Last year, Lenovo launched a range of budget smartphones namely the K10 Note, K10 Plus, and A6 Note. Following that, Lenovo has silently added another smartphone to the A-Series lineup – Lenovo A7 with a removable battery which has become a rarity in smartphones now.
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During its Galaxy S20 series launch event, Samsung had announced that they were partnering with Microsoft to provide deeper integration and services between products from the two companies. A few days ago, Microsoft released an update to the ‘Your Phone’ app for Samsung phones to enable drag and drop file transfer between a PC and the phone.
OPPO has introduced Enco W31, the company’s latest true wireless earphones in China along with the Ace2, as it had promised. It has 7mm drivers that promises dynamic bass, Bluetooth 5.0 support and has IP54 ratings for protection against sweat and splashes. It has low-latency as low as 94ms for both the ears and 47ms for single ear, has dual microphones with AI noise reduction and has touch controls for volume and music control. Continue reading “OPPO Enco W31 Noise Cancelling Low-latency True Wireless Earbuds announced”
To combat the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, many companies around the world are coming up with special measures. Google has been proactively making available useful information related to COVID-19 such as SOS Alert in Search, virtual healthcare option in Maps, displaying food and night shelter locations, and more. Today, Google in a blog post has said that it is promoting reliable, authoritative information and has shared an update on the action that it has taken in bringing this information to people.
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The Google Phone app has always been exclusive to Pixel devices as its default dealer application. However, due to reasons unknown, the Phone app can somehow be installed on non-Pixel devices and even have some of the features it contains, enabled successfully.
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OPPO just announced Ace2, the company’s latest 5G smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with 91.7% screen-to-body ratio, 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate, is powered by Snapdragon 865 with up to 12GB of RAM, comes with 4D cooling that includes carbon fiber and vapor cooling chamber. It runs Android 10 with ColorOS 7.1 on top.
To say the OPPO Reno 3 Pro is underrated would be an understatement. Because, spoiler alert – I really like this device, but at the same time, it is, by virtue of its pricing, an overpriced smartphone in a hyper-competitive market that has been seeing price wars in all segments. How can such a device, which is both underrated and overpriced, exist? Yet it does and it adds only to the confusion. However, to make purchasing decisions slightly easier, we have things like a dual punch hole 44MP selfie camera, making it a device for selfie lovers, a familiar yet striking design, making it a safe option for OPPO users and for everyone else and even new buyers, specifications that tick all the right boxes. Great. Yet the conundrum remains. Why is the Reno 3 Pro priced this way? And as always, is the device really worth the price it demands? Who is it really for? This is the review of the OPPO Reno 3 Pro. Continue reading “OPPO Reno 3 Pro Review — An Underrated Conundrum”
Lenovo has been teasing its Legion Gaming phone for the past few months. Today it has confirmed 90W fast charging support for the phone, which will be faster than the OPPO’s 65W SuperVOOC Flash Charge that can charge 4000mAh battery on Reno Ace in 27 minutes and Black Shark 3’s 65W fast charging that can charge 4720mAh battery in 38 minutes. Continue reading “Lenovo Legion Gaming phone confirmed to feature 90W fast charging”
Among the voice assistants that common on our smartphones now, one of the earliest attempts was S Voice from Samsung. It was the predecessor to Samsung’s Bixby, and they have announced that they will finally kill support for S Voice completely from June 1, 2020.
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OnePlus is all set to launch the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro smartphones tomorrow at an online event, and we will know the full details of the smartphones tomorrow. But that doesn’t stop the leaks and renders from surfacing as now the images of the OnePlus 8 Series Pop Up Box, its contents, and André Limited Edition cases have surfaced.
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Update: LG has confirmed that the phone will be called ‘LG VELVET’ that will emphasize distinctive designs and “tactile” elegance to set itself apart. It will be the first LG device to implement the company’s new branding strategy for its mobile devices, moving away from alphanumerical designations in favor of familiar and expressive names. LG says that the name “velvet” is intended to evoke images of lustrous smoothness and premium softness, two key characteristics of the new phone.
LG has silently introduced Style3 (L-41A), the company’s latest smartphone in Japan. It packs a 6.1-inch Quad HD+ OLED display, runs Android 10, comes with a 48-megapixel rear camera along with a 5-megapixel camera, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, is water and dust proof with IP68 ratings along with Military grade durability and packs a 3500mAh battery, but it is powered by two year old Snapdragon 845 SoC. Continue reading “LG Style3 with 6.1-inch Quad HD+ OLED display, Snapdragon 845, waterproof body announced”
[April 11, 2020]: realme has started rolling out Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update to realme 3 and realme 3i users in India. The update comes as RMX1827EX_11_C.03 and weighs 2.46 GBs in size. Note that the update is rolled out only for the users who are selected for the early access program.
Google has been taking several steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help to gather information regarding that. Health consultations over the phone or by video conference have started increasing during lockdowns in several countries so people could continue getting medical care from the comfort and safety of their own homes to protect patients and staff against COVID-19. Continue reading “Google will highlight virtual healthcare options in Search and Maps”
Apple and Google have announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design. Both the companies will be launching APIs and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing. Continue reading “Apple and Google are collaborating for COVID-19 contact tracing iOS and Android apps, Bluetooth-based platform”
