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

Apple Arcade available for some ahead of Sep 19 launch – List of games revealed

At its event last week announced that Apple Arcade will be launched on September 19. Now the game subscription service seems to be rolling out to users early for those running either iOS 13 or the latest iOS 13.1 beta, including some users in India, while others will get it on September 19 with iOS 13. To remind you the service costs Rs. 99 per month in India, compared to $4.99 per month in the US. Apple offers 1 month free subscription to Apple Arcade for all the users.

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Vivo True Wireless Stereo Earphone with Bluetooth 5.0 announced

At the NEX 3 launch event vivo also introduced new TWS earphone, its first Bluetooth True Wireless Stereo (TWS) Earphone. It maintains consistent high-quality audio with the Qualcomm Bluetooth platform. It has 14.2mm drivers, has support for aptX and AAC high-definition audio decoding technology, with the senior acoustic team training of vivo and packs world’s first flagship wireless chip Qualcomm QCC5126.
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Vivo NEX 3 with 6.89-inch FHD+ AMOLED waterfall screen, Snapdragon 855 Plus, up to 12GB RAM, 64MP triple rear cameras announced

Vivo just announced the NEX 3 and NEX 3 5G, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a special custom-made 6.89-inch waterfall screen with the left and right sides curved close to 90 degrees, with a 99.6% ultra-high screen ratio. The company said that R&D investment of this waterfall screen has exceeded 200 million (probably yuan). It comes preapplied with a specially customized protector for the screen. In addition, NEX 3 is also equipped with a 16-megapixel pop-up camera that can lift in 0.65 seconds and features an in-display fingerprint scanner. It is powered by Snapdragon 855 Plus with up to 12GB RAM and Vapor Chamber cooling to reduce the temperature by up to 10 degrees.

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OnePlus 7T with 90Hz display and OnePlus TV 55-inch 4K QLED TV launching in India on September 26

OnePlus just sent out invites for the launch on OnePlus 7T and OnePlus TV launch in India on September 26th,as rumored earlier. The company says that OnePlus 7T with a 90hz display to offer the smoothest experience ever. The OnePlus TV will have a 55-inch QLED screen, support for Dolby Vision,

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64000 realme XT units sold out in 4 minutes in first sale, next sale on September 30

realme launched the most expected realme XT smartphone in India last week starting at Rs. 15,999. As it had announced at the launch, 64,000 units went on sale on Flipkart and realme.com at 12 noon today. realme has confirmed that it sold out in 4 minutes. Next sale will happen only on September 30th, during the Flipkart’s Big Billion days sale. It will likely stock more units since users will have to wait for two more weeks to get the phone. It offered 6 months free replacement for today’s sale.

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Motorola launches 32-inch HD, 43-inch FHD, 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch 4K UHD Smart Android TVs in India starting at Rs. 13999

Motorola today launched its new Smart TVs in India, as it had promised. These run Android TV 9.0, feature front firing wireless soundbar on the bottom, comes with DTS TruSurround and support for MEMC (4K models only) that removes latency during the scene shift, thus, making it a smoother viewing and gaming experience. 4K models also support Dolby Vision and HDR10, which the company calls autotunerX .

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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2019 scheduled from September 29 to October 4

Amazon just announced that its Great Indian Festival 2019 will start from midnight on September 29 until 11:59 pm on October 04. Prime members will  get exclusive early access starting 12 noon on September 28. • Customers get an instant discount of 10% when they pay with SBI Debit and Credit Cards; Special ‘Festive Cashback Offers’ will be available for the first time during the Great Indian Festival. It will feature a wide range of finance options from no cost EMI on Debit & Credit cards and Bajaj FinServ, 10% instant bank discount on SBI Debit & Credit cards, exchange offers and lots more.
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Moto E6s with 6.1-inch HD+ Max Vision display, 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 7999

Motorola has launched Moto E6s, the company’s latest smartphone in the E series in India, as it had promised. It was introduced as E6 Plus at the IFA last month and packs a 6.1-inch HD+ Max Vision display, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 with 4GB RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), features a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2-megapixel camera and an 8-megapixel front camera.

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HUAWEI Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro with Kirin 990, circular Leica quad rear cameras and Mate 30 Lite press renders surface

HUAWEI is all set to introduce the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones at an event in Germany on September 19th. Today press image of the phones have surfaced, revealing the design, thanks to @evleaks. This reveals quad rear cameras with LEICA VARIO-SUMMILUX-H 1:1.6-2.4/18-80 ASPH lens for the phones. However, there are three cameras on the front for the Mate 30 Pro inside the notch, and the Mate 30 has a smaller notch since it has dual cameras on the front. These phones are expected to retain 3D face unlock and in-display fingerprint sensor from the Mate 20 series.

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Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G with Snapdragon 855 Plus, up to 12GB RAM and Mi MIX 4 5G concept to be announced on September 24

After rumors, Xiaomi today confirmed that it will announce the Mi 9 Pro 5G at an event in China on September 24th. It will also showcase the next-generation Mi MIX phone with 5G concept, which is rumored to come with a 108MP Samsung sensor, but the final phone might launch sometime later this year. The company is also expected to introduce MIUI 11 as well as new Mi TV models at the event. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G with Snapdragon 855 Plus, up to 12GB RAM and Mi MIX 4 5G concept to be announced on September 24”

Realme RMX1991 with 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 730G, 64MP Quad rear cameras gets certified [Update: Teased officially]

Update: September 16, 2019 – realme has confirmed that it will launch 64MP quad camera phone in China, after it got certified last week. It already confirmed that the phone will be called realme XT 730G in India, will be powered by Snapdragon 730G and pack 30W VOOC fast charging and launch in December. It will reveal the name of the phone and launch details for China tomorrow.

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Noise Shots X1 AIR Review — Ultra compact wireless earbuds

After Shots X5 and Shots X3 Bass true wireless headphones, and TuneElite Neckband wireless headphones, Noise launched the Shots X1 AIR, an ultra compact true wireless earbuds recently. It is affordable, compact, so that you can carry the case in your pocket with a compromise of no built-in battery in the charging case, and promises up to 7 hours of playback. After using it for over three weeks, here is the review of the Bluetooth headset. Continue reading “Noise Shots X1 AIR Review — Ultra compact wireless earbuds”

Samsung Galaxy A50s Unboxing and First Impressions

Samsung launched the Galaxy A50s (SM-A507) smartphone in India few days back, after the launch of  Galaxy A50 (SM-A505) earlier this year with upgraded cameras, more storage and also a new design. We got hold of the phone recently, check out the first impressions. Also, check out the unboxing video from our FoneArena Tamil channel.

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Nokia 3.2 and Nokia 4.2 get a price cut in India again

HMD Global launched the Nokia 4.2 back in May and the Nokia 3.2  was launched later in May. Today both the phones have received second price cut in about four months of launch, after a price cut in June. The phones are available at new rates on Nokia India online store and offline stores. These phones were introduced at the MWC earlier this year, come with dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots and notification light on the power button and a dedicated Google Assistant button.

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OnePlus’ ‘Tweet with #OxygenOS to plant a tree’ campaign gets over 27332 tweets in 24 hours

Yesterday OnePlus announced tree plantation drive to commemorate 1500 days of OxygenOS, in partnership with WWF India (World Wide Fund for Nature) for their Adopt A Tree campaign. It said that for every tweet with #OxygenOS, OnePlus and WWF India will plant trees. Today the company has announced that over the course of 24 hours, the campaign received over 27,332 tweets globally out of which 12,376 were tweets from India alone, for which an equivalent number of trees will be planted in association with WWF India. You can click here to Tweet and plant a tree.

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