Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

SanDisk Industrial microSD, SD and Automotive SD cards announced, can withstand extreme temperatures

SanDisk Industrial microSD and SD cards

Western Digital has introduced their new SanDisk SD and microSD cards line-up for the Automotive and specialized industrial applications. The company claims that these cards work in extreme and radical situations as they come with health status monitor capability, special data retention mechanisms. They are faster than their predecessors thus enabling them to handle tasks like surveying commercial drones and automobile dash cameras. Continue reading “SanDisk Industrial microSD, SD and Automotive SD cards announced, can withstand extreme temperatures”

Essential Phone update improves camera low-light performance, brings bug fixes

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Essential Phone has to be one of the most anticipated phones of 2017 just for the fact that the company is led by Android creator; Andy Rubin himself. After breaking promises, delays in deliveries, the phone has finally gone for sale a while back and much to everyone’s surprise, the device has been received mostly negative reviews mostly due to its poor camera performance. Continue reading “Essential Phone update improves camera low-light performance, brings bug fixes”

Lenovo K8 Note Battery Life Test #OneChargeRating

Lenovo K8 Note FA One Charge Rating

Lenovo launched the K8 Note smartphone with back in August starting at Rs. 12999. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have its battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 4000mAh built-in battery with support for fast charging, is powered by Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X23 20nm SoC and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results.

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Microsoft introduces Edge browser for Android and iOS

Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android

Microsoft has introduced its popular Edge browser for iOS and Android. Available initially as a preview, this brings familiar features like Favorites, Reading List, New Tab Page and Reading View across PC and phone, making it easier to find, view and manage content on-the-go, without disrupting the flow. You can continue on your PC, which enables you to immediately open the page you’re looking at right on your PC—or save it to work on later. Continue reading “Microsoft introduces Edge browser for Android and iOS”

HMD Global might launch 4G-enabled Nokia feature phones in India soon

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JioPhone, Reliance Jio’s first 4G VoLTE feature phone that is all over the news since the day RIL’s Mukesh Ambani made it official, and now Airtel is also on the verge of launching a budget VoLTE smartphone. On observing the growing demand for 4G enabled feature phones, HMD global which has complete authority to use Nokia brand name is looking forward to launch Nokia feature phones with 4G support. Continue reading “HMD Global might launch 4G-enabled Nokia feature phones in India soon”

Airtel beats Reliance Jio in 4G download speed: OpenSignal

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Latest State of Mobile Networks report in India from OpenSignal reveals that Airtel still has fastest download speed among the four national 4G operators. It has an average download speed of 9.15Mbps, compared to Reliance Jio which has download speed of just 5.81Mbps, which is actually behind Vodafone and Idea with 7.45Mbps and 7.4Mbps download speeds, respectively. For the report datapoints were collected from over 7 lakh users during the period of June and August, says OpenSignal. Continue reading “Airtel beats Reliance Jio in 4G download speed: OpenSignal”

ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Delhi again, increases data limits at no extra cost

ACT Fibernet

ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic broadband has revised its broadband plans in Delhi again, after revising the plans back in July. Now it has finally doubled monthly data limit without additional cost. Similar to Chennai and other cities, download and upload data are now combined and not counted separately offering more data limit. Speed of the plans and speed post FUP remain the same. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Delhi again, increases data limits at no extra cost”

JioPhone Unboxing

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Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July and started pre-bookings in August. The company started delivering the pre-ordered units for customers from last week. The phone comes with a new Jio SIM card and has Dhan Dhana Dhan Rs. 153 plan that offers unlimited voice and data. We have unboxed the phone in both English and Hindi. Check out the videos below.

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Google Assistant released on Play Store, works only on supported Android phones

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Google had the busiest of the days in the year yesterday where it launched the Pixel flagships and many other hardware products. While everyone has their focus on the latest and greatest from Google, the company has launched the Assistant app silently on the Play Store erlier today. Before you get excited, it doesn’t bring the voice assistant to your phone; rather it is just a shortcut app which when tapped triggers the Assistant on your phone. Continue reading “Google Assistant released on Play Store, works only on supported Android phones”

Honor MediaPad T3 and MediaPad T3 10 with metal body, 4G LTE launched in India starting at Rs. 12999

Honor MediaPad T3 10

Huawei’s Honor Brand today launched Honor MediaPad T3 and Honor MediaPad T3 10 tablets in India along with the Honor 9i. Both these have a metal body, come pre-installed with MS Office, come with 4G LTE support with voice calling capabilities, are powered by Snapdragon 425 and run Android 7.0 (Nougat). Continue reading “Honor MediaPad T3 and MediaPad T3 10 with metal body, 4G LTE launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”

Flipkart Festive Dhamaka Days Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more

Flipkart Festive Dhamaka Days

After Big Billion Days sale last month, Flipkart today started its 4-day Festive Dhamaka Days. The sale offers great deals on Samsung Galaxy S7, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, HTC U11 , iPhones and more. All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Festive Dhamaka Days Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more”

Honor 9i with 5.9-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 17999

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Huawei’s Honor Brand has launched Honor 9i, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India. It was introduced as Maimang 6 in China and as Nova 2i in Malaysia. It has a 5.9-inch Full HD+ 18:9 Full screen 2.5D curved glass display with minimal bezels, 16-megapixel rear camera with a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information and a 13-megapixel front camera with a secondary 2-megapixel camera. Continue reading “Honor 9i with 5.9-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 17999”

Google’s new Daydream View VR headset available in India exclusively on Flipkart starting November 1 for Rs. 7999

Google Daydream View 2017

Google unveiled new Daydream View VR headset at its event in San Francisco yesterday. Now Google India has announced that it will launch in the country next month exclusively on Flipkart.

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Google Clips AI-powered hands-free camera announced

Google Clips

At the Pixel event, Google has finally taken wraps off the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL along with Pixel phones, Google also introduced a range of products like Google Home Mini, new Daydream VR, Pixel Book and it also includes the new tiny camera called Google Clips. This tiny camera hooks onto your daily things like shirt, table, chair and will automatically record a seven-second video, rather a moving image. It is compact and weighs just 60.5 grams. Continue reading “Google Clips AI-powered hands-free camera announced”

Google Pixel Buds wireless headphones with Google Assistant announced

Google Pixel Buds

Google at its event also announced Pixel Buds, its first wireless headphones with support for Google Assistant that gets activated when you touch and hold the right earbud so that you can play music, make a phone call, or get directions without touching the phone. You can also swipe forward or backward to control volume and tap to play or pause your music. It has a fabric loop for comfortable, secure, and quick to adjust experience.

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