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Moto Z2 Force press image shows its slim body, said to pack 2730mAh battery

Moto Z2 Force leak

Specifications and new images of Moto Z2 Force surfaced earlier this month and the company even confirmed its announcement in new teaser, now @evleaks has posted new image of the phone from all the angles that shows its sleek body, which is said to be about 6mm so it doesn’t look bulky when Moto Mods are connected. It also reveals that the phone will have just 2730mAh battery, 22% smaller compared to 3500mAh in the predecessor, Moto Z Force. Just like the Z Force, this doesn’t have a 3.5mm audio jack and there is a 16-pin Moto Mod connector on the back.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 announcement scheduled for August 23

Samsung Galaxy Note8 Unpacked August 23 invite

After rumors, Samsung has finally sent out invites for the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 23 where it is expected to unveil the flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone. Samsung says that it will be the ultimate multitasking device for those who want to do bigger things with their phone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 announcement scheduled for August 23”

OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 4.5.6 update rolling out to fix reboot caused when dialing emergency numbers

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Earlier this week few OnePlus 5 users started report a bug that make the device reboot immediately after dialing emergency numbers ‘911’ (US) or ‘999’ (UK). As the company already had promised, it has released a new OxygenOS 4.5.6 hotfix update to fix the issue. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 4.5.6 update rolling out to fix reboot caused when dialing emergency numbers”

Interconnection: Airtel says it is losing Rs. 550 crore per quarter due to calls from Reliance Jio’s network

After an open-house held by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today regarding interconnection usage charges (IUC) where Reliance Jio proposed to make IUC zero, Airtel has sent out a release saying that Reliance Jio is creating monopoly, throttling competition by proposing zero IUC. “By proposing a transition to the ‘Bill and Keep’ regime with zero MTC, Reliance Jio wants to simply transfer its cost to Airtel and other operators,” said Airtel.

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Intex Aqua Lions 3 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery, Android 7.0 launched for Rs. 6499

Intex Aqua Lions 3

Intex just launched Aqua Lions 3, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Aqua series at an event. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display with , is powered by a Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has 8-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash for both. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Lions 3 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery, Android 7.0 launched for Rs. 6499”

Lenovo daystAR headset, SmartCast+ speaker with built-in projector and other AI-powered concept devices announced

daystAR headset

At the third annual Lenovo Tech World innovation summit the company introduced concept devices enabled for AI. This includes CAVA contextual aware virtual assistant, daystAR headset, a standalone vision processing unit, SmartVest world’s first 12-lead medical-grade wireless smart ECG wear, Xiaole, a better customer service platform and SmartCast+, an intelligent, interactive speaker with projection, object recognition and AR interaction. Continue reading “Lenovo daystAR headset, SmartCast+ speaker with built-in projector and other AI-powered concept devices announced”

Honor Band 3 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2799

Honor Band 3

After announcing the Honor Band 3 fitness and sleep tracking band in India at the Honor 8 Pro launch event earlier this month, Huawei’s Honor brand has launched it in India . It has a 0.91-inch OLED display, comes with continuous heart rate tracking and is also water resistant up to 50 meters. Continue reading “Honor Band 3 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2799”

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra with 6-inch 1080p display, 16MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 29990

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

Sony just launched Xperia XA1 Ultra successor of last year’s Xperia XA Ultra in India. It was introduced at the MWC earlier this year, has the same 6-inch 1080p display and a 2700mAh battery as the predecessor, but this is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P20 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat).

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Xiaomi Mi 5X official press shots show its design, gets certified by the FCC

Xiaomi Mi 5X

Xiaomi is all set to introduce its new Mi 5X smartphone next week. Few images of the phone surfaced yesterday, now the company’s marketing director Zang Zhiyuan has shared more images of the phone that shows similar design as the OPPO R11 or the OnePlus 5 that were introduced recently. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5X official press shots show its design, gets certified by the FCC”

Softbank’s 20% stake buy in Paytm’s parent One97 Communications approved by CCI

Japanese internet and telecom conglomerate, SoftBank’s 20 percent stake purchase in One97 Communications, the parent company of digital payments platform Paytm, has been approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The approval comes two months after Paytm raised Rs 9,000 crores ($1.4 billion) from SoftBank, making it the biggest investment by the Softbank in the Indian internet ecosystem.

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Avast acquires CCleaner creator Piriform

CCleaner

Avast, popular for its security products has announced that it has acquired Piriform, creator of CCleaner popular system cleaning utility used by 130 million people, including 15 million Android users. Avast said that it will maintain and support CCleaner separately from its current optimization portfolio, and Piriform customers will continue to get the attention and service they are used to. Continue reading “Avast acquires CCleaner creator Piriform”

HMD Global CEO Arto Nummela leaves the company

Arto Nummela

Before the re-launch of Nokia, HMD Global last year appointed Arto Nummela, who previously held senior positions at Nokia as the CEO of the company. He launched the new Nokia Android smartphones and the new 3310 at the MWC 2017. Today HMD Global announced that Arto Nummela will leave HMD with immediate effect, through mutual agreement between him and the HMD Global Board of Directors.
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Samsung Bixby voice assistant in English finally launched starting from the US and Korea

Samsung Bixby

After several delays, Samsung has finally launched the Bixby Voice assistant in U.S. English for Galaxy S8 and S8+ users in the United States and Korea. The Samsung Galaxy S8 series phones come with dedicated Bixby hardware button that lets you access Bixby Voice by pressing and holding it. At the announcement Samsung said that Bixby will only understand US English and Korean. Continue reading “Samsung Bixby voice assistant in English finally launched starting from the US and Korea”

Xiaomi Mi TV 4A cheapest 32-inch Smart TV announced

Xiaomi Mi TV 4A 32-inch

Xiaomi today introduced 32-inch version of the Mi TV 4A, which is the company’s cheapest Smart TV. It also has “Patch Wall”, a UI layer on top of the Android OS that’s based on deep learning AI technology, but it doesn’t have Bluetooth and Bluetooth voice remote control. It has intelligent system that offers recommendations based on your usage and is just 4kg making it easy to shift it. It is also one of the smallest measuring 435x478x733mm.

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Sennheiser CX 7.00BT in-ear wireless headset with apt-X, NFC launched in India for Rs. 11990

Sennheiser CX 7.00BT

Sennheiser has launched CX 7.00BT, its latest neckband style wireless headset with Bluetooth 4.1 and Qualcomm apt-X for true Hi-Fi sound. It also has NFC support for one-touch pairing. Continue reading “Sennheiser CX 7.00BT in-ear wireless headset with apt-X, NFC launched in India for Rs. 11990”