OnePlus Nord CE 5G launching in India on June 10, Nord N200 5G coming to North America soon

Update: OnePlus has officially confirmed the launch of OnePlus Nord CE 5G smartphone in India on June 10th at 7PM IST. The phone will also launch in Europe on the same day. It also confirmed the launch of Nord N200 5G for North America soon. Continue reading “OnePlus Nord CE 5G launching in India on June 10, Nord N200 5G coming to North America soon”

BenQ GS2 smart wireless portable projector launched in India

BenQ, manufacturers of display products, has announced the launch of the GS2 smart portable projector in India. It is a wireless LED projector that comes with smart features built-in such as support for streaming apps and more.

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New OnePlus Nord teased for summer launch in India; Nord 2 and Nord CE 5G expected

OnePlus India has started teasing the launch of new Nord smartphone on Amazon.in after posting a cryptic teaser on its social channels yesterday which said “something new is coming”. The URL of the image confirms it will be a new Nord phone, but company did not confirm the name officially. However, it could be the OnePlus Nord 2, successor to the OnePlus Nord that was launched last year. Continue reading “New OnePlus Nord teased for summer launch in India; Nord 2 and Nord CE 5G expected”

Netflix testing “Play Something” button for their Android app

Last month, Netflix introduced a new button called “Play Something” on its TV apps as a way to help viewers decide what to watch next. As promised, the company is now rolling out the feature to their mobile apps, starting with a test on Android users.

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RedMagic 6R with 6.67-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM, 64MP quad rear cameras announced

RedMagic today announced the RedMagic 6R gaming phone in China. It features a 6.67-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate with adaptive refresh rate that can be switched between 30Hz / 60Hz / 90Hz / 120Hz / 144Hz, has 400Hz single finger touch sampling rate and 360Hz multi-finger touch sampling rate. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 888 with 5G SA/NSA, VC liquid cooling and graphene heat dissipation technology and runs RedMagic OS 4.0 based on Android 11. Continue reading “RedMagic 6R with 6.67-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM, 64MP quad rear cameras announced”

Facebook and Instagram introduce option to hide Like counts for posts

Instagram and its parent company Facebook are introducing a new feature on their platform which will allow users to hide the public Likes counts on a post. The reason behind this feature is to reduce the possible negative social effects caused by these Like counts such as anxiety and pressure.

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Global smartphone market predicted to ship 1.38 billion units in 2021; highest ever since 2015: IDC

The global smartphone is expected to reach record shipments in 2021, with the IDC predicting shipment numbers of nearly 1.38 billion units for the year, growing 7.7% when compared to 2020. The market’s growth is predicted to continue growing in 2022 at 3.8% YoY. Driving this growth is the increasing pace of adoption of 5G capable smartphones as 5G networks begin to deploy around the world.

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Nokia C20 Plus with Octa-Core Unisoc SoC, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery surfaces in benchmarks

HMD Global introduced the new C10 and C20 smartphones last month running Android 11 Go Edition with a promise of two years of security updates. Last week in a Chinese forum Nokia 20 Plus with a 5000mAh battery and the Nokia C30 with a 6000mAh battery surfaced in sketches. Now the Nokia C20 Plus has surfaced in Geekbench listing. Continue reading “Nokia C20 Plus with Octa-Core Unisoc SoC, 3GB RAM, 5000mAh battery surfaces in benchmarks”

Xiaomi reports record revenue and profit, 163.8% increase in profit in Q1 2021

Xiaomi has reported its earning for the first quarter (Q1 2020) of 2021 that ended March 31, 2021. It reported revenue of 76.9 billion yuan (US$ 12.03 billion), an increase of 54.7% compared to Q1 2020.  Adjusted net profit (Non-IFRS Measure) was 6.1 billion yuan, an increase of 163.8% year-over-year. The company said that both the revenue and adjusted net profit reached record highs in the quarter. Revenue from overseas markets increased 50.6% year-over-year to 37.4 billion yuan. Continue reading “Xiaomi reports record revenue and profit, 163.8% increase in profit in Q1 2021”

iQOO Z3 5G with 6.58-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 768G said to launch in India mid-June, pricing tipped

iQOO introduced it’s mid-range Z3 5G smartphone in China back in March. Now a new report says that the phone will be launched in India in third week of June, within June 15th priced around Rs. 25,000. According to earlier rumours, the phone will be exclusively launched on Amazon.in, after the iQOO 7 series. Even the company has started posting teaser. Continue reading “iQOO Z3 5G with 6.58-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 768G said to launch in India mid-June, pricing tipped”

New regulation won’t affect normal functioning of WhatsApp, refusal to comply a clear act of defiance: IT ministry

WhatsApp earlier today filed a lawsuit against the Government of India, seeking to block the regulations saying that traceability of messages would break end-to-end encryption. In reply, the IT ministry said that the Government of India recognises that ‘Right to Privacy’ is a fundamental right and has no intention to violate it when WhatsApp is required to disclose the origin of a particular message. Continue reading “New regulation won’t affect normal functioning of WhatsApp, refusal to comply a clear act of defiance: IT ministry”

Sony ECM-W2BT and ECM-LV1 microphones launched in India

In the world of external microphones, Sony has announced the launch of the ECM-W2BT and ECM-LV1 microphones in India. The former is a Shoe compatible wireless microphone, while the latter is a compact stereo lavalier microphone.

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Netgear Orbi RBK852 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh WiFi System launched in India

Netgear, a leading manufacturer of networking gear, has announced the launch of the Orbi RBK852 WiFi 6 Mesh WiFi System. As the name suggests, it is a mesh system that are designed to provide WiFi AX for homes larger than 350 sq meters or 5000 sq ft.

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ASUS ROG Flow X13, Zephyrus Duo 15 SE, G15 and G14 gaming laptops with AMD Ryzen 5000 series mobile CPUs launched in India

ASUS has announced multiple new updates for their ROG Flow and ROG Zephyrus line of laptops. They feature up to a AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. The ROG Flow X13 in particular is a special laptop that comes with support for a detachable eGPU (XG Mobile).

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RedmiBook Pro 15 with 3.2k 90Hz display and RedmiBook Pro 14 with 2.5k display, Ryzen 5000 series processors announced

Along with the Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G series, Xiaomi also introduced new RedmiBook Pro 15 and Pro 14 laptops with the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series processor in China, as it had promised after the Intel version was introduced back in February. The RedmiBook Pro 15 has 3.2k screen with support for 90Hz high refresh-rate, 4.3mm narrow frame and 89.1% screen-to-body ratio, and the RedmiBook Pro 14 has 2.5k screen with 4.3mm narrow frame and 88.2% screen-to-body ratio. Continue reading “RedmiBook Pro 15 with 3.2k 90Hz display and RedmiBook Pro 14 with 2.5k display, Ryzen 5000 series processors announced”