OPPO 10000mAh Power Bank 2 with 18W two-way fast charging launched in India for Rs. 1299

OPPO has launched its new Power Bank 2, which is its 10000mAh power bank with 18W two-way fast charging in India. It comes with two USB Type-A and a USB Type-C port, features low-current charging mode, 12-factor safety protection, and comes with slim, lightweight 3D curved design. Continue reading “OPPO 10000mAh Power Bank 2 with 18W two-way fast charging launched in India for Rs. 1299”

ASUS Zenfone 7 Series to be announced on August 26

ASUS has finally confirmed that it will introduce its Zenfone 7 series smartphones in Taiwan on August 26th. This will likely include Zenfone 7 and 7 Pro smartphones. There are four circles behind the word “7”, hinting at quad rear cameras. Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone 7 Series to be announced on August 26”

Samsung Galaxy M01 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 8399

Samsung launched its budget-oriented smartphone – Galaxy M01 along with the Galaxy M11 a couple of months back in India. Now, the Galaxy M01 smartphone has received a price cut of Rs. 600 in India. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M01 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 8399”

MediaTek Dimensity 800U with support for Dual SIM 5G, up to 120Hz displays announced

MediaTek just announced Dimensity 800U, the company’s latest mid-range 5G SoC, a cheaper version of the Dimensity 800 that introduced earlier this year, but this comes with cutting-edge technologies such as 5G+5G dual SIM dual standby (DSDS), dual Voice over New Radio (VoNR), and 5G two carrier aggregation (2CC 5G-CA). With the MediaTek 5G UltraSave technology, the modem’s operating mode is managed based on network environment and data transmission quality, extending the battery life of mobile devices. Continue reading “MediaTek Dimensity 800U with support for Dual SIM 5G, up to 120Hz displays announced”

Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SATA SSD Review — Samsung’s best QLC SSD yet

Hard disk drives on computers and portable devices like laptops have been there for a very long time now, and is still being used by many users worldwide. On the other hand, the adoption of faster solid-state drives are increasing quickly as well, thanks to it the cost of the drives coming down compared to before, and of course, the lower failure rate compared to HDDs. While the biggest advantage of SSDs is the speed and performance, it wasn’t quite matching up to the levels of HDDs in terms of capacity. That started changing as well with QLC (Quad-level cell that stores four bits per cell) SSDs which enabled manufacturers to bring higher storage capacity drives. Compared to three bits per cell on the TLC (Triple-Level cell) SSDs.

Micron 5210 ION was the world’s first QLC SSD that was launched back in 2018 and Samsung also launched its first QLC SATA SSD the same year – Samsung 860 QVO in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB storage sizes. Fast-forward to 2020, and Samsung recently launched its 2nd Gen QLC SSD – Samsung 870 QVO V-NAND SSD in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and a whopping 8TB storage capacity. We have been using the 2TB 870 QVO SSD for quite some time now, and in this review, let us see how it has improved over the last-gen and what new it brings to the table. Continue reading “Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SATA SSD Review — Samsung’s best QLC SSD yet”

Amazon Echo Input Portable Review

E-commerce giant Amazon kickstarted the smart speaker category back in November 2014 with its ‘Echo’ device. Since then till now, the company has experimented with numerous Echo brand devices in various form factors right from flat circular plate to display integrated Echo Show.

Amazon introduced Echo Input Portable, yet another smart speaker but this time with a 4800mAh battery, which means it doesn’t have to be plugged into the wall constantly. With Echo Input Portable, you can carry it around your house, toss into your bag, and can play without any interruptions.

Is Echo Input Portable worthy enough? Let’s take a closer look at it. Continue reading “Amazon Echo Input Portable Review”

Samsung Ganesh Chaturthi festival offers: Up to 15% Cashback, Easy EMI options and more

Samsung has announced multiple new offers in celebration of Ganesh Charturthi from August 17th till August 31st, including up to 15% cashback offers and EMI options starting from Rs. 990. These offers will be available across a range of devices such as QLED TVs, Smart TVs, Refrigerators,  Washing Machines, Smart Ovens, Air Conditioners and more.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds Live with tip-less design, Active Noise Cancellation announced in India for Rs. 14990

Samsung today confirmed the pricing available of its Galaxy Buds Live in India, after it was introduced at its unpacked event earlier this month. It features a bean-shaped tip-less design, 12mm driver unit, 2 microphones on the outside, 1 microphone on the inside, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and a 472mAh battery with support for wireless charging (Qi standard), fast charging . Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Buds Live with tip-less design, Active Noise Cancellation announced in India for Rs. 14990”

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 with Super AMOLED display, Rotating Bezel announced in India starting from Rs. 29990

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Watch3 at its unpacked event earlier this month. Today the company has announced the pricing for the smartwatch in India. It sports 1.2/ 1.4-inch circular Super AMOLED display which is protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass DX, features a rotating bezel, runs on Tizen Based Wearable OS 5.5, has a stainless steel 316L case, SpO2 monitoring and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 with Super AMOLED display, Rotating Bezel announced in India starting from Rs. 29990”

Google reportedly looking to replace Duo with Meet

It looks Google will soon offer only one video conferencing app, as they are reportedly looking into replacing their consumer focused Duo app with their enterprise focussed Meet app. The decision was made after Duo, Messages, and the Phone app was brought under the leadership of G Suite’s head Javier Soltero, who stated that it did not make sense for both apps to exist simultaneously.

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iQOO 5 Pro with 6.56-inch FHD+ AMOLED 120Hz display, Snapdragon 865 5G, up to 12GB RAM, 120W fast charging and iQOO 5 announced

iQOO just announced the iQOO 5 and iQOO 5 Pro smartphones in China, as it had promised. Both the phones pack a 6.56-inch Full HD+ AMOLED 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate screen with 92.6% screen-to-body ratio and the Pro version also has a 3D curved screen with 1.48mm narrow side bezels. These have a punch-hole screen with a 16-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “iQOO 5 Pro with 6.56-inch FHD+ AMOLED 120Hz display, Snapdragon 865 5G, up to 12GB RAM, 120W fast charging and iQOO 5 announced”

Telegram gets support for video calls and new animated emoji

While Telegram is one of the best instant messaging apps in terms of features, one major feature that it was lacking was support for video calls. That is finally changing as Telegram has released a new update, version 7.0.0, that adds brings an alpha version of Video calls along with new animated emoji.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Review: Perfecting the 2-in-1 tablet PC

Microsoft’s Surface Pro devices have been leading the 2-in-1 detachable tablet industry for more than 7 years now. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the latest in the line, now updated with Intel’s latest 10th Gen Ice Lake processors that is built on the 10nm process node, finally includes a USB Type-C port and support for Wi-Fi 6. Today, we’ll be reviewing the model with the Core i7 processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.

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ZTE AXON 20 5G with 6.92-inch FHD+ OLED display, 32MP under screen camera to be announced on September 1

After teasers and TENAA certification, ZTE today confirmed that it will introduce its AXON 20 5G smartphone in China on September 1st. As the image shows, there is no-notch display and it also doesn’t have a pop-up camera since this will come with the first under-screen camera. Continue reading “ZTE AXON 20 5G with 6.92-inch FHD+ OLED display, 32MP under screen camera to be announced on September 1”

Realme Buds Classic with half in-ear design, 14.2mm drivers launching in India on August 18

realme CEO Madhav Sheth last month said that the company will launch the next version of the realme Buds with a new design in India in August. Now the company has confirmed that it will launch the realme Buds Classic in India tomorrow, August 18 along with the realme C12 and C15 smartphones that will come with a 6000mAh battery. The new realme Buds will come with a new half in-ear design compared to in-ear design in the earlier models and bigger 14.2mm drivers. Continue reading “Realme Buds Classic with half in-ear design, 14.2mm drivers launching in India on August 18”