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HMD Global’s Chief product officer Juho Sarvikas has confirmed that Nokia 2 will get Android 8.1 Oreo update directly skipping 8.0 update. He hasn’t given any time frame but said that most of the Android 8.1 features would be available, including the memory management improvements, which is needed since the phone has only 1GB of RAM. Continue reading “Nokia 2 to get Android 8.1 Oreo update directly, will include memory management features”
Last week Motorola announced a temporary price cut for several smartphones online and offline for the festive season, including the Moto G5S Plus. Now it has announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the smartphone, after four months of launch. This comes weeks after Xiaomi Mi A1 received a permanent price cut in the country. Continue reading “Moto G5S Plus gets a permanent price cut in India, now available for Rs. 14999”
After selling the tablet for more than two-years, Google has silently dropped the Pixel C tablet from its Google Store to focus on Pixelbook entirely. The Pixel C went on for sale in December 2015 for a price of $499 for the base model. Even though the pricing was a little high, the tablet itself was a good offering. Continue reading “Google stops selling Pixel C tablet, to focus on Pixelbook”
While we know Google deactivating YouTube on Amazon Fire TV was coming, it came four days earlier than scheduled. YouTube announced that its services would no longer be available on Fire TV from January 1st, 2018, but according to a new report Fast Company, the services are blocked already days before the promised date. Continue reading “YouTube app for Amazon Fire TV deactivated, redirects users to Silk and Firefox browsers”
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra and Xperia L2 are said to be launched in early 2018, and the phones now have passed through both NBTC and SIRIM regulatory bodies in Thailand and Malaysia revealing the names of the phones. Both the devices are to replace the current Xperia L1 and Xperia XA1 Ultra. Continue reading “Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 630 and Xperia L2 confirmed by regulators”
Apple is facing a tough time since the company confirmed it indeed is slowing down old iPhones to preserve aged batteries have started flowing. The company is even facing legal lawsuits filed as well. However, Apple has finally responded on the issue explaining the reason for this action and is offering battery replacements at a discounted price. Continue reading “Apple clarifies about slowing old iPhones, to offer battery replacements at a discounted price”
Samsung is all set to launch a new Galaxy smartphone in India soon. It will be launched exclusively on Amazon.in soon. The page has several hints about the phone such as “On for a New Way To Shop?”, “On for a Superior Performance?” and “On for a Stunning New Look?” without revealing the name of the smartphone, but this reveals it will be an ‘On series’ smartphone, so it could be On5 or On7 2017 model.
Continue reading “Samsung teases launch of new Galaxy smartphone exclusively on Amazon India”
Samsung’s upcoming S9 and S9 Plus flagships have just been certified by the FCC on December 27th, and just as expected there is nothing about both the phone’s specifications in the FCC documents. The listing doesn’t even reveal the design outline of the flagships as some of the papers were submitted to the FCC way back in mid-November at a time when designed might not have been finalized Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ pass through the FCC; leak reveals 3.5mm headphone jack will stay”
Motorola has finally started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the Moto X4 smartphone in India. The smartphone was launched in the country last month running Android 7.1 (Nougat) and the company confirmed the list of devices getting the Oreo back in September. Continue reading “Moto X4 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Reliance Jio today announced signing of definitive agreement for the acquisition of specified assets of Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its affiliates that includes Wireless Spectrum, Tower, Fiber and Media Convergence Node (MCN) assets as a part of RCOM’s debt reduction. This will contribute significantly to the large scale roll-out of wireless and Fiber to Home and Enterprise services by RJIL.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio to acquire RCOM’s wireless infrastructure assets”
Xiaomi rolled out Android 8.0 Oreo beta update for testers a couple of weeks back. There were reports that the update added support for fast charging. We were able to test the latest Beta ROM in our unit and can confirm that it indeed brings fast charging support for the phone. This works only when you use a fast charger and not with the bundled charger that has output of only 5V-2A.
LG today announced that it would be introducing a wide-range of speakers with smart capabilities at the CES 2018 event. The company is partnering with Meridian Audio for advanced high-performing audio technology, and the company will also announce its first premium smart AI audio product, the LG ThinQ Speaker at the event. Continue reading “LG to introduce range of Speakers including ThinQ Speaker with built-in Google Assistant at CES 2018”
OnePlus 5T has received a new OxygenOS update to version 4.7.6, few weeks after the OxygenOS 4.7.4 update that brought several improvements. The latest update brings Camera Optimizations that includes better quality for selfie in low light, performance improvements for 3rd party camera apps and also adds assistive lighting for face unlock that can be enabled from the face unlock settings. Check out the complete changelog below.
HMD Global launched the entry-level Nokia 2 smartphone recently with a 4000mAh battery, but it chose to go with the Snapdragon 212 SoC and 1GB of RAM that doesn’t offer the best performance. Now Eldar Murtazin of Mobile-Review who was once popular for Nokia leaks says that Nokia is planning to introduce Nokia 1, another entry-level Android smartphone next year, but this time it is rumored to partner with Google for the Android Oreo (Go edition) that will be based on Android 8.1 (Oreo). Continue reading “Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone said to arrive in March 2018”
Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor View 10 smartphone at an event in London earlier this month and also said that it will roll out in several countries including India from January. Today it has started registrations for the smartphone on Amazon.in ahead of the launch next month. Currently there is just ‘Notify me’ option on the site, but we should know the sale date soon. Continue reading “Honor View 10 registration begins on Amazon in India ahead of January launch”
