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Realme Narzo 10 with 6.5-inch mini drop display, Helio G80, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 11999

Along with the Narzo 10A, realme also launched the Narzo 10, the company’s latest smartphone in the new Narzo series in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.5-inch HD+ Mini-drop notch display with 89.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G80 12nm SoC with 4GB RAM, and runs Android 10 with realme UI on top. It has 48-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, AI scene recognition, 8-megapixel 119° ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel 4cm macro sensor and a 2-megapixel Black and White sensor for portrait shots. Continue reading “Realme Narzo 10 with 6.5-inch mini drop display, Helio G80, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 11999”

Realme Narzo 10A with 6.5-inch mini drop display, 12MP triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8499

Realme just launched the Narzo 10A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the new Narzo series in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.52-inch HD+ Mini-drop notch display with 89.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio G70 12nm SoC with 3GB RAM, and runs Android 10 with realme UI on top. It has 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, AI scene recognition, 2-megapixel 4cm macro sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor for portrait shots. Continue reading “Realme Narzo 10A with 6.5-inch mini drop display, 12MP triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8499”

Apple said to shift 20% of production capacity to India, aims for $40 billion revenue in the next 5 years

Apple may be on track to increase India’s local manufacturing revenue to nearly $40 billion over the next 5 years, as a result of the Government of India’s Production Linked Incentive scheme (PLI) for large scale electronics manufacturing. The scheme will be largely availed by two of Apple’s contract manufacturers, namely Winstron and Foxconn.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G announced — 15% faster CPU and GPU performance compared to 765G, updateable GPU drivers

Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 768G, the company’s latest mid-range 5G Mobile platform and the successor of the Snapdragon 765G that was introduced back in December last year. This comes with faster Qualcomm Kryo 475 CPU Prime core clock speed up to 2.8 GHz compared to 2.4 GHz in the 765G and also promises up to 15% faster graphics rendering than Snapdragon 765G and support for 120Hz display. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G announced — 15% faster CPU and GPU performance compared to 765G, updateable GPU drivers”

Vivo V19 with 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 32MP dual front cameras launching in India on May 12

Update: Vivo has confirmed the launch of V19 smartphone in India on May 12th, after it has been postponed from the original launch date of March 26th. Even though it was supposed to launch in India first, the smartphone appeared on the global website last month, which confirmed the complete specifications. Continue reading “Vivo V19 with 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 32MP dual front cameras launching in India on May 12”

Has Xiaomi been a little too late in bringing Mi Flagships again to India?

Xiaomi finally released its much-anticipated flagship Mi 10 in India last week. There has been so much heat around Mi 10 since India launch, in this post let us analyze if Xiaomi has been a little late in finally bringing Mi flagships to India and what are the other factors that may determine Mi 10 and Xiaomi’s fate in the premium segment in India.

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India smartphone market saw 32.5 million shipments, up 1.5% YoY in Q1 2020: IDC

Being the only one among the top 3 to record a positive growth for the first quarter of 2020, the Indian smartphone market shipped 32.4 million units overall. This calculates to a growth of 1.5% YoY, whereas the Chinese and US markets saw a decline of 20.3% YoY and 16.0% YoY respectively. The top 5 manufacturers continue to be Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, realme and OPPO.

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Jio launches new annual plan with 2GB/day data at Rs. 2399 and Work from Home add-on data packs starting from Rs. 151

Reliance Jio offered double data vouchers, free daily data owing to the ongoing nationwide lockdown and on similar lines, now the company has launched a new work from home annual plan and new add-on data packs. This new annual plan offers 33% more benefit compared to the existing annual plan.

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Realme X3 SuperZoom confirmed to feature 60x Zoom and ‘Starry Mode’

Realme’s upcoming smartphone – realme X3 SuperZoom is expected to launch soon in India and various certifications of the smartphone have been spotted as well. The company started asking feedback for display on its upcoming smartphone (realme X3 SuperZoom) and following that, now it has teased the camera features on the smartphone.

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Xiaomi Mi 10 5G with 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED 90Hz display, Snapdragon 865, 108MP quad rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 49999

Xiaomi just launched the Mi 10, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.67-inch Full HD+ curved AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate, DC dimming, 4096-level screen brightness adjustment, Snapdragon 865, 5G SA/NSA support with Snapdragon X55 Modem, 3000mm² VC liquid cooling plate + graphene + multi-layer graphite, Android 10 with MIUI 11, 3D glass back with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, NFC, 1cc dual linear speakers and Hi-Res audio support. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10 5G with 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED 90Hz display, Snapdragon 865, 108MP quad rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 49999”

Xiaomi Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 launched in India for Rs. 4499

Along with the new Mi 10, Xiaomi also introduced the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, which is the global version of the Mi AirDots Pro 2 which was introduced in China back in September last year and saw a global launch in May. It comes with Bluetooth 5.0 and LDHC Hi-Res audio codec, smart voice controls, dual microphones for ENC, which is environmental noise cancellation. It also has 14.2mm drivers for better audio output. It automatically connects with the phone running MIUI when you open the case and pick up the earphones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 launched in India for Rs. 4499”

Mi Box 4K HDR Android TV box with voice remote launched in India for Rs. 3499

Xiaomi just launched Mi Box 4K the company’s latest 4K Android TV, as it had promised. It runs Android TV 9.0 and comes with built-in Chromecast that lets you stream 4K content, has data saver feature. It also comes with Mi Voice Remote with Netflix and Prime video shortcuts and Assistant button for easy voice search. Since it comes with Google Play, you can download apps and games easily. Continue reading “Mi Box 4K HDR Android TV box with voice remote launched in India for Rs. 3499”

OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z will go on sale in India from May 10 for Rs. 1999

OnePlus at its flagship OnePlus 8 series launch event introduced its new Bullets Wireless Z Bluetooth headphones. Later it also confirmed the price as Rs. 1999 in India, which is much cheaper compared to the US and added that it will be available from May. Today the company has confirmed that it will go on early access sale on Amazon.in and oneplus.in starting 12 am on 10th May. Starting 11th May, it will be made available across all offline and online channels including Flipkart. Continue reading “OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z will go on sale in India from May 10 for Rs. 1999”

Samsung India partners with Benow to let customers buy Galaxy Smartphones online from local stores

Samsung India has announced a partnership with Benow, a company that is known for its Online-to-offline (O2O) initiatives, to bring Samsung offline dealers to the online market space. This will enable customers to directly buy Galaxy Smartphones from the local dealers with the comfort of buying at home.

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HONOR 9X Pro with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, pop-up camera, Kirin 810 launching in India on May 12

Update, 9th May 2020 – HONOR has confirmed that the HONOR 9X Pro smartphone is launching in India on May 12th, 2020. Continue reading “HONOR 9X Pro with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, pop-up camera, Kirin 810 launching in India on May 12”