Qualcomm teases Apple ahead of iPhone X event, says Android always first to new technology

Qualcomm Android first

Apple is all set to introduce iPhone X at an event in Cupertino, California later today. Qualcomm has teased the phone saying that Qualcomm  has enabled some of the world’s first notable features on Android with the list of devices with features such as facial recognition, dual camera tech, bezel-less OLED screen and more that are expected to be present in the iPhone X.
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Samsung Galaxy Note8 with 6.3-inch QHD+ Infinity display, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 67900

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Samsung just launched the flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Infinity Display and comes with 12-megapixel primary camera with f/1.7 aperture and wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture and telephoto lens offering 2x optical zoom and OIS for both. It has Iris scanner, fingerprint sensor as well as heart rate monitor, similar to the predecessor and is also water resistant up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes with IP68 ratings. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 with 6.3-inch QHD+ Infinity display, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 67900”

Qualcomm and Nokia partner for 5G NR deployment

Qualcomm 5G NR mmWave prototype

Qualcomm and Nokia have announced plans to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on the 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15 specifications being developed by 3GPP. Qualcomm also introduced 5G NR mmWave prototype system, which operates in millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum bands above 24 GHz and released a white paper on “Addressing the strong mobile broadband demand in 2019 & beyond”. Continue reading “Qualcomm and Nokia partner for 5G NR deployment”

FiiO X3 Mark III Hi-Res portable lossless music player, F5 earphones, i1 Apple Lightning amplifier launched in India

FiiO X3 Mark III

FiiO, popular for its audio products and accessories today launched its FiiO X3 Mark III Hi-Res portable lossless music player, its 3rd edition of the X3 player, FiiO F5 Hi-Res In-Ear Monitors with Microphone and in-line controls and FiiO i1 Apple Lightning Amplifier & DAC with Microphone and in-line controls in India. Continue reading “FiiO X3 Mark III Hi-Res portable lossless music player, F5 earphones, i1 Apple Lightning amplifier launched in India”

BlackBerry Priv will not get Android Nougat update

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BlackBerry introduced Priv as the company’s first Android smartphone with a slide-out Keyboard back in October 2015 running Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) and it was launched in India in January last year at a hefty price tag. The phone got Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) update in April last year, now Alex Thurber GM of BlackBerry Mobility Solutions has confirmed that the phone will not get Android Nougat update. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv will not get Android Nougat update”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 with bezel-less display to launch in India soon

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2

Xiaomi today unveiled the Mi MIX 2 smartphone at an event in China. Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India just tweeted that the company will be launching it in India soon, even though the company did not bring its first Mi Mix to India. He did not share if the Mi Note 3 will come to India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 with bezel-less display to launch in India soon”

Airtel VoLTE services launched in India starting from Mumbai

Airtel VoLTE

Airtel has launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai, as expected, making it the second operator in the country to offer VoLTE after Reliance Jio. 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. Airtel already offers 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Mumbai that offers data speeds of up to 135 Mbps by combining spectrum capacities in 2300MHz (TD LTE) and 1800 MHz (FD LTE). Continue reading “Airtel VoLTE services launched in India starting from Mumbai”

Samsung 11nm FinFET process technology, 7nm LPP with EUV technology announced for 2018

Samsung Foundry

Samsung announced 8nm and 6nm process technologies as well as second generation 10nm( 10LPP,Low Power Plus) technology earlier this year. Today it has announced  11-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology (11LPP, Low Power Plus) in its advanced foundry process portfolio for next-gen products along with 7LPP with EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography technology for smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung 11nm FinFET process technology, 7nm LPP with EUV technology announced for 2018”

Moto X4 Android One version surfaces in press image

Moto X4 Android One leak

Moto X4, the latest phone in the company’s ‘X Series’ was introduced at the IFA 2017. Now @evleaks has posted an image of a Moto phone with Android One branding on the back that looks familiar to the Moto X4. The original Moto X4 already runs on stock Android 7.1 (Nougat) and also has support for Amazon Alexa. Continue reading “Moto X4 Android One version surfaces in press image”

Xiaomi Mi Note 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced

Xiaomi Mi Note 3

Xiaomi just announced the Mi Note 3, the company’s latest smartphone in the Note series in China, along with the Mi MIX 2. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform and has 12-megapixel dual rear cameras with 2x optical zoom and portrait mode, similar to the Mi 6, but this has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with Adaptable AI beautify features that is said to offer realistic beautify effect without compromising on quality. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 with 5.99-inch 18:9 Full Screen display, Snapdragon 835, 8GB RAM announced

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2

Xiaomi just announced the Mi MIX 2 at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch 18:9 Full HD+ display with ultra narrow bezels, unlike the 6.4-inch display on the first generation Mi MIX with 17:9 aspect ratio and 12% smaller chin compared to the predecessor. It is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile platform with 6GB of RAM and there is also a Special Edition with 8GB of RAM. It 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 18:9 Full Screen display, Snapdragon 835, 8GB RAM announced”

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop with 8th-Gen Intel processor, metal body announced

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro

Xiaomi at an event in China announced the Mi Notebook Pro, the company’s latest high-end Notebook with all metal body with magnesium alloy frame, 140-degree opening and closing hinge and the latest Intel Core i5/i7 processor. It has a 15.6-inch 1080p display with 6.52mm ultra-narrow border, 81.5% screen-to-body ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6-inch Windows 10 laptop with 8th-Gen Intel processor, metal body announced”

Moto G5S Plus Camera Samples

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Moto G5S Plus, an enhanced version of the Moto G5 Plus was launched in India last week for Rs. 15,999 exclusively on Amazon.in. We recently brought you the unboxing of the phone, here we have some camera samples from the phone. Unlike the single 12MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture on the G5 Plus, this has 13-megapixel dual rear cameras one with monochrome lens and the other one with RGB lens, f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash.

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Huawei Mate 10 Pro specs surface – 5.99-inch QHD+ 18:9 display, f/1.6 aperture camera, Android 8.0 Oreo

Huawei Mate 10 teaser

Last week Huawei confirmed that the it will unveil the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro with Kirin 970 and full-screen display offering high screen-to-body ratio at an event in Germany on October 16. Now Evan Blass aka @evleaks has posted the specifications of the Mate 10 Pro code-named ‘Blanc’ that reveals that it will come with water-resistant body, Android 8.0 (Oreo) and f/1.6 aperture rear camera. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 10 Pro specs surface – 5.99-inch QHD+ 18:9 display, f/1.6 aperture camera, Android 8.0 Oreo”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2, Mi Note 3 teasers released ahead of September 11 announcement

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 teaser

Last week Xiaomi confirmed that it will unveil Mi MIX 2, the company’s second-generation bezel-less smartphone in China on September 11th. Now it has revealed that it will also introduce Mi Note 3, smartphone, successor of last year’s Mi Note 2 along with it. It has also released a new teaser video that shows the design of both the phones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2, Mi Note 3 teasers released ahead of September 11 announcement”