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Nokia 6.1 Plus with 5.8-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, Snapdragon 636, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 15999

HMD Global just launched the Nokia 6.1 Plus, the global version of the Nokia X6 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced for the global markets last month, starting from Hong Kong and packs a 5.8-inch FHD+ display with a notch and 19:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 636 with 4GB of RAM, Android 8.1 (Oreo), 16-megapixel rear camera with RGB sensor, 5-megapixel secondary rear camera with a monochrome sensor, AI portrait and scene recognition and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI selfies with background blur, stickers and face unlock.

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Paytm launches AI Cloud made-in-India AI-powered cloud computing platform

One97 Communications Limited today launched Ai Cloud – It’s own AI Cloud computing platform for developers, startups and enterprises. The company said that is made-in-India to offer suite of business-centric apps for organizations that need high-quality solutions for cloud computing, ready-to-use services to automate their workflow, easy to integrate payments, messaging and customer engagement without the need of managing hardware and software. Continue reading “Paytm launches AI Cloud made-in-India AI-powered cloud computing platform”

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 GPUs announced

NVIDIA at the Gamescom introduced new GeForce RTX series GPUs – GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 and 2070 based on the new NVIDIA Turing architecture and the NVIDIA RTX platform with next-generation shaders with real-time ray tracing and all-new AI capabilities. Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 GPUs announced”

Fitbit Charge 3 fitness tracker with swimproof design, up to 7 days battery life announced in India starting at Rs. 14999

Fitbit just introduced Charge 3, the company’s next-generation fitness tracker and the successor of the Charge 2 that was launched back in 2016. It has PurePulse heart rate technology, offers automatic exercise recognition, sleep tracking, swimproof design with a touchscreen display, 15+ goal-based exercise modes, and promises up to 7 days battery life. Continue reading “Fitbit Charge 3 fitness tracker with swimproof design, up to 7 days battery life announced in India starting at Rs. 14999”

Honor 8X with 7.12-inch Full HD+ display, dual rear cameras, 4900mAh battery gets certified [Update: Official teaser]

Update – August 20: Honor has officially confirmed the existence of the 8X. The teaser says that the phone will be beyond imagination and the company will break the limit, hinting at the phone’s large screen. Continue reading “Honor 8X with 7.12-inch Full HD+ display, dual rear cameras, 4900mAh battery gets certified [Update: Official teaser]”

Tata Sky Broadband services launched in 12 cities, offers up to 100Mbps speed

TataSky has launched its broadband internet services in 12 cities – New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Ahmedabad, Mira Bhayandar, Bhopal, Chennai and Bengaluru in India. Plans start at Rs. 999 offering 5Mbps unlimited speed and goes up to 100Mbps at Rs. 2,500. It costs Rs. 1,200 for installation and also comes with a free Wi-Fi router.

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Vivo V11 Pro with in-display fingerprint sensor, Halo FullView display launching in India on September 6

After a teaser, Vivo has officially confirmed that it will introduce the V11Pro, successor of Vivo V9 that was launched back in March. The teaser also confirms display notch, which the company calls Halo FullView and an in-display fingerprint sensor. It also has an hashtag #UnlockTheAmazing Continue reading “Vivo V11 Pro with in-display fingerprint sensor, Halo FullView display launching in India on September 6”

Realme 2 with a notch, dual rear cameras teased ahead of launch

After three months of launch of Realme 1, the company has started teasing the Realme 2 with a notch. The company has also teased dual rear cameras for the smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy A6+ gets another price cut in India

Samsung launched the Galaxy A6+ smartphone in India in May for Rs. 25,990, along with the Galaxy A6. Last month it received a Rs. 2000 price cut in just over a month of launch, now it has received another Rs. 2000 price cut in the country. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A6+ gets another price cut in India”

Airtel TV app users to get access to ZEE5 content as a part of strategic partnership

Bharti Airtel and ZEE Entertainment today announced a strategic alliance, under which Airtel and ZEEL will work closely to curate digital/OTT video content solutions for customers across India. Airtel customers will get exclusive access to premium content of ZEEL: Over the next three years, curated / select video content produced by ZEEL, including TV shows, original series and movies will be available exclusively on Airtel’s digital properties like Airtel TV, in addition to ZEE’s digital platform, ZEE5. Continue reading “Airtel TV app users to get access to ZEE5 content as a part of strategic partnership”

HMD Global schedules an event in India on August 21, Nokia 6.1 Plus (X6) expected [Update: Flipkart exclusive]

Update: August 20 – Flipkart has confirmed that the phone will be exclusively available with them. It has also released a new teaser video featuring Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy.

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Motorola One Android One smartphone with 5.86-inch 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 gets certified

Motorola One Android One smartphone with the model number XT1941 has been certified by TENAA in China, after the press images of the phone surfaced in renders. The smartphone that surfaced in live images and TENAA certification was actually the P30 that was introduced in China earlier this week. Continue reading “Motorola One Android One smartphone with 5.86-inch 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 gets certified”

ZTE Axon 9 to be announced at IFA on August 30

ZTE has announced an event at the IFA 2018 in Berlin later this month where it is expected to introduce Axon 9, successor of the Axon 7 that was introduced back in 2016, according to the teaser. ZTE will also introduce “leading 5G innovations” on display at a trade show booth. Continue reading “ZTE Axon 9 to be announced at IFA on August 30”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm SoC could launch as SM8150, feature dedicated AI processing unit

Details about Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship Snapdragon 855 SoC, successor of Snapdragon 845 surfaced earlier this year. A recent report said that TSMC will be making the 7nm (FinFET) chips and the production will start by the end of 2018 or early 2019. Now another report reveals that the company might go for a new naming scheme. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm SoC could launch as SM8150, feature dedicated AI processing unit”

You can now switch to MIUI Beta ROM without unlocking Bootloader

Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular Android skins with more than 200 million worldwide users. MIUI Beta ROM gets updated biweekly, which includes closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday but all devices running MIUI come with MIUI Global Stable ROM pre-installed. Users could switch to MIUI Global Beta ROM using Updater method or Fastboot method but company always advised users to flash MIUI Global Beta ROM using Fastboot method after unlocking the bootloader of their device, but now users don’t need to unlock bootloader to switch to MIUI Global Beta ROM. Continue reading “You can now switch to MIUI Beta ROM without unlocking Bootloader”