HUAWEI Kirin 810 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G52 GPU, DaVinci NPU announced

HUAWEI just introduced Kirin 810 SoC, successor of last year’s Kirin 710 that powers several mid-range smartphones. It also detailed some features of the processor. It uses 7nm processor technology, similar to the Kirin 980 flagship SoC, and the first for a mid-range SoC. This has two ARM Cortex-A76 bigger cores clocked at 2.27GHz and the other siz smaller ARM Cortex-A55 cores are clocked at 1.88GHz. It has ARM Mali-G52 MP6 GPU, which has a 162% performance improvement over the previous generation and supports Kirin Gaming+ technology. Continue reading “HUAWEI Kirin 810 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G52 GPU, DaVinci NPU announced”

Google is getting out of tablet business, to focus on Pixelbook laptop

Google has officially confirmed that it is getting out of tablet business. Even though the company had two smaller-sized tablets under development, it will not release them. The company introduced Pixel Slate back in October last year along with the Pixel 3 phones. Before that the company had introduced Pixel C tablet back in 2015, which was discontinued in 2017. At that time the company said that it will focus on Pixelbook.

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Aipower Wearbuds True Wireless Earbuds that charge in a Fitness Band up for pre-order on Kickstarter

Aipower, a new company has been teasing its new Wearbuds, which it claims as the world’s first wristband-housed true wireless earbuds. Today the company has officially announced the device, which is now available for pre-order on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Continue reading “Aipower Wearbuds True Wireless Earbuds that charge in a Fitness Band up for pre-order on Kickstarter”

Audio Technica ATH-CK200BT wireless earphones launched in India for Rs. 4890

Audio Technica, the brand known for its wide range of earphones, headphones and other audio products, today launched ATH-CK200BT, its latest wireless earphones in India. It comes with Bluetooth connectivity, in-ear fit, in-line microphone and control and more.

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HUAWEI and HONOR smartphones including P30 series, HONOR 20 series will get Android Q update

Last month, Google announced that it has suspended some of its business operations with HUAWEI which includes a ban on using Google Services and Play Store, later the period was extended for 3 months. After a month of the announcement of the ban, HUAWEI has today released a statement that it will continue to provide security patches and Android updates (including Android Q) to its existing smartphones. Alongside, HUAWEI smartphones, a range of HONOR smartphones are also expected to receive the update.

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Android Q Developer Preview 2 released for OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro

Google unveiled Android Q Beta 1 back in March, released Beta 2 in April 2019 and released Beta 3 earlier last month at I/O 2019. Many non-pixel smartphones were in the eligible list of smartphones to get Android Q Beta including OnePlus. The company released Android Q Developer Preview 1 last month and now, almost exactly after a month, the company has started rolling out Android Q Developer Preview 2 for OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro.

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boAT Bassheads 950 wired on-ear headphones launched for Rs. 1299

boAT has been in a launch spree as it recently launched the Airdopes 411, Stone 1400 speaker, Rockerz 450, Rockerz 650 and more. Expanding its lineup of headphones, the company has launched Bassheads 950 wired on-ear headphones in India.

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Xiaomi India opens registration for Redmi K20 Pro Explorer program

Update: June 20,2019 — Xiaomi India has announced Mi Explorer program for Redmi K20 Pro, as expected. You can register on mi.com  with your personal details from today, 20th June till 22nd June. Only 48 applicants will be shortlisted as Mi Explorers on 25th June.

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Xiaomi Mi Electric Shaver to launch in India soon

Xiaomi has posted a new teaser that shows three battery indicators of the shaver and also asks us to fill the blanks in G–T-E, which could be GOATEE

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Vivo Z1 Pro with Snapdragon 712, 32MP in-display camera, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launching in India on July 3 on Flipkart

Update: June 20, 2019 — Vivo has confirmed that Z1 Pro will launch in India on Flipkart on July 3rd.

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Belkin BOOSTCHARGE USB-C to Lightning Cable launched in India for Rs. 2499

Belkin has launched BOOST↑CHARGE USB-C Cable with Lightning Connector in India. It is the first 3rd party MFi certified and USB-IF certified USB-C Cable with Lightning Connector to be introduced in India, says the company.  It supports Fast Charge for iPhone 8 or later products with an 18-watt or higher USB-C power adapter. Continue reading “Belkin BOOSTCHARGE USB-C to Lightning Cable launched in India for Rs. 2499”

Motorola One Vision with 6.3-inch Full HD+ 21:9 display, 25MP in-screen front camera launched in India for Rs. 19999

Motorola just launched One Vision, the company’s latest Android One smartphone, as it had promised. It has a 6.3-inch Full HD+ 21:9 aspect ratio CinemaVision LCD screen with a 25-megapixel in-screen camera with 1.8µm Quad Pixel technology for sharper selfies in low-light, is powered by new Exynos 9609 processor and runs Android Pie with 2 guaranteed OS upgrades.  Continue reading “Motorola One Vision with 6.3-inch Full HD+ 21:9 display, 25MP in-screen front camera launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Vivo shows off 120W FlashCharge fast charging that can charge a phone fully in 13 minutes

Vivo has been using Dual-Engine fast charging on its smartphones. Its latest iQOO gaming phone featured 44W ultra-fast flash charge that lets you charge a phone with 4000mAh battery from 0 to 50% in 15 minutes, to 85% in 30 minutes, and 100% in 45 minutes. Now the company has showcased its new 120W FlashCharge technology that will let you charge a phone with a 4000mAh battery from 0 to 50% in 5 minutes and from 0 to 100% in just 13 minutes.

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Apple looking to move up to 30% of production out of China: Report

As a result of U.S.-China trade dispute, Apple is said to have asked its suppliers to evaluate the cost implications of shifting 15 to 30% of their production capacity from China to Southeast Asia countries, as it prepares for ‘fundamental restructuring of its supply chain’, according to a new report. 90% of Apple’s products are being assembled in China.

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Xiaomi brings Blur App Previews and Quick Replies to MIUI Global Beta ROM

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, but Xiaomi has decided to cease MIUI Global Beta ROM from July 1. Continue reading “Xiaomi brings Blur App Previews and Quick Replies to MIUI Global Beta ROM”