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After over four months of the introduction of its second-generation Spectacles with water-resistant design and smaller profile, Snap Inc. has introduced two new styles of Spectacles: Nico and Veronica. These come in black-on-black with polarized lenses. Continue reading “Snap’s Spectacles 2 gets two new fashionable styles”
Canon has announced EOS R system featuring the newly designed RF mount. The Canon’s new RF mount features the same size diameter as the EF mount (54mm) and shorter back focus distance. Continue reading “Canon EOS R its first full frame mirror-less camera announced”
Huawei’s Honor brand just announced the Honor 8X, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display with a 4.25mm narrow chin and 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, has a 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition that can identify up to 500 scenes, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 16-megapixel front camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning technology and AI beautify. Continue reading “Honor 8X with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 710, 6GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras announced”
Huawei’s Honor brand along with the Honor 8X also announced the Honor 8X Max in China. It has a 7.12-inch Full HD+ display with narrow bezels and 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 660 or 636 with up to 6GB of RAM, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Honor 8X Max with 7.12-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660/636, AI dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”
Google Chrome turns 10 today! To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Google is rolling out Chrome with a new design and features across all browsers including desktop, iOS, and Android. First up, new-look for chrome. Starting today, users will see more rounded shaped corners, new icons, and a new color palette. It also comes with new rounded tabs, which is designed to be easier to see and useful for those who like to have too many tabs open in their browser. Continue reading “Google celebrates Chrome’s 10th birthday with major design overhaul, more powerful omnibox, improved password manager”
Vivo just announced the V11, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone. It has a 6.41-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with 1.76 mm slim bezels on the sides, 91.27 % screen-to-body ratio and 19.5:9 aspect ratio, which it calls Halo FullView display, is powered by Snapdragon 660 AIE with 6GB of RAM, but there is also V11i that it powered by MediaTek Helio P60 SoC and 4GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture along with a 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots, AI scene recognition, Dual PD focus for 0.03 seconds of focus and a 25-megapixel front camera with AI beautify feature.
ZTE’s nubia brand just announced the Nubia Z18, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the ‘Z series’ in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with 91.8% screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with nubia UI 6.0 on top, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.6 aperture, PDAF, OIS along with a 24-megapixel secondary rear camera for portrait shots. It has AI scene recognition that can recognise 500 scenes. Continue reading “Nubia Z18 with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras announced”
With iPhone X, Apple got rid of the fingerprint scanner, and replaced it with the TrueDepth Camera System for Face ID as a biometric authentication method. Having said that, the company is planning to follow the same strategy with the upcoming iPhone devices as well according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Continue reading “Apple’s 2019 iPhones said to ditch In-display fingerprint scanner for TrueDepth Camera System”
According to the latest IDC report, the global wearable market continues to grow during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) as shipment volume reached 27.9 million units, up 5.5% from the previous year according to data. Continue reading “Global wearable market continues to grow, up 5.5% YoY in Q2 2018”
Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 6 Pro the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Redmi series, as it had promised. It packs a 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch, is powered by Snapdragon 625 with up to 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9 on top, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with flash along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection. There is also a 5-megapixel front camera with AI portrait, AI Face unlock and portrait features. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro with 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, AI dual rear cameras, 4000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 10999”
Xiaomi just launched the Redmi 6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi series and the successor of Redmi 5 that launched earlier this year, as it had promised. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ display 18:9 aspect ratio display with 80.7% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 12nm processor and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI on top, packs a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera for AI portrait shots. It has a 5-megapixel front camera with face unlock and AI portrait as well as AI beautify features. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 with 5.45-inch HD+ display, AI dual rear cameras, Dual 4G VoLTE launched in India starting at Rs. 7999”
Xiaomi just launched the Redmi 6A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Redmi series and the successor of last year’s Redmi 5A in India, as it had promised. It has a large 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with 80.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the MediaTek Helio A22 12nm Quad-Core SoC with up to 2GB of RAM, has a 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front camera both with AI Portrait mode, AI beautify, polycarbonate back panel with a brushed metal-like finish.
Apple is dominating the headlines for past few weeks regarding the leaks, speculations about its upcoming iPhone series launch. However, this time, it’s for a different reason and it has to do with iOS adoption rate. Continue reading “Apple reveals 95% iOS 11 adoption ahead of iOS 12 launch next week”
Instagram, a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, is reportedly working on a new standalone app for shopping. Expected to be called as ‘IG Shopping’, this app lets the users select product from the page or merchant they follow and purchase them directly from the app itself. Continue reading “Instagram said to introduce standalone shopping app”
After certification in Russia recently with the model number A6013, OnePlus 6T box has surfaced in China. This reveals waterdrop notch on the front and an in-display fingerprint sensor, similar to the OPPO R17 / R17 Pro that were introduced in China last month.
Continue reading “OnePlus 6T box surfaces revealing in-display fingerprint scanner, waterdrop notch”
