Lava Red OnePlus 5T goes on sale in India with instant discount, No cost EMI, exchange offer and more

OnePlus launched Lava Red edition of the OnePlus 5T smartphone in India last week. Today the smartphone went on sale in the country for Rs. 37,999 through Amazon.in, oneplusstore.in as well as Croma stores and OnePlus experience zones in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi NCR . Continue reading “Lava Red OnePlus 5T goes on sale in India with instant discount, No cost EMI, exchange offer and more”

Weekly Roundup: Honor 9 Lite, Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime, Meizu M6s and more

This week Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 9i smartphone, Samsung launched the Galaxy On7 Prime, Meizu introduced the M6s with side-mounted fingerprint sensor, OPPO launched a mid-range A83 smartphone and lots more in our weekly roundup.

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Paytm Payments Bank now offering physical debit card

Paytm, probably the most used e-wallet app in India has received a new iOS app update, which enables users to setup BHIM UPI (one-touch payment). This was recently made available on the Android platform. Using the new BHIM UPI feature, users will be able to receive and transfer money directly into their bank account at no extra cost. Continue reading “Paytm Payments Bank now offering physical debit card”

Reliance Jio reports Rs. 504 crore profit in Q3, has over 160 million customers

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Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 6879.42 crore revenue, up 12.7% QoQ and a net profit of 504.38 crore for its second quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 31st December, 2017. This comes after the company reported a net loss of 270.59 crore in the previous quarter. Jio’s rival Airtel earlier this week reported over 39% decline in profits for Q3 2018. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 504 crore profit in Q3, has over 160 million customers”

TRAI directs RCOM to refund unspent balance, security deposit to customers

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a notice to Reliance Communication Limited regarding the refund of the unused balance and  security deposit made at the time of getting the connection. This is an official statement and all the pre-paid and post-paid users are entitled under this policy.  As the company hasn’t renewed the spectrum license for 2G and CDMA services, all the Reliance users were asked to port their numbers to continue to use the phone number. Continue reading “TRAI directs RCOM to refund unspent balance, security deposit to customers”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 8.1.18 released

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Xiaomi released MIUI 9 Global Stable update for its Mi MIX 2 smartphone back in November, and announced Android Oreo beta program for the phone for China ROM last month, now it has released MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 8.1.18 for the smartphone which is based on Android 8.0 (Oreo).

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Motorola Sphere+ 2-in-1 Bluetooth Speaker with Over-Ear Headphones launched in India

Motorola has launched Motorola Sphere+ Bluetooth Speaker with integrated Bluetooth headphones in India. The speaker offers 2 x 8W (16W) watts of power and bass porting for a deep, rich listening experience. You can dock the headphones on the speaker base to charge, while transitioning seamlessly from one to the other so the music never stops.

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Xiaomi Mi Explorer Overview [Update – Now you can turn off ads on MIUI devices as well]

Update – January 19: Mi Explorer has received an update that now lets you turn off recommendations (advertisements)  from the settings on MIUI devices as well, so you don’t need the workaround anymore we had mentioned in the article previously. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Explorer Overview [Update – Now you can turn off ads on MIUI devices as well]”

MIUI App Vault Overview – Shortcuts, Cricket, Calendar events, Notes and Ola

Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its Android skin MIUI back in November with tons of new features including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, App Vault, New Notification Shade, Mi Video App, New Mi Explorer and Mi Drop. We have already covered some of these features in posts earlier and in this post, we will be giving an overview of App Vault. Continue reading “MIUI App Vault Overview – Shortcuts, Cricket, Calendar events, Notes and Ola”

LG X4+ with 5.3-inch display, Hi-Fi DAC, military-level durability announced

LG today introduced X4+, the company’s smartphone in the ‘X series’ in Korea. It has military grade durability with MIL-STD-810G  that can withstand impact, vibration, high temperature, low temperature, thermal shock, and humidity and also has a dedicated digital to analog converter (DAC) for Hi-Res 32-bit 192 kHz audio listening. Continue reading “LG X4+ with 5.3-inch display, Hi-Fi DAC, military-level durability announced”

WhatsApp Business app launched, allows small businesses to easily connect with customers

Facebook-owned WhatsApp back in September last year announced that it it is testing new tools through a closed pilot program that will allow people to communicate with the businesses they want to reach on WhatsApp. Today the company has officially launched standalone WhatsApp Business App for Android that enables small businesses to have a business presence on WhatsApp, communicate more efficiently with your customers, and help grow their business, separating customer and personal messages, and creating an official presence.

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Honor View 10 gets Face Unlock via OTA update

Update: The 602MB BKL-L09 8.0.0.130 update for the Honor View 10 that brings Face unlock is now live. It also adds Vodafone VoLTE support and also includes Android security update for January 2018. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Honor View 10 gets Face Unlock via OTA update”

Fitbit Ionic Smartwatch, Fitbit Flyer wireless headphones and Fitbit Aria 2 Wi-Fi Smart Scale announced in India

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Fitbit today announced Ionic, its first smartwatch, Flyer, its latest Bluetooth wireless headphones with with durable, sweatproof design with hydrophobic nano-coating and Aria 2 Wi-Fi Smart Scale for the Indian market. All these were introduced back in August last year.

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Tecno Camon i with 5.65-inch FullView display, 3GB RAM, metal body launched in India for Rs. 8999

China-based Transsion Holdings’ TECNO Mobile today launched Tecno Camon i, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It has a 5.65-inch HD+ 18:9 FullView display, is powered by quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with the company’s own HiOS on top. It has 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash, and the rear camera has quad LED flash. Continue reading “Tecno Camon i with 5.65-inch FullView display, 3GB RAM, metal body launched in India for Rs. 8999”

Motorola expands retail footprint in India with 50 Moto Hub stores in New Delhi

Motorola has been expanding its retail footprint across India rapidly. Today the company has announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in New Delhi.  Some of the places include – Telepathy, G-21, Marina Arcade in Connaught Place, Mobile Zone in Janakpuri District Centre, Sigmen Stores in Kalkaji, Sanju Telecom in Lajpat Nagar, TS Group Store near Nehru Place Market.

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