The global smartphone is expected to reach record shipments in 2021, with the IDC predicting shipment numbers of nearly 1.38 billion units for the year, growing 7.7% when compared to 2020. The market’s growth is predicted to continue growing in 2022 at 3.8% YoY. Driving this growth is the increasing pace of adoption of 5G capable smartphones as 5G networks begin to deploy around the world.
HMD Global introduced the new C10 and C20 smartphones last month running Android 11 Go Edition with a promise of two years of security updates. Last week in a Chinese forum Nokia 20 Plus with a 5000mAh battery and the Nokia C30 with a 6000mAh battery surfaced in sketches. Now the Nokia C20 Plus has surfaced in Geekbench listing. Continue reading “Nokia C20 Plus with Octa-Core Unisoc SoC, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery surfaces in benchmarks”
Xiaomi has reported its earning for the first quarter (Q1 2020) of 2021 that ended March 31, 2021. It reported revenue of 76.9 billion yuan (US$ 12.03 billion), an increase of 54.7% compared to Q1 2020. Adjusted net profit (Non-IFRS Measure) was 6.1 billion yuan, an increase of 163.8% year-over-year. The company said that both the revenue and adjusted net profit reached record highs in the quarter. Revenue from overseas markets increased 50.6% year-over-year to 37.4 billion yuan. Continue reading “Xiaomi reports record revenue and profit, 163.8% increase in profit in Q1 2021”
iQOO introduced it’s mid-range Z3 5G smartphone in China back in March. Now a new report says that the phone will be launched in India in third week of June, within June 15th priced around Rs. 25,000. According to earlier rumours, the phone will be exclusively launched on Amazon.in, after the iQOO 7 series. Even the company has started posting teaser. Continue reading “iQOO Z3 5G with 6.58-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 768G said to launch in India mid-June, pricing tipped”
LineageOS is a popular Android-based OS amongst custom ROM enthusiasts. LineageOS team recently announced LineageOS 18.1, which uses Android 11 as the base. The developer team also dropped the latest LineageOS 18.1 for various popular devices including the POCO F1. Continue reading “Get Android 11 on POCO F1 with LineageOS 18.1”
WhatsApp earlier today filed a lawsuit against the Government of India, seeking to block the regulations saying that traceability of messages would break end-to-end encryption. In reply, the IT ministry said that the Government of India recognises that ‘Right to Privacy’ is a fundamental right and has no intention to violate it when WhatsApp is required to disclose the origin of a particular message. Continue reading “New regulation won’t affect normal functioning of WhatsApp, refusal to comply a clear act of defiance: IT ministry”
In the world of external microphones, Sony has announced the launch of the ECM-W2BT and ECM-LV1 microphones in India. The former is a Shoe compatible wireless microphone, while the latter is a compact stereo lavalier microphone.
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Netgear, a leading manufacturer of networking gear, has announced the launch of the Orbi RBK852 WiFi 6 Mesh WiFi System. As the name suggests, it is a mesh system that are designed to provide WiFi AX for homes larger than 350 sq meters or 5000 sq ft.
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ASUS has announced multiple new updates for their ROG Flow and ROG Zephyrus line of laptops. They feature up to a AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. The ROG Flow X13 in particular is a special laptop that comes with support for a detachable eGPU (XG Mobile).
Along with the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G series, Xiaomi also introduced new RedmiBook Pro 15 and Pro 14 laptops with the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series processor in China, as it had promised after the Intel version was introduced back in February. The RedmiBook Pro 15 has 3.2k screen with support for 90Hz high refresh-rate, 4.3mm narrow frame and 89.1% screen-to-body ratio, and the RedmiBook Pro 14 has 2.5k screen with 4.3mm narrow frame and 88.2% screen-to-body ratio. Continue reading “RedmiBook Pro 15 with 3.2k 90Hz display and RedmiBook Pro 14 with 2.5k display, Ryzen 5000 series processors announced”
When Apple unveiled their first ever desktop-grade processor called the Apple Silicon M1, the Mac Mini was one among the first three devices to receive the new chip. The company is now reportedly working on a new redesigned Mac Mini, which will feature an upgraded M1X CPU, more ports and more.
Continue reading “Apple Mac Mini with M1X chip and more ports surface”
Along with the Redmi Note 10 5G series, Xiaomi under its Redmi brand also introduced its Redmi AirDots 3 Pro, the next-generation budget true wireless earbuds in China. It has the latest Bluetooth 5.2, dual-device connectivity and can achieve a low latency of as low as 69ms. It also has active noise cancellation with up to 35dB active noise reduction, thanks to feed-forward and feed-back microphones it effectively eliminates external environmental noise during calls. Continue reading “Redmi AirDots 3 Pro with Bluetooth 5.2, active noise cancellation, low latency gaming mode announced”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just announced the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G, the company’s latest mid-range 5G smartphone in China, as it had promised. It packs a 6.6-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, Adaptive sync variable refresh rate to switch between 120Hz, 90Hz, 60Hz, 50Hz, 48Hz and 24Hz depending on the content, supports DCI-P3 color gamut and has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. It is powered by Dimensity 1100 with support for 5G SA/NSA, up to 8GB of RAM and has 16370mm² VC liquid cooling, graphite, thermal conductive gel and copper foil, so the whole body is covered for the best heat dissipation. Continue reading “Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G with 6.6-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Dimensity 1100, 5000mAh battery, 67W fast charging announced”
As the new IT regulations will go into effect today, May 25th, 2021, various social media platforms in India have announced compliance with the new rules, or they are still in the process of becoming compliant. While some of these rules are reasonable to implement, some are not, and in response WhatsApp has now filed a lawsuit against the Government of India, seeking to block the regulations.
Lenovo has announced Yoga Pad Pro, the company’s latest tablet in China. It features a 13-inch LTPS LCD screen with 2K resolution, 60Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB color gamut, HDR10 and Dolby Vision, is powered by Snapdragon 870 with 8GB of RAM, but it is a Wi-Fi-only tablet. It has four modes that includes standing, reclining, tilting, and hanging mode so that you can use it for different scenarios such as games, reading, and painting. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga Pad Pro with 13-inch 2K display, Snapdragon 870, micro HDMI port, quad speakers, Dolby Atmos announced”
