Samsung has launched the Galaxy A7 (SM-A750F), the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with triple rear cameras in India. It has a 24-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.7 aperture, secondary 8-megapixel 120° Ultra Wide Lens for wide-angle photos and a third 5-megapixel camera to capture depth information for portrait shots. It also has a 24-megapixel front camera with that automatically lets more light in by combining four pixels into one pixel in low light conditions.
It has an adjustable LED flash, Selfie Focus, Pro Lighting Mode and AR emoji. It has a metal frame and a glass back. It packs a 6-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen, is powered by Exynos 7885 14nm processor with up to 6GB of RAM, has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, supports Dolby Atmos and packs a 3300mAh battery.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) specifications
6-inch (1080×2220 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display
Octa-Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.6GHz Hexa) Exynos 7885 14nm processor with Mali-G71 GPU
4 GB RAM with 64GB / 128 GB Storage, 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
24MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.7 aperture, 8MP 120° Ultra Wide camera, 5MP f/2.2 depth camera
24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
Side-mounted Fingerprint sensor
3.5mm ...
Samsung has launched the Galaxy A7 (SM-A750F), the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with triple rear cameras in India. It has a 24-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.7 aperture, secondary 8-megapixel 120° Ultra Wide Lens for wide-angle photos and a third 5-megapixel camera to capture depth information for portrait shots. It also has a 24-megapixel front camera with that automatically lets more light in by combining four pixels into one pixel in low light conditions.
It has an adjustable LED flash, Selfie Focus, Pro Lighting Mode and AR emoji. It has a metal frame and a glass back. It packs a 6-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen, is powered by Exynos 7885 14nm processor with up to 6GB of RAM, has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, supports Dolby Atmos and packs a 3300mAh battery.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) specifications
6-inch (1080×2220 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display
Octa-Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.6GHz Hexa) Exynos 7885 14nm processor with Mali-G71 GPU
4 GB RAM with 64GB / 128 GB Storage, 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
24MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.7 aperture, 8MP 120° Ultra Wide camera, 5MP f/2.2 depth camera
24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
Side-mounted Fingerprint sensor
3.5mm ...
Instagram Co-founders; Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger today have announced that they have resigned and plan to leave the company in the coming weeks. This move adds challenges to Instagram’s parent company, Facebook. kevin Systrom who is currently Instagram’s chief executive, and Mike Krieger, the chief technical officer have notified Instagram’s leadership team and Facebook about their decision to leave the company.
However, Instagram Co-founders; Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger did not give a reason for stepping down. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, in a statement said: “all the best and I’m looking forward to seeing what they build next.” This move comes at times when Facebook is facing toughest of times in its 14 years of existence where it is being criticised for being careless of the user data.
Against all the odds, Instagram remained a gem and it recently hit a billion monthly active users and Stories has 400 million daily users. This departure might create some uncertainty around the app and the moment it is unclear who would lead the company in the days to come.
Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder & CEO said:
Mike and I are grateful for the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team. We’ve grown from ...
Flipkart has announced that the fifth edition of Big Billion Days sale will be held between October 10th and 14th, 2018. This year’s sale is powered by Mastercard.
Flipkart said that the sale will offer unique & exclusive selection across mobile phones, TVs and appliances, fashion, personal care, furniture and others and will also have financing programs such as No Cost EMI, Product Exchange along with discounts for HDFC Debit & Credit card holders. The company also said that Mastercard users will get Amazing rewards.
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Fashion, TVs & Appliances, Home & Furniture, Beauty, Sports and more will go on sale on October 10th, and phones and tablets will go on sale starting October 11th. Flipkart Plus members will get 3 hours of exclusive access. Amazon is yet to announce its 'The Great Indian Sale' dates, which is expected to start around the same time.
Regarding the Big Billion Days Sale, Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart said:
This year marks the fifth edition of TBBD and we are focused on making it the biggest and best one yet. After working closely with our sellers and brands over the last few months, we plan to deliver unparalleled, diverse, and affordable offerings to customers in every corner of India.
Amazon India today launched ‘Prime Reading’ that lets Amazon Prime members read hundreds of eligible eBooks, comics and more through Kindle devices and apps at no additional cost. These free ebooks will change every month and includes bestsellers like Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling, Immortals of Meluha by Amish, and Operation Deep Strike by Rahul Badami.
These include popular e-Books from literature and fiction, comics, non-fiction as well as books in Indian languages including Hindi and Tamil. You can check out the collect from Amazon.in here.
Commenting on the launch, Rajiv Mehta, Country Manager, Kindle India, said:
Prime Reading builds the habit of reading. Prime members can now read their favourite titles at no additional cost by conveniently downloading and reading e-Books within minutes. They can discover and read new and bestselling titles from a variety of authors at no additional cost.
Akshay Sahi, Director and Head of Prime, Amazon India, said:
Amazon Prime already offers members great value with free, fast delivery, streaming of movies, TV series, music and lots more. Prime Reading is yet another offering for Prime members to help make their everyday life better and more fun.
Café Coffee Day today announced that it has partnered PowerSquare which is one of the leading wireless power solution provider in the world to unveil India’s biggest wireless charging network for cafes across the country. The network has installed 300+ wireless charging spots across 100+ cafes in leading cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi.
Café Coffee Day says that smartphones have become an integral part of its young consumers’ lives, and this move would strengthen its digital technology to keep its customers connected at all times. After making free WiFi available across the country, it is launching wireless charging, another category first, in partnership with PowerSquare.
Customers visiting Café Coffee Day can now place their Qi-enabled smartphones on the surface and wirelessly charge their phones. This eliminates the constant hassle of carrying charging cables. This smart wireless charging modules designed and developed by PowerSquare will be installed on café tables.
The company says that this launch is the first step in Café Coffee Day’s strategic partnership with PowerSquare and will soon offer wireless charging to customers across all their cafés in India. Cafe Coffee Day and PowerSquare will be expanding this service across cafes in other cities including Hyderabad, Pune, among others.
Commenting on the new initiative, ...
After the teardown of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max that reveled several details about the smartphones, iFixit has completed teardown of Apple Watch Series 4 44mm model with LTE (A2008). This reveals a slightly bigger battery compared to the Watch Series 3, hidden barometric sensor, all-new optical sensor, surrounded by a new ring-shaped electrical sensor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0lnQcJUio
The reveals 1.113 Wh / 291.8 mAh (A2059) battery compared to 1.07 Wh / 279 mAh battery on the Watch Series 3 (38 mm), but it is 17% less than 1.34 Wh in the 42 mm Watch Series 3. The barometric sensor has been relocated to the speaker grille. Taptic engine is thinner and longer than the one in the Series 3. The new speaker which is 50% louder has a gasket for ingress protection.
The Apple-designed S4 system-in-package has Avago AFEM-8087 front-end module and it has ST Microelectronics ST33G1M2 32-bit MCU with ARM SecurCore SC300—the same eSIM as the Apple Watch Series 3, iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max.
iFixit gives it 6/10 repairability rating same as the Watch Series 3, saying that the Series 4 feels much more thoughtfully laid out, but the incredibly tiny tri-point screws are a repair hindrance, and the component flex cables that are mounted directly to the S4 ...
Xiaomi-backed Black Shark introduced the Black Shark Gaming Phone in China back in April this year, now a new Black Shark smartphone with the model number AWM-A0 has been certified by TENAA in China. This reveals a slightly different design compared to the predecessor since the phone has a dual rear cameras arranged vertically and the fingerprint sensor that was present on the front has been moved to the back.
You can also see the camera bump and the dedicated One-touch SHARK key on the left. This reveals a 5.99-inch display, so the company could retain the FHD+ display and it has a 4000mAh battery, same as the predecessor.
The dimensions of the phone is 160 × 75.26 × 8.7mm, which is almost same, but this is slightly thinner. The certification site doesn't reveal any other specifications, but it will likely retain the Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 8GB RAM, liquid cooling
We should know the complete specifications of the smartphone in the coming weeks.
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After Kerala, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, West Bengal and Odisha, Airtel has announced massive network expansion in Karnataka as part of its network transformation initiative – Project Leap. by By March 2019, Airtel plans to roll out 13,000 new mobile sites along with an addition of more than 4500 kilometers of optic fiber to enable high speed data transmission.
Airtel also plans to deploy pre-5G Massive MIMO technology across major business and residential hubs in the two states to step up high speed data experience for customers.
Massive MIMO expands network capacities by 5-7 times on the same spectrum and delivers super fast data speeds despite a large number of concurrent users at the same location. Back in April, Airtel had deployed Massive MIMO pre-5G solution across IPL match venues offering up to 3x faster 4G speeds.
Airtel 4G already covers over over 39,000 towns and villages in Karnataka.
Commenting on the same, C. Surendran, Chief Executive Officer – Karnataka, Bharti Airtel Ltd., said:
Airtel has led the telecom journey in the country with our history of firsts. The revolutionary launch of 4G services for the first time in the state of Karnataka changed mobile internet forever. Today, we are the only service provider to cover the entire state with our 4G ...
Vivo has officially launched the V11 smartphone in India, soon after the launch of V11 Pro. It has a 6.3-inch Full HD Halo FullView display, is powered by Helio P60 SoC with 6GB of RAM, feature a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots, AI scene recognition, and a 25-megapixel front camera with AI beautify feature.
It has fingerprint sensor compared to the in-display fingerprint sensor on the V11 Pro, dedicated Dual SIM and microSD card slots and packs a 3315mAh battery with support for fast charging.
Vivo V11 specifications
6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU (V11i)
6GB RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Funtouch OS 4.5 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.4 aperture
25MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 75.63 x 8.1 x 155.97mm; Weight: 163.7g
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
3315mAh battery with fast charging
The Vivo V11 comes in Starry ...
Huawei's Honor brand is all set to announce the Honor 8C, a new budget smartphone in the Honor 8 series on October 11th in China. The successor of Honor 7C that was introduced earlier this year now has a notch and a larger 6.26-inch screen. It is said to be powered by Snapdragon 636 SoC with 4GB of RAM. On the back there are 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual rear cameras and there is an 8-megapixel camera on the front, same as the predecessor.
TENAA certification reveals a fingerprint sensor on the back and a 4000mAh battery.
Honor 8C rumored specifications
6.26-inch 1520 × 720 pixels) Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1
13MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP secondary rear camera
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 158.72×75.94×7.98mm; Weight: 167.2g
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS
4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery
The Honor 8C is expected to come in Blue, Black, Purple, Gold colors. We should know the price when the phone goes official next month.
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Vivo has launched the V9 Pro smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced as V9 6GB back in June in Indonesia. It has the same 6.3-inch FHD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, 90% screen-to-body ratio and 1.75mm slim bezels and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.0 as the V9 , but this is powered by Snapdragon 660 AIE with 6GB of RAM.
It has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera for AI portrait shots and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI selfie lighting and beautify features. It comes with dedicated Dual SIM and microSD slots, has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3260mAh battery.
Vivo V9 Pro specifications
6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU
6GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 154.81 x 75.03 x 7.89mm ; Weight: 150g
4G ...
Google is rolling out a new search overhaul to 'Android Messages.' Now you can find more of the content shared in your conversations in Android Messages, by simply searching by contact or type of content.
Within the Android Messages, after tapping on the search icon, you'll be able to select a specific contact and see your messaging history with them, including one-to-one and group conversations, and all the photos, videos, addresses or links you shared with each other. This new update will be rolling out from this week.
Google in a blog post said:
We share a lot of information in our messages, but it’s not always easy to look back and find that photo your mom sent a month ago or the address of the coffee shop your friend recommended. With these improvements to search in Messages, we hope you can more easily find and relive the moments that matter to you in your conversations.
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Qualcomm seems to be in no mood to stop its legal battle against Apple as the chip maker freshly accuses Apple of stealing software and tools to improve chips from its rival Intel. Qualcomm is asking the judge to include the consideration of the latest accusations to a case between the two in state court in California. The suit is due to go to trial in April next year.
With this new accusation, the total suits and counter suits between Qualcomm and Apple are now more than 70 across the globe. On the other hand, Apple is fighting legally with Qualcomm accusing it of illegally using dominance of the market to force it to pay unfair technology licensing fees. Qualcomm in response said that Apple is stealing its intellectual property and the legal assault is really a commercial dispute aimed at securing lower prices to increase profitability.
Apple currently uses Intel modems, chips exclusively to connect smartphones to cellular networks to access data and voice, in the latest versions of the iPhone. Qualcomm accuses Apple of helping Intel engineers to fine-tune the modems to improve performance using Qualcomm’s software and tools. That’s in breach of the terms of the licenses of that ...
With the upcoming Chrome release, whenever you sign into any Google website on Chrome, you will also be signed into Chrome with the same account, as reported earlier. You will also see your Google Account picture right in the Chrome UI, so you can easily see your sign-in status. When you sign out, either directly from Chrome or from any Google website, you’re completely signed out of your Google Account.
Google is clearly stating that this change to sign-in does not turn on Chrome sync. Users who want data like their browsing history, passwords, and bookmarks available on other devices must take additional action, such as turning on sync. The new change is to let users know which Google account is signed in. Google says that this is to prevent users from inadvertently performing searches or navigating to websites that could be saved to a different user’s synced account.
These changes will be available in the next release of Chrome; 70 which is slated to release in mid-October. It is also adding more control that allows users to turn off linking web-based sign-in with browser-based sign-in. For users that disable this feature, signing into a Google website will not sign them into Chrome. It ...
Google will officially unveil the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL on October 9th, but before the launch, we already know most of the details that are there to know about the flagships. However, Google Camera on the upcoming Pixel 3 series said to have a setting called 'Google Len Suggestions; and according to a new leak, the Google camera on the Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL might gain support for real-time Google Lens analysis of images.
Furthermore, the new devices will feature Now Playing, Active Edge, Google Assistant, App Actions in the Pixel Launcher, Smart Replies in Android Messages, Smart Text Selection from Android Oreo, AR Stickers, Android Pie’s markup app for screenshot editing, Picture-in-picture mode, Direct Share, Ambient Display with Always On Display support, Fingerprint swipe gestures, Navigation gestures, and the two existing camera gestures.
The real-time Google Lens Suggestion feature which when detects a business card, objects and more on the Pixel 3’s camera viewfinder takes a second and recognizes the email address shown on the card and shows a popup that can be selected to open Gmail to send an email. Though Google Lens can work in real-time, it can't be operated automatically when you are in the Google Camera app. With Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 ...
After extending the deadline to Aadhaar card with mobile numbers and bank accounts indefinitely, back in March, today Supreme Court has announced that it is not mandatory to link bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar or when opening a bank account or for obtaining a new SIM card. It also said at No mobile company can demand Aadhaar card.
It also said that Aadhaar-PAN linking is mandatory, however it is not mandatory for UGC, NEET & CBSE examinations as well as school admissions. It added that Biometric data shall not be shared with any agency without the permission of the court.
"Education has taken us from thumb impression to signature, now technology has taken us from signature to thumb impression," said the SC.
After Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi, Xiaomi has opened its first Mi Home Experience Store in Bengaluru. Located at its office in Embassy Tech Village, Devarabisanahalli, the store offers all the products that have launched in India and also showcases some of the products that were launched globally such as Mi Projector, Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Mi Washing Machine, Mi Heater, Mi Bike, Mi Scooter and Mi Ninebot.
The new Mi Home Experience Store spans over 2000 sq. ft, and will be the 50th Mi Home in India. The company recently opened its first COCO store in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, after the government allowed 100% automated SBRT.
Proud to announce that we inaugurated the company owned company operated Mi Experience Store at our office today. This store offers all the products launched in India and some of the other cool products launched globally. Which product do you to try out 1st? 😉 #FutureLivesHere pic.twitter.com/FrKnOmUkCU
— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) September 26, 2018
Xiaomi has also announced that this is a COCO (company owned company operated) Mi Experience Store. The company will continue to expand its experience stores in the country, in addition to Mi Home stores to gather valuable feedback about the next Xiaomi product to launch in India.
Xiaomi recently announced that it ...
At the opening of Photokina 2018, Leica Camera AG, Panasonic, and Sigma announced a strategic partnership. The collaboration enables Panasonic and Sigma to make use of the L-Mount standard developed by Leica for their own developments and to offer both cameras and lenses utilizing this lens mount.
Thanks to their numerous interchangeable components, system cameras are extremely versatile and can be individually configured for a wide range of photographic needs. Thanks to the strategic partnership between Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma, customers will be able to choose from a much wider selection of cameras and lenses without having to limit themselves to a particular brand, as all three brands will share the same proprietary bayonet mount.
Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG and majority shareholder said:
For photographers, the ability to choose from a wide range of lenses for their system of preference is extremely important. Especially in the strongly growing market for mirrorless system cameras, users seek increasingly greater product diversity to fulfill a wide range of different photographic needs. We have therefore decided to work together with prominent partners in the photographic segment as an immediate response to these needs. Our long-established partnership with Panasonic is a ...
Xiaomi India has created new Guinness World Record by building the largest light mosaic (logo) in the world. Depicting its popular Mi logo, the light mosaic was laid out by assembling 9,690 bulbs. The light mosaic by Xiaomi India was a special initiative driven by the Brand Marketing team to highlight the brand’s journey in India.
Here is a special record we have created, our first Guinness World Record (@GWR) by building the largest light mosaic logo in the world. The light mosaic was laid by assembling a staggering 9,590 bulbs.
The pictures speak for themselves. See how beautiful our logo looks. pic.twitter.com/2BVezHdfNX
— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) September 26, 2018
This is designed to symbolize the collective contribution of Xiaomi India employees and Mi fans, who have all contributed to the overall success of the brand, it further highlights the brand’s effort towards pursuing unconventional modes of marketing and promotional techniques, which sets it apart from most other smartphone brands.
Xiaomi also launched its new Mi Home Experience Store in Bengaluru at its head office building on the ground floor.
Upon celebrating this occasion, Anuj Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, Xiaomi India, said:
It has been another phenomenal year for us with our first Guinness World Records achievement to celebrate. ...
After Camon iAce and Camon iSky 2 launch last month, Tecno has launched the three new smartphones – Camon iAir2+, Camon i2 and Camon i2x in India. These have a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 FullView displays with a notch, 88% screen-to-body ratio, are powered by MediaTek SoCs, run Android 8.1 (Oreo) with the company’s own HiOS on top, dual rear cameras with quad LED flash, front camera with AI face unlock that can scan 298 facial points, support for Dual 4G VoLTE and a 3750mAh battery.
Tecno Camon iAir2+ specifications
6.2-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display
2GHz Quad-Core MediaTek Helio A22 12nm processor with IMG PowerVR GE-class GPU
2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
HiOS based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
13MP rear camera with quad-LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, 2MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash
Fingerprint sensor, Face unlock
Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
3750mAh battery
Tecno Camon i2 specifications
6.2-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display
2GHz Quad-Core MediaTek Helio A22 12nm processor with IMG PowerVR GE-class GPU
3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to ...
