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The Indian government today announced that it has banned 54 more mobile apps, including Tencent-backed Garena’s Free Fire, Viva Video Editor, NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena and more apps. It says that these are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. Continue reading “Indian Government bans 54 more mobile apps including Free Fire”
German audio manufacturer Truke has a number of products in the Indian market that target the budget audio segment. The latest to join their family of truly wireless earbuds are the Air Buds and Air Buds+, which retail for Rs. 1599 and Rs. 1699. They are the first Truke truly wireless earbuds to feature support for a companion smartphone app, enabling 20 EQ modes. Here is our unboxing and first impressions of the Air Buds and Air Buds+.
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Flipkart has launched a new program in India called “Sell Back” that aims to reduce the large amount of e-waste generated in India from old mobile phones. The program will provide customers with a reliable platform to resell their old smartphones for a fair price and earn Flipkart Electronic Gift Voucher in return.
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Infinix has launched Zero 5G, the company’s first 5G smartphone in India, as it had announced. It packs a 6.78-inch Full HD+ screen with 120Hz refresh rate, 16MP front camera, is powered by Dimensity 900 SoC with support for 13 5G bands, 3-D Cooling Master technology. DAR-LINK Game Boost Technolog, 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with virtual RAM up to 5 GB, and 128GB UFS 3.1 storage. Continue reading “Infinix Zero 5G with 6.78″ FHD+ 120Hz display, Dimensity 900, 8GB RAM, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 19999”
Amazon recently launched Prime Referrals program for young adults in the 18-24-year-old age group, which offers 50% off on their Prime membership. If you joined Prime through the Youth Offer, you can invite your 18-24 year old friends from the Prime Referrals page on the Amazon app by simply choosing them from your phone contact list. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Youth Offer + Referrals program offers up to Rs. 900 cashback”
According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) quarterly and annual report, India smartphone market saw 161 million smartphones in 2021, up by 7% YoY (year-over-year), despite supply constraints due to the ongoing pandemic. The report also says that online market saw 81 million unit shipments, up 13% YoY, surpassing the offline channel due to marketing and festive sales as well as, attractive financing schemes, cashback & exchange offers, and trade-in programs. Continue reading “India smartphone market records 7% growth, 13% YoY online growth in 2021: IDC”
Update: The company has confirmed 2K E5 AMOLED screen, 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, intelligent display chip and 50MP GN5 Gimbal camera for the iQOO 9 Pro. The phone will also support 120W fast charging, offering 50% charge in 6 minutes, and it will also support 50W wireless fast charging. Continue reading “iQOO 9, iQOO 9 Pro and iQOO 9 SE to launch in India on February 23”
During the budget 2022-23 session earlier this month, the government confirmed that 5G spectrum auction will take place in India this year, and the roll-out will happen in 2022-23 period. Several smartphone manufactures have been testing 5G on their smartphones in partnership with telecom players.
OPPO has announced that it has conducted a 5G standalone and non-standalone network trial in collaboration with Jio utilizing the allocated mid-band trial spectrum. Continue reading “OPPO partners with Jio to conduct 5G trials on Reno 7 Series”
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S22 series, including the Galaxy S22 Ultra with a built-in S Pen stylus, this week. The company also started pre-bookings for the phone yesterday. Now it has confirmed that the Galaxy S22 series will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in India. It has been several years since we had seen a Samsung flagship powered by a Snapdragon SoC in India. Continue reading “Samsung confirms Galaxy S22 series will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in India”
Airtel has launched Airtel Xstream Premium that aggregates content from 15 Indian and global video OTT’s in one app. It will be available to Airtel customers at a monthly rate of Rs. 149 and Rs. 1499 annually. Continue reading “Airtel Xstream Premium with 15 OTT services launched at Rs. 149 per month”
ASUS today confirmed the launch of ROG Phone 5s and 5s Pro, successors to the ROG Phone 5 series in India on February 15th in an online event, after they were introduced in August last year. The 5s model retains the 6.78-inch Full HD+ Samsung’s E4 AMOLED HDR display with 144Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch-sampling rate, 24.3ms touch latency and has up to 18GB of RAM and up to 512GB storage, but this is powered by Snapdragon 888 Plus SoC. Continue reading “ASUS ROG Phone 5s and 5s Pro with 6.78″ FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888+ to launch in India on February 15”
Galaxy Racer, a large eEsports organization that is popular in the Middle East and North Africa regions, has unveiled their plans to expand to more countries in South Asia and India. As part of their expansion plans, they have signed up a number of new creators including Soneeta Thapa Magar aka Soneetafrom Nepal, Ravichandra Vigneshwer aka Gaming Tamizhan and more.
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Infinix already confirmed that launch of ZERO 5G, the company’s first 5G smartphone in India on February 14th, and it was introduced for global markets earlier this week. Today, it has announced that it has partnered with Jio to conduct 5G trails for the phone. As a part of the virtual lab trial, the device was thoroughly tested through various scenarios to verify its capability and performance for delivering enhanced 5G end-user experiences, said the company. Continue reading “Infinix partners with Jio to conduct 5G trials for ZERO 5G ahead of India launch on Feb 14”
Boult Audio has launched AirBass Z1, the company’s latest TWS earbuds in the AirBass series and the successor to the last year’s model with the same name. The main highlight of the earbuds is Type-C fast charging that offers a total of 100 minutes playback time in 15 minutes of. Continue reading “Boult Audio launches new AirBass Z1 with up to 24h total playback, fast charge launched at introductory price of Rs. 1499”
In 2021, the Indian smartwatch market was highly successful as it witnessed a record growth of 274% YoY. Among the nearly 80 brands that are competing in the market, Noise and boAt had the highest market share, with 27% and 26% respectively.
