Nokia 8 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage goes on sale in Finland

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Nokia 8 was introduced back in August and was launched in India on September 26th. While the Initial variant was shipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, now a new model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is available in Finland, after some rumors. Rest of the specifications remain the same, except for the RAM and storage. Continue reading “Nokia 8 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage goes on sale in Finland”

Reliance Jio reports Rs. 6147 crore revenue for Q2 FY18, has over 138.6 million customers

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Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 6,147 crore revenue and a net loss of 270.59 crore for its first quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 30th September, 2017. It reported Standalone earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 1,443 crore and EBITDA margin of 23.5%, and Standalone earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of 260 crore and EBIT margin of 4.2%. Consolidated value of services stood at 7,213 crore. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 6147 crore revenue for Q2 FY18, has over 138.6 million customers”

OPPO F5 with full-screen display launching in India on November 2

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OPPO earlier this week confirmed it will unveil OPPO F5 smartphone in Philippines on October 26th. Yesterday it confirmed that it will launch the smartphone in India as well as Southeast Asia Markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam soon. Today it has sent out invites for the launch of the smartphone in the country on November 2nd. Continue reading “OPPO F5 with full-screen display launching in India on November 2”

Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras goes on sale in India for Rs. 36999

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HMD Global launched its flagship Nokia 8 smartphone in India. Today the company said that the Nokia 8 will be available in the country from retail stores offline starting today. The phone packs a 5.3-inch Quad HD display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android O, 13-megapixel dual rear cameras (RGB + Monochrome), ZEISS optics and OIS. Continue reading “Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras goes on sale in India for Rs. 36999”

Airtel launches VoLTE services in Maharashtra & Goa

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After launching Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai last month, Airtel has launched VoLTE services across Rest of Maharashtra & Goa. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Maharashtra & Goa”

Nokia 6 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update with October security patch starts rolling out

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HMD Global introduced Nokia 6 smartphone earlier this year running Android 7.0 (Nougat), later it got Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update back in April, and it was launched in India with the same version of the OS. Now it has finally started rolling out Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) update in some regions. Continue reading “Nokia 6 Android 7.1.2 Nougat update with October security patch starts rolling out”

Samsung Gear Sport and Gear IconX 2018 price and availability in the U.S. announced

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Samsung had launched the Gear Sport and Gear IconX 2018 back in August at the IFA event, and today the company has announced the pricing and availability details of the devices in USA.

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Lava Helium 12 laptop with 12.5-inch display launched for Rs. 12999

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Lava this week launched Helium 12, its second Windows 10 laptop in the Helium series, few months after launching the Helium 14. It has a 12.5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel x5-Z8350 processor, has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which is expandable with microSD.

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Honor 6C Pro with 5.2-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, metal body announced

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 6C back in April, now it has unveiled Honor 6C Pro in Europe, which is the re-branded Honor V9 Play that was introduced in China last month. It packs a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 SoC, instead of Snapdragon 435 in the 6C and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1 on top. Continue reading “Honor 6C Pro with 5.2-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, metal body announced”

Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun to step down

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Samsung Electronics today has announced that company’s Vice Chairman, Kwon Oh-Hyun will resign as Head of Device Solutions business and will not be seeking a re-election as as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board when his term ends in the coming March 2018. Apart from Head of Device Solutions business, he will also resign from the position of CEO of Samsung display. Continue reading “Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun to step down”

Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 2017 reveals another record profit

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Samsung has posted its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2017, which reveals that it will post an all time high 14.5 (14.4 ~ 14.6) trillion Korean won ($12.8 billion approx.) in operating profits for the quarter, nearly tripling (178% up) from a year earlier. This will beat the 14.07 trillion won ($12.7 billion) profit that it had posted in Q2 2017. Continue reading “Samsung’s earnings guidance for Q3 2017 reveals another record profit”

Google permanently turns off top touch functionality on Home Mini

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Google recently temporarily disabled the top button of the Home Mini post few reports from various sources which claimed that their Home mini speaker automatically starts listening at random occasions and sending the recording to the Google servers. While, Google’s initial plan was to temporarily disable the button, as it works on an update that can fix the issue, but today, in contrast, the company has decided to permanently turn off the top button. Continue reading “Google permanently turns off top touch functionality on Home Mini”

Tata to merge consumer mobile business with Airtel

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Bharti Airtel and Tata today announced that they have entered into an agreement to merge Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) into Bharti Airtel. As a part of the deal, Airtel will take over Tata’s consumer operations across the country in nineteen circles (17 under TTSL and 2 under TTML) with over 40 million customers joining Airtel and assets of Tata CMB.
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Nubia Z17 miniS with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual front and rear cameras announced

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ZTE’s nubia brand along with the Z17S also announced Nubia Z17 miniS, successor of Z17 mini that was introduced earlier this year. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p screen and is powered by Snapdragon 653 SoC with 6GB RAM and 13-megapixel dual rear cameras with monochrome + RGB sensors on the back, but this comes with a 16-megapixel front camera along with a 5-megapixel secondary front camera and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with nubia UI 5.0 . Continue reading “Nubia Z17 miniS with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual front and rear cameras announced”