Amazfit BIP and Stratos smartwatches with multi-sport tracking launched in India starting at Rs. 5499

Huami has launched its Amazfit BIP and Stratos smartwatches in India, as it had promised. Both these have multi-sport tracking, heart rate sensor and have built-in GPS. The  Amazfit BIP promises up to 45 days of battery life, thanks to its 1.28-inch ( 176 x 176 pixels) Always-on display, while the Stratos promises up to 5 days of battery life since it has bigger 1.34-inch (320 X 300 pixels) color Always-on LCD touch screen. Continue reading “Amazfit BIP and Stratos smartwatches with multi-sport tracking launched in India starting at Rs. 5499”

Alphabet records $32.7 billion in revenue with 26% YoY growth in Q2 2018

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Alphabet today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The company has recorded a total revenue of $32.657 billion with a YoY increase of 26% and an operating income of $2.807 billion with 9% margin, this is including the fines. Continue reading “Alphabet records $32.7 billion in revenue with 26% YoY growth in Q2 2018”

Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm in Rose Gold surfaces on official website

Samsung Galaxy Watch

Samsung is expected to introduce the Gear S4 aka Galaxy Watch at the Unpacked event next month and now the Watch in  42mm in Rose Gold color has surfaced on the Samsung website. Recently, the Watch has been certified by the FCC with the model number SM-R815U. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm in Rose Gold surfaces on official website”

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 surfaces in more renders; 512GB version said to be priced at $1,460

Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 event is scheduled to take on August 9th. Alongside the Note 9, the company is also expected to introduce various other products including Galaxy Watch, a Wireless Charger Duo. In a fresh dose of leaks, we are hearing that the flagship will come in a 512GB variant and the base model is now a 128GB version up from 64GB.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 9 surfaces in more renders; 512GB version said to be priced at $1,460”

Comio X1 with 5.5-inch HD+ display, Dual 4G VoLTE, Android Oreo launched for Rs. 7499

Comio has launched X1, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘X series’ in India, after the launch of X1 Note. It has a 5.5-inch HD+ 18:9 display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor with 2GB of RAM, runs Android 8.0 (Oreo), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash, face unlock and portrait mode for both the front and rear cameras. Continue reading “Comio X1 with 5.5-inch HD+ display, Dual 4G VoLTE, Android Oreo launched for Rs. 7499”

Samsung Galaxy J8 Review

Samsung launched the Galaxy J8 (SM-J810G)  in the ‘Galaxy J Series’ last month, and it was introduced in May. This is one of the smartphones from Samsung to pack a HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display with 18.5:9 screen ratio. It is more like a smaller version of the Galaxy A6+ with a HD+ screen and a plastic body. Is this worth the price? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J8 Review”

Honor View 10 update brings EIS, Call Recording, Ride Mode and more in India

Honor View 10 has received a new update that brings several new features including the most expected EIS feature for videos, Call Recording, Ride Mode, thermal optimization and the latest Android security update. Continue reading “Honor View 10 update brings EIS, Call Recording, Ride Mode and more in India”

Qualcomm introduces world-first 5G mmWave and sub-6GHz smartphone modules

5G mmWave and sub-6GHz smartphone modules

Qualcomm today introduced the world’s first fully-integrated 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave); QTM052 mmWave and QPM56xx sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices. These modules pair with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G modem to deliver modem-to-antenna capabilities across several spectrum bands.  Continue reading “Qualcomm introduces world-first 5G mmWave and sub-6GHz smartphone modules”

Lava Z61 Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone with 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 display launched for Rs. 5750

After the launch of Z50 back in March this year, Lava has launched its second Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone dubbed as Z61. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ Full View Full-lamination 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a 1.5GHz Quad-Core processor with 1GB of RAM, has an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera with screen and LED flash and Bokeh Mode. Continue reading “Lava Z61 Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone with 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 display launched for Rs. 5750”

Samsung Galaxy J8 and Galaxy J6 smartphone sales cross 2 million in India since launch

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Samsung launched the  Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 smartphones in India back in May, and the Galaxy J8 went on sale in the country last month,  and today the company has announced that both the phone have crossed 2 million units in sales. The company says that both the phone have seen a huge demand attracting 50,000 consumers a day. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J8 and Galaxy J6 smartphone sales cross 2 million in India since launch”

Sony IMX586 world’s highest resolution 48MP smartphone camera sensor announced

Sony just announced IMX586, its latest stacked CMOS image sensor for smartphones with highest pixel count in a smartphone and world-first ultra-compact pixel size of 0.8 μm, making it possible to pack 48 effective megapixels onto a 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) unit. It uses  Quad Bayer color filter array, where the adjacent 2×2 pixels come in the same color, so that the sensor promises high sensitivity and high resolution. Continue reading “Sony IMX586 world’s highest resolution 48MP smartphone camera sensor announced”

OnePlus to open new Authorized Stores in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata on July 28

OnePlus today announced that it will be opening authorised offline stores in Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata on 28th July, 2018. These stores are located in Jayanagar, 4th Block in Bengaluru, Central Mall in Mumbai and South City Mall in Kolkata. Continue reading “OnePlus to open new Authorized Stores in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata on July 28”

Tecno Camon i Twin with 6-inch 18:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 launched for Rs. 11499

After Camon i Click last month, Tecno has launched the company’s latest mid-range Camon i Twin smartphone in India. It has a 6-inch HD+ 18:9 FullView display with 87.48% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 425 with 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with the company’s own HiOS on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Quad LED flash along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portrait shots and a 13-megapixel front camera with LED flash and AI beauty. Continue reading “Tecno Camon i Twin with 6-inch 18:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 launched for Rs. 11499”

China’s BOE Display said to supply OLED displays to Apple

Apple

Apple currently relies on Samsung for the supply of OLED displays for the iPhone X. However, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, China seems to be pushing itself in becoming a supplier of OLED displays to Apple. This comes as a part of its efforts to increase advanced manufacturing.  Continue reading “China’s BOE Display said to supply OLED displays to Apple”

Google ‘Saved’ site feature gets Material Theme, “Save to Google” Chrome extension to be killed

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Google’s Save to functionality to bookmark images, links was first built into the Image Search and later was moved to Search app on Android, Google also maintained a Chrome extension to save pages. However, it looks like Google is all set to kill this next month. Continue reading “Google ‘Saved’ site feature gets Material Theme, “Save to Google” Chrome extension to be killed”