Recently, Counterpoint released the report for Global smartwatch shipments, which grew 27% YoY in Q2 2021. Following that now, the company has released the report for India smartwatch shipments in Q2 2021. Continue reading “India smartwatch shipments grew 206% YoY in Q2 2021, Noise tops the chart: Counterpoint”
Update – September 13: OPPO today confirmed that ColorOS 12 based on Android 12 will be introduced at an event in China on September 16. This has the tag line “One More Step”. We can expect ColorOS 12 beta for flagship products soon after the announcement, but the stable release and the global roll-out is expected only later this year. It has also confirmed the launch of new products which could be Reno 7 series, new smartwatch that might be OPPO Watch Free and a new tablet. Continue reading “OPPO confirms ColorOS 12 launch for September 16 along with new products”
Flipkart has started teasing the eighth edition of Big Billion Days sale ahead of the sale in October. There will be new launches, crazy deals, rush hour deals, flash sale and more. This year, Flipkart has partnered with Axis Bank and ICICI Bank to offer instant discount and also partnered with Paytm to offer assured cashback to consumers paying through Paytm Wallet and Paytm UPI. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2021: realme 4K TV stick, Nokia Android 11 TVs, Nokia laptop, Hisense 55-inch QLED TV and more new launches”
After rumours, realme today confirmed that it will introduce the realme GT Neo 2, successor to realme GT Neo in China on September 22nd. It already got certified by TENAA revealing the complete specifications of the phone. Another rumour also said that it will launch globally as realme GT Neo Gaming Edition. Continue reading “realme GT Neo 2 with 6.62-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 870, 5000mAh battery to be announced on September 22”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A52s 5G in India earlier this month. Now it has received its first software update after the launch that brings RAM Plus feature, which is the RAM expansion technology, which uses the internal memory of the phone to expand the RAM by 4GB, in addition to the existing 8GB of RAM that the phone already has. The virtual RAM feature is available in realme, OPPO, Redmi and more smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G update brings RAM expansion and camera improvements”
One of the biggest advantage of owning a Xiaomi or POCO device has to be the third party community development support. Out of third-party ROMs for these devices, OxygenOS ports are often sought after by enthusiasts. Recently, someone ported OxygenOS 11 from OnePlus Nord to the POCO X2. We installed it on our unit, and here is our guide to help you with the installation process. We will be using it as a daily driver for the next couple of weeks, and let our readers know more about the day-to-day performance, battery life, and more.
Continue reading “Get Android 11 on POCO X2 with OxygenOS 11 Port”
Google already confirmed that it will use its own Tensor SoC for the first time. A recent rumour revealed that the SoC is nothing but an unreleased Samsung Exynos 9855 SoC that will offer similar performance as the Exynos 2100 SoC. Now the pixel 6 Pro has allegedly surfaced in Geekbench listing that reveals 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-X1 CPU for ultimate processing power, 2 x 2.25 GHz performance cores and 4 x 1.8GHz power efficient CPU cores. Continue reading “Google Pixel 6 Pro with Tensor SoC, 12GB RAM, Android 12 surfaces in benchmarks”
OPPO launched the Enco Buds, the company’s latest budget TWS earbuds, in India earlier this week. The successor to last year’s Enco W11 is Rs. 500 cheaper at launch, comes with the latest Bluetooth 5.2, offers slightly better battery life and also has low-latency game mod. I have been using the earbuds for over a week now, and here is the first impressions. Continue reading “OPPO Enco Buds Unboxing and First Impressions”
Most Android OEMs these days ship devices with a bucketload of preinstalled apps. But, not all the apps are used by most of the users. In fact, people often opt for services that work on most platforms instead of locking themselves into an app that’s available only on devices from one manufacturer. For example, people are likely to opt for services like Evernote or Google Keep rather than using MIUI Notes app, or OneUI Notes app. If you use a phone running a forked version of Android such as OneUI, MIUI, ColorOS, or RealmeUI, you might have found some apps unnecessary at some point in time.
Continue reading “How to uninstall apps on Samsung devices without root”
This week, realme launched the realme 8i smartphone in India, along with the realme 8s. The successor to the realme 7i features a 6.6-inch FHD+ 120Hz LCD variable refresh rate screen, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G96 SoC compared to Snapdragon 662 SoC in the realme 7i. We got hold of the phone, and here is our unboxing. Continue reading “realme 8i Unboxing and First Impressions”
Reliance Jio announced the JioPhone Next as the ultra-affordable Android smartphone in partnership with Google, back in June. At that time, it said that it said that the phone will be available in market from Ganesh Chaturthi, 10th September. Today, the company said that both Jio and Google have made considerable progress towards launching the much-awaited JioPhone Next, but it is not ready yet. Continue reading “JioPhone Next delayed due to chip shortage; will be available before Diwali”
vivo today announced the vivo X70 series of smartphones at an event in China, as it had promised. The X70 and X70 Pro feature a 6.56-inch FHD+ panel with 120Hz AMOLED screen and the Pro+ version has a 6.78-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz Samsung E5 LTPO AMOLED screen. The Pro+ is powered by Snapdragon 888+ and the other models are powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 or Samsung Exynos 1080, depending on the version. Continue reading “vivo X70 Pro+ with 6.78-inch 2K 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888+, IP68 ratings, X70 and X70 Pro with Zeiss optics announced”
realme today launched the realme 8s 5G smartphone in India, along with the realme 8i. The enhanced version of the realme 8 5G comes with a similar 6.5-inch FHD+ 90Hz LCD screen, but pack a MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC compared to MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC in the realme 8 5G. We got hold of the phone, and here is our unboxing. Continue reading “realme 8s 5G Unboxing and First Impressions”
Sony, a leader in home consumer technology, has announced the launch of the HT-S40R 5.1 channel home cinema system. It features 3 channel soundbar, a wireless sub and rear speakers with Dolby Digital Technology, support for TV wireless connection with BRAVIA TVs and more.
During their Tech World 2021 event, Lenovo unveiled two new laptops in their Yoga series- a 14-inch Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon OLED laptop and a 16-inch ultra-slim Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro. These laptops feature AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors, discrete GPU options and will run Windows 11 out of the box. Along with this, they also announced a 13.3-inch IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook powered by the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Compute Platform and Google’s Chrome OS.
