Mi Exchange Program launched – Exchange your old phone for a new Xiaomi smartphone at Mi Home Store

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Xiaomi has partnered with Cashify to launch a new Exchange Program which lets you exchange your old smartphone for a new Xiaomi smartphone at your nearest Mi Home. Xiaomi has 11 Mi Home stores across BengaluruDelhi-NCRHyderabadMumbaiPune and Chennai.

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Android Messages v2.7 brings money transfer, Duo video calling, new message indicators and more

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Google Android messages app has updated from V2.5 to V2.7 with a bunch of features and additions. The new app version brings features like Money transfer, Duo video calling, new messages indicator and more.  Continue reading “Android Messages v2.7 brings money transfer, Duo video calling, new message indicators and more”

Tesla Power Bank with 3350mAh capacity, integrated Apple lightning cable announced

Tesla Power Bank

Apparently launching two game-changing products; the all-new semi truck and updated Roadster 2.0 wasn’t enough for Tesla as the company has also introduced a 3350mAh power bank as well. It is aptly named just as Power Bank and is shaped exactly like the Tesla supercharger monument outside their main office in California. Continue reading “Tesla Power Bank with 3350mAh capacity, integrated Apple lightning cable announced”

Uber partners with Volvo to deploy 24,000 autonomous SUVs

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Uber has teamed up with Volvo for autonomous driverless cars and has agreed to buy 24,000 sport utility vehicles a goal which the company is committed to staying focused on under newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi. Continue reading “Uber partners with Volvo to deploy 24,000 autonomous SUVs”

Uber updated with live location sharing, in-app gifting and more

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Uber has pushed a bunch of features to its app that will help riders enhance their riding experience Just in time for holidays. The company has rolled out live location sharing feature, beacon expansion, request for a guest and more feature in the latest update. Continue reading “Uber updated with live location sharing, in-app gifting and more”

OnePlus 5T Review

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Lately, the Chinese handset maker OnePlus has been in the headlines for pulling off some amazing stunts in the premium smartphone segment. However, this doesn’t end here, as the company, again, arguably, announced the upgrade of the current OnePlus 5 flagship in a gap of just five months. Dubbed as OnePlus 5T, it is a mid-cycle refresh after the OnePlus 5, offering an 18:9 aspect ratio display, improved camera, and of course the new advanced facial recognition technology. So, should you be pissed or excited about this upgrade? Let’s check it out. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Review”

OnePlus 5T Benchmarks – Snapdragon 835 and 8GB RAM

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OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5T  smartphone in India. We already brought you the unboxing of the phone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The OnePlus 5T is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 10nm Mobile Platform with that has four custom Kryo 280 Performance cores clocked at 2.46GHz per core and four smaller Efficiency Kryo 280 cores are clocked at 1.90GHz per core and has 710 MHz Adreno 540 GPU,  8GB LPDDR4x RAM, same as OnePlus 5, but this has a larger 6.01-inch 18:9 Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS 4.7. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Benchmarks – Snapdragon 835 and 8GB RAM”

Aircel launches new packs with unlimited calling, 1GB data per day and new call rate cutter

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Aircel has launched a new unlimited offering for its pre-paid customers as well as a new rate cutter that comes with year-long validity. Offers in the new packs include unlimited calls (local +STD) to any network with 1GB data a day for a week at Rs. 88 and the same benefits with 28 days validity at Rs. 199. Continue reading “Aircel launches new packs with unlimited calling, 1GB data per day and new call rate cutter”

Master and Dynamic MW60 wireless Over-Ear and MW50 Wireless On-Ear Headphones launched in India

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New York City-based Master & Dynamic audio company today has launched MW60 Over-Ear Headphones and MW50 On-Ear Headphones in India. Both headphones are wireless and are light-weight at 345 grams and 240 grams respectively. Continue reading “Master and Dynamic MW60 wireless Over-Ear and MW50 Wireless On-Ear Headphones launched in India”

ACT Fibernet launches broadband services in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh

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After launching its broadband services in Vijayawada, Vizag, Guntur, Nellore, Tirupati and Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, ACT Fibernet recently launched its broadband services in Rajahmundry. This takes the total number to 7 cities in Andhra Pradesh where ACT Fibernet has its presence. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet launches broadband services in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh”

Gionee M7 Plus with full-screen display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras gets certified

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Gionee recently introduced M7 and M7 Power smartphones. Now it is all set to introduce the high-end M7 Plus smartphone, which has been certified by TENAA in China that shows the design of the smartphone with a full-screen display, metal frame, leather-like back, dual rear cameras along with a fingerprint sensor. The image coincides with the live image that surfaced recently. Continue reading “Gionee M7 Plus with full-screen display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras gets certified”

Google Allo to get audio message transcriptions, camera effects and more soon

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Google has started rolling out Allo V23 yesterday and there are plenty of features that got revealed in an APK teardown that will be rolling out in the future update that includes camera effects for selfies and selfie clips, a new type of attachment, custom support for contact cards shared between people, and more. Continue reading “Google Allo to get audio message transcriptions, camera effects and more soon”

Xiaomi Mi A1 Rose Gold variant launched in India

Xiaomi Mi A1 Rose Gold

Xiaomi launched the Mi A1 Android One phone in India in partnership with Google back in September in Black, Gold and Rose Gold colors, but only the Black and Gold color variants of the phone went on sale at that time. Today it has announced that the Rose gold color variant of the phone will go on sale in the country starting tomorrow. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 Rose Gold variant launched in India”

Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 18990

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Vivo just launched the V7 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a  5.7-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 83.6% screen-to-body ratio, compared to the 5.99-inch FullView display on the V7+. It has the same 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, Face Beauty 7.0, Face unlock and Portrait mode and a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash. Continue reading “Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 18990”

MIUI 9 will be the last update for these phones

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At the MIUI 9 Global launch, Xiaomi highlighted the fact that even 5-year-old phones including Mi 2/2S are still getting weekly MIUI updates and will also get MIUI 9 Global Stable update. Now, within a couple of weeks, Xiaomi made an announcement on MIUI Forum saying that MIUI updates will be suspended for few of Xiaomi devices after the MIUI 9 update. Continue reading “MIUI 9 will be the last update for these phones”