Nubia RedMagic 5S with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 5G, up to 16GB RAM announced

ZTE’s nubia brand just announced the RedMagic 5S, the company’s latest flagship smartphone as it had promised. It packs a 6.65-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, follow-up response time of 14.9ms, a sliding response time of 45ms, and a click response time of 32.2ms. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 865  with GPU BOOST technology and up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM. Continue reading “Nubia RedMagic 5S with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 5G, up to 16GB RAM announced”

Gionee smartphone with 10000mAh battery gets certified

Gionee started new smartphones in China recently. Few months back it introduced K6 smartphone running Android 7.1 (Nougat), now a new smartphone with the model number 20200418 has been certified by TENAA with whopping 10000mAh battery, but it still runs Android Nougat. The company had already introduced several M series phones with huge battery capacity. The Gionee M2017 that was introduced back in 2016 had a 7000mAh battery. Continue reading “Gionee smartphone with 10000mAh battery gets certified”

Amazon Alexa app update revamps UI design and adds personalized suggestions

Amazon has introduced a new update for its Alexa mobile app for various platforms that revamps the app’s UI elements and shifts the app’s focus to provide more personalized experiences for the user. The update also pushes third-party skill suggestions to the background as Amazon

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Unicode 13.1 with Face In Clouds, Mending Heart and more coming in late 2020

Every year, the Unicode Consortium releases an update to the list of emoji for that year, the latest being Unicode 13.0, that was released in January 2020. They have now announced a minor emoji release, called the Unicode 13.1, will be released later this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the release of Unicode 14.0.

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Realme C15 with 6.5-inch Mini drop display, Helio G35, quad rear cameras, 6000mAh battery announced

Realme just announced its C15 smartphone in the C series in Indonesia, as it had promised. It packs a 6.5-inch HD+ mini-drop display with 88.7% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G35 SoC with up to 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with realme UI on top, features a 13-megapixel rear camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, 2-megapixel mono camera and a 2-megapixel retro camera and an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Realme C15 with 6.5-inch Mini drop display, Helio G35, quad rear cameras, 6000mAh battery announced”

Vivo V19 gets a price cut in India within months of launch, now starts at Rs. 24990

After delays, Vivo V19 smartphone was launched by the company a couple of months back in India starting at Rs. 27,990. Within two months of launch,  both the variants of the Vivo V19 have got a price cut of up to Rs. 4000 in India. Continue reading “Vivo V19 gets a price cut in India within months of launch, now starts at Rs. 24990”

Vivo S7 selfie-centric smartphone with sleek body to be announced on August 3

Update: July 28, 2020 — Vivo has shared the image of the back of the phone that confirms triple rear cameras and a gradient finish. It also shows that the phone doesn’t have a 3.5mm audio jack.

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Motorola Razr Gen. 2 with Snapdragon 765, 5G connectivity said to be in the works [Update: New render]

Update: July 27, 2020 A new render of the phone reveals the design of the 2020 Razr model codenamed Odyssey. This reveals similar design as the predecessor, but the fingerprint on the bottom chin is missing. Continue reading “Motorola Razr Gen. 2 with Snapdragon 765, 5G connectivity said to be in the works [Update: New render]”

Google Chrome Beta v85 brings 64-bit support for Android, URL hiding and more

Earlier this month, Chrome was discovered to be finally moving to a 64-bit architecture in its Canary v85 build, which could enable better utilization of RAM. Today, Chrome is migrating v85 to the Beta channel, bringing 64-bit support and other features like URL hiding, Support for AVIF image decoding and more.

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Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 100W+ charging platform announced — 0 to 100% in 15 minutes

Qualcomm just announced Qualcomm Quick Charge 5, which is the world’s first commercially viable fast charging platform to support more than 100W charging power in a smartphone. It lets you charge devices from 0 to 50 percent battery power in just 5 minutes and 0 to 100% in less than 15 minutes. It also uses Qualcomm Battery Saver and the new Qualcomm Smart Identification of Adapter Capabilities technology for the best efficiency and help extend the battery life cycle on a device. Continue reading “Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 100W+ charging platform announced — 0 to 100% in 15 minutes”

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ with 12.4-inch WQXGA+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865+, 10090mAh battery and Galaxy Tab S7 surfaces

After the Galaxy Note20 Ultra and Galaxy Note20, specifications and press images of the Galaxy Tab S7 series have surfaced ahead of announcement on August 5th. This reveals two models — Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+ both with Snapdragon 865+, 13MP rear camera and a 5MP ultra-wide camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ with 12.4-inch WQXGA+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865+, 10090mAh battery and Galaxy Tab S7 surfaces”

Redmi Note 9 Pro Max 8GB+128GB to go on sale from July 29 for Rs. 19999

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max smartphone back in March in India starting at Rs. 14,999. It was launched in three variants, but only 6GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB variants were on sale until now. Today, the company has announced that the 8GB+128GB variant of the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max will go on sale for the 1st time in India.

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OnePlus TV gets support for EPIC ON OTT app

OnePlus has been steadily partnering with media networks in India to bring various OTT apps straight to their OnePlus TV user experience. Their latest partnership is with IN10 Media Network, that aims to bring the India-centric content focused streaming app called EPIC ON, to OnePlus TV users.

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Amazfit T-Rex Review: Fit for Outdoors

The Indian wearable market continues to ascend strongly registering an amazing growth in terms of shipment of wearables. Thanks to realme, Xiaomi, and other companies. Huami’s Amazfit is yet another company that made waves in the Indian markets recently with some brilliant offering to address the middle to the high-end market. Continue reading “Amazfit T-Rex Review: Fit for Outdoors”