Reliance Jio launches Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls, 28 days validity for JioPhone users

Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July last year and started pre-bookings for the phone in August. It launched Rs. 153 plan exclusively for JioPhone users offering free voice calls and 500MB data per day with 28 days validity offering 14GB data. Earlier this month the company increased the data to 1GB per day offering 28GB data. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls, 28 days validity for JioPhone users”

Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Kolkata on January 26

Xiaomi Mi Home Store Mumbai

After BengaluruDelhi-NCR, ChennaiMumbaiPune and Madhya Pradesh, Xiaomi is all set to open a new Mi Home Store in Kolkata in South City Mall tomorrow, January 26th. This will the company’s twentieth Mi Home Store in the country, after five stores in Bengaluru, two stores in Chennai, Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, and one in Hyderabad, Gurugram, Noida, Pune, Bhopal and Thane. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Kolkata on January 26”

LG posts its biggest-ever revenue, highest yearly profits in 8 years in 2017; narrows smartphone losses in Q4 2017

LG V30 -9

LG Electronics has reported revenues of 16.96 trillion won (US$ 15.3 billion) for the fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2017, which is up 14.8% compared to the same quarter last year. For the whole 2017 it reported record 61.4 trillion won (US$ 55.4 billion) revenues, up 10.9% YoY and profits of 2.47 trillion won (US$ 2.23 billion) – the highest profit since 2009 – up 85% from 2016 due in large part to strong performance by premium home appliances and TVs.  Continue reading “LG posts its biggest-ever revenue, highest yearly profits in 8 years in 2017; narrows smartphone losses in Q4 2017”

Vivo X20 Plus UD with in-display fingerprint sensor announced

Vivo has announced X20 Plus UD with in-display fingerprint sensor in China, as it had promised.  The smartphone shares similar specifications as the original X20 Plus, but it has in-display fingerprint scanner instead of fingerprint sensor on the back so that users unlock the smartphone through one-touch fingerprint scanning directly on the display.

Continue reading “Vivo X20 Plus UD with in-display fingerprint sensor announced”

Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Unpacked 2018 event set for February 25 at MWC in Barcelona

Samsung has finally sent out invites for its Galaxy Unpacked 2018 event during MWC 2018 in Barcelona where it will unveil its flagship Galaxy S9 series of smartphones. This was already rumored, and February 25th is a day ahead of the expected date that will clash with HMD Global’s event.

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Unpacked 2018 event set for February 25 at MWC in Barcelona”

iOS 11.3 to bring new Animoji, Health records, Battery status, ARKit Improvements and more

Apple today announced iOS 11.3 and previewed some of its features. The update will bring four new Animoji – lion, bear, dragon and skull for the iPhone X, ARKit 1.5 to developers to offer even more immersive AR experiences to recognize and place virtual objects on vertical surfaces like walls and doors, and more accurately map irregularly shaped surfaces like circular tables for next-generation AR apps.

Continue reading “iOS 11.3 to bring new Animoji, Health records, Battery status, ARKit Improvements and more”

Moto X4 6GB RAM version with Android Oreo expected to launch in India exclusively on Flipkart on February 1

Motorola launched the Moto X4 smartphone in India back in November last year in 3GB RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variants. Now the company has started teasing the launch of new version of the smartphone in the country that hints at 6GB RAM version of the smartphone which has also been listed on Flipkart in Sterling Blue version without much details.

Continue reading “Moto X4 6GB RAM version with Android Oreo expected to launch in India exclusively on Flipkart on February 1”

Google I/O 2018 scheduled from May 8 to 10

Google has finally revealed dates for its annual developer conference for 2018. It will be held from May 8th – May 10th. The company has not officially announced the dates but instead it had shared a puzzle like last time. Continue reading “Google I/O 2018 scheduled from May 8 to 10”

Vodafone, Flipkart offer 4G smartphones at an effective price of Rs. 999

Last year Vodafone started tie-ups with several manufacturers to offer affordable 4G smartphones. Today it has announced a partnership with Flipkart to offer entry-level 4G smartphones at an effective price of Rs. 999. Micromax, iVoomi, YU, Xolo, Intex, Swipe and Alcatel are the brand partners. Continue reading “Vodafone, Flipkart offer 4G smartphones at an effective price of Rs. 999”

Samsung 860 PRO and 860 EVO Solid State Drives with up to 4TB capacity announced

Samsung has announced 860 PRO and 860 EVO Solid State Drives successors of 850 PRO and 850 EVO that were introduced back in 2015. Both these come in up to 4TB capacities to hold up to 114 hours and 30 minutes of 4K Ultra HD video.

Continue reading “Samsung 860 PRO and 860 EVO Solid State Drives with up to 4TB capacity announced”

Xiaomi begins MIUI 10 development

Xiaomi introduced MIUI 9 back in July last year along with the Mi 5X smartphone which has already rolled out to several devices. Yesterday at the 2017 Annual Meeting for MIUI division to discuss about the past year and future development, the company said that it has started the development of MIUI 10. This was confirmed by Hong Feng, Co-Founder and Vice President of Xiaomi who leads the MIUI division.

Continue reading “Xiaomi begins MIUI 10 development”

Vivo V7 Review

Vivo launched the V7 smartphone soon after the launch of  V7+ that we had reviewed recently. It has a FullView 18:9 display, but in a smaller size compared to the V7, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and has the same 24-megapixel front camera. How good is the smartphone? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Vivo V7 Review”

DJI Mavic Air ultra-portable, foldable 4K Camera Drone announced

DJI just introduced Mavic Air, the most portable 3-Axis Gimbal 4K Camera Drone with SmartCapture, FlightAutonomy 2.0 and Advanced Pilot Assistance Systems. It weighs just 430 grams and its folding arms and propellers sit flush against its slender aerodynamic frame, making it so compact that its footprint is nearly the size of a modern smartphone when folded.

Continue reading “DJI Mavic Air ultra-portable, foldable 4K Camera Drone announced”

Apple HomePod to roll out from February 9, pre-orders begin January 26

Apple HomePod_fonearena-1

Apple introduced its first Siri-powered smart speaker HomePod at WWDC 2017 back in June last year. At that time the company said that it will ship the device starting in December in Australia, the UK and the US, later it was pushed to early 2018. Today the company confirmed that the smart speaker will be available in these countries from February 9th with pre-orders starting from this Friday, January 26th. Continue reading “Apple HomePod to roll out from February 9, pre-orders begin January 26”

Integral 512GB microSDXC world’s highest-capacity microSD card announced

Last year at the IFA Western Digital Corporation introduced SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC as the world’s highest-capacity microSD card for $249.99. Now UK-based Integral Memory plc has introduced 512GB microSDXC V10, UHS-I U1 card as the world’s highest capacity microSD. Continue reading “Integral 512GB microSDXC world’s highest-capacity microSD card announced”