HUAWEI Maimang 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, Android Pie announced

HUAWEI just announced Maimang 8, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, which is also the successor of last year’s Maimang 7 . It was introduced as P smart+ 2019 and Enjoy 9S recently, packs a 6.21-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19:5:9 aspect ratio, 89% screen-to-body ratio, Kirin 710 SoC, support for GPU Turbo 2.0, Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, 24-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection and a 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens. Continue reading “HUAWEI Maimang 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, Android Pie announced”

New Nokia phone teased ahead of India launch on June 6 [Update: New teaser confirms waterdrop notch display]

Update — June 5, 2019: The company has posted another teaser that shows a water-drop notch screen, support for face unlock and it also shows a Google Assistant button on the left.

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OPPO K1 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 14990

OPPO launched the midrange K1 smartphone in India earlier this year at Rs. 16990. The smartphone sports an AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 660, in-display fingerprint scanner and more. After nearly four months of launch, now, OPPO K1 has got a price cut in India and it is available at revised price starting today.

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Samsung to integrate custom AMD Radeon GPU IP into its future smartphone SoCs

AMD and Samsung Electronics have announced a multi-year strategic partnership in ultra low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies. As part of the partnership, Samsung will license AMD graphics IP to use it in its future SoCs. The company is currently using ARM’s Mali GPU in its Exynos SoCs, so this could change soon. Continue reading “Samsung to integrate custom AMD Radeon GPU IP into its future smartphone SoCs”

Daiwa D32SBAR 32-inch Smart LED TV with built-in soundbar launched in India for Rs. 12990

Daiwa, the company known for its wide range of televisions in India, today has launched a new 32-inch Smart LED TV with built-in soundbar. It comes with Quantum Luminit technology and a dedicated ‘Cricket Picture’ mode to provide an enhanced cricket viewing experience for users.

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Infinix Xband 3 water-resistant fitness tracker with heart rate and blood pressure monitoring launched in India for Rs. 1599

Infinix has launched Xband 3 (XB03), the company’s latest fitness tracker in India. It has 0.96-inch color screen that displays icons for different functions. It lets you monitor your heart rate, blood oxygen and blood pressure levels, says the company. The fitness band is IP67 rated for water resistance against accidental splashes and dust.

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Google Maps gets local bus schedule, live train status and mixed mode commute suggestions in India

Google Maps has been getting new features of late, and we saw features like AR Navigation, speed limits and speed traps being rolled out to users recently. In similar lines, today, Google Maps in India is officially getting three new features namely Bus travel times from live traffic, live train status for Indian Railways trains, and mixed-mode commute suggestions.

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Nokia 3 Android Pie update starts rolling out

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After rolling out Android Pie update for the Nokia 5.1 smartphone couple of months back, HMD Global has started rolling out the update for Nokia 3 as it had promised. The phone was introduced back in June 2017  running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and got Android 8.1 (Oreo) update back in April last year, so this is third major update the phone is getting. Continue reading “Nokia 3 Android Pie update starts rolling out”

Samsung launches world’s first QLED 8K TV and 2019 QLED TV line-up in India

Samsung has launched the world’s first QLED 8K TV in India. It has 8K AI Upscaling, Quantum Processor 8K, and Quantum HDR. These come in four sizes — 98-inch (247 cm), 82-inch (207 cm), 75-inch (189 cm) and 65-inch (163 cm) — come with 33 million pixels, four times the resolution of 4K UHD TVs and 16 times that of a Full HD TV.

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Xiaomi launches 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i Blue World Cup Edition in India

Xiaomi launched the 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i in India back in 2017. Last year it launched the Red Edition of the power bank, and today it has launched the Blue Edition in the country for the Cricket World Cup 2019 that’s happening in England. The ‘Made in India’ power bank has a sleek anodized aluminum alloy body and comes with two-way fast charging. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i Blue World Cup Edition in India”

Apple introduces macOS Catalina with new Music app for Mac, Sidecar, Screen Time and more

At WWDC 2019 event in San Jose, Apple unveiled its latest iOS 13, watchOS 6, tvOS 13 which comes with a lot of new changes and interesting features. Alongside those, Apple also introduced its next-generation macOS Catalina with a new Music app for Mac, Sidecar feature, Screen Time feature and more.

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Apple iPadOS: New Home Screen, Multitasking and Text Editing improvements, Redesigned Files app with USB support and more

Along with the iOS 13, Apple also introduced new iPadOS designed specifically for the iPad’s larger display such as redesigned Home screen, Multiple apps in Slide Over, more natural ways to use Apple Pencil, Sidecar and more. iPadOS also benefits from the great new updates in iOS 13 such as Dark Mode, QuickPath, Sign In with Apple and more

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Apple iOS 13: Dark Mode, Improved performance, Sign In with Apple, Privacy updates and more

At the ongoing WWDC 2019, along with the new tvOS 13 and watchOS 6, Apple also introduced the most expected iOS 13, the next iteration of iOS with a lot of new features. The iOS 12 brings Improved Performance, Dark Mode, Advanced Photo and Camera Features, Sign In with Apple, an All-New Maps Experience, Faster App Launch, Smaller App Download Size and more.

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Apple watchOS 6: Native App Store support, New Watch Faces, Activity Trends, audio API and more

At the ongoing WWDC event in San Jose, Apple took wraps off its latest version of watchOS i.e., watchOS 6. Apple has made changes to watchOS and also introduced new features to health and fitness, new dynamic watch faces, native App Store support and more. These new software features will be available in September 2019 for Apple Watch Series 1 or later.

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Apple tvOS 13: New home screen, support for Xbox One and PS4 controllers, Apple Music lyrics and more

At the ongoing WWDC 2019 event in San Jose, Apple introduced its latest iOS 13, watchOS 6, tvOS 13 with new features and changes. tvOS 13 has now got some interesting features including a new home screen, new screensaver, Apple music lyrics, support for Xbox One and PS4 controllers and more.  These features should be rolling out on Apple TV and Apple TV 4K sometime in September 2019.

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