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Last week, OPPO teased the launch of its flagship Find X2 Series in India soon. The launch date hasn’t been revealed yet, but prior to the launch, Amazon India has listed a variant of the OPPO Find X2 and the possible price in India has also been hinted.
Vodafone Idea has silently introduced new Rs. 29 plan that becomes the company’s new minimum recharge All Rounder plans. The new plan offers Rs. 20 worth talk time benefits for calls and SMS, adds 2.5p/sec call rate cutter as well as 100 MB data with 14 days of validity. This looks like a good deal for the price. Continue reading “Vodafone Idea launches new Rs. 29 all rounder pre-paid plan with talk time, data, rate cutter benefits”
Reliance Jio today announced that KKR a leading global investment firm will invest Rs. 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms. This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs. 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs. 5.16 lakh crore. KKR’s investment will translate into a 2.32% equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis. Continue reading “KKR to invest Rs. 11,367 Crore in Jio Platforms for 2.32% stake”
Samsung India has launched yet another initiative that is aimed at creating an online presence for their offline Samsung retail stores. They have partnered with Facebook this time, to train Samsung’s offline partners to become part of an online ecosystem. With this initiative, Samsung aims to have customers purchase Samsung smartphones online via Facebook’s many services like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Continue reading “Samsung India partners with Facebook to bring local offline retail stores online”
Amazon has been working on rolling out their own food delivery in India for many months now to compete against Zomato and Swiggy. It is called “Amazon Food” and has finally started service in a few locations with Bangalore, India.
Continue reading “Amazon Food delivery service starts rolling out in India starting from Bangalore”
In a partnership with Fnatic, OnePlus has announced a new engagement initiative for its community called OnePlus Domin8. This will be a set of online PUBG MOBILE exhibition matches organised for the OnePlus/PUBG MOBILE community slated for 6 PM on 2nd June 2020. Continue reading “OnePlus announces unique ‘OnePlus Domin8’ PUBG MOBILE tournament for its community on June 2”
Realme launched its first audio product back in 2018 and has been expanding the lineup with a range of products. The realme Buds Air and the realme Buds wireless were hugely popular among consumers, and today the company has achieved another sales milestone with these audio products. Continue reading “Realme Buds Air and Realme Buds Wireless sales cross 1 million units globally”
OPPO announced its audio products Enco Free TWS, Enco W31 TWS, Enco M31 wireless earphones back in March, and the Enco W31 true wireless went on sale recently. Following that, now OPPO has announced that the Enco M31 wireless will go on sale later this week in India.
Update — May 21, 2020: Redmi today announced that it will launch its True Wireless Earbuds in India on May 26th. The teaser image looks similar to the Redmi AirDots. The company promises long battery life, sweat-proof design, low latency gaming experience and voice control.
Continue reading “Redmi True Wireless Earbuds launching in India on May 26”
Motorola just launched the Moto G8 Power Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the G8 series in India, as it had promised. It was announced last month and packs a 6.5-inch HD+ Max Vision display, is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 processor with 4GB RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), features a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel macro and 2-megapixel depth cameras and an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Moto G8 Power Lite with 6.5-inch display, 4GB RAM, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8999”
Realme today confirmed that it will launch realme Buds Air Neo, the company’s new True wireless earbuds in India on May 25th along with the realme TV and the realme Watch. This is the cheaper version of the realme Buds Air that was launched back in December, and it got certified by the NCC back in January confirming micro USB charging port for the 400mAh case. It will be sold on Flipkart in addition to realme.com, similar to other realme devices. Continue reading “Realme Buds Air Neo with 13mm drivers, Low-latency mode launching in India on May 25”
OnePlus has managed to stay in headlines for quite some time now for various reasons including the latest OnePlus 8 Series launch. This time, the company is in headlines for appointing Navnit Nakra as the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for OnePlus India, who previously worked with Apple as the Head of Affordability in India for over three years. Continue reading “OnePlus India appoints former Apple exec Navnit Nakra as VP and Chief Strategy Officer”
With people staying at home now due to nationwide lockdown, telecom operators have been revising its existing plans, introducing new packs to offer more data like the Rs. 251 ‘Work From Home’ plan from Reliance Jio. On similar lines, now Airtel has now introduced its new Rs. 251 prepaid data pack that exists on top of the base plan’s validity.
Continue reading “Airtel launches Rs. 251 prepaid data add-on pack with 50GB benefit”
Microsoft introduced the Surface Hub 2 back in 2018 and then later announced an updated Surface Hub 2S was coming in 2019, as an all-in-one digital whiteboard device for business environments. Now, they finally launched the Surface Hub 2S in India, along with its complementary Steelcase Roam mobile stand.
Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Hub 2S launched in India for Rs. 11,89,999”
Recently, many users and tech reviewers alike claimed OnePlus 8 Pro can see through some object (plastics and some cloth materials) via its Color Filter camera sensor. It’s worth mentioning that the filter named “Photochrom”, seem to be using the infrared sensor of the device to achieve it. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 Pro’s color filter camera will be disabled temporarily via software update over privacy concerns”
