Nubia Play with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 765G, quad rear cameras, 5100mAh battery announced

ZTE’s nubia brand just announced nubia Play, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It packs a 6.65-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, up to 4096 levels of automatic brightness adjustment, is powered by Snapdragon 765G with support for 5G SA/NSA dual-mode, ICE2.5 rack-mounted liquid cooling system with 61mm large liquid cooling tube and various heat dissipation materials such as thermally conductive graphite, gel, copper foil, etc. that can bring down the temperature by up to 16° C. Continue reading “Nubia Play with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 765G, quad rear cameras, 5100mAh battery announced”

MIUI 12 Dark mode 2.0: Smart wallpaper dimming, dynamic contrast and font adjustment

Xiaomi is all set to introduce MIUI 12 in China on April 27th. Today the company has started sharing the features it will bring that includes Dark Mode 2.0. MIUI got dark mode in early 2019, and with MIUI 12 it is now present in 42 built-in applications and 20 mainstream applications are deeply customized for MIUI’s dark mod, and several third-party applications now support non-linear colour invert algorithm that accurately identify interface elements, and dynamically inverts colours for each interface object. MIUI 12’s invert colour algorithm is based on Lab, HSV colour space, and the inverse colour adaptation is wider and more natural. Continue reading “MIUI 12 Dark mode 2.0: Smart wallpaper dimming, dynamic contrast and font adjustment”

Soloop video editing app for realme devices now available on App Market

ColorOS 7 that was launched last year came with a lighter UI, several new features, etc, and Soloop video editing app was one among them. It has been available on a range of OPPO devices running ColorOS 7 and it was added through an update for realme devices. In order to make it available for several realme devices, the company has made the app available on the App Market, finally.

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Netflix brings “Screen Lock” button for its Android app

Netflix has been rolling out a neat little feature to its android app users called Screen Lock, which as you might have guessed, locks the screen UI elements when viewing content on the app. It can helpful to prevent accidental screen touches that can sometimes lead to fast forwarding unnecessarily, skipping to the next episode or deactivate/activate subtitles.

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Samsung launches Blood Pressure Monitoring App for the Galaxy Watches

Samsung’s Galaxy Watches will soon receive yet another functionality that will let users measure and track their blood pressure levels. The Samsung Health Monitor app will first launch on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, using its heart rate sensors to track the users blood pressure once its calibrated with a traditional cuff.

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Samsung aims to develop 600MP image sensor in the future

Samsung today announced that it is looking to develop image sensor with a resolution of 600-megapixels (Mp) that will exceed perception capabilities of human eyes, which is said to match a resolution of around 500-megapixels (Mp). Continue reading “Samsung aims to develop 600MP image sensor in the future”

Airtel further extends prepaid validity till May 3; Vodafone Idea extends validity for feature phone users [Update: Jio and BSNL]

Update: 21st April 2020 – Following the announcement by Airtel and Vodafone IDEA, now BSNL and Reliance Jio have announced validity extension for prepaid users. Unlike Airtel which has increased validity only for limited number of users, Jio is extending incoming call validity for all users. Similarly, BSNL is extending prepaid pack validity till May 5th, 2020. Continue reading “Airtel further extends prepaid validity till May 3; Vodafone Idea extends validity for feature phone users [Update: Jio and BSNL]”

Facebook releases COVID-19 symptom map starting from USA

It seems like every major company that has access to large amounts of public data is releasing COVID-19 related maps to track the spread of the virus. The latest to join the fray is Facebook as they partnered with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to release a symptom map of counties in the USA.

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Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G with 50x zoom and MIUI 12 to be announced on April 27

Xiaomi today announced that it will introduce Mi 10 Youth Edition (Lite) 5G smartphone and MIUI 12 at an online event in China on April 27th. The Mi 10 Lite 5G is the cheaper version of the Mi 10 that was introduced in Europe last month, but the company said that it will go on sale only in early May. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G with 50x zoom and MIUI 12 to be announced on April 27”

Jabra Evolve2 85, Evolve2 65, and Evolve2 40 headphones aimed at business environments announced in India

Jabra’s Evolve series of headphones were highly popular among businesses and corporations for its feature rich design and support for integration in business applications like Teams. As its successor, Jabra has launched the Evolve2 series of headphones which consists of its flagship Evolve2 85, the Evolve2 65 and the corded Evolve2 45.

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CRED introduces ‘RentPay’ for rent payments on credit card and ‘CRED Stash’ instant credit line

Cred Fintech firm was launched back in 2018 as a members-only app offering users with rewards for paying their credit card bill. The company has been refreshing the app design, introducing new features lately and on similar lines now, CRED has introduced two new financial products along with a new design experience.

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OPPO A52 with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, 8GB RAM, quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

OPPO has silently announced A52, the company’s latest smartphone in China. It packs a 6.5-inch FHD+ LCD screen with 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, 8-megapixel camera inside the punch-hole, is powered by Snapdragon 665 SoC with 8GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with ColorOS 7.1 on top, packs quad rear cameras that includes a 12-megapixel main camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel macro and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Continue reading “OPPO A52 with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, 8GB RAM, quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”

Apple said to launch 3rd gen AirPods, updated MacBook Pro laptops in May, iPad Air with in-display Touch ID soon

A significant amount of rumours of Apple’s upcoming products and information has been spotted on Twitter lately. Some of these products include 3rd generation AirPods, a new iPad Air with under-the-screen Touch ID, an ARM-based 12-inch MacBook, and an Apple game controller by 2021 and more.

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Xiaomi users can now customize Always on Display styles in MIUI Themes app

Xiaomi’s MIUI 11 released last year introduced always-on display with the Dynamic clock and AOD presets where users can customize text slogans that will show up on AOD. The company has been adding new features to its custom skin from time to time and on similar lines now, Xiaomi has incorporated a new AOD section in MIUI Themes app, letting users customise the styles right from the Themes app.

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