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ACT Fibernet launched its ACT Stream TV 4K Android Streaming device back in April, and said that it will launch commercially after May. Today the company has started offering the device across four cities, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi and Chennai for the ACT Fibernet users with plans over Rs. 999 for Delhi and Hyderbad, over Rs. 1099 for Chennai and plans over Rs. 1159 for Bengaluru.
Back in June, Realme CEO Madhav Sheth has confirmed that the company will be introducing world’s first smartphone camera with 64MP GW1 largest 1/1.72″ sensor and 1.6µm pixel. In addition, he also said that the phone will be launched in India first. Today the company has confirmed a separate ‘Camera Innovation Event’ in Delhi on August 8th to reveal world’s first 64MP Quad Camera on a smartphone.
Intel launched its 9th Gen Core desktop CPUs last year and earlier this year, the company launched 9th Gen Mobile H-Series processor. Today, the company is officially introducing the 10th Gen Intel Core processor, code-named Ice Lake.
Continue reading “Intel 10th Gen 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ processor for laptops and 2-in-1s announced”
Google launched its UPI based mobile payment service ‘Tez’ back in 2017 and later rebranded it to ‘Google Pay’ last year with new features. Now, Google has announced new security features to the Google Pay application to reduce payment scams in India.
Continue reading “Google Pay now sends app notifications and transaction alert SMS in India”
Vivo launched its V15 Pro smartphone in 6GB RAM with 128GB storage earlier this year and later launched the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage variant. After almost 6 months of launch in India, both the 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM variants of the Vivo V5 have received a permanent price cut in India.
Continue reading “Vivo V15 Pro gets a permanent price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 23990”
In May 2019, International Data Corporation(IDC) published a report regarding the worldwide smartphone shipments in Q1 2019 and HUAWEI posted 50.3% growth while Apple shipments were down 30.2%. Similarly, IDC has published new reports and it shows that worldwide smartphone shipments have declined 2.3% YoY in Q2 2019.
Update: August 1, 2019: Redmi Note 7 Pro is finally available through open sale in India from mi.com, Flipkart, Mi Home, Mi Studio, & Mi Preferred Partner stores in India after five months of launch.
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The smartphones shipment in India is growing at a steady pace. Recently, the smartphone shipments in the premium segment (₹30,000 or roughly US$430) grew an impressive 33% annually in India way above the single-digit overall smartphone shipment growth during Q2 2019. Continue reading “OnePlus increases lead over Apple and Samsung in premium segment in Q2 2019 in India: Report”
Huawei has launched Y9 Prime 2019 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.59-inch Full HD+ display with 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an octa-core Kirin 710 12nm SoC with 4GB RAM and GPU Turbo 3.0, has a 16-megapixel primary camera with AI features, 8-megapixel triple rear camera and a 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. There is a 16-megapixel pop-up camera on the front. It comes with 3D portrait feature. Both the front and rear camera of the device can retouch your portrait with studio-quality lighting effects.
Update: August 1, 2019 — Ather today confirmed that the Ather 450 will cost Rs. 1,22,224 on road in Chennai after GST revision from 12% to 5% on electric vehicles that comes in effect from today. In Bengaluru it will cost Rs. 1,13,715.
Continue reading “Ather 450 will now cost Rs. 1.22 lakhs in Chennai after GST reduction”
HUAWEI’s HONOR brand today announced that it has started rolling out EMIUI 9.1 update in India, after rolling it out HUAWEI P20 Lite last month. This brings new features including better UI Design, Gesture Based Navigation, GPU Turbo 3.0, all-new EROFS (Extendable Read-Only File System) and Advanced Battery management among other features. These phones got EMIUI 9.0 along with Android Pie earlier this year. Continue reading “HONOR PLAY and HONOR 8X EMUI 9.1 update starts rolling out in India”
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab S6, successor of last year’s Galaxy Tab S4, as it had promised. It has a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED WQXGA screen, is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 SoC and runs on Android 9.0 (Pie). It has quad-stereo speakers tuned by AKG by HARMAN, similar to the predecessor and has got rid of the Iris scanner in favor of in-display fingerprint scanner. The Galaxy Tab S6 has an 8-megapixel primary camera along with a 5-megapixel 123-degree Ultra Wide camera and an 8-megapixel front camera. It has a 5.7mm slim metal body.
Vivo just announced Z5, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. It has a 6.38-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 90% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 712 with up to 8GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with Funtouch OS 9.1, features a 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. There is a 32-megapixel camera on the front.
With the latest Yoga S940 laptop, Lenovo has expanded its Yoga portfolio in India. This ultraslim laptop comes equipped with Artificial intelligence (AI) coupled with advanced audio and display technologies. It has also launched new IdeaPad S540, IdeaPad S340 and IdeaPad S145 laptops and Yoga A940 all-in-one desktop. Continue reading “Lenovo IdeaPad S145, IdeaPad S340, IdeaPad S540, Yoga A940 AIO and Yoga S940 launched in India starting at Rs. 23990”
Amazon has announced Amazon Freedom Sale for the year from August 8th to 11th. It will offer 10% instant discount for SBI card users, No cost EMI for major cards, exchange offers and more. It will offer additional exchange discount on OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro and Galaxy S10, discounts on Samsung Galaxy M40, Galaxy M30, Honor View 20, Redmi 7, Nokia 6.1 Plus and more. Continue reading “Amazon Freedom Sale from Aug 8 to 11 – up to 40% off on Mobiles and accessories, No cost EMI, exchange offers and more”
