Xiaomi now has 1000 service centers in over 600 cities across India, leader in after sales service

Xiaomi has achieved a new milestone by opening its 1000th authorized service center in India in Hyderabad. This includes 500 service centers for Mi TV. It opened its 500th service center in Bengaluru back in June last year. Xiaomi’s service centers are now in over 600 cities in 4 years since the company entered India. The … Continue reading “Xiaomi now has 1000 service centers in over 600 cities across India, leader in after sales service”

Nokia 2 finally gets Android 8.1 Oreo beta

HMD Global launched the Nokia 2 budget smartphone in India back in November last year. At the launch the company confirmed that the phone will get Android 8.0 (Oreo) update in the future. Later in December HMD Global’s Chief product officer Juho Sarvikas‏ confirmed that Nokia 2 will get Android 8.1 Oreo update directly skipping 8.0 update, and … Continue reading “Nokia 2 finally gets Android 8.1 Oreo beta”

OPPO Find X with bezel-less display, unique slider camera design surfaces; will have 93.8% screen-to-body ratio

Update: After a teaser OPPO has confirmed that the Find X will have a 93.8% screen-to-body ratio, which should be the highest on a smartphone till date. New images that have surfaced clearly shows unique slider design to hide both the front and rear cameras.

Samsung Gear S4 could pack a bigger battery, might be announced alongside Galaxy Note9 in August

Samsung is expected to introduce its flagship Galaxy Note9 smartphone in August, now a new rumor from Korea says that the Gear S4 smartwatch will be introduced along with it. Another rumor from China says that it will come with a 470mAh battery compared to 380mAh in the predecessor. Even though it was expected that … Continue reading “Samsung Gear S4 could pack a bigger battery, might be announced alongside Galaxy Note9 in August”

OPPO Realme 1 Moonlight Silver Limited Edition goes on sale on Amazon India from June 18

OPPO’s Realme launched the Realme 1 smartphone in the country in Diamond Black, Solar Red and Moonlight Silver colors. At that time the company said that 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version in Moonlight Silver and Diamond Black colors will be available from June. Now the company has confirmed that the Silver Limited Edition will go on sale on … Continue reading “OPPO Realme 1 Moonlight Silver Limited Edition goes on sale on Amazon India from June 18”

OnePlus acknowledges OnePlus 6 bootloader protection bypass vulnerability, will roll out fix soon

OnePlus 6 was launched last month and the community development of the device has already started. In fact, an official TWRP recovery has been released as well much like many other OnePlus phones. However, a security researcher Jason Donenfeld, president of Edge Security LLC has discovered a vulnerability on the device that allows the device to boot … Continue reading “OnePlus acknowledges OnePlus 6 bootloader protection bypass vulnerability, will roll out fix soon”

Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 and Galaxy J7 2018 announced

Samsung has introduced 2018 editions of Galaxy J3 and Galaxy J7 smartphones in the U.S. The phones come with 5-inch and 5.5-inch HD displays, respectively. The J3 comes with an 8-megapixel rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and a 5-megapixel front camera. The company did not reveal any other specifications of the smartphone, but a recent Geekbench listing … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 and Galaxy J7 2018 announced”

Essential Phone Android P Beta with bug fixes and June security patch rolling out

Google rolled out the Android P Beta 2 (DP3) update to Pixel series smartphones with final APIs, SDK, and Play Store publishing today. Now Essential Phone is getting the Android P Beta 1 update (DP2) with bug fixes & June security patch. 

Samsung Galaxy Note9 with Infinity display screen protector surfaces

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 has been in the news for quite some time for many obvious reasons. The flagship is back to it again today and this time the source is ever famous Ice Universe who has been the force behind the Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8 real-life photos, and S9 leaks as well. The … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note9 with Infinity display screen protector surfaces”

BlackBerry KEY2 complete specifications surface – Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, 12MP dual rear cameras [ Update: Price]

Update: Now we have the price of the smartphone. According to @evleaks it will cost $649 (Rs. 43,520 approx.) in the U.S. €649 (US$ 763 / Rs. 51,200 approx.) in UK,  £579 (US$ 777 / Rs. 52,122  approx.) in Europe and $829 (US$ 640 / Rs. 42,920  approx.) in Canada, which is costly compared to the KEY … Continue reading “BlackBerry KEY2 complete specifications surface – Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, 12MP dual rear cameras [ Update: Price]”

BlackBerry KEY2 press image surfaces ahead of announcement on June 7

BlackBerry recently confirmed that introduce its KEY2 at an event in New York City on June 7th as the successor to last year’s KEYone. We had already seen press renders of the phone back in April, thanks to @evleaks we have more press renders that shows the 4.5-inch display with the June 7th date, keyboard on the front, … Continue reading “BlackBerry KEY2 press image surfaces ahead of announcement on June 7”

Here’s what to expect from Apple at WWDC 2018

Apple will kickstart the WWDC event later today where the company will introduce the next major upgrades to iOS, macOS, WatchOS, tvOS, and many other hardware products like the AirPods, AirPower, and if everything falls into place, we might see the iPhone SE 2. In this article lets run down things and see what to … Continue reading “Here’s what to expect from Apple at WWDC 2018”

Google said to be working on mid-range Pixel smartphone with Snapdragon 710

Google usually launches Pixel phones in October, and this year too we will see new Pixel branded phones dubbed Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. Surprinsgly, according to Roland Quandt‏, Google is said to be working on a mid-range Pixel phone that it will launch in May of 2019 and it will be powered by the … Continue reading “Google said to be working on mid-range Pixel smartphone with Snapdragon 710”

Unicode 11.0 brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more

Unicode published the final Emoji 11.0 list of Emojis for 2018 back in February and today the company announced that the 11.0 will arrive on June 5th. This brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more.

Apple iPhone SE 2 with smaller notch, bezel-less design screen protector surfaces, could be announced at WWDC

Apple iPhone SE 2 has made news a bunch of times in the past, though Apple is tight-lipped about it like always, the rumor mill never rests. Back in May, we have seen the SE 2 renders with iPhone X-like bezel-less and notch display and today in what appears to be the screen protector of the SE … Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE 2 with smaller notch, bezel-less design screen protector surfaces, could be announced at WWDC”