Realme X50 Pro 5G with 6.44-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865, up to 12GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 37999

realme just launched X50 Pro 5G, the company’s first flagship 5G smartphone at an event in India as it had promised. It packs a 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz sampling rate, hardware-level DC dimming and 92% screen to body ratio and the punch-hole screen houses a 32MP camera as well as an 8MP 105° ultra-wide sensor, is powered by Snapdragon 865 with up to 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, VC cooling that has Vapor Chamber+Multilayer Solid Graphite and support for built-in 5G stand alone and non-stand alone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. Continue reading “Realme X50 Pro 5G with 6.44-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865, up to 12GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 37999”

Sony Xperia 1 II with 6.5-inch 4K OLED 21:9 CinemaWide display, Snapdragon 865, 5G, Triple rear cameras with ZEISS optics announced

Sony just announced  Xperia 1 II (Pronounced Mark 2), the company’s latest flagship smartphone and its first 5G smartphone at an online event. It packs the same 6.5-inch 21:9 CinemaWide 4K HDR display offering bright colors with BRAVIA X1 for mobile as the predecessor, but is powered by Snapdragon 865 with 8GB of RAM and has support for sub-6GHz 5G. It packs triple rear cameras that includes 12-megapixel main camera with f/1.7 aperture, OIS, 12-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 12-megapixel telephoto lens with OIS for 3x loss-less zoom, and there is also a 3D iToF (indirect Time-of-Flight) sensor. Continue reading “Sony Xperia 1 II with 6.5-inch 4K OLED 21:9 CinemaWide display, Snapdragon 865, 5G, Triple rear cameras with ZEISS optics announced”

Nokia 9 PureView gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 34999

HMD Global launched its flagship Nokia 9 PureView smartphone with 12MP penta rear cameras in India back in July last year for Rs. 49,999. Today it has received a massive Rs. 15,000 price cut in India and is available for Rs. 34,999 at new rate from Flipkart and Nokia.com/phones. The phone got Android 10 update back in December last year. Continue reading “Nokia 9 PureView gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 34999”

Samsung Galaxy A51 Review: A decent mid-range Samsung smartphone

Samsung launched the Galaxy A50 smartphone back in February 2019 and later launched the upgraded Galaxy A50s smartphone. Both the phones were popular in its segment and this year, Samsung has refreshed lineup with the Galaxy A51. Samsung Galaxy A51 is positioned as a mid-range smartphone and sports a modern Infinity-O Super AMOLED display, quad-camera setup, and more. Does the Galaxy A51 pack enough power and is it a worthy upgrade to the Galaxy A50 and Galaxy A50s? Let us find out more in this review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A51 Review: A decent mid-range Samsung smartphone”

Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 8 with DerpFest ROM

Xiaomi’s Redmi unveiled the Redmi Note 8 series in the country back in October running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie) and later rolled out MIUI 11 update to both the smartphones. The Pro variant has been the talk of the town since it is superior to the vanilla Redmi Note 8 in every aspect, but Redmi Note 8 has better custom ROM and mods support compared to its Pro sibling, thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 8 with DerpFest ROM”

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip sold out within minutes in India in first day of pre-booking

Samsung started pre-booking for the Galaxy Z Flip in India priced at Rs. 1,09,999 earlier today on Samsung e-shop and select retail stores. Samsung has announced that it was sold out within minutes after the pre-booking opened at 11AM. Offline retail outlets taking pre-orders have also run out of stock. Users were asked to pay the full amount for orders. Buyers from Samsung e-shop will be offered premium white glove delivery in 10 cities, said the company. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Z Flip sold out within minutes in India in first day of pre-booking”

Apple may allow third-party apps to be set as default in iPhone soon

Till date, in typical Apple fashion, default apps on their iOS platform have always been locked to Apples own pre-installed offerings like Apple Music and Safari. Now, Apple is apparently discussing bringing the walls down a bit and let third party apps to be set as defaults by users.

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Google removes nearly 600 apps from the Play Store for violating its ads policy

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Intrusive advertisements on apps has been an issue that Google has been tackling on android for years now. As part of this effort, Google has banned 600 apps from its Play Store for violating its disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy.

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Xiaomi India to launch new dual-driver earphones with HD Audio on February 25

Xiaomi India is on a launch spree as the company recently launched the Mi Outdoor speaker and Mi Toothbrush. Following that, the company has now teased another audio product launch in India on February 25 and it could be an earphone.

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Twitter is testing new ways to target misinformation spread

The spread of misinformation in social media is an issue that is widely debated these days. According to a leaked demo, Twitter may roll a new policy that targets misinformation by having a community of fact-checkers and journalists marking the tweet as “Harmfully misleading” or not.

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Vu Premium 32-inch HD and 43-inch Full HD Android Smart TVs launched starting at Rs. 10999

VU Technologies has launched Vu Premium TV series of 32-inch HD and 43-inch Full HD Android 9.0 Smart TVs with built-in Chromecast, support for Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar, YouTube and Google Play with hot keys on the remote. These have 7 picture modes, including Cricket mode, has Dolby audio and DTS, Bluetooth 5.0 that lets you connect Bluetooth devices such as headphones and gamepad and features matte black bezel. Continue reading “Vu Premium 32-inch HD and 43-inch Full HD Android Smart TVs launched starting at Rs. 10999”

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection arrives for Linux, coming to Android and iOS soon

Microsoft announced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection for enterprise customers back in 2016. Later in 2018 it announced advanced threat protection (ATP) for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, way before the Windows 7 support ended in January 2020. Today, it has announced public preview of Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux. It supports servers running distributed versions of RHEL 7+, CentOS Linux 7+, Ubuntu 16 LTS, or higher LTS, SLES 12+, Debian 9+ and Oracle EL 7. Continue reading “Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection arrives for Linux, coming to Android and iOS soon”

LG V60 ThinQ with quad rear cameras, 4-channel microphone, 5000mAh battery surfaces [Update: New image]

New press image of the phone has surfaced that shows a familiar design, thinner bezel, water drop notch, dedicated Google Assistant button and volume rockers on the left, power button on the right and a gold frame. It is expected to come with 5G support, powered by Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform, 8GB of RAM. Since there is no MWC, it could be announced as early as next week.

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