Jio Payments Bank is likely to start its operations in December this year. It is a a joint venture between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and SBI. The Jio Payments Bank will join the likes of Payments bank from Airtel, Paytm, India Post, and Fino Payments Bank. Reliance Jio had secured a payments bank licence from the RBI back in March when it reached the 100 million customer mark. Continue reading “Jio Payments Bank tipped to launch in December 2017”
ASUS has announced Zenfone 4 Selfie Lite (ZB553KL), the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in Philippines. It has similar specifications as the Zenfone 4 Selfie single-camera version that was launched in India last month but this is powered by Snapdragon 425 and has 2GB RAM, instead of Snapdragon 430 and 3GB of RAM. Continue reading “ASUS ZenFone 4 Selfie Lite with 5.5-inch display, 13MP front camera announced”
Huawei’s Honor brand recently sent out invites for the announcement of its mid-range Honor 7X smartphone in China on October 11th. Now the smartphone has been certified by TENAA with model numbers BND-TL10 and BND-AL10. It has also appeared on Geekbench listing. This shows a 5.9-inch FHD+ screen and an Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor, similar to the Honor 9i that was launched in India last week. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.9-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras gets certified ahead of Oct 11 announcement”
It is so obvious that the Micromax is desperately trying to secure its place in the Indian smartphone market. In an aim to up their game and compete with other companies, Micromax recently launched the Evok Dual Note with dual rear cameras at sub Rs. 10,000 segment. Continue reading “Micromax Evok Dual Note Review”
Xiaomi last week announced that the Mi MIX 2 smartphone with bezel-less screen will launch in India on October 10th at an event in Delhi. Today Flipkart has confirmed that it will be exclusively available with them. The Mi A1 that was launched last month is also exclusively available on Flipkart online, apart from the mi.com as well as Mi Home stores and other offline retailers. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 launching in India exclusively on Flipkart on October 10”
Acer has launched Nitro 5 Spin, a 2-in-1 convertible notebook that serves the purpose for casual gamers. It was announced back in August and sports a 15.6-inch Full HD touchscreen IPS display, is equipped with 8th Generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics, 8GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB HDD . With its 2-in-1 feature, you can switch its form factor between four modes: Laptop, Tent, Display (Theater), and Tablet. It also has a fingerprint scanner built into the trackpad.
Facebook has launched the desktop app of its team-collaboration service Workplace, called Workplace Chat. The soft launch of the app was first reported by TechCrunch. Available for Mac and Windows, the Workplace Chat app features screen sharing ability like Hangouts and Slack. Continue reading “Facebook launches Workplace chat desktop app for Windows and Mac”
Apple iPhone X by all means is a game changer for Apple with its edge-to-edge OLED display and the lack of Touch ID. What makes the iPhone X even more interesting is the Face ID feature which is the current primary unlocking solution that Apple has opted over the regular Touch ID. The company went to say that this will function under any circumstances even under low-light. Continue reading “Android smartphone makers might ditch in-display fingerprint scanner for 3D face unlocking tech: KGI”
Windows Mobile has final nail in the coffin as the company’s Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore officially confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile features and hardware are no longer a focus. Taking Twitter as a platform, he clarifies that as an end user, he has switched to Android and Windows 10 Mobile will is no longer a focus for Microsoft. Continue reading “Microsoft confirms Windows 10 Mobile and new hardware no longer a focus”
Alphabet, Google’s parent company has received permission from the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to deploy Project Loon balloons over Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for up to six months. Project Loon is Alphabet X innovation lab’s initiative where it beams high-speed WiFi internet via balloons down.
Continue reading “Project Loon to deploy balloons to Puerto Rico to restore cell service”
After leak, BlackBerry Mobile has officially announced the TCL-made BlackBerry Motion, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and has a water-resistant body with IP67 ratings. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the KEYone. Continue reading “BlackBerry Motion with 5.5-inch 1080p display, water-resistant body, 4000mAh battery announced”
Hello readers! We started our LG Q6 Giveaway last month. The giveaway ended last week, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway, the response has been amazing. Are you the lucky winner of the latest LG Q6 smartphone with FullVision display ? Find out below.
Moto launched the Moto G5S Plus smartphone in India back in August for Rs. 15999. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3000mAh built-in battery with support for Turbo Charging, similar to the G5 Plus. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 Mobile Platform, has 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results. Continue reading “Moto G5S Plus Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”
Swipe Technologies has launched Elite PRO, its latest budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor which should be Snapdragon 425, has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, but it runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Swipe ELITE PRO with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”
The latest and greatest from Apple; the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are out. While they are the most powerful Apple phones ever, for all the wrong reasons, both these phones are in the news for the past couple of days. There seems to be problems with the batteries on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus as reports started to come in saying that iPhone 8 splitting due to the battery swelling. Continue reading “Apple investigating reports of iPhone 8 battery swelling”
