Huawei's sub-brand Honor announced discounts and offers on Honor’s smartphones as a part of ‘The Great Honor Sale’ exclusively on Flipkart next week. he three-day sale will offer 1-hour flash sale on the recently launched Honor 9N as well as discounts on Honor 9 Lite and Honor 10.
Honor 10 will be available at - Rs. 27,999 (Rs. 5000 off)
Honor 9 Lite (4+64GB variant) available at bump up exchange offer of Rs. 3000
Honor 9i available at a discounted price Rs. 12999 (Rs. 3000 off)
Honor 9N (4+64GB & 4+128GB variant) to be available through open sale from mid-night, 25th August
Honor 9N (3+32GB variant) to be available through flash sale from 12 noon, 28th August
Flipkart also offers additional 10% discount on HDFC debit and credit cards across selected range of Honor smartphones. The sale starts August 27th, Monday and ends August 29th, Wednesday.
Commenting on the offers, P Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India-Consumer Business Group, said:
We have received an overwhelming response for all our Honor smartphones and with ‘The Great Honor Sale’ we wish to give consumers and fans an opportunity to be a part of the incredible Honor experience. It is our utmost endeavor to provide best in class ...
Huawei's sub-brand Honor announced discounts and offers on Honor’s smartphones as a part of ‘The Great Honor Sale’ exclusively on Flipkart next week. he three-day sale will offer 1-hour flash sale on the recently launched Honor 9N as well as discounts on Honor 9 Lite and Honor 10.
Honor 10 will be available at - Rs. 27,999 (Rs. 5000 off)
Honor 9 Lite (4+64GB variant) available at bump up exchange offer of Rs. 3000
Honor 9i available at a discounted price Rs. 12999 (Rs. 3000 off)
Honor 9N (4+64GB & 4+128GB variant) to be available through open sale from mid-night, 25th August
Honor 9N (3+32GB variant) to be available through flash sale from 12 noon, 28th August
Flipkart also offers additional 10% discount on HDFC debit and credit cards across selected range of Honor smartphones. The sale starts August 27th, Monday and ends August 29th, Wednesday.
Commenting on the offers, P Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India-Consumer Business Group, said:
We have received an overwhelming response for all our Honor smartphones and with ‘The Great Honor Sale’ we wish to give consumers and fans an opportunity to be a part of the incredible Honor experience. It is our utmost endeavor to provide best in class ...
After TENAA certification and teasers, Huawei's Honor brand has officially confirmed that it will introduce the Honor 8X and 8X Max smartphone in China on September 5th. TENAA certifications revealed a large 7.12-inch LCD screen with a notch, so this could be the 8X Max. It will be powered by an Octa-Core SoC clocked at 1.8GHz (Could be Snapdragon 636) with 4GB RAM. It has a 16-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots.
It could feature an 8-megapixel camera on the front, glass back with a fingerprint sensor and a huge 4900mAh battery.
Honor 8X Max (ARE-AL00) rumored specifications
7.12-inch (2244×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18.7:9 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core processor
4GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 177.57×86.24×8.13mm; Weight: 210g
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS
5000mAh(typ) / 4900mAh (min) battery with fast charging
We should know all the details when the phone goes official in a couple of ...
This week Xiaomi's sub-brand POCO launched the F1 smartphone, HMD Global launched the Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphone and introduced the Nokia 5.1 Plus, OPPO launched the new F9 and F9 Pro smartphones, NVIDIA introduced the new RTX series graphics cards, Fitbit introduced its Charge 3 fitness tracker, and lots more from this week in our weekly roundup.
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the F1, the company’s first smartphone in India. It has a 6.18-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM and LiquidCool Technology. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI on top with POCO launcher, and the company has promised Android 9.0 (Pie) update in Q4 2018. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera to capture portrait shots and also comes with a 20-megapixel front camera with AI features, has IR face unlock that can unlock the phone 0.4 seconds, even in pitch darkness.
It features a hard-coated polycarbonate unibody design and also comes in Kevlar back option called Armored Edition that uses Kevlar aramid fibre, as you can see in the image above. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, has Dual 4G ...
Instagram said to be testing a new feature where it is planning to group student users by the college community. This move of Instagram brings the photo-sharing platform a step closer to the flagship Facebook app. Instagram is prompting users to join a college community and "connect with other students.
>Once you were opt-in, it lets users add university and graduating year, and then it grants access to class-based lists of other students who've opted into the community. You can direct message or watch a user's public Story directly from the community lists. Looking closely shows that Instagram is mimicking a lot of Snapchat to attract young users including Stories.
Instagram verifies a student using information people have publicly shared about their university, the accounts they follow and other connections they have. Since the feature is currently in testing, it seems to be allowing anyone to join as a student despite not being one.
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Facebook said that it's testing out a new feature "things in common," that would allow non-friends to connect. This feature would be present in the comment section and shows the things that are in common like if you live in the same city as someone or went to the same college. Facebook will highlight things you have in common with non-friends who have left comments.
In the comment section, under the username, you might see a label that says "You both went to the University," or that you're both from Phoenix. Apart from that, Facebook might also highlight if you're both a part of the same public Facebook group, or if you work for the same company, but are not Facebook friends. The company said the idea is to spark connections between non-Facebook friends that users might otherwise pass over.
The test comes as a move to combat harassment on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. So highlighting commonalities between people on Facebook might spur some disclosure. This new feature also helps the company scrutinize fake accounts and make sure to safeguard against abuse. It also says that the information that people have shared publicly will be shown in the "things in common" labels. Since it is in the testing ...
Apple is said to be in plans to adopt a new power-saving backplane technology for the upcoming iPhone and Apple Watch displays with an to contribute to longer battery life, according to research firm IHS Markit. The backplane technology is responsible for turning individual pixels on and off and it plays a significant role in determining a display's resolution, refresh rate, and power consumption.
Currently, OLED displays in smartphones use LTPS TFT, or low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors, as the standard backplane technology. However, things might in the future and Apple switch to LTPO TFT, or low-temperature polycrystalline oxide. Kept in theory, LTPO can save 5-15% in power consumption versus LTPS, resulting in extended battery life on future iPhones. The report says that LTPO has an Oxide TFT structure that can reduce the power leakage of LTPS.
Apple might also develop LTPO technology to gain more control over components of OLED displays. The company currently sources flexible OLED panels exclusively from Samsung, but LG might soon become their number two choice and Apple might require both the companies to look into LTPO. Similar fashion, it might ask display manufacturers to start deploying LTPO first on the Apple Watch and then gradually introduce it in the iPhone display ...
Flipkart has started Superr Sale, as it had promised. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, accessories, LED TVs and more. All these offers are available through the web as well as Flipkart app.
Best deals on smartphones on Flipkart
Google Pixel 2 – Rs. 47,999 (Rs. 13,001 off + Rs. 8,000 off on HDFC cards + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
HTC U11 – Rs. 33,999 (Rs. 19,991 off)
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge – Rs. 29,900 (Rs. 21000 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
Honor 10 – Rs. 27,999 (Rs. 5000 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
Moto Z2 Force – Rs. 24,999 (Rs. 10000 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
LG G6 – Rs. 27,990 (Rs. 27010 off + up to Rs. 17,000 off on exchange)
Honor 8 Pro – Rs. 19,999 (Rs. 15000 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
Moto Z2 Play – Rs. 18,999 (Rs. 9,000 off + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange)
iPhone SE (32 GB) – Rs. 17,999 (Rs. 8,001 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
Moto X4 3GB RAM – Rs. 15,999 (Rs. 5,000 off + up to Rs. 15,000 off on exchange)
OPPO A83 (2018) – ...
Huawei launched the Nova 3i, along with the Nova 3 in India last month, soon after it was introduced in China. Even though this doesn’t have top-end specifications as the Nova 3, this has a similar notch design, glass-like finish on the back, a 24-megapixel front camera and it is the first smartphone to be powered by Huawei's latest Kirin 710 Octa-Core 12nm SoC with support for GPU Turbo feature and AI features. Is the smartphone worth the price of Rs. 20,999? Let us dive into the review to find out.
Box Contents
Huawei Nova 3i smartphone in Iris Purple color
2-pin charger (5V-2A)
Micro USB Type-C Cable
Headset
SIM Ejector tool
Clear protective case
User manual and warranty information
Display, Design, and Hardware
The Nova 3i comes with a 6.3-inch Full HD+ LCD 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, pixel density of 409 PPI, 19:5:9 aspect ratio with a notch and a screen-to-body ratio of about 82%. The display is bright, offers good color reproduction, thanks to 85% NTSC color gamut, has good viewing angles and the sunlight legibility is good as well.
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Like the P20 series of smartphone, this has an option to ...
Earlier this year Google announced that it will be combining Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution, and it started rolling out from February. At that time the experiences will be coming to Tez users in India soon. Today at the Google for India event the company said that Tez will be rebranded as Google Pay.
It’s certainly been a year to remember. #GooglePay #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/GDhfnSqiFR
— Google Pay India (@GooglePayIndia) August 28, 2018
Since the launch of Tez last September, there are now 22 million monthly active users, and over 750 million transactions were made that are collectively worth over 2 lakh crore or $30 billion annually. Google said that Google Pay works in places like Goibibo, FreshMenu, redBus and in over two thousand other online apps and sites. And in the coming weeks, it will be adding more partners, including deeper integrations with BookMyshow.
Google is also working with over 15,000 retail stores across India, and later this year, Google Pay will be available at retail stores, like Big Bazaar, e-Zone, and FBB.
Merchant mode will simplify digital payments for the 12 lakh local businesses already on our platform, and for those coming on-board. #GooglePay #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/uv7lxEhwv8
— Google ...
Xiaomi India today announced that it has sold more than 500,000 or 5 lakh units of Mi LED TVs in about six months of launch back in February. This includes Mi LED TV 4 55", Mi LED TV 4A 32" and Mi LED TV 4A 43" sold across mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores. The company said that it has become one of the fastest growing smart TV brands in India
The company has been adding new content to Mi TV. It recently partnered with Viral Fever (TVF) to bring all their content including videos and web-series across all Mi TVs, and partnered with Eros Now to launch monthly subscription plans for Mi TVs starting at Rs. 49.
Commenting on the new achievement, Raghu Reddy, Head - Category and Online Sales, Xiaomi India said:
We are extremely proud to be sharing this milestone with our fans and partners. It took us years of planning to get the hardware design, smart Patchwall User Interface and software partnerships to deliver a truly smart TV experience to our Mi Fans. We are glad that half a million Indians put their faith in a Mi TV in such a short span of time.
Based on what we know, ...
Amazon India today officially launched Bill Payments facility that lets you pay Electricity, Landline, Broadband, Gas & Postpaid bills across 100+ billers on Amazon India. You can also pay these bills via one-click experience. Some of them include billers like BSES, Tata Power, BESCOM, BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, ACT, Hathway, IGL and MGL. Customers can now do mobile recharge or pay bills using their credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking and Amazon Pay balance.
To incentivize customers to use digital means for their high frequency transactions, Amazon Pay provides cashbacks to customers. As a limited period offer, Amazon is offering 10% cash back up to Rs 75 on Electricity Bills and 10% up to Rs.50 on any of landline, broadband, postpaid bills.
Prepaid Mobile recharges have Flat Rs 50 back on a minimum recharge of Rs.198 and a Flat Rs.75 back on a minimum recharge of Rs.398 on the customer’s first recharge and up to Rs.30 back on repeat recharge.
In addition, Amazon has also partnered with select billers, telecom and DTH operators to offer exclusive promotional offers to customers across recharges and bill payments. Customers can find the option to pay bills and recharge their mobile or DTH connections on ...
Apple has reportedly scheduled an event in September, where the company is expected to launch new iPhones with an edge-to-edge screen design. According to the trusted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the yet-to-be-launched 2018 iPhone models will not support the Apple Pencil, since it spoils the good user experience.
Kuo also believes that Apple will announce three new iPhones with 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.5-inch OLED display. While the 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch variant iPhones will be available starting from September, the 6.1-inch variant seems to be plagued by issues.
He also added that the 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch iPhone variants will come in both single and dual-SIM and will be available to a specific market like China.
Talking about the rumored specifications, the 5.8-inch iPhone will not offer dual-SIM support, but it may include e-SIM. It is expected to sport a display with a resolution of 2436 x 1125, offer a 2-cell 2,700 to 2,800 mAh battery and will go on sale at a price range of $800 to $890.
The 6.1-inch LCD model will have a display with a resolution of 1792 x 828, single lens camera, 3GB RAM, 256GB and will be priced around $600 and $699. It will be powered by 1-cell 2,600 to ...
Google at the 'Google for India' event announced 'Read out Loud' feature for Google Go browser that lets listen to web pages out loud in 28 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil in a natural sounding voice. It is powered by natural language processing and speech synthesis AI and works even in 2G connections with minimal cellular data use.
Regarding the feature, Google said:
This technology relies on AI to determine which parts of a page to read, and which to leave out, so you only listen to what is important.
Using this technology, consuming long-form text becomes as easy as watching TV or listening to the radio. It’s also helpful for multitasking, like following a recipe while cooking a meal, listening to articles while exercising, or catching up on news on your commute.
The company is planning to expand the ability to listen to webpages to more Google products in the future.
Over the past ten years, we’ve been inspired to reimagine @googlemaps in ways that are accurate and useful for India. Here’s looking back, and ahead.
Watch #GoogleForIndia → https://t.co/ZeTTRlZjwk pic.twitter.com/4RDiEJ3LYE
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) August 28, 2018
Google also announced turn-by-turn navigation functionality to Maps Go app along with a new home screen ...
Samsung just launched the Galaxy J2 Core (SM-J260), the company’s first Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone in India, after it was announced last wee. It comes with 5-inch qHD TFT display, is powered by the Samsung’s own Exynos 7570 Quad-Core 14nm processor with 1GB of RAM. It packs a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera.
Samsung Galaxy J2 Core
It has Samsung’s Smart Manager delivers automatic RAM management that ensures the device has sufficient free memory and remains fast and optimized. Since it is a budget phone, it doesn’t come with Fingerprint sensor or Face Unlock. It has a 2600mAh battery on board.
Samsung Galaxy J2 Core specifications
5-inch (540 x 960 pixels) qHD TFT display
1.4GHz Quad-Core Exynos 7570 14nm processor with Mali-T720 MP1 GPU
1GB RAM, 8GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition)
Dual SIM
8MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture
5MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture
Dimensions:143.4 x 72.1 x 8.9mm; Weight: 154g
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS
2600mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy J2 Core comes in Gold, Blue and Black colors, is priced at Rs. 6,190 and is be available available across all retail stores and Samsung ...
Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 smartphone in India back in April last year for Rs. 64,900. Few months it got a price cut to Rs. 58,900, and to Rs.53,990 in April. Today the phone has received whopping Rs. 12,000 price cut and is available for Rs. 39,990 (MOP).
This comes months after the launch of Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones and a week after the Galaxy Note9 in the country. Looks like the Galaxy S8 and the 128GB Galaxy S8+ are not fast moving so the phones did not receive any price cut.
You can get the Galaxy S8+ at the new rate from offline stores, and it should be available at the new rate soon from Samsung Shop online, as well as Flipkart . Paytm is offering Rs. 8,000 cashback, in addition to the price cut.
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LG Electronics has announced UltraGear gaming monitors ahead of IFA 2018 in Berlin this week. It comes with a UltraWide 21:9 screen for an immersive playing field that enhances the gaming experience. It was showcased at the CES 2018 earlier this year.
The UltraGear flagship model - 34GK950G comes equipped with a Nano IPS display technology that covers 98 percent of the DCI-P3 color space. It also provides smooth motion without any glitch, since it has NVIDIA G-SyncTM graphic processing technology built-in and has a high refresh rate of 120Hz (overclocked).
This monitor sports a 34-inch display UltraWide QHD (3440 x 1440) image rendering. With this, gamers can create their own unique ambiance with Sphere Lighting that boasts six color settings.
Chang Ik-hwan, head of LG’s IT Business Division, said:
LG’s monitors have been setting standards in the industry for many years and LG UltraGear will be no exception.Announcing our UltraGear monitors at Europe’s largest industry event is demonstration of our confidence and excitement about this new brand.
Harmon Kardon has announced a new smart speaker called Citation 500 with Google Assistant support. The smart speaker will be shown at the upcoming IFA 2018 and will be available for pre-order in Europe around September.
The company has collaborated with Kvadrat, Europe's leading design textiles manufacturer to design the wool fabrics that lend the speaker a minimalist look. The speaker comes in gray and black color option similar to that of Google Home speakers.
The Citation 500 features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Chromecast and Google Assistant as well. It has 200W stereo speakers and supports 24 bit/96Khz high-definition audio streaming. It can be controlled through an LCD touch panel housed on the top of the speaker or through voice to request music or other wireless play.
In addition to it, the Citation 500 can be used as a smart home hub for controlling functions like lights or thermostat. The Citation 500 carries a price tag of £549 (US$ 709 / Rs. 49,760 approx.), which is $300 more than the Google Home Max.
Michael Mauser, President, Lifestyle Audio at HARMAN, said:
Our unprecedented audio legacy matched with the Kvadrat’s premium textiles has allowed us to develop this unique smart home speaker. Consumers today are looking for superior ...
Sony Mobile is expected to introduce Xperia XZ3, the company's next-generation flagship smartphone at the IFA in Berlin on August 30th. Today it has posted the first teaser image that shows Xperia along with the date and it says 'Seeing is believing' hinting at AMOLED display for the smartphone.
Seeing is believing. #SonyIFA pic.twitter.com/zTw54dWzKr
— Sony Xperia (@sonyxperia) August 28, 2018
It is rumored to sport a 5.7-inch Full HD+ display, powered by the Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM, run Android 8.1 (Oreo), single rear camera and pack a 3,240 mAh battery pack. We should know all the details when the phone goes official on Thursday at 13.00 CET (5:30 PM IST) and the company is offering live stream on Sony Mobile blog here.
Photo and video sharing social network, Instagram has introduced new tools in an attempt to enhance the security of the community. The company has announced three significant tool: About This Account, Increasing Access to Verification and Support for Third-Party Authenticator Apps.
The "About this account" section in the Instagram provides more information about the accounts with large followings. With this, you can access details like the date the account joined Instagram, the country where the account is located, accounts with shared followers, any username changes in the last year and any ads the account is currently running.
The company also mentioned that, in September, user accounts with large audiences can review the information and will be rolled out to the public soon to the global community.
The second change made by the company has to do with account verification request through a form within the Instagram app. To access the verification request form, go to your profile -> tap the menu icon -> select “Settings” -> choose “Request Verification.” Here, users need to provide your account username, your full name and a copy of your legal or business identification.
Finally, Instagram is adding support third-party authenticator apps like Google Authenticator and others to log ...
Online music streaming platform, Amazon Music has introduced a new innovative voice control powered by Alexa to enhance the listening experience. Available in both mobile apps and Echo family devices, users can ask Alexa to play their favorite songs which they haven't listened for a while.
In addition to it, they've launched another feature that helps to create playlists or add to the existing playlists just by asking. Furthermore, Amazon Prime Music allows the user to go back and listen to music from an earlier point just by asking Alexa.
Also, users can ask for their recently played songs by artist, genre or time to make the listening experience even easier. On top of that, Amazon has also introduced the ability to ask, “Alexa create a new playlist from this song” or add a song from their play queue to an existing personal playlist.
Below are some of the command you can use in Amazon Prime music app:
Now, you can simply ask for recently played music by artist, genre, or time to make the listening experience even easier. For example, say:
“Alexa, play me songs which I recently played”
“Alexa, play me the Arijit Singh song I listened to last month”
“Alexa, play ...
