After launching Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2 at the Mobile World Congress 2019, HMD Global has listed the smartphones on its India website. Nokia India’s official website also has the entire list of specifications of both smartphones. As of now, there is no word on the price and availability of Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2 in India. While Nokia 4.2 was launched in Malaysia this year, Nokia 3.2 has gone on pre-orders in Germany.
Besides listing the two smartphones, HMD Global has also put up a sign-up form on its website. Although the price and availability have not been mentioned, the listing on the website confirms that the launch of the smartphones is close.
In This Article
Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3.2 global pricing
Nokia 4.2‘s base variant comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage is priced $169 (approximately Rs 11,900), and on the other hand, its 3GB RAM/32GB storage model costs $199 (approximately Rs 14,000). Nokia 3.2’s base variant has 2GB RAM and 16GB storage and holds a price tag of $139 (approximately Rs 9,800) and its 3GB RAM/32GB storage variant costs $169 (approximately Rs 11,900).
Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3.2 specifications
Nokia 4.2 runs Android 9.0 Pie and sports a 5.71-inch HD+ (720×1520 pixels) a-Si TFT display that has an aspect ratio of 19:9 and 2.5D curved glass protection. Powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 processor, the smartphone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The handset can also support a microSD card of up to 400GB.
For imaging duties, Nokia 4.2 features a dual rear camera setup that comprises of a 13MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and a 2MP sensor with an f/2.2 aperture. It also has an 8MP sensor for selfies and video calls.
The smartphone houses a 3,000mAh battery and for connectivity, it comes with 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS, NFC, Micro-USB, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The device also has a fingerprint sensor on its back panel.
Coming to Nokia 3.2, the smartphone runs Android 9.0 Pie and features a 6.29-inch HD+ (720×1520 pixels) TFT display that has an aspect ratio 19:9. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 processor, the device has 3GB of RAM and comes with either 16GB or 32GB onboard storage. It can hold a microSD card of 400GB.
On the camera front, Nokia 3.2 has a 13MP primary camera and a 5MP selfie camera. The handset houses a 4,000mAh battery and has 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS, FM radio, Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack for connectivity.
Amazon India is all set to begin its Annual Summer Sale on May 4 and will go on till May 7. As a part of the sale, a number of smartphones and other gadgets will be available at discounted rates. If you have subscribed to Amazon Prime, you will get an early access to the sale starting 12:00pm (noon) on May 3.
As we mentioned earlier, during the upcoming four-day sale, Amazon will offer discounts and offers on some of the best-selling devices. The sale will have smartphones from companies like Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Apple, Realme and others.
During Amazon’s Summer Sale, the customers will also get an extra 10% discount on making the purchase from SBI Credit or Debit cards. It is also offering up to 40% discount on smartphones and mobile accessories. Although the date and time of the sale is announced but Amazon hasn’t revealed the prices at which the smartphones will sell.
From Xiaomi, the newly launched Redmi Y3 and the Redmi 7 smartphones will be available during Amazon’s sale. Both the devices come with 6.26-inch display, Android 9.0 Pie and are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC. They both sport dual rear cameras and house a 4,000mAh battery.
The difference between the two smartphones is that Redmi Y3 focusses more on selfies and features a 32MP front-facing camera. The Redmi Y3 carries a starting price of Rs 9,999, while the Redmi 7 price starts at Rs 7,999. Other than the newly launched devices, Redmi 6A, Redmi 6 Pro will also be on the sale.
Other than this, Samsung’s newly launched devices such as the Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20, Galaxy M30, and its flagship Galaxy S10 will also be in the Summer sale of Amazon. Samsung Galaxy M10’s 2GB RAM/ 16GB storage variant is priced at Rs 7,990 while the Galaxy M20’s 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage model costs Rs 10,990.
Samsung Galaxy M30’s 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant is priced at Rs 14,990. And the 2019 flagship model of Samsung – Galaxy S10 – will also be available on sale along with other Samsung smartphones.
A few weeks back, OnePlus 6T received a price cut and even during Amazon’s Summer sale, the device can be bought at a discounted rate. Currently, the 8GB RAM variant of the OnePlus 6T is selling for Rs 37,999 on Amazon so we can expect a good price cut during the sale.
Oppo’s former sub-brand Realme’s smartphones will also be available on discount in Amazon’s Summer sale. The Realme U1 is listed in the sale page and currently it is selling for Rs 9,999 for the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage variant.
Other smartphones such as the iPhone X, Honor View 20, Honor 8X, Vivo V15 Pro, Oppo R17, Vivo NEX and the newly launched Huawei P30 Pro will also be in the summer sale.
Other than smartphones, Amazon is also giving extra discounts on Amazon Echo devices, Fire TV Stick, Kindle eReaders and more during the Summer Sale.
American technology company Garmin has introduced a new model of its Vivosmart series in India named Vivosmart 4. The new smart wearable comes with an activity tracker, body battery and pulse Ox. The device has been launched with a very specific target audience in mind – the fitness enthusiasts. Along with the fitness tracker, the smart wearable also comes with advanced sleep-monitoring features. According to the company, Garmin Vivosmart 4 promotes a healthy and active lifestyle.
In This Article
Garmin Vivosmart 4 price and availability
Garmin Vivosmart 4 fitness tracker is priced at Rs 12,990 and it can be bought from the company’s official stores and Helios Watch Stores across India.
The device is available in four colour options including Black with Midnight, Merlot with Rose Gold, Gray with Rose Gold, and Blue with Silver.
On its launch, Ali Rizvi, National Sales Manager of Garmin India said, “Sleep quality plays a critical role in overall physical health. In fact, a poor sleep quality may contribute to the development of significant chronic conditions. With its slim design, the vívosmart 4 is comfortable to wear at night and pulse ox provides customers with information they can use to improve their health. Garmin’s ‘vívosmart’ series is a perfect tracker for the fitness enthusiasts who wish to see the exact results of daily activities. As people are getting more conscious about their health, we are confident that ‘vívosmart 4’ will prove to be a perfect partner.”
Garmin Vivosmart 4 specifications and features
The Garmin Vivosmart 4 comes with slim and stylish metal accents with bright and easy-to-read display which, according to the company, is a blend of fashion and technology. As mentioned above, the Vivosmart 4 comes with a variety of fitness related features and when worn it can track the daily activities of the user along with their sleep levels. It also comes with a wrist-based pulse ox sensor which allows the users to gauge their blood oxygen saturation levels at night to better understand their sleep quality.
Vivosmart 4 also comes with Body Battery feature that calculates the user’s body energy reserves. It also alerts the user about the best time for activity or rest. The sleep tracker of the Vivosmart 4 is also able to track the ‘light, deep and REM’ stages of sleep, along with the movement of the user throughout the night which helps them in improving their overall lifestyle.
Other features of the Garmin Vivosmart 4 includes a dedicated activity timer for walks, runs, strength training, yoga, pool swims and others. When connected to the smartphone, the wristband vibrates when the user’s smartphone receives notifications, calls or text messages.
Vivosmart 4
And lastly, the Vivosmart 4 is able to last for 7 days on a single charge, but excluding the Pulse ox sleep tracking. It is also water resistant which means it won’t get damaged from sweat or shower.
The battle between T-Series and PewDiePie is still going on. It has been going on since last year, and it continues. Late last month, PewDiePie’s Youtube channel was taken over by T-series with a margin of over 44,000 subscribers which continued to grow for a few days. But like it has been happening since last year, PewDiePie managed to somehow bring his followers up so that he can enjoy being the No.1 channel on YouTube.
Before that, however, he made a video called ‘Congratulations’ in which, under the pretext of congratulating T-Series, he dissed the record label and India. And now, it seems like PewDiePie will have to handle being the No.2 channel on YouTube again since T-Series’ channel has surpassed it in terms of followers. And this time, the number of followers on T-Series’ channel is ahead by PewDiePie’s by 9,21,830 (at the time of writing). Within the next few hours, we expect T-Series’ followers to surpass PewDiePie’s by a million.
PewDiePie belongs to a Swedish content creator called Felix Kjellberg, who has enjoyed being the No.1 on YouTube for the last six years. Since last year, Kjellberg’s channel started receiving some serious competition from T-Series’ YouTube channel. Since then, a battle between the two started and as a result of which, both the channels have crossed 90 million subscribers on YouTube already. They are soon expected to cross the 100 million subscriber mark too.
It is worth pointing out though that during this time, Kjellberg has published two videos on his channel where he has dissed Indians. One, as we mentioned earlier, was the ‘Congratulations’ video, and the other is ‘Bitch Lasagna’.
Another thing worth mentioning is that T-Series’ channel on YouTube had 30 million subscribers on the platform at the beginning of 2018. The primary reason why the channel could grow so much was because of the fall in the prices of 4G data coupled with the fact that YouTube made its way to feature phones. This led to scores of people in India, who earlier did not have access to YouTube, come on the platform. And this, in turn, led to an increase in the number of subscribers T-Series had on YouTube.
We still cannot say whether this battle is over, as we have all seen in the past how Kjellberg doesn’t take being the second biggest very well. While he has gone on record to say that he doesn’t care about T-Series and numbers, his channel always gets a big jump in subscribers each time the record label surpasses him.
There have been times when other YouTubers have asked their subscribers to follow PewDiePew, and there have also been times when printers have been hacked to ask people to subscribe. Let’s see what he does this time.
Huawei’s latest flagship device – P30 Pro – was launched in India earlier this month along with the more affordable P30 Lite smartphone. The Huawei P30 Lite offers a triple-rear camera with company’s own Kirin CPU and is priced in the mid-range segment. Now, as we enter the last week of the month, the Chinese smartphone brand has announced that the Huawei P30 Lite will go on its first sale in India 12am (midnight) onwards tonight.
In This Article
Huawei P30 Lite price, availability and launch offers
The Huawei P30 Lite comes in two variants – one with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage that costs Rs 19,990 and the other with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage priced at Rs 22,990. The Huawei P30 Lite can be picked up from Amazon India and Croma 12am (midnight) onwards tonight.
The Huawei P30 Lite comes in two colour variants – Midnight Black and Peacock Blue.
Ahead of its sale, the company has said that the Huawei P30 Lite launch offers will include no-cost EMIs and a Reliance Jio cashback of up to Rs 2,200. Customers will also get 2.2TB additional data on the recharge of Rs 198 or Rs 299 plans.
Huawei P30 Lite specifications
The Huawei P30 Lite sports a 6.15-inch Full-HD+ (1080 x 2312 pixels) LCD display with an aspect ratio of 19.3:9. Powered by an octa-core HilSilicon Kirin 710 SoC (4 cores of Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.3GHz, 4 cores of Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.7GHz), the smartphone comes with 4GB or 6GB of RAM. Huawei P30 Lite also comes with GPU Turbo 2.0 that assists its gaming performance. The smartphone supports dual-SIM (Nano) and runs Android 9 Pie skinned with EMUI 9.0.1. The device comes with 128GB of internal storage and has support for microSD card of up to 256GB. Unlike the P30 Pro, the Huawei P30 Lite sports a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The handset houses a 3,340mAh battery and has support for 10W fast charging.
On the camera front, the Huawei P30 Lite features a triple-rear camera setup which comprises of a 24MP wide-angle lens with an f/1.8 aperture clubbed with an 8MP ultra wide-angle lens and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is a 32MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.
Other features of the Huawei P30 Lite include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C, and FM radio. While the sensors of the device include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and proximity sensor.
Chinese electronic maker TCL has released a series of smart home products in India today. The newly launched smart home products include ACs, washing machines, refrigerators, sound bars and audio solutions. It has also brought out the new C6 and P8 TV series in India. Along with products, the company has also partnered with Eros Now, ZEE5, Voot, Jio Cinema, Hungama Play, Hotstar, ALTBalaji, and YuppTV to give its users content released by these companies. The products were launched in the presence of the Delhi Capitals star cricketers.
In This Article
TCL C6 and TCL P8 price and specifications
The new TCL C6 and the P8 support 4K content and both of them come with 30W superlative audio quality by Onkyo speakers. The new TV-series offers an immersive visual experience as they come with micro-dimming technology and a 10-point white balance. The new technologies used in the TCL C6 and P8 gives them a more dynamic, diverse, and wide colour gamut and add to the vibrant contrast.
TCL C6 and the P8 are both Google-certified Android TVs and they run Android Oreo. The TCL C6 is powered by a quad-core CPU and dual core GPU paired with in-built storage and 2.5GB DDR3 RAM. On the other hand, the TCL P8 uses the same quad-core CPU and dual core GPU along with 16GB internal storage and 2GB DDR3 RAM.
Other than that, the TCL C6 and the P8 series come with pre-installed Google services such as the Google Play Games, Google Play Movies & TV, YouTube, and Google Assistant. Other features of the newly launched TVs are voice search, Netflix, Spotify, and built-in Chromecast.
Talking about the prices, TCL C6 comes in two variants with 55-inch and 65-inch namely – TCL 55C6 and TCL 65C6. The TCL 55C6 holds a price tag of Rs 59,990 while the TCL 65C6 is priced at Rs 89,990. On the other hand, the TCL P8 comes in only one variant with 85-inches named TCL 85P8M and it sells for Rs 1,99,990.
The company has also partnered with Eros Now, ZEE5, Voot, Jio Cinema, Hungama Play, Hotstar, ALTBalaji, and YuppTV to give content to the users. Also, TCL has made more than 9,50,000 hours of premium content in 25 languages and across 5 genres. The customers of TCL’s new TV series will also get one-month free access to Eros Now.
Speaking on the announcement, TCL India Country Manager, Mike Chen, said, “Our new range of smart home appliances is designed to cater to the specific requirements of tech-savvy Indian consumers and resonate with their mature sensibilities. The latest launch also takes us one step closer to our vision of becoming the first innovative consumer durable brand in India with a full range of smart home products and offering our customer an unparalleled connected experience. We have always stayed committed to offering the latest features at the most affordable prices to our users through products backed by state-of-the-art technologies, such as artificial intelligence and IoT. Going forward, we will continue to build more such products for our customers across India, with a focus on improving their lifestyles through intelligent, tech-led offerings.”
TCL 520L and TCL 545L Refrigerators features
Along with the TVs, the company has also launched two new refrigerators in India considering that summer is here. One of them is a 520L side-by-side refrigerator while the other is a 545L double door intelligent refrigerator. Both the refrigerators come with inverter compressors and water dispensers along with no-frost technology, AAT freshness technology, smart swing airflow technology, and inner partition storage.
The new technology used in the TCL refrigerators helps in proper cooling of the food. They also come with fast freezing which cools the things inside the refrigerator in 2 minutes.
TCL G-series, K-series and B-series Washing machines specifications
TCL has also added a new washing machine series to its long list of products. They come in three variants – the G-series washing machine with front loading (6/7/8.5 kg), the K-series washing machine with front loading (9kg) and the B-series washing machine with top-loading (6/7/8/9 kg). According to the company, these smart washing machines are as smart as smartphones today.
TCL and Delhi Capitals..
The K-series and the G-series washing machine from TCL come with water sealing and non-pollution design. Other features in both the newly launched washing machine series include honeycomb crystal drums, BLDC inverter motors, and intelligent automatic detergent inputs. The K-series also comes with a touch screen display.
The B-series washing machine from TCL comes with a waterfall spray wash, honeycomb crystal drum, an easily detachable and cleanable pulsator. There is also a 3-D storm wash, and a DDM motor present inside the B-series.
TCL 3-star inverter AC specifications
The new 3-star smart inverter ACs launched by TCL come with 1 tonne, 1.5 tonne and 2 tonne cooling capacities. Under the TCL Elite series, it has launched a fixed-speed 2-star 1.5 tonne AC. All the newly launched ACs are equipped with smart airflow and AI-inverter algorithm. Other than this, the TCL 3-star ACs are able to deliver rapid cooling in 30 seconds.
These new TCL ACs run with low operating noise (22dB) and features ultra-low frequency running and filter cleaning reminders.
TCL Audio Solutions features
In its audio solutions, TCL has brought smart TV sound solutions with Bluetooth/line-in, SD card slot, USB, FM, and remote control; a Tower & Soundbar; and wired as well as Bluetooth wireless headphones. All the newly launched audio devices offer a clear and good audio experience to the user.
Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus is all set to launch its OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro smartphones on May 14. Almost a month before the launch of the smartphones, the price of OnePlus 7 Pro has leaked online. It is worth noticing that the leaked prices are the Euro version of the OnePlus 7 Pro and converting them directly to Indian prices may not give us the final price that the company will announce on May 14. Having said that, it will definitely give us an idea of the price bracket of the smartphone.
According to a report that has surfaced on Android Central which quotes Ishan Agarwal’s tweet, OnePlus 7 Pro’s 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant will be available €749. On converting this to Indian value, this becomes Rs 58,000. On the other hand, the 12GB RAM variant of the OnePlus 7 Pro will cost €81, which is approximately Rs 64,000.
However, we should mention that Agarwal has mentioned in his tweet that one should not try to guess the price of the upcoming smartphone by converting it to different currencies. This is because the cost of OnePlus 7 Pro may differ in various regions.
Exclusive for @androidcentral: OnePlus 7 Pro European Price- 6+128GB: € ??? (Unknown ATM) 8+256GB: € 749/759 12+256GB: € 819/829 Colours: Mirror Grey, Almond, Nebula Blue (Please DO NOT convert to other currencies, prices will differ region by region.)https://t.co/UXkSiaOgQDpic.twitter.com/f3UOPeDuFS
But then, if this pricing is correct, we would not be wrong to assume that the price of the OnePlus 7 Pro will be more than that of its predecessors. It is worth pointing out that the price of OnePlus 6‘s base variant with 6GB RAM was Rs 34,999, while the 8GB RAM variant came with a price tag of Rs 39,999. The company also launched an Avengers edition of the smartphone that was available at Rs 44,999 for the 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant.
On the other hand, OnePlus 6T, which was also launched last year came at a starting price of Rs 37,999 for the 6GB RAM option. Its most high-end variant that had 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage had a price of Rs 45,999. But the price barrier went even higher when OnePlus collaborated with McLaren to launch the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition which has 10GB of RAM and costs Rs 50,999.
With the Europe pricing, it does seem like OnePlus 7 Pro will be priced more than the predecessors of the device did, we should also remember that the company will also be launching the OnePlus 7. And there are high chances of keeping OnePlus 7’s pricing close to the smartphones launched earlier.
The new GTX 1650 series by NVIDIA is out and is already on sale in the Indian market. We for one were looking forward to it and finally, we got our hands on it. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition and we unboxed it to find out what this card is all about. This is our overview of the card. It sells for Rs 13,500 in the Indian market.
The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition has is overclocked to perform better than the usual cards and has a clock speed of 1.78 GHz. It comes with dual fans, which spin in the opposite direction. What it essentially does is that it makes the air flow in one direction in the process to keep the GPU chip cool. The heat sync is also touching the GPU that again enables the GPU to stay cooler. Check out the video.
South Korean technology giant Samsung along with HARMAN has launched the world’s largest Onyx Cinema LED Screen in India today. The screen will be used in Bengaluru’s Swagath Cinemas, which is all set to be renamed to Swagath Onyx Theatre. Samsung‘s screen at Swagath Cinemas was inaugurated by Academy Award winner and musician AR Rahman.
Other prominent people present at the launch were Moon Goo Chin, Corporate Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business, Samsung India; Puneet Sethi, Vice President, Consumer Electronics Enterprise Business, Samsung India; Prashant Govindan, Head – Professional Solutions, HARMAN India and SAARC and Kishore P, Director, Swagath Group of Cinemas.
With a 14 metre screen, Swgath Onyx Theatre in Bengaluru’s MG Road now has the largest Onyx Cinema LED screen format in the world. Besides the screen at Bengaluru, Samsung has only installed two other 14 metre screens in the world – in Malasia and China.
Swagath Onyx Theatre is also the world’s largest theatre to have an Onyx Cinema LED screen and it can seat 618 seats. For acoustics, the theatre has been upgraded with JBL Professional cinema loudspeakers from HARMAN. The system includes six JBL AM 7315 screen array loudspeakers, four JBL 9300 cinema surround loudspeakers, eighteen JBL 9350 + four JBL SCS 12 high impact cinema surround loudspeakers, six JBL AC28/26 used as underfills for the balcony area and nine JBL 5628 dual 18″ cinema subwoofers.
It is also worth mentioning that the newly launched Onyx screen is 3D applicable with active 3D technology for all 618 seats in the theatre.
With this technology, the South Korean technology giant eyes to transform the cinema viewing experience with HDR support.
At the inauguration, Puneet Sethi, Vice President, Consumer Electronics Enterprise Business, Samsung India said, “Samsung is the only brand offering an end-to-end movie experience, from stunning visuals through Onyx Cinema LED Screens to phenomenal sound from JBL Professional by HARMAN. Onyx Cinema LED at Swagath Onyx Theatre in Bengaluru will revolutionize cinema viewing experience for film lovers in the city and across India. This is a remarkable milestone for Indian cinema and a testament to our consumer-centric approach.”
“The current wave of cinema is replete with great visuals, rich soundtracks and background score. The new Onyx Cinema LED powered by JBL’s iconic sound will transform cinematic experience for movie goers. This mighty combination of a revolutionary screen and legendary sound will truly elevate the content and we are excited for Indian cinephiles to experience this epic offering,” said Prashant Govindan, Head – Professional Solutions, HARMAN India & SAARC.
Award-winning musician and composer, AR Rahman said “With Samsung’s ground-breaking Onyx Cinema LED Screen technology and HARMAN’s iconic JBL audio, moviegoers in Bengaluru will immensely enjoy their experience at the theatre. I have worked with HARMAN and used JBL Professional systems for many years, and I can confidently say that they truly do justice to the music I create. There is no sound like JBL sound, so it makes sense that the brand is powering this amazing new way to enjoy movies and music.”
Google has released the new and updated Chrome 74 update for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS as well as for Android (beta). The new Chrome 74 brings the much-awaited dark mode for Windows along with some other features and bug fixes. With the Chrome 74 update, the mode has now finally made its way to the Windows platform.
The earlier version of Chrome – Chrome 73 – had already added the dark mode, but it was available only on Mac. However, Windows users did not get the dark mode with that update.
To enable the dark mode, users need to open the Settings in Chrome 74 and then they need to make the Switch. Once it is done, Chrome will automatically switch to dark mode. Alternatively, users can also click on the Chrome icon and head to Properties, and then click on Target. At the end of the target the users need to add “–force-dark-mode”. This will open the Chrome 74 in dark mode.
Other than the dark mode, Chrome 74 comes with another new improvement. This new improvement is the browser’s ability to prevent the webpages from automatically opening pop-ups when the user is closing or opening a page. This new feature disables the web pages from exploiting the window.open() API to open a new page when it unloads.
Other than that, the Chrome 74 also disables the drive-by downloads in sandboxed iframes. This prevents malicious websites from sending harmful malware to the user’s system through the ads on web pages.
Other than Windows, the Chrome 74 is also being released for Android in beta version. This version has fixed the older bugs and gets new improvements over its predecessor. The browser reduces the motion sickness by limiting the motion effect. On Android, Chrome 74 beta has renamed its earlier Data Saver mode to ‘Lite mode’. And as its name suggests, the Lite mode helps reduce the mobile data usage by compressing the web pages.
However, it should be noted that the Lite mode needs to be enabled in Android. For that, the users need to open the Chrome 74 and go to Settings, then scroll down to the Lite mode to enable it.
The new update can be downloaded in Windows by going to the Help>About Chrome. Once there, it will automatically start looking for the update, to download and install it. The stable version of Chrome 74 on Android and iOS will be released the next few days.
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has opened ‘The Lab’ programme for business again. The company has a tradition of offering its consumers a chance to try out its upcoming smartphones before they are launched officially. And right after announcing the launch date of its new OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro handsets, the company has started taking applications for The Lab. However, it is worth mentioning that the programme is only meant for OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone, which will be the company’s flagship device for the better part of 2019.
Recently, the company also announced that OnePlus 7 Pro, along with OnePlus 7, will be unveiled on May 14 at launch events that will take place simultaneously in New York City, London, and Bengaluru. This is the first time that OnePlus will be launching a smartphone at three locations at the same time.
The company has taken to its official OnePlus forum to announce that it is opening The Lab for OnePlus 7 Pro. The smartphone maker has also added that interested customers can start applying to review the upcoming flagship device. It is worth mentioning that you can register yourself on the platform till May 3, 8:00 pm ET, which is basically 05:30 am IST on May 4. The registrations are being done on OnePlus’ website and the company will take six days to review the applications. OnePlus will be choosing 15 customers to review the smartphone and the list of winners will be announced on May 9.
As we mentioned earlier, this is not the first time that OnePlus is running The Lab programme to give some customers early access to its upcoming smartphone. The first edition of The Lab started with OnePlus 3 in May 2016. Last year, the company ran the programme with both OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T under its The Lab programme. And this year, it is doing it with OnePlus 7 Pro.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has teased that OnePlus 7 Pro will come with a ‘fast and smooth’ display. The smartphone will reportedly sport a 6.7-inch QHD+ (1440×3120 pixels) display that will have a refresh rate of 90Hz. The handset will run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 processor and will reportedly come with up to 12GB of RAM.
For imaging duties, the device is said to feature a triple rear camera setup that will comprise of a 48MP primary sensor with an f/1.6 lens and OIS, an 8MP telephoto sensor with an f/2.4 lens and a 16MP wide-angle sensor with an f/2.2 lens and 117-degree field of view. Reports also suggest that OnePlus 7 Pro will house a 4,000mAh battery that will come with support for 30W Warp Charge.
Reliance Jio once has made headlines once again by increasing the data limits on its existing recharge plans. With this updated plan, the recharge plans by Jio which offered 1GB daily data earlier will now offer 1.5GB daily data, the ones that offered 2GB daily data will offer 2.5GB daily data and so on. Jio already has a wide range of prepaid recharge plans for its subscribers to choose from, and each plan comes with its fair-share of benefits. But now, Jio has increased the daily data limit of all its existing prepaid recharge plans except the sachet packs. In addition to this, it has also revised and reduced the prices of some of its recharge plans so the users can get the earlier data plans at a lesser rate.
Prior to this, the Rs 199 recharge pack by Reliance Jio offered 1GB daily data, but with the update, it has been increased to 1.5GB daily data. The Rs 199 plan now costs Rs 149 and it offers 42GB data in its 28 days validity. The Rs 399 plan which came with a validity of 70 days is now priced at Rs 349 and it offers 105GB data. Similarly, the Rs 459 plan that had a validity of 84 days now cost Rs 399 and it offers 126GB data. And the Rs 509 plan with 91 days validity is now priced at Rs 499 and it offers 136.5GB data.
Other than the abovementioned plans and their revised prices, the highest plan of Rs 1,699 remains the same on price but its data limit has been increased. Now the Rs 1,699 plan offers 547.5GB data instead of 365GB data for a total of 365 days.
Coming to the increased data limit, the recharge packs of Jio which offered 1.5GB data will now offer 2GB data. The new increased data limit includes the Rs 198 recharge plan now offers 56 GB data for 28 days. On the other hand, the Rs 398 plan now offers 140GB data with a validity of 70 days. The Rs 448 plan now offers 168 GB data for 84 days and the Rs 498 plan offers 182 GB data for 91 days.
Jio’s Rs 299 plan, which offered 56GB data for 28 days, will now offer 84GB data for the same duration. Similarly, Jio’s Rs 509 plan that offered 3GB daily data limit will now offer 4GB daily data with a validity of 28 days.
Once the given high-speed data limit has been exhausted, the speed will be limited to 64Kbps. Other than the increased data limit and the reduced data plans, Jio will also be giving the ongoing benefits such as the free national voice calls, 100 SMS per day etc.
Jabra, a Denmark based audio equipment maker has launched its second generation of wireless earbuds with the UC-certification named Evolve 65e. According to the company, the new wireless earbuds is capable of giving professional sound with ease. It is light in weight, and has a soft and sleek neckband making it easy to use and wear. Jabra has promised a battery life of up to 13 hours on its Evolve 65e wireless earbuds. And it can be connected with PC as well as mobile phones.
In This Article
Jabra 65e wireless earbuds price and availability
The newly launched Jabra 65e wireless earbuds is priced at Rs 20,320 +GST and it will be available for purchase from May onwards. The Jabra 65e can be purchased from authorised Channel partners and retailers.
Evolve 65e
On the launch, Holger Reisinger, a SVP Enterprise Solutions at Jabra said, “Enterprises are constantly seeking new ways to enable their employees to be productive wherever they are, making UC one of the most important mobile technologies today. But if mobile workers are to use professional headsets, they will expect the same wearing-styles and form-factors, great comfort and range of features that they get from their consumer devices. That’s why we engineered the Jabra Evolve 65e with both the user and the business in mind. By combining a lightweight, ultra-comfortable neckband design with the highest standards of sound quality – together with a range of user and enterprise management options – the latest addition to the mobile-first line-up of the Evolve family will be an employee’s constant companion for productivity and music on the move.”
Jabra 65e wireless earbuds specifications and features
As mentioned above, the Jabra 65e wireless earbuds is designed to offer professional level sound and it has also received the UC-certificate with Skype for Business certificate. According to the company, the Jabra 65e wireless earbuds can offer up to 13 hours of music and 8 hours of talk time. It comes with a Jabra Link 370 USB Bluetooth adapter which enables it to simultaneously connect with the PC/laptop and smartphones. The wireless earbuds has a range of 30m for PC and 10m for mobile phones.
The Jabra 65e wireless earbuds also comes with a built-in busylight feature which serves as a ‘do not disturb’ sign. It comes with a four-microphone system, two in the microphone box for capturing voice, and one in each earbud which listens to ambient noise around the user. The Jabra 65e wireless earbuds uses DSP algorithms to find the best voice-to-noise ratio giving its sound and the user’s voice a good clarity.
The Jabra 65e wireless earbuds weighs just 36g and comes with oval earbuds, soft memory wire and multiple sizes of ear-gels and ear-wings with passive noise cancellation. It can also be integrated with the Jabra Sound+ mobile app which gives the users the ability to customize their calls and music experience. The app also provides manuals, hints and enables the users to update the device’s software from within the application. It also comes with the Jabra’s HearThrough technology that enables the user to hear the environment around him. And lastly, it has a single button connectivity to voice assistant enabling it to connect with Google Assistant or Apple’s Siri.
Software giant Microsoft has not as yet officially released the Windows 10 May 2019 update for everyone. Nevertheless, the company has already issued a warning about a bug that comes with the update. Microsoft is blocking the update on PCs that have a USB hard disk attached to it, or even on machines that have an SD card plugged in the SD card reader.
In a support article that Microsoft has published, the company has said, “Inappropriate drive reassignment can occur on eligible computers that have an external USB device or SD memory card attached during the installation of the May 2019 update.”
This basically means that is your system has a USB drive with ‘D:’ letter assigned to it by Windows, post the May 2019 update, it could have shifted to ‘E:’ instead. While this would not be a problem for a number of consumers, however, for those who own a tightly managed business machine, any change in the drive letter could result in a big problem.
This is the reason that the software giant is blocking the May 2019 update on machines with this storage attached. In case you wish to upgrade your system, all that you would have to do is remove all USB or SD storage attached to it.
Microsoft has also said that “this issue will be resolved in a future servicing update for Windows 10.” But then, this fix is speculated to not be available in time for when the company begins rolling out the May 2019 update next month. Windows 10 testers on the Release Preview ring already have access to the final May 2019 update, and the software giant is being extremely careful with any last minute testing this time.
We should mention that the previous October 2018 update had some file deletion issues when it rolled out first. And this time, the company is being extra careful because it does not want any problems like that.
But then, it is strange that Microsoft has only been able to detect the USB storage issue this late in May 2019, when it actually has millions of testers of Windows 10 who are there to flag issues like these.
In an unrelated piece of news that surfaced online earlier this month, it was suggested that the May 2019 Update by Microsoft will enable Windows 10 users to control how exactly they get feature updates. So, users will be able to decide when they want to install the latest major version on your system. You can read more about other additions here.
After months of wait, Lenovo finally launched its new flagship device, the Z6 Pro. Needless to say, it comes with pretty impressive and high-end specifications. The Lenovo Z6 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 855 SoC clocked at 2.84GHz which is an industry standard for 2019 flagships. Although the Z6 Pro comes with a quad-rear camera setup, it also has a ToF sensor along with a PDAF sensor to improve the overall photography experience. The starting price of the Z6 Pro is also similar to some of the other newly launched devices. Here, we have compared the Lenovo Z6 Pro with its closest competitors – Xiaomi Mi 9 and Oppo Reno 10x Zoom.
In This Article
Display
Lenovo Z6 Pro: 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display with 1080 x 2340 pixels
Xiaomi Mi 9: 6.39-inch Samsung’s AMOLED Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) display
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom: 6.6-inch panoramic AMOLED display with 1080 x 2340 pixels
Xiaomi Mi 9: 48MP Sony IMX586 image sensor with an f/1.75 aperture + 12MP telephoto lens with an f/2.2 aperture + 16MP ultra wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 aperture
Oppo Reno 10x Zoom: 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with an f/1.7 aperture + 13MP periscope telephoto lens + 8MP super wide-angle lens
Although all the smartphones mentioned here haven’t currently been launched for the Indian market but we could see their launch in the coming weeks. Comparing the devices, we see that the Lenovo Z6 gives a tough competition to Xiaomi Mi 9 and Oppo’s Reno smartphone and of course, the latter is way more expensive too. But Oppo Reno’s only advantage is its 10x Zooming capability which the other two devices lack.
We always thought that Facebook Stories are not as popular as the feature is on other platforms. But we have to admit today, that there are people who use Facebook Stories. And we are not talking about the few people who still have not joined Instagram. The social media giant has said that more than 500 million people use Facebook Stories on its platform every day.
It is worth pointing out that this is the first time that Facebook has said that its Stories product has reached at a point in its native app and Messenger that it has started catching up to the feature’s popularity on Instagram. It is worth noticing that after various attempts of acquiring Snapchat, Facebook got inspired from the Stories feature on the photo-messaging app and got it to Instagram. The feature later also made its way to WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram.
The Stories feature saw immense popularity on Instagram and WhatsApp. So much so, that the daily users of the feature on the two apps soon crossed those of Snapchat. But as we mentioned earlier, this is the first time that Facebook has shared numbers which indicate that Stories on its native app and Messenger are catching up.
The last time that social media giant made an announcement about its Stories feature in September last year, it had 300 million daily users. Speaking of Instagram Stories alone, it had hit a mark of 500 million daily users in January this year.
The latest numbers were revealed today by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on a call with investors which happened right after the company’s first-quarter earnings report. The company also announced today that it has kept $3 billion apart to pay the Federal Trade Commission fine over its bad privacy and security track record.
However, even with the massive privacy fine included, Facebook has only continued to grow and earn a substantial amount of money. And it is also worth mentioning that Stories are increasingly becoming an important part of Facebook’s financial success.
The company’s COO also told listeners that around 3 million advertisers had made use of Stories across Facebook’s overall ecosystem. As of now, the social networking giant has not disclosed how much money it made via these ads, or on which platform a majority of them were placed.
Needless to say, with all these numbers, we have to admit that Stories are a big hit on Facebook’s platform. While everyone does not like to see Stories each time they open Facebook, it seems like there are 500 million people across the globe who do.
Apple recently launched its next generation AirPods named AirPods 2. Although the new AirPods don’t come with a lot of new improvements over its predecessor but it is powered by a new chipset and is in need of a much needed upgrade. And now, the Cupertino-based technology giant will reportedly launch two new AirPods by the end of 2019.
According to a report by Digitimes, a TF International Securities Analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that Apple will be coming out with two new models of its third generation of AirPods. Kuo has a good record with correct and accurate predictions of Apple products and he has revealed this news by obtaining a note from a client. According to Kuo, the Cupertino based firm will be looking at the end of 2019 or early 2020 for the release of its third generation of AirPods.
Among the two upcoming AirPods, one will be a proper upgrade to its predecessor – AirPods 2. And the other will come with a new design element unlike the AirPods 2 which holds similar design elements as the Airpods 1. It should also be noted that other than the chipset powering the AirPods 2, nothing much has been changed, so the AirPods offers only a slight improvement over the first generation of the Apple’s wireless earbuds.
According to the report, the third generation of upcoming AirPods will come with noise-canceling technology, but it is currently not clear if both the variants will have this feature or just one. And if it will be provided for one of them, it will most probably be the one with the updated design. But bringing a new ‘innovative’ feature to the AirPods will mean a considerable increase in its price range. The current generation (2nd) of AirPods costs $79 (approximately Rs 5,529) for the Wireless Charging Case alone, the AirPods with a Charging Case cost $159 (approximately Rs 11,129) and finally the AirPods with the Wireless Charging Case has a price tag of $199 (approximately Rs 13,929). It won’t be a surprise if the third generation of the AirPods goes up to $250 or above including the wireless charging case.
As mentioned earlier, the Apple AirPods second generation was released earlier this year and it came with a new chip which makes the pairing with iPhones and Macs easier. There was also a wireless charging case released with the AirPods, which was able to charge wirelessly using a wireless charging pad.
Cupertino based technology giant Apple always manages to stay in the news. From the beginning of the year, we have seen multiple renders and reports about its upcoming iPhones, even though their launch time is months away. We have also got a glimpse of what may be the plan for Apple‘s foldable phone – iPhone Flex.
Reports have suggested how Apple plans the build of the upcoming iPhone Flex foldable handset to be like, what to expect from its display orientation, hinge design, the structural integrity and the internal dynamics of making glass fold. And now, tech graphic designer Concept Creator has made some renders that bring give us a clear picture of how all of this will look like once it is put together.
The images and video render that have been created by Concept Creator and shared by Forbes show Apple’s design aesthetic combined with the form factor that the company has been working on. It is worth pointing out that the publication calls this step as ‘crucial’ as the technology giant is known to leak misleading designs as structural patents so that viewers cannot guess what’s really up it really has up its sleeve.
With its iPhone Flex foldable phone, Apple is said to coming up with a completely new form factor that is being called as a ‘game-changer’. According to Forbes, it will be like an iPhone when folded and more like an iPad when unfolded. While this is something that we have been expecting, the report also added that Apple’s iPhone Flex would cost more than both combined. But then, after seeing the exorbitant pricing of Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X, we cannot really expect Apple to lag behind in this aspect.
It is worth pointing out that Apple also has an advantage that Samsung and Huawei didn’t. While the two companies had to work together with Android to come with a customized operating system for their foldable phones, Apple’s iOS can already switch between phone and tablet modes. Currently, Apple is adopting its ‘Wait and Conquer’ strategy with the foldable phone.
Image courtesy: Concept Creator
So it would wait to see how the market responds to foldable phones by other companies, and then make the strategy around its iPhone Flex based on that. Adopting this way gives Apple a chance to learn from others’ mistakes and also to understand what the customers expect from a particular gadget. Also, in case foldable phones don’t become a hit at all, the Cupertino based technology company would know while its product is in development, so it will be able to take steps accordingly.
It seems as if Apple won’t be stopping anytime soon in bringing out new services with its branding on it. It was last month when we saw the Cupertino based technology giant launch more than five products and services. These included the Apple TV streaming service, Apple Music and Apple News among others. And now, expanding its online presence in the extremely competitive world of video streaming, Apple has launched its “Apple TV” channel. The Apple TV channel can be found on YouTube.
But it should be noted that the Apple TV YouTube channel is dedicated to the company’s TV application. The newly launched Apple TV YouTube channel will offer its viewers the trailers of upcoming shows, movies, behind the scenes commentary and interviews. Also, show clips along with videos highlighting Apple’s own original content can be found here. Earlier, we saw that Apple had been creating original content for its Apple TV video streaming platform. The new YouTube channel seems to be a way for the company to spread the word about features and programs being offered on its app. According to a report by MacStories, the YouTube channel will also show the trailer and the Carpool Karaoke previews. These are popular among the fans, as the report said.
But there is a piece of good news too – the channel might be free of advertisements. This should definitely make the experience much better for the viewers on the application.
Nevertheless, it seems strange that the company has launched the Apple TV’s YouTube channel for promotion at a time when the TV app doesn’t have much videos or content.
Coming to the behind-the-scenes clips and footage, interviews which the Apple TV’s YouTube channel has uploaded isn’t even on the Apple TV application. And most of the trailers on YouTube are unavailable in the TV app. Since the unreleased movies and shows do not show in the Apple TV’s content database list.
Even though Apple TV has been announced, the company will launch the redesigned Apple TV app in May 2019. It will be part of its tvOS 12.3 and iOS 12.3. Even though the TV app of Apple have exclusive content as well as some popular shows and films, it is yet to be seen what kind of content the YouTube channel of the application will publish.
E-commerce website Flipkart’s Super Value Week sale started earlier this week on April 23 and it will go on till April 30. During this time, a number of smartphones and devices will be available at discounted rates on the shopping website. So, if you have been planning to buy a new handset for yourself, now is the right time to do it.
During the sale, deals and discounts on various Honor smartphones will be available. Customers will also be able to get their Honor smartphones insured with the ‘Complete Mobile Protection’ offer for Rs 99. This plan covers screen damage, water damage, hardware and software defects along with other brand authorized repairs. In addition to this, customers would also have the option of exchanging their old smartphones and avail additional discount ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 1000 using the ‘Surprise Exchange Offer.’
As a part of the sale, you can get the 4GB RAM & 128GB storage variant of Honor 9N at Rs 11,999 along with the 4GB & 64GB storage model of dual selfie-camera phone, Honor 9 Lite at an offer price of Rs 9,999. Additionally, buyers can avail discount offers on Honor 10 Lite, Honor 7A, Honor 7S and Honor 9i devices.
Here’s a complete list of discounts on Honor smartphones that can be availed on Flipkart during the Super Value Week sale:
If you want to buy smartphones from companies other than Honor during the Super Value Week sale on Flipkart, you can read about the deals available on them here.
A few days ago, we saw the leaks of an upcoming device from Vivo – Vivo V17. And days later, the Vivo V17 has been made official as it is now listed on the official website of the company. The upcoming Vivo V17 comes in two colour variants and it will be powered by the Helio P35 SoC. Other than that, the main highlights of the Vivo V17 are its AI powered triple-rear camera along with 5,000mAh battery and 18W fast charging support.
Although the price of the Vivo V17 is currently not known but since it has been made official and is listed on the company’s website means that its launch is imminent. As mentioned above, it will come in two colour variants – Mineral Blue and Mystic Purple.
Vivo V17 specifications and design
Talking about the design of the device, the Vivo V17 sports a waterdrop style notched display with a slightly broad chin at the bottom. While the back of the device has a gradient and metallic finish and a vertically stacked triple rear camera setup. There is also a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner on the back panel Vivo V17. The right edge of the Vivo V17 holds the volume button along with the power button while the bottom of the device holds the 3.5mm audio jack, the microphone, the speaker grille, and the Micro-USB port.
Coming to the specifications of the device, the Vivo V17 sports a 6.35-inch (720 x 1544 pixels) HD+ LCD display with an aspect ratio of 19.3:9 and 89% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 CPU paired with 4GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The Vivo V17 runs Android 9 Pie skinned with Funtouch OS 9 and it reportedly packs a huge 5,000mAh battery with 18W dual-engine fast charging support. The device has dual-SIM card slot.
On the camera front, the Vivo V17 reportedly sports a triple-rear camera setup which comprises of a 13MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture paired with an 8MP secondary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture along with a 2MP tertiary sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. For selfies and video calls, there is a 20MP camera with an f/2.0 aperture. The rear cameras come with features like PDAF, time-lapse, HDR, AI Face Beauty, and super wide-angle mode. And the front camera comes with features like gender detection, panorama, face beauty, live photo, HDR, portrait, AI face beauty, camera filters, and more.
Other features of the upcoming Vivo V17 includes dual band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Micro-USB with OTG, GPS, FM radio, and more.
Japanese consumer electronics and video game company Nintendo will reportedly launch a more affordable version of its Switch gaming console in June 2019. This is completely in line with previous rumours that have also suggested that the company is working a budget variant of its portable gaming console.
The report which claimed that Nintendo Switch will be launched in June first surfaced on Bloomberg. But then, it is not clear as of now what changes the company will be adding to its portable console. However, it has also been speculated that the new Switch will come with a smaller display or remove the dock capability completely for a device that can work with smartphones.
Till now Nintendo has not released the official numbers for the last fiscal year, Bloomberg has said that according to analysts the company has shipped 17.5 million Switch consoles. The number would beat Nintendo’s revised estimate that said that the company will be shipping 17 million units. However, it is still short of the original 20 million consoles goal.
A more affordable model of the Switch will help in enhancing the sales of the company. We should mention that Nintendo has also used this strategy in the past with its 2DS, and it did work back then for the company as it opened up the console’s vast library of games to customers and they had to pay less for it.
In addition to this, the report also says that the existing Switch will be getting a “modest upgrade” later this year. As we mentioned earlier, this is in line with the that appeared in The Wall Street Journal last month and said that the company will be launching a new model of Switch with “enhanced features targeted at avid video gamers.”
Coming back to Bloomberg’s report, it also said that “a more powerful version” of the Switch gaming console is not something that the company is working on at this time. So, whatever the company will launch in the next few months, it is not wise to expect a drastic upgrade in the performance.
It has also been reported by Emily Rogers on ResetEra that Nintendo may have plans of launching as many as 12 games for its Switch gaming console this year. Among these, three games are set to be launched as eShop-only titles, one as Nintendo Labo kit and two as Wii U ports. The remaining six games that Nintendo plans to launch this year are big retail games.
The interim ban that was placed on Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has been lifted by the Madras High Court, however, certain conditions have to be complied with by the company for this. The popular video sharing app claims to have more than 54 million active users in the country.
The case against TikTok was filed by advocate Muthukumar and the court has now decided to lift the ban on the app provided pornographic content will not be uploaded on its platform. In case TikTok fails to comply with this, proceedings would begin again.
We should mention that on April 3, the court had directed the central government to ban the download the TikTok app in India because of concerns related to ‘pornographic’ content. It is also worth adding that when TikTok approached the Supreme Court of India, it refused to stay the interim order on the grounds that it was temporary and still being heard at the Madras High Court. After the government passed the order, TikTok was taken off from Google Play Store as well as Apple’s App Store on April 18.
It is also worth noticing that the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court, which is currently hearing a petition that says that TikTok “degrades culture and encourages pornography” had earlier said that children who were using TikTok were vulnerable to be exposed to sexual predators via the platform. The inappropriate content on TikTok is a dangerous aspect of the app, according to the High Court.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance challenged the High Court order with a petition to the Supreme Court that said that the interim order was passed without hearing them and that restriction like these would pose a threat to free speech.
The company also said that users on TikTok only flagged a tiny portion of the videos on the platform, and according to it, this goes to show that a “very minuscule” portion of its content can be considered objectionable.
According to ByteDance, it has suffered a financial loss of up to $500,000 (approximately Rs 3.5 crores) a day and because of the ban, more than 250 jobs are at risk. The company has also added that the ban would harm its reputation and goodwill among advertisers and investors.
TikTok lets users create short videos with special effects and then share them with everyone. In February 2019, TikTok reached the one billion download mark.
Speaking about the ban being lifted, TikTok said in a statement, “We are glad about this decision and we believe it is also greatly welcomed by our thriving community in India, who use TikTok as a platform to showcase their creativity. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue serving our users better. While we’re pleased that our efforts to fight against misuse of the platform has been recognized, the work is never “done” on our end. We are committed to continuously enhancing our safety features as a testament to our ongoing commitment to our users in India.”
Xiaomi today launched its selfie-centric smartphone Redmi Y3 at an event in New Delhi. The handset is touted to come with a 32MP Super Selfie camera that can click shake-free selfies and has support for Electronic Image Stabilization. The camera can also record Full HD videos and take Group Selfies. Other key highlights of the new Y3 smartphone are its 4,000mAh battery, its AI backed dual rear camera setup and its Aura Prism design.
The starting price of the newly launched smartphone is Rs 9,999. It is worth mentioning that another recently launched smartphone from Xiaomi – Redmi Note 7 – also holds the same starting price tag. However, the set of specifications of the two handsets are different in some aspects.
The Chinese smartphone brand currently holds the top position in the budget segment of the Indian smartphone market. In fact, most of the handsets by Xiaomi are priced in this segment. So, it is not very surprising to see the company launch two different devices of the same price in such a short time span.
It can be safely assumed that Xiaomi is catering to two different sets of target audiences with both the smartphones as one comes with a better selfie camera and the other packs a more powerful processor.
Here, we have listed down all the specifications of Redmi Y3 and Redmi Note 7 so that you can compare the two smartphones and decide which among the two Xiaomi handsets would make a good buy for you. Check out our comparison of the two smartphones here:
In This Article
Display
Redmi Y3: 6.26-inch HD+ Dot Notch display
Redmi Note 7: 6.3-inch Full HD+ LCD display
Processor
Redmi Y3: Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor
Redmi Note 7: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor
Rear camera(s)
Redmi Y3: Dual rear camera setup with 12MP and 2MP sensors
Redmi Note 7: Dual rear camera setup with 12MP and 2MP sensors
Selfie camera
Redmi Y3: 32MP Super Selfie camera with AI enhancements
After Intel’s announcement of the launch of 9th Generation Core CPU, many laptop manufacturers are coming up with new laptops powered by the newly launched chipsets. In that race, MSI debuts with the launch of world’s first gaming laptop powered by the 9th Generation Intel Core i9 CPUs paired with the NVIDIA GTX-16 series GPUs.
In This Article
MSI new laptops price and availability
The starting price of the new gaming laptops from MSI is Rs 77,990 while the highest model of the range costs Rs 3,99,990. The newly launched MSI gaming laptops are available on e-commerce platforms such as Flipkart and Amazon along with MSI exclusive stores in New Delhi, Pune, Kolkata and Bangalore. The newly launched MSI gaming laptops are already available as they started selling from April 23 onwards.
Speaking on the launch, Chang-Ching Lin, Regional Marketing Manager said, “We are excited to announce that MSI is the first brand to debut the 9th Gen. Intel® Core™ i9 Processors in the gaming series. Furthermore, the GTX 16 series graphics cards will provide a more affordable graphics solution for gamers while still attaining a high level of performance. With these new additions to our product portfolio, we not only aim at offering gamers the best experience but also want to make gaming more inclusive. India is a key focus market for MSI and we will continue to bring in our latest line of products in the country in line with the global launches.”
MSI GT Titan, MSI GS Stealth and other gaming laptops specifications and features
The newly launched MSI laptops are a part of a fully upgradable gaming line-up which includes the MSI GT-series, MSI GS-series, MSI GE-series, MSI GP-series, MSI GL-series and MSI GF-series. The new laptops come powered by the 9th Generation Intel Core CPUs which are 45% faster than the previous models. But the new laptops are not only good for gaming as they can handle heavy audio composition, video editing and multitasking with ease. They also equip the NVIDIA GTX-16 series GPUs which offer 50% more performance increase.
The new MSI GT Titan comes with 9th Generation Intel Core i9 overclockable CPU paired with the ‘most powerful GPU’. It also comes with the Cooler Boost Titan, dual fans and 11 pipes which reduces the temperature of the laptop during intense gaming. The Titan MSI GT Titan comes with 4K Ultra HD display panel and offers an immersive gameplay.
The MSI GS Stealth, on the other hand, comes in multiple variants, from NVIDIA RTX 2080 with the Max-Q design to the NVIDIA GTX-16 series. The MSI GS65 comes with a 240Hz display panel to maximize the gaming experience without frame drops.
The MSI GE-series is known for its aesthetics and design and in the updated version, the GE-series is getting a 17.3-inch and a 15.6-inch display with 144Hz refresh rate. It is powered by the Intel 9th Gen Core i7 CPUs paired with NVIDIA GPUs. Also, the MSI GE75 is the first model from MSI with Wi-Fi 6 capability which gives it a faster network and speed.
Moreover, the MSI GP-series comes with a brand-new cosmological warship style design and misty grey color. The MSI GP75 comes with Leopard sports a per-key RGB keyboard by SteelSeries. It too has gotten a new Intel 9th Generation CPU paired with the updated NVIDIA GPU.
Furthermore, the MSI GL-series has multiple variants with RTX series NVIDIA GPU to GTX-16 series GPU. According to the company, the GL-series gaming laptops is good and mainstream for the gamers and it can handle most of the AAA title games with ease. It also has the RGB backlit keyboard like many other MSI laptops.
Finally, the MSI GF-series is known for its unique built and light weight. Even though it is light in weight it offers the latest Intel 9th Gen CPU and NVIDIA updated GPU. According to the company, the MSI GF75 and the MSI GF63 is lighter and more powerful than its predecessor.
![[Video] Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition unboxing and overview](https://www.gadgetbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/maxresdefault-3-768x432.jpg "[Video] Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 OC Edition unboxing and overview")
