Realme band launching in India on March 5 [Update: New teaser shows 3 colors, Cricket mode and more]

Update: February 28, 2020 — realme has posted a new teaser that shows Black, Green and Yellow colors. It has also confirmed 9 sports modes that includes run, walk, hiking, climbing, yoga, fitness, spinning, bike and cricket mode. It will come with sleep tracking similar to most other bands, and feature built-in charging port. The band will come with IP68 ratings for water resistance and offer smart notifications. There will be hate to wait limited-time sale on the launch day March 5th from 2 to 4PM, said the company. It will also be available on Amazon.in, in addition to realme website.

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Worldwide smartphone market predicted to decline by 2.3% in 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak: IDC

The uncertainty in the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak is now starting to affect the worldwide smartphone shipment recovery for the year 2020, with IDC predicting a 2.3% decline, down to 1.3 billion shipments. The first half of 2020 will see a decline of 10.6% YoY, with the market predicted to only make up ground in the second half with accelerated 5G efforts.

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Samsung Galaxy A50s Android 10 One UI 2.0 update starts rolling out in India

After rolling out Android 10 update to Galaxy A30 earlier this month, Samsung has started rolling out stable version of One UI 2.0, the next major One UI update based on Android 10 for its Galaxy A50s in India. It was supposed to get the update in April 2020, according to its schedule, but the company has rolled it out early. This brings clean and easy-to-use interface with minimized pop-ups, New, smarter layout for a visually comfortable experience, enhanced Dark Mode, Focus Mode, Intuitive Device Care menu and more, but it still doesn’t have built-in screen recorder. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A50s Android 10 One UI 2.0 update starts rolling out in India”

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite Review: Lite in every aspect except..!

Samsung tried to challenge the upper mid-range series of smartphone with Galaxy A series, but it doesn’t pan out as expected. In this regard, the South Korean tech giant has changed its road map by launching a new smartphone in a price segment it had not concentrated much on in the last few years.

Came out of nowhere, the Galaxy Note 10 Lite is pitted against the likes of OnePlus 7T, Realme X2 Pro and other smartphones between Rs. 30000 to Rs. 40000. Having said that, we have jotted down list of points why you should and should not buy this smartphone.

For the uninitiated, Samsung launched the Note 10 Lite in the Indian market last month across major retail stores, Amazon.in, Flipkart and Samsung.com. Do read the review and comment your opinion about the device down below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite Review: Lite in every aspect except..!”

Vivo Z6 5G with 6.57-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 765G, liquid cooling, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Vivo has announced Z6 5G, the company’s first mid-range 5G smartphone in China. It packs a 6.57-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 90.74% screen-to-body ratio, a 3.85mm tiny punch-hole that houses a 16-megapixel camera sensor. It is powered by Snapdragon 765G with up to 8GB RAM and has support for liquid cooling to reduce the temperature by up to 10°C. The phone runs Android 10 with vivo’s own Funtouch OS 10, and features quad rear cameras that includes 48MP main camera with f/1.79 aperture, 8MP 112° ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP 4cm super macro lens and a 2MP portrait lens. Continue reading “Vivo Z6 5G with 6.57-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 765G, liquid cooling, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”

HTC Wildfire R70 with 6.53-inch display, triple rear cameras announced in India

HTC has introduced Wildfire R70, the company’s latest smartphone in India after Wildfire X back in August last year. It has a 6.53-inch HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC with 2GB RAM, runs Android Pie, has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel super macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensing camera for portrait shots. It also has an 8-megapixel camera on the front.The packs a 4000mAh battery with 10W charging via micro USB.  Continue reading “HTC Wildfire R70 with 6.53-inch display, triple rear cameras announced in India”

OPPO A31 with 6.5-inch display, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 11490

OPPO has launched A31 smartphone in India after it was introduced in Indonesia recently. The phone packs a 6.5-inch HD+ screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 SoC with 4GB of RAM, packs 12-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel depth and 2-megapixel cameras. There is also an 8-megapixel front camera. It features a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4230mAh battery. Continue reading “OPPO A31 with 6.5-inch display, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 11490”

India wearables market grows by 168.3% YoY with 14.9 million shipments, earwear grows 443% YoY: IDC

The Indian wearable market saw a massive growth of 168.3% year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2019, shipping about 14.9 million units during the year. Of this 5.1 million units were shipped in the Q4 of 2019 alone. Ear-wear saw a huge YoY growth of 443.6% and wrist band wearables saw a growth of 52.6% YoY.

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KrØØk Wi-Fi encryption vulnerability affects billions of devices

It seems like every other day, we get news of the discovery of another security vulnerability that affects a lot of our devices. Yesterday, a report published by ESET Research explains the discovery of Kr00k vulnerability that allows an attacker to decrypt wireless network packets.

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Apple to open its first retail store in India in 2021, online store this year: Tim Cook

Rumors about Apple’s own retail outlet in India has been surfacing for quite some time now. Yesterday at its annual shareholders meeting at Steve Jobs Theater Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that Apple will open its first retail store in India in 2021. He said that the company had to seek special approval for this because the Indian government wanted it to work with a partner. “We wouldn’t be a very good partner in retail. We like to do things our way,” he said. Continue reading “Apple to open its first retail store in India in 2021, online store this year: Tim Cook”

Apple iOS devices could get over-the-air OS recovery soon

Based on code found iOS 13.4 beta, Apple may be testing a method of recovery for iOS based devices via the internet. This will reduce the dependance on devices such as the iPhone, iPad and others on the Mac or PC for restoring its firmware.

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HUAWEI P40 Lite with 6.4-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 810, 48MP quad rear cameras announced

HUAWEI has announced P40 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in Spain, which is actually the rebranded version of the nova 6 SE that was introduced in China back in December last year. It has a 6.4-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with a 16-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 810 7nm SoC with 8GB RAM, runs Android 10 with EMUI 10 and HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) instead of Google Play Services, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel camera for macro and another 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots. Continue reading “HUAWEI P40 Lite with 6.4-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 810, 48MP quad rear cameras announced”

Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 5G Reference Design for extended reality headsets announced

Back in December 2019, Qualcomm announced its 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform called the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform. Now, Qualcomm has revealed a reference design for the XR2 platform to help customers bring the extended reality platform to the consumers and enterprise.

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LG V60 ThinQ 5G with 6.8-inch FHD+ OLED display, Snapdragon 865, 5000mAh battery, new LG Dual Screen announced

LG has introduced the V60 ThinQ 5G, successor of last year’s V50 ThinQ 5G. It is powered by  Snapdragon 865 with Snapdragon X55 5G Modem, is powered by a bigger 6.8-inch FHD+ OLED screen, has dual rear cameras with 13MP 117° super wide-angle, 64MP standard and a  time of flight (ToF) sensor array. It has an 10-megapixel front camera. The phone runs Android 10, features brand-new, high-performance microphones, Voice Bokeh, a feature that separates users’ voices from background noise, allowing content creators to place more focus on the subject while reducing excess noise. Continue reading “LG V60 ThinQ 5G with 6.8-inch FHD+ OLED display, Snapdragon 865, 5000mAh battery, new LG Dual Screen announced”

Vivo Z6 5G with 6.57-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 765G, liquid cooling, 48MP quad rear cameras to be announced on February 29

Update: February 27th – vivo has confirmed quad rear cameras for the phone that includes 48MP main camera with f/1.79 aperture, 8MP 112° ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP 4cm super macro lens and a 2MP portrait depth of field lens.

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