OPPO has silently launched R15 Pro smartphone in India. It was originally introduced as R15 Dream Mirror Edition in China last year. It has a 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 aspect ratio OLED display with a notch with a 1.78mm narrow frame and 90% screen-to-body ratio. It calls it Super-V Display. It is powered by Snapdragon 660 SoC with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage.
After announcing price cuts for Mi A2 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones earlier this week, Xiaomi has announced second price cut for the Redmi Y2, selfie-focused smartphone in the country, after its first price cut in November this year. After Rs. 1000 price cut, the Redmi Y2 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version now costs Rs. 8999 and the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version is available at Rs. 10,999. It is available at new rates on Amazon.in, Mi.com and offline stores. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y2 gets another price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 8999”
After a year-long hiatus, Xolo is back with a new budget smartphone, Era 4X. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ screen with a 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection, run Android 8.1 (Oreo), feature an 8-megapixel rear and a 5-megapixel front camera, both with LED flash, Dual 4G VoLTE and a 3000mAh battery. It doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor, but comes with face unlock for the 2GB RAM version. Continue reading “Xolo Era 4X with 5.45-inch 18:9 display, face unlock, Dual 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 4444 [Update: Now available]”
TCL Communication at the CES 2019 introduced new Alcatel 1 Series smartphones – Alcatel 1X (2019) and Alcatel 1C (2019), sucessors of last year’s 1X and 1C models. The new 1X has an HD+ screen, comes with dual rear cameras and also has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The new 1C Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone has an FWVGA+ screen and a non-slip, textured finish.
ASUS India and Flipkart have teamed to launch ASUS Days from today, January 9th to offer discounts on range of ZenFone models. It also offers the latest ZenFone Max Pro M2 and ZenFone Max M2 with, and ZenFone Max M1 with no cost EMI through bank credit & debit card for the period of 3 and 6 months. Continue reading “ASUS Days Sale on Flipkart: Zenfone Lite L1 at Rs. 4999, Rs. 8000 off on ZenFone 5Z and more”
Intel at the CES 2019 announced Ice Lake, next-generation 10nm PC platform, Project Athena, an innovation program to deliver a new class of advanced laptops with 5G and artificial intelligence, and previewed a new client platform code-named Lakefield.
Sony at the CES 2019 has announced that its latest WH-1000XM3 noise-canceling wireless headphones will get Amazon Alexa support soon. It Previous WH-1000XM2 and WI-1000X wireless headphones will also get Alexa suport. Continue reading “Sony WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM2 and WI-1000X wireless noise-canceling headphones to get Amazon Alexa support in Q1 2019”
LG has introduced Q9, new Android smartphone in Korea. It has a 6.1-inch QHD+ 19.5:9 FullVision display, is powered by Snapdragon 821 SoC with 4GB of RAM, is IP68 rated for dust and water resistance, meets MIL-STD 810G requirements, and Hi-Fi Quad DAC. This was introduced as G7 Fit back in August last year at the IFA. Continue reading “LG Q9 with 6.1-inch QHD+ display, Quad DAC, Water-resistant body, military-level durability announced”
Samsung and LG, two Korean giants today reported earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2018. Both the companies have reported drop in profits for the quarter. Continue reading “Samsung earnings guidance and LG preliminary earnings reveal profit drop in Q4 2018”
Huawei’s Honor brand has introduced Honor Play 8A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6-inch HD+ waterdrop notch display, and the company claims that it has 87% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio P35 12nm SoC, runs Android 9.0 (Oreo), and has a 13-megapixel rear camrea with f/1.8 aperture, and an 8-megapixel front camera.
Continue reading “Honor Play 8A with 6-inch waterdrop notch display, Android 9.0 (Pie) announced”
LG Electronics (LG) at the CES 2019 introduced the world’s first rollable OLED TV – LG SIGNATURE OLED TV R (65R9), as expected. This has the ability to rise and roll-up at the touch of a button. It can transform itself to offer three different viewing options – Full View, Line View and Zero View. Continue reading “LG SIGNATURE OLED TV R 65-inch rollable TV can transform into Full View, Line View and Zero View”
After announcing a price cut for Mi A2 yesterday, Xiaomi today announced a price cut for its popular Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone in India as the company has sold 1 crore or 10 million units. It was launched back in February last year and got a Rs. 1000 price cut in November. The smartphone is now available for Rs. 12,999 for the 4GB+64GB version, after a Rs. 1000 price cut and the 6GB+64GB version is available for Rs. 13,999, after a Rs. 2000 price cut on Flipkart, Amazon.in, Mi.com and offline stores. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro gets another price cut in India as it hits 1 crore unit sales, now starts at Rs. 12999”
Reliance Jio today launched Kumbh JioPhone, a unique and differentiated offering for pilgrims of Kumbh, the largest human congregation in the world, with over 130 Mn pilgrims taking a holy dip over 55 days. These offerings will enrich the spiritual experience of millions of pilgrims during the divine holy dip, says the company. It is also offering live telecast of Kumbh events and programs on JioTV and daily Kumbh Quiz to win prizes.
In less than couple of weeks after rolling out an update, ASUS has started rolling out another update for the Zenfone Max Pro M2 smartphone that brings several fixes camera interface and text translation optimization, and improves to reduction on FM Radio, however it is yet to receive AI camera features. Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone Max M2 update brings front camera EIS, Max Pro M2 update brings FM Radio noise reduction and more [Download Link]”
Update 2: Huawei today said that it has postponed the launch event to January 10th.
