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After a considerable gap, OPPO launched F9 Pro smartphone in the Indian market at an event in Mumbai yesterday . The OPPO F9 Pro comes with a waterdrop-shaped display notch, updated camera features, and of course the company’s proprietary VOOC flash charging support. Continue reading “OPPO F9 Pro Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Airtel has launched new affordable international roaming voice packs, ‘Foreign Pass’, for prepaid customers in India starting at Rs. 196. These voice call packs are available for most popular travel destinations (UAE, Nepal, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, USA, Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, Srilanka, Bahrain, China, Canada, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands and Thailand) and offer calling minutes for local calls and outgoing calls to India. Rs. 196 pack offers 20 minutes, followed by Rs. 296 for 40 minutes and Rs. 446 for 75 mins.
It’s safe to say that Xiaomi can be credited for kickstarting the whole affordable flagship trend with the launch of the Mi3 way back in 2014. There’s been ample competition since then with OnePlus standing out in particular as a success story. Enter POCO, an entire new sub-brand building on the strengths of Xiaomi. The POCO F1 is the first phone under this brand and like its namesake race, this is one screaming fast phone. We’ve spent a bit of time with it and here’s what we think. Continue reading “POCO F1 Hands On and First Impressions”
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO just launched the F1, the company’s first smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.18-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM and LiquidCool Technology. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI on top with POCO launcher, and the company has promised Android 9.0 (Pie) update in Q4 2018.
After taking pre-orders, Samsung has officially launched its flagship Galaxy Note9 smartphone, as it had promised. It comes with a 6.4-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Display – an end-to-end, bezel-less screen that extends to the phone’s sides, similar to the Note8. It has 12-megapixel rear camera with variable aperture tech that uses f/1.5 aperture for night shots for a brighter picture and f/2.4 aperture for normal shots in daytime as well as a secondary 12MP Telephoto lens for live focus for bokeh effect with background blur, similar to the S9+. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 9 officially launched in India starting at Rs. 67900”
FiiO today has launched FB1 Bluetooth Earphones and μBTR Bluetooth Receiver in India. The FB1 Bluetooth earphones support aptX, SBC and AAC audio codecs over a wireless connection. It features a large 13mm dynamic driver specially tuned for popular music. Continue reading “FiiO FB1 Bluetooth Earphones and μBTR Bluetooth receiver launched in India”
10.or is back with another smartphone. Today it has launched 10.or D2, successor of the 10.or D that was launched last year. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel camera, both with LED flash, but it lacks a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “10.or D2 with 5.45-inch HD+ display, Android 8.1 launched starting at Rs. 6999”
Flipkart has announced that it has acquired Liv.ai which is an AI-led speech-recognition startup that has developed a speech-to-text platform supporting 10 Indian languages. This acquisition would become part of Flipkart’s center voice solution, and help accelerate an end-to-end conversational shopping experience. Continue reading “Flipkart acquires AI speech-recognition startup Liv.ai”
With Apple plans to open its own Stores in India pending due to government’s approval, the company is seeking to open biggest franchisee outlets at key locations in metropolitan cities in India. According to a latest report, the 5-6 franchisee-run outlets will each be at least three times larger than the current, 1,000-square foot stores and may even go up to 5,000 square foot. Continue reading “Apple said to be planning on opening flagship outlets in key locations in India to drive sales”
Itel today launched three new smartphones – A22, A22 Pro and A45 in India. All these have 18:9 aspect ratio displays, while the A45 comes with a 5.45-inch HD+ display, has dual rear cameras and also features a fingerprint sensor on the back. The A22 series is powered by Snapdragon 210 SoC and the A45 is powered by MediaTek MT6739 SoC. The A22 and A45 run Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition) and the A22 Pro runs Android 8.1 (Oreo).
Samsung introduced Galaxy A9 Star smartphone in China in June, later the smartphone was introduced for the global markets as Galaxy A8 Star. Now the company has started teasing the launch of the A8 Star in India, exclusively on Amazon.in. It has has a 6.28-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display, is powered by Snapdragon 660, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a secondary 24-megapixel rear camera. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3700mAh battery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 Star with 6.28-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras launching in India soon exclusively on Amazon”
Along with the F9 Pro, OPPO also introduced the F9, a cheaper version in the ‘F series’ in India. It has a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display with Waterdrop Screen with screen-to-body ratio up to 90.8% for a more immersive experience, is powered by Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor, has 16MP rear camera with LED flash, and secondary 2MP camera, similar to the F9 Pro, but this features a 16-megapixel front camera, packs 4GB of RAM and doesn’t have VOOC Flash charge even though it packs the same 3500mAh battery. Continue reading “OPPO F9 with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, dual rear cameras, 16MP front camera announced in India for Rs. 19990”
OPPO has launched F9 Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘F series’ in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display with Waterdrop Screen with screen-to-body ratio up to 90.8% for a more immersive experience, is powered by Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor with up to 6GB RAM, ColorOS 5.2 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.85 aperture, secondary 2MP camera and a 25MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, AI, Sony IMX576 sensor. Continue reading “OPPO F9 Pro with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, 6GB RAM, 25MP AI front camera, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 23990”
HMD Global just introduced the Nokia 5.1 Plus along with the Nokia 6.1 Plus in India. Similar to the other Nokia phones, it is an Android One smartphone. It was introduced last month in China as X5 and packs a 5.86-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio 2.5D curved glass display with 84% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor with 3GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) OS, which is upgradable to Android P.
HMD Global just launched the Nokia 6.1 Plus, the global version of the Nokia X6 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced for the global markets last month, starting from Hong Kong and packs a 5.8-inch FHD+ display with a notch and 19:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 636 with 4GB of RAM, Android 8.1 (Oreo), 16-megapixel rear camera with RGB sensor, 5-megapixel secondary rear camera with a monochrome sensor, AI portrait and scene recognition and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI selfies with background blur, stickers and face unlock.
