Honor 9 Lite Unboxing and First Impressions

Huawei’s Honor brand today launched the Honor 9 Lite smartphone in India, soon after the launch of Honor 7X. This has dual front and rear cameras similar to the Honor 9i, but it has a smaller 5.65-inch full-screen display. Check out the unboxing below.

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Hike Total offers essential services like messaging, news, recharge and more without internet

Hike Total

Hike today announced ‘Total’ feature with an aim to bring internet to the next billion users. It is capable of bringing essential services like messaging, news, recharge and more without needing an active data connection. For the sections that require data, Hike is offering data plans for as low as Rs. 1. Continue reading “Hike Total offers essential services like messaging, news, recharge and more without internet”

OPPO A83 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, face unlock launched in India for Rs. 13990

OPPO has launched A83, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘A series’ in India. It was introduced in China last month, has a 5.7 HD+ full-screen 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC with 3GB RAM, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with support for A.I beauty technology that scan 200 facial recognition spots to beautify a selfie shot perfectly as well as face unlock to unlock the phone quickly. Continue reading “OPPO A83 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, face unlock launched in India for Rs. 13990”

Alcatel 3V detailed specifications surface – 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras and more

Alcatel showcased a new mid-tier smartphone, the Alcatel 3V last week at the CES 2018. However, the company didn’t disclose the actual tech specifications of the smartphone, except for the 18:9 aspect ratio screen. Thanks to tipster Roland Quandt, now we have the complete information about the Alcatel 3V, which is likely to go official in Europe for 179 Euros (US$ 218 / Rs. 13,990 approx.) .The glass sandwich design is the head-turner of this smartphone and the dual cameras is like icing on the cake. Continue reading “Alcatel 3V detailed specifications surface – 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras and more”

Meizu M6s with 5.7-inch full-screen display, metal body, side-mounted fingerprint sensor announced

Meizu just announced M6s, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the M series, as it had promised. It was introduced as Meizu S6 in China. It packs a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 display and is the first smartphone to be powered by Samsung Exynos 7872 Hexa-Core SoC with Mali-G71 GPU. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front camera launched in India starting at Rs. 12990

Samsung has launched Galaxy On7 Prime, the company’s latest smartphone in India in ‘On series’, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and has 13-megapixel front and rear cameras. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front camera launched in India starting at Rs. 12990”

Honor 9 Lite with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 10999

Huawei’s Honor brand today launched  Honor 9 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last month and packs a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Kirin 659 SoC, similar most other mid-range Huawei and Honor phones, but this runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0 out-of-the-box. Continue reading “Honor 9 Lite with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 10999”

Facebook to redesign Messenger with real time communication, customer care channels and more

Facebook Messenger

Facebook started asking people to install Messenger app a few years back and the company kept on pushing it with features to a level that made the app clumsy and cluttered. In its goals for 2018, the company’s David Marcus, head of the messenger highlighted the changes that are coming to messenger this year. Continue reading “Facebook to redesign Messenger with real time communication, customer care channels and more”

Google expands its presence in China, opens new office in Shenzhen

Google

After announcing its plans to open its first AI lab in China last month, Google today has silently opened the 3rd office in Shenzhen in its latest expansion in China. Shenzhen city in China is known for being a global hardware hub, and the office isn’t a fully functional campus. Instead, it is just space within a serviced office and will start this week. Continue reading “Google expands its presence in China, opens new office in Shenzhen”

Google to expand Cloud infrastructure with 3 new undersea cables, 5 new regions

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Alphabet’s subsidiary brand Google Cloud has spent almost $30 billion to improve the infrastructure in the last three years. The company continues to overcome many technical difficulties using subsea cables, which is the new standard for the wired data transfer across the world. The story does not stop there, as the one of the leading cloud service provider has added three new submarine cables across fine new regions. Continue reading “Google to expand Cloud infrastructure with 3 new undersea cables, 5 new regions”

YouTube testing new dark mode on iOS mobile app

YouTube Dark Mode

YouTube is now testing new ‘Dark Mode’ for its iOS mobile app. A screenshot with the new option in the setting page is being posted by a user on Reddit. The feature is already live for some and is enabled with YouTube app version number 13.01.4. Continue reading “YouTube testing new dark mode on iOS mobile app”

Skygofree Android Trojan can track location of the device, turn on audio recording and more

Skygofree Trojan

Trojans and Malware are not new to Android; they keep attacking the operating system taking advantage of the loophole. However, the Skygofree Android Trojan is very peculiar and something unique. Discovered by Kaspersky, Skygofree can track the location of the device, turn on audio recording, control WiFi networks and can also manage apps like Facebook Messenger, Skype, Viber, and WhatsApp. Continue reading “Skygofree Android Trojan can track location of the device, turn on audio recording and more”

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ said to be announced on February 26, go on sale on March 16

The most anticipated flagships of the season; the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are set to go official sometime in February; today we have the date of the announcement. According to popular leakster, Evan Blass source from a C-level executive at a major case maker, the Galaxy S9, and S9+ are said to be introduced on February 26th, pre-orders will begin from March 1st and will go on for sale from March 16th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ said to be announced on February 26, go on sale on March 16”

Moto G6, G6 Plus, G6 Play, Moto X5, Moto Z3, Moto Z3 Play, and 5G Moto Mod press images surface

Moto G6 Series

MWC 2018 is just a month away, and this is the event where we tons of phones launch from various manufacturers including flagships. One among the many brands is Motorola which has the tradition of launching the G-series at every MWC. Today we have the first look at the most of the upcoming Motorola phones including the Moto G6, G6 Plus, G6 Play, Moto X5, Moto Z3, Moto Z3 Play. Continue reading “Moto G6, G6 Plus, G6 Play, Moto X5, Moto Z3, Moto Z3 Play, and 5G Moto Mod press images surface”

Honor 9 Lite to launch in India today: Here’s how to watch the live stream

Huawei’s Honor brand last week confirmed that it will launch the Honor 9 Lite smartphone, successor of Honor 8 Lite at an event on January 17th that will start at 12:30PM IST. You can watch the live stream on Honor’s YouTube channel or on its Facebook Page. Continue reading “Honor 9 Lite to launch in India today: Here’s how to watch the live stream”