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Earlier this year, Tata Sky launched its Binge+ Android Set-Top Box to rival Airtel’s XStream 4K Hybrid Box which is priced at Rs. 3999. While the former was launched at Rs. 5999, Tata Sky is now offering the Binge+ for Rs. 3999 along with free access to premium OTT content. Continue reading “Tata Sky Binge+ Android Set Top Box now available at Rs. 3999 along with free access to OTT content”
Almost a year after the launch of the Galaxy S10 Series, Samsung launched ‘Lite’ versions of the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10. While Samsung has a premium flagship lineup, budget lineup, mid-range lineup of smartphones, the company has now tested waters in the affordable flagship category with the launch of Galaxy S10 Lite. The Galaxy S10 Lite aims to offer the same goodness of the Galaxy S10 but at a much lower price. I have been using the phone for some time and here’s my review of the Galaxy S10 Lite Indian variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite Review: Consistent Performer, but..”
Update 1st June, 2020: ACT Fibernet has revised the rentals on its website and app, and here are the updated rentals for Chennai. The rentals have been revised for other cities as well. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet to increase broadband plan tariff from June 1 [Update: Revised rental]”
iQOO launched its iQOO 3 smartphone in 4G and 5G variants earlier this year at a starting price of Rs. 36,990. The company announced price cuts on all the variants of iQOO 3 smartphone last month, after a GST price hike. Now the company announced Rs. 3,000 instant discount on ICICI Bank Credit Cards, Credit Card EMI and Debit Card EMI transactions on Flipkart, so that you can get the phone at an effective price of Rs. 31,990, which is a good deal for a Snapdragon 865-powered smartphone. This limited period offer is valid till 15th June, 2020.
Continue reading “iQOO 3 available in India at an effective price of Rs. 31990 with ICICI card offer”
Noise, popular for its wearables has launched Noise Shots Nuvo, the company’s latest true wireless earbuds with Bluetooth 5.0. The headset has voice assistant support on Android and iOS and comes with IPX4 rating for water resistance from sweat and rain. Continue reading “Noise Shots Nuvo with Bluetooth 5.0, fast charging launched for Rs. 2999”
The recent GST Rate Hike on smartphones increased the prices of various phones including Xiaomi’s Redmi smartphones. The Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8A Dual, and Redmi 8 recently received a price hike and now again, the prices of three smartphones have been hiked in India. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8, and Redmi 8A Dual get another price hike in India”
Flipkart and Nokia launched the first Nokia branded Smart TV in India back in December last year as a part of ‘Make in India’ initiative. At that time the company said that it will launch more models in different screen sizes soon. Now the company’s 4K Ultra HD TV is all set to launch on Flipkart on June 4th. Continue reading “Nokia 43-inch 4K HDR LED Smart Android TV with Dolby Vision, JBL audio launching in India on June 4”
Update – May 30, 2020: Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy M11 and the Galaxy M01 smartphones will be launched in India on June 2nd.
Infinix just launched the Hot 9 and Hot 9 Pro smartphones in India. These pack a 6.6-inch HD+ punch-hole display with 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, houses an 8-megapixel camera inside the screen and also has an LED flash on the front bezel. The phones are powered by MediaTek Helio P22 12nm SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with XOS 6.0. The Hot 9 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with triple LED flash, while the Hot 9 Pro comes with a 48-megapixel camera with quad LED flash. Both these feature a 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots, 2-megapixel camera for macro shots and a dedicated Low-light Sensor.
After teasing the launch of a power bank in India, Gionee has now officially launched its Gbuddy 10000mAh wireless charging power bank. This joins the company’s Gbuddy lineup of standard power banks that were unveiled last year. Continue reading “Gionee Gbuddy 10000mAh wireless charging power bank launched in India for Rs. 1299”
Xiaomi has been slowly expanding the smart home devices portfolio in the country over the last few years. The company made its debut into the smart light segment last year ago with Mi LED Smart Bulb and also unveiled Mi Smart Bedside Lamp 2 under its crowdfunding program. We got hold of a retail unit, and here is our long term review of the same after using it for four months. Continue reading “Mi Smart Bedside Lamp 2 Review”
Recently Google had been testing a new feature called “Nearby Stores” that would help users discover the stores that were open nearby and were collecting payment via Google Pay. The feature is now getting expanded to 35 more cities across the country, along with another feature to book cooking gas cylinders from major service providers.
Continue reading “Google Pay expands “Nearby Stores” feature to 35 Indian cities”
A couple of weeks back OnePlus shared information about the pricing and sale date of OnePlus 8 Series smartphones. However, the sale date has been altered/rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances, according to the company. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 series sale date rescheduled in India due to production issues”
OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS version 10.0.0 based on Android 10 for OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T smartphones. With this update, both the devices will get enhancements that are part of Android 10 features. Notably, this Android 10 will be the last update for both OnePlus 5 and 5T apart from incremental security and service updates for a stipulated period. The company rolled out beta update for the phones last month. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T Android 10 stable update starts rolling out”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A51 smartphone in India back in January this year in 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version at Rs. 23999, which is now selling at Rs. 25,250 after the GST price hike. Today it has launched the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version of the smartphone in India. The new version comes in Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White and Prism Crush Blue colors, same as the 6GB model and will be available across retail channels — offline retail stores, leading e-commerce portals and Samsung.com. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A51 8GB RAM, 128GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 27999”
