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Apple iPhone X by all means is a game changer for Apple with its edge-to-edge OLED display and the lack of Touch ID. What makes the iPhone X even more interesting is the Face ID feature which is the current primary unlocking solution that Apple has opted over the regular Touch ID. The company went to say that this will function under any circumstances even under low-light. Continue reading “Android smartphone makers might ditch in-display fingerprint scanner for 3D face unlocking tech: KGI”
Windows Mobile has final nail in the coffin as the company’s Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore officially confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile features and hardware are no longer a focus. Taking Twitter as a platform, he clarifies that as an end user, he has switched to Android and Windows 10 Mobile will is no longer a focus for Microsoft. Continue reading “Microsoft confirms Windows 10 Mobile and new hardware no longer a focus”
After leak, BlackBerry Mobile has officially announced the TCL-made BlackBerry Motion, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and has a water-resistant body with IP67 ratings. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the KEYone. Continue reading “BlackBerry Motion with 5.5-inch 1080p display, water-resistant body, 4000mAh battery announced”
Swipe Technologies has launched Elite PRO, its latest budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor which should be Snapdragon 425, has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, but it runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Swipe ELITE PRO with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”
The latest and greatest from Apple; the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are out. While they are the most powerful Apple phones ever, for all the wrong reasons, both these phones are in the news for the past couple of days. There seems to be problems with the batteries on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus as reports started to come in saying that iPhone 8 splitting due to the battery swelling. Continue reading “Apple investigating reports of iPhone 8 battery swelling”
AIM messaging platform was a rage and was also the first experience of the Social media for many back in the day. The messaging platform was up and running since 1997, and now after twenty long years, the company has decided to shut down once and for all. AIM messaging platform will be shutting down on December 15th, 2017. Continue reading “AOL Instant messenger to shut down on December 15 after 20 years”
Apple today announced that iOS 11.1 will bring hundreds of new emojis, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures. This includes Sled, Face With Monocle, Man Fairy and gender-inclusive emojis for a child, adult, and older adult that are new. Continue reading “iOS 11.1 will bring hundreds of new emojis including T-Rex, Mermaid, Vampire and more”
BlackBerry BBD100-1 codenamed Krypton got Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance for certification already. Now @evleaks aka Evan Blass has posted the first press shot of the smartphone and also said that the phone will be released as BlackBerry Motion. It shows a smartphone with a home button with BlackBerry logo on the front on a huge bezel, below the screen.
Continue reading “BlackBerry Motion water-resistant Android smartphone press image surfaces”
ASUS has announced ZenFone V, the company’s latest smartphone exclusively for Verizon in U.S. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection, 74.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 820 and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Zen UI 3.0. It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with OIS, EIS and TriTech auto-focus that combines laser, phase-detection, and subject-tracking auto-focus to offer focus just 0.03 seconds.
Continue reading “ASUS ZenFone V with 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 23MP camera announced”
Western Digital has introduced their new SanDisk SD and microSD cards line-up for the Automotive and specialized industrial applications. The company claims that these cards work in extreme and radical situations as they come with health status monitor capability, special data retention mechanisms. They are faster than their predecessors thus enabling them to handle tasks like surveying commercial drones and automobile dash cameras. Continue reading “SanDisk Industrial microSD, SD and Automotive SD cards announced, can withstand extreme temperatures”
Essential Phone has to be one of the most anticipated phones of 2017 just for the fact that the company is led by Android creator; Andy Rubin himself. After breaking promises, delays in deliveries, the phone has finally gone for sale a while back and much to everyone’s surprise, the device has been received mostly negative reviews mostly due to its poor camera performance. Continue reading “Essential Phone update improves camera low-light performance, brings bug fixes”
Microsoft has introduced its popular Edge browser for iOS and Android. Available initially as a preview, this brings familiar features like Favorites, Reading List, New Tab Page and Reading View across PC and phone, making it easier to find, view and manage content on-the-go, without disrupting the flow. You can continue on your PC, which enables you to immediately open the page you’re looking at right on your PC—or save it to work on later. Continue reading “Microsoft introduces Edge browser for Android and iOS”
JioPhone, Reliance Jio’s first 4G VoLTE feature phone that is all over the news since the day RIL’s Mukesh Ambani made it official, and now Airtel is also on the verge of launching a budget VoLTE smartphone. On observing the growing demand for 4G enabled feature phones, HMD global which has complete authority to use Nokia brand name is looking forward to launch Nokia feature phones with 4G support. Continue reading “HMD Global might launch 4G-enabled Nokia feature phones in India soon”
Latest State of Mobile Networks report in India from OpenSignal reveals that Airtel still has fastest download speed among the four national 4G operators. It has an average download speed of 9.15Mbps, compared to Reliance Jio which has download speed of just 5.81Mbps, which is actually behind Vodafone and Idea with 7.45Mbps and 7.4Mbps download speeds, respectively. For the report datapoints were collected from over 7 lakh users during the period of June and August, says OpenSignal. Continue reading “Airtel beats Reliance Jio in 4G download speed: OpenSignal”
ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic broadband has revised its broadband plans in Delhi again, after revising the plans back in July. Now it has finally doubled monthly data limit without additional cost. Similar to Chennai and other cities, download and upload data are now combined and not counted separately offering more data limit. Speed of the plans and speed post FUP remain the same. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Delhi again, increases data limits at no extra cost”
