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.
Continue reading “KrØØk Wi-Fi encryption vulnerability affects billions of devices”
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”
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.
Continue reading “Apple iOS devices could get over-the-air OS recovery soon”
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”
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.
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”
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.
Qualcomm Technologies, a leader in mobile networking products has showcased an over-the-air demonstration for Wi-Fi 6E operation that uses the 6GHz spectrum. The demonstration was enabled by Qualcomm’s FastConnect mobile connectivity subsystem working along with Qualcomm’s Networking Pro Series Wi-Fi Access Point.
Airtel has launched new International Roaming Packs for prepaid customers with new features such as real time usage tracking, option to enable or disable International roaming service with a single touch, prebook IR packs and lots more directly from the Airtel Thanks app. Airtel says that its single pack covers 82 countries. Continue reading “Airtel launches new International Roaming new features and packs for prepaid customers”
Samsung’s newest flagship Galaxy S20 series will apparently be the first smartphone in the world to receive the USB certification for Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards. This will ensure that the Galaxy 20 series will work properly with third party charger that are also certified with these standards.
Technology is evolving rapidly and the mobile phone industry especially is seeing a major evolution. The candy bar form factor which was seen on most of the phones back in the day was accompanied later by flipping phones. Motorola’s Razr lineup had one of the best flipping phones and the iconic Razr v3 was a huge hit among consumers back then. As the screen size of smartphones started becoming larger, pocketability it taking a hit. While manufacturers are minimizing the footprint with narrow bezels, notch, pop-up mechanism, etc, foldable devices are becoming the new trend now and most companies are testing waters with their foldable offering. Continue reading “Motorola razr 2019: The future of compact phones unfold?”
Samsung, the developers of defence-grade Knox security solutions has announced yet another Secure Element turnkey solution with Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (CC EAL) 5+ certification. The security chip (S3K250AF) accompanied by its optimised software is capable of protecting private data on an isolated data storage.
Update: Vivo has posted more images of the APEX 2020 that shows a no-notch waterfall screen.
Update: Black Shark has confirmed 90Hz display with 270Hz touch sampling rate. The company says that the phone has single-finger touch response delay as low as 24ms and multi-finger touch response delay as low as 28ms. It will feature 4720mAh dual battery system with 65W fast charging that can charge 2780mAh battery capacity in just 15 minutes and 0-100% in 38 minutes. Continue reading “Black Shark 3 5G gaming phone with 90Hz display, Snapdragon 865, 12GB RAM to be announced on March 3”
After teasers yesterday realme today confirmed that the realme 6 and realme 6 Pro smartphones will be launched in India on March 5th on Flipkart. The company announced Bollywood actor Salman Khan as its brand ambassador. It has also revealed some specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Realme 6 Pro with FHD+ 90Hz display, 64MP quad rear cameras, 20x zoom, 30W fast charging and realme 6 launching in India on March 5”
