Reliance AGM, Jio Phone 3 and Jio GigaFiber launch today: How to watch livestream and key things to know

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Reliance AGM, Jio Phone 3 and Jio GigaFiber launch today: How to watch livestream and key things to know

Reliance has been a disrupter in the Indian market in the Telecom sector since it had launched Jio services in the country. Last year they gave us a glimpse of what the next level of innovation the company is working on, which will disrupt the broadband and TV industry (with Reliance Gigafibre). The Reliance annual general meeting (AGM) is set for today. Here Mukesh Ambani along with his family and team members will showcase the next level of innovations by them. Here are the key things expected to happen at the AGM and how to watch the Reliance live stream.

Jio GigaFiber tariff plans

Ever since Reliance has announced the GigaFibre internet service, other broadband players such as Airtel who have a monopoly in cities like New Delhi, have been shivering. Airtel has already posted a loss last quarter and the ailing company is ready to undergo another big blow. Since reliance has portrayed themselves as a people-first company, more and more customers have flocked to the brand. Unlike Airtel, who like most commercial organisations, are giving cheap services at an extremely high rate.

At the AGM Reliance will fully launch the Jio GigaFibre service where the company will announce the all India tariff plans. People close to Gadget Bridge have told us that the base plan will start at just Rs 500 and users will get a max of 100Mbps speed on it. The price here is much lower than the competition like ACT and Airtel who are generally charging between 600-900 Rupees depending upon the city you stay in. Also, the speed given to customers is mostly up to 40 MBPS, however, Airtel users get just 16-24Mbps. Which is why many are miffed with Airtel and might swiftly move to Reliance. Another plan worth Rs 799-999 might be revealed for users who want higher speed of up to 500Mbps with 300GB data limit per month.  The company can provide speeds of up to 1Gbps.

Reliance Jio Phone 3

Who would have thought that one can use apps like Facebook and WhatsApp in a Rs 500 phone. Well, Reliance made that possible last year and this time they are set to unveil another phone called JioPhone 3. It is slated to run KaiOS and will be supported by a MediaTek chipset. The improved feature sets of this smart feature phone are still unclear.

Free landline service

This is something reliance has been working on since years and now the network has already been laid out in major towns and cities. Sources close to Gadget Bridge have already revealed that cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata could have had this service couple of years ago, however, the company wanted to give all the three services (Internet, landline and TV) together. Reports have also come out that some users, who pre-registered, have already got the landline connection. Free landline service will come with all Jio GigaFibre plans, with free local calls.

Jio GigaTV

Reliance Triple Play plan is also on the cards where users will get Jio’s DTH services along with broadband as well as the landline service. The plan might be revealed at an initial price of Rs 600 and a FuP limit of 100GB might be put on it. After which the speed will drop down to 1-3Mbps. This will be good enough to watch SD TV at home. But for HD channels this is definitely not sufficient. Chances are 100GB limit might not be put on Jio GigaTV, but just on the broadband part of this plan.

How to watch Reliance Annual General Meeting (AGM) and launch of Jio GigaFibre

The 42nd AGM of Reliance will begin at 11 AM on 12th August 2019 at Birla Matushri Sabhagar in Mumbai. You can watch the live stream of the AGM where RIL MD, Mukesh Ambani will start the proceedings on the firms YouTube Channel here or on its Facebook page here or on Twitter here.

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 Timex Helix launched two fitness bands Helix Gusto and Helix Gusto HRM in India

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 Timex Helix launched two fitness bands Helix Gusto and Helix Gusto HRM in India

Timex group brand, Helix, launched a new fitness brand Gusto in India at a somewhat affordable price. The company has launched the two variants of the fitness brand Helix Gusto and Helix Gusto HRM variant. The regular variant has been launched at a price tag of Rs 1,495, on the other hand, the HRM variant is available at Rs 2,295.

As per the company, the Helix Gusto offers long battery life along with smartphone notifications as well as social media updates. The company stated that the fitness band is perfect for a women wrists as well as for men. Gusto also offers users to view exercise statistics and incoming alerts as well.

Commenting on the new collection, Manoj Joshi, Head Sales Timex India said, “At Timex, we are always looking at expanding our offerings to cater to customers of all segments. With launch of Gusto under Helix, we are happy to enter a new segment of fitness trackers and bands. With fitness becoming a fad and with the advent of technology, the Indian fitness industry is growing exponentially. Consumers are now taking greater interest in fitness and are actively seeking services and products to aid them in their fitness journey. Gusto by Helix is the ideal fitness watch as it is a step up from other affordable fitness watches in the market which have simplistic displays and limited tracking options. Through Helix Gusto, Timex Group aims to provide consistent fitness tracking with minimal investment.”

As we mentioned earlier Helix fitness band comes with longer battery life. It offers a battery life of up to 15 days. The Timex Helix Gusto is available with features like larger display screen, a heart rate monitor, camera control, phone finder, incoming call reminder as well as call disconnect features.

The Company has launched the band in four neon colours along with a magnetic flip. The colour options include Blue, Grey, Purple, and Turquoise Blue. In addition, with bright colour variants, Helix Gusto comes with a colour 0.42-inch OLED display as well. On the other hand, the Timex Helix Gusto HRM sports a bigger 0.96-inch OLED display. Both the variants of the Timex Helix Gusto are waterproof and are available with modes like calorie tracking, distance, step monitoring, outdoor activities and sleep tracking capabilities.

The upper variant Helix Gusto HRM comes with additional features such as heart rate monitor, camera control, phone finder, incoming call reminder and calls disconnect features. Both devices can be connected to Android and iOS devices.

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Google Maps rolling out new feature that will let the user track their impending flights and hotel bookings

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Google Maps rolling out new feature that will let the user track their impending flights and hotel bookings

Technology giant Google has started rolling out a new feature that now permits the user to view their impending fights as well as their hotel reservation despite the fact that they are traveling. Google Maps now comes with a new reservation tab within the app that can be found in the ‘Your Place’ section. In addition, Google Maps is also spreading the accessibility of the Live View feature that makes use of the Augmented Reality to improve navigation. Along with the Live View feature the company has also accumulated a new restructured Timeline feature basically allows the user to create a list of places that they can share with their family as well as friends. This will help them out to plan their journey.

By bringing fresh reservations feature Google Maps will allow the user to track their flight and hotel reservations from one place. The user can get to the new Reservations Tab by tapping on the dedicated three grey lines placed on the top left corner of the phone’s screen after which the user can tap on the Select Your Places option then selecting the Reservations Tab. This will allow the user to view their future journey like flight timings along with hotel reservations for the trip. The Technology Giant has also confirmed that the new feature will arrive on both Android as well as iOS in a little while. In addition to this, the company also said that this feature works offline on top.

The search engine giant has already made this new feature available on the Google Pixel series of smartphones after I/O 2019 conference in May this year. Starting this week the company is planning to bring this new feature to Android as well as iOS devices that will be supporting ARCore along with ARKit. The new navigation feature brings into play the Phone’s camera for the duration of the navigation process that overlays augmented reality arrows in the world around the user that will help them reach their destination. This feature works when the user chooses ‘Walking’ as their preferred means of travel in the Maps.

The newly simplified Timeline feature allows the user to view all the places that they visited some time ago. In addition to this, the feature also segregates them into groups such as restaurants, shops, attractions, hotels, and airports. These can be exported into a customised list that permits the user to note down exactly what they liked about the places and then share this list with their family and friends. However, the company has confirmed that the said feature will also arrive soon to Android devices, but it has not confirmed that yet when the feature will be rolled out for the iOS devices.

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OnePlus users can watch Sacred Games before everyone else

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OnePlus users can watch Sacred Games before everyone else

Netflix is all set to release the second season of its highly anticipated series, Sacred Games and fans are waiting for it too. With the launch of the series approaching, Chinese technology brand OnePlus has announced that it has something special in store for its community. Sacred Games Season 2 will be releasing on August 15, 2019 on Netflix. However, members of the OnePlus community will have the chance to watch the first episode of the series by registering for special screenings in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

The company will be holding the screenings on August 14, 2019. The registrations for the same have begun and the tickets have also gone live today.

To recall, in May this year, the Chinese technology brand has also released two posters and a behind-the-scenes video for Sacred Games Season 2 that were shot on OnePlus 7 Pro. The posters and the video were meant to show the camera capabilities of the device.

Speaking on this, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India, said “When we announced our partnership with Netflix, we spoke about bringing unique experiences for our community and provided an incredible viewing experience on OnePlus 7 Pro with its HDR supported display. Now, we are happy to bring this unique experience to our community and look forward to a full house as we watch the first episode of the exciting new season of Sacred Games.”

OnePlus 7 Pro, the company’s most recent flagship, runs Android 9.0 Pie skinned with OxygenOS and it comes with a 6.67-inch curved Quad HD+ (1440×3120 pixels) Fluid AMOLED display. The smartphone’s screen has a refresh rate of 90Hz, is certified by HDR10+ and has the A+ quality rating by DisplayMate.

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Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC, the smartphone comes with Adreno 640 GPU clubbed with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. For imaging duties, there is a triple rear camera setup that has a 48MP primary Sony IMX586 sensor that has OIS and EIS, an 8MP telephoto sensor with 3x zoom, and a 16MP sensor. For selfies and video calls, there is a 16MP pop-up selfie camera. The device houses a 4,000mAh battery.

OnePlus 7 Pro can be bought in three storage variants in India – 6GB RAM/128GB storage, 8GB RAM/256GB storage and 12GB RAM/256GB storage. The base model with 6GB RAM is priced at Rs 48,999, the 8GB RAM model costs Rs 52,999, and the most high-end variant can be bought at Rs 57,999.

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Huawei officially announces its new operating system HarmonyOS

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Huawei officially announces its new operating system HarmonyOS

Chinese technology brand Huawei is slowly moving ahead to become more self-reliant. The company has officially announced its new operating system called HarmonyOS that it was reported to be working on for a long time. With the new operating system, Huawei would not have to be completely dependent on Android. In the company’s home country China, the software will be called as Hongmeng.

According to the company, the operating system can be used in a number of gadgets like smartphones, smart speakers, wearables and others. Huawei will be releasing it all over the globe as an open-source platform.

A number of reports about Huawei’s in-house operating system had started circulating online when Google had paused its business with the company in May this year after the US government announced a trade ban. With this, the company’s Android license was also suspended. After that, Huawei was not very secretive about working on its own operating system.

Huawei has said that it will first be launching its HarmonyOS on “smart screen products” later this year. It has also been announced that the first of these products will be the Honor Smart Screen, which will be unveiled on Saturday. Prior to this, a report in Reuters also said that the OS will be present on a range of Honor smart TVs. Products that are being launched in China will get the operating system first and only then it will expand to other markets.

According to Huawei CEO Richard Yu, HarmonyOS is “completely different from Android and iOS,” as it has the ability to scale across various devices. He further said, “You can develop your apps once, then flexibly deploy them across a range of different devices.”

Much like Google‘s experimental Fuchsia OS, HarmonyOS will run on various form factors like smartphones and Internet of Things devices. It will also be rolled out to other devices in the next three years. As of now, the company will continue using Android on its devices. However, it is not clear till when it can continue to do this. According to a report in CNBC, the company has said that it is still “waiting on an update” to find out.

Developers would be needed to recompile their apps for Huawei’s new HarmonyOS software. According to the Chinese technology brand, they will be able to compile a range of languages into machine code in one single environment. However, as of now, there is no clarity on how easy will that be.

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YouTube Premium and Music’s 3 months subscription is being given to students for free

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YouTube Premium and Music’s 3 months subscription is being given to students for free

Everyone loves to get a good service. And if there are no costs attached to it, it becomes even sweeter. YouTube has announced that the Alphabet-owned company will give 3 months subscription of its Premium and Music service to students at no costs. Generally, they give only 1-month free subscription to people. But in a tender to increase its say in the OTT online video and music content and streaming market, they are giving 3 months’ worth free subscription.

The offer is only for students at the moment and they will get 3 months free service, after which they would need to pay the regular fee like others. Companies like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Spotify and Amazon Music already have a strong foothold in many regions. YouTube wants to grow its premium market. Hence, they have taken this decision. The deal includes where students would need to sign up for a fee of USD 6.99 (Rs 490 approximately) per month. Here the first three months are given as free.

YouTube in a statement said, “Attention: Students, for a limited time, new members can enjoy three months of the #YouTubeMusic Premium or @YouTubePremium student plan in select territories, on us. Let us know what you’re playing to get #BacktoSchool,”

For the unknown, YouTube premium gives its users ad-free watching experience, in which users can also download videos to watch later in Full HD (1080p) resolution. Similarly, YouTube music also gives users an ad-free experience and one can also download music in this service. The package is very similar to Amazon Music and Spotify. With this the company aims to increase its userbase and get new customers to start using its service.

As said, right now the market is being led by Netflix and Amazon Prime. Both of which have great local and international content. Which is being updated very rapidly. So, according to us the task for YouTube premium is tough. They might also want to lower the prices since some of its competition has already done that for emerging markets like India.

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Apple is now locking down its batteries making it difficult to be repaired

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Apple is now locking down its batteries making it difficult to be repaired

The Cupertino-based technology giant Apple will put a stop to third-party battery replacement on a small number of its iPhone devices. From now onwards the users of the premium smartphone are required to replace their batteries from the authorized Apple service providers only. The company is supposed to discontinue the batteries with a software switch. Furthermore, if the user makes their mind up to replace the battery on their own or through other ways it will show an error message about the battery’s fitness on the screen of the device. Currently, the latest battery confinement is alleged active on various iPhone devices such as iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max as well.

This new development was first discovered by a YouTuber named Justin. Through his videos, he demonstrated the error message displayed on the screen of an Apple’s device when he replaced an iPhone XR battery with an unauthorized Apple battery by himself. Subsequent to this when it was restored to the genuine battery, the phone still displayed the ‘service’ error in the Battery Health section. What’s more, the Battery Health section showed an additional message that interpreted, “Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery. Health information not available for this battery.”

The said error message appeared immediately after the user reinstates the authorized Apple battery. The user cannot by themselves withdraw the error message unless he/she gets the battery stand-in through an Apple Authorised Service Provider or else Apple Genius store.

According to the YouTuber, the company has done this so as to bind the users to compensate Apple for restoring the batteries. In addition to this, he revealed that the reason behind this is the Texas Instruments microcontroller that too has the certification mark.

According to ifixit, Apple uses its own proprietary version, but pretty much all smartphone batteries have some version of this chip. The chip used in newer iPhone batteries includes an authentication feature that stores the info for pairing the battery to the iPhone’s logic board. In simple terms, if the battery doesn’t have the unique authentication key the iPhone’s logic board is expecting, you’ll get that “Service” message. Technically, it is possible to remove the microcontroller chip from the original battery and carefully solder it into the new battery you’re swapping in, restoring the Battery Health feature—but the procedure isn’t for the faint of heart, and it’s an unreasonable requirement for any repair, much less something as simple as a battery swap. After this, the user will not be able to view its battery’s health and know when it’s time to replace it.

“Then again, this is a huge problem for iPhone owners who may not know about this new, sneaky lockdown, and it will undoubtedly cause confusion: they’ll replace their own battery and notice the “Service” message, then begin troubleshooting a problem that isn’t there. By doing this Apple is making the repair more and more intricate.

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Google realised that users prefer three button navigation more than gestures mode

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Google realised that users prefer three button navigation more than gestures mode

Google has introduced new navigation gestures in its latest Android Q update. The new navigation mode allows the user to navigate back left/right edge swipe, to the home screen swipe up from the bottom as well as activate the device assistant by swiping in from the bottom corners with the use of gestures instead of using buttons.

The company stated that bringing in a gesture model meant that the system navigation can endow an additional number of the screen to apps. By doing this they can provide a new improved immersive experience.

The company has also explained why the gesture navigation model is much better than a three-button system. According to the company, gestures are faster as well as natural and designed for efficiency and comfort in the working environment to navigate the device. Secondly, the gestures are more planned rather than software buttons that allow the user to activate simply by grabbing their mobile phone. Thirdly, gestures facilitate an additional immersive practice in favour of apps by reducing how much the system draws in excess of app content. For instance, HOME/BACK buttons and the bar they assemble on particularly the hardware drifts to bigger screens as well as smaller bezels.

However, the company further said that during the development it was a bit tricky as they came across many issues associated with gesture modes. It realised that the gestures do not work for every user. Secondly, Gestures can at times be harder to become skilled at and can take some adjustment. Thirdly, Gestures can get in the way of an app’s navigation pattern.

Google stated in its blog, “But most of all, we realized that there was a larger issue of fragmentation when different Android phones had different gestures, especially for Android developers. Over the last year, we worked with partners like Samsung, Xiaomi, HMD Global, OPPO, OnePlus, LG, Motorola, and many others to standardize gesture navigation going forward. To ensure a consistent user and developer experience, the Android Q gestures will be the default gesture navigation for new Q+ devices. Understanding that these gestures don’t work for every user, especially those with more limited dexterity and mobility, three-button navigation will continue to be an option on every Android device.”

The earlier versions of Android Q did not include the preference to return to three-button navigation. Later, in the beta version, the system gave a choice to go back to either two-button or three-button navigation. The stable version of the Android Q will have the benefit of switching back to the three-button navigation. This can be done by going to Settings > System > Gestures > System navigation to hit upon the option. However, previously the Google Pixel 3 users were strained to make use of the gesture navigation. Now the Pixel 3 consumers will also be benefited from the back button option.

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Black Shark was launched Rookie Gaming Kit in India, can own it starting Rupees 2

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Black Shark was launched Rookie Gaming Kit in India, can own it starting Rupees 2

Gaming technology company Black Shark launched its first mobile gaming accessory in India. The gaming company introduced Black Shark 2, the Rookie Kit Gamepad in the country. Both the devices are portable as well as convenient. The Rookie Kit is available with two gears Black Shark Gamepad – (Left Side Version) along with Black Shark Gamepad 2.0 Holder (Left Side). The device is compatible with Redmi K20 as well as Redmi K20 Pro as well.

The controller can be used with a good number of Android Games and it comes with 6+1 Analog Stick along with customizable button arrangements. The multi-function gaming button opens up quite a lot of influencing gaming features, especially on Black Shark devices. All the buttons present on the controller can work together with divisions of the touch screen. Also, the user can save the button arrangements for every time they play a game.

As per the company the gaming device has been designed on the wireless Bluetooth 4.2 Technology that can be paired with other devices without any trouble. With this feature, without any lack of restrictions, the user can have fun playing games anytime and anywhere. The company stated that the product is compact as well as lightweight and it weighs 20g. It houses a 340mAh battery that permits the user to play up to 40 hours once fully charges. It also has a USB-C port.

David Li, Vice President, Black Shark (Global) said, “Firstly, we are delighted to bring to our fans in India, the Rookie Kit and thank them for their utmost patience. This launch marks a historic step for us as a brand and the community as we look to bring the best of gaming accessories that cater specifically to mobile gamers. We are certain that fans will appreciate the functionality, design and the unique experience of using a gamepad to go with the superlative touch screen on the Black Shark 2. From your favourite emulators to first-person shooters, the Rookie Kit provides exceptional comfort and gameplay experience backed by unmatched portability.”

 Offers & Details

Black Shark’s Rookie Kit is available in the country to all existing and future Black Shark buyers for a token amount of Rs 2. Interested buyers who are the existing user of Black Shark 2 can visit “My reward” section on the Flipkart to take advantage of the offers on the Rookie Kit Gamepad. As per the company the existing offer can only be redeemed one time for the duration of redemption period that is from September 15 to October 15, 2019.

In addition to this, the buyers can get a discount of Rs 5,000 on both the variant of Black Shark 2 during the National Shopping Days Sale. The sale is being held on Flipkart from August 8 to August 10, 2019. On the other hand, the Shadow Black variant with 6GB/128GB storage will be sold at Rs 34,999 moreover the Frozen Silver model with 12GB/ 256GB storage can be purchased for Rs 44,999 during the National Shopping Days Sale on Flipkart. Additionally, the ICICI card users can also avail a 10 percent instant discount.

Pricing & Availability

The Black Shark Rookie Kit will be available on the e-commerce website on Flipkart for Rs 3,498. Separately, the Black Shark Gamepad 2.0 Holder will cost at Rs 499 and the other Black Shark Gamepad (Left Side) can be purchased at Rs 2,999.

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Honor Band 5 with AMOLED colour display launched in India

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Honor Band 5 with AMOLED colour display launched in India

Smart band and smartphone manufacture Honor has introduced Honor Band 5 in India. The Honor Band 5 comes with advanced health-tracking features at an affordable price. The key features include AMOLED full-color display, watch faces, intelligent sleep data, real-time heart rate monitor, water-resistant up to 50 meters, swim stroke recognition and 10 distinct fitness modes and many more.

Honor Band 5 Specifications and features

Honor Band 5 features a 0.95-inch 2.5D Glass over a full-color AMOLED touchscreen display that offers high brightness while consuming less power. It comes equipped with 45 fonts that are color-coded text as well as call icons.  With the use of Watch Face Store, the user can select watch faces, apt in every setting such as at home, on an outing, in the office, at the gym and more.

As we mentioned earlier the Honor Band 5 comes equipped with several health-centric features. It comes with a feature for tracking sleep that is called TruSleep monitoring. The company has used HUAWEI TruSleep2.0 sleep detection technology that makes sure sound and healthy sleep is what the user gets. It monitors the sleeping heart rate and breathing for tracking the user’s sleeping routine. According to the company, Honor Band 5 is capable of identifying six common sleeping problems along with more than 200 custom-made sleep quality evaluations. In addition to this, it also gives suggestions to the users for healthy and sound sleep. It automatically changes to the infrared technology to monitor the heart rate and sleep when the Band 5 becomes aware that the user is asleep. This feature puts off visible light from affecting the rest of the quality.

Honor Band 5 comes with a feature that monitor’s user’s heart rate too. The company has made use of Huawei’s TruSeen 3.0 intelligent heart rate monitor which makes the most of AI-driven algorithms for high-precision readings. Furthermore, the band also alerts the user if it detects an increase or decrease in heart rate. It brings into play Infrared technology for continuous as well as non-disruptive monitoring during the night. The Band 5 is water-resistant up to 50 meters that can be used while swimming, washing hand or rain. It also has a swim stroke recognition feature that can recognise four main swim strokes, namely freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. It can also record swimming speed, distance, calories, calculates and the SWOLF score. It also allows the user to plan for high-level fitness tracking and tailored recommendations that track as well as display data time, distance, stride frequency, speed, calories, and aerobic/anaerobic training results.

Honor Band 5 can be connected to a smartphone via Huawei Health app that also displays incoming calls that can be rejected or else muted. The band can also be used to click photos by simply lifting the wrist and using the band. Additionally, it has a feature that can be used to find the phone. The Honor Band 5 offers a battery life of up to two weeks.

Price and Availability

 Honor Band 5 is available in three colour variants Midnight Navy, Coral Pink, and Meteorite Black. Buyers can purchase the Band from the e-retail website Flipkart at Rs 2,599.

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Realme revealed the 64MP camera smartphone, will be launched in India before Diwali

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Realme revealed the 64MP camera smartphone, will be launched in India before Diwali

In a press event held in New Delhi Realme finally revealed its most anticipated 64MP camera smartphone. However, the company has already been sharing its details about its upcoming smartphone. Now the Chinese smartphone company has said that the new smartphone will be featuring a quad-camera set up in its new Realme range of smartphones. In addition to this, the smartphone company has also revealed that it is planning the launch of the new smartphone ahead of Diwali.

During the press event, the company did not disclose any other information with regard to its specification and features other than the camera capabilities. Realme said that the smartphone will be equipped with Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor offers 64MP photos with a resolution of 9,248 x 6,936 pixels. That comes with the support for HDR of up to 100-decibels. The Realme’s 64-megapixel camera smartphone is supposed to come in two variants Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro. Both the variant will be sporting quad-camera setups. On the other hand, the company also revealed that the Realme X descendant will also be featuring the 64-megapixel camera. The company stated that even before Samsung introduced the ISOCELL Bright GW1 publically the company has been working with the South Korean company on the development of the 64MP camera smartphone.

Realme revealed the 64MP camera smartphone

Furthermore, Realme made public that the approaching handset will be coming up with a quad-camera setup supported with a Super Wide Angle feature for taking photographs along with 2x telephoto lens, Ultra Macro feature as well as expert mode.

Realme took to Twitter to disclose more information around the 64MP camera sensor. The company tweeted, “The new Full-Function Quad Camera System on our smartphones will be packed with various features like Ultra Resolution, Super Wide Angle, Ultra Macro and Ultra Nightscape to provide our users an excellent camera experience.”

Realme revealed the 64MP camera smartphone

Additionally, during the press event as well on its official Twitter account the smartphone company shared various camera samples that gave an idea about the 64-megapixel camera capabilities.

Even before Realme introduced us to its 64-megapixel camera smartphone capabilities a day before Xiaomi too revealed its 64MP phone imaging technology in Beijing that is supposed to be launched in the fourth quarter this year. Let’s see which smartphone comes to life first.

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Motorola One Zoom will be featuring quad rear camera set up: New renders

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Motorola One Zoom will be featuring quad rear camera set up: New renders

Few months ago, in April, renders surfaced on the internet reveals that the Lenovo owned company Motorola is working on a phone with quad rear cameras. Again press renders appeared online that revealed more information with regards to the anticipated device. According to the renders, the device is speculated to be called Motorola One Pro. As per the latest update, fresh details appeared that reveals that the said device will be launched as Motorola One Zoom and not the previous name that was earlier rumoured.

As per Winfuture.de report, the said smartphone that is rumoured to arrive with name Motorola One Zoom will be featuring a 6.2-inch display screen along with a notch for the selfie camera.  The anticipated smartphone will miss the 21:9 aspect ratio that the One Vision features. One Zoom has an AMOLED display as well as it sports a fingerprint scanner on the rear panel.

Motorola One Zoom
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Motorola One Zoom is expected to feature a 48MP camera that makes use of Quad Pixel technology. This is identical to the same camera sensors that have been used in Motorola One Vision. Additionally, the other two sensors come with an image stabilisation feature, as well. But the company has not yet confirmed if the smartphone will either feature a telephoto camera or the ultra-wide-angle camera equipped with optical image stabilisation. For the unknown, the ultra-wide-angle camera is used for super wide-angle photography, on the other hand, the telephoto zoom lens offers up to 5X hybrid zoom.

Now coming on the design the Motorola One Zoom comes with a textured power button that is placed on the right side of the device. Above the power button the volume rocker has been placed that has antenna lines on top as well as the bottom. As per the reports, the said device is expected to come up with a 3.5mm audio jack along with USB Type C port. Moreover, height and the thickness on the device hint that it will be equipped with a larger battery but the capacity has not been revealed as of now. The phone runs on Android Pie. It is expected that the company will be launching the upcoming smartphone after IFA 2019 and is expected to carry a price tag of €429. RAM and storage details are still under wraps but should be out closer to the date. We reckon a 6GB model is on the cards.

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Compare: Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Vs OnePlus 7 Pro

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Compare: Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Vs OnePlus 7 Pro

Samsung has finally launched the most awaited Galaxy Note 10 series in an unpacked event in New York on Wednesday. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ smartphone comes with a 6.8-inch inch display powered by Samsung Exynos 9825 processor. The latest smartphone houses a 4,300mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ comes in Auro Glow, Aura White, and Aura Black colour options.

As the company has finally launched the new smartphone and you if are planning to buy it we recommend you take a look at our comparison first. The new handset comes with similar specifications as to OnePlus 7 Pro. So here we compare Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ with OnePlus 7 Pro so that you can see how similar and different they are:

Display

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+:6.8-inch 498ppi 3040×1440 pixels resolution display

OnePlus 7 Pro: 6.67-inch curved Quad HD+ Fluid AMOLED display with a screen to body ratio of 93.22%, refresh rate of 90Hz and A+ quality rating by DisplayMate

Processor

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: Samsung Exynos 9825

OnePlus 7 Pro:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC

Rear camera

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: 16MP Ultra Wide Camera, 12MP Wide-angle Camera, 12MP Telephoto Camera

OnePlus 7 Pro: Triple rear camera setup with 48MP primary Sony IMX586 sensor, an 8MP telephoto sensor, and a 16MP wide-angle sensor. The camera app has support for 3x zoom.

Selfie camera

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+:10MP Selfie Camera

OnePlus 7 Pro: 16MP pop-up selfie camera

RAM and storage

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+:12GB RAM with 256GB/512GB internal storage

OnePlus 7 Pro: GB RAM/128GB storage, 8GB RAM/256GB storage and 12GB RAM/256GB storage

Battery

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: 4300mAh battery

OnePlus 7 Pro: 4,000mAh battery with Warp Charge 30W fast charging support

Operating system

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: Android 9 Pie with Samsung One UI

OnePlus 7 Pro: Android 9.0 Pie skinned with OxygenOS 6

Starting Price

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+:$1,099 (approximately Rs. 78,100)

OnePlus 7 Pro: starting price of Rs 48,999

 Our Take

The OnePlus 7 Pro comes at a starting price of Rs48,999 that is much less than the price of Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. If you are not scared to pay out a chunk of money on one of the most premium-looking devices then they can go for Galaxy Note 10+. But if you want to buy a premium smartphone within a budget, the OnePlus 7 Pro is the smartphone to look at.

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Android mobile phones are prone to a threat that allows hackers to use their WIFI network to hack their devices

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Android mobile phones are prone to a threat that allows hackers to use their WIFI network to hack their devices

According to new security research almost all the Android devices are at risk of being hacked with the use of Wi-Fi. The hackers simply make use of the Wi-Fi connection to hack your Android mobile phones.

These days more or less all smartphones are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors. These processors are more vulnerable to the risk that consent to hackers to get hold of the mobile phones only by connecting to the same Wi-Fi set-up that is being used by the user. As a result of this million handsets that have been powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor are susceptible to the threat.

According to Tencent Blade QualPwn is a chain of vulnerabilities discovered in Qualcomm chips. One of them permits the hackers to find the middle ground to WLAN and Modem over-the-air. And the other gives consent to the attackers to get hold of the Android Kernel from the WLAN chip. They all together take advantage of the chain of vulnerabilities to compromise the Android Kernel over-the-air in a number of conditions. This means once the attacker gets connected the third-parties can be allowed to fling malevolent data packets over-the-air. After that, it runs a code that towards the end makes way into the victim’s device by getting full control.

In addition to this, Tencent Blade made this clear that it did not test all the Qualcomm chips. The report says, “We only tested on the Google Pixel2/Pixel3. Results of our tests indicate that unpatched phones running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835,845 may be vulnerable.”

It has also reported the details to Google and Qualcomm. However, both the companies stated that they have issued fixes. Qualcomm has taken this issue into its consideration and it released a security patch to OEMs on 2019-6-03 unfolding the concern and appealed the OEMs to download and integrate suitable patches.

With regard to this issue, Qualcomm also issued its statement, “Providing technologies that support robust security and privacy is a priority for Qualcomm. We commend the security researchers from Tencent for using industry-standard coordinated disclosure practices through our Vulnerability Rewards Program. Qualcomm Technologies has already issued fixes to OEMs, and we encourage end-users to update their devices as patches become available from OEMs.”

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Realme 64MP smartphone’s image surfaces online

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Realme 64MP smartphone’s image surfaces online

In Beijing, at a Global event, Xiaomi displayed its first 64MP smartphone imaging technology. Now Realme has teased its upcoming smartphone. This time the Chinese company has shared an image of the said device that reveals it’s back panel’s design that gives us a hint of how the new handset will look like. However, the company has only shared the image showcasing the back panel of the device that features four cameras set up, nothing else.

Realme India CEO Madhav Seth shared the exclusive image of the 64MP smartphone on the hid Twitter account even before the company officially showcased the upcoming camera. The image shared by him gives you an idea about how the new smartphone will look like. The handset is roofed in a back cover that does not reveal much about the blueprint of the smartphone.

In addition to this, it only discloses the camera set up. The 64MP smartphone will be featuring a quad-camera set up arrange vertically. On top, it shows a 64MP camera sensor, however, we did not get a glimpse of the rear fingerprint sensor. As we move on we can surely steal a look of the colour option the phone will be available in that can be seen clearly peeping out of the smartphone’s back cover. We can easily guess that the company will bring the handset in three colour variants in the shades of blue.

CEO Madhav Seth’s tweet says, “Get ready for the world’s first hands-on experience of #64MP Quad Camera on a smartphone, tomorrow at the #realme camera innovation event. Stay Real, No Hype. #LeapToQuadCamera”

in the intervening time, the CEO also changed his Twitter handle’s name to Madhav ‘5’ Quad. The number 5 mentioned in the name hints that the upcoming 64MP smartphone will be identified as Realme 5 or it may be anticipated to be named as Realme 5 Pro. Moreover, the Quad in the name tipped off to be available with a quad-camera set up.

However, the company has by now confirmed that the quad-camera set up will feature a 64MP camera set up. The new smartphone will be equipped with Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor that the South Korean company announced a few months ago (in the month of May) this year.

Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor offers 64MP photos with a resolution of 9,248 x 6,936 pixels. That comes with the support for HDR of up to 100-decibels. The latest sensor ISOCELL Bright GW1 can click 64MP photos using Samsung’s Tetracell technology by merging four pixels into one. The latest sensor also employs a 0.8μm-sized pixel and it has the ability to capture more light with its large sensors.

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Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab A 8-inch in India that comes with Parental Control Features

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Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab A 8-inch in India that comes with Parental Control Features

This year Samsung has been on a launching spree when it comes to smartphones and Tablets. The South Korean company has officially announced Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inches in India. The newly launched Tab by Samsung is a new offering by the company under its budget segment. The company has announced the latest Tablet the same day when it officially unveiled its flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 10. Samsung launched the phablet in an event in New York, USA.

Samsung Galaxy tab A price and availability

The South Korean giant has launched the Samsung Galaxy tab A 8-inch in two colour options, black, and grey. The Tablet is available in two variants, Wi-Fi only version, and Wi-Fi+LTE variant. The Wi-Fi-only version has been launched at a price tag of Rs 9,999 and the other Wi-Fi+LTE variant can be purchased at Rs. 11,999. The Wi-Fi variant will be available for pre-booking starting from August 8 on the e-retail website Flipkart as well as on the company’s official online store, Samsung Shop. The Wi-Fi+LTE variant will be available for purchase at the end of the month across offline and online channels.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inches launched

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inch specifications

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inch comes with a WXGA (1,280×800 pixels) TFT display. The latest Tablet is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 processor coupled with 2GB RAM along with 32GB of internal storage. The storage can be expanded up to 512GB via a microSD card. It houses a 5,100mAh battery, which should give it a long life.

On the camera front, it comes with an 8MP camera sensor on the rear. On the front, it sports a 2MP camera sensor. The device measures 210×124.4x8mm and weigh 345gm. In addition to this, the company is offering a free 2-month trial of YouTube Premium.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inch comes with children friendly features that assist them to expand their creativeness and thoughts. It comes with a Kid’s Home option that the parents can find on the quick panel. Parents can set up children’s playtime, allowed apps and media, too. The new tablet also comes with a collection of Lego game content and native apps like My Art Studio, Crocro Adventure, and much more.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8-inch makes sure that the parents can keep an eye on their kid’s screen as well as what they access. It also makes possible for the users to look after their kid’s accessing potentially harmful content. The device comes with a parental control feature that permits the user to set a time limit for their child’s making use of the Tablet.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ with S-Pen support launched: Price and specifications

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ with S-Pen support launched: Price and specifications

South Korean technology giant Samsung has finally taken wraps off its Galaxy Note 10 handsets. While the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 has a 6.3-inch screen, the Galaxy Note 10+ sports a 6.8-inch display. There are a number of common specifications among the two newly launched smartphones. The key differences between the two devices are in their display, battery size, and RAM and storage capacity.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ will be available in Auro Glow, Aura White, and Aura Black colour options. However, not all colour variants will be available in all markets. The company has also launched the Galaxy Note 10 in Red and Pink colour options, while the elder sibling can be picked up in Blue.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ price

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is priced at $949 (approximately Rs 67,400). On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is available in 256GB and 512GB storage variants that cost $1,099 (approximately Rs 78,100) and $1,199 (around Rs 85,200) respectively. Both the variants of the smartphone have gone up on pre-orders and they will begin shipping on August 23.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is also available in a 5G variant. The 256GB 5G variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is priced at $1,299.99 (approximately Rs 92,300), while the 512GB 5G model costs $1,399.99 (approximately Rs 97,400). The pre-orders of the 5G modes of Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ will begin on August 8 and the shipping will begin on August 23.

Even in India, the pre-orders of the smartphones will begin on August 8 and go on till August 22. The shipping of the devices will start on August 23. The starting price of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 in India is Rs 69,999 and the Galaxy Note 10+ can be bought at Rs 79,999. The devices can be pre-booked on Samsung’s online store, Flipkart, Amazon India, Paytm and Tata CLiQ. In India, the elder sibling will be available in Aura Glow, Aura White and Aura Black; while the vanilla variant of the device will be available in Aura Glow, Aura Red and Aura Black.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ specifications

Let’s first talk about the differences in the two smartphones. While Samsung Galaxy Note 10 has a 6.3-inch 2280×1080 pixels 401ppi screen, the elder sibling comes with a 6.8-inch 498ppi 3040×1440 pixels resolution display. Both the variants come with a Dynamic AMOLED panel that has the support of HDR10+ and Dynamic Tone mapping.

The younger sibling will be available in 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant, and high-end one will pack 12GB of RAM along with 256GB/512GB of internal storage. 5G models of both the variants have been launched too and Samsung Galaxy Note 10’s comes with 12GB of RAM. But then, those buying the higher-end model will have an advantage of a microSD card slot. The vanilla variant of the smartphone packs a 3,500mAh battery, while the Galaxy Note 10+ houses a 4,300mAh battery.

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Moving on the to the similarities, both the smartphones do not come with a headphone jack and their connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11a, that has support for VHT80 MU-MIMO and 1024QAM, Bluetooth v5, USB Type-C, NFC, GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Beidou. The company has claimed that the Wi-Fi band allows download and upload speeds of up tp 1.2Gbps, and download speeds of 2Gbps in LTE. Both the smartphones come with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.

Coming to the cameras, the younger sibling sports a triple rear camera setup that consists of a 12MP telephoto lens with an f/2.1 lens, OIS and a field of view of 45-degrees. Other than this, there is a 12MP sensor that has a variable aperture of f/1.4-f/2.4, OIS and a field-of-view of 77 degrees. Lastly, there is a 16MP ultra wide-angle sensor that has an f/2.2 sensor and comes with a 123 degree field-of-view.

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The bigger sibling also comes with the same sensors, but also packs an additional VGA lens that the company is calling as ‘DepthVision’ camera. This will enable you to take 3D scans of various things. For selfies and video calls, there is a 10MP camera that comes with an f/2.2 aperture and a field of view of 80 degrees.

The company has added four live focus modes including Blur, Big Circle, Colour Point and Glitch. A notable feature that is available in the cameras is Zoom-in Mic that lets you tap any person while recording a video so that their sound is enhanced.

The all-new S-Pen

Coming to the S-Pen, the stylus comes with a new feature called Air Actions. As the name suggests, this feature enables users to press and hold the button on the S-Pen and move it around to generate certain actions. Samsung will also be opening the SDK to third-party developers, so they will be able to include the functionality to their own apps too. The company has also made it easier for users to select handwritten notes and convert them to text. The unibody S-Pen will have a standby time of 10 hours.

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Twitter found testing Snooze feature in the push notification tab

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Twitter found testing Snooze feature in the push notification tab

Microblogging website Twitter has started testing a new feature called Snooze that will allow its user to the mute notification within the app for a certain period of time.

This new development was first discovered by Jane Manchun Wong, she is famous for discovering features on social media applications that have not been released. She found the new change on Twitter when she observed a code under Twitter’s Android App. According to Wong, the snooze feature is being setas a bell icon on the top right corner of the notifications tab. When the user taps the bell button the app will open up a bottom sheet with Snooze duration options.

When the user selects the preferred snooze duration, Twitter will stop sending push notifications for a specific time period. However, the notifications will still show in the Notification tab. The user can at all times tap the button to unsnooze or else increase or decrease the snooze duration as per their choice. While Wong is waiting for the social networking platform to comment on the new changes, the app code specifies that Twitter has started testing the new feature.

Wong revealed in her blog post, “Seeing the blue circle of push notifications popping up our Twitter app often sparks joy. For example, when your tweet went viral, your phone might keep buzzing nonstop. Sometimes, there might be a desire to pause the stream of push notifications on Twitter. Now Twitter has a ‘Snooze’ button that lets you pause push notifications for a specific amount of time,”

For the unknown, Twitter has also updated its web interface. The upgraded platform now offers a more customisable option to its users as well as it also reshuffles the navigation experience on the social media platform. The redesigned platform for desktop version looks identical to its mobile app. The biggest change that it receives is that now it includes a bar on the top left sidebar. The navigation bar comprises of the bookmarks, lists and user’s profile. In addition to this, a new ‘Explore’ tab has also been introduced within the desktop version that will display more live videos and personalised local trends.

The micro-blogging website gave a new makeover to the Direct Messages, it now displays the chats as well as messages sent by the user in the same window. The desktop version now also gets various themes and colours as well and it comes with more options for the Dark Mode, too.

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Karbonn has launched 4 feature phones in its new KX series

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Karbonn has launched 4 feature phones in its new KX series

To celebrate Independence month Indian Mobile brand Karbonn launched ‘Made in India’ range of feature phones in the country. The company launched four phones under KX series namely KX3, KX25, KX26 & KX27. All the four smartphones are priced between INR 700 to INR 1,000 and will be available for purchase from this month.

 Speaking about the KX feature phone series, Mr Pardeep Jain, MD Karbonn Mobiles said, “The KX series of feature-rich phones is aligned with our brand’s commitment to offering innovative technologies at reasonable price points. We believe customer satisfaction is what matters at the end of the day. We have been serving India with the best of customized phones for the past 10 years and wish to keep the journey going. This new series complements our customer-centric strategy to offer utility services, without compromising on either style or affordability. In our country, a considerable part of the population still uses feature-phones and, therefore, it is important for us to carefully curate products that are in line with their aspirations. Independence Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate not just our culture but also the progress that we have made all through these years. The launch of Karbonn’s new series is our salute to the country’s growing manufacturing expertise that will help us achieve new milestones in the future,” 

Specifications and details

The Karbonn KX3 sports a 4.5cm Bright Display along with 800 mAH battery. The device comes with Boom Box speakers. Additionally, it has Wireless FM Radio with the recorder as well as other features like Power Saving Mode, Digit Read-out and Video-Music player.

KX25 boasts a 1,800 mAH battery along with 6.1cm Bright Display. The handset comes with a number of features like FM Radio with recording, Super Bright 4 LED Torch, Digital camera as well as dual SIM card slots.

The made in India KX26 features a 6.1 cm Bright Display and it packs a 1,450 mAh battery. The handset comes with a digital camera along with Video-Music player. In addition, it has Boom Box Speaker and Power Saving Mode as well.

Karbonn KX27 sports a 6.1cm bright display along with 1,750 mAh battery. Additionally, it has a digital camera, Bluetooth for connectivity, Video-Music Player, Wireless FM Radio with recorder and Power Saving Mode. The mobile phone comes with Ztalk an in-built messaging feature that is same as messaging app WhatsApp. Using this the user can send text, voice messages, pictures, emoticons, business cards, etc. With this phone users can also connect with Android as well as IOS users.

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Compare: Vivo S1, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X

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Compare: Vivo S1, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X

Vivo S1 has been launched today in India along with striking features. The key specification of the device includes MediaTek Helio P65 SoC, a triple rear camera setup, a 4,500mAh battery along with an in-display fingerprint sensor. It comes at a starting price of Rs 17,999 and it competes with Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X. So, here is our comparison of the newly launched Vivo S1 with Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X. Before you decide to buy a new smartphone take a look at our comparison:

Display

Vivo S1: 6.38-inch Full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

Redmi Note 7 Pro: 6.3-inch FHD+ Dot Notch display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

Realme X: 6.53-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on top.

Processor

Vivo S1: Octa-core MediaTek Helio P65 SoC

Redmi Note 7 Pro: Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor

Realme X: Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC.

Rear camera(s)

Vivo S1: 16MP (f/1.78), 8MP AI Super Wide Angle (f/2.2) secondary sensor along with 2MP Bokeh Camera (f/2.4).

Redmi Note 7 Pro: Dual rear camera setup with 48MP Sony IMX586 and 5MP secondary sensors.

Realme X: Dual rear camera setup with 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor and 5MP secondary sensor.

Selfie camera

Vivo S1: 32MP Front Camera (f/2.0) with waterdrop design

Redmi Note 7 Pro:  13MP AI selfie camera.

Realme X: 16MP elevating front camera Sony IMX471 sensor.

RAM and storage

Vivo S1: 4GB RAM/64GB storage and 6GB RAM/128GB storage.

Redmi Note 7 Pro: 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, 6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB storage.

Realme X: 4GB RAM/128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM/128GB internal storage.

Support for microSD card

Vivo S1: Up to 256GB

Redmi Note 7 Pro: Up to 256GB

Realme X: No additional memory slot

Battery

Vivo S1: 4500 mAh battery

Redmi Note 7 Pro:  4,000mAh battery

Realme X: 3,765 mAh battery

Operating system

Vivo S1: Android 9.0 based on Funtouch OS 9

Redmi Note 7 Pro: Android 9 Pie with MIUI 10

Realme X: Android 9 Pie

Fingerprint Sensor:

Vivo S1: In-display fingerprint sensor

Redmi Note 7 Pro: fingerprint sensor on its rear panel.

Realme X: In-display

Price

Vivo S1: 4GB RAM/128GB at Rs 17,999, 6GB RAM/64GB at Rs 18,990 while the 6GB RAM/128GB can be picked up for Rs 19,990

Redmi Note 7 Pro: Rs 13,999

Realme X: Rs 16,999 for the 4GB/128GB model, Rs 19,999 for the 8GB/128GB model. Rs 20,999 for the Spiderman limited edition.

What do we think?

Amongst Vivo S1, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X the choice is yours depending on your preferences. If you are looking for a smartphone with good battery life then you can go for Vivo S1. The photography lovers can go for Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme X because both the devices come with a 48MP rear camera whereas Vivo S1 sports a 16MP rear camera. But if you love taking a selfie then we would suggest you go for Vivo S1 as it features a 32MP front camera.

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 Vivo S1 32MP front facing camera launched in India

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 Vivo S1 32MP front facing camera launched in India

Vivo has been launching new smartphones quite rapidly in India. The Chinese smartphone company launched Vivo S1 in India today. Prior to its launch in India, the company had already launched the smartphone in China. The key highlights of the smartphone include MediaTek Helio P65 SoC, a triple rear camera setup, a 4,500mAh battery along with an in-display fingerprint sensor. Vivo recently launched the global variant of Vivo S1 in Indonesia, too. Here are all the details you need to know about the price as well as the specifications of the mobile handset.

Vivo S1 price and availability and offers

The Vivo S1 has been launched in three variants with 4GB RAM/128GB storage,  and 6GB RAM/64GB storage and 6GB RAM with 128GB storage. The 4GB RAM along with 128GB of internal storage will come at a price tag of Rs 17,999. While the high-end 6GB RAM with 64GB of onboard storage variant can be purchased at Rs 18,990 while the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage variant can be bought for Rs 19,990

The latest smartphone by Vivo has been introduced in two colour options Skyline Blue and Diamond Black colour.

The smartphone will be available on e-commerce website Amazon, Flipkart as well as Vivo India e-Store starting August 14. It can also be purchased through the offline store tomorrow onwards. On the purchase of the device, the HDFC card users can avail 7.5 percent cashback, Jio subscriber can get benefits up to Rs 10,000. The Paytm users can get Rs 2500 cashback on the purchase of Vivo S1.

Vivo S1 specifications and details:

Coming to the specifications of the Vivo S1 it features include a 6.38-inch Full-HD+ Super AMOLED display that comes with a waterdrop design to house the selfie camera. The design of the smartphone has a 90 percent screen to body ratio and offers an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The display of the screen comes with the in-display fingerprint sensor as well as face unlock as security features.

The Vivo S1 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P65 SoC. As said, the device is available in two storage options 4GB RAM/64GB storage and 6GB RAM/128GB storage. that the memory can be further expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. The handset runs on Android 9.0 based on Funtouch OS 9 that offers Jovi Smart Screen, Customisable Icons, Dark Mode, etc.

For imaging duties, the Vivo S1 comes with the triple rear camera set up that consists of 16MP (f/1.78), 8MP AI Super Wide Angle (f/2.2) secondary sensor along with 2MP Bokeh Camera (f/2.4). On the front 32MP Front Camera (f/2.0) has been included within a waterdrop design. The camera sensors of the device are supported by Artificial Intelligence. On the rear cams, it comes with features like HDR Mode, Live Photo, PDAF, AI Super Wide-Angle, Portrait Mode, AI Portrait Framing, AI Face Beauty, Time-Lapse, Slo-Mo and much more. On the front, it comes with enhanced beautification features like AI Face Beauty, AI Portrait Lighting, AR Stickers, etc.

To give it life, Vivo S1 houses a 4500 mAh battery that is supported by 18W Dual-Engine Fast Charging. The Vivo smartphone measures 159.53 × 75.23 × 8.13mm and it weighs 179g. The connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, and Micro-USB along with USB OTG support. The sensors on the mobile include Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity Sensor, E-compass, Gyroscope (Virtual).

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Xiaomi showcases the 64MP smartphone imaging technology 

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Xiaomi showcases the 64MP smartphone imaging technology 

Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi lately launched Redmi K20 and K20 Pro in India. Both the handsets come with a triple rear camera set up that includes 48MP Sony IMX586 sensors. Following this now the company is developing a new smartphone that will feature a 64MP camera. Today at a global event in Beijing Xiaomi displayed its first 64MP smartphone imaging technology.

The company also revealed that the said smartphone will be launched in India in the fourth Quarter of 2019. The device will be introduced under the company’s sub-brand Redmi that will be using Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. The GW1 sensor makes use of ISOCELL Plus technology in order to develop a pixel-to-pixel barrier that helps in reducing light interference between pixels and therefore improves colour reproduction.

Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor offers 64MP photos with a resolution of 9,248 x 6,936 pixels. This comes with the support for HDR of up to 100-decibels.

A few months back Samsung launched a 64MP camera sensor. The latest sensor is ISOCELL Bright GW1 and it can click 64MP photos using Samsung’s Tetracell technology by merging four pixels into one. The new sensor uses 0.8μm-sized pixels and it has the ability to capture more light with its large sensors.

Last month Xiaomi on its Weibo account teased an image revealing the world’s first 64MP camera smartphone. The leaked image revealed the camera sample of the 64MP sensors that that reads Redmi’s first 64UU megapixel photo. It further declared that the mobile phone winds into the 64 million era. However, while teasing the image, the company did not reveal Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor will be used to support the device or not.

According to previous reports, it hinted that Xiaomi will be using Samsung‘s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor in its upcoming devices. Additionally, the pre-installed MIUI camera app also revealed that the existence of the 64MP camera sensor in the Xiaomi’s devices. Not only this the camera App also hinted of an “ultra-pixel” mode that has an ability to engage with the large megapixel count.

Here we would like to mention that Xiaomi is not the only brand that will bring a 64MP camera smartphone. Samsung is also gearing up to introduce a 64MP camera device that will join Galaxy A-series smartphones.

Realme will also introduce its 64MP camera handset and is rumoured to be called Realme 5 pro.

In the meantime, Realme India CEO Madhav Seth shared the first image of the 64MP smartphone on his Twitter account. The tweet says, “Get ready for the world’s first hands-on experience of #64MP Quad Camera on a smartphone, tomorrow at the #realme camera innovation event. Stay Real, No Hype. #LeapToQuadCamera”

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 with S-pen to launch in New York today: How to watch the live stream

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 with S-pen to launch in New York today: How to watch the live stream

Samsung has been on a roll in the past couple of months as they have launched a number of smartphones. These include the more aggressive A-Series and M-Series to the flagship Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+. Now in the second half of 2019, the Korean company is ready to launch its second flagship of the year, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Technical Specifications

A number of things have been revealed about the Galaxy Note 10 in the past couple of weeks. These include the punch hole single camera in the front, on top of a large 6.8-inch AMOLED Infinity O display. The chipset inside would be different for different parts of the world. Including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, which might not come to India. Here we might see the Samsung Exynos 9825 chipset, which has just been brought to life by the company.

As far as the RAM and storage are concerned the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will fetch 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of storage inside. Rear cameras will sport a 12MP + 12MP + 16 MP triple rear camera array with an LED Flash and 4K video recording capability. The front camera can sport a 12MP single sensor for selfies. A new-age S-Pen will be installed within this smartphone that will help professionals in all-new kind of ways. Dual Nano SIM support with 4G working on both the SIM slots will also be there. Like the Samsung Galaxy S10 series, this smartphone will also get an in-display fingerprint scanner. Which should be faster than the prior.

Galaxy Note 10 Price in India

Well, the rumour mills are rife with speculations that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will come at a starting price of Rs 74,990. However, the price could very well be slightly higher than this.

How to watch Samsung Note 10 Unpacked Event’s Live Stream

There are a number of ways you can watch. But the top two we recommend are via the Samsung official YouTube channel or through Samsung’s website.

The event will start on August 8, 1:30 AM Indian Standard Time.

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Apple will now limit Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp’s calling feature

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Apple will now limit Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp’s calling feature

In a new development, the premium smartphone company Apple in order to protect its user’s privacy will confine Facebook as well as other messaging apps calling feature. This will be done by making some minor changes into its mobile operating system.

The new change will now limit a calling feature that the instant messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp employ to make a voice call while using the internet. The calling feature in these apps run in the background even when it’s not in use. This feature helps the apps to connect the calls quicker while it performs other tasks such as collecting data. From now onwards the company will now switch the background admittance that will only be allowed to make internet calls. Apple will bring this new change in the September rollout of iOS 13, its latest mobile operating system.

As per a report by The Information, the latest change will pressurize the messaging providers to reformat their apps. Facebook has been using the calling feature in a number of other ways like applying end-to-end encryption.

A Facebook spokesperson denied the allegation made by Apple he also stated that, “The changes to the upcoming iOS releases are not insignificant, but we are in conversations with Apple on how best to address,” He further added  “To be clear—we are using the PushKit VoIP API to deliver a world-class, private messaging experience, not for the purpose of collecting data.”

Many app developers depend on Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP technology for making voice calls. But Facebook Messenger, as well as WhatsApp, uses the feature that allows it to collect the user’s data while running in the background. Besides this sucks up system resources and shortening battery life.

To protect the privacy and to improve the performance of its smartphones Apple will bring a change to the internet calling feature, soon. In the past, Apple has brought various features to protect user privacy in the software running on its devices. The company will ramp up its privacy by rolling out a new feature to curb this problem. iOS 13 exclusively is strong when it comes to privacy by limiting the location tracking apps. During the Worldwide Developers Conference, the company also came up with “Sign in with Apple,” specifically designed for privacy in competition with Google and Facebook.

Previously the company targeted the Social Media Platform Facebook by restricting its facility to distribute iOS apps to its workers, who further use this for testing purposes.

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Acer launched eight gaming laptops in India that come with a starting price of Rs 59,999

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Acer launched eight gaming laptops in India that come with a starting price of Rs 59,999

Taiwanese electronics major, Acer, in an event launched a range of eight gaming laptops in India. The eight laptops fall between the price range of Rs 59,999 to Rs 4,49,999. The company has launched Nitro 5, Nitro 7, Predator Helios 300, Predator Triton 500, Predator Helios 700, Predator Triton 900 and Nitro Stream.

The new gaming laptops come with the latest processors, integrated Pass-Through Feature, 3D Technology, 4th Gen AeroBlade, Waves MaxxAudio Suite + Waves Nx 3D Virtual Sound. Over that, many more features can be found in these laptops for an improved gaming experience. All the eight laptops are powered by 9th Gen Intel Core i9 processor and sport NVIDIA GeForce graphics processing units.

In addition to this, the company also launched a gaming monitor that comes with a starting price of Rs 17,999. The new monitors feature 32-inches with a full curved 1080p display. Currently, the company has not disclosed its availability details. However, Acer’s gaming laptops will be available online as well as at the Acer Malls in the coming days.

Acer launched eight gaming laptops

The Nitro 5 gaming laptop is available in two sizes 15-inches and 17-inches. Both come with 80 percent screen-to-body ratio with 7.18 mm (0.28 inches) narrow-bezel design. The device is powered by 9th Gen Intel Core processor along with the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphic card. With these, the laptop has support for two M.2 Gen 3 x 4 PCIe SSDs using NVMe technology in RAID 0 paired with up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM. For a smooth gaming experience, it comes equipped with Gigabit Wi-Fi 5 with 2×2 MU-MIMO technology. The connectivity options include HDMI 2.0, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1, and more. The device will be available for purchase at starting price of Rs 59,999.

The Nitro 7 comes with a sleek, mobile metal design that measures 19.9 mm thin with a 78 percent screen-to-body ratio. The gaming laptop is available in 15.6-inch display size that promises to offer lifelike colours at a 144Hz refresh rate with a 3ms response time. It provides up to 8 hours of battery life. The Nitro 7 gaming laptop is powered by Next-Gen Intel Core CPU along with the latest NVIDIA GeForce Graphic card that guarantees a continuous gaming experience. The device offers two slots that are available for M.2 Gen 3×4 PCIe SSDs using NVMe technology in RAID 0 and up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM. This notebook also has up to 2TB of HDD storage support. The gaming laptop can be purchased at Rs 84,999 (onwards).

The Upgraded Predator Helios 300 gaming notebooks come in two displays sizes of 15-inches and 17-inch Full HD IPS display. Both of them offer a 144Hz refresh rate and 3ms response time. The device is powered by the latest 9th Gen Intel Core i7 processors along with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU with Max-Q Design supported by a Turbo key for one-punch overclocking and Killer DoubleShot Pro for fast lag-free networking. This device comes with up to 32GB of DDR4 2,666MHz memory and up to two PCIe NVMe SSDs in RAID 0 plus a hard drive. Helios 300 15-inches comes at a starting price of Rs 99,999. The other Helios 300 17-inch is available at Rs 1,14,999 onwards.

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