According to a report from Counterpoint Research, the smartphone shipments in India reached 37 million units during Q2 2019 which is a shipment-record in the second quarter and top 5 smartphone brands contribution reached the highest ever level in Q2 2019.
Vivo has launched Y90, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the ‘Y Series’ in India. It comes with a 6.22-inch HD+ screen with 19:9 aspect ratio with screen-to-body ratio of 88.6%, is powerd by Helio A22 Quad-Core 12nm SoC with 2GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 with Funtouch OS on top, has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 5-megapixel front camera with AI beauty features and face unlock, but it doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Vivo Y90 with 6.22-inch 19:9 Halo FullView display, 4030mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 6990”
HUAWEI has announced Nova 5i Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.26-inch Full HD+ display with a 32-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 810 7nm SoC with up to 8GB RAM, runs Android Pie with EMUI 9.1.1, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel camera for 2cm macro and another 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots.
HUAWEI’s HONOR brand introduced the HONOR 20 PRO at an event in London back in May, and the phone was launched in India last month at Rs. 39,999, but the company did not reveal the availability. Now the company has announced that the phone will roll out globally starting from Russia at 34990 RUB (US$ 554 / Rs. 38,260 approx.) from 2nd August. Continue reading “HONOR 20 PRO with quad rear cameras global roll out begins August 2”
Tencent games launched the PUBG Mobile lite beta in Philippines back in August last year, earlier this year it expanded to more Asian countries. Today it has launched the mobile game in India officially. It is optimized for low-end smartphone devices since the installation pack is just 400MB and it works on devices with less than 2GB RAM, without compromising the gameplay experience. Continue reading “PUBG Mobile Lite launched in India for devices with less than 2GB RAM”
Sony has introduced RX100 VII compact camera with a new 1.0-type stacked 20.1 MP Exmor RS CMOS image sensor with DRAM chip and latest generation BIONZ X image processor. This combination delivers new levels of autofocus performance and achieves speed breakthroughs that have previously only been seen on the Alpha 9, said the company. It has ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T* 24-200mmviii F2.8-4.5 high magnification zoom lens.
After reports, Apple and Intel have confirmed that Apple will acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business in a transaction valued at $1 billion. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases. Intel closed its 5G modem business in April this year after Apple and Qualcomm announced a settlement and prior to this, Intel became the sole third-party provider of modems of the iPhones launched in 2018. Continue reading “Apple to acquire majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business in a deal valued at $1 billion”
OPPO launched the A5s smartphone in the ‘A Series’ recently and it was available in 2GB RAM with 32GB storage initially and the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage went on sale later. After a month of going sale, now, OPPO A5s 4GB RAM variant has now received a Rs. 1000 price cut in India.
Continue reading “OPPO A5s 4GB RAM variant gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 11990”
Nokia 8.1 was launched by HMD Global last year and is due for a refresh now. Today, according to a new report, Nokia 8.2 smartphone is said to be the Nokia’s first smartphone to come with a pop-up camera, expected to run on Android Q and more.
Continue reading “Nokia 8.2 with 32MP pop-up front camera, 8GB RAM, Android Q surfaces”
Motorola just announced Moto E6, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the ‘E series’. It has a 5.5-inch HD+ Max Vision display, is powered by Snapdragon 435 with 2GB RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), features a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Moto E6 with 5.5-inch HD+ display, splash-resistant body announced”
The US Federal Trade Commission has fined Facebook a whopping $US 5 billion for violating a 2012 FTC order on consumers’ privacy. It is is the largest ever imposed on any company for privacy violations and almost 20 times greater than the largest privacy or data security penalty ever imposed worldwide.
HP has launched new models of Z series of mobile workstations in India and the new range includes ZBook 14U, ZBook15U, ZBook 15, Zbook 17 and ZBook Studio X360. HP says that these laptops are designed for creative and technical professionals, executives and students who demand high-performance computing and premium experiences. The ZBook models were announced at Computex 2019.
ZTE’s nubia brand today announced that it will introduce its flagship Z20 smartphone at an event in China, Beijing on August 8th. The invite doesn’t say anything other than mentioning it as the annual flagship device, and the image shows a camera lens. We don’t know any other details about the successor of last year’s Nubia Z18, but the company recently shared couple of samples shot on the Z20.
Continue reading “Nubia Z20 flagship smartphone to be announced on August 8”
Google released Sound Amplifier app back in February this year for phones running Android 9 Pie or later and it came pre-installed on Pixel 3 phones. Google has updated the app to support Android devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. The app enhances audio from your Android device using headphones to provide a more comfortable and natural listening experience. Sound Amplifier uses machine learning that augments sound and filters out background noise for people who have hearing loss. Continue reading “Google Sound Amplifier hearing assistance app now available for Android 6.0+ devices”
