Details about the OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G surfaced recently, and the phone is rumoured to launch in India on February 11th. Now the details about the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G, a cheaper Nord phone, has surfaced ahead of India launch soon, thanks to @OnLeaks. Continue reading “OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 695, 5000mAh battery expected to launch in India soon”
Indian government at the budget 2022-23 has proposed calibration of customs duty rates for electronics including wearable devices, hearable devices and electronic smart meters to boost domestic manufacturing. Continue reading “Budget 2022: Customs duty changes for wearables, hearables to boost local manufacturing; Digital Rupee by RBI in 2022-23”
Lately, the console wars between Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox seem to be focused in another direction – acquisition of game studios. Last month, Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in an expensive $68.7 billion deal, and now Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced their acquisition of Bungie developer in a $3.6 billion deal.
Continue reading “Sony acquires Destiny game developer Bungie in $3.6 billion deal”
After several delays, Indian government at the budget 2022-23 announced that 5G spectrum auctions will be conducted in 2022 and the 5G services will be rolled out by by private telecom providers within 2022- 23. Reliance Jio already announced that it is ready for deployment after the spectrum auction. Airtel and Vodafone Idea have also been conducting trials. Continue reading “India 5G spectrum auction in 2022, roll out within 2022-23; PLI scheme for 5G equipment manufacturing soon”
Telegram has released a new update for Android and iOS devices, that adds a a couple of new features. They include new video stickers, improved message reactions, improved navigation between chats, and a button to review unseen reactions.
Continue reading “Telegram v8.5 update brings video stickers, improved chat navigation and more”
Samsung is all set to introduce its flagship Galaxy S22 series of phones on February 9th. Earlier rumours said that the Samsung Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22 Ultra will ship starting from February 25th, about two weeks after the release. According to leaker Jon Prosser, Samsung will only start shipping the top-end Galaxy S22 Ultra on February 25th. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ sale might be pushed to March 11”
According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, the Indian smartphone market recorded its highest ever shipments of 169 million units in 2021, growing an impressive 11% YoY. However, the market did witness a decline of 8% YoY during Q4 2021, and the top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, vivo, realme, and OPPO.
At present, WhatsApp provides the support to back up your data on the cloud on both Android and iOS platforms. For Android users, Google offered unlimited Google Drive storage for WhatsApp backups. Now, Google is planning to make some changes, which could limit storage allocation in the future. Continue reading “Google could limit WhatsApp unlimited storage for backups”
To date, numerous new features have been tested on Google Chrome on the Android platform. One such feature that showed up recently is the “Close all tabs” function. However, there are reports that many are accidentally tapping on the option. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get ‘Close all tabs’ warning”
The worldwide smartphone market shipped a total of 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021, declining 11.9% YoY. For the entire year, the market shipped 168.8 million units, which is the highest since 2016. Chromebooks on the other hand declined 63.6% YoY during Q4 2021, but managed to grow 13.5% for the entire 2021 year.
After cancelling nearly 1000+ flights over the deployment of Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band 5Gservice, the FAA has come to an agreement with the two mobile carriers to allow more aircraft to land in key airports in the USA and also deploy more towers around these airports.
Continue reading “FAA works with AT&T and Verizon to deploy C-Band 5G service in USA”
The global smartphone market witnessed an overall growth of 5.7% in 2021 when compared to 2020, after shipping a total of 1.35 billion units. However, the market did witness a a decline in shipments during Q4 of 2021, shipping a total of 362.4 million phones, which calculates to 3.2% YoY decline.
Continue reading “Global smartphone market shipped 1.35 billion units in 2021, records 5.7% growth”
HONOR has confirmed that it will hold its global launch event at Mobile World Congress 2022 on February 28th. “Join us at MWC Barcelona 2022 and witness the power of magic,” says the company, hinting at the launch of new HONOR Magic products at the event. Continue reading “HONOR MWC 2022 event set for February 28 — HONOR Magic V, Magic3 series, HONOR Watch GS 3 global launch expected”
Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $123.9 billion, an increase of 11% from a year ago, and setting a new quarter revenue record, due to the most innovative line up of products and services ever. It posted a net profit of $34.6 billion, up 20.13% YoY and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.10 for the financial year Q1 2022 that ended December 25, 2021. Continue reading “Apple reports record quarterly revenue in FY Q1 2022; iPhone, Mac, Wearables reach new all-time highs”
Redmi already confirmed the launch of Redmi Note 11S, Note 11 and Redmi Smart Band Pro on February 9th. Today it has confirmed the launch of Redmi Smart TV X43 at the same event. This comes after the launch of Redmi Smart TV X50, X55 and X65 models last March. Continue reading “Redmi Smart TV X43 4K TV with Dolby Vision, 30W speakers launching in India on February 9”
