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[Update: April 20th: Both the P20 Pro and P20 Lite will be launching in India exclusively on Amazon.in]
After teasing on social media, Huawei has finally sent out invites for the launch of its flagship P20 Pro smartphone in India on April 24th. Even though the company has not mentioned the phone, the "SEE MOOORE" invite clearly reveals that the P20 Pro will be launched next week. It is also expected to launch P20 Lite alongside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYkZt8UFV0
Huawei P20 Pro specifications
6.1-inch ( 2240 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ OLED 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) 10nm processor + i7 co-processor,Mali-G72 MP12 GPU, NPU
6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1
Single / Dual SIM
40 MP (RGB, f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP (Monochrome, f/1.6 aperture) + 8 MP (Telephoto, f/2.4 aperture), with Leica VARIO-SUMMILUX-H lesness, dual-tone LED flash, laser focus, deep focus, PDAF, CAF, 960fps super slo-mo
24MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX576 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
USB Type-C Audio, HiFi audio with HWA, Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
Dimensions: 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm; Weight: 180g
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
4000mAh battery with fast charging
Huawei P20 Lite ...
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LG is all set to introduce the LG G7 ThinQ, the company's next flagship smartphone in the 'G Series' in less than two weeks. Now @evleaks aka Evan reports that the LG V40, the next flagship in the 'V Series' is code-named Storm. He also said that the phone will be introduced sometime in late summer or early fall so there are chances we can expect it at the IFA 2018 on August 31st, same time the V30 was introduced.
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LG introduced the V30S ThinQ with integrated AI features and up to 256GB storage at the MWC in February. Now the company is gearing to launch the V35 ThinQ code-named Emma, which is said to introduced around the same time as the G7 ThinQ next month.
We don't know the specifications of the V40 yet, but latest rumors say that the V35 ThinQ will feature a 6-inch QHD+ OLED display and dual 16-megapixel rear cameras with f/1.6 aperture, 10-bit HDR for the primary camera and 107-degree wide-angle lens for the secondary rear camera. It is not expected to feature a notch like the G7 ThinQ.
We should know more details about the LG V40 in the coming months.
Despite many attempts to launch a unified messaging system, Google failed every time. Its Google Talk, Google Voice, Google+ Huddles, Hangouts, Allo never witnessed the success that Google was hoping for. In its latest attempt to stand still against the mighty Apple's iMessages, Google instead of bringing a new app to the table is said to introduce a new system called "Chat" that will be built directly into the default Android Messages app.
Google by the end of this year is said to introduce the new Chat feature and this time it is not following the previous trend. Google also mentioned that its two-year-old Allo development is halted indefinitely and the entire team behind the Allo will be moved work on Android Messages. Chat is the name Google gave to its Rich Communication Services (RCS) which is a new standard that’s meant to supplant SMS, and it will automatically be turned on inside Android Messages.
The chat will include most essential features like read receipts, typing indicators, full-resolution images and video, and group texts. To be clear, Chat is carrier-based service, not a Google service. However, like SMS, Chat won’t be end-to-end encrypted and will follow the same legal intercept standards. The timing to enable the Chat will be dictated by ...
Back in March, it was reported that Netflix will be getting ‘Mobile Previews’ with vertical video in April and today the company has officially announced the roll out of the feature to iOS app and coming soon to Android. Mobile Previews is the best way to know if you’ll like a new series or movie that you are planning to watch.
The Mobile previews present Netflix users with a fun, simple, and easy way to know more about all the new content on Netflix and find content that suits personal tastes. Each preview is about 30 seconds long and presented in a vertical format, and the previews are shown in a slideshow.
Netflix last year had introduced video previews to the TV experience, which brought dynamic and engaging video to the TV interface. The company says that years of testing has made it clear that video previews will help Netflix users browse less and discover new content more quickly.
With the launch of mobile previews, it is also bringing a video browse experience to the mobile phone in a mobile-optimized way. These previews are fast to load, and they are personalized to users specific tastes.
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[Update: April 20th: Both the P20 Pro and P20 Lite will be launching in India exclusively on Amazon.in]
After teasing on social media, Huawei has finally sent out invites for the launch of its flagship P20 Pro smartphone in India on April 24th. Even though the company has not mentioned the phone, the "SEE MOOORE" invite clearly reveals that the P20 Pro will be launched next week. It is also expected to launch P20 Lite alongside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYkZt8UFV0
Huawei P20 Pro specifications
6.1-inch ( 2240 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ OLED 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) 10nm processor + i7 co-processor,Mali-G72 MP12 GPU, NPU
6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1
Single / Dual SIM
40 MP (RGB, f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP (Monochrome, f/1.6 aperture) + 8 MP (Telephoto, f/2.4 aperture), with Leica VARIO-SUMMILUX-H lesness, dual-tone LED flash, laser focus, deep focus, PDAF, CAF, 960fps super slo-mo
24MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX576 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
USB Type-C Audio, HiFi audio with HWA, Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
Dimensions: 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm; Weight: 180g
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
4000mAh battery with fast charging
Huawei P20 Lite ...
HMD Global launched new Nokia 6, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco, the company’s latest Android One smartphones earlier this month. The new Nokia 6 went on sale in the country recently, today the company has started taking pre-orders for the Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco smartphones, as it had promised. Check out the unboxing of Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw4Qyihi2Ow
Nokia 7 Plus specifications
6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection
Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU
4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 64GB (eMMC 5.1) internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
Android 8.1 (Oreo)
12MP rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1.4µm pixel size with ZEISS optics, 13 MP secondary camera with 1.0µm pixel size, f/2.6 aperture with ZEISS optics, dual-tone LED flash
16MP front-facing camera with ZEISS optics
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 158.38 x 75.64 x 9.55 mm
3.5 mm headphone jack, Three microphones with Nokia OZO Audio
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
3800mAh battery with fast charging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4Y-IjNrc4
Nokia 8 Sirocco specifications
5.5-inch ...
Amazon today introduced Alexa Skill Blueprints which is a new way to create your own personalized skills and responses for Alexa. Users can now take advantage of the easy-to-use templates to create customized experiences for Alexa within minutes just by filling in the blanks.
Amazon says that the skills you create are specially designed for you and your family, and will only appear on the devices registered to your Amazon account. The skills and responses you create with Alexa Skill Blueprints will be available instantly on the devices associated with your account.
To create your own personalized Alexa Skill, you need to first select your blueprint template from here blueprints.amazon.com where you can browse from more than 20 Skill Blueprints across four categories including Fun & Games, At Home, Storyteller, and Learning & Knowledge. With just one-click, your new skill will be available instantly on the devices associated with your account. Alexa Skill Blueprints is available now for customers in the US.
Steve Rabuchin, Vice President, Amazon Alexa said:
Alexa Skill Blueprints is an entirely new way for you to teach Alexa personalized skills just for you and your family. You don’t need experience building skills or coding to get started—my family created our own jokes skill in a matter of minutes, ...
Sony at the MWC 2018 event in February introduced the new 3D Creator feature which brings users the ability to capture super-fast 3D selfies. Today the company has announced that the update is now rolling out to Xperia XZ Premium, XZ1 and XZ1 Compact on Google Play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4qZcNZhD28
The new 3D creator can capture even more detail and definition, with post-scan cloud processing that renders your 3D scans in 4K textures thus offering even greater realism. The new exclusive Xperia app allows users to capture everything from food to faces and turn them into high-resolution 3D avatars.
It lets you turn people and objects into high-resolution 3D models and also lets you share them with friends or print them. Currently, there are four scanning modes; face, head, food and freeform. The app will also guide you how to make a great scan no matter what you want to scan. Using the AR effects you can bring your scans to life as 3D avatars, using AR (Augmented Reality) in the camera. You can edit the 3D model with photo adjustments and crop.
Users of Sony Xperia XZ Premium, XZ1, and XZ1 Compact can download the '3D Creator' update directly from the Play Store.
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Huwei's Honor brand along with the Honor 10 also introduced the MagicBook, a light-weight notebook weighing just 1.47 Kgs and is just . It has a 14-inch Full HD display with 5.2mm narrow bezels and a screen-to-body ratio of 81%, is powered by 8th Generation Intel Core i5 or i7 Processor with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. It also a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GeForce MX150 graphics.
It has a all-metal aliminium alloy body, features two custom-made fans that increases the air flow to keep the notebook cool offering a better heat discharge. It has a 57.4Wh battery that promises up to 12 hours of battery life.
Honor MagicBook specifications
14-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with 800:1 contrast, 250 nits brightness
8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U (3.4GHz) / i7-8550U processor (4GHz) with 2GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU
8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD
Windows 10 Home
1MP HD webcam, built-in dual digital microphones
WiFi 802.11ac 2×2 (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
Dimensions: 360.7 x 243.6mm x 15.9mm; Weight: 1.95kg
USB Type-C x 1, USB 3.0 (Type A) x 1, USB 2.0 (Type A) x 1
3.5mm audio jack, microphone combo, 4 speakers, Dolby Atmos
57.4Wh battery with up to 12h of local video playback
The Honor MagicBook Comes in Glacial Silver or ...
Apple ahead of the Earth Day announced that for every device received at Apple stores through the Apple GiveBack program from today until April 30th, will make a donation to the non-profit Conservation International. The company has also introduced Daisy robot that can more efficiently disassemble iPhone to recover valuable materials.
According to Apple, Daisy robot is the most efficient way to reclaim the valuable materials stored in iPhone and the robot is capable of disassembling and sorting parts from up to 200 iPhones per hour. The new Daisy is based on Liam technology (and parts) and can take apart nine different iPhone models and sort their high-quality components for recycling.
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Apple GiveBack program lets customers return their devices at any Apple Store or through apple.com to be recycled or traded in. The company for each Apple device received from today through April 30, will make a donation to Conservation International to support its efforts to preserve and protect the environment. All the eligible devices that are returned will receive credit that customers can use toward an in-store purchase or put on an Apple Store Gift Card for future use.
On the occasion of the Earth Day, Apple said that all the Watch users will receive a notification about the Earth ...
The US Govt has banned ZTE from using American technology for seven years a couple of days ago. Responding to the G.O, ZTE for the first time has responded to the issue and said that the verdict was unfair and threatens its survival. It also vowed to safeguard its interests through all legal means.
The Bureau of Industry and Security announced the Suspended Denial Order on the ground that ZTE did not timely reduce bonus of and issue letters of reprimand to certain employees involved in past violation of export control. The company also mentioned that it has been working diligently on Export Control Compliance program and has invested tremendous resources in export compliance and has made significant progress since 2016.
With that in mind, ZTE opines that it is unacceptable that Bureau of Industry and Security has unfairly imposed the most severe penalty on the company even before the completion of an investigation. It also mentioned that ZTE had taken measures against the employees who might have been responsible for this incident and have taken corrective measures.
"The Denial Order will not only have an impact on the survival and development of ZTE but will also cause damages to all partners of it including ...
Motorola has been expanding its retail footprint across India rapidly. Now the company has announced the opening of 25 new Moto Hubs in North East India, including 15 Moto Hubs in Guwahati. Earlier this week it opened 50 Moto Hub stores in Telangana and 50 Stores in Andhra Pradesh.
Moto Hub is a key destination that provides easy access and availability of all Motorola products to customers; where they will be able to experience the entire portfolio of Motorola devices at convenient locations including the online exclusive devices like the popular moto e4 plus and moto g5s plus, apart from the newly launched moto x4 and moto z2 force.
The company already said that it is planning to open 1000 new Moto Hubs in top 100 cities by the end of 2018, in the second phase of retail expansion.
Commenting on the launch of new stores, Rohit Khatter, Sales Operations head, Motorola Mobility India said:
We have been expanding our retail presence across the country and now entering the North-East region with our first Moto Hub stores. With the concept of Moto Hubs, we are giving smartphone lovers a fresh retail experience where they can interact and engage with the brand prior to the purchase. We will continue ...
HMD Global launched the Nokia 7 Plus smartphone in India earlier this month, and the pre-bookings for the phone started today. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples from the phone. The Nokia 7 Plus packs a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1.4µm pixel size with ZEISS optics, dual-tone LED flash along with a 13-megapixel secondary camera with telephoto lens, 1.0µm pixel size, f/2.6 aperture with ZEISS optics to capture the depth information for portrait shots and also offers 2X loss-less zoom. It also has a 16-megapixel camera on the front with f/2.0 aperture and ZEISS optics.
The Camera UI is simple with toggles for front or rear camera, flash, HDR, Timer, PIP or Dual capture mode and settings on the left. There is also Panorama, Pro mode (to adjust white balance, focus, ISO, shutter speed and exposure compensation) and Live Bokeh.
Coming to the image quality, daylight shots came out well and the HDR shots were better. Macro shots were good as well. 2x loss-less zoom is useful when you want to get close-up shots. Since this has a telephoto secondary lens, you can't capture close-up bokeh images using dual cameras, and it says you ...
This week Huawei's Honor brand introduced the Honor 10 smartphone, Motorola introduced the most expected Moto G6 series along with the Moto E5 series, Sony introduced its new Xperia XZ2 Premium with 4K screen, Vivo launched the V9 Youth, and lots more launches and announcements from this week in our weekly roundup.
Motorola announced the Moto G6, Moto G6 Plus, Moto G6 Playsmartphones in the Moto G6 series and the Moto E5 and Moto E5 Plussmartphones in the Moto E series at an event in Brazil. All the phones have a 18:9 aspect ratio Max Vision displays, with Moto G6 and G6 Plus featuring FHD+ display and the G6 Play, E5 and E5 Plus featuring HD+ displays.
There is also a Moto E5 Play with standard 16:9 display. All the phones have a fingerprint sensor, Front-ported speaker, and run Android 8.0 (Oreo).
The Moto G6, G6 Plus and G6 Play will be available from today in Brazil and from next week in Mexico. All the phones including the Moto E5 and Moto E5 Plus will rolling out in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America in coming months. Moto E5 Play will roll out in coming months in North America, but no details about its pricing yet.
Huawei’s Honor brand announced the Honor 10. It packs a 5.84-inch Full HD+ ...
Photo hosting service SmugMug has announced that it has acquired Flickr for an undisclosed price. The company says that both the communities existed long before the brands were established. Since both, the companies share similar interests; connecting Photographers with others to share their passion, work, and inspiration this acquisition actually makes sense.
Back in 2005 Yahoo bought Flickr for $35 million, but never really seemed to get some work with it. The company even tried various redesigns and new services to make Flickr work, but it never succeeded making a comeback against alternatives like Instagram.
On the other hand, SmugMug, since it was established in 2004, has remained and built products that reflect the language of storytelling with photography. The company is aiming to keep Flickr as a standalone community and make it resourceful. Flickr said that over the course of the next month, it would be providing more details and developments about the acquisition, but for now, users can continue to log in with your current credentials and will have the same Flickr experience you are used to including access to your photos.
As part of the acquisition, all Flickr accounts will move to SmugMug’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Users will have until May 25, 2018, to either accept SmugMug’s Terms and Privacy Policy or ...
According to a report from Mac Otakara, Apple is said to introduce a new iPhone SE model in May. This new piece of information was obtained from case makers at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade show in Hong Kong this week. Furthermore, the next-gen SE is said to retain the same physical size as the current iPhone SE.
The iPhone SE 2 (if that's what Apple is planning on naming it) will also pack the TouchID and will have the same 4-inches display with thick bezels on top and bottom to accommodate the front-camera, TouchID, and earpiece. Following the trend of iPhone 7, the new SE 2 will also likely skip the 3.5mm audio jack. If all, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are likely to be discontinued in September, meaning Apple will no longer sell any iPhone model with a headphone jack.
The Apple iPhone SE new model will also power the A10 Fusion chipset which is up to 40 percent faster than the A9 processor in the current iPhone SE. It is also reported that new iPhone SE may have a glass back with wireless charging capabilities, but it is inconclusive at this time. We have recently seen Eurasian regulatory database hinting at a new iPhone launch ...
Google autocomplete predictions more often than not return funny and wild queries. Though they are fun at times, most of the times they tend to surface inappropriate predictions. However, Google is vowing to expand its policies to take on violent and hateful search autocomplete predictions.
The company will be rolling out updates in the coming weeks to reduce the possibility of it occurring. Autocomplete is especially useful for those using mobile devices to make it easy to complete a search on a small screen where typing can be hard. Google claims that on an average, it reduces typing by about 25 percent and is estimated save over 200 years of typing time per day.
These predictions are common and are trending ones related to what someone types. However, Google removes predictions that are against its policies; Sexually explicit predictions, Hateful predictions, violent or dangerous predictions. In the coming weeks, it will be expanding the policies related to hate and violence and any predictions that “advocate, glorify or trivialize violence and atrocities, or which disparage victims” will be removed.
Google is also providing an option for users to report using the “Report inappropriate predictions” which it launched last year, and appears below the search box on the desktop. As for mobile ...
Google is rolling out a new update to Photos app for Android which brings advanced movie editor, reorganized bottom bar and more. The advanced movie editor was earlier spotted in a teardown of v3.16 and now it is finally started rolling out in the v3.18 release.
The new movie editor leaves behind the black background and takes on the white color scheme which Google seems to be following off lately. The new movie editor puts the primary video viewer toward the top of the screen and places each of your selected clips below it and only displays how much of each is included in the current edit. This U.I look is aimed at reducing the time it takes to make adjustments to the length of a clip. The new layout places all of the sliders front and center for speedy edits.
Though the functionality remains the same, the look and feel are being updated like repositioning clips from one spot in the timeline to another by long-pressing on the thumbnail and then dragging it to a new location. Tapping on the overflow button next to a clip shows several features that weren't part of the old UI. Features like moving a clip up or down in the ...
Back in February, it was reported that Walmart is likely to acquire more than 40% stake in Flipkart. However, now report from Reuters says that Walmart could seal a deal to buy a more than 51% stake in Flipkart as early as next week.
The U.S retail giant has been in the talks with Flipkart for quite some time now to acquire a controlling stake in Flipkart as it is aiming to take on rival Amazon in India. SoftBank Group, which owns about a fifth of Flipkart was unwilling to sell a part of its stake since Walmart was offering to buy existing shares at a valuation of $12 billion, which it thought was low.
However, sources claim that stalemate between SoftBank and Walmart has ended, but it was not immediately clear though, whether SoftBank had agreed to sell some of its shares in Flipkart. Walmart’s purchase of new equity might value Flipkart at a minimum $18 billion.Walmart has made a proposal to acquire 51% or more of Flipkart for between $10 billion to $12 billion, but things could still push back to May should anything happen.
On the other hand, some of Flipkart’s main investors including U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global Management, South African tech investor Naspers ...
LG is all set to introduce the G7 ThinQ smartphone on May 2nd. We know most of the specifications of the smartphone and even know how the phone will look like. Now a new report says that the phone will come with a dedicated Google Assistant button. A recent render just showed a power button on the right side, but the Google Assistant button will be on the left side of the phone, according to the report.
This will be the first phone to have a physical button to launch Google Assistant, same as Samsung's Bixby button on the Galaxy flagships, but it will not be possible to be reprogrammed to launch another app, just like the Bixby button. It is not clear if it can be disabled.
LG G7 ThinQ rumored specifications
6.1-inch (1440 x 3120 pixels) FullVision MLCD+ 19.5:9 display
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
4GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB storage / 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with LG UX
16MP dual rear cameras with f/1.5-aperture, LED flash, Laser Auto focus
8MP front camera with wide-angle lens
Fingerprint sensor, dedicated Google Assistant button
Water, dust resistant (IP68), MIL-STD 810G certified
32-bit ...
Yesterday OnePlus in a teaser confirmed that the upcoming OnePlus 6 flagship smartphone will be launched in India exclusively on Amazon.in, same as the earlier phones. Today Amazon has confirmed that the OnePlus 6 will be available for 'Notify Me' starting 00:00 hrs, 22nd April, 2018 exclusively on Amazon.in.
OnePlus 6 is confirmed to come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. The new flagship will come with a large screen with a notch, will retain the slider, and will possibly have a glass back for wireless charging. There are also reports of bamboo back option.
The OnePlus 6 is expected to launch sometime in early May. We should know the official launch date soon.
Commenting on the launch, Noor Patel, Director - Category Management, Amazon India said:
OnePlus 6 is inarguably one of the most anticipated smartphones in India today. We are glad to remain the partner of choice for such an iconic brand for over 3 years now and bring our customers exclusive access to the new OnePlus 6. Customers can visit the dedicated Amazon.in OnePlus 6 page (www.amazon.in/oneplus) at 00:00 hrs tonight and follow the instructions to get notified with updates for the ...
