The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the smartphone market as IDC has reported that the worldwide smartphone market declined by 16% YoY in Q2 2020. Total shipments were recorded at 278.4 million smartphones and the top 5 manufacturers for the quarter were HUAWEI, Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi and OPPO.
After rumours, Redmi K20 Ultra with the model number M2006J10C has been certified by TENAA in China revealing the specifications. Based on this the phone is said to retain the 6.67-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen, but will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000 with 5G SA/NSA support compared to Snapdragon 865 in the K30 Pro.
After launching tempered glass screen protector for the Redmi Note 8 Pro, and Redmi Note 8, the company has finally launched its Mi Protective Glass for the Redmi Note 9 and Redmi Note 9 Pro smartphones in the country. Xiaomi says that the Mi Protective Glass is made in association with Corning.
Xiaomi is rapidly expanding its smart home and accessory lineup in India with launches like Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Mi Toothbrush, Screwdriver, Trimmer, etc. On similar lines, the company is launching yet another accessory – a new trimmer in India on August 6th, 2020.
InterDigital, an Indian mobile and video technology research and development company, today announced that they are taking action against Xiaomi for infringing on patents involving cellular and H.265/HEVC Indian patents. InterDigital has stated that they are willing to settle the issue with Xiaomi under the terms of a FRAND license.
TRANSSION India has launched TECNO Spark 6 Air smartphone and Minipod M1 true wireless single earbud. It has a 7-inch HD+ Dot Notch screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio A25 octa-core SoC with 2GB of RAM, features 13MP + 2MP + AI quad rear cameras with quad LED flash and an 8MP front camera with … Continue reading “TECNO Spark 6 Air with 7-inch display, 6000mAh battery launched for Rs. 7999, Minipod M1 earbuds for Rs. 799”
Update: July 30 — The company today confirmed that it will launch the Redmi 9 Prime smartphone in India on August 4th.
Microsoft has released a new app called the Family Security app that provides parents tools to control and protect their kid’s online safety and activities. With it, parents can receive weekly activity reports, limit their kid’s device screen time, set web filters, enable location sharing and more.
Xiaomi India has started teasing the launch of a new device that will make the TV smart along with #PlugItMakeItSmart on August 5th. This should be the Mi TV Stick that was introduced couple of weeks back globally.
Along with the Redmagic 5S, nubia brand also announced Nubia Watch, a new version of the nubia Alpha smartwatch phone that was introduced last year, but without the cameras as well as range of audio products, chargers and more. The nubia Watch has a 4.01-inch super flexible AMOLED screen, a light aluminum alloy + nano-injection … Continue reading “Nubia Watch with 4.01-inch flexible AMOLED display, eSIM, Redmagic TWS and neckband low-latency gaming headsets and more announced”
Flipkart has launched a new hyperlocal delivery service called Flipkart Quick, that aims to deliver products within 90-mins. The service will offer a catalog of over 2000 products and will digitize local kiranas, bringing them to the e-commerce market.
Every year, the Unicode Consortium releases an update to the list of emoji for that year, the latest being Unicode 13.0, that was released in January 2020. They have now announced a minor emoji release, called the Unicode 13.1, will be released later this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the release of Unicode … Continue reading “Unicode 13.1 with Face In Clouds, Mending Heart and more coming in late 2020”
Realme just announced its C15 smartphone in the C series in Indonesia, as it had promised. It packs a 6.5-inch HD+ mini-drop display with 88.7% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G35 SoC with up to 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with realme UI on top, features a 13-megapixel rear camera, an … Continue reading “Realme C15 with 6.5-inch Mini drop display, Helio G35, quad rear cameras, 6000mAh battery announced”
Qualcomm just announced Qualcomm Quick Charge 5, which is the world’s first commercially viable fast charging platform to support more than 100W charging power in a smartphone. It lets you charge devices from 0 to 50 percent battery power in just 5 minutes and 0 to 100% in less than 15 minutes. It also uses … Continue reading “Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 100W+ charging platform announced — 0 to 100% in 15 minutes”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max smartphone back in March in India starting at Rs. 14,999. It was launched in three variants, but only 6GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB variants were on sale until now. Today, the company has announced that the 8GB+128GB variant of the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max will go … Continue reading “Redmi Note 9 Pro Max 8GB+128GB to go on sale from July 29 for Rs. 19999”
