It has been nearly 3 years since news broke out of people noticing slowdowns in older iPhones after they updated the software. Since then, it has been a story of various lawsuits and litigations after Apple acknowledged that they were indeed slowing down performance over battery concerns. Now, Apple has settled another investigation over this issue, paying a fine of $113 million.
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Last month, Micromax unveiled its new sub-brand ‘in’ and announced its comeback in the smartphone segment. The launch invite with the tag line ‘Aao Karein Cheeni Kum’ (let’s cut down on sugar, but the wordplay on ‘Cheeni’ word also refers to the Chinese) hinted at the anti-China sentiment and following that early this month, the company unveiled two new smartphones – Micromax IN Note 1 and Micromax IN 1b priced starting at Rs. 10,999 and Rs. 6999 respectively. I’ve been using the device for quite some time now, and here is the Unboxing and First Impressions of Micromax IN Note 1. Continue reading “Micromax IN Note 1 Unboxing and First Impressions”
Google has slowly been rolling out their new chat features in Messages that is based on the open Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard over the past year now. They have finally finished the rollout globally and also has begun beta testing new features in the app such as end-to-end encryption.
Xiaomi introduced 33W fast charging support in India in Redmi Note 9 Pro smartphone earlier this year, later it brought the support in Mi 10 and most recently the Mi 10T Pro, and even the POCO M2 Pro and POCO X3 support it. Today the company has started selling the 33W SonicCharge 2.0 Charger and cable Combo in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Mi 33W SonicCharge 2.0 Charger Combo in India for Rs. 999”
A few weeks back, Motorola announced the launch of its first-of-its-kind earphones — Tech3 TriX in India. Interestingly, the earphones combine both wired and wireless technology into one design. Continue reading “Motorola Tech3 TriX Unboxing and First Impressions”
Recently, OnePlus has started rolling out the new “Charging Stations” feature in India. Tailored-made for the Indian users, this feature in OxygenOS will notify you of the nearby OnePlus charging stations at the airport. Apart from notification, it also provides an option to track the station and distance to the closest one. Continue reading “OnePlus now notifies you of its Nearby Charging Stations in select airports in India”
Samsung has announced that their 2020 lineup of Smart TVs will now support the Google Assistant, giving users quick access to smart home controls, web searches, and apps via voice. The Assistant will be joining the existing suite of voice assistants supported in Samsung Smart TVs, which include Amazon’s Alexa and Samsung’s own Bixby.
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relame has announced realme 7 5G, the company’s latest mid-range 5G smartphone in the UK, as it had promised. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate, 90.7% screen-to-body ratio and a 16-megapixel camera on the front. The phone is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC with support for 5G SA/NSA and Android 10 with realme UI. It features a 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel 119° ultra-wide sensor, a 2-megapixel 4cm macro camera and a 2-megapixel B&W portrait camera. Continue reading “Realme 7 5G with 6.5-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Dimensity 800U, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”
With the launch of iOS 14 and iPad OS 14, Apple added support for a feature that existed previously in Android for many years — Widgets in the home screen. While many apps had widgets ready on the day of release, Google only had widgets made for Google Photos and YouTube Music. That is finally changing as Google has now released widgets for Gmail, Drive and Fit.
Even though Xiaomi has already released the Redmi Note 9 series of smartphones in India and several other countries, the company today confirmed that it will launch new Note 9 series of smartphones in China on November 26th. This is expected to include Note 9 4G, Note 9 5G and Note 9 Pro 5G. Continue reading “Redmi Note 9 series 5G smartphones to be announced on November 26”
Samsung has released 3 foldable devices till date (4 if you count the two versions of the original Galaxy Fold) and it certainly does not like they are giving up on this form factor anytime soon. All three smartphones were definitely on the ultra-luxury budget segment, with the latest Galaxy Z Fold 2 priced at a whopping Rs. 1,49,999 in India. However, this may change soon as Samsung is reportedly working on a Galaxy Z Flip Lite that should be much cheaper.
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OnePlus announced the Nord N100 smartphone along with the N10 5G last month for UK, Europe and US markets. At the launch the company said that the Nord N100 has a 6.52-inch HD+ 60Hz screen, now the retail unit reveals that the phone actually has a 90Hz refresh rate screen. This is same as the OPPO A53 that was launched in India back in August. Continue reading “OnePlus Nord N100 confirmed to feature 90Hz refresh rate display”
Xiaomi today announced that it has sold over 13 million devices during the festive period. This includes 9 million smartphones led by models such as Mi 10T Pro, Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, Redmi Note 9 Pro, Redmi 9 Prime Redmi 9, Redmi 9A amongst others. Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 13 million devices during festive sale in India”
WhatsApp has recently begun testing new features in their Beta channel for both iOS and Android. These include new advanced chat wallpaper options, a new screen called Read Later which is meant to replace Archived Chats, and the ability to mute videos before sending them.
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Google Pay has released a new update for iOS and Android that brings with it some major changes and features. The app’s interface has been redesigned with better organization of payments, giving users more ways of seeing past transactions, and improved privacy controls.
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