Aipower introduced Wearbuds as the world’s first wireless earbuds that can be charged inside a fitness band back in June on Kickstarter, which ended few weeks back. The company has moved on Indiegogo. I’ve been using the wearbuds for sometime now, and here is the first impressions.
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Lenovo has introduced new Tab M7 and Tab M8, two new tablets in the M series ahead of IFA 2019 next week. The Tab M7 has a 7-inch WSVGA screen and the Tab M8 comes in HD and Full HD options. These have built-in Kid’s Mode 3.0 that offers rich and customized kids’ content for children under 12 years of age. “Kids who pick up the tablet will be switched directly to their kids’ account, which features a child-friendly interface with access to games, built-in applications, videos, audio and books that offer educational content in 44 languages,” said the company.
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Xiaomi’s Redmi brand today introduced the Redmi Note 8 series smartphones. In an interview Redmi General Manager and VP, Lu Weibing has confirmed that the company will launch the Redmi Note 8 smartphone in India in 2 to 3 months. He also confirmed that the company has already started working on BIS certification in the country. To remind you, the Redmi Note 7 that was introduced back in January in China was launched in India in February, a month after the launch and the Redmi Note 7 Pro was launched in India first.
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Along with the Redmi Note 8 series, Redmi also introduced the RedmiBook 14 Pro, which is the upgraded version of the RedmiBook 14 that was introduced back in May. It has the same 14-inch Full HD screen with 5.75 mm ultra narrow bezels and 81.2% screen-to-body ratio and NVIDIA GeForce MX 250 GPU, but this has a faster 10th gen Intel Core i5/i7 processors that promises 13% overall performance increase compared to the previous gen processor.
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Update: August 29, 2019 — realme has confirmed that one of the Q series phone will have a 48MP Quad rear cameras and Snapdragon 712 SoC and also posted an image of the phone. This looks like the realme Q will be a rebranded realme 5 Pro for China. It also hinted that the phone will start under 999 yuan (US$ 139 / Rs. 10,020 approx.).
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Along with its Redmi Note 8 series, Xiaomi’s Redmi brand also introduced its first Redmi TV, as it had promised. It has a large 70-inch 4K screen with HDR support, has minimal bezels, 6th generation quality engine, quad-core 64-bit high-performance Amologic processor, PatchWall artificial Intelligence voice and Bluetooth voice remote control. It has a separate cavity speaker, Dolby Atmos and let you cast content to the phone with just by scanning the QR code on the TV using your phone.
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Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just announced the Redmi Note 8 Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 2.05mm narrow top frame, 1.8mm narrow left and right borders and 4.2mm bottom border offering 91.4% screen-to-body ratio and has TÜV Rheinland eye protection certification. It the world’s first smartphone to be powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G90T SoC and is the first phone in the price range to feature liquid cooling that will reduce the temperature of the phone by 4 to 6 degrees.
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Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just announced the Redmi Note 8, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Note series in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 90% screen-to-body ratio, TÜV Rheinland eye protection certification, is powered by Snapdragon 665 11nm Mobile Platform with up to 6GB RAM, features a 48-megapixel main camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning for low-light shots, 8-megapixel 120° ultra-wide angle lens, 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel sensor for 2cm macro shots. There is a 13-megapixel camera on the front.
10.or (pronounced Tenor), a popular smartphone brand has announced it foray into fitness and entertainment categories and has launched two new speakers – RAVE and RAVE+ as well as a MOVE fitness band, MOVE+ Fitness Smartwatch and COSMOS GPS Smartwatch.
The 10.or RAVE and RAVE+ portable Bluetooth speakers have a water-resistant body with IPX5 ratings, microphone for hands-free calling and promise 10 hours of playback on a single charge.
The 10.or MOVE fitness band has a color LCD screen, touch button below the screen, activity tracking, app notifications on your wrist and up to 15 days of standby.
The MOVE+ fitness smartwatch has a 1.3-inch color LCD screen, similar touch button below the screen, IP68 ratings for water resistance, step counter, app notifications on your wrist and up to 30 days of standby.
The 10.or COSMOS smartwatch has an Always on trans reflective screen, built-in compass, GPS, step counter, heart rate sensor, water-resistant body, app notifications on your wrist and up to 40 days of standby.
The 10.or RAVE and RAVE+ are priced at Rs. 1299 and Rs. 1599, respectively. The 10.or MOVE fitness band, MOVE+ Fitness Smartwatch and COSMOS GPS Smartwatch are priced at Rs. 1599, Rs. 1999 and Rs. 3999, respectively. These will go on sale on Amazon.in from September 2nd. We should know the complete specifications soon.
HUAWEI’s HONOR brand today confirmed that it will introduce new HONOR 20S smartphone, a cheaper version of the HONOR 20 in China on September 4th. The official image shows triple rear cameras with a 48-megapixel main camera and side-mounted fingerprint scanner. This should be the YAL-AL50 model that got certified by TENAA recently.
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Fitbit has introduced Fitbit Versa 2, the next generation smartwatch and the successor of last year’s model with swimproof design, innovative sleep features like Sleep Score and smart wake, even more advanced health, fitness and smart features. It has an on-device microphone, which enables Fitbit’s first-ever Amazon Alexa smartwatch experience, along with a Spotify app that allows users to control their music and podcasts. It will offer faster performance, thousands of apps and clock faces and a brighter, crisper AMOLED screen
with an optional always-on mode and 5+ days battery life.
Along with the Reno series, OPPO also launched the Enco Q1 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones in India, as it had promised. It uses hybrid active noise cancellation, in which feed-forward and feedback microphones work together with a noise cancelling algorithm to maximally block out surrounding noise.
The headphones boast dynamic driver units with 11.8 mm composite diaphragms, in addition to support for AAC format, three immersive 3D audio modes, and audio tuning developed by a specialized acoustics team. The headphones have ENC technology has a precise microphone array that efficiently filters out background noise for calls, feature Bluetooth 5.0 support, quick pairing and have IPX4 ratings for water resistance.
The headphones are ergonomically designed, with earbuds that match the shape of the ear and a neckband that aligns with the contour of the neck to maximize comfort and stability. The headphones feature a simple and stylish appearance, a lightweight and comfortable body, and high flexibility, delivering a superior experience for users, says the company.
The headphones use a USB-C charging port, and can continuously play audio for 15 hours with noise cancelling on, or 22 hours with noise cancelling off. It has quick charge that offers up to 5 hours of usage with just 15 minutes of charge.
The OPPO Enco Q1 comes in Black and Orange colors, is priced at Rs. 7,990 and will go on sale in India soon.
Along with the Reno 2, OPPO also launched the Reno 2Z and Reno 2F smartphones in India. Both these have a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display without notch, but compared to the shark fin, this has a 16-megapixel rising camera. The Reno 2Z is powered by MediaTek’s latest Helio P90 12nm SoC and the Reno 2F is powered by Helio P70. Both the phones have 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, run Android Pie with ColorOS 6.1 on top. These retain the 48-megapixel primary rear camera (Sony IMX586 (2Z) / Samsung ISOCELL GM1 (2F) sensor, 8-megapixel 119° ultra-wide lens and 2-megapixel mono lens, but the telephoto lens is replaced by the 2-megapixel portrait lens.
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OPPO just launched the Reno 2 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.55-inch Full HD+ Dynamic AMOLED panaromic display with ultra narrow bezels and 93.1% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 730G with 8GB of RAM, Game Boost 2.0, runs Android Pie with ColorOS 6 on top, 48-megapixel primary rear camera with Sony IMX586 sensor, 13-megapixel telephoto lens for 5x hybrid zoom, 20x digital zoom, 8-megapixel 116 degree ultra-wide lens and a 2-megapixel mono lens. It has Ultra steady video mode that combines OIS and EIS, Ultra Dark mode, and Bokeh video for both the front and rear cameras.
Revolt Motors introduced RV400 as India’s first fully electric AI-enabled motorcycle back in June and the company also bookings for the bike exclusively for customers in Delhi and Pune via the company’s official website the same month and on July 5th on Amazon.in for a token amount of Rs 1,000. Today the company officially launched the bike in the country, as it had promised.
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