Up until now it is more or less confirmed that Huawei is all set to introduce its first foldable phone at the MWC 2019 event. However, a leaked banner image now confirms the launch and also provides us the name and an early sneak peek at the design. The Huawei’s foldable phone will be called Mate X and the company’s says that it will be the world’s first phone with 5G. Continue reading “Huawei Mate X foldable 5G phone banner surfaces ahead of February 24 MWC announcement”
Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins with more than 300 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of Android, but what sets it apart from other Android skins is its feature richness and customizations. MIUI gets updated biweekly, a closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday. Continue reading “Xiaomi adds face unlock support for locked apps”
Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S10 and S10+ smartphones in India today. Now Airtel has announced that 128GB and 512GB versions of the Galaxy S10 and 128GB version of the S10+ will be available for order on its online Store at a down payment of Rs. 9,099, Rs. 13,809 and Rs. 15,799, respectively with 24 monthly instalments of Rs. 2,999 for 128GB and Rs. 3,499 for 512GB. Continue reading “Airtel offers Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ at Rs. 9099 and Rs. 15799 with 24-month plan, 100GB data per month”
ARCHOS has introduced new Diamond smartphone with a Full HD+ AMOLED screen and no-notch design, pop-up camera, in-display fingerprint sensor, as well as Oxygen 57, Oxygen 63 phones with a notch and Oxygen 68XL water-drop notch in the corner ahead of MWC . All the phones run Android 9.0 (Pie). The Diamond phone has 16MP + 5MP dual rear cameras, while the other Oxygen phones have 8MP + VGA dual rear cameras and a 5MP front camera. Continue reading “ARCHOS Diamond with 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, pop-up front camera, Oxygen 68XL with corner water-drop notch and more announced”
HTC VIVE has introduced the VIVE Focus Plus which is its newest premium virtual reality standalone hardware for enterprise customers. Vive upgraded the existing six degrees of freedom (6DoF) Focus headset to incorporate dual 6DoF controllers, giving users the ability to seamlessly interact with their virtual environment with the same freedom as PC VR devices. Continue reading “HTC Vive Focus standalone VR with Snapdragon 835, dual 6DoF controllers announced”
Sony’s MWC 2019 event is inching closer, and the company is expected to introduce a bunch of new smartphones including the XA3 series. The company is known to be working on XZ4 flagship; but it looks like the company might be changing the naming scheme and it might be called Xperia 1 series and thanks to popular leakster, Evan Blass, we get to see the device renders ahead of the launch. Continue reading “Sony Xperia 1 with triple rear cameras, 21:9 4K HDR OLED display surfaces ahead of Feb 25 announcement”
Google back in August has completely overhauled Fit with new metrics, the Material Theme on Android, and a prominent role in Wear OS. However, to keep its focus mainly on the mobile, Google is now killing the service’s desktop web client in March. Continue reading “Google shutting down Fit on the web on March 19th, to focus on Android and Wear OS”
KaiOS, popular mobile operating system for smart feature phones that powers the JioPhone and the Nokia 8110 4G has announced their collaboration to integrate KaiOS with a series of MediaTek chipsets to power 3G and 4G devices. As part of this cooperation, the KaiOS mobile operating system will now run on the 3G MT6572 platform, and the latest MT6731, with support for dual-4G SIM cards. Continue reading “MediaTek MT6731 SoC to power 4G smart feature phones running KaiOS”
Apple and Goldman Sachs Group Inc have teamed up to issue credit cards that will be paired with iPhones and will help users manage their money, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The card will be linked with Apple’s Wallet app and will allow users to set spending goals, track rewards, and manage balances. Continue reading “Apple and Goldman Sachs said to team up for credit card paired with money management features in Wallet app”
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has successfully completed the development of its mmWave Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) and Digital/Analog Front End (DAFE) ASICs, supporting 28GHz and 39GHz bands for 5G Base Stations ahead of MWC 2019. Continue reading “Samsung completes development of new mmWave RFICs and DAFE ASICs for 5G Base Stations”
Light — the company behind the L16 camera, and leader in advanced computational imaging has announced that is has signed an agreement with Sony Semiconductor Solutions to jointly work on development and marketing of multi-image sensor solutions. Continue reading “Light, Sony ink deal for multi-camera application for smartphones with four or more cameras”
In a surprising move, Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of the global ride-hailing platform, is said to be in final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy, according to a latest report. The deal is expected to close as soon as next month. This will be Swiggy’s largest acquisition to date and Uber’s first divestment of its food business globally. Continue reading “Swiggy said to be in final stages of negotiations to acquire Uber Eats India”
I thought these 20,000 mAH powerbanks were usually bigger? Asking because I’m a regular user of the OnePlus power bank, I think it’s really compact and well designed. Sure there are many other 10,000 mAH powerbanks, but I stuck with it because of its design and its material. This is the kind of identity TAGG is trying to create as well, but in its own style. The world of mobile accessories is a tough place, so does the TAGG powerbank stand out?
Continue reading “TAGG 20000 mAh Power Bank Turbo – travel companion?”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e smartphones at its San Francisco event yesterday. As expected Samsung Online Shop have started pre-bookings for these phones, and Flipkart, Amazon and other online and offline retailers will begin soon.
At the Redmi Note 7 launch event last month Xiaomi confirmed that it will launch the Redmi Note 7 Pro soon with Sony IMX586 sensor replacing the Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor on the Redmi Note 7. Recent reports revealed that it will be powered by Snapdragon 675, compared to Snapdragon 660 on the Redmi Note 7. Today Redmi President Lu Weibing has confirmed that the Redmi Note 7 Pro will be announced next week without mentioning the exact date.
