256GB UFS3.0. TENAA certification reveals a 16-megapixel front camera instead of 12-megapixel in the 845 edition. Continue reading “Vivo iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition with 6.38-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, up to 8GB RAM, UFS 3.0 to be announced on October 24”

Reliance Jio launches All-in-one plans with 2GB data per day and 1000 off-net IUC minutes

Reliance Jio recently started charging 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to non-Jio mobile networks. Today it has introduced new all-in-one plans that 2 GB/day along with unlimited voice, SMS, Apps as well as free additional 1000 minutes of offnet IUC calling to additional operators worth Rs. 80. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches All-in-one plans with 2GB data per day and 1000 off-net IUC minutes”

HUAWEI Nova 5z with 6.26-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 810, 6GB RAM, quad rear cameras, 32MP in-screen camera announced

HUAWEI has announced Nova 5z, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, which is the cheaper version of the Nova 5i Pro which was introduced back in July. It has a 6.26-inch Full HD+ display with a 32-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 810 7nm SoC with 6GB RAM, runs Android Pie with EMUI 9.1, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel camera for 2cm macro and another 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots. Continue reading “HUAWEI Nova 5z with 6.26-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 810, 6GB RAM, quad rear cameras, 32MP in-screen camera announced”

Vivo U3 with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 675, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Vivo has announced, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China.. It packs a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD screen, is powered by Snapdragon 675 with up to 6GB of RAM, runs Android Pie with FuntouchOS, has a 16-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel 120° ultra wide sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensing camera and a 16-megapixel camera on the front. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, gradient back and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.

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Redmi Note 8 Pro Camera Samples

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphone in India last week starting at Rs. 14,999. We already brought you the first impressions of the phone, here we have the camera samples from the phone. The phone packs quad rear cameras, that includes a main 64-megapixel primary rear camera with single LED Flash, 1/1.72″ Samsung GW1 ISOCELL sensor with Smart ISO and ISOCELL Plus technology, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, has support for PDAF, EIS along with a secondary 8-megapixel camera with 120° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size and a 2-megapixel depth sensor for portrait as well as 2-megapixel camera for 2cm macro with 1.75μm pixel size and f/2.4 aperture. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with 0.9μm pixel size and f/2.0 aperture. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 Pro Camera Samples”

OnePlus Care Limitless Referrals goes live – Here’s how OnePlus users can get Rs.1000

OnePlus recently launched its Care benefits for its users to offer 1-year extended warranty, 50% off on battery replacement and Buyback discounts. Now it has launched Limitless Referrals that lets existing OnePlus user share a referral link with the buyer and both parties will gain benefits in the form of points, discounts or cashback. The Limitless Referrals program is valid from 20th October to 31st October, 2019. Continue reading “OnePlus Care Limitless Referrals goes live – Here’s how OnePlus users can get Rs.1000”

CLAW SM50 Headphones Review

CLAW, popular for its accessories launched its SM50 wired Professional Studio Monitor / DJ Headphones couple of months back. This is for both Casual and Studio Monitoring professions as well as Audiophiles. It comes with multi-port feature so that you can share the audio with two devices at a time. I have been using this for about a month now. Let us dive into the review to find if it’s worth the price. Continue reading “CLAW SM50 Headphones Review”

Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special Sale: Best deals of smartphones, LED TVs, accessories and more

Amazon has started its Great Indian Festival Celebration Diwali Special Sale, its third sale before Diwali after the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale last month, and Amazon Great Indian Festival Celebration Special Sale earlier this month. In this 5-day sale, it is offering great deals on smartphones, accessories, Kindle, Alexa accessories, LED TVs and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special Sale: Best deals of smartphones, LED TVs, accessories and more”

OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro OxygenOS 10.0.4 update brings 50GB free cloud storage for India

OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS 10.0.4 update for the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro smartphones. The update brings 50GB free storage in gallery for India. You can claim the free storage once per account, and is valid for 1 year for the day you claim it, said the company. This was announced at the launch event of the phone. The update also brings several optimizations, including improvements to overall communication performance and improve front camera low-light performance. Continue reading “OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro OxygenOS 10.0.4 update brings 50GB free cloud storage for India”

HUAWEI Enjoy 10 with 6.39-inch punch-hole display, up to 6GB RAM, 48MP rear camera announced

After the Enjoy 10 Plus last month, HUAWEI has introduced Enjoy 10, a cheaper phone in the Enjoy series in China, as it had promised.  It packs a 6.39-inch HD+ display with an 8-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by an octa-core Kirin 710F 12nm SoC with up to 6GB RAM and GPU Turbo 3.0, has a 48-megapixel primary camera with AI features and a 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. Continue reading “HUAWEI Enjoy 10 with 6.39-inch punch-hole display, up to 6GB RAM, 48MP rear camera announced”

HTC Exodus 1s cheaper native Blockchain smartphone starts rolling out

HTC introduced the Exodus 1 as its first blockchain-powered smartphone last year. It announced Exodus 1s, a cheaper version back in May and said that it will be available in Q3, now it has started rolling out the phone at Berlin’s Lightning conference.  HTC says that running a full Bitcoin node “is still quite experimental,” and it recommends that users connect to Wi-Fi and plug their devices into a power source while doing so. Continue reading “HTC Exodus 1s cheaper native Blockchain smartphone starts rolling out”