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Back in January, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a blacklist of 9 companies that they claimed to be under the control of the Chinese Military, among which Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi was included. After contesting the decision last month, a U.S. federal judge has now temporarily blocked the DoD from enforcing the consequences of the decision.
Continue reading “Xiaomi receives relief as US Judge suspends US DoD Blacklist decision”
After posting teasers about the phone last week, POCO today confirmed the launch of its next PRO smartphone in India on March 30th. This will be the POCO X3 Pro which is expected to replace the popular POCO F1 smartphone in the country. The image says Unleash #PROformance, which is the same as the earlier teaser. Continue reading “POCO X3 Pro launching in India on March 30”
HTC has silently introduced Wildfire E3, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Wildfire series and the successor of last year’s Wildfire E2 in Russia. This packs a 6.517-inch HD+ waterdrop notch screen that houses a 13-megapixel camera, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 2-megapixel depth and a 2-megapixel macro camera. Continue reading “HTC Wildfire E3 with 6.5-inch display, quad rear cameras announced”
ASUS has announced the launch of a range of powerful new laptops in their gaming focused ROG Strix line. They feature the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 – series GPUs, optical-mechanical keyboards, up to a 300Hz IPS display and more.
After teasers realme today confirmed the launch of realme 8 and realme 8 Pro smartphones in India on March 24th. The company already confirmed that the realme 8 Pro will come with a 108MP Samsung HM2 1/1.52″ primary sensor with support for 9-in-1 pixel binning, ISOCELL Plus, and Smart-ISO. It also said that it will be the world’s first to bring Starry Time-lapse Video and tilt-shift time-lapse video on its smartphone. Continue reading “realme 8 with 64MP and realme 8 Pro with 108MP quad rear cameras launching in India on March 24”
Vivo recently confirmed the launch of its X60 series smartphones in India on March 25th, a few days after the global launch on March 22nd. This will include the X60 and X60 Pro that were introduced in China back in December last year, but this will replace the Samsung Exynos 1080 SoC with the Snapdragon 870 for the global markets. The company is not expected to launch the X60 Pro+ model in India. Continue reading “Vivo X60 series 5G with Snapdragon 870, ZEISS optics launching in India on March 25”
realme has listed its Alkaline Battery on its India website. These non-rechargable batteries come in AA and AAA versions and the company says that these feature a larger and more stable discharge capacity than ordinary carbon batteries while maintaining the same size, come with leak-proof design and are exposition proof. Continue reading “realme AA / AAA Alkaline Battery now in India”
HMD Global has scheduled an event for the launch on April 8th where it is expected to introduce new Nokia smartphones for this year. The company just mentions #LoveTrustKeep along with the date and a man looking at the pine trees without giving any hints of what to expect. Continue reading “HMD Global schedules an event on April 8, new Nokia smartphones expected”
According to a new rumour from China, OPPO is preparing to release their first folding smartphone sometime during the second quarter of 2021. Interestingly, the device will not be a rollable smartphone like the OPPO X 2021 concept phone that they showcased last year, instead it will likely have a ‘regular’ folding design.
Continue reading “OPPO rumoured to release their first folding phone in Q2 2021”
Netflix has started testing new Mobile+ HD plan in India at Rs. 299 per month that lets users watch on any phone, tablet or computer, but you can’t watch it on TV. The company already tested a Mobile + computer HD plan at Rs. 349 back in July last year, but it was with 720p quality. However, this will let you watch in Mobile and Computer in 1080p quality. Continue reading “Netflix starts testing Mobile+ HD 1080p plan in India at Rs. 299 per month; looking to crackdown shared logins”
Update: The phone will be sold on Flipkart, and the teaser confirms punch-hole display, triple rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Micromax IN 1 smartphone launching on March 19”
As the COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway in India, Google is doing their part to make it easier for Indians to find vaccine-related information easily in Search and YouTube. The tech giant is working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure that users have the most up-to-date information about the two vaccines and also preventing the spread of misinformation about them.
Continue reading “Google Search now shows COVID-19 vaccine information in India”
Local Guides in Google Maps is one of its best features, giving users around the world the ability to update Maps with up to date information at a local level. Google is now introducing 3 news ways of sharing and finding these local recommendations and information.
The world’s most popular browser app, Google Chrome is receiving a new update that improves its performance and memory efficiency in both its Android and Windows versions. The new version, Chrome 89, uses their new memory allocator and has smarter memory management across the board.
Google Pixel 5a surfaced in CAD-based renders last month. Now Google has confirmed to ET that it will further increase the Pixel inventory in India this year when it launches the Pixel 5a after the company doubled inventory for Pixel for India last year with the Pixel 4a. Still the phone is facing a huge demand mainly due to the competitive pricing compared to earlier models. Continue reading “Google said to increase Pixel inventory for India this year ahead of rumored Pixel 5a launch on June 11”
