Noise, popular for its audio and other products has launched Tune Elite, the company’s latest Neckband In-Ear headphones in India. It sits comfortably around the neck, avoiding the discomfort of heavy Bluetooth earbuds. It is also splash resistant with IPX5 ratings.
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Update: May 13, 2019 — Couple of days before the launch, the company has shared official images of the phone with a no-notch screen with a pop-up front camera, in-display fingerprint scanner and dual rear cameras that includes a 48MP primary camera.
Xiaomi has launched Mi Express Kiosk initiative across India. The Mi Express Kiosks are vending machines which allow consumers to purchase Xiaomi smartphones and mobile accessories directly. You can pay using credit cards, debit cards, cash and UPI for the products. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Mi Express Kiosks in India to sell smartphones and mobile accessories”
vivo launched its V15 Pro smartphone in India back in February in 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version for Rs. 28,990, today it has launched the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version in the country for Rs. 29,990, and the 6GB RAM version is down to Rs. 26,990. It will be available across online and offline channels. Other specifications are same. Continue reading “Vivo V15 Pro 8GB RAM version and V15 Aqua Blue color variant launched in India”
realme already confirmed that its older devices will get Android 9.0 (Pie) update along with ColorOS 6 soon. The company event rolled out Android Q beta 3 for its latest realme 3 Pro smartphone, which is the first phone in the range to support it. Now the company has confirmed that it will start beta testing for the Android Pie based ColorOS 6 update starting next week. This will also add Hyper Boost 2.0 for the devices with the update, expect realme 2, C1, and C2.
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Less than a week from the launch of ASUS Zenfone 6, new images of the dummy unit has surfaced showing off it’s no-notch design, as revealed in the teaser recently. This shows a manual slider design, glass back, dual rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
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Qualcomm already has Qualcomm Smart Headset Platform based on the QCC5100 Series Bluetooth Audio SoC introduced last year. Now it has announced a partnership with Google to add support for Google Assistant and Fast Pair support for Bluetooth headphones.
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Update: May 9, 2019 — New teaser shows Snapdragon 855, dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots, notification LED, separate smart key on the right, above the volume rockers and the power button, and a 3.5mm audio jack on the bottom.
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Lenovo has launched its EGO digital smartwatch. It has a monochrome screen with night light mode, promises 20 days battery life, offers 24/7 heart-rate tracking, offers activity and scientific sleep monitoring, and is water resistant up to 50 meters so it can be used as a swim tracker. It also has smart features like remote camera and vibrating notifications along with alerts for phone calls, emails, text messages, and other social media apps.
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y3 selfie-focused smartphone last month, here we have the camera samples from the phone. The phone packs a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with single LED Flash, 1/2.8″ OmniVision OV12A10 sensor, 1.25um pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, EIS along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera with OmniVision OV02A10 sensor to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 32-megapixel front-facing camera with 1/2.8″ Samsung S5KGD1 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/2.25 aperture and 80-degree field of view (FOV).
After AQUOS R2 Compact last year, Sharp has announced AQUOS R3 smartphone with dual-notch design with front camera at the top of the display and fingerprint sensor at the bottom. It has a 6.2-inch Quad HD+ IGZO LCD screen with 120GHz refresh rate, is powered by Snapdragon 855 with 6GB of RAM, runs Android Pie, has a 12.2MP rear camera along with a 20.1MP secondary 125° ultra-wide camera.
Update : May 8, 2019 — After a delay, LG has confirmed that it will roll out the LG V50 ThinQ 5G smartphone from May 10th in Korea. Pricing remains the same — 1,199,000 won (US$ 1,016 / Rs. 71,019 approx.) for the phone and the Dual-Screen accessory costs 2,19,000 won (US$ 185 / Rs. 12,970 approx.), which is free those who buys the phone till June-end. It also offers one-year free replacement service for customers who purchase the phone before May 13.
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Samsung has introduced two new 0.8-micrometer (μm) pixel image sensors — 64-megapixel (Mp) Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 and 48Mp ISOCELL Bright GM2. The new ISOCELL Bright GW1 is a 64Mp sensor offers the highest resolution, and the new ISOCELL Bright GM2 48Mp sensor is the successor of last year’s ISOCELL Bright GM1 48Mp sensor that is being used in most smartphones this year.
After the P smart+ 2019 in March, Huawei has silently introduced the P Smart Z, a mid-range smartphone. This has a 6.59-inch Full HD+ Ultra FullView display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Kirin 710F SoC with 4GB RAM, support for GPU Turbo 2.0 and Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection. Continue reading “HUAWEI P Smart Z with 6.59-inch FHD+ Ultra FullView display, 16MP pop-up front camera announced”
Google is out with the latest Android distribution numbers for the month of May 2019. The company is posting this data after six months when Android Pie was not in the list since it was below 1%. Now, after nine months after Android Pie stable update started rolling out, it is running in just 10.4% devices. From 21.5% back in October last year, Android Oreo (8.1 and 8.0) is now on 28.3%.
