Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India

Uber India has announced that is has started rolling out payment authorization hold feature that allows Uber to authorize hold your upfront fare amount before your trip begins for non-cash credit and debit card payment method for every trip requested. Uber says that this is to confirm that a user’s account is active and available to fund their trips. Continue reading “Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India”

Airtel to deloy Massive MIMO pre-5G solution across IPL match venues offering up to 3x faster 4G speeds

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Airtel today announced that it will deploy Massive MIMO Pre-5G technology across IPL match venues, making sure that its customers continue to enjoy superfast data experience on Airtel 4G when they watching the match. Massive MIMO expands existing network capacity by five to seven times over existing spectrum, thereby improving spectral efficiency. Continue reading “Airtel to deloy Massive MIMO pre-5G solution across IPL match venues offering up to 3x faster 4G speeds”

LG G7 ThinQ surfaces in live images

Last month live images and video of the upcoming flagship LG smartphone surfaced from the MWC 2018 as G7 (Neo).  Now the first image of the LG G7 ThinQ with the model number LM-G710M  has surfaced in live images, which is said to be in early testing phase in the US. This coincides with earlier images and shows the top-notch. Earlier this week @evleaks said that the G7 will be released as G7 ThinQ, after the V30 ThinQ that was introduced at the MWC 2018.  Continue reading “LG G7 ThinQ surfaces in live images”

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q1 2018 reveals another record profit

Samsung has posted its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2018, which reveals that it will post an all time high 15.6 (15.5 ~ 15.7) trillion Korean won ($14.6 billion approx.) in operating profits for the quarter, 57% up from a year earlier. This will beat the 15.15 trillion won ($14.13 billion) profit that it had posted in Q4 2017. Continue reading “Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q1 2018 reveals another record profit”

Nokia 6 2018 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP camera with ZEISS optics, Android 8.1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 16999

HMD Global announced the new Nokia 6 Android One smartphone at the MWC, which was launched in India earlier this week. Today the company has started selling the smartphone across the country. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 630 Mobile platform, runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash, ZEISS optics and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery for Android and iOS releasing on April 25

Jam City, a Los Angeles based mobile games studio, in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will release Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a free-to-play RPG game (with in-app purchases) for Android and iOS devices on April 25th. In this game you embark on your own adventure by creating own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student, set in the wizarding world, years before Harry Potter received his Hogwarts letter.

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Vodafone launches VoLTE services in UP East

After Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, GujaratMaharashtra and Goa and Rajasthan,Haryana,  Uttar Pradesh (UP) west, and Karnataka, Vodafone has launched its VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in Uttar Pradesh (UP) East in India. It is currently available in  cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Faizabad, and, around 26,000 towns and villages in the UP East circle. Continue reading “Vodafone launches VoLTE services in UP East”

RBI orders banks to stop services to those dealing in crypto currencies

At its first Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Press Conference for the financial year  2018-2019, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to stop having business relationship with the entities dealing with virtual currencies with immediate effect. Regulated entities which already provide such services are also ordered to end relationship within a period of three months. Some of the banks have already banned buying cryptocurrencies using credit and debit cards. Continue reading “RBI orders banks to stop services to those dealing in crypto currencies”

Airtel to offer free streaming of IPL matches on Airtel TV app

Airtel today announced that its customers can enjoy unlimited streaming of all live matches of IPL 2018 with the new version of Airtel TV app via Hotstar. Already already said that all content on Airtel TV app is completely free for Airtel Postpaid and Prepaid customers until June 2018. Continue reading “Airtel to offer free streaming of IPL matches on Airtel TV app”

Xiaomi Mi Fan Festival sale on Amazon and Flipkart: Discounts on Mi MIX 2, Mi Max 2, Mi Band HRX Edition and more

Xiaomi today started its two-day Mi Fan Festival sale on Mi.com as well as Flipkart and Amazon.in to offer discounts on its smartphones and accessories. Check out the list of offers. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Fan Festival sale on Amazon and Flipkart: Discounts on Mi MIX 2, Mi Max 2, Mi Band HRX Edition and more”

Motorola schedules an event on April 19 in Brazil, Moto G6, G6 Play and G6 Plus expected

After several leaks, Motorola has finally sent out invites for an event on April 19th in Sao Paulo, Brazil where the company is expected to introduce its latest Moto G6 series smartphones – Moto G6, Moto G6 Play and Moto G6 Plus. All the phones are expected to feature 18:9 displays, fingerprint sensor and the Moto G6 and G6 Plus have dual rear cameras. Continue reading “Motorola schedules an event on April 19 in Brazil, Moto G6, G6 Play and G6 Plus expected”

Xiaomi launches Mi Crowdfunding in India

Xiaomi today launched Mi Crowdfunding, where users can support, buy and also help Xiaomi decide which products can be launched in India. When 100% support is achieved within a stipulated timeline, a project will be considered successful for a specific product. It will be shipped to backers and will also be launched for others. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Mi Crowdfunding in India”

Reliance Jio launches Jio Cricket Season Pack, Jio Cricket Play Along game and Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Live Show for IPL 2018

Reliance Jio today launched new offerings –  Jio Cricket Play Along game that lets you win prizes, Jio Cricket Season Pack that offers live streaming of IPL matches on the app and Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Live comedy Cricket show for the IPL season starting this week. All these will be available on My Jio app that will also be available for non-Jio subscribers. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches Jio Cricket Season Pack, Jio Cricket Play Along game and Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Live Show for IPL 2018”

OnePlus 6 will have an option to hide the notch

Last week OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei confirmed that the OnePlus 6 will have a notch and shared the reason for having a notch. Later the CEO Pete Lau shared more details about the screen and the notch on the forum saying that the phone will have a compatibility mode that will let you black out the sides of the notch when in landscape mode when watching videos or playing games . The CEO also said that the mode has been tested with the 1000 most popular apps in the Play Store, and it works wonderfully.

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Xiaomi Redmi 5A Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

Xiaomi Redmi 5A FoneArena One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A smartphone recently. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3000mAh (typical) / 2910mAh (minimum) built-in battery, has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by Snapdragon 425, has 2GB or 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”