Xiaomi is known for its value-for-money (VFM) devices. Last year’s Redmi Note 5 Pro surprised everyone, but the Redmi Note 6 Pro that came late last year was not a major upgrade. The latest Redmi Note 7 Pro is a major upgrade in terms of display, design, processor, camera, and what not. The specifications look great on paper for the price. Let us dive into the review to find out what the device has to offer.
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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro in India last week starting at Rs. 13,999. We already brought you the first impressions and the camera samples, here we have the benchmarks. The phone is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 64-bit 11nm Mobile Platform that has two Cortex A76-based Kryo 460 CPUs clocked at 2GHz per core and other six Cortex A55 Kryo 460 CPUs are clocked at 1.7GHz per core, comes with Adreno 612 GPU with support for Open GL ES 3.2, Open CL 2.0, as well as Vulkan graphics and up to 6GB of RAM, however we have the 4GB RAM version. It runs Android 9.0 (Pie). Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Benchmarks – Snapdragon 675 11nm Mobile Platform”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro under the new Redmi branding in India last week starting at Rs. 13,999. We already brought you the first impressions of the phone, here we have the camera samples from the phone. The phone packs a 48-megapixel primary rear camera with single LED Flash, f/1.79 aperture, 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, 6P lens has support for PDAF, EIS along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.
“5G is not a buzzword anymore, it is a reality. 5G is here!” is what Ignacio Contreras from Qualcomm told me when I said 5G is a big buzzword at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Truth be told, he was right. There were some 5-7 devices all primed and ready to go to market, all with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem and the latest 855 chip inside. So, how did it all of this happen so fast? How did Qualcomm manage to bring 5G into this world way before they said they would. And what is 5G in 2019 all about? I’ll try to explain what I could gather from my conversations with Qualcomm at MWC 2019, read on.
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Ottomate, which is India’s home-grown smart consumer electronics brand has launched its first product; theOttomate Smart Fans. It is powered by the latest Qualcomm BLE 5.0 chipset with CSR Mesh and operate through Ottomate Smart App. Continue reading “Ottomate Smart Fan with Bluetooth launched in India starting at Rs. 3999”
After the launch of Y91, Vivo has launched Y91i, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ in India, which was introduced as Y91C in several countries. It has the same 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio Halo FullView display, is powered by Helio P22 Octa-Core 12nm SoC, 2GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.5, 8-megapixel front camera with support for face unlock, but this comes with a single 13-megapixel rear camera and lacks a fingerprint sensor.
Flipkart today started its two-day Women’s Day Sale that offers great deals on smartphones, laptops, TVs and more. Check out the complete list below. Continue reading “Flipkart Women’s Day Sale: Best deals on smartphones, laptops and more”
According to IDC, the smartphone market continues to be challenged and 2019 is projected to experience its third consecutive year of declining shipments. The worldwide smartphone volumes are forecast to fall by 0.8% in 2019 with volumes dipping to 1.39 billion. Continue reading “Worldwide smartphone shipments expected to drop third consecutive year in 2019: IDC”
With increasing usage of social media across the globe, concerns regarding privacy are at its peak. With Facebook owning the majority of social media apps worldwide including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has put forward his privacy vision where the main focus revolves around user privacy.
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In the past couple of months, we have been seeing a lot of smartphone launches in the Indian market with some latest technology, thanks to mobile makers. Having said that, we didn’t see a single smartphone yet in this time frame that ticks all the boxes be it in terms of build quality, camera, latest technology and good battery life. Indeed, not every smartphone is perfect, but it’s not the case with OnePlus 6T. Continue reading “Why OnePlus 6T is still a good smartphone to buy in 2019”
Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor Magic 2 back in October last year. As it had promised, the company has introduced Honor Magic 2 3D that adds ‘structured light’ 3D scanner on the front in addition to 16MP + two 2MP depth sensors. The3D scanner will track 10,000 points and will work even in the dark . Continue reading “Honor Magic 2 3D structured light edition with 8GB RAM, 512GB storage announced”
The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4% during the Q4 2018, reaching a new high of 59.3 million units according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The growth was driven by new wearables launching during the months leading up to the holiday season as well as new smartphone launches as many were bundled with wearables from leading brands. Continue reading “Worldwide wearable shipments reach 59.3 million, up 31.4% YoY in Q4 2018; Apple and Xiaomi continue to lead: IDC”
Smart Compose is a neat addition to Gmail which based on your email writing patterns and commonly used phrases, tries to predict what you will say next and surfaces it as a suggestion that you can simply accept. The feature was initially available as an experimental feature on the desktop and then was added to G Suite accounts. Then it later was available as an exclusive to the Pixel 3 which is changing finally. Continue reading “Gmail Smart Compose now available to all Android phones”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Band 3 with a larger 0.78-inch OLED display and 50-meter water resistance in India back in September last year in Black color for Rs. 1999. At the launch the company said that it will launch different colored straps in the country, now the company has launched Electric Orange, Deep Blue, Wine Red and Graphite Black colored straps, in addition to Black in the country.
Popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a new investor note has covered early order estimates of the Galaxy S10. In the latest research note, he is increasing his early estimates by 30% citing ‘spec differentiation’ from current iPhones, including an ultrasonic fingerprint reader. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 sales better than expected as specs differentiate from iPhones: Kuo”
