Samsung, who is Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment and Computing Equipment category for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 today introduced special edition Galaxy Note8. Samsung said that it will deliver over 4,000 devices to all Olympians as well as the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic family, including IOC and POCOG staff allowing them to lean on Samsung mobile technology to enhance their experiences and connect more conveniently.
Just after Amazon announced its first sale for the year, Flipkart has scheduled its Republic Day Sale from January 21st to 23rd. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones and other devices, including Google Pixel 2 XL that will be available starting at an effective price of Rs. 48,999 compared to the original price of Rs. 73,000. Continue reading “Flipkart Republic Day Sale from Jan 21 to 23: Pixel 2 XL starting at Rs. 48999, offers on smartphones and more”
Lenovo has partnered with Qualcomm and Microsoft to launch a Snapdragon powered Always Connected PC – Miix 630 at CES 2018. HP and Asus launched their products in December last year at the Snapdragon Summit. I got my hands on the Miix 630 2-1 detachable and it is a pretty nice effort by Lenovo.
Vivo showcased the world’s first in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone that uses an optical fingerprint sensor from Synaptics. Now the Vivo X20 Plus UD with in-display fingerprint sensor has been certified by TENAA in China. This looks similar to what Vivo had showcased at the CES last week, even though the model number was mentioned as X20 Plus A.
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BlackBerry in a keynote address at the North American International Automotive Show (NAIAS) announced Jarvis transformational cybersecurity software. The company says that it is initially marketing the solution to automakers whose complex software supply chains create compelling and urgent use cases that Jarvis can help solve today. Continue reading “BlackBerry Jarvis transformational cybersecurity software announced”
Following the footsteps of OnePlus and Xiaomi, Vivo now has launched the online store in India where all the Vivo phones, as well as accessories, will be sold exclusively. As a part of the launch, the company is also hosting launch carnival where it is offering discounts and offers on various Vivo phones. Continue reading “Vivo launches online store in India, announces launch carnival offers”
Amazon has announced its Great Indian Sale, this year’s first sale from January 21st to 24th. Amazon says that it will offer over deals on over 10,000 brands, Up to 40% off on Mobiles and Accessories with over 60 Amazon Exclusives and over 300 Offers, Up to 55% off on Consumer Electronic and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale scheduled from Jan 21 to 24 – Up to 35% off on mobiles, up to 80% off on accessories and more”
Huawei has announced Android 8.0 Oreo beta program for P10 and P10 Plus as the company’s Romania Facebook page has put out post seeking testers for the Oreo update. The company has already rolled out the update for Mate 9 Pro, P10 and P10 Plus in China and now its turn for the international variants. Continue reading “Huawei P10 and P10 Plus Android Oreo beta update starts rolling out”
Motorola E4 was launched in June 2017, and if we are going to make a blind guess of the Lenovo’s smartphone upgrade cycle, the successor to the E4 aka the Moto E5 is expected to go official around the same time. But before the launch, we are now seeing the leaked image of the E5 showing the device in its full glory. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E5 with rear-mounted fingerprint sensor surfaces”
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ battery capacities have been revealed by the Brazil telecommunications agency in the certificates published. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will retain the same 3000mAh and 3500mAh batteries with a nominal voltage of 3.85V and will have 11.55Wh and 13.48Wh respectively. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ battery capacities revealed by Brazil telecommunications agency”
Huawei’s online brand Honor has confirmed that Honor 8 which was launched back in October 2016 won’t be getting the Android 8.0 Oreo update. The company confirmed the news on Twitter in a response to the user’s query. On the other hand, it has also clarified that the Android 8.0 update with latest EMUI 8.0 is under evaluation for the Honor 6X. Continue reading “Honor 8 won’t get Android 8.0 Oreo update, Honor 6X Oreo update under evaluation”
HMD Global introduced Nokia 7 smartphone back in October last year and the new Nokia 6 (2018) was unveiled earlier this month in China running Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). As the company had promised, it has started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the smartphones.
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OnePlus has released new open betas (Beta 4 for OnePlus 5 and Beta 2 for OnePlus 5T) that brings several new features including updates to launcher that adds new features such as auto folder tagging, optimizations for high power consumption applications, intelligent background application management solution, adds OnePlus Switch application for backup and restore, bug fixes and optimizations. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 and 5T latest OxygenOS beta update brings new features, bug fixes and optimizations”
OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 21 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 30 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including support for the most expected Face Unlock feature that the company had been teasing it last month. The update also brings VoLTE support for Airtel users in India in select cities where it is available, several features in launcher, adds OnePlus Switch backup and restore apps and more. Check out the changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings Face Unlock, Airtel VoLTE support and more”
Xiaomi started rolling out Android Oreo update for Mi A1 smartphone on 31st December as it had promised. Later it pulled the update due to bugs and said that it will resume in a couple of weeks after fixing the bugs. Now the company confirmed that it has started rolling out a new OPR1.170623.026.8.1.10 update for the smartphone that includes Android Security patch for January 2018 and also includes bug fixes.
