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Vivo’s iQOO brand has announced its first gaming smartphone in China which is available for order and goes for sale in the country starting March 6th. The handset will be available in Electro-Optic Blue and Lava Orange color options. This Gaming smartphone will come with an in-display fingerprint scanner along an electro-optic line on the back which hides a colorful LED strip that lights up for notifications while gaming. Furthermore, the Vivo iQOO will also feature two hidden pressure sensitive buttons for gaming along with 4D gaming experience with real-time recognition of the game scene which vibrates the phone to intelligent match the scene. It will feature a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED 19.5:9 aspect ratio display and has the latest Snapdragon 855 7nm SoC coupled with Adreno 640 GPU and will be supporting Dual SIM connectivity. The handset comes out of the box with Android 9 Pie with Funtouch OS 9 on top. The device will be available in 6GB/8G/12GB RAM options with 128GB/256GB sto...

A couple of months earlier, Oppo launched its R17 Pro smartphone in India for Rs. 45,990 and now this flagship model gets a price cut of Rs. 6,000 in the country and is now available for Rs. 39,990. The latest pricing is applicable through all the online as well as offline stores for the radiant Mist and Emerald Green option. The handset comes with a glass-body along with a metallic frame on its edges giving a premium feel. The handset comes with a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and is powered with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 710 SoC coupled with 8GB of RAM. The onboard storage is 128GB that could be extended further and the device has a triple camera set up on the rear with a main 12MP camera with a 20MP secondary sensor and third ToF camera. For selfies, there is a 25MP ultrawide camera and has a 3,700mAh battery with support for 50W fast charging via SuperVOOC flash Charge technology. Earlier: Oppo R17 Pro was officially launched in China in August with Triple Camera...

Recently Asus has rolled out the Android Pie Beta update for the Zenfone Max Pro M2 and now it has started rolling out the beta testing for the Zenfone Max Pro M1 also. The update will bring many new features to the device that are included along with the Pie update and include an Adaptive battery that uses machine learning to prioritize system resources for the application. As this update is on beta we can expect a few bugs along which will be cleared via the final update. Furthermore, the update also brings App Actions that help its users to raise the visibility of their application and help drive engagement using machine learning. There is a new magnifier feature to magnify the text or another thing and many more features that we have seen on its sibling. Asus as noted that it will not be providing downgrade service for beta power users until they decide to quit the beta user programme. You will be getting the update via OTA update if you are a beta tester and if you are not one, ...

Xiaomi India had unveiled its new Redmi series smartphones – the Redmi Note 7 and the Redmi Note 7 Pro smartphones. Alongside these mid-range smartphones line-up, Xiaomi has also unveiled its new Bluetooth earphones – Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones, and also the new PRO version of Mi 4A TV, which the company had introduced last year. Priced at Rs 1,499, the Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones are available in two Black and White Color variants. These BT earbuds appear to be targeted for fitness enthusiasts since they are IPX4 rated Sweat and Splashproof earphones. The Mi Sports BT earphones offer a micro-titled design for a secure fit, and they come with an adjustable ear hook design that fits according to the users’ ear canal shape and size. These earbuds are claimed to have enhanced bass response, and further can also work with Google Assistant as well. The Bluetooth 4.1 supported earphones weigh around 13.6 grams and is equipped with MEMS silicone microphone. There’s a multi-functional...

UPDATE: Samsung after its successful launch of M series smartphones in India – the Galaxy M10, M20, which were launched earlier and M30 (which has been unveiled yesterday), the company has launched another series of smartphones in their Galaxy A series line-up. The Korean smartphone maker appears to be aggressive with several smartphone options under the budget and mid-range smartphone categories in India. Launched today, there are three new models under the Galaxy A portfolio – the Galaxy A10, A30, and A50 smartphones. Let’s get to the pricing first; the Galaxy A50 is priced at Rs 22,990 for 6GB+64GB and Rs 19,990 for the 4GB+64GB variant. The Galaxy A30 comes at Rs 16,990, and lastly, the Galaxy A10 is priced at Rs 8,490. These new Galaxy A devices will be available for sale starting March 2, 2019. Samsung has announced its Galaxy A50 and A30 smartphone with big 6.4-inch Infinity-U displays and both the device are included in the companies new A series. Both the handsets come with...

Xiaomi has launched its new Redmi Note 7 Pro device globally in an event today in India. The handset comes with an all-new Aura design and features a 1.95mm ultra slim bezels. Furthermore, it comes with Sunlight Display to enhance brightness, boost’s contrasts and also has a Reading mode. The Note 7 comes with a Glass unibody design and a 2.5 curved glass on the front and back with gradient finish. The handset will be available in Neptune Blue, Nebula Red, Space Black color options. The Note 7 Pro comes with a 6.3-inch Dot Notch FHD+ display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on front and back. Under the hood, there is an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 11nm SoC (2x Gold Cortex A-76 cores, 6x silver cores) with Adreno 612 GPU to power the device. This chipset can support a 48MP camera with hi-res depth sensing and 4k video recording. It will come with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64/128GB onboard storage and will come out of the box with MIUI 10 based on Android Pie OS. T...

At MWC, Huawei has showcased its much anticipated foldable smartphone – the Mate X . Amongst the tech industry, the Mate X is considered as the best implementation of foldable display technology on a smartphone when compared to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold . Besides the foldable display, the Mate X is also the company’s first 5G-enabled device hence making it one of the expensive devices in terms of a consumers’ perspective. It still unclear how foldable displays make their way into the smartphone industry, but, we can surely say that 5G is the next advancements for smartphones starting this year and by 2020, every major smartphone maker might put their 5G-enabled flagships phones into the market. Considering these advancements, Samsung had already showcased its new 5G Galaxy S10 Plus smartphone and OnePlus has also showcased its working 5G prototype OnePlus device, which will commercially be available sometime this year. To compete against these 5G enabled smartphones, Huawei has also un...

The South Korean Giant has launched its new midrange smartphone in the M series as promised earlier. The Galaxy M30 with Infinity-U display will be available in Blue and Black color variants and is priced at Rs. 14,990 for the 4GB RAM variant while the 6GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 17,990 in India. The handset can be bought via Amazon India and Samsung India online stores starting March 7th. Coming to the specs of the handset, the Galaxy M30 will be sporting a big 6.4-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolutions with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio Super AMOLED display. Under the hood, Samsung has provided an Octa-core Exynos 7904 14nm SoC coupled with 4GB/6GB RAM and Mali G71 GPU. The onboard storage is either 64GB/128GB depending on the variants which can be extended further up to 512GB via microSD card slot. Out of the box, it will come with Android 8.1 Oreo operating system with the companies own Samsung Experience 9.5 on top and there is no information on its further updates. This is...

At MWC 2019, OnePlus has showcased its working prototype of OnePlus 5G device, as promised earlier. However, fans were expecting a commercial 5G OnePlus device to be showcased at the event, but have settled for the prototype, at least for now. It is believed that the commercial 5G OnePlus device is said to be coming in the second half of this year. And, the device is considered to be costing more than the current OnePlus devices’ pricing ($200-300$ more approximately). Since the much anticipated 5G OnePlus device has finally been witnessed at MWC, this year, it is time to look into what the successor to the OnePlus 6 – the OnePlus 7 has to offer in the coming months. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has shed some light about the upcoming OnePlus device in an interview to CNET. Well, this has to be taken with a pinch of salt – the OnePlus 7 will not be coming with wireless charging and will be featuring the regular fast/dash/warp charge for this years’ OnePlus devices as well, according to Pete ...

HMD Global launched its budget-oriented device called Nokia 3.1 Plus a few months ago which is an upgrade over the Nokia 3.1. Now Nokia has decided to roll out the latest Android 9.0 Pie operating system for the international variant of the device. Initially, the Nokia 3.1 Plus came out of the box with Android 8.1 Oreo and the same has been tweeted on Twitter by HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas with the hashtag “GetSmart”. Since the update is being rolled out over-the-air it might take some time to hit your device depending on the region you are in. If you can’t wait for the update, go to the setting of the handset and head to the system update section. Now if the update is available then you have to download it before installing it. Make sure the battery on the smartphone is more than 60 percent before the installation begins. The new update to the Nokia 3.1 Plus brings the normal Android Pie features like Adaptive brightness, Adaptive Battery power prioritization fo...

Not long ago, OnePlus has announced that it would be showcasing its first 5G OnePlus phone this year in partnership with Qualcomm and EE carrier network. At MWC 2019, OnePlus has finally unveiled its 5G OnePlus smartphone, but in a glass shell. Yes, the company had displayed the working prototype of the upcoming OnePlus 5G smartphone in a glass box not allowing anyone for an early hands-on, unlike the major brands like such as Samsung and Huawei have already announced their 5G phone’s commercial availability. However, it is believed that the actual device of OnePlus’s new 5G phone will be most likely available sometime next year. It is still unclear how the actual 5G OnePlus would look like, however, according to the device showcased at MWC in a thick case surrounding a large display without any notch or whatsoever is considered to have a Full HD display of 21:9 aspect ratio. This might be similar to what we have seen with the recently released Sony Xperia 1 and 10, 10 Plus devices. A...

At MWC 2019, ZTE has introduced its flagship Axon 10 Pro 5G smartphone which is the companies first 5G phone. Alongside it, the company has also announced its mid-range Blade V10 that will sport a 32MP selfie camera. The flagship phone will be available from global carries like China Unicom, Elisa and Hutchison Drei Austria in Europe and China in the first half of this year and pricing will also be known at the same time. ZTE AXON 10 Pro The Axon 10 Pro will be featuring a 6.46-inch FHD+ (1080 x 2340 pixels) AMOLED display and under the hood, there is the latest Octa-Core Qualcomm powered Snapdragon 855 7nm chipset with Snapdragon X50 5G modem and Adreno 640 GPU. It will come out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and will be getting further updates when available. There is a 6GB RAM included with the smartphone with 128GB of onboard storage that can be further extended up to 512GB via microSD card. For cameras, ZTE has included a 48MP rear camera with LED flash along with 20MP Ultra W...

Nubia has revealed its new device at MWC 2019 which is a smartwatch with a wraparound display. Yes, it is the new Nubia Alpha that is claimed to do everything that a smartphone can do and this phone/smartphone hybrid is said to be launched in April across China, US and Europe (only the Bluetooth model) in the Black color variant. There is also an eSIM version of this device will make its users make calls without connecting it to a phone but it will take a longer time to come into the market. The Nubia Alpha comes with a 4-inch (960 x 192) corner to corner OLED flexible screen with 36:9 aspect ratio which is produced in collaboration with Visionox. It is powered by a Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. The Nubia Alpha runs on Custom OS and comes with a 500mAh battery which is promised to last for a day or two with regular usage. The eSIM variant supports voice calling and also 4G LTE connectivity while there is a Bluetooth version which should be con...

At the MWC 2019, Lenovo has launched a smartphone with a huge 6.9-inch which we generally get with tablets. This budget-friendly device will be going for sale starting April for €249 (approx Rs. 20,000). This is a phone-tablet hybrid which comes with some mid-range specs sheet but then nothing has been mentioned about the global availability of this handset as of now. The Tab V7 will be powered by a Snapdragon 450 SoC which will be coupled with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. There is also microSD card slot to extend the storage up to 128GB. The device comes with 1080 x 2160 pixels resolutions on its 6.9-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio, giving a screen-to-body ratio of 81 percent. Furthermore, this handset will be offering Dolby Audio tuned front-facing stereo speakers for a better audio experience. There is a fingerprint sensor on the rear and we can also find a single 13MP main camera sensor above the FPS. On the front side, the company has included just a 5MP camera fo...

Sony’s new Xperia mid-range line up of smartphones goes official at MWC, this year. The company had launched its new Xperia 10 and 10 Plus smartphones, earlier named XA3 and XA 3 Plus, however, Sony had discontinued the XA branding with these new 10 and 10 Plus product names. Along with its new flagship Xperia 1 smartphone, the company had launched these two mid-range devices. Sony Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus Both the 10 and 10 Plus devices come with Sony’s new 21:9 Full HD+ resolution displays. The Xperia 10 features a 6-inch display and the 10 Plus comes with 6.5-inch displays. Both the devices share identical design elements with a plastic build on the rear and the displays are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5, and also they run on Google’s latest Android 9.0 Pe operating system. The Xperia 10 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 630 SoC followed by 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. And, the big brother Xperia 10 Plus hosts a Snapdragon 636 SoC, which is slightly bett...

Smartphones these days are all about screens, the first noticeable a consumer is noticing these in a smartphone is screen and how big it is without at any distraction, like a notch or a punch-hole display, for instance. At MWC, Sony is trying to stand out with the same screen aspect by introducing new 21:9 display smartphones. The Xperia line-up, which has been struggling to top the sales charts for a while now, has newly launched its latest flagship – the Xperia 1 smartphone. It is presumably the first phone to feature a 4K OLED display with a new 21:9 aspect ratio. To recall, Sony was the first to feature a 2K display on its earlier released Xperia devices as well. We have seen smartphones shifting from 16:9 to 18:9 to 19:9 aspect ratios and Sony has added the new 21:9 ratio to the bandwagon. What this means is that smartphones are about to become taller and taller and these Sony devices are supposedly the first devices to feature the respective ratio. Sony had unveiled its flagship...

Nokia has launched many devices at its MWC 2019 and along with them, there are two new entry-level handsets called the Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2 which are budget-friendly devices. Along with these HMD Global has also announced its flagship Nokia 9 PureView smartphone with five rear cameras and also a Nokia 210 feature phone which will be available soon in the market. Nokia 4.2 The Nokia 4.2 Comes with a 5.71-inch HD+ waterdrop notch display with a glass back and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Under the hood, there is an Octa-Core Snapdragon 439 SoC coupled with 2GB / 3GB RAM with Adreno 505 GPU. The onboard storage is 16GB / 32GB which can be extended further up to a maximum of 400GB via MicroSD card slot. The device will come out of the box with Android 9.o Pie operating system and is available in Single and Dual SIM variants. On the camera front, there is an 8 MP selfie camera while on the rear, we can find a 13MP main sensor along with LED flash and a secondary 2MP camera. It ...

As the MWC had kicked off, Huawei has finally unveiled its first foldable display smartphone as promised. To take against the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable phone, Huawei has unveiled the Mate X smartphone at Barcelona. As seen in the earlier leaks , the Mate X features a foldable screen display that folds outwards and looks like a display wrapped smartphone. The new innovative Mate X looks identical to the Royole Flex foldable that launched late last year but in a much impressive design. While the Royole Flex seemed like a prototype, the Mate X certainly appears more practical and advanced and feels as if it is ready to launch to the consumers. The Mate X foldable phone from Huawei also differs from the Galaxy Fold as well. While the latter folds the display inwards creating a secondary screen outside when folded, the Mate X folds outwards to the device and wraps around from the middle. What this means is, the folded display on the front appears like a standard 19:9...

Apart from launching its LG8 ThinQ and G8s ThinQ smartphones, LG has announced another flagship device called the LG V50 ThinQ as its first 5G smartphone. The smartphone comes with the same 6.4-inch notched OLED display as we have seen on the LG V40 ThinQ. The device comes with military grade MIL-STD-810G and IP68 certified for water and dust resistance. The handset is powered with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM and comes with onboard storage of 128GB which could be extended further via microSD card. LG has included the X50 LTE modem on this smartphone which brings support for LG V50 ThinQ and there is also a Vapor Chamber inside the device for keeping the device cool by dissipating the heat. On the front, we can see a notch where an 8MP primary selfie camera is placed along with a 5 MP wide-angle lens. On the rear, there is a triple camera setup which includes a 12MP primary camera with f/1.5 aperture, a 12 MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture and a ...

Today at Barcelona, Spain, Oppo has hosted its global Innovation event and has announced Worlds first 10x lossless zoom technology along with developments in 5G technology. Being one among the top 5 smartphone brands in the world, Oppo has been investing more on innovation with commitments to R&D which helps the company to develop innovations like image beautification technology, 5G, AR/VR e.t.c. Oppo’s Vice President – Anyi Jiang has commented that innovation is their top priority and they are looking forward to continuing the commitment and bring more advancement in 5G and photography. Oppo is getting closer to the 5G era with its announcement of its 5G smartphone and Oppo 5G Landing Project. Furthermore, it also proposed and committed to bringing full play with the capability of its carrier partners like Optus, Swisscom, Telstra and more to promote and implement 5G products. President of Qualcomm also committed to 5G innovation and said that they have been working closely with...