The Chinese premium brand OnePlus is all set to introduce a new smartphone. The company’s CEO has shared an image of a smartphone. The device is likely to be another variant of OnePlus 7T. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau shared a couple of new images of their upcoming smartphone via its social media platform. The images were shared on via Twitter, while sharing the images he tweeted that, “We do more testing with colors, materials, and finishing (“CMF”) than you could imagine because that’s what decides the overall feel of a phone. We’ve got more to share soon, but until then, what’s your favorite out of these past devices?”Lau shared six pictures of OnePlus smartphone places together that include three generations of OnePlus smartphones. In total, the company has shared six devices: two devices of the OnePlus 7T, three of the OnePlus 6 and a single variant of the OnePlus 5T.One of the shared images showcases that with other devices one smartphone is the regular Glacier Blue colour variant of OnePlus 7T along with a special edition White Marble variant. Besides these, there is one glossy white-and-cyan variant, matte white finish variant along with Denim Blue colour variant. And lastly, there is an old Star Wars edition of OnePlus 5T kept along with the other devices. The OnePlus 5T Star Wars Edition was specially launched for the fans of the Star Wars movie franchise in late 2017. OnePlus is persistent about bringing special edition devices for its recently launched smartphones just like McLaren edition.Recently the company has also unveiled its new visual identity and logo. A few changes have been made in the design of the logo. This time you can see a slight curve in the “1” in the logo whereas the + in the logo is also slightly bigger in size and the ONEPLUS text is bolder now.
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The Coronavirus cases seem to be on the rise in every region of the world. Also, this pandemic has severely affected the electronics industry especially smartphones and as well as computing devices. As we all know the major smartphone companies are located in China from where this deadly disease has originated. During this period factories have been shut down that have affected the manufacturing of the devices. The International Data Corporation (IDC) has forecasted that in 2020 there will be a decline of 2.3% in the global smartphone market. In the first half of 2020, smartphone sales are expected to fall 10.6% year-on-year. The huge shortage of components, factory shutdowns, quarantine mandates, logistics, and travel restrictions is going to be the biggest reason that will create difficulty for smartphone companies to manufacture the mobile handsets as well as its shipment. The global smartphone market recovery will be impacted in 2020 as uncertainties around COVID-19 increased over the last month.” The report further explained, “The worldwide smartphone market is expected to decline 2.3% in 2020 with shipment volume just over 1.3 billion. The COVID-19 outbreak is expected to stress the short-term scenario with shipments declining 10.6% year over year in the first half of 2020. Global smartphone shipments are expected to return to growth in 2021 driven by accelerated 5G efforts.”The present scenario has given the largest smartphone market in China the biggest hit. The situation is going to start getting better from the third quarter of the year when the COVID-19 situation that is also referred to as coronavirus improves and the 5G plans pick up the pace globally.February and March is usually the time when most of the smartphone companies introduce their flagship products. According to Will Wong, research manager with IDC’s Asia/Pacific Client Devices Group, “For the epicenter, China, we forecast the domestic market to drop by nearly 40% year over year for the first quarter and even with a potential March recovery it will still be difficult to reach last year’s levels.” Furthermore, he says, “Buyers will purchase from online channels, which will account for a significantly increased share of phones sold in the first half of 2020 and may represent a permanent shift in buying behaviors.”This means the pandemic is likely to cripple the Chinese economy. Unfortunately, this will put the burden on the SMEs and we are going to see an increase in the pricing of devices. For the latest gadget and tech news, and gadget reviews, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For newest tech & gadget videos subscribe to our YouTube Channel. You can also stay up to date with the Gadget Bridge Android App.
As more and more employees are shifting to work from home in the light of health concerns due to the coronavirus outbreak. The major telecom companies in India are either offering free internet access at home or revising their regular plans with more data as well as non-Jio FUP minutes. To connect and lure more customers now Jio has updated its 4G data vouchers that will now offer double high-speed data. The upgrade vouchers earlier did not offer FUP minutes but now all the users will get FUP non-Jio FUP minutes excluding Rs 251 data voucher.India telecom service provider Reliance Jio has now upgraded its old recharge pack such as 4G data vouchers. The revived plan will now come with double high-speed data access along with non-Jio voice calling minutes. In addition to this, the company has also revised its old recharge packs except Rs 251 which offers 2GB high-speed daily data valid for 51 days.The telecom operator has also listed the revised prepaid 4G data vouchers on its website. As per the listing, Jio’s Rs 11 voucher will now offer 800 MB of data and 75 non-Jio FUP minutes. Earlier the recharge voucher provided 400MB of data access along with 75 minutes of non-Jio voice calls.In a similar way, Jio’s Rs 21 voucher will now provide 2 GB data and 200 non-Jio FUP minutes. Prior to the upgrade, the same voucher offered 1GB of high-speed data. Whereas Rs 51 voucher now offers 6 GB data which has been upgraded from 3GB data access along with 500 minutes of non-Jio voice calling.Similarly, Jio’s Rs 101 will be offering 12 GB data and 1000 non-Jio FUP minutes in this voucher. However, any changes to Rs 251 4G data voucher remain the same. It is still offering 2GB high-speed data for 51 days but it does not include non-Jio FUP minutes.
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The increasing coronavirus cases in India have now forced all the people to work from home. This scenario has automatically increased the demand for internet access as well as broadband connections in the country. The impact has also shown an increased burden on the telecom operators such as BSNL, Reliance Jio, Airtel as well as other operators also. Government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has now launched a “Work@Home” broadband plan for its users. The promotional plan will be offering free Internet access to its existing landline customers to support as well as encourage people to work from home. The new plan will be offering 10Mbps download speeds with a cap of 5GB per day. This plan is applicable to all the BSNL landline subscribers across the country including Andaman and Nicobar circle. In addition to this, the plan is also going to provide email ID access with 1GB storage space free of cost. However, the plan is available for the existing landline users but new customers can also get access to this service by activating any landline plan. On exceeding the limit the users will be able to access the internet at 1Mbps speed. Additionally, the plan has no download as well as upload limits like we mentioned earlier there is no extra cost so you don’t need to pay any monthly charges nor any security deposit. There are also no installation charges. The BSNL Work@Home plan is only valid for one month from the date of activation. Those willing to activate the new plan can dial toll-free number 1800-345-1504.According to a report currently, there is about 19 million fixed broadband that includes enterprise and office connections. Moreover, around 17 million users have home broadband connections. The ongoing coronavirus crisis has now turned the employees to work from home which means all the fixed broadband networks load has been relocated to home broadband networks while impacting the network traffic. The coronavirus impact has also increased the demand for new fixed as well as high-speed broadband connections at home. This has increased the pressure on internet service providers to deal with additional data traffic.
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Amazon app is back with another quiz on its platform. The Amazon quiz for March 21 has gone live on its app. The company brings a questionnaire every day that let customers from across the country stand a chance to win bumper prizes just by playing at home from 8 am to 12 noon. The quiz session is available for app users in India. Gadget Bridge provides answers to make sure our readers also get a chance to win amazing prizes. In today’s Amazon Quiz the participants can get a chance to win Samsung Galaxy Watch.Now if you are excited to participate in the quiz all you need to do is follow the below-mentioned instruction. But before you start if you are not a registered customer download the Amazon App from Google Play Store to get registered and follow the steps:
Open the app and log in to your account. If you are not a member then first register yourself by providing some personal information.
Next, scroll down on the home screen and search for the Amazon Quiz banner or you can also find it on FunZone.
Then tap on the start button to begin the quiz.
Now you are asked five questions. Each question has four options as answers. You have to answer all the five questions correctly to win prizes.
Answering all the questions correctly you will be selected for a lucky draw.
The lucky draw winner’s names will be announced on April 30. The lucky one will win prizes.
Below is the Amazon Quiz Answers For 21 March 2020
Question 1- The Indian Government Recently Launched A Mobile Application ‘Humsafar’ To Facilitate Doorstep Delivery Of What?
Answer– FuelQuestion 2- To Announce The Early Release Of Which Movie On 13th March, Did The Makers Tweet ‘Father’s Day Comes Early’?
Answer– Angrezi MediumQuestion 3- On March 29th, 2017 Which Holder Of An Important Post Born On March 16th, Was Made An Honorary General Of The Nepal Army?
Answer– General Bipin RawatQuestion 4- Which Town Has Recently Been Named As The New Summer Capital Of Uttarakhand?
Answer– GairsainQuestion 5- Which Acclaimed Actor Plays The Lead Role In The Movie ‘Kaamyaab’ About An Actor Sudheer Who Comes Out Of Retirement?
Answer– Sanjay MishraEvery day the e-commerce platform brings opportunities for its millions of customers to win daily prizes such as mobile phones, other gadgets including Pay Balance also. The quiz can be played every day from 8 AM to 12 PM every day through Amazon App. Today’s quiz winner’s name will be announced via a lucky draw on April 30.
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The Chinese smartphone company Honor arrived with a new smartphone earlier this year, which was launched globally last year. The company launched Honor 9X at affordable pricing that is also the company’s first smartphone with a pop-up selfie camera. The device is the successor of Honor 8X that was launched last year in India. The company has launched the phone at an affordable price of Rs 13,999 for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. For the review, we received the 6GB variant. In this price segment, the device is expected to give tough competition to Realme and Xiaomi smartphones. However, the X series is the most successful under the budget smartphone that offers attractive design along with decent specifications. To recall, the smartphone was launched in China in mid of 2019 however it arrived in India this January. To know more about the device read our review of Honor 9X.
Design
Starting with the design, the Honor 9X comes with a notch-less large display. The biggest problem of the bigger display is that sometimes your one hand cannot reach the top and the edges of the screen and ultimately you will need to use your other hand to handle the phone. Also, the phone is a bit heavier, even when it is all plastic built. It comes with a big 6.59-inch LCD FullView display with 1,080×2,340 pixels resolution and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The benefit of a big screen is that you can enjoy streaming videos and movies on it, plus if there is no notch to house a selfie camera the overall viewing experience becomes distraction-free. The smartphone comes with Widevine L1 support enhancing streaming videos with an HD resolution on compatible apps such as Netflix, Amazon prime among others.The rear body comes with a 3D curved panel with a glossy finish, which is offered in two colour options Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue. The phone attracts more dust also the fingerprints are much visible on the Midnight Black variant which we got for the review. The pill-shaped rear camera is located on the upper left corner of the rear panel. The camera set up consists of three camera sensors that have been placed vertically inside it whereas the flash has been placed just below the setup. Honor 9X features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor that is quick at unlocking the phone. The company has not provided the face unlock feature on the phone because it houses a motorised selfie camera. So this method will take time to unlock the phone as it has to rise up every time the user asks for face recognition. Like we mentioned earlier this phone is Honor’s first pop-up selfie camera phone, which sits just beside the SIM card tray. On the right side, there is a volume rocker and a power button. At the bottom, you can find a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C port for charging and a speaker grille.Coming to the display Honor 9X features a 6.59-inch IPS LCD FullView display which is just perfect in this price point. During our review, the display had an accurate colour as well as brightness and contrast. The smart resolution feature on it lowers the screen resolution to save power when necessary. When used outdoors the visibility of the display was not great under direct sunlight, so this is something Honor needs to work upon in future phones.
Performance And Camera
The Honor 9X is powered by Huawei Kirin 710F processor, which is also provided on its predecessor Honor 8X. This really failed to impress us because it rivals Xiaomi and Realme already offers their devices with the latest processor at very decent pricing. Moving ahead the processor is paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128Gb of storage. However, it lacked an upper mid-range processor, the overall experience was fair enough as it did not suffer any lag or slowdowns while loading apps such as Facebook, Instagram, etc. But it could not handle heavy games such as PUBG on higher settings despite having GPU Turbo 3.0 that usually delivers good results. So, in this case, we would suggest you to play the game on the lower graphics settings. We would need to point out here, other smartphones such as Redmi note 8 at this price range deliver better performance. The provided software is not the latest but good for the money. The smartphone runs on EMUI 9.1 based on the top of Android 9. Here you get full gesture navigation support, however by default it comes with the standard three buttons on it. Navigation on such a large smartphone will cause a bit of difficulty to bring down the notification panel for people who have small hands. But here is a trick, you can enable it from the fingerprint ID section that will allow you to use the fingerprint scanner to show the notification panel, on a double tap you can clear all the notifications and slide up to close the notification shade, which is impressive.Else it comes with a 4,000mAh battery for longer battery life. We used the mobile phone for a few days regularly, spent a couple of hours watching videos, checking our social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, listening to music and checking emails and it lasted a day. On discontinuous usage, the battery survived more than a day. We really don’t need to worry about putting it on charge or saving the battery to get through the day. It has a better battery life than most in the category, which we have reviewed in the recent past. It never made us feel like, plug in the charger or the phone will die during the day.The overall performance of the phone is fairly good. However, the cameras left us with a mixed bag of feelings. The Honor 9X comes with a triple rear camera set up that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens. The phone clicks pictures with the 12-megapixel sensor on the main camera by default. Here, the white balance and the colours were accurate. You can opt for a full-resolution 48-megapixel image within the settings. Yes, you can shoot in 48 megapixels, but to get to it is a task. 12 megapixel48 megapixelThe shots taken under low lighting conditions were good and detailed. But we discovered that the 48-megapixels deliver good images only when there is good lighting otherwise the pictures were a bit noisy. The shots taken in portrait mode were really disappointing. The camera lens just could not detect the edges and the outcome was not satisfactory. You do get a dedicated aperture mode so that you can adjust the blur effect manually. Over that, there are other camera modes on the phone such as slo-mo, moving picture, light painting and stickers.With night mode/ Without night modeWe were surprised by the results of the night mode. The images taken under dark conditions delivered good details as well as colours. The main camera was also capable of capturing low light pictures, but we would recommend you take images with the dedicated night mode that delivers good pictures with low noise and perfect colours.The performance of the selfie camera is also average. The Honor 9X comes with a 16-megapixel pop-up selfie camera, which is a bit slow. We clicked the selfie shots while keeping the AI beautification mode disable because the resultant images with it softened the edges too much. We noticed the same problem when selfie pictures were clicked in the portrait mode. Firstly it over smoothened the skin texture and then again the edge detection was not accurate, it blurred many strands of our hairs and we would definitely not recommend you to use this feature for taking selfies. Other than that, the device is capable of recording 1080p at 60fps and wide-angle video at 30fps.
Verdict
Honor 9X is a good mid-range smartphone being offered by Huawei at the price point. You get a notch-less screen, a semi-decent camera set up and excellent battery life. A good phone for day to day tasks, however, a powerful processor could have uplifted the performance of the camera because in 2020 it would not be easy for it to compete with other brands at this price range. In the same price segment, Redmi 8 Pro comes with a powerful chipset whereas Samsung M31 is giving a super large battery. So you can pick from these in the range. ProsA large notch-less displayExcellent battery lifePop up selfie cameraConsCamera performance could have been betterNo 4K videoSlow charging
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Just like WhatsApp now Instagram is also working on the disappearing messages feature on its platform. For quite a long time this feature is under testing on the messaging app. Now some emerging reports suggest that the Photo-sharing app Instagram is also following the footprints of the messaging app. This ephemeral messaging has been inspired by Snapchat’s popular feature in which pictures disappear after a specific time.The ephemeral messaging feature was first spotted by reverse engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong inside Instagrams’s Android app code labelled “speak no evil” emoji. Wong took to Twitter to reveal how the feature works. According to him the self-destructing messages or disappearing messages work for the users who have enabled dark mode via Instagram Direct message. The message sent automatically gets vanished when the chat window is closed.
Instagram is working on “🙊 mode” where messages disappear
It seems to be in an early barebone version but I tried my best to demonstrate how it might work pic.twitter.com/ZrUZZj0TWo
In addition to this Instagram confirmed that it is working on this feature. A spokesperson in its statement said, “We’re always exploring new features to improve your messaging experience. This feature is still in early development and not testing externally just yet.”Other social media apps such as Twitter as well as WhatsApp are testing the disappearing messages feature. Twitter recently confirmed that its feature will be called “Fleets” In which text messages, photos as well as videos will automatically disappear in 24 hours.Image Courtesy: WABetaInfoFurthermore, WhatsApp was also spotted testing this feature in two Android beta versions – 2.20.83 as well as 2.20.84. The users will be allowed to set a specific time for self-destructing messaging in their private chats. The messages will be short-lived for a period of one hour, one day, one week, one month or one year which can be set as per preference. When the user enables the feature, a clock icon will appear in the bubble. This was spotted by WABetainfo and it mentioned that the feature is currently disabled by default which is not accessible right now. This indicates that soon the Facebook-owned chatting app might roll out the stable version.
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The Chinese smartphone company, Oppo, today launched its new earphones in India. Expanding its portfolio of Encho earphones the company launched Oppo Enco M31 wireless neckband-style earphones in the country. The audio device will join Enco Free and Enco W31 true wireless earphones that were first introduced during Oppo Reno 3 Pro launch event.Oppo Encho M31 earphones come with neckband-style wireless audio drivers. These come with a shape-memory metal covered in comfortable liquid silicone rubber. The wireless earphones come equipped with High-Res Wireless certification along with Bluetooth 5.0 and LDAC for better connectivity with your device along with transmission speeds of up to 990 kbps. The Oppo Encho M31 comes integrated with 9.2mm full-range dynamic drivers, PET titanium composite diaphragms, and independent bass chambers.The audio device also includes an AI algorithm that helps in reducing background noise during calls. OPPO Enco M31 headphones will be available in two colour options Black and Green and can be purchased via leading e-commerce websites in India. The headphones will be put on sale in the country starting March 30 however the company has disclosed the pricing of the audio product. The said the pricing will be revealed when the Oppo earphones go on sale.To recall, during the launch of Oppo Reno 3 Pro in the country the company also launched Oppo Enco Free wireless earbuds, Oppo Enco W31 earphones and Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds. Oppo launched Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds with a price tag of Rs 7,990, whereas Enco W31 earphones are available at Rs 4,499. Besides this, Oppo Reno 3 Pro smartphone was introduced in the country two variant 8GB RAM with 128GB storage at Rs 29,990 while the 8GB of RAM with 256GB storage is available at Rs 32,990. The device comes in three colour options: Auroral Blue, Sky White, and Midnight Black. It comes with a 6.7-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with 1080×2400 pixels of resolution along with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The Oppo Reno 3 Pro runs on ColorOS 7 on top of Android 10. Under the hood, there is an octa-core MediaTek Helio P95 chipset clubbed with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.In terms of cameras, the handset features a quad rear camera setup that includes a 64-megapixel main sensor along with a 13-megapixel telephoto lens. Furthermore, there is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with 119.9 degrees of field of view and a 2-megapixel mono lens. For taking selfies and videos the smartphone sports a dual selfie camera set up that includes a 44-megapixel primary lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.It boasts a 4,025mAh battery that is supported by a 30W VOOC Flash Charge 4.0 technology.
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HMD Global on Thursday launched its first 5G phone Nokia 8.3 5G along with other two devices along with Nokia 5.3, and Nokia 1.3. According to the company its 5G phone includes Qualcomm 5G RF Front end module solution, that condenses more than 40 different RF components into a single module. The device features a PureView quad camera with ZEISS optics. To recall, the company had planned to introduce these smartphones last month during Mobile World Congress (MWC)which got cancelled due to health concerns amid the coronavirus outbreak. Then the company decided to launch the smartphone through an online event.
Nokia 8.3 5G, Nokia 5.3, Nokia 1.3 pricing
The company has launched Nokia 8.3 5G in two variants 6GBRAM with 64GB storage at 599 Euros( around Rs 48,100), for 8GB RAM with 128GB storage with a price tag of Rs 649 Euros ( around Rs 52,100). The device will be available in a sole Polar Night colour variant.The Nokia 5.3 comes in a single 3G/4Gb/6GB RAM with 64GB/128 storage and the price starts at 189 Euros ( around Rs 15,200) and the Nokia 1.3 will also be available in a single 1GB RAM with 16GB of storage at EUR 95 (around Rs 7,600). Both the devices will be available in three colour options Charcoal, Cyan, and Sand. Until now the company has not revealed any information about the availability of all the Nokia smartphones in India.Nokia 8.3 5G specificationNokia 8.3 5G features a 6.81-inch full-HD+ PureDisplay panel with 1080×2400 pixels of resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. The display comes with a hole punch to house a selfie camera. It runs on Android 10 and ready for Android 11 and beyond. The company also promises up to 2 years of upgrades and 3 years of monthly security updates. It is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor combined with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage which can be expanded up to 400GB using a microSD card.In terms of imaging, it sports a quad rear camera setup with ZEISS optics. The set up includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.89 aperture, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens offering 120 degrees of field of view with f/2.2 aperture. Further aided by a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. While on the front it features a 24-megapixel selfie camera. Furthermore, Nokia 5G phone houses a 4,500mAh battery that comes with 8W fast charging support.Nokia 5.3 specificationsNokia 5.3 runs on Android 10 and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset combined with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage that is expandable up to 512GB via microSD card. The device features a 6.55-inch HD+ in-cell display with 720×1600 pixels of resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. The handset packs a 4,000mAh battery with 10W charging support.The smartphone comes with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor, 5-megapixel ultra-wide-angle with 118 degrees of FoV, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Nokia 1.3 specificationsBeing an entry-level handset Nokia 1.3 comes with a 5.71-inch HD+ display with 720×1520 pixels of resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio. It runs on Android 10 (Go edition). Under the hood, there is a quad-core Qualcomm 215 processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that can be expanded up to 400GB via microSD card.For photos, Nokia 1.3 comes with a single camera with an 8-megapixel camera sensor and a 5-megapixel selfie camera sensor. It houses a 3,000mAh battery that delivers up to 15 hours of talk time and 28 days of standby. For the latest gadget and tech news, and gadget reviews, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For newest tech & gadget videos subscribe to our YouTube Channel. You can also stay up to date using the Gadget Bridge Android App.
HMD Global had launched a new feature phone through an online launch event. The company launched the Nokia 5310 2G phone which is also the successor of Nokia 5310 Xpress Music. The device comes with an MP3 player and FM radio. It features a classic design along with long battery life. Read on to know more about the new feature phone.Commenting on the launch the company said, “Nokia 5310 Reimagining the original Nokia 5310 Xpress Music, the Nokia 5310 brings with it an MP3 player and FM 3 radio, combined with powerful, dual front-facing speakers letting you carry your favourite tunes with you on the go. The Nokia 5310 remixes classic design with a slick new feel and battery that’s built to last, keeping you connected day after day.”
Nokia 5310 2G phone pricing
The Nokia 5310 will be available in White/Red and Black/Red, starting in March 2020 at a global average retail price of 39 Euros that translates to Rs 3,147 as per Indian currency. The device will be available for purchase this month only however there is no word from the company when it is going to put the mobile phone on sale.
Nokia 5310 2G phone specifications
Nokia 5310 is powered by MediaTek MT6260A processor paired with 8MB of RAM and 16MB of storage which can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card. It features a 2.4-inch QVGA display along with a curved display glass, key mat and rounded design.It houses a 1200mAh battery that delivers 30 days of standby mode. It comes with wireless FM radio with dedicated music buttons and powerful dual front-facing speakers. You will also get both dual and single sim option to support mini SIMIn terms of camera, Nokia 5310 sports a VGA rear camera along with a flash. The Nokia feature phone measures 123.7 x 52.4 x 13.1 mm and weighs 88.2 grams. For the latest gadget and tech news, and gadget reviews, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For newest tech & gadget videos subscribe to our YouTube Channel. You can also stay up to date with the Gadget Bridge Android App.
At the moment Facebook-owned chatting app WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform across the globe and also the most likely target for spreading myths as well as fake news. Right now in a country like India many myths, as well as fake news, have gone viral through the social media platform. After so many efforts this trend of spreading fake messages about coronavirus is on a rise in the country as well as across the globe. To combat this issue the company has now taken a step to fast check the information being spread through their app. These days false and dangerous news about the coronavirus is spreading widely on WhatsApp at lightning speed. Several fake news, videos as well as recordings have been spreading related to the deadly disease which is responsible for creating panic among people. Health experts, as well as the Government, have issued warnings against the use of DIY hand sanitizers, drugs, and natural remedies being recommended to treat coronavirus-like symptoms. In fact, India is amongst the most likely target to be hit by a wave of fake rumours. Now before trying these remedies or panicking to misinformations, you can now verify these messages before forwarding these to your contacts.The main agenda of all messaging applications or social media apps is to stay connected with your loved ones. In its blog, post-WhatsApp said, “Think about the messages that you receive, because not everything you are sent about coronavirus may be accurate. Verify the facts with other trusted official sources orfact checkers. If you aren’t sure something’s true,don’t forward it.” The Facebook-owned social media network urged its users to verify the facts before you forward it to the ones that matter to you the most with trusted official sources such as WHO or your national health ministry or through fast checkers. The company has also created an information hub that is going to provide a trusted source through which the users can verify information about coronavirus. WhatsApp has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNDP to provide real-time information about the disease. The messaging app has now launchedThe WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hubhealth for the people seeking information, guidance for health workers, educators NGOs, local governments as well as businesses. Separately, WhatsApp has also invested a $1 million grant in Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) to put a stop on the rumour mills from spreading misinformation about the virus.
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Today’s Amazon Quiz has now gone live. Every day the e-commerce website brings a daily quiz for its customers. The quiz begins at 8 AM and runs till 12 noon. Those participating in the quiz can win exciting prizes by answering all the questions correctly. Today all the customers across the country can win Amazon Alexa Echo Show.Amazon is back with another new daily quiz. Amazon quiz brings an opportunity for its customers to win daily prizes such as mobile phones, other gadgets including Pay Balance also. If you managed to answer all the questions correctly you can stand a chance to win Amazon Alexa Echo Show. Check out today’s answers for the Amazon quiz.
March 20 Amazon Quiz Answers
Question 1. Muhyiddin Yassin is the new Prime Minister of which country?Answer- MalaysiaQuestion 2. Powered by a brilliant showing from Sania Mirza, India made the world group playoffs of which tournament for the first time?Answer- Federation CupQuestion 3. Which country became the first in the world to make public transport free?Answer- LuxembourgQuestion 4. For its 2020 mission to which planet, did NASA name the rover ‘Perseverance’?Answer- MarsQuestion 5. Hardik Pandya recently hit 158 off 55 balls in a T20 tournament named after whom?Answer- DY PatilBy participating in the daily quiz Amazon customers can stand a chance to win products such as OnePlus 7T, Apple iPhone x, iPhone Xs, Go Pro Hero 8 and many more gadgets as well as Pay Balance. The quiz can be played every day from 8 AM to 12 PM every day through Amazon App and the winner’s names will be announced at the end of every month. Today’s quiz result will be announced via a lucky draw on April 30.
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German audio brand Sennheiser today launched two new wireless headphones in India Sennheiser HD 450BT and HD 350BT. The Bluetooth headphone promises a 30-hour battery life as well as instant voice assistant access. The new headphones also comes with an active noise cancellation feature which is available with a starting price of Rs 7,490.Mr. Kapil Gulati, Director, Consumer Segment, Sennheiser Electronics India, said, “We are extremely thrilled to launch our new range of headphones in the wireless category for our Indian consumers. With the evolving pattern of entertainment consumption, today’s audience is increasingly consuming content on-the-go and looking for quality wireless audio products that enhance their overall experience. Keeping in mind these changing needs and preferences, our new range of headphones embrace the latest wireless technology. At Sennheiser, our focus has always been on innovation and with these new models in our wireless range, we aim to provide consumers an enhanced audio experience every day. We look forward to seeing how our consumers here take to it.”Price and AvailabilitySennheiser launched HD 450BT and HD 350BT wireless Bluetooth headphones in India. The Sennheiser HD 450BT can be purchased at 14,990 and the HD 350BT will be available at Rs 7,490. Both the headphones will be available for purchase via e-commerce platforms Amazon and Flipkart. You can also buy them through the company’s official website and well as leading retail outlets across the country.FeaturesBoth Sennheiser HD 450BT and HD 350BT look similar in design. All the specifications and features on the headphones are also similar except active noise cancellation that comes with Sennheiser HD450BT. Both the audio devices include Bluetooth 5.0 for connectivity along with wireless codec support, including AAC, AptX and AptX Low Latency for perfect audio synchronization with video. It also allows you to customize sound as per preference with the help of the Sennheiser Smart Control app. The podcast mode available on the app allows you to optimize the intelligibility of podcasts, audiobooks and other speech content. In addition to this, you can also check the battery status, a quick guide as well as firmware updates. Both the headphones also feature a dedicated voice assistant button enabling Siri or Google Assistant at a touch with the paired device. The physical buttons available on the earcups can be used to control music, volume as well as calls. Sennheiser HD450B comes with a 300mAh battery whereas the HD450BT headphones comes with a bigger 600mAh battery. Both deliver up to 30 hours of battery life.
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The Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has officially announced the launch of its flagship Mi10 smartphone in the country. The device is going to debut in the country on March 31st. The device comes with Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright HMX 108-megapixel primary sensor along with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor. To recall the Mi 10 was launched last month in China alongside Mi 10 Pro. Earlier it was speculated that Xiaomi will launch both the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro in the country. But now the company has officially given the launch date for the Mi 10 smartphone that is March 31. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the launch event is going to be live-streamed at 12.30 noon onwards either via its dedicated microsite or through its official YouTube channel. On the same day, the Mi 10 is going to be put on pre-booking scheduled for 3 PM onwards.
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Watch the Livestream across our social media handles. Pre-order starts on March 31st at 3PM.
The company took to Twitter to announce the launch date for its upcoming smartphone. The company has also created a microsite that reveals the launch offer details. According to the site, the pre-booking for the device is going to commence on March 31. From the same day till April 7 customers pre-booking the device will receive an instant discount of Rs 2500 via Axis Bank credit cards and EMI transactions. While Axis Bank debit card users will get Rs 2000 off on the pre-ordering of the device during these days.Previously Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain revealed that Mi 10 is going to be a bit pricier for the Indian market. In China Mi 10 is being offered in three variants 8GB + 128G at CYN 3,999 (around Rs 42,295), 8GB + 256GB at CNY 4,299 (around Rs 45,468) and 12GB + 256GB model at CNY 4,699 (around Rs 49,652). It will be available in three colour options Titanium Silver Black, Peach Gold and Ice Blue colour.
Xiaomi Mi 10 specifications
Mi 10 runs on MIUI 11, based on Android 10. It comes with a 6.67-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED hole-punch display with a 90Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there is an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor coupled with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. It houses a 4,780mAh battery that supports 30W wired as well as wireless charging and it also supports 10W reverse wireless charging.For photos and videos, Mi 10 features a quad rear camera setup consisting of a 108-megapixel Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor. Further aided by a 13-megapixel wide-angle lens with a 123-degree field of view, by twin 2-megapixel camera sensor. For selfies there is a 0-megapixel front-facing camera.
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Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale is live now. Many mobile phone brands are offering their devices at discounted rates during the ongoing Flipkart sale in India. The sale has already begun today and will go on till March 22. During the four days of the sale, Asus is also going to offer great discounts on its latest smartphones. The company will be putting up its latest smartphones such as Asus 6Z, Asus 5Z, Asus Max M2, Asus Max Pro M1 at their lowest price during the sale. Today the Taiwanese company Asus has announced its sale offers. During the sale, the company will be offering a 10 percent discount to the customers purchasing the phone via SBI Credit Card and EMI transactions. There will be flat Rs 4,000 off on all the variants of Asus 6Z. The device is available in three different configurations 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage can be bought at Rs 23999 whereas its retail price is Rs 27999. The 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage and 8GB RAM with 256GB of internal storage option will be sold at Rs 26999 and Rs 30999. Originally both the variants were being sold at Rs 30999 and 34999 respectively. No cost EMI option for three and six months will be available on all the three variants. An extra 10% instant discount on SBI Credit Card and EMI transactions will be available during the sale.All the variants of Asus 5Z will be available at a discounted price of Rs 3,000. The 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage can now be purchased at Rs 15,999 whereas the 6 GB with 128GB storage will be available at Rs18,999. Without the discount, both 64GB and 128GB storage option comes at Rs18,999 and Rs 21,999 respectively. An additional 10% instant discount on SBI Credit Card and EMI transactions can also be availed.There will be Rs 500 off on the purchase of Asus Max M2, Asus Max Pro M1 and Asus Max Pro M1.Asus Max Pro comes in three storage and RAM options. The 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage and the 4GB of RAM and 64GB can now be purchased at Rs 6,999 and Rs 7,999. Whereas the 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage now comes at Rs 10,999 instead of its regular selling price Rs 11,499. Asus Max M2 is available in two storage options. After the discount of Rs 500, the 3GB of RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage model can be purchased at Rs 6,999 and Rs 8499.Asus Max M1 can be bought via Flipkart at Rs 5499 for the 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. OThe regular selling price of the device is Rs 5,999.
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If you have been waiting eagerly to hear more about the Samsung’s much-awaited Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), popular tipster Evan Blass has leaked a new rendering of this tablet device. This latest leak of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) hints that the smartphone manufacturer will fit the device with a 8.4-inch screen along with a FHD+ (1,920×1,200 pixels) resolution.
On taking a close look at the leaked image which is circulating online, it seems that Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) is likely to be equipped with two speakers at the bottom of the tablet and one on the top panel. In addition to this, there could be a Type-C charging port at the bottom, a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top, and a SIM/MicroSD card tray on the left side of the device. And the Power/ Lock as well as volume button could be placed on the right panel.
However, the leaked image of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) reveals no information regarding the fingerprint recognition module.
On the camera front, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) carries an 8MP rear-facing camera and a 5MP selfie snapper. According to news report it is likely that this upcoming tablet from Samsung could derive its power from Exynos 7904 SoC paired with 3GB RAM.
Meanwhile, Samsung has begun mass production of industry’s first 512-gigabyte (GB) eUFS (embedded Universal Flash Storage) 3.1 for use in flagship smartphones. According to the company, Samsung’s new eUFS 3.1 breaks the 1GB/s performance threshold in smartphone storage by delivering three times the write speed of the previous 512GB eUFS 3.0 mobile memory.
“With our introduction of the fastest mobile storage, smartphone users will no longer have to worry about the bottleneck they face with conventional storage cards,” said Cheol Choi, executive vice president of Memory Sales & Marketing at Samsung Electronics.
This latest development means consumers can enjoy the speed of an ultra-slim notebook when storing massive files like 8K videos or several hundred large-size photos in their smartphones, without any buffering. Moreover, transferring contents from an old phone to a new device will also require considerably less time.
Talking about the performance, the 512GB eUFS 3.1 processes up to 60 percent faster than the popularly used UFS 3.0 version, offering 100,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) for reads and 70,000 IOPS for write speed. The tablet’s official launch date is still unclear, however sources close to Gadget Bridge do tell us it can happen in April of 2020.
Last month the South Korean company, Samsung, launched Galaxy Z Flip at an Unpacked event for the global market. Later it made its way to the Indian market. Initially, the company launched the foldable device in two colour options Mirror Purple and Mirror Black. Now the company has announced that soon the device will be available in a new colour variant that is Mirror Gold.Samsung has now announced that the Mirror Gold variant of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is going to join the collection of other two colour variants in India. Now Z Flip will be available in three colour options Mirror Purple, Mirror Black and Mirror Gold. The new colour option will be available for purchase from March 20th onwards. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the company’s first clamshell styled foldable phone. Until now the device has gone for the pre-booking order two times. Every time when the smartphone went for the pre-bookings the phones were stocked out and the company had to put a sold out message on its online store in less than an hour. Now again on March 20 that is tomorrow, the smartphone will be available for sale.Samsung Galaxy Z Flip has been launched at Rs 1,09,999 for the single 8GB RAM with 256GB storage model. Samsung’s foldable smartphone features a 6.7-inch full-HD Dynamic AMOLED (Infinity Flex) display with the company’s Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG). The display offers 1,080×2,636 pixels of resolution and a 21.9:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is free-standing and automatically splits into two screens to view images, contents or videos on the top half of the display and control them from the bottom half. When in a folded state on the outer body you get a 1.1-inch Super AMOLED display with 303ppi pixel density and 300×112 pixels of resolution. The secondary display can be used to check notifications, time as well as battery status. Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The handset features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It packs a battery with a capacity of 3,300mAh battery that comes with fast charging support and wireless PowerShare.For images and videos, Galaxy Z Flip features a dual camera set up on its back panel that consists of 2-megapixel wide-angle camera with f/1.8 aperture along with 78 degrees of field of view and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and 123-degree field of view. The main display sports a 10-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.4 aperture and 80-degrees of Field of view.
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As the 140 countries across the globe are striving hard to Coronavirus pandemic, WhatsApp too is joined the race by launching Coronavirus Information Hub in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef, UNDP and Poynter Institute’s International Fact Checking Network (IFCN). The Facebook-owned instant messaging app has also announced a $1million grant to the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).
Asserting that the users are reaching out on WhatsApp more than ever at this time of crisis, Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, said, “We are also pleased to partner with the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute to help grow the amount of fact-checking organizations on WhatsApp and to support their life-saving work to debunk rumours. We will also continue to work directly with health ministries around the world for them to provide updates right within WhatsApp.”
It must be noted that the grant will be used to support the journalism of the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance, the collaborative project that was launched by the IFCN in January and now includes more than 100 fact-checkers in 45 countries.
“The timely donation from WhatsApp will help the fact checks published by the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance reach a wider audience and help people sort fact from fiction during this avalanche of information that WHO called an ‘infodemic,” said Baybars Orsek, the director of the IFCN.
WhatsApp has urged its users to share information responsibly at this need of hour. The instant messaging app has come out with some ways to help you connect with those who matter most. It has asked the users to connect remotely by using WhatsApp features, like groups, voice, and video calls and provide support to loved ones even though you might not be able to be in the same place.
Secondly, WhatsApp has asked the users to turn to reliable sources like the World Health Organization or your national health ministry in order to get the latest information and guidelines about Coronavirus pandemic.
Third and the most important point that WhatsApp has shared is prevention of rumours related to Coronavirus. One has to realize that not everything you are sent about coronavirus may be accurate. Verify the facts with other trusted official sources or fact checkers, and refrain from forwarding it if you aren’t sure something’s true, as per the blog on WhatsApp.
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The technology giant Apple has announced the launch of its new iPad Pro model with A12Z Bionic chip which makes it more powerful in India. It comes with Ultra-Wide camera, studio-quality mics as well as LiDAR Scanner for depth-sensing capabilities.The newly launched iPad Pro packs motion sensors along with Liquid Retina display. The device runs on iPadOS 13.4 that allows trackpad support for more natural typing experience which is beneficial for daily tasks such as writing and selecting the text, working with spreadsheets. The company has designed it for the touch-first experience the cursor appears as a circle that highlights user interface elements, text fields and apps on the Home screen and Dock for indication. The inclusion of fluid gestures on the trackpad allows easy switching between apps, to access the app switched and it also activates the Dock, Control Center and apps in Slide Over.It features 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes Liquid Retina display with P3 wide colour support for better viewing experience. The display is supported with the ProMotion tech which automatically adjusts the display refresh rate up to 120Hz. The iPad Pro sports a dual camera set up that includes a 12-megapixel wide camera which is also capable of recording 4K video and a 10-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with 2X zoom. The iPad also features five studio-quality microphones that capture clean audio. Whereas the four audio speakers automatically adjust to any orientation. The device is suitable for filmmakers, video professionals, podcasters and other content creators.As we already mentioned the new model comes with the support for LiDAR Scanner that is capable of measuring the distance to surrounding objects up to 5 meters away. It also allows the user to attach the new Magic Keyboard magnetically to the tablet.The company has launched the iPad Pro models in the country with a starting price of Rs 71,900 for the 11-inch model, Rs 85900 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model, whereas the 12.9-inch Wi-Fi model will be available at Rs 89,900 and the Wi-Fi + Cellular model costs Rs 103900. However, the company has not yet announced the availability details for India but in The US it will be available from next week. In addition to this, the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May at Rs 27900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro and Rs 31900 for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Also the second-generation Apple Pencil is going to cost Rs 10900.
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Recently, Samsung unleashed three new smartphones in India. Yes, we are talking about the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra. These are the first set of flagships by the company in the year 2020. They are built to outperform any smartphone in the market as they come with the latest tech specs and style. We got to play around with the Samsung Galaxy S20+ and have been tinkering with the smartphone for over 2 weeks now. Did it impress us? Well, read the rest of our review of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ to know that and more.
Samsung Galaxy S20+ Design and Display
Samsung has been building great smartphones since a very long time and what their designers excel at is making great looking smartphones. This time, however, the theme got a little subtler. There are no flowing edge displays, instead, the form factor has been kept very vanilla, yet appealing. Available in a plethora of colours we got the Cosmic Grey over to our headquarters, which we must say is a very cool colour to own.
Moving on, the design of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ includes a metal band running on the sides of the device. This has the power and volume buttons on the right side, while the primary microphone, USB-C charging port and the speaker grille are placed at the bottom. The top part has the secondary MIC and the dual SIM tray. Flip it around and you would get to see an army of cameras. These are situated in a rectangular camera bump, which also has a third microphone for videos along with a LED flash. The rear has a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 6, which can also be seen on the front.
Talking about which, yes, the front of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ also has CG6 on top of a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The company has also pre-placed a screen protector on top of the display. This is Samsung’s Infinity O display that comes with a selfie camera punch hole in the top middle part of the screen. This does not hinder the viewing much and we could barely make it out when watching YouTube or Netflix videos. Further, the display supports 20:9 aspect ratio, 1,440 x 3,200 pixels resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. This means the screen can refresh 120 times in one second.
So, what does the high refresh rate do? Simply put, the user interface becomes more fluid. However, if you increase the refresh rate, it will use up more battery. Here we used it every day with the 120Hz refresh rate on, so our battery test will be with that, read about it at the end of the article. Moving on, the sunlight legibility of the screen is superb and the character sharpness is top-notch.
We loved the gaming experience on the Samsung Galaxy S20+. It does a fabulous job with the colours and the smooth display did give us the edge in games such as Mario Kart and Asphalt 9 legends. Things like edge lighting, blue light filter and edge apps panel also come in this smartphone. All in all, Samsung has built close to perfect flatscreen for this mobile device.
Samsung Galaxy S20+ Performance
To tell you the truth we had a lot of expectations from the Samsung Galaxy S20+ when it was launched. After using it for a while, we were happy with most of its aspects, except one. Can you guess which one, without reading further down? Tell us in the comments if you guessed it right?
On paper, the Samsung Galaxy S20+ is a tank. It comes with Exynos 990 chipset that has an Octa-core CPU running at a max clock speed of 2.73GHz. Graphics are provided by Mali-G77 MP11 chip and this setup is partnered with 12GB RAM/128GB storage (with UFS 3.0). A 256GB variant is also available for people who need more storage. So, before anything else, we quickly downloaded benchmarks such as GeekBench 4. It scored 4,757 points on the single-core score and 11,688 on multi-core score. The compute test on GeekBench 4 gave us a score of 8,819.
Jumping on the OS (operating system) side, the Samsung Galaxy S20+ comes packs the Android 10 with Samsung UI 2.0 out of the box. As said, the smartphone comes with a 120Hz screen so it enhances the whole OS outlook. There is minimal bloatware since it is a premium smartphone. The quick settings menu comes down when you swipe down from the top and a sperate app drawer in this smartphone is a boon in our books. The navigation can be either kept as screen buttons or gestures. We personally like the gestures as that makes it more intuitive. Users can go back to the previous screen by swiping up from the bottom right, back to home screen by swiping from the bottom middle and will show all the open apps if you swipe up from the bottom left. Over that, assistant menu floating button can also be enabled that does all this and more.
Let’s switch gears and come to the cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S20+. The rear panel of the smartphone holds 4 cameras. This includes 12MP wide sensor, 64MP telephoto, 12MP ultrawide and 0.3MP Time of Flight (TOF) camera. We thoroughly used the cameras and this is the part where we got mixed performance. While the images indoors and outdoors in the wide and ultrawide mode were exceptional, we got inconsistent imagery with the 64MP telephoto camera. Some subjects lost sharpness in this mode and colours also were not up to the mark in low light.
To turn it on one would need to switch over to the 64MP mode, which only works in 4:3 ratio. Otherwise, you would need to switch to the other two lenses that also support up to 30X digital zoom. Here, (when zoomed) you will not get the same clarity as you will get when zoomed out, but you are able to capture faraway objects with decent clarity. Shots in the night mode also gave us mixed results. While some with less ambient light came out of to be good, the ones that were clicked in absolute darkness lost a lot of details.
Skipping over the single 10MP selfie camera of the Samsung Galaxy S20+, we were quite happy with it. The colours were good, the sharpness was nice and there is no shutter lag. When clicked in low light the pictures still came out to better than expected. Videos on the rear cameras can be shot in 8K 24FPS and that is another plausible effort by the company. This is the first by Samsung in any of their smartphones and will give video creators the edge. The quality here is very good and colours pop out more under good lighting conditions. The front camera supports 4K videos at 60FPS and here too we were able to get some fabulous videos.
The battery was another aspect we were happy with. Since it has 4,500 mAh battery inside we knew it would last for long. But then when we started discussing the 120Hz display amongst the team, a small sense of doubt did come. Nonetheless, all of it was put to rest once we started using it. We got a full day of battery life with the 120Hz display mode on. Our usage included 2 hours of gaming, a full day of making or receiving calls on the 4G network with WiFi on. This is not bad at all for 4,500 mAh rechargeable cell. The sound of the device is also great. You get twin speakers on it (the ear speaker doubles up as the second loudspeaker), which are quite loud. A pair of AKG headphones are also supplied in the box, that also supply good resonance for videos and games.
Verdict
All in all, at Rs 73,999 Samsung Galaxy S20+ is a winner if you want top-level performance, superb gaming capability, exceptional display and a rather good camera zoom mode. Yes, the 64MP sensor could be better, but going by past record of Samsung they will patch it up in one of the upcoming updates. Frankly, the price did surprise us as the company has kept it competitive. If you are looking for a flagship that can stay with you for the next couple of years and do not want to break the bank, your search ends here.
Pros
120Hz display
Good selfie camera
8K video recording
Cons
64MP sensor needs tweaking
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With fans eagerly waiting to know more about Sony’s next-generation gaming console PlayStation 5 (PS5), the company has finally lifted curtains off its technical and hardware components revealing that it will comprise of the ultra-high-speed SSD, integrated custom I/O system, custom AMD GPU with ray tracing, and 3D audio.
It is believed that these new specification of PS5 will allow developers to be more creativity, building expansive worlds and new play experiences in the games they design.
According to Mark Cerny, lead system architect for PlayStation 5, “PS5’s ultra-high-speed SSD and integrated custom I/O system were developed with the goal of removing barriers to play – specifically loading screens. Developers are able to stream assets into PS5 games at an incredibly fast rate, so PS5 play experiences can be seamless and dynamic, with near-instantaneous fast travel through large game worlds.”
Apart from this, there is a custom GPU in PlayStation 5. The AMD Radeon RDNA 2-based graphics engine will allow for higher resolution in games.
Moreover, the new feature of ray tracing also seems to be interesting. With a variable frequency of up to 2.23 GHz (that is 10.3 TERAFLOPS), the company revealed that ray tracing will render objects much more accurately, and with heightened realism. This means that water, glass, light refraction, a character’s hair etc. will look even more realistic.
Moving on to the 3D audio tech that has been designed for the PlayStation 5, Sony has revealed that “the sounds you hear while playing will offer a greater sense of presence and locality. You’ll be able to hear raindrops hitting different surfaces all around you, and you can hear and precisely locate where an enemy is lurking behind you.”
In addition to this, an official PS5 blog post has stated that PlayStation 5 users will also be able to play the top 100 PS4 titles ranked by play time owing to the backwards compatibility feature. Isn’t that interesting?
There is more good news for gamers as PlayStation Store has come out with a Mega March offers deals up to 50% on a massive sale line-up. This sale has started on March 18, 2020 and will continue till March 30. Gamers can explore and conquer hundreds of titles, including Borderlands 3, Resident Evil 2, etc. Check out the list on PS Store.
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The Cupertino, California based company Apple has updated its most popular notebook MackBook Air with the new Magic Keyboard. The new laptop now offers a new Intel processor with double storage of 256GB and an upgraded RAM. The latest model now delivers 80 per cent faster graphics performance with Intel Iris Plus graphics. The MacBook Air now also includes Touch ID for easy login along with longer battery life. The MacBook Air comes with the latest operating system macOS Catalina which makes it compatible with its other devices such as iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. The users can also unlock their notebook using Apple Watch, copy and paste images, video and text straight from iPhone or iPad to a nearby Mac. You can now also control the device with the command of your voice with the Voice Control feature.The upgraded MacBook Air features a 13-inch Retina display which has now been replaced from Butterfly keyboard to Magic Keyboard that offers 1mm of key travel with. To recall the Magic Keyboard was first introduced on the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The scissor mechanism has been provided for the comfortable and stable key along with a new inverted-“T” arrangement for the arrow keys to find them easily. The notebook comes with a unibody wedge design made from 100 percent recycled aluminium. It will be available in three colour finishes: gold, silver and space grey.The Mac is powered by the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors up to 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.8GHz and Intel Iris Plus Graphics along with Thunderbolt 3 ports for data transfer, charging and video output in a single connector. MacBook Air comes with 256GB of base storage unlike the existing 128GB storage on the previous models. The storage option further goes up to 2TB SSD which means the users now get more storage to save movies, pictures files and so much more. The device comes with the company’s own T2 Security Chip that allows secure boot process and storage of notebook to check what software loaded during the boot process has not been tampered with and provides on-the-fly data encryption for everything stored on the SSD. According to the company, the safety feature also protects Touch ID information, so whether customers are unlocking their Mac, entering an online password or making online purchases, their information stays safe.
MacBook Air pricing
The company has launched the MacBook Air with an asking price of Rs 92990 for the 256GB base storage. The availability of the product is still unknown, but it will be available in three colour options Gold, Silver, and Space Grey. We will update the availability details as soon as it is announced.
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Earlier this week Motorola launched its most awaited clamshell designed foldable phone in India. The company launched Motorola Razr, which is the redesigned variant of iconic Moto Razr Flip from 2004. The device is now available for pre-bookings. Now the Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio has announced eSIM support for Motorola’s foldable phone.The eSIM service is a new concept in India. Not many telecom operators in the country provide eSIM service However Reliance Jio Ha now announced eSIM service support to the all-new Motorola Razr. According to the company, Jio’s eSIM service will allow the users to make and receive calls, use data and applications on the Jio network, without a physical SIM card. The existing customers will now be able to make use of the service at no additional cost. eSIM enables seamless device setup experience, without the need to insert or replace a physical SIM card.Motorola Razr users on the Jio network will get:
An additional 1-year of unlimited services absolutely free-of-cost
Double data benefits when recharging with the Jio Rs 4,999 annual plan (Get 350 + 350 GB High-speed data without any daily capping + another year of unlimited voice and 700 GB data. This amounts to a saving of Rs 14,997)
The company launched Motorola Razr in a single 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage model at Rs 1,24,999 in the country. The device will be available in a single Noir Black colour option. The pre-booking for the smartphone has now opened and it will go on its first sale in India via e-commerce website Flipkart on April 2.Motorola Razr SpecificationsMotorola Razr features a clamshell-style foldable screen. In a foldable state, it sports a 2.7-inch Quick View display with 600×800 pixels of resolution. The other display allows you to check notifications, access Google Assistant, control music as well as take selfies. When unfolded it features a 6.2-inch flexible OLED HD+ display with 876×2142 pixels of resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB non-expandable storage.In terms of imaging, you get a single primary camera with a 16-megapixel sensor and f/1.7 aperture which has been given on the outer body above the Quick View display. It can also be used for taking selfies even when the device is folded. The company has also provided a 5-megapixel selfie camera on the main display. The Motorola Razr does not include a headphone jack so the company has provided a headset from Denon. It packs a 2,510mAh battery that comes with a 15W TurboPower fast-charging support.
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The e-commerce website Amazon is back with another daily quiz on its platform. The e-retailer conducts Amazon quiz sessions every day for its customers. The customers from different parts of the country can win exciting prizes and today’s quiz will let you win Rs 15000 Pay Balance by answering all the questions correctly.March 19 Amazon Quiz is live now and the participants can stand a chance to with Amazon Pay Balance worth Rs 15,000. By participating in the daily quiz the customers can win products such as OnePlus 7T, Apple iPhone x, iPhone Xs, Go Pro Hero 8 and many more gadgets as well as Pay Balance. You can play the quiz from 8 Am to 12 PM every day and the winner’s names will be announced at the end of every month. Today’s quiz result will be announced via a lucky draw on April 30. Check out today’s answers for the Amazon quiz.
March 19 Amazon Quiz Answers:
Question 1. Who has proposed a new climate law that would set a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050?Answer- European UnionQuestion 2. Bundelkhand Expressway is being built in which Indian state?Answer- Uttar PradeshQuestion 3. Who is the only second Indian woman cricketer after Mithali Raj to top the women’s T20 International rankings?Answer- Shafali VermaQuestion 4. Which social media app announced a new sharing format called ‘fleets’ – which disappears after 24 hours?Answer- TwitterQuestion 5. Which institution is responsible for conferring the highestAnswer- Lalit Kala AkademiTo take part in the exciting contest, users will need to download the Amazon app from Google Play Store. The login to the Amazon app and scroll down on the home screen to find the Amazon Quiz banner. Tap on the banner and click on the start button to begin the quiz. Answer five questions correctly and, one wrong answer will eliminate you from the Quiz. If you have answered all the questions correctly then you are eligible for a Lucky Draw. The results will be announced on April 30.
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Who doesn’t want to stay away for burning heatwaves during summer? If you too are looking for some amazing gadgets to keep yourself and your loved ones cool this season, check out the list below:
Samsung Curd Maestro
Who doesn’t wish to relish Dahi Bhalla, Lassi, Kadhi, Dahi ke Kebab, Mishti Doi and many more curd recipes during summers? With Samsung Curd Maestro Frost Free Refrigerator, curd making is no more a complex, time taking and tricky issue. The new Samsung Curd Maestro Frost Free Refrigerator helps you easily make curd with the same consistency in all weather conditions. The process of curd making in Samsung Curd Maestro Refrigerator has been tested by National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI).
It available on Flipkart for Rs 26,490 and on Amazon India for Rs 26,300.
Orient Electric Aeroslim 1200mm Smart Premium Ceiling Fan
If you are a fan of smart technology, you cannot resist this fan from Orient that is compatible with smart technology like Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa. You can experience the ease of smart technology like fan scheduling, turbo mode, breeze mode, sleep mode, under-light with dimming options, etc. Moreover, there is no need of getting up from the couch as this Orient Electric Aeroslim ceiling fan comes with a remote control and is IoT enabled. This smart fan is also equipped with a rust-proof ABS body, Inverter Technology.
It available on Flipkart for Rs 8,699 and on Amazon India for Rs 7,790.
JBL CLIP 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker
With summers around the corner, who doesn’t wish to indulge in fun of pool party? If you too a beach lover or enjoy spending time in the, try listening to music underwater with JBL Clip 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker. This Bluetooth speaker is IPX7 waterproof and offers 10 hours of playtime, powered by a 1000mAh rechargeable Li-ion battery, allowing you to bring your music with you. Apart from this, there is a built-in noise and echo-cancelling speakerphone that gives you crystal clear calls with the press of a button. Isn’t that interesting?
It available on Flipkart for Rs 2,299 and on Amazon India for Rs 2,298.
LG 1.5 Ton 5 Star Inverter Split AC
If you are facing the problem of frequent power cut, this split AC by LG is the best option for you to choose from. LG 1.5 Ton 5 Star Inverter Split AC works even during a power cut as it is powered with the inventor compressor. In order to keep the room cool and comfortable, this split AC automatically adjusts the power in accordance with the heat load, therefore, a highly energy-efficient product and assure the lowest-noise operation. The air conditioner comes with a double filtration system that ensures that the air insider the room is cool and free of harmful dust.
It available on Flipkart for Rs 39,999 and on Amazon India for Rs 42,990.
CHOETECH Portable Waterproof Solar Charger
This charger is compatible devices at up to 5V/2.1A when under direct sunlight. It converts up to 25% of solar power into free energy with highly efficient sun power solar panel. Energy-saving, constructed with PET laminated solar panels with high-wear PVC fabric, this USB solar charger offers weather-resistant outdoor durability.
It is available on Amazon India for Rs 4,499.
Dyson Pure Cool Air Purifier Fan
This automatically senses and reports air quality levels (PM 2.5, PM 10, VOC, NO2 & overall AQI) on LCD screen and Dyson Link App in real-time. It compromises 360 degrees Glass HEPA Filter that captures 99.95% of harmful ultra-fine pollutants & allergens as small as PM 0.1. It’s suitable for small to medium size rooms with coverage area of upto 450 sq.ft.
It is available on Amazon India for Rs 39,900.
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One of the shared images showcases that with other devices one smartphone is the regular Glacier Blue colour variant of OnePlus 7T along with a special edition White Marble variant. Besides these, there is one glossy white-and-cyan variant, matte white finish variant along with Denim Blue colour variant. And lastly, there is an old Star Wars edition of OnePlus 5T kept along with the other devices. The OnePlus 5T Star Wars Edition was specially launched for the fans of the Star Wars movie franchise in late 2017. OnePlus is persistent about bringing special edition devices for its recently launched smartphones just like McLaren edition.
Recently the company has also unveiled its new visual identity and logo. A few changes have been made in the design of the logo. This time you can see a slight curve in the “1” in the logo whereas the + in the logo is also slightly bigger in size and the ONEPLUS text is bolder now.
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One of the shared images showcases that with other devices one smartphone is the regular Glacier Blue colour variant of OnePlus 7T along with a special edition White Marble variant. Besides these, there is one glossy white-and-cyan variant, matte white finish variant along with Denim Blue colour variant. And lastly, there is an old Star Wars edition of OnePlus 5T kept along with the other devices. The OnePlus 5T Star Wars Edition was specially launched for the fans of the Star Wars movie franchise in late 2017. OnePlus is persistent about bringing special edition devices for its recently launched smartphones just like McLaren edition.
Recently the company has also unveiled its new visual identity and logo. A few changes have been made in the design of the logo. This time you can see a slight curve in the “1” in the logo whereas the + in the logo is also slightly bigger in size and the ONEPLUS text is bolder now.
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The rear body comes with a 3D curved panel with a glossy finish, which is offered in two colour options Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue. The phone attracts more dust also the fingerprints are much visible on the Midnight Black variant which we got for the review. The pill-shaped rear camera is located on the upper left corner of the rear panel. The camera set up consists of three camera sensors that have been placed vertically inside it whereas the flash has been placed just below the setup. Honor 9X features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor that is quick at unlocking the phone. The company has not provided the face unlock feature on the phone because it houses a motorised selfie camera. So this method will take time to unlock the phone as it has to rise up every time the user asks for face recognition. Like we mentioned earlier this phone is Honor’s first pop-up selfie camera phone, which sits just beside the SIM card tray. On the right side, there is a volume rocker and a power button. At the bottom, you can find a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C port for charging and a speaker grille.
Coming to the display Honor 9X features a 6.59-inch IPS LCD FullView display which is just perfect in this price point. During our review, the display had an accurate colour as well as brightness and contrast. The smart resolution feature on it lowers the screen resolution to save power when necessary. When used outdoors the visibility of the display was not great under direct sunlight, so this is something Honor needs to work upon in future phones.
The provided software is not the latest but good for the money. The smartphone runs on EMUI 9.1 based on the top of Android 9. Here you get full gesture navigation support, however by default it comes with the standard three buttons on it. Navigation on such a large smartphone will cause a bit of difficulty to bring down the notification panel for people who have small hands. But here is a trick, you can enable it from the fingerprint ID section that will allow you to use the fingerprint scanner to show the notification panel, on a double tap you can clear all the notifications and slide up to close the notification shade, which is impressive.
Else it comes with a 4,000mAh battery for longer battery life. We used the mobile phone for a few days regularly, spent a couple of hours watching videos, checking our social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, listening to music and checking emails and it lasted a day. On discontinuous usage, the battery survived more than a day. We really don’t need to worry about putting it on charge or saving the battery to get through the day. It has a better battery life than most in the category, which we have reviewed in the recent past. It never made us feel like, plug in the charger or the phone will die during the day.
The performance of the selfie camera is also average. The Honor 9X comes with a 16-megapixel pop-up selfie camera, which is a bit slow. We clicked the selfie shots while keeping the AI beautification mode disable because the resultant images with it softened the edges too much. We noticed the same problem when selfie pictures were clicked in the portrait mode. Firstly it over smoothened the skin texture and then again the edge detection was not accurate, it blurred many strands of our hairs and we would definitely not recommend you to use this feature for taking selfies. Other than that, the device is capable of recording 1080p at 60fps and wide-angle video at 30fps.
The rear body comes with a 3D curved panel with a glossy finish, which is offered in two colour options Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue. The phone attracts more dust also the fingerprints are much visible on the Midnight Black variant which we got for the review. The pill-shaped rear camera is located on the upper left corner of the rear panel. The camera set up consists of three camera sensors that have been placed vertically inside it whereas the flash has been placed just below the setup. Honor 9X features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor that is quick at unlocking the phone. The company has not provided the face unlock feature on the phone because it houses a motorised selfie camera. So this method will take time to unlock the phone as it has to rise up every time the user asks for face recognition. Like we mentioned earlier this phone is Honor’s first pop-up selfie camera phone, which sits just beside the SIM card tray. On the right side, there is a volume rocker and a power button. At the bottom, you can find a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C port for charging and a speaker grille.
Coming to the display Honor 9X features a 6.59-inch IPS LCD FullView display which is just perfect in this price point. During our review, the display had an accurate colour as well as brightness and contrast. The smart resolution feature on it lowers the screen resolution to save power when necessary. When used outdoors the visibility of the display was not great under direct sunlight, so this is something Honor needs to work upon in future phones.
The provided software is not the latest but good for the money. The smartphone runs on EMUI 9.1 based on the top of Android 9. Here you get full gesture navigation support, however by default it comes with the standard three buttons on it. Navigation on such a large smartphone will cause a bit of difficulty to bring down the notification panel for people who have small hands. But here is a trick, you can enable it from the fingerprint ID section that will allow you to use the fingerprint scanner to show the notification panel, on a double tap you can clear all the notifications and slide up to close the notification shade, which is impressive.
Else it comes with a 4,000mAh battery for longer battery life. We used the mobile phone for a few days regularly, spent a couple of hours watching videos, checking our social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, listening to music and checking emails and it lasted a day. On discontinuous usage, the battery survived more than a day. We really don’t need to worry about putting it on charge or saving the battery to get through the day. It has a better battery life than most in the category, which we have reviewed in the recent past. It never made us feel like, plug in the charger or the phone will die during the day.
The overall performance of the phone is fairly good. However, the cameras left us with a mixed bag of feelings. The Honor 9X comes with a triple rear camera set up that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens. The phone clicks pictures with the 12-megapixel sensor on the main camera by default. Here, the white balance and the colours were accurate. You can opt for a full-resolution 48-megapixel image within the settings. Yes, you can shoot in 48 megapixels, but to get to it is a task.
The performance of the selfie camera is also average. The Honor 9X comes with a 16-megapixel pop-up selfie camera, which is a bit slow. We clicked the selfie shots while keeping the AI beautification mode disable because the resultant images with it softened the edges too much. We noticed the same problem when selfie pictures were clicked in the portrait mode. Firstly it over smoothened the skin texture and then again the edge detection was not accurate, it blurred many strands of our hairs and we would definitely not recommend you to use this feature for taking selfies. Other than that, the device is capable of recording 1080p at 60fps and wide-angle video at 30fps.
OPPO Enco M31 headphones will be available in two colour options Black and Green and can be purchased via leading e-commerce websites in India. The headphones will be put on sale in the country starting March 30 however the company has disclosed the pricing of the audio product. The said the pricing will be revealed when the Oppo earphones go on sale.
To recall, during the launch of Oppo Reno 3 Pro in the country the company also launched Oppo Enco Free wireless earbuds, Oppo Enco W31 earphones and Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds. Oppo launched Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds with a price tag of Rs 7,990, whereas Enco W31 earphones are available at Rs 4,499.
Besides this, Oppo Reno 3 Pro smartphone was introduced in the country two variant 8GB RAM with 128GB storage at Rs 29,990 while the 8GB of RAM with 256GB storage is available at Rs 32,990. The device comes in three colour options: Auroral Blue, Sky White, and Midnight Black.
It comes with a 6.7-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with 1080×2400 pixels of resolution along with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The Oppo Reno 3 Pro runs on ColorOS 7 on top of Android 10. Under the hood, there is an octa-core MediaTek Helio P95 chipset clubbed with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.
In terms of cameras, the handset features a quad rear camera setup that includes a 64-megapixel main sensor along with a 13-megapixel telephoto lens. Furthermore, there is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with 119.9 degrees of field of view and a 2-megapixel mono lens. For taking selfies and videos the smartphone sports a dual selfie camera set up that includes a 44-megapixel primary lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
It boasts a 4,025mAh battery that is supported by a 30W VOOC Flash Charge 4.0 technology.
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OPPO Enco M31 headphones will be available in two colour options Black and Green and can be purchased via leading e-commerce websites in India. The headphones will be put on sale in the country starting March 30 however the company has disclosed the pricing of the audio product. The said the pricing will be revealed when the Oppo earphones go on sale.
To recall, during the launch of Oppo Reno 3 Pro in the country the company also launched Oppo Enco Free wireless earbuds, Oppo Enco W31 earphones and Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds. Oppo launched Oppo Enco Free true wireless earbuds with a price tag of Rs 7,990, whereas Enco W31 earphones are available at Rs 4,499.
Besides this, Oppo Reno 3 Pro smartphone was introduced in the country two variant 8GB RAM with 128GB storage at Rs 29,990 while the 8GB of RAM with 256GB storage is available at Rs 32,990. The device comes in three colour options: Auroral Blue, Sky White, and Midnight Black.
It comes with a 6.7-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with 1080×2400 pixels of resolution along with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The Oppo Reno 3 Pro runs on ColorOS 7 on top of Android 10. Under the hood, there is an octa-core MediaTek Helio P95 chipset clubbed with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.
In terms of cameras, the handset features a quad rear camera setup that includes a 64-megapixel main sensor along with a 13-megapixel telephoto lens. Furthermore, there is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with 119.9 degrees of field of view and a 2-megapixel mono lens. For taking selfies and videos the smartphone sports a dual selfie camera set up that includes a 44-megapixel primary lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
It boasts a 4,025mAh battery that is supported by a 30W VOOC Flash Charge 4.0 technology.
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The smartphone comes with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor, 5-megapixel ultra-wide-angle with 118 degrees of FoV, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
Nokia 1.3 specifications
Being an entry-level handset Nokia 1.3 comes with a 5.71-inch HD+ display with 720×1520 pixels of resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio. It runs on Android 10 (Go edition). Under the hood, there is a quad-core Qualcomm 215 processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that can be expanded up to 400GB via microSD card.
For photos, Nokia 1.3 comes with a single camera with an 8-megapixel camera sensor and a 5-megapixel selfie camera sensor. It houses a 3,000mAh battery that delivers up to 15 hours of talk time and 28 days of standby.
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In terms of imaging, it sports a quad rear camera setup with ZEISS optics. The set up includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.89 aperture, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens offering 120 degrees of field of view with f/2.2 aperture. Further aided by a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. While on the front it features a 24-megapixel selfie camera.
Furthermore, Nokia 5G phone houses a 4,500mAh battery that comes with 8W fast charging support.
Nokia 5.3 specifications
Nokia 5.3 runs on Android 10 and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset combined with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage that is expandable up to 512GB via microSD card. The device features a 6.55-inch HD+ in-cell display with 720×1600 pixels of resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. The handset packs a 4,000mAh battery with 10W charging support.
The smartphone comes with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor, 5-megapixel ultra-wide-angle with 118 degrees of FoV, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel macro lens. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
Nokia 1.3 specifications
Being an entry-level handset Nokia 1.3 comes with a 5.71-inch HD+ display with 720×1520 pixels of resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio. It runs on Android 10 (Go edition). Under the hood, there is a quad-core Qualcomm 215 processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that can be expanded up to 400GB via microSD card.
For photos, Nokia 1.3 comes with a single camera with an 8-megapixel camera sensor and a 5-megapixel selfie camera sensor. It houses a 3,000mAh battery that delivers up to 15 hours of talk time and 28 days of standby.
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Features
Both Sennheiser HD 450BT and HD 350BT look similar in design. All the specifications and features on the headphones are also similar except active noise cancellation that comes with Sennheiser HD450BT. Both the audio devices include Bluetooth 5.0 for connectivity along with wireless codec support, including AAC, AptX and AptX Low Latency for perfect audio synchronization with video. It also allows you to customize sound as per preference with the help of the Sennheiser Smart Control app. The podcast mode available on the app allows you to optimize the intelligibility of podcasts, audiobooks and other speech content. In addition to this, you can also check the battery status, a quick guide as well as firmware updates. Both the headphones also feature a dedicated voice assistant button enabling Siri or Google Assistant at a touch with the paired device. The physical buttons available on the earcups can be used to control music, volume as well as calls.
Sennheiser HD450B comes with a 300mAh battery whereas the HD450BT headphones comes with a bigger 600mAh battery. Both deliver up to 30 hours of battery life.
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Features
Both Sennheiser HD 450BT and HD 350BT look similar in design. All the specifications and features on the headphones are also similar except active noise cancellation that comes with Sennheiser HD450BT. Both the audio devices include Bluetooth 5.0 for connectivity along with wireless codec support, including AAC, AptX and AptX Low Latency for perfect audio synchronization with video. It also allows you to customize sound as per preference with the help of the Sennheiser Smart Control app. The podcast mode available on the app allows you to optimize the intelligibility of podcasts, audiobooks and other speech content. In addition to this, you can also check the battery status, a quick guide as well as firmware updates. Both the headphones also feature a dedicated voice assistant button enabling Siri or Google Assistant at a touch with the paired device. The physical buttons available on the earcups can be used to control music, volume as well as calls.
Sennheiser HD450B comes with a 300mAh battery whereas the HD450BT headphones comes with a bigger 600mAh battery. Both deliver up to 30 hours of battery life.
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Previously Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain revealed that Mi 10 is going to be a bit pricier for the Indian market. In China Mi 10 is being offered in three variants 8GB + 128G at CYN 3,999 (around Rs 42,295), 8GB + 256GB at CNY 4,299 (around Rs 45,468) and 12GB + 256GB model at CNY 4,699 (around Rs 49,652). It will be available in three colour options Titanium Silver Black, Peach Gold and Ice Blue colour.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip has been launched at Rs 1,09,999 for the single 8GB RAM with 256GB storage model.
Samsung’s foldable smartphone features a 6.7-inch full-HD Dynamic AMOLED (Infinity Flex) display with the company’s Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG). The display offers 1,080×2,636 pixels of resolution and a 21.9:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is free-standing and automatically splits into two screens to view images, contents or videos on the top half of the display and control them from the bottom half. When in a folded state on the outer body you get a 1.1-inch Super AMOLED display with 303ppi pixel density and 300×112 pixels of resolution. The secondary display can be used to check notifications, time as well as battery status. Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The handset features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It packs a battery with a capacity of 3,300mAh battery that comes with fast charging support and wireless PowerShare.
For images and videos, Galaxy Z Flip features a dual camera set up on its back panel that consists of 2-megapixel wide-angle camera with f/1.8 aperture along with 78 degrees of field of view and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and 123-degree field of view. The main display sports a 10-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.4 aperture and 80-degrees of Field of view.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip has been launched at Rs 1,09,999 for the single 8GB RAM with 256GB storage model.
Samsung’s foldable smartphone features a 6.7-inch full-HD Dynamic AMOLED (Infinity Flex) display with the company’s Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG). The display offers 1,080×2,636 pixels of resolution and a 21.9:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is free-standing and automatically splits into two screens to view images, contents or videos on the top half of the display and control them from the bottom half. When in a folded state on the outer body you get a 1.1-inch Super AMOLED display with 303ppi pixel density and 300×112 pixels of resolution. The secondary display can be used to check notifications, time as well as battery status. Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The handset features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It packs a battery with a capacity of 3,300mAh battery that comes with fast charging support and wireless PowerShare.
For images and videos, Galaxy Z Flip features a dual camera set up on its back panel that consists of 2-megapixel wide-angle camera with f/1.8 aperture along with 78 degrees of field of view and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture and 123-degree field of view. The main display sports a 10-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.4 aperture and 80-degrees of Field of view.
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As we already mentioned the new model comes with the support for LiDAR Scanner that is capable of measuring the distance to surrounding objects up to 5 meters away. It also allows the user to attach the new Magic Keyboard magnetically to the tablet.
The company has launched the iPad Pro models in the country with a starting price of Rs 71,900 for the 11-inch model, Rs 85900 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model, whereas the 12.9-inch Wi-Fi model will be available at Rs 89,900 and the Wi-Fi + Cellular model costs Rs 103900. However, the company has not yet announced the availability details for India but in The US it will be available from next week.
In addition to this, the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro will be available for purchase in May at Rs 27900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro and Rs 31900 for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro Also the second-generation Apple Pencil is going to cost Rs 10900.
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Talking about which, yes, the front of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ also has CG6 on top of a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The company has also pre-placed a screen protector on top of the display. This is Samsung’s Infinity O display that comes with a selfie camera punch hole in the top middle part of the screen. This does not hinder the viewing much and we could barely make it out when watching YouTube or Netflix videos. Further, the display supports 20:9 aspect ratio, 1,440 x 3,200 pixels resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. This means the screen can refresh 120 times in one second.
So, what does the high refresh rate do? Simply put, the user interface becomes more fluid. However, if you increase the refresh rate, it will use up more battery. Here we used it every day with the 120Hz refresh rate on, so our battery test will be with that, read about it at the end of the article. Moving on, the sunlight legibility of the screen is superb and the character sharpness is top-notch.
Talking about which, yes, the front of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ also has CG6 on top of a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The company has also pre-placed a screen protector on top of the display. This is Samsung’s Infinity O display that comes with a selfie camera punch hole in the top middle part of the screen. This does not hinder the viewing much and we could barely make it out when watching YouTube or Netflix videos. Further, the display supports 20:9 aspect ratio, 1,440 x 3,200 pixels resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. This means the screen can refresh 120 times in one second.
So, what does the high refresh rate do? Simply put, the user interface becomes more fluid. However, if you increase the refresh rate, it will use up more battery. Here we used it every day with the 120Hz refresh rate on, so our battery test will be with that, read about it at the end of the article. Moving on, the sunlight legibility of the screen is superb and the character sharpness is top-notch.
We loved the gaming experience on the Samsung Galaxy S20+. It does a fabulous job with the colours and the smooth display did give us the edge in games such as Mario Kart and Asphalt 9 legends. Things like edge lighting, blue light filter and edge apps panel also come in this smartphone. All in all, Samsung has built close to perfect flatscreen for this mobile device.
Jumping on the OS (operating system) side, the Samsung Galaxy S20+ comes packs the Android 10 with Samsung UI 2.0 out of the box. As said, the smartphone comes with a 120Hz screen so it enhances the whole OS outlook. There is minimal bloatware since it is a premium smartphone. The quick settings menu comes down when you swipe down from the top and a sperate app drawer in this smartphone is a boon in our books. The navigation can be either kept as screen buttons or gestures. We personally like the gestures as that makes it more intuitive. Users can go back to the previous screen by swiping up from the bottom right, back to home screen by swiping from the bottom middle and will show all the open apps if you swipe up from the bottom left. Over that, assistant menu floating button can also be enabled that does all this and more.
Let’s switch gears and come to the cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S20+. The rear panel of the smartphone holds 4 cameras. This includes 12MP wide sensor, 64MP telephoto, 12MP ultrawide and 0.3MP Time of Flight (TOF) camera. We thoroughly used the cameras and this is the part where we got mixed performance. While the images indoors and outdoors in the wide and ultrawide mode were exceptional, we got inconsistent imagery with the 64MP telephoto camera. Some subjects lost sharpness in this mode and colours also were not up to the mark in low light.
To turn it on one would need to switch over to the 64MP mode, which only works in 4:3 ratio. Otherwise, you would need to switch to the other two lenses that also support up to 30X digital zoom. Here, (when zoomed) you will not get the same clarity as you will get when zoomed out, but you are able to capture faraway objects with decent clarity. Shots in the night mode also gave us mixed results. While some with less ambient light came out of to be good, the ones that were clicked in absolute darkness lost a lot of details.
Skipping over the single 10MP selfie camera of the Samsung Galaxy S20+, we were quite happy with it. The colours were good, the sharpness was nice and there is no shutter lag. When clicked in low light the pictures still came out to better than expected. Videos on the rear cameras can be shot in 8K 24FPS and that is another plausible effort by the company. This is the first by Samsung in any of their smartphones and will give video creators the edge. The quality here is very good and colours pop out more under good lighting conditions. The front camera supports 4K videos at 60FPS and here too we were able to get some fabulous videos.
The battery was another aspect we were happy with. Since it has 4,500 mAh battery inside we knew it would last for long. But then when we started discussing the 120Hz display amongst the team, a small sense of doubt did come. Nonetheless, all of it was put to rest once we started using it. We got a full day of battery life with the 120Hz display mode on. Our usage included 2 hours of gaming, a full day of making or receiving calls on the 4G network with WiFi on. This is not bad at all for 4,500 mAh rechargeable cell. The sound of the device is also great. You get twin speakers on it (the ear speaker doubles up as the second loudspeaker), which are quite loud. A pair of AKG headphones are also supplied in the box, that also supply good resonance for videos and games.
The Mac is powered by the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors up to 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.8GHz and Intel Iris Plus Graphics along with Thunderbolt 3 ports for data transfer, charging and video output in a single connector.
MacBook Air comes with 256GB of base storage unlike the existing 128GB storage on the previous models. The storage option further goes up to 2TB SSD which means the users now get more storage to save movies, pictures files and so much more. The device comes with the company’s own T2 Security Chip that allows secure boot process and storage of notebook to check what software loaded during the boot process has not been tampered with and provides on-the-fly data encryption for everything stored on the SSD. According to the company, the safety feature also protects Touch ID information, so whether customers are unlocking their Mac, entering an online password or making online purchases, their information stays safe.
The Mac is powered by the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors up to 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.8GHz and Intel Iris Plus Graphics along with Thunderbolt 3 ports for data transfer, charging and video output in a single connector.
MacBook Air comes with 256GB of base storage unlike the existing 128GB storage on the previous models. The storage option further goes up to 2TB SSD which means the users now get more storage to save movies, pictures files and so much more. The device comes with the company’s own T2 Security Chip that allows secure boot process and storage of notebook to check what software loaded during the boot process has not been tampered with and provides on-the-fly data encryption for everything stored on the SSD. According to the company, the safety feature also protects Touch ID information, so whether customers are unlocking their Mac, entering an online password or making online purchases, their information stays safe.
Who doesn’t wish to relish Dahi Bhalla, Lassi, Kadhi, Dahi ke Kebab, Mishti Doi and many more curd recipes during summers? With Samsung Curd Maestro Frost Free Refrigerator, curd making is no more a complex, time taking and tricky issue. The new Samsung Curd Maestro Frost Free Refrigerator helps you easily make curd with the same consistency in all weather conditions. The process of curd making in Samsung Curd Maestro Refrigerator has been tested by National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI).
It available on Flipkart for Rs 26,490 and on Amazon India for Rs 26,300.
Orient Electric Aeroslim 1200mm Smart Premium Ceiling Fan
If you are a fan of smart technology, you cannot resist this fan from Orient that is compatible with smart technology like Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa. You can experience the ease of smart technology like fan scheduling, turbo mode, breeze mode, sleep mode, under-light with dimming options, etc. Moreover, there is no need of getting up from the couch as this Orient Electric Aeroslim ceiling fan comes with a remote control and is IoT enabled. This smart fan is also equipped with a rust-proof ABS body, Inverter Technology.
It available on Flipkart for Rs 8,699 and on Amazon India for Rs 7,790.
JBL CLIP 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker
With summers around the corner, who doesn’t wish to indulge in fun of pool party? If you too a beach lover or enjoy spending time in the, try listening to music underwater with JBL Clip 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker. This Bluetooth speaker is IPX7 waterproof and offers 10 hours of playtime, powered by a 1000mAh rechargeable Li-ion battery, allowing you to bring your music with you. Apart from this, there is a built-in noise and echo-cancelling speakerphone that gives you crystal clear calls with the press of a button. Isn’t that interesting?
It available on Flipkart for Rs 2,299 and on Amazon India for Rs 2,298.
LG 1.5 Ton 5 Star Inverter Split AC
If you are facing the problem of frequent power cut, this split AC by LG is the best option for you to choose from. LG 1.5 Ton 5 Star Inverter Split AC works even during a power cut as it is powered with the inventor compressor. In order to keep the room cool and comfortable, this split AC automatically adjusts the power in accordance with the heat load, therefore, a highly energy-efficient product and assure the lowest-noise operation. The air conditioner comes with a double filtration system that ensures that the air insider the room is cool and free of harmful dust.
It available on Flipkart for Rs 39,999 and on Amazon India for Rs 42,990.
CHOETECH Portable Waterproof Solar Charger
This charger is compatible devices at up to 5V/2.1A when under direct sunlight. It converts up to 25% of solar power into free energy with highly efficient sun power solar panel. Energy-saving, constructed with PET laminated solar panels with high-wear PVC fabric, this USB solar charger offers weather-resistant outdoor durability.
It is available on Amazon India for Rs 4,499.
Dyson Pure Cool Air Purifier Fan
This automatically senses and reports air quality levels (PM 2.5, PM 10, VOC, NO2 & overall AQI) on LCD screen and Dyson Link App in real-time. It compromises 360 degrees Glass HEPA Filter that captures 99.95% of harmful ultra-fine pollutants & allergens as small as PM 0.1. It’s suitable for small to medium size rooms with coverage area of upto 450 sq.ft.
It is available on Amazon India for Rs 39,900.
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