Aegis School of Data Science, Cyber Security & Telecom, run by Aegis Knowledge Trust has announced that nomination for 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awards (AGBA) is now open. It is now in 9th edition since the initiation of the ward back in 2018.
This year Aegis Graham Bell Award (AGBA) will be hosting two Jury rounds, one for the Telecom and Mobile Categories and another for the Focus and Tech Categories. Telecom and Mobile Category Jury round will be held on 24th September to 28th September 2018 in New Delhi and the deadline for the same ends on Wednesday, 5th September 2018.
Focus and Tech Category Jury round will be held on 12th November to 16th November 2018 in Mumbai and the deadline for the same ends on Friday, 12th October 2018.
Innovators will felicitated at the India Mobile Congress, organised by COAI and Department of Telecommunication, Govt of India, from 25th – 27th October 2018, at New Delhi. FoneArena is one of media partners for the awards.
You can nominate a company by filling the form here. You can check out the list of categories below.
Telecom and Mobile categories:
Innovative Telecom Product/Solution
Innovative Mobile App for Enterprise
Bringing Fortune at the bottom of ...
Aegis School of Data Science, Cyber Security & Telecom, run by Aegis Knowledge Trust has announced that nomination for 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awards (AGBA) is now open. It is now in 9th edition since the initiation of the ward back in 2018.
This year Aegis Graham Bell Award (AGBA) will be hosting two Jury rounds, one for the Telecom and Mobile Categories and another for the Focus and Tech Categories. Telecom and Mobile Category Jury round will be held on 24th September to 28th September 2018 in New Delhi and the deadline for the same ends on Wednesday, 5th September 2018.
Focus and Tech Category Jury round will be held on 12th November to 16th November 2018 in Mumbai and the deadline for the same ends on Friday, 12th October 2018.
Innovators will felicitated at the India Mobile Congress, organised by COAI and Department of Telecommunication, Govt of India, from 25th – 27th October 2018, at New Delhi. FoneArena is one of media partners for the awards.
You can nominate a company by filling the form here. You can check out the list of categories below.
Telecom and Mobile categories:
Innovative Telecom Product/Solution
Innovative Mobile App for Enterprise
Bringing Fortune at the bottom of ...
OPPO's sub-brand Realme launched the Realme 2, the company’s second-generation smartphone in India last week starting at Rs. 8990. It went on sale for the first time on Flipkart at 12PM today. The company has confirmed that it sold 200,000 or 2 lakh units of smartphones in just 5 minutes. Next sale is scheduled for 11th September, which is next Tuesday.
#Realme2 has achieved a new record by selling 2 Lakh units in 5 minutes! Thank you for being #ANotchAbove with us.
Stay tuned for our next sale at 12PM, 11th Sep: https://t.co/3VB2MdI4Bl pic.twitter.com/rXltJkg1Aj
— Realme (@realmemobiles) September 4, 2018
To remind you, the phone packs a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch and 88.8% screen-to-body ratio, Snapdragon 450 SoC with up to 4GB RAM, ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shot and 8-megapixel front camera with AI beautify features that intelligently recognizes 296 facial features as well as face unlock.
It has 2nd generation of Diamond-cutting Design with improved reflecting effect and 12-layer nano tech, has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 4230mAh battery. The company already confirmed that it will launch the Realme 2 Pro this month.
Vivo ranks high amongst the brands that have been at the forefront of smartphone innovation. Be it in-screen fingerprint recognition, hi-fi music chips, motorized cameras or sheer camera technology, the company is making massive strides towards bringing the next-generation technology to consumers. The X21 was amongst the first Vivo smartphones with Dual Pixel camera technology (2PD). With the V11 Pro launch right around the corner, we expect the phone to pack the same tech. Let’s take a deeper look into the Dual Pixel technology to see what makes it tick.
There’s a lot going on with the camera on the Vivo V11 Pro, the 12MP primary sensor that is paired with a 5MP secondary sensor for better low light capabilities and of course, portrait mode. What caught our eye was the f/1.8 aperture lens on the primary camera that should go a long way in improving low light capabilities. The 1.28 µm pixel sensor size too is adequate to enable high quality low light photography. The most interesting of course is the dual pixel technology that is poised to improve low light capture and more importantly, the autofocus capabilities.
First things first, light is the biggest factor in photography. A higher pixel ...
Samsung is reportedly working on its ambitious foldable smartphone for some time now. In a recent development, CEO of the mobile division, Samsung, Koh Dong Jin, said that the foldable smartphone will be launched later this year.
According to Koh, the mobile needs to unfold in case users need to browse or do something. While he remains tight lips about the device, more details are expected to be unveiled this year at the Samsung Developer Conference in November in San Francisco.
With this strategy, the company is planning to strengthen its mobile market since they've witnessed fall 20 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2018.
In addition to it, the company is also planning to change its strategy in the mid-range segment by implementing more technology at a lower price bracket. Ever since the rise of Chinese handset makers like Huawei, OnePlus and others, Samsung is facing stiff competition all over.
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After teasing for a month, Motorola has finally announced that its Moto G6 Plus smartphone will launch in India on September 10th. It was introduced back in April along with the Moto G6, has a large 5.93-inch Full HD+ display, is powered by Snapdragon 630 with 6GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera, 8-megapixel front camera, glass back and a 3200mAh battery with Turbo charging.
The new #motog6plus is set to arrive on 10th September and is built to give you more with every feature!
Which one are you most excited about? Take a screenshot and share it with us! #BuiltForMore pic.twitter.com/HyoigsRBv3
— Motorola India (@motorolaindia) September 4, 2018
Moto G6 Plus specifications
5.93-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display
2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 508 GPU
6GB / 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
12MP rear camera with LED Flash, Dual Autofocus Pixel technology, f/1.7 aperture, 1.4um pixel size, 5MP secondary rear camera
8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
Fingerprint sensor
P2i water-repellent nano coating
Dimensions: 160 x 75.5 x 8.0mm; Weight: 167g
3.5mm audio jack, Front-ported loud speaker, Dolby Audio, 3 ...
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The update for this month also includes functional patches that improves battery charge in Retail Mode for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL as well as improvements to SW Version reporting and audio quality over car speakers for all the Pixel phones.
New builds for the Pixel and Nexus devices with September 2018 Android Security update:
Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL (PPR2.180905.005)
Pixel, Pixel XL (PPR1.180905.003/PPR2.180905.006/PPR2.180905.006.A1)
Pixel C (OPM4.171019.021.Z1)
Nexus 5X / 6P (OPM6.171019.030.K1)
Check out the complete set of issues that are fixed in the latest update in the Android Security Bulletin here, Pixel Security Bulletin here and download full factory images or OTA images for these Pixel and Nexus devices from the Google Developers website, if you don’t have the over-the-air (OTA) update yet.
If you're in the market for a new smartphone, you've probably heard of the POCO F1 by now. An all new sub brand by Xiaomi, the POCO is aimed at giving you all out performance and all the other features you expect from a high end phone, at a very affordable price. Yes, we've heard that before. Heck the entire 'Flagship Killer' category stemmed from providing high end internals at a relatively low cost price. Now, before we do a deep down on the phone, let me just put it out there. The POCO F1 is possibly the best deal in smartphones right now and yet, it is not exactly a flagship and/or a OnePlus 6 killer. Confused? Let us explain.
POCO F1 specifications
6.18-inch (2246 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18.7:9 2.5D curved glass display, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 84% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass protection
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
6GB/8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB / 128GB/256GB (UFS 2.1) storage, expandable memory with up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9, upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
12MP rear camera with dual LED Flash, f/1.9 aperture, 1.4μm pixel size, ...
After certification in Russia recently with the model number A6013, OnePlus 6T box has surfaced in China. This reveals waterdrop notch on the front and an in-display fingerprint sensor, similar to the OPPO R17 / R17 Pro that were introduced in China last month.
The box has Unlock The Speed text on the side and on the inside. There is a OnePlus branding and the number '6' on the outside, similar to the box of the OnePlus 6.
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The OnePlus 6T could sport a large 6.4-inch AMOLED display and powered by the same Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM. It is said to pack 128GB of internal storage, but there could also be a 256GB variant. It is not clear if OnePlus will adopt dual rear cameras as the R17 or go for triple camera setup like the R17 Pro. It is said to pack a large 3700mAh battery which is a significant upgrade from the OnePlus 6 which has a 3300mAh battery.
For the first time OnePlus is rumored partner with T-Mobile network in the US for the OnePlus 6T which is expected to launch in October. We should get to know more details in the coming months.
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ZTE's nubia brand just announced the Nubia Z18, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the ‘Z series’ in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with 91.8% screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with nubia UI 6.0 on top, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.6 aperture, PDAF, OIS along with a 24-megapixel secondary rear camera for portrait shots. It has AI scene recognition that can recognise 500 scenes.
It has an 8-megapixel front camera with support for Face unlocking that scans up to 106 facial points and also lights up the screen when you lift the phone to unlock the phone quickly. It has a glass back that also has a Corning Gorilla Glass protection, all-metal Aluminum alloy frame and comes with a dedicated voice button. There is a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3450mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.
Nubia Z18 specifications
5.99-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) 18:9 FHD+ In-Cell 2.5D curved glass display, 96% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
6GB ...
Vivo just announced the V11, the company's latest mid-range smartphone. It has a 6.41-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with 1.76 mm slim bezels on the sides, 91.27 % screen-to-body ratio and 19.5:9 aspect ratio, which it calls Halo FullView display, is powered by Snapdragon 660 AIE with 6GB of RAM, but there is also V11i that it powered by MediaTek Helio P60 SoC and 4GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture along with a 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots, AI scene recognition, Dual PD focus for 0.03 seconds of focus and a 25-megapixel front camera with AI beautify feature.
There is funmoji, similar Apple's Animoji, comes with AI gaming mode, It has an in-display fingerprint sensor, dedicated Dual SIM and microSD card slots and packs a 3,400mAh battery with Dual-Engine 18W fast charging .
Vivo V11 / V11i specifications
6.41-inch (1080 x 2340 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED 19.5:9 aspect ratio display
Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU (V11) / Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU (V11i)
4GB (V11i) / 6GB RAM (V11), 128GB ...
Google Chrome turns 10 today! To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Google is rolling out Chrome with a new design and features across all browsers including desktop, iOS, and Android. First up, new-look for chrome. Starting today, users will see more rounded shaped corners, new icons, and a new color palette. It also comes with new rounded tabs, which is designed to be easier to see and useful for those who like to have too many tabs open in their browser.
Secondly, Google also made some tweaks to the auto fill department as well. The latest version called Chrome 69, it will accurately fill in passwords, addresses, and credit card numbers into forms. All this information is saved to your Google account, and can also now be accessed directly from the Chrome toolbar.
Thirdly, the company is getting an improved password manager, where Chrome will now generate one for you and will save it, and next time you sign in, it’ll be there, on both your laptop and phone. With these updates, the Omnibox in chrome will now show your answers directly in the address bar without having to open a new tab.
If you find yourself with two dozen tabs open across three ...
Huawei's Honor brand along with the Honor 8X also announced the Honor 8X Max in China. It has a 7.12-inch Full HD+ display with narrow bezels and 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 660 or 636 with up to 6GB of RAM, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has an 8-megapixel front camera.
It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, packs a 5000mAh battery with support for reverse charging to charge other phones, as well as 9V/2A fast charging.
Honor 8X Max specifications
7.12-inch (2244×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18.7:9 2.5D curved glass display, 72% NTSC Color Gamut
Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU / 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage / 6GB RAM with 64GB 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, f/2.0 aperture, 2MP secondary camera, f/2.4 aperture
8MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 177.57×86.24×8.13mm; Weight: ...
Huawei's Honor brand just announced the Honor 8X, the company's latest mid-range smartphone in China. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display with a 4.25mm narrow chin and 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, has a 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition that can identify up to 500 scenes, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 16-megapixel front camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning technology and AI beautify.
It also has 4D gaming experience with real-time recognition of the game scene that vibrates the phone to intelligent match up to 30 different senses promising more realistic game scene experience. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, comes with dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots and packs a 3750mAh battery with support for fast charging.
Honor 8X specifications
6.5-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Kirin 710 12nm (4 x 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 +4 x 1.7GHz Cortex-A53) with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU
4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 400GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2
Dual SIM (nano ...
Canon has announced EOS R system featuring the newly designed RF mount. The Canon’s new RF mount features the same size diameter as the EF mount (54mm) and shorter back focus distance.
Furthermore, the Canon RF mount features a high-speed 12-pin communication system that provides faster and more in-depth communication between the camera and lens over existing Canon mount systems.
The EOS R system is designed in a way where it will be compatible with all existing EF, EF-S, TS-E and MP-E lenses through the use of mount adapters.
The new Canon EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera features a 30.3MP CMOS sensor that is powered by the latest image processor, DIGIC 8, enabling shooting at up to 8.0 frames per second. It can capture stunning 4K UHD video up to 30fps and record in 10-bit 4:2:2 (with an external recorder).
This EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera is compatible with all EF and EF-S lens. The new Canon EOS R camera features Dual Pixel CMOS Auto Focus with 5,655 manually selectable AF points, supporting AF at up to f/11 with a 384 zone (24x16) real-time metering system. In addition to it, the EOS R features a silent shutter setting when shooting in single-shot mode.
The Canon ...
After over four months of the introduction of its second-generation Spectacles with water-resistant design and smaller profile, Snap Inc. has introduced two new styles of Spectacles: Nico and Veronica. These come in black-on-black with polarized lenses.
The company also said that it will be rolling out a new Snapchat feature that automatically curates Spectacles Snaps into a single Highlight Story. This will make it faster and easier to find your favorite moments and share them with friends after a full day of Snapping, said the company. Since the introduction of Spectacles 2, users have been posting, on average, 40% more photos and videos captured with the glasses, says Snap.
The new Nico and Veronica Snap Spectacles are priced at $199.99 (Rs. 14,300 approx.) each, in the U.S. which is $50 more compared to the original version. It is available for purchase from spectacles.com in select countries worldwide.
In a recent development, Cupertino giant Apple has filed two patent for bigger Apple Watch displays with curved edges and anti-burn-in solution for OLED displays.
As per the patent application, "The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of antialiasing pixels having selectively reduced strengths relative to the full-strength pixels." Having said that, the pixels may be OLED pixels, LCD pixels, or other display pixels.
With this Apple Watch, one can expect an all-new edge-to-edge display with 15% bigger displays for both sizes of Apple Watch. Apple's patent application 20180246363 titled "Pixel Array Antialiasing to Accommodate Curved Display Edges," was filed back in Q2 2018.
It's worth mentioning that, the Apple was granted a patent in April 2018 covering both round and curved display advancements for a future Apple Watch interface. The Cupertino giant also comes up with a patent that will help to solve the burn-in issue.
A few days back, Apple had officially scheduled the event on September 12 at Steve Jobs Theater located at the company Apple Park campus. At this event, Apple is expected to announce three iPhone – 6.5-inch OLED iPhone X Plus, 5.8-inch OLED iPhone X successor and a cheaper 6.1-inch LCD model all with ...
Huawei's Honor brand along with the Honor 8X and Honor 8X Max, also introduced Honor Band 4, successor of Honor Band 3. It has a 0.95-inch AMOLED color 2.5D curved glass touch screen display in addition to Home button, comes with continuous heart rate tracking and is also water resistant up to 50 meters with Swim stroke recognition.
It has Huawei Huawei TruSleep 2.0 uses cardiopulmonary coupled dynamics spectrum (CPC) to monitor complete sleep structure including deep sleep (REM) to analyse sleep and offer personalized sleep recommendations. The Huawei TruSeen 2.0 heart rate technology offers 24-hour continuous heart monitoring when running, walking, cycling and more.
The company has also introduced Honor Band 4 Running Edition with POLED black and white screen, without the heart rate sensor and a smaller 77mAh battery with up to 20 days of standby. The 6-axis sensor offers improved running detection by measuring cadence, step length, ground contact time, foot strike pattern, landing impact, eversion excursion and swing angle. It is also water resistant up to 50 meters.
Honor Band 4 specifications
0.95 inch AMOLED touch display
Bluetooth 4.2 LE, Compatible with Android 4.4 (or later) or iOS 9.0 (or later)
Pedometer, Sleep tracker, Exercise tracker, Sedentary reminder
6-axis sensors; infrared wearing ...
Xiaomi devices are well-known for the awesome custom ROM support, thanks to the developer community. Unlocked bootloader is required to flash custom ROM on devices, and whether a user should unlock the bootloader of devices or not seems a never-ending debate. Resellers on global shopping portal used to take advantage of bootloader unlocking policies of some OEMs to install bloatware and modify software before shipping devices. As a resolution, Xiaomi introduced a wait time of 72 hours (3 days) to unlock the bootloader, which was recently increased to 360 hours (15 days).
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 recently, which went on sale for the first time on 29th August in the country resulting in a turnover of above 200 crores. Similar to other Xiaomi devices, POCO F1 also got the attention of developer community and custom recoveries and modules such as TWRP and Magisk were available within couple of days of the first sale but users were waiting for 15 days to get over so that they could unlock the bootloader of their devices. Some users took the issue to Mi Community and Twitter, and product head Jai Mani responded to the users saying that the company has updated ...
Ericsson is expanding its 5G platform by adding new hardware and software products to the Ericsson Radio System portfolio. This will enhance the agility and speed with which Indian operators can roll out their 5G networks. In addition to it, the company is strengthening its mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding transport technologies from Juniper Networks and ECI.
Ericsson is launching the RAN Compute portfolio, which responds to service provider’s need for greater flexibility in the deployment of Radio Access Network (RAN) software and hardware functions. RAN Compute is an architecture that allows service providers to flexibly distribute RAN functions – such as beamforming and radio control – where needed to fine-tune use case performance while also lowering total cost of ownership.
The RAN Compute portfolio includes all the current basebands in addition to four new RAN Compute products that provide up to three times the capacity of current basebands. Two new RAN Compute Basebands enable service providers to deploy RAN functions centrally, or at the radio site, while two new RAN Compute Radio Processors enable RAN functions to be placed closer to the radio for enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-low latency applications while reducing site footprint.
The company ...
Social networking giant Facebook has filed a 118-page complaint against BlackBerry Ltd in San Francisco federal court. As per the complaint, Facebook claimed that Blackberry of stealing its voice messaging technology and other patented technology as well.
In addition to the voice messaging technology, Facebook also accused BlackBerry of using its patented technology that improves how a mobile device delivers graphics, video and audio and another that centralizes tracking and analysis of GPS data.
The company is asking for unspecified damages for infringement of six patents. Having said that, BlackBerry didn't respond yet to the accusation made by Facebook.
Earlier this year BlackBerry sued Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps for copying features like unread count from BlackBerry’s proprietary and patent-protected Messenger app, BBM.
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