After last month’s announcement from Facebook that said that it will buy 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms for $5.7 billion or INR 43,574 crore, today private equity firm Silver Lake has announced that it will invest Rs. 5,655.75 crore / US$ 747 million into Jio Platforms for 1.15% stake. This investment values Jio Platforms … Continue reading “Silver Lake to invest 5,655 crore in Jio Platforms”
In a recent Forbes cybersecurity article, researchers claimed to have discovered proof that Xiaomi was collecting a worrying amount of information from its native smartphone browser application. This included not only aggregated usage analytics, but even personally identifiable information. Xiaomi has come out with a statement denying the claims outright, explaining in the blog post … Continue reading “Xiaomi denies claims of data collection in Mi Browser”
Samsung launched the Galaxy M21 smartphone in March India. Now the phone has received a price cut in just over a month of launch. Samsung Galaxy M21 is now available starting at Rs. 13199, compared to recent price of Rs. 14,222 after the GST hike. To remind you, the phone was launched at a price … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M21 gets a price cut in India”
Update, 1st May 2020- A new leak suggests that the OnePlus Z 5G will be powered by the Snapdragon 765G Mobile Platform instead of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000L SoC as rumoured earlier. More details should surface in the coming days.
[Update: 1 May, 2020]: M2004J11G has been now spotted on TKDN, Indonesia smartphone certification, last month same smartphone appeared on EEC. Recently, official Global account name was changed from POCOPHONE Global to POCO, hinting towards the release of a new product.
HMD Global has been quickly expanding its feature phone line-up lately like the Nokia 5310, Nokia 110, Nokia 2720, and more. On similar lines, the company is set to expand the line-up further with two new feature phones soon, according to new a report.
HMD Global has started rolling out Android 10 update for the Nokia 1 Plus Android Go Edition phone smartphone, which makes it the 14th Nokia phone to get the update after the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1, Nokia 2.2, Nokia 7.2, Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2, Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 2.3 and Nokia 6.2. The phone … Continue reading “Nokia 1 Plus gets Android 10 Go Edition update”
Update: April 29, 2020 – Redmi Note 9 press images have surfaced ahead of announcement tomorrow. This shows a punch-hole display, quad rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
HMD Global has started rolling out Android 10 update for the Nokia 6.2 smartphone, which makes it the 13th Nokia phone to get the update after the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1, Nokia 2.2, Nokia 7.2, Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2, Nokia 8 Sirocco, and Nokia 2.3. Nokia 6.2 was launched in India last year … Continue reading “Nokia 6.2 Android 10 update starts rolling out”
Last month XDA findings revealed that Redmi K30 Pro might launch under POCO branding in India and everyone assumed it to be long-awaited POCO F2. Later POCO GM, C Manmohan confirmed that POCO F2 is a different smartphone from Redmi K30 Pro in India. Now Google Play’s list of supported devices reveals that the Redmi … Continue reading “Redmi K30 Pro will be rebranded as POCO F2 Pro reveals Google Play device listing”
Update: April 24th, 2020 – A new report from “The Information” says that Zuckerberg had suspended the move to introduce ads in WhatsApp to avoid angering regulators and also avoid backlash from users. It also adds how it could implement targeted advertising on the app.
HMD Global has started rolling out Android 10 update for the Nokia 2.3 smartphone, which makes it the 12th Nokia phone to get the update after the Nokia 8.1, Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1, Nokia 2.2, Nokia 7.2, Nokia 3.2, Nokia 4.2, and Nokia 8 Sirocco. It was launched last year running Android 9.0(Pie). Android … Continue reading “Nokia 2.3 Android 10 update starts rolling out”
Xiaomi today announced that it will introduce Mi 10 Youth Edition (Lite) 5G smartphone and MIUI 12 at an online event in China on April 27th. The Mi 10 Lite 5G is the cheaper version of the Mi 10 that was introduced in Europe last month, but the company said that it will go on … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G with 50x zoom and MIUI 12 to be announced on April 27”
A significant amount of rumours of Apple’s upcoming products and information has been spotted on Twitter lately. Some of these products include 3rd generation AirPods, a new iPad Air with under-the-screen Touch ID, an ARM-based 12-inch MacBook, and an Apple game controller by 2021 and more.
Update: realme just announced that it has now postponed the online launch of Narzo 10 series in India that was scheduled for April 21st to a later date.
