News | Fone Arena - Part 1245

HONOR MagicBook and HONOR 9X Pro global launch event scheduled for February 24 in Spain

HONOR today announced global launch of HONOR MagicBook series and HONOR 9X Pro smartphone at a separate event in Barcelona, Spain on February 24th after GSMA has cancelled MWC next week. HONOR said that this is the first time it is globally launching its first laptop series, HONOR MagicBook. The launch will further strengthen the brand’s 1+8+N strategy, an ecosystem that integrates one smartphone, eight categories of additional connected products and a wide range of third-party linked devices. Continue reading “HONOR MagicBook and HONOR 9X Pro global launch event scheduled for February 24 in Spain”

TCL concept phone with slide-out screen press images surface

With more and more phones coming with foldable displays, both along the horizontal and vertical axis, TCL has supposedly gone another route and built a concept phone that incorporates a slide-out display instead. The idea behind the design is to have a tablet experience on a regular phone once the screen is pulled out.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds+ now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 11990

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Buds+ with a range of improvements and features at its Unpacked 2020 event last week. After opening pre-orders for the Galaxy S20 series in India, Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Buds+ in the country on Samsung.com at Rs. 11,990 (MRP Rs. 13,990), which will start shipping from March 6th. The earbuds come in Blue, Black and White colors. Samsung is offering the earbuds for as low as Rs. 1990 for those who pre-order the Galaxy S20 phones. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Buds+ now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 11990”

Apple said to have scheduled an event for March 31st, iPhone SE 2 (iPhone 9) expected

Apple is said to hold a spring time press event at the end of March, likely to launch the upcoming rumoured “iPhone 9” or “iPhone SE 2”. Apple previously held a press event during spring 2019 to unveil new iPad models along with new versions of their Pages, Keynote and Numbers iOS apps.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 with WUXGA display surfaces

Samsung is continuing to expand its tablet lineup as fresh leaks of the design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) have surfaced. The mid range tablet from Samsung will feature an 8.4 inch screen, Exynos processor, and a single camera system.

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Realme announces realme Link app for its upcoming IoT devices

realme was started as a smartphone company in India back in 2018. Back in December last year the company’s CEO Madhav Sheth said that the company plans to launch IoT devices in 2020 and also said that his goal is to build realme as a tech lifestyle brand. Today the company has introduced realme Link, which is its upcoming app for realme IoT products. Continue reading “Realme announces realme Link app for its upcoming IoT devices”

LG K61, K51S and K41S with FullVision Display, quad rear cameras, military-level durability announced

LG has announced new K series smartphones that includes K61, K51S and K41S. The K61 features a 6.5 FHD+ FullVision Display and the K51S and K41S feature an 6.5-inch 20:9 HD+ FullVision Display. These feature quad-camera array consisting of a high-resolution main camera, wide angle lens, depth sensor and a macro lens, a first in the K series. The 48MP main lens in the top-of-the line K61 is the highest resolution camera ever offered in an LG smartphone while the 32MP camera in the K51S also surpasses the pixel count of any previous LG phone, said LG. Continue reading “LG K61, K51S and K41S with FullVision Display, quad rear cameras, military-level durability announced”

Realme X50 Pro 5G with Super AMOLED 90Hz screen, Snapdragon 865 launching in India on February 24

realme recently announced that realme X50 5G will now be introduced online globally in Madrid on February 24th. Today realme India has announced that it will be launched in the country on the same date. This is similar to the global teaser. The company said that this will be India’s First 5G smartphone since it is coming before the iQOO 3 5G debuts on the 25th of February. Continue reading “Realme X50 Pro 5G with Super AMOLED 90Hz screen, Snapdragon 865 launching in India on February 24”

MIUI Security App update brings Dark Mode — Here’s how to get it

Xiaomi introduced system-wide Dark mode in MIUI last year, the dark mode brought the dark theme to many system apps such as Phone, Contacts, Messaging, Gallery, Calculator, Notes, Screen Recorder, and Updater. Xiaomi added the dark mode to remaining apps such as Mi File Explorer and App Vault with updates but MIUI security app was one such app that didn’t receive dark mode yet. Continue reading “MIUI Security App update brings Dark Mode — Here’s how to get it”

Airtel, Vodafone struggle to pay AGR dues to DoT after SC order

On Friday, the Supreme Court (SC) heavily criticised the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not collecting AGR dues from telecom operators such as Airtel and Vodafone after failing to meet its January 24th deadline. Airtel will reportedly pay Rs. 10000 crores for now while Vodafone has informed the SC that they will only be able to Rs. 2500 crores now.

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2020 iPhones may feature Apple’s in house designed 5G antenna module

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It is clear that Apple wants to distance itself as far as possible from Qualcomm, even though they settled the long legal battle with them last year. News has popped up claiming that Apple is trying to design their own 5G antenna for the upcoming 2020 iPhones that will be released soon, in attempt to use as little Qualcomm products as possible.

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Google is shutting down Google Station Free Wi-Fi program in India and globally

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Back in September 2016 Google introduced Google Stations, a new internet access platform as a partnership between Google, Indian Railways and Railtel to bring fast, free public Wi-Fi to over 400 of the busiest railway stations in India by mid-2020. Today Google has announced that it has decided to shut down Google Station program globally this year. Continue reading “Google is shutting down Google Station Free Wi-Fi program in India and globally”

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