Xiaomi Redmi 5A Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

Xiaomi Redmi 5A FoneArena One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A smartphone recently. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3000mAh (typical) / 2910mAh (minimum) built-in battery, has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by Snapdragon 425, has 2GB or 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”

Nokia 6 2018, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco Android One smartphones launched in India starting at Rs. 16999

HMD Global just launched new Nokia 6Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco, the company’s latest Android One smartphones that were introduced at the MWC 2018, as expected. All these run Android Oreo, come with Face unlock and also have Pro Camera mode. The company has also promised to offer latest Android security updates every month and also update to Android P. Continue reading “Nokia 6 2018, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco Android One smartphones launched in India starting at Rs. 16999”

Facebook Messenger now lets you share 360-degree photos and HD video

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has received the ability to send 360-degree photos, panoramic photos, and high-definition videos directly in Messenger. Facebook will now allow users to send and receive HD quality; 720p videos straight from their camera roll. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger now lets you share 360-degree photos and HD video”

Facebook News Feed updated with more background information on publishers and articles

Facebook

Facebook last year started providing more background information about the publishers and articles users see in News Feed. Today the company is rolling out this feature to everyone in the US and adding additional features to provide more context to users. Continue reading “Facebook News Feed updated with more background information on publishers and articles”

Apple hires Google’s former A.I Chief John Giannandrea, aims to improve Siri

John Giannandrea

Apple is hiring Google’s former head of search and artificial intelligence; John Giannandrea. The news was first reported by The New York Times, and it comes one day after he announced that he was stepping down from his role at Google.  Continue reading “Apple hires Google’s former A.I Chief John Giannandrea, aims to improve Siri”

Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 Special Edition, updated XPS 15, Inspiron All-in-One PCs announced

Dell Inspiron

Dell has introduced the Inspiron All-in-Ones PCs, an updated XPS 15, Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 Special Edition, S Series displays, and also announced the availability and new color for the XPS 15 2-in-1. The Inspiron and XPS devices are powered by the Intel’s latest 8th Gen Core processors. Continue reading “Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 Special Edition, updated XPS 15, Inspiron All-in-One PCs announced”

Snapchat introduces Group video chat, brings back GIF stickers from GIPHY

Snapchat Video Chat

Snapchat today is rolling out video chat feature where it allows up to 16 users to join a single video chat at one time. It brings a new video camera icon in a Group Chat. On the other hand, after Instagram, Snapchat has also restored the GIF stickers from GIPHY. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Group video chat, brings back GIF stickers from GIPHY”

HTC U12+ with dual front and rear cameras surface in images

Details about the upcoming flagship HTC U12 surfaced last month, later it was said that the phone will be called U12+ and will feature feature dual 8-megapixel front-facing cameras for bokeh effects, similar to the HTC U11 EYEs as well as dual rear cameras. Now an online listing for the screen protector for the phone has surfaced showing how the phone will look like. Continue reading “HTC U12+ with dual front and rear cameras surface in images”

Google updates search results to make it easier to filter movies by ratings, showtimes, theater location and more

Google today announced updates to its search results to make it easier to pick a movie. It will now let you can quickly compare movies by factors like ratings, showtimes, theater location and more all from the same view. You can also click showtime to purchase a ticket in advance.  Continue reading “Google updates search results to make it easier to filter movies by ratings, showtimes, theater location and more”

Google removes 100 device registration limit from uncertified device page

Google-Device-cerfification

Few weeks back Google began blocking Google Play apps and services on uncertified devices which created a lot of confusion among users and what it means. While Google mentioned that it would let custom ROM users be whitelisted, but the page was accepting IMEI values or Play Service Framework Device ID, but the pressing issue here is that it only accepted 100 IDs to be whitelisted. Today, a Google representative has confirmed to XDA that the company is removing this limit. Continue reading “Google removes 100 device registration limit from uncertified device page”

Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM to be announced on April 13

After several leaks, last week official Black Shark account on weibo and Qualcomm China confirmed that it the gaming phone will be powered by Snapdragon 845. Now it has announced that the phone will be announced on April 13th and also confirmed that Xiaomi has invested in the company.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) with dual rear cameras, Bixby Home surfaces, could launch in India soon

Samsung SM-J720F surfaced in benchmarks back in January this year. Now the user manual of the smartphone has surfaced on the official site confirming dual rear cameras, front camera with flash as well as Bixby Home, making it the first budget smartphone from Samsung to come with Bixby support. It also comes with removable battery, micro USB port, fingerprint sensor on the home button and loudspeaker grill on the back, next to the camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) with dual rear cameras, Bixby Home surfaces, could launch in India soon”

OnePlus 6 8GB RAM with 256GB Storage version confirmed by the CEO

Few hours back OnePlus released a teaser saying that the phone will have “the speed you need,” and also confirmed the OnePlus 6 name. Now, in a new post CEO Pete Lau discussed about the performance of the upcoming flagship and said that that company has created specialized team called Team FSE (Fast, Stable, Efficient) to focus solely on maximizing the power of our flagship devices.

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Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) Smartphone Unboxing and First Impressions

HMD Global introduced its budget Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone in India last week at Rs. 5,499, here we have the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini with Snapdragon 660, 4GB RAM, Android Oreo surfaces in benchmarks

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Samsung launched the S9 and S9+ worldwide recently. While the flagships are already available in the most parts of the world, Samsung is reportedly working on a mini version of the S9 in China with the model number SM-G8750. The device has now surfaced on the Geekbench benchmark application revealing few details about it. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 Mini with Snapdragon 660, 4GB RAM, Android Oreo surfaces in benchmarks”