Ever since Apple launched the iPhone XS, it has been criticized for its front-camera for overly smoothening skin. Though Apple has always insisted it doesn’t use any beautification filters, whatever may be the case, the issue definitely exits. However, Apple acknowledged the criticism and said that it will fix this issue with iOS 12.1 update. Continue reading “iOS 12.1 will improve selfie quality on the iPhone XS and XR”
Facebook today announced that it is rolling out a new, simplified version of Messenger dubbed Messenger 4. The company in a survey found that 7 out of 10 users say simplicity is the top priority in a messaging app. The new Messenger will have three tabs instead of nine; your conversations, both one-to-one and groups. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger 4 update with simplified navigation, customizable chat bubbles, dark mode and more rolling out”
Owing to the new aspects of an ad fraud operation across apps and websites that were monetizing with numerous ad platforms, Google in the past week removed apps involved in the ad fraud scheme, so they can no longer monetize with Google. Continue reading “Google acknowledges Android fraud that was stealing millions in fake ad revenue, has removed those apps and blacklisted sites”
RED, popular for its high-end cameras announced its entry into phone market with the RED HYDROGEN ONE Android smartphone with world’s first holgraphic display last year. Last week, at an event in NYC, the company confirmed the complete specifications and also detailed the content strategy. The phone has 5.7-inch QHD 4-View Lightfield Display that the company says will create an experience that goes beyond 3D—with no glasses required. Powered by Nanotechnology, the display delivers
realistic depth, light and textures bringing content to life in fundamentally new ways.
Amazon today started its second Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale for the month, as it had promised after the successful sale earlier this month. It is offering deals on smartphones, laptops, headphones, TVs, speakers and more.
The recently launched Honor Play won a whole lot of accolades for being one of the most well-rounded devices in its price band. A few months later, the phone continues to rank high on our recommendations list and for good reason too. A good-looking screen, top of the line processor, enhancements that make a genuine improvement in day to day usability, what’s not to like? It appears though that Honor isn’t one to rest on its laurels. The launch of the Ultraviolet Honor Play is perfectly timed for the upcoming festive season where we feel it is going to make quite an appearance. Continue reading “Honor Play in Ultraviolet: A Stand Out Affordable Flagship for This Festive Season”
Apple introduced the iPhone XR last month, along with the iPhone Xs and the Xs Max. It started pre-orders for the smartphone in several countries, including India last week. Here have the unboxing and the photo gallery of the (PRODUCT) RED edition of the smartphone.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone XR Red Edition Unboxing and Photo Gallery”
Google has quietly launched its third-generation Chromecast, after it was introduced at the Pixel event earlier this month. It still has a circular design with built-in HDMI cable and it comes with Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5Ghz) support, however the Wi-Fi reception has been improved with maximum antenna gain of 4dBi compared to Chromecast 2’s 2.1dBi gain, which is about 50% improvement.
Continue reading “Google Chromecast 3 launched in India for Rs. 3499”
OnePlus is all set to introduce its flagship OnePlus 6T smartphone in a week. Today the company has announced pop-up events globally, including India, as usual. Pop-ups will be held across 8 cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Jaipur in India. Across the globe pop-ups will be held in New York, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm and more Nordic and several European countries such as Paris, London, Madrid and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 6T pop-up events will be held across 9 cities in India on November 2”
OnePlus is scheduled to launch the OnePlus 6T in a week and the company has been actively teasing the device on social media and their OnePlus forums. New to join are the details regarding the camera. Pete Lau, the company CEO has just posted a camera sample of a night shot. Continue reading “OnePlus teases camera improvements with OnePlus 6T”
Xiaomi’s Black Shark just announced the Black Shark Helo Gaming Phone, successor of the Black Shark in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.01-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with HDR support even in games with independent image processing chip, is powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 10GB RAM, two liquid cooling pipes to keep the phone cool when gaming by reducing the CPU’s core temperature by up to 12-degree, compared to 8-degree in the predecessor.
Ever since the inception, OnePlus has largely adopted the online-exclusive model for its smartphones and other products. That being said, the company has been focusing on expanding its footprint in the offline market recently.
Continue reading “OnePlus expands its offline presence – Smartphones and accessories available in Reliance Digital stores starting from OnePlus 6T”
Airtel has announced new #AirtelThanks program special festive offer that offers instant cashback benefit of Rs 2,000 on upgrading to a new 4G smartphone before this month. The cashback will be credited to the customer’s My Airtel account in the form of 40 coupons worth Rs 50 each. Airtel has already teamed up with several OEMs to offer cashback and additional data. Continue reading “Airtel offers Rs. 2000 cashback on purchase of any 4G smartphone – Here’s how you can avail it”
After so much hype, HTC has introduced its new blockchain-powered smartphone, “EXODUS 1,” as it promised. Right from the way how consumers can order the devices, the EXODUS 1 is wholly dedicated to blockchain encryption. Continue reading “HTC EXODUS 1 native Blockchain smartphone now available for pre-order, shipping in December”
Earlier today at the 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, Qualcomm introduced its latest Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform based on 11nm process technology, 2 performance (based on new Cortex A76) cores and 6 effciency cores (based on Cortex A55) as well as enhanced AI Engine, Spectra 250 ISP, Kryo 460 CPUs and Adreno 612 GPU.
Continue reading “Xiaomi will launch Snapdragon 675-powered smartphone next year”
