Weekly Roundup – Xiaomi Mi Max 2, Asus Zenfone Live, Gionee S10, Huawei Nova 2 and more

This week Xiaomi announced Mi Max 2, Asus launched Zenfone Live, Huawei launched Nova 2 and Nova 2 Plus, Nubia launched N1 Lite and more. Let’s take a look at all the announcements and launches that took place this week.

Vodafone launches new packs with unlimited local and STD calls, bundled data starting at Rs. 19

Vodafone today launched SuperDay and SuperWeek packs for prepaid customers that offers local and STD calls to Vodafone networks along with free data benefits.  Vodafone SuperDay pack that comes with 1 day validity and offers unlimited local and STD calls on the Vodafone network and 100 MB data at Rs. 19.

Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A50 with Quantum Dot display, Iconia One 10 B3-A40FHD with dual micro-USB announced

Acer ahead of Computex 2017 in Taipei announced two new 10-inch tablets – New Iconia Tab 10 (A3-A50) and new Iconia One 10 (B3-A40FHD). Both these are powered by quad-core MediaTek processors and run Android 7.0 (Nougat).

Garmin VIRB 360 degree action camera shoots video up to 5.7K, announced for $799.99

Garmin has announced VIRB 360 rugged and fully spherical 360-degree camera. The waterproof action camera captures video up to 5.7K/30fps and comes with four built-in microphones. Along with videos, the VIRB 360 can take stitched-in-camera, 360-degree, 15 megapixel spherical photos.

Zen Admire Sense with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5999

Zen Mobile has launched Admire Sense, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 with 6.44-inch 1080p display, 5300mAh battery announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi Max 2, successor of last year’s Mi Max phablet at an event in China. It packs the same 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display as the predecessor, but this has 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel on the side. It is powered by Snapdragon 625 processor, has an improved 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX386 sensor, 1.25μm … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max 2 with 6.44-inch 1080p display, 5300mAh battery announced”

Sony to launch two Xperia flagships in 2017, will ditch ‘Premium Standard’ phones

Sony is planning to kill its ‘premium standard’ models of Xperia smartphones, according to XperiaBlog. According the slides obtained by the publication, Sony Xperia X and Xperia X Compact smartphones that were launched last year will not get successors.

Qualcomm is shipping over 1 million chips per day for IoT devices

Qualcomm has announced that it is currently shipping more than 1 million chips per day for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It also said that brands have shipped over 1.5 billion IoT products using Qualcomm Technologies’ Products, which is a new milestone.