Samsung today has introduced two new image sensors; the ISOCELL fast 2L9 and Slim 2X7. The Fast 2L9 is a 1.28 micrometer 12-megapixel camera sensor while the Slim 2X7 is an ultra-small 0.9μm 24Mp ISOCELL Slim 2X7 with Tetracell technology. Samsung has four categories for their camera sensors; the fast, slim, ultra and bright which the company uses depending on the product. Continue reading “Samsung introduces 12MP ISOCELL Fast 2L9 Dual Pixel and ISOCELL Slim 2X7 sensors for smartphones”
Xiaomi started selling Redmi Note 4 smartphone through offline stores in India starting this March and the Redmi 4 was available in offline markets from June, a month after its launch exclusively on Amazon.in. Today Xiaomi has announced that both the smartphones will be available at over 240 Big Bazaar stores across India, just in time for the festive season.
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Intel has started delivering the Quantum computing 17-bit Qubit SuperConducting chipset to a European group with an approach that is vastly unique from the current PCs, Phones, and other devices. This move demonstrates the company’s progress and role in the pivotal future. Classic Computing uses the traditional way of encoding information represented in ones and zeros. While the Quantum computing chips work in Qubits and can also be ones and zeros at the same time. Continue reading “Intel develops 17-qubit Superconducting chip for quantum computing”
Huawei’s Honor brand today introduced Honor 7X, the successor of last year’s Honor 6X at an event in China as it had promised. It has a 5.93-inch Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with minimal bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with a 2-megapixel secondary camera along with an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras announced”
Airtel has partnered with Karbonn Mobiles to launch Karbonn A40 Indian, a 4G VoLTE phone with support for 22 Indian languages at an effective price of Rs. 1399. It has also launched a new Rs. 169 plan for the phone that offers unlimited calling and 0.5GB 4G data per day for 28 days. Airtel said that you need to do 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs. 169. Continue reading “Airtel 4G VoLTE phone – Airtel partners with Karbonn to launch 4G VoLTE smartphone at an effective price of Rs. 1399”
Xolo today launched Era 3X, the company’s latest budget smartphone and the successor Era 2X. It also introduced cheaper Era 3 and Era 2V smartphones. All these phones have a 5-inch HD screen, are powered by Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC and run Android 7.0 (Noguat). All these have moonlight flash on the front for capturing better selfies in low lighting conditions.
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Snapchat has introduced new Contextual cards feature which will add contextual information to the geotagged images and photos in Snapchat public stories. Cards with the contextual information will be automatically included to the Snaps added to the Snapchat regional story feature, or venue specific geofilter or those sent with white text. Users can just swipe up of any photo or image that shows the word ‘more’ below it and then, you’ll be able to see an interactive cards popup with more information about the particular place. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Contextual Cards to add more information and functionality to Snaps”
At the Google Hardware event, Google introduced several products and also refreshed the current line-up of Day Dream and Home. At the event it also introduced the Home Mini speaker which is a trim down variant of the original Home speaker for $49.99. The pricing and the feature that it comes with are bang on, but the soon after Google handed over press units at the event on 4th, a weird issue where the Home mini accidentally started recording at random occasions due to the improper calibration of the touch sensor. Continue reading “Google working on update to prevent Home Mini speaker from recording everything”
Twitterific; one the most popular Twitter clients on iOS has re-launched again on macOS as Twitterrific 5 for Twitter after being in the development for over nine months. The app has been redesigned to work fluidly and faster than before; it also includes the modern-day features that you’d expect from any latest client for Twitter. Continue reading “Twitterrific for macOS is back as Twitterrific 5 for Twitter”
Samsung today launched the Galaxy Tab A (2017), a mid-range 4G tablet with VoLTE support in India for Rs. 17,990. Check out the unboxing of the tablet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2017 Unboxing”
Apple launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones in India last month. We recently unboxed both the iPhone models and also demoed the new wireless charging feature. Check out the video.
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LG Electronics has reported preliminary quarterly earnings for third quarter of 2017. It expects increase 82.2% YoY increase in operating profit in Q3 with most revenue coming from home appliances and TV business. With an operating profit of 516.1 billion won ($454 million) in the period of July-September, the revenue is expected to rise up at least by 15.2% higher than the same period last year. Continue reading “LG expects 82% increase in operating profit YoY in Q3 2017”
At the launch of Mi MIX 2, Xiaomi also introduced its Mi Noise Cancelling Earphones USB Type-C version in India. It is Hi-Res audio certified and draws power from the phone itself through USB Type-C port. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Noise Cancelling USB Type-C Earphones launched in India for Rs. 2999”
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), the company’s latest mid-range tablet in India. It has a 8-inch WXGA display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 processor, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and also comes with 4G LTE support with support for voice calling. It has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/1.9 aperture and a 5-megapixel camera on the front. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) with 8-inch display, 4G LTE, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 17990”
Xiaomi just launched the Mi MIX 2, the company’s second-generation Mi MIX smartphone at an event in Delhi, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch 18:9 Full HD+ display with ultra narrow bezels that has a 12% smaller chin compared to the predecessor. It is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile platform with 6GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX386 sensor and a 5-megapixel camera on the front on the right bottom that also supports face recognition. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 with 5.99-inch bezel-less display, Snapdragon 835 launched in India for Rs. 35999”
