Nubia Redmagic 5S gaming phone with 144Hz display to be announced on July 28

ZTE’s nubia brand today confirmed that Redmagic 5S, the company’s new gaming phone will be announced on July 28th. It will come with 144Hz refresh rate + 240Hz touch sampling rate and dual IC game Shoulder Trigger Buttons that have also been improved to have 320Hz touch refresh rate compared to 300Hz in the Redmagic 5G. Continue reading “Nubia Redmagic 5S gaming phone with 144Hz display to be announced on July 28”

Realme C15 with 6000mAh battery, 18W fast charging, quad rear cameras to be announced on July 28

After teasers realme has confirmed that it will introduce the realme C15 smartphone with 6000mAh battery on July 28th in Indonesia. It has also confirmed 18W fast charging support for the phone, so it should come with USB Type-C. Continue reading “Realme C15 with 6000mAh battery, 18W fast charging, quad rear cameras to be announced on July 28”

India smartphone shipments decline 48% YoY in Q2 2020, 17.3 million units shipped: Report

Q2 2020 has been recorded to be one of the worst periods for the Indian smartphone market as it saw a decline of 48% YoY, shipping a little over 17 million units. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the economy to shut down, leading to both a drop in manufacturing and demand for smartphones in the country. The top 5 companies for Q2 2020 were Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, OPPO and realme.

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OnePlus Buds design, features surface in OnePlus Pods app

OnePlus may have just accidentally completely revealed the design of their upcoming truly wireless earbuds, called the OnePlus Buds. The leak was spotted from an app called OnePlus Pods that was uploaded onto APKmirror and it shows the OnePlus Buds in three colours, along with the case and the earbuds design itself.

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Boult Audio Truebuds with ultra-low latency launched for Rs. 2499

Boult Audio, a manufacturer of consumer audio products, has launched their new AirBass TrueBuds truly wireless earbuds in India. They come in two colours, and feature touch controls, HD bass, Bluetooth 5.0, Auto pairing, monopod mode and more.

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Vodafone India introduces eSIM support for iPhone 11 series, iPhone SE 2020 and more

Vodafone Idea has announced that they will be supporting eSIM capabilities for Vodafone postpaid customers on devices such as iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xr, with support for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Fold coming soon. The service will first be available in Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat.

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Redmi Note 9 with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, Helio G85, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5020mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 11999

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just launched the Redmi Note 9 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection, is powered MediaTek Helio G85 12nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, features 4µm graphite sheet for improved thermal performance and runs Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top. Redmi claims 21% performance improvements over Redmi Note 8 powered by Snapdragon 665. Continue reading “Redmi Note 9 with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, Helio G85, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5020mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 11999”

Amazfit Bip S Lite with 1.28-inch color touch display, up to 30 days battery life launching in India on July 29 for Rs. 3799

Update: July 20, 2020 — Huami has confirmed that the Amazfit Bip S Lite smartwatch will go on sale from July 29th from 12PM on Flipkart and in.amazfit.com priced at Rs. 3799.

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Realme 6i with 6.5-inch FHD+ 90Hz display, Helio G90T launching in India on July 24 for under Rs. 15000

Update: realme today confirmed that it will launch the realme 6i smartphone in India on July 24th after a slight delay. It will be sold on Flipkart similar to other phones. realme India CEO Madhav Seth said that it will be a very powerful mid-ranger, post-GST hike in industry. Continue reading “Realme 6i with 6.5-inch FHD+ 90Hz display, Helio G90T launching in India on July 24 for under Rs. 15000”

OPPO Reno 4 Pro with FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display launching in India on July 31

OPPO today confirmed the launch of Reno4 Pro smartphone in India on July 31st, after the phone was launched in China last month. To remind you, the phone packs a 6.5-inch FHD+ AMOLED Flexible screen with 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate and 93.4% screen-to-body ratio, which it calls a 3D Borderless Sense Screen. Continue reading “OPPO Reno 4 Pro with FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display launching in India on July 31”

Samsung Galaxy M31s with FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity O display, 6000mAh battery, 25W fast charging launching in India on July 30

Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy M31s, successor of Galaxy M31 in India on July 30th on Amazon.in. It has confirmed FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity O display for the first time in the Galaxy M series smartphone compared to Infinity-U screen and a 64-megapixel quad rear cameras. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M31s with FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity O display, 6000mAh battery, 25W fast charging launching in India on July 30”

Realme 10W wireless charger listed on company’s support page; could launch in India soon

Earlier this week, realme launched its entry-level realme C11 smartphone and its 10,000mAh 30W power bank in India after it was spotted on the support page. Following that, now realme’s upcoming product – realme 10W wireless charger has been listed on the company’s support page and the launch could be imminent. Continue reading “Realme 10W wireless charger listed on company’s support page; could launch in India soon”

Realme X2 8GB + 256GB variant launched in India for Rs. 22,999

Realme launched a new 6GB + 64GB variant of the realme 6 yesterday in India. Following that, the company has now launched the 8GB + 256GB variant of the realme X2 smartphone and is set to go on sale next week. Continue reading “Realme X2 8GB + 256GB variant launched in India for Rs. 22,999”

iOS 14 to add 16 new emoji including dodo, Piñata, pinched fingers and more

Back in January 2020, Unicode released their Emoji 13.0, a list of newly approved emoji for companies and platforms to introduce into their own apps and operating systems. Developers usually modify these emoji for their own platforms and now Apple has announced they’ll be adding 16 new emoji with iOS 14 later this year.

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Lenovo Legion 5 and IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptops with Ryzen 4000 series CPUs and up to NVIDIA RTX 2060 GPUs announced

The wave of manufacturers releasing Ryzen 4000 series variants of their gaming laptops continues and the latest to join the movement is Lenovo as they announced new AMD variants of their Legion 5 17-inch and 15-inch laptops along with an AMD Ryzen variant of their Ideapad Gaming 3 laptop.

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