Google is releasing a new update to their smart display experience, bringing multiple changes to the UI experience, such as new pages for media, home controls, along with the ability to have separate personal and work accounts signed and other features like a new dark theme, new sounds to relax to, and more.
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A few days back, the e-commerce company Flipkart launched the new MarQ Smart Home Speaker. Powered by MediaTek chipset in collaboration with VVDN Technologies in India, the MarQ Smart speaker is developed under the “Designed in India” initiative. Based on the MT8516 platform, the MarQ Smart Speaker offers Google Assistant in Hindi and is compatible with Smart TVs that feature Chromecast built-in. Continue reading “MarQ Smart Speaker Unboxing and First Impressions”
HMD Global has announced new Nokia Essential Wireless Headphones with 40mm dynamic drivers that promise great low-end sounds and strong bass. It promises up to 40 hours of wireless play time on a single charge and also comes with AUX port that lets you connect a 3.5mm audio cable. Continue reading “Nokia Essential Wireless Headphones with 40mm driver, up to 40 hours of battery life announced”
SK hynix, one of the world’s biggest manufacturer and supplier of NAND flash storage, is further expanding their business with the acquisition of Intel’s NAND memory and storage business. The agreement will cost SK hynix a total of $9 billion and is expected to close by March 2025.
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Back in CES 2019, LG revealed the world’s first roll-able OLED TV line — the SIGNATURE OLED R. The TV was supposed to go on sale last year however due to some issues that did not happen. LG is now launching the 65-inch SIGNATURE OLED R on sale in South Korea for a whopping price tag of KRW 100 million, which is approximately $87,000 or about 63.8 lakh rupees.
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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Fit2 fitness tracker in India. It sports a 1.1-inch AMOLED display that is housed in 3D curved glass and the display has a peak brightness of 450 nits and has over 70 different downloadable watch faces. The Fit2 can automatically detect and tracks up to 5 activities, and provide users with various insights such as heart rate, distance, and calories burned. There is a sleep tracking feature as well and there are support for Gyro, Photo plethysmography, and Accelerometer sensors. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Fit2 with 1.1-inch AMOLED display, 50m water resistance launched in India for Rs. 3999”
OPPO has introduced Enco X, the company’s latest true wireless earphones in China along with its smart TVs. It has coaxial dual unit design that includes 6mm front superconducting magnetic plane diaphragm unit and 11mm three-layer composite moving coil unit for clear audio and DBEE 3.0 Hi-Fi audio. It has low-latency as low as 47ms, has advanced feed forward and feedback hybrid dual microphones and dual chip noise reduction and comes with a transparency mode that can be activated with a long press. Continue reading “OPPO Enco X Noise Cancelling Earbuds with Bluetooth 5.2 low-latency audio, wireless charging announced”
OPPO today announced its Smart TV S1, which is its flagship model with QLED quantum dot panel that supports 8Hz-120Hz variable refresh rate, has NTSC 120% color gamut, 210 partition backlight with support for dynamic Zone dimming, peak brightness 1500nits, 120Hz MEMC motion compensation technology and latency as low as 20ms. Continue reading “OPPO Smart TV S1 with 65-inch 4K QLED 120Hz screen, MEMC, Dolby Atmos and Smart TV R1 55-inch and 65-inch announced”
HTC has announced Desire 20+ smartphone in Taiwan. It packs a 6.5-inch HD+ LCD screen with a water drop notch that houses a 16-megapixel camera, is powered by Snapdragon 720G with 6GB of RAM, features a 48-megapixel rear camera along with 5-megapixel ultra-wide, 5-megapixel macro and a 2-megapixel depth sensors. Continue reading “HTC Desire 20+ with 6.5-inch display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”
LG introduced its V60 ThinQ 5G smartphone powered by Snapdragon 865 earlier this year. Now a new report from Korea says that the company might not use the upcoming flagship Snapdragon 875 for its flagship smartphone in the first half of 2021. The report claims that LG is missing from the list of companies that have placed orders for the flagship Qualcomm SoC. Continue reading “LG may not launch Snapdragon 875-powered phone in first half of 2021”
The laptop market in India is filled with a plethora of models for consumers to choose from and new brands like Xiaomi have entered the laptop market recently as well. On similar lines, AVITA which is operated by Nexstgo, a Hong Kong-based company forayed the Indian market early last year with its Liber lineup of laptops. The Liber laptops are priced aggressively in India and the specifications on paper seem really good for the price point. AVITA Liber V14 is a new product from the company that is priced at Rs. 39,990 and it packs an Intel Core i5 10th Gen CPU, SSD, aluminum body, and more. I have been using the laptop for quite some time now, and here’s the AVITA Liber V14 Review. Continue reading “Avita Liber V14 Review (14-inch FHD display, Intel Core i5 10th Gen, Top Up Web Camera)”
The race to build a functional base on the moon is heating up as NASA recently announced $370 million in new contracts, given out to many private companies. Among them is a $14.1 million contract that was awarded to Nokia Bell Labs to build the first LTE/4G cellular communication network on the moon.
OPPO today launched F17 Pro Diwali Edition smartphone in India that comes with a gift box. It has similar specifications as the F17 Pro, but this comes in new Matte Gold finish on the back with a matching wallpaper in the phone and a gift box that has a 10000mAh 18W OPPO Power Bank 2 and an exclusive back cover. This joins the OPPO F17 Pro in Magic Blue, Matte Black and Metallic White colours that were launched in the country last month. Continue reading “OPPO F17 Pro Diwali Edition launched in India for Rs. 23990”
As we finally get close to Sony releasing their next-gen console to the general public, Sony has announced the price of the PlayStation 5 in India, starting at Rs. 39900. Sony will be selling both the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 digital edition, along its various accessories and a few launch titles.
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Paytm has announced yet another product entry into the Indian financial market with the launch of credit cards in partnership with various card issuers. Paytm plans to issue nearly 2 million of these co-branded cards in the next 12-18 months and the entire experience will be powered via their Paytm app.
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