LG at an event in Seoul has introduced a range of OLED and SUPER UHD TVs with ThinQ AI and advanced α (Alpha) processor. The large OLED display TVs with AI include W8, G8, E8, C8, and B8 with features like Picture-on-Wall, One Glass Screen, Picture-on-Glass, and Cinema Screen design. Continue reading “LG introduces new OLED and SUPER UHD HDR TV line-up with ThinQ AI and Dolby Atmos”
Snapchat Spectacles with a built-in camera was first introduced back in 2016, and now according to reports coming in from industry sources, Snapchat is reportedly working on a new version of Spectacles for later this year and a third version equipped with two cameras in 2019. Continue reading “Snapchat reportedly working on new Spectacles for later this year”
WhatsApp beta for Android with V2.18.69 has extended ‘delete for everyone’ duration from 7 minutes or 420 seconds to 4096 seconds which is about 68 minutes and 16 seconds or 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. Along with this, WhatsApp has rolled out two more new beta updates to Android the V2.18.70 that brings fixes to GIF crashes and 2.18.71 adds changes to voice note sending icon in a chat window. Continue reading “WhatsApp beta for Android extends ‘delete for everyone’ duration to more than an hour”
After introducing X4+ earlier this year, LG has introduced X4 (LM-X410S) smartphone in the ‘X series’ in Korea. It packs a similar 5.3-inch HD screen, is powered by Snapdragon 425, but this runs Android 7.1 (Nougat), has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera.
Continue reading “LG X4 with 5.3-inch display, fingerprint sensor, HD DMB TV announced”
HTC’s next flagship smartphone U12 is codenmaed ‘Imagine’ and the complete specifications of the phone has surfaced. It is said to feature 5.99-inch QHD+ screen, similar to the U11+ and will pack Snapdragon 845, up to 6GB RAM and up to 256GB storage. It is said to run Android 8.0 (Oreo) with full support for project Treble for seamless updates. Continue reading “HTC U12 with 5.99-inch QHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 256GB storage, 12MP + 16MP dual rear cameras expected in April”
Xiaomi introduced 43-inch and 49-inch 1080p, 55-inch and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs and the cheapest 32-inch smart TV in the Mi TV 4A series last year. In January it introduced a new 50-inch 4K HDR TV in the 4A. Today it has announced a new 40-inch Full HD TV in the series in China, ahead of the launch the Mi TV 4A series in India next week. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV 4A 40-inch Full HD Smart TV with with A.I. voice remote, Dolby audio announced”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones in four color variants in India on 14th February. The smartphone duo went on sale for the first time in India on 22nd February and company claims to have sold over 3 lakh units under 3 minutes followed by a 2nd sale on 28th February, but only Black and Gold variants were available in both sales. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro Lake Blue and Rose Gold variants, Note 5 Pro 6GB RAM to go on sale in India on March 7”
This week at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 Samsung, Sony, HMD Global, ASUS and others introduced their smartphones. Motorola, HTC and Xiaomi did not announced anything new as rumored earlier. Check out all the new announcement from the MWC this year. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9+, Sony Xperia XZ2 / XZ2 Compact, Nokia 7 Plus, 8110 4G and more from MWC 2018”
Instagram is aiming to move past from just being called a place to post pictures and videos as the company is now said to be working on bringing voice and video calling features. According to a report from TechCrunch, the social media giant is on the verge of introducing the calling function as there are multiple references for voice and video calls in the latest Instagram for Android alpha release. Continue reading “Instagram said to be working on voice and video calls”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched theHonor 9 Lite smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3000mAh battery, has a 5.65-inch Full HD+ display, is powered by Octa-Core Kirin 659 SoC, has up to 4GB of RAM and runs on Android8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0. Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Honor 9 Lite Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”
Last year at the IFA Western Digital Corporation introduced SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC world’s highest-capacity microSD card. This week at the MWC it has introduced SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC world’s fastest UHS-I microSD card offering 160MB/s read speed. It also meets the Application Performance Class 1 (A2) requirements to help launch and load apps faster, compared to A1.
Continue reading “SanDisk Extreme 400GB world’s fastest UHS-I microSD card announced”
After a recent leak, OPPO has officially teased R15 and R15 Plus, the company’s upcoming flagship smartphones in the ‘R Series’ in China. Both these will have bezel-less full-screen displays and the image also confirms top notch. The phone is said to come with 93.94% screen-to-body ratio.
Continue reading “OPPO R15 and R15 Plus with bezel-less display, top-notch teased”
HTC Desire 12 retail box was leaked a few days back revealing some basic details regarding the chipset, display and more. Today the specifications of the Plus variant have surfaced online. Not just specs, according to sources, the Desire 12 Plus goes by the code-name “Breeze Plus,” internally. Continue reading “HTC Desire 12 Plus with 5.99-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 surfaces”
[Update 2 : Xiaomi has now scheduled the Mi TV 4A launch event for March 7th and it begins at 3PM. As usual Xiaomi will offer live stream on mi.com.]
MWC 2018 is now over. We gave out FoneArena Awards to some of the latest products and innovations that were introduced at the event. We gave these awards under several categories such as Best Product, Best Smartphone, Most Innovative Product and Editor’s Pick of MWC 2018. Continue reading “Best of MWC 2018 Awards – FoneArena”
