News | Fone Arena - Part 1817

OnePlus 5 Android 8.0 Oreo Open Beta to roll out this November, final update for 5 and 5T in early 2018

OnePlus 5 Android Oreo early 2018

OnePlus released Android 8.0 (Oreo) Open Beta for OnePlus 3 and 3T last month and said that it will release the update for its OnePlus 5 users soon. Yesterday at the OnePlus 5T launch event Brian Yoon, Head of user experience design division at OnePlus confirmed that the OnePlus 5 will get the Android Oreo Open Beta update this November. He also said that there are over 250 closed beta testers and over 15,000 open beta testers. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 Android 8.0 Oreo Open Beta to roll out this November, final update for 5 and 5T in early 2018”

Apple releases iOS 11.1.2 with fix for unresponsive iPhone X screens in cold weather

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Apple released iOS 11.1.1 update for iPhone and iPad last week to fix an autocorrect bug that caused “i” to autocorrect to A[?] in the keyboard. Now it has pushed out iOS 11.1.2 update that fixes iPhone X screen becoming temporarily unresponsive to touch after a rapid change to a cold environment and working only after several seconds, as reported by a lot of users last week. Apple was quick to acknowledge the issues and promised a fix.

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OnePlus 5T vs HTC U11 – What’s Different

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OnePlus has launched the much-hyped OnePlus 5T smartphone with some noteworthy upgrades, today at an event in Brooklyn, New York. This upgraded version comes just five months after the launch of OnePlus 5, which was arguably one of the best smartphones in the market. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs HTC U11 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 – What’s Different

OnePlus-5T

At last, OnePlus has pulled the wraps off its latest flagship killer OnePlus 5T at an event in Brooklyn, New York. The successor of OnePlus 5 comes with some prominent changes when it comes to display, camera and also has an advanced Facial recognition technology as well. In this iteration, the bezels have been trimmed down comparatively and its almost absent on the sides as well. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs LG V30 – What’s Different

OnePlus-5T

Just five months after launching the OnePlus 5 smartphone, the Chinese upstart OnePlus is again in the headlines for the launch of OnePlus 5T. The company has made some noticeable changes in this iteration to keep up with the worldly trends. One of the major changes between OnePlus 5 and 5T is its display, as it sports a 6.01-inch 1080p 18:9 Optic AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs LG V30 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs Nokia 8 – What’s Different

OnePlus 5T

As promised, OnePlus has launched the much expected OnePlus 5T at an event in Brooklyn, New York. This iteration comes with a major overhaul in the display department sporting a 6.01 inch 1080p 18:9 aspect ratio Optic AMOLED screen. Apart from other differences including camera, fingerprint scanner, it shares similar hardware with its predecessor OnePlus 5. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Nokia 8 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus – What’s Different

OnePlus-5T

Putting an end to all the rumors, OnePlus has unveiled its latest killer flagship OnePlus 5T with some changes internally and externally. The OnePlus 5T is a mid-cycle refresh, offering a better display, improved camera, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, facial recognition technology and much more. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8 – What’s Different

OnePlus-5T

As expected, OnePlus has launched the successor of OnePlus 5 with a minor upgrade in a span of just 5 months, that goes by the name OnePlus 5T. This iteration of the OnePlus offers some changes including a 6-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio, improved camera, and advanced facial recognition technology. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T vs Google Pixel 2 – What’s Different

After lots of rumors and speculation, the Chinese upstart OnePlus has officially pulled off the wraps of OnePlus 5T at an event in Brooklyn, New York. The major change in OnePlus 5T, when compared to its predecessor, is its 6.01-inch 1080p 18:9 Optic AMOLED display with minimum bezels on the front. Alongside, the OnePlus 5T offers a change in camera and security features. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T vs Google Pixel 2 – What’s Different”

OnePlus 5T with 6.01-inch full-screen display, dual rear cameras launched in India at a starting price of Rs. 32999

OnePlus 5T

OnePlus just introduced its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone at an event in Brooklyn, New York as it had promised. It has a 6.01-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED Display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 80.5% screen-to-body ratio and with DCI-P3 color coverage, compared to the 5.5-inch 1080p screen on the OnePlus 5 , but body is almost same. Since it has a large screen, it doesn’t have a home button and ceramic fingerprint sensor has been moved to the back to unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T with 6.01-inch full-screen display, dual rear cameras launched in India at a starting price of Rs. 32999”

Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid offers instant interest-free short term credit

Paytm ICICI Bank Postpaid

Paytm has partnered with ICICI Bank to jointly launch Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid, a interest-free short-term digital credit service that will offer instant credit to Paytm account. It has instant activation without any documentation or branch visit and there is no transaction, joining or hidden administration fees either, says Paytm. Continue reading “Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid offers instant interest-free short term credit”

Honor V10 with full-screen display, dual rear cameras to be announced on November 28

Honor V10 leak

Huawei’s Honor brand has sent out invites for the announcement of Honor V10, successor of Honor V9 that was introduced earlier this year at an event on November 28th. The teaser confirms dual rear cameras for the smartphone, similar to predecessor. The company has also confirmed that it will come Ai features.

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Xiaomi to open its second Mi Home Store in Chennai on November 18

Mi Home Chennai Forum Mall

Xiaomi opened its first Mi Home Store in Chennai at Forum Mall in Vadapalani back in September. Today it has announced that it will open its second Mi Home Store in the city at Express Avenue Mall in Royapettah on November 18th, Saturday. It already has Mi Home Stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai and recently Pune. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its second Mi Home Store in Chennai on November 18”

Panasonic P91 with 5-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6490

Panasonic P91

Panasonic has launched P91, a new budget smartphone in the ‘P series’ with support for 4G VoLTE. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic P91 with 5-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6490”

Google Maps gets a new design to make it easier to see important details

Google Maps Redesign

Google has updated Google Maps with a new design that makes it easier to find venues around you. It has updated driving, navigation, transit and explore maps that will subtly change based on what you’re doing. Google Maps will show the places scheduled on the calendar and will also show the location of a confirmed reservations from Gmail.

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