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HUAWEI Nova 5i with 6.4-inch FHD+ display, 8GB RAM, 24MP in-screen camera, quad rear cameras announced

Along with the Nova 5 and the Nova 5 Pro, HUAWEI also introduced the Nova 5i smartphone in China. It packs a 6.4-inch Full HD+ display with 90.8% screen-to-body ratio and has 24-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 710, unlike the Kirin 810 on the Nova 5, has up to 8GB of RAM, runs Android Pie with EMIUI 9.1 top, features quad rear cameras that includes a 24-megapixel primary camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, 2-megapixel camera for 4cm macro and a 2-megeapixel camera for portrait shots.

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HUAWEI Nova 5 and Nova 5 Pro with 6.39-inch FHD+ OLED display, 8GB RAM, quad rear cameras, in-display fingerprint scanner announced

HUAWEI just announced Nova 5 and Nova 5 Pro smartphones in China, as it had promised. These phones pack a 6.39-inch Full HD+ OLED curved glass dewdrop notch display, run on Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.1, and feature Leica quad-lens cameras with 48-megapixel sensor, a 16-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel sensor for 4cm macro and a 2-megapixel for porait shots. These have a 32-megapixel camera on the front. The Nova 5 is powered by the latest Kirin 810 SoC and the Nova 5 Pro is powered by Kirin 980. Continue reading “HUAWEI Nova 5 and Nova 5 Pro with 6.39-inch FHD+ OLED display, 8GB RAM, quad rear cameras, in-display fingerprint scanner announced”

Realme 2 Pro Android Pie ColorOS 6 stable update finally starts rolling out [Update: Roll out resumes with new version]

Update – June 21, 2019: Realme has started rolling out ColorOS 6 stable update for the Realme 2 Pro again after it was stopped due to bootloader issues last month. This has the build number RMX1801EX_11_A.21, includes Android security patch for May, 2019 and is 2.68GB in size. It is rolling out gradually, but you can download the update ZIP file from Realme website here and update manually.

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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”