Xiaomi Mi TV 4A 40-inch Full HD Smart TV with with A.I. voice remote, Dolby audio announced

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 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

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”

Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9+, Sony Xperia XZ2 / XZ2 Compact, Nokia 7 Plus, 8110 4G and more from MWC 2018

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 said to be working on voice and video calls

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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”

Honor 9 Lite Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

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”

SanDisk Extreme 400GB world’s fastest UHS-I microSD card announced

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.

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OPPO R15 and R15 Plus with bezel-less display, top-notch teased

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.

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HTC Desire 12 Plus with 5.99-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 surfaces

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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”

Xiaomi teases new Mi TV is launching in India soon, Mi TV 4A expected [Update: Launching on March 7]

[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.]

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Best of MWC 2018 Awards – FoneArena

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”

Twitter seeks ideas to make the platform more healthy and civil

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In order to increase the collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation around the world, Twitter says that it will be using the more holistic approach and measure the impact of the platform on the world in the days to come. Continue reading “Twitter seeks ideas to make the platform more healthy and civil”

Worldwide wearable shipments up 10.3% YoY in 2017, Apple leads with 15.3% market share: IDC

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According to IDC, the worldwide wearables market continued to grow in both the Q4 and whole of 2017 with the total shipments reaching a new record. Apple moved past Fitbit and Xiaomi to become the leader in the wearable market worldwide. The total volumes of the quarter reached 37.9 million units, which is up 7.7% from the 35.2 million units shipped YoY. Continue reading “Worldwide wearable shipments up 10.3% YoY in 2017, Apple leads with 15.3% market share: IDC”

Xiaomi Mi 5 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI Global Beta ROM released

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Earlier this week, Xiaomi started rolling out Oreo Based MIUI Stable update to its 2017 flagship Mi 6, and with today’s weekly MIUI Beta update company is updating its 2016 flagship Mi 5 to Android Oreo. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 Android 8.0 Oreo MIUI Global Beta ROM released”

Dropbox partners with Google to bring native G Suite integration

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Dropbox today announced that it is partnering with Google to bring native integration of G Suite and let users make better use of the cloud collaboration company’s toolset which will bring the ability to create and save Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides directly from Dropbox.  Continue reading “Dropbox partners with Google to bring native G Suite integration”

Microsoft to roll out Intel’s Spectre macrocode fixes in upcoming Windows update

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Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out Windows security update for additional devices against  Spectre and Meltdown and distribute the available Intel firmware, and progress driving anti-virus compatibility. Microsoft says that windows devices need both software and firmware updates against these new vulnerabilities. Continue reading “Microsoft to roll out Intel’s Spectre macrocode fixes in upcoming Windows update”