Samsung completes development of EUV-based 5nm FinFET process technology

Samsung has announced that its has completed development of 5-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. This comes after it announced the readiness and its initial production of 7nm process, its first process node with EUV lithography technology in October. It provided commercial samples of the industry’s first EUV-based new products and started mass production of 7nm process early this year. Continue reading “Samsung completes development of EUV-based 5nm FinFET process technology”

List of Xiaomi smartphones that are confirmed to get Android Pie update [Updated]

Xiaomi has finally released the list of smartphones eligible for Android Pie/Oreo update, these devices are supposed to get Android Pie/Oreo update sometime before Q2 2019. Xiaomi has mentioned that the smartphones which have already received two major Android updates are unlikely to receive further Android updates. The list of smartphones eligible to receive Android update includes both Mi and Redmi range of smartphones. Continue reading “List of Xiaomi smartphones that are confirmed to get Android Pie update [Updated]”

Panasonic LUMIX S1 and S1R full-frame mirrorless camera launched in India

Lumix S1R

Much to our expectation, Panasonic, today announced the launch of its full-frame mirrorless Lumix S series in the Indian market. Dubbed as LUMIX S1 and S1R these come with 24 megapixel and 47.3 megapixels full-frame CMOS sensor respectively. Notably, the new S series is based on the L-Mount standard. Continue reading “Panasonic LUMIX S1 and S1R full-frame mirrorless camera launched in India”

YouTube adds several features to bring transparency to news content in India

YouTube Breaking news

In the recent past, especially after cheaper data connections, news has become an integral part of YouTube’s experience for millions of Indians online. In the recent development, YouTube last year introduced the Top News shelf where it highlights videos from authoritative news sources in search results. Continue reading “YouTube adds several features to bring transparency to news content in India”

HONOR 20 series to be announced in London on May 21

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand has announced that it will introduce its flagship HONOR series at an event in London on May 21st. It says #CAPTUREWONDER and highlights improved low-light performance. The successor of last year’s HONOR 10 will likely be powered by Kirin 980 SoC. This time the company is expected to launch HONOR 20 and HONOR 20 Pro smartphones.

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OPPO F11 Pro Marvel’s Avengers Limited Edition to be introduced on April 24

OPPO introduced F11 Pro smartphone last month. Now the company has announced that it will introduce Marvel’s Avengers Limited Edition in partnership with Marvel in Malaysia on April 24th, ahead of the movie release next week. This comes with Blue and Red colors along with Avengers logo on the back similar to Captain America logo. It will also come with 128GB storage compared to 64GB in the standard version.

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ASUS ‘Back to School’ offer on Laptops: HDDs at discounted rate, 0% EMI, extended warranty and more

Ahead of summer holidays this year, ASUS has announced a ‘Back to School’ offer on ASUS’ like every other year. With compact laptops, customers will now get branded goodies including HDD at discounted rate and customised ROG T-shirts. Notably, the ‘Back to School’ offer by ASUS also comes with interest-free EMIs and up to two years warranty extension. Continue reading “ASUS ‘Back to School’ offer on Laptops: HDDs at discounted rate, 0% EMI, extended warranty and more”

Samsung Galaxy A2 Core Android Pie (Go Edition) smartphone launched in India for Rs. 5290

After a leak last month, Samsung has launched A2 Core, the company’s latest Android Go Edition smartphone and the successor of  Galaxy J2 Core (SM-J260) that was introduced last year. It has a 5-inch qHD screen, is powered by Exynos 7870 SoC with 1GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 Pie (Go edition), has a 5-megapixel front and rear cameras and packs a 2600mAh battery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A2 Core Android Pie (Go Edition) smartphone launched in India for Rs. 5290”

Xiaomi introduces Game Turbo as a Standalone App on POCO F1

Xiaomi introduced Game Turbo on POCO F1 a couple of weeks ago, bringing framework enhancement that results in CPU and GPU smart allocation and more system resources for games. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Game Turbo as a Standalone App on POCO F1”

ASUS OMG DAYS Sale from April 15 to 18: Discounts on Zenfone 5Z, Max Pro M1, Max M2 and more

ASUS and Flipkart are back with OMG Days sale that starts from today, 15th April till Thursday, 18th April 2019 (till mid-night). This includes offers on the entire range of ZenFone models. It offers flat Rs. 3000 off on all variants of ZenFone 5Z, flat Rs. 1000 off on ZenFone Lite L1, flat Rs. 500 off on ZenFone Max M1, Max M2 and all variants of ZenFone Max Pro M1.  Continue reading “ASUS OMG DAYS Sale from April 15 to 18: Discounts on Zenfone 5Z, Max Pro M1, Max M2 and more”

Nokia 7.1 gets a price cut in India

HMD Global announced price cuts for Nokia 1 and Nokia 2.1 Android Go Edition and Nokia 6.1 Plus 6GB RAM version in India last month. Now the company has reduced the price of Nokia 7.1 in India. It was launched for Rs. 19,999 back in November last year focused at offline market. Now the smartphone is available for Rs. 17,999 through Nokia.com/Phones. Continue reading “Nokia 7.1 gets a price cut in India”

Xiaomi introduces new MIUI charging animation

Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins with more than 300 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of Android, but what sets it apart from other Android skins is its feature richness and customizations. MIUI gets updated biweekly, including closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces new MIUI charging animation”

HTC 2Q7A100 with Full HD+ display, Snapdragon 710, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage surfaces in benchmarks

It has been months since HTC had launched a mid-range or high-end smartphones. A report from last December said that it will launch new mid-tier to high-end models in 2019, after confirming that it is not shutting down its smartphone business. Now the company’s first smartphone for the year has surfaced in benchmarks. “HTC 2Q7A100” benchmark listing reveals a Snapdragon 710 SoC, 6GB of RAM and Android 9.0 (Pie).

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HONOR 8A Pro with 6-inch waterdrop notch display, Android 9.0 (Pie) announced

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand has introduced  HONOR 8A Pro, the company’s latest budget smartphone in Russia. It was introduced in China as Honor Play 8A earlier this year, has a 6-inch HD+ waterdrop notch display with 87% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 12nm SoC with 3GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Oreo), and has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, and an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “HONOR 8A Pro with 6-inch waterdrop notch display, Android 9.0 (Pie) announced”