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Acer has launched Nitro 5 gaming laptop in India. It is powered by Intel’s 7th generation Core i7 and i5 processors and comes with Nvidia GTX 1050/1050Ti graphics card coupled with 4GB DDR5 RAM and 16GB RAM.
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Apple has invested $2.7 billion (3 trillion Korean Won) in LG Display to secure OLED displays for future iPhones, according to a latest report from The Korea Herald. This year’s iPhone 8 is rumored to sport OLED display instead of LCD display and these will be sourced from Samsung. Continue reading “Apple said to invest $2.7 billion in LG to get OLED panels for future iPhones”
ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic broadband has revised its broadband plans in Delhi in a year of launch. This will allow customers to enjoy higher speeds at no additional cost, said ACT. The Basic plan remains the same, but other plans have been upgraded. 100Mbps plan has been upgraded to 150Mbps at same costs Rs. 1,999 with 300GB FUP, compared to 250GB. Previously 125Mbps plan was the maximum for SOHO (Small office / Home Office) customers, now there are 150Mbps plans offering 50GB more data at same cost. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Delhi, 150Mbps plan now at Rs. 1999”
We had seen the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active in live images and a press image last week. Now more press shots of the phone has surfaced, thanks to Android Police who has got hold of the Samsung employee training manual for the phone that coincides with earlier leak confirming Bixby Button. It also has MIL-STD-810G endurance rating.
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Snapdeal has called off merger talks with Flipkart after almost six months of discussions and negotiations. The latest news comes just days after it was reported that Snapdeal board has approved $900-$950 million buyout deal. If the deal with Flipkart had gone through, it would have marked as the largest acquisition in the Indian e-commerce landscape. Continue reading “Snapdeal calls off Flipkart merger”
Samsung today announced that it developed LTE modem technology f its next-generation mobile processors that supports 6CA (carrier aggregation) for the first time in the industry. This Cat.18 6CA-supported LTE modem technology will offer a maximum download speed of 1.2 gigabits per second (Gbps), compared to Cat.16 LTE modem with 1 gigabit (Gb) downlink speed in the Samsung Exynos 9 Series (8895) processor that powers the Samsung Galaxy S8 series of phones. Continue reading “Samsung Cat.18 6CA-supported LTE modem with up to 1.2Gbps download speed announced”
Twitter has started testing a premium subscription program that will promote accounts and tweets for $99 per month. The micro-blogging site is currently offering this new program to only selected users via an invite.
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Micromax has launched Selife 2, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the country. It has a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek Mt6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with flash for capturing selfie even in low-lighting conditions. Continue reading “Micromax Selfie 2 with Android 7.0, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 9999”
Idea Cellular is said to be working with handset companies to bring down the cost of handsets. The telecom company will soon launch a phone to counter Reliance JioPhone which is raising net neutrality concerns about Reliance Jio’s 4G phones, according to a report from PTI. Continue reading “Idea to soon launch Rs. 2500 phone to counter Reliance JioPhone”
LG introduced Q6 series of smartphones that includes Q6α and Q6+ earlier this month with 5.5-inch FHD+ FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio and minimal bezels. Today that company has announced that the phone will roll out in Korea from this week. Continue reading “LG Q6 with FullVision display roll out begins this week, price revealed”
This week Nokia reported net sales of €5.6 billion in Q2 2017. Even though it was flat year-on-year, Nokia Technologies’ sales were up 90% versus the same period last year, which was largely driven by its recently-announced agreement with Apple. Continue reading “Nokia received $2 billion up-front cash payment from Apple as part of patent settlement”
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active (SM-G892A) surfaced in live images recently, yesterday detailed specifications of the phone surfaced in slides. Now we have the first press shots of the phone that we had seen in one of the slide, thanks to @evleaks. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Active rugged smartphone press image surfaces”
BlackBerry India has sent out invites for the launch of a new smartphone on August 1st. The company has also released a teaser video for the phone on its social channels that hints at the launch of KEYone with 4.5-inch (1620 x 1080 pixels) display with 3:2 aspect ratio, 4-row QWERTY physical backlit keyboard with keys that respond to touch gestures anda fingerprint sensor built into the spacebar.
Continue reading “BlackBerry schedules an event in India on August 1, KEYone expected”
This week Xiaomi introduced the most expected Mi 5X and also unveiled its new Mi AI Speaker. Lenovo-owned Moto introduced Moto Z2 Force, Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 Nxt, HTC launched the Sapphire Blue version of the U11, YU launched YUNIQUE 2, and more launches and announcements in our roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Mi 5X, Moto Z2 Force, Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt and more”
Chinese ODM Topwise Communication will launch its Comio range of smartphones in India on August 18th. The invite says You will feel the Power along with the launch date. The company has several smartphones including phones with dual rear cameras, and it plans to bring 3 or 4 smartphones to India first, but it is not clear what phones the company is planning to launch next month. Continue reading “Comio smartphones launching in India on August 18”
