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Asus launched the Zenfone Live L1 (ZA550KL) and Zenfone Max (M1), two budget smartphones in India last month. Here we have the unboxing of both the smartphones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bu6cCOr-vQ
Both these feature a 5.45-inch (1440 ×720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display and are powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Mobile Platform.
The Zenfone Max M1 comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture.
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The Zenfone Max M1 has a polycarbonate body, has 3GB RAM, 32GB storage and dedicated dual SIM and expandable microSD slot that accepts cards up to 256GB with microSD.
The Zenfone Max M1 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and also comes with a fingerprint sensor.
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The Zenfone Lite L1 also has a polycarbonate body, packs 2GB RAM, 16GB storage and dedicated dual SIM and expandable microSD slot that accepts cards up to 256GB with microSD.
This has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, f/2.4 aperture with support for face unlock. Both the phones run Android 8.0 (Oreo) with ZenUI 5.0.
It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5P lens, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, but it doesn't have a fingerprint sensor on the back.
The ASUS Zenfone Lite L1 and Zenfone Max M1 pack 3000mAh and 4000mAh ...
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Infinix Mobility just launched the Note 5 Stylus, an Android One smartphone with a X Pen stylus that offers 4096 level pressure sensitivity and fine tip. You can open menu, new menu and switch between pen and eraser with just a click. X Pen menu lets you launch notes, write memos, take a screenshot, view files and and more.
It has a 6-inch Full HD+ screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 SoC with 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI features, soft LED flash. It has a unibody metal design, fingerprint sensor on back and packs a 4000mAh battery with 18W fast charging.
Infinix Note 5 Stylus specifications
6-inch (2160×1080 pixels) FHD+ 18:9 IPS 2.5D curved glass display, 500 nits brightness, 1000:1 contast ratio, 85% NTSC color gamut.
2.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera with Dual LED flash, f/1.8 aperture
16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, soft ...
LG is planning to take its smartphone camera up a notch as the Korean company filed a patent with USPTO for a smartphone with 16 camera lenses. The patent was granted on 20 November 2018. The lenses are placed in a specific curvature within a matrix arrangement on the rear side.
The lenses are available from multiple perspectives, and you can also choose to select multiple lenses. Images shot from different lenses at the same time can be combined into a moving image. A part of the photo can be taken by another lens, and it is also possible to combine several parts or different photos together. You can also select a head or object, after which you can turn it into almost any desired position.
Besides the cameras, there is also a mirror on the back, and it can be used in a self-portrait fashion. Also, the patent describes the possibility of integrating a second display on the back of the device. However, the screen is not shown in the patent sketches. The speaker grill is placed on the rear, and this speaker works in conjunction with the front speaker, to create a stereo sound. Since this is still early phases, we are not sure if ...
Asus launched the Zenfone Live L1 (ZA550KL) and Zenfone Max (M1), two budget smartphones in India last month. Here we have the unboxing of both the smartphones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bu6cCOr-vQ
Both these feature a 5.45-inch (1440 ×720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display and are powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Mobile Platform.
The Zenfone Max M1 comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture.
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The Zenfone Max M1 has a polycarbonate body, has 3GB RAM, 32GB storage and dedicated dual SIM and expandable microSD slot that accepts cards up to 256GB with microSD.
The Zenfone Max M1 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and also comes with a fingerprint sensor.
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The Zenfone Lite L1 also has a polycarbonate body, packs 2GB RAM, 16GB storage and dedicated dual SIM and expandable microSD slot that accepts cards up to 256GB with microSD.
This has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, f/2.4 aperture with support for face unlock. Both the phones run Android 8.0 (Oreo) with ZenUI 5.0.
It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5P lens, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, but it doesn't have a fingerprint sensor on the back.
The ASUS Zenfone Lite L1 and Zenfone Max M1 pack 3000mAh and 4000mAh ...
Nokia has announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with OPPO. Under the agreement, OPPO will make payments to Nokia for a multi-year license period. However, the terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties at the moment.
This is a new agreement for both Nokia and OPPO and serves as multi-year license period. OPPO will now make payments to Nokia for using the licenses under Nokia's name. Nokia has already made several deals with top companies including Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, Microsoft and more.
Maria Varsellona, Nokia Chief Legal Officer and President of Nokia Technologies said:
OPPO is one of the leaders in the smartphone industry and we are pleased to welcome them as a Nokia licensee. This agreement further validates our global licensing program.
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Coolpad has announced M3, the company's latest mid-range smartphone in China. It has a 5.85-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display, is powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6750 processor and runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has a shiny finish on the back, fingerprint sensor that unlocks the smartphone in 0.2 seconds and packs a 2800mAh battery.
Coolpad M3 specifications
5.85-inch (1512 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor with Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, 5MP secondary camera
5MP front-facing camera
Dual SIM
Dimensions: 149.8 x 72.3 x 8.95mm; Weight: 171g
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS / GLONASS
2800mAh battery
The Coolpad M3 comes in two types of Blue colors, is priced at 799 yuan and will go on sale through jd.com starting from November 28th.
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Undoubtedly, iPhones are the most popular smartphones in the world with its own set of pros and cons. With that being said, the Cupertino tech giant has been slowly cranking up the average cost of the iPhone especially in the past couple of years. This move was abhorred by most of the people including few hardcore Apple fans. As a result, the company has limited the production of the recently launched iPhone XR, iPhone XS and XS max.
While few remain loyal to iOS, there are lots of consumers out there, wanting to switch to Android eco-system due to its open-end possibility and affordability. If you are the one planning for a switch, this could be the best time to shift from your iPhone to the OnePlus 6T for some premium Android experience.
One of the major reasons is its price point. Carrying a retail tag of Rs. 37,999, the OnePlus 6T is more than half the price of the iPhone XR. Another reason is based on Android customisation. As per the Google claims, Android Pie is one of the major updates in the Android's history which in different direction focussed heavily on Assistant's and AI's, with increased automation at the core ...
Ever since OPPO introduced VOOC charging a few years back, it has taken the mantle of being the fastest charging standard around. However, as smartphone usage becomes ever more integrated into our life, there is a need for an even faster charging solution. Earlier this
year, OPPO debuted the successor to VOOC and it puts every competing standard to shame. Follow along as we talk in depth about OPPO’s Super VOOC charging technology.
Let's start with the basics. OPPO's Super VOOC takes a leap ahead of VOOC Flash Charge and dramatically improves on charging times. Super VOOC can give you a 40% charge in 10 minutes. Realistically, we’re talking about a full day’s worth of charge in the time it takes you to make a cup of coffee. This is a drastic improvement over the first generation VOOC technology that took half an hour to charge up to 60%.
So how does it work?
A standard charger tops off a phone with a constant charge. This takes a really long time to charge your phone. In comparison, fast charging technologies are able to give you a lot of power quickly but then taper off once the battery has reached a certain percentage.
The first generation ...
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was amongst the best selling devices launched last year in India, despite launching in 2017 it was launched with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and was updated to Android 7.0 (Nougat) in August 2017. Redmi Note 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor which powers Redmi Note 5, Redmi Y2 and Redmi 6 Pro that run on Andriod 8.1 (Oreo).
Xiaomi recently announced the list of smartphones eligible for Android Oreo/Pie update, but Xiaomi's best seller from 2017 is not included in the list and now we can assume that Redmi Note 4 will not receive any Android update. In case you wish to enjoy the latest version of Android on your Redmi Note 4, you can use custom ROM on your device. We tried Android Pie 9.0 based Arrow OS on our unit and here are our impressions,
Performance and Benchmarks:
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 is a decent performer, we obtained AnTuTu score of 81212 on Arrow OS. We experienced a smooth and reliable day to day performance. The device exhibit RAM management issue and was unable to keep more than 3 apps in memory, most of apps reload incase you have more than 3 apps ...
HMD Global has started sending out invites for the launch of a new smartphone in India on December 6th in Delhi. Based on the 'Expect more' teasers, the company is expected to launch the Nokia 7.1 with a notch that was introduced in October.
Stay tuned to #ExpectMore from your display and experience old memories in a new way. pic.twitter.com/DQ2DGpFYgz
— Nokia Mobile India (@NokiamobileIN) November 26, 2018
The phone has a 5.84-inch Full HD+ 19:9 screen with a notch, 80% screen-to-body ratio, has support for HDR and also supports SD to HDR real-time conversion. With HDR10 support; 1 million: 1 dynamic contrast ratio; 500-million pixels processed per second providing smooth and accurate HDR video.The display also adapts to indoor and bright outdoor sunlight. The company calls it PureDisplay. It runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) but the company has promised Android 9.0 (Pie) update .
It has a 12-megapixel (RGB) + 5-megapixel (Monochrome) dual rear cameras with ZEISS Optics and fast accurate autofocus. The 8-megapixel AI enhanced front facing camera supports facial recognition. It has a 6000 series aluminium frame and uses dual-anodised diamond cut coloured edge. It packs a 3060mAh battery with support for USB Type-C fast charging that can charge the phone from 0 to 50% ...
Huawei has launched its flagship Mate 20 Pro smartphone at an event in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch QHD+ OLED DCI-P3 HDR display with 86.90 screen-to-body ratio, powered by Kirin 980 7nm SoC with Dual NPU, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, has an in-display fingerprint scanner with 10-level Dynamic Pressure Sensing (DPS) technology and 3D Face Unlock as well as 3D Live Emoji and AI live model.
It has triple rear Matrix camera system with OIS. It is equipped with a 40MP main camera, a 20MP ultra wide-angle camera, and an 8MP telephoto camera. Together, the trio of lenses supports a wide range of focal lengths (equivalent to the performance of a 16-270mm zoom lens). The AI Portrait Color video mode uses AI to isolate human subjects and desaturate the colors around them to dramatically highlight the person. AI Spotlight Reel identifies clips with a shared theme and auto-generates a montage, made entirely of highlights.
It has NM Card slot, that lets you use replace the second SIM with a NM Card, making these first phones with the feature, features a glass back with unique Hyper Optical Patterns glitter in the emerald green version that offers good grip and is resistant ...
Huawei’s Honor brand launched its mid-range Honor 8X smartphone in India last month in Black and Blue colors starting at Rs. 14999. Today the company has launched new Red color variant of the smartphone in the country. Other features are same including a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display, Kirin 710 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, 2-megapixel secondary camera , 16-megapixel front camera , face unlock and AI beautify, fingerprint sensor on the back, dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots and a 3750mAh battery.
Honor 8X specifications
6.5-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, 85% NTSC color gamut
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 + nano + microSD)
20MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, 2MP secondary camera, 480 fps slow-mo recording
16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 160.4×76.6×7.8mm; Weight: 175g
Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
3750mAh (typical) ...
WhatsApp’s chief business officer, Neeraj Arora has quit WhatsApp roughly one year after WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton exited from Facebook. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014 and the company mentioned that it would allow WhatsApp to operate independently under Acton and co-founder Jan Koum, who served as its chief executive officer until abruptly quitting over privacy and data concerns in April.
Neeraj Arora joined WhatsApp in 2011 from Google, was rumored to be the frontrunner to replace Koum as CEO. Now it remains to be seen who would lead WhatsApp. In a statement on his Facebook profile, Neeraj said: "I am deeply indebted to both Acton and Koum, who entrusted me to be their business companion for so many years."
Facebook subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram are facing tough times as original founders of the platforms are exiting their positions. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook over the course of the last year, had begun to assert more and more control over Instagram which in return is upsetting its leaders.
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Toreto has launched the all-new “BRIO 2" 10,000mAh power bank in India. it is the new addition to the company's existing products. It is compatible with both Android and iOS and comes with an LED display that flashes the battery status.
It features a 10,000mAh battery capacity with a dual USB input and output (5V-2.1A) and 1-meter cord length. It is very compact as it easily slips in your pocket so you can carry it everywhere you want.
The Toreto BRIO 2 10,000mAh Power Bank costs Ra. 2,399 but is available through all leading e-commerce platforms including Amazon.in, Flipkart, and Toreto online store for as low as Rs. 1,749. The power bank will also be available through all retail stores across India.
The company in a statement said:
BRIO 2 is a perfect fit for every individual in every situation. Managing work, home and every other chore, BRIO 2 allows us to win at the game of dying batteries. The design of BRIO 2 includes dual input as well as output ports allowing charging of power bank twice as quickly and sharing the same with two other devices. It is compatible with every mobile, BRIO 2 enhances the performance of the devices.
OnePlus and McLaren just sent out invite for a joint ‘Salute to Speed’ launch event on December 11th globally and December 12th in India. The partnership incorporates both McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3JzkyEcAHQ
OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition at the event, which might be in Red or Orange color as teased in the invite.
OnePlus teamed up with Parisian retailer Colette to produce the OnePlus 3T x Colette 20th Anniversary Edition, and the company worked with Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to produce the OnePlus 5 x JCC+Limited Edition. Earlier this year it teamed up with Marvel Studios for OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition.
The event takes place at Richardson and Cruddas, Byculla, Mumbai, 6PM IST on December 12th. It takes place at McLaren Technology Centre in the UK on December 11th at 9:30 AM GMT (3PM IST).
Commenting on the partnership, OnePlus CEO & Founder, Pete Lau said:
McLaren and OnePlus were born in a similar way - with a big dream to create something special. Starting from nothing, we challenged ourselves to never settle. Today we unveil a true testament to innovation, a salute to speed.
Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, said:
The OnePlus brand ...
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S10 will be powered by the Exynos 9820 that is an 8nm SoC with Tri-cluster CPU, integrated NPU, up to 2Gbps LTE-Advanced Pro modem. Before the official launch, the first Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark has surfaced online. It is internally referred to as “beyond2” and should be branded as the Galaxy S10+ when it goes official.
Samsung’s Exynos 9820 processor that is announced two weeks back will power the Galaxy S10. It features a fourth-generation custom processor, an LTE Advanced Pro modem and a separate neural processing unit for artificial intelligence tasks. The specifications of the device used to run this benchmark include a 6.4-inch 2280×1080 pixel resolution display. However, the resolution of the display shouldn't come as a surprise as these tests don't always give a full picture of the specifications.
The Exynos 9820 processor is coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There’s also the Mali-G76 MP12 graphics processor which promises a 40 percent improvement in performance compared to the Galaxy S9’s Exynos 9810. The highest frequency of the chipset clocked in this benchmark was 2.7GHz. Whether or not this will be the final frequency remains to be seen.
This Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark scored 325,076 points on AnTuTu. It’s ...
Samsung launched the Galaxy A9 2018, world’s first smartphone with quad rear cameras in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks. The phone is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 64-bit 14nm Mobile Platform that has four Kryo 260 CPUs clocked at 2.2GHz per core and other four Kryo 260 CPUs are clocked at 1.8GHz per core, comes with Adreno 512 GPU and has 6GB of RAM, however it also comes in 8GB RAM version. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2NUi-VDgw
AnTuTu Benchmark 7
It scored 1,41,356 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 7 and grabbed the second spot.
Geekbench 4 Single-Core
It scored 1602 points in the Geekbench 4 Single-Core benchmark and grabs the third spot, behind the Mi A2.
Geekbench 4 Multi-Core
It scored 5711 points in the Geekbench 4 Multi-Core benchmark and grabs the second spot, behind the OPPO F7.
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited
It scored 25674 points in the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited GPU benchmark and grabs the fourth spot, behind the A8 Star.
Basemark OS II
In Basemark OS II benchmark it grabs the third spot scoring 2800 points. These are just synthetic benchmark scores. We will bring real life performance test results in the complete review soon.
Xiaomi launched the second-generation Android One devices – Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite back in July at an event in Spain. At the event, Xiaomi and Google promised Android version updates along with monthly security patch updates as the device was launched under the Android One program. Xiaomi started rolling out Android 9.0 (Pie) to Mi A2 last week in India and now it has started rolling out Android 9.0 to Mi A2 Lite in some regions after announcing Android Pie Beta testers recruitment couple of weeks ago.
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Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Android Pie update is 1008 MB in size and also includes Android security patch for November 5, 2018. The update brings FM Radio support to Mi A2 Lite, however it doesn't enable Cam2API yet. The update brings various Android Pie features including Adaptive Battery that uses machine learning to prioritize system resources for the apps, Adaptive Brightness, new Pill based navigation gestures and recommended Apps and Actions based on user context using machine learning, to know more about these features refer to this post.
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Dropbox has launched Dropbox Extensions bringing new ways to work seamlessly in web-based apps while keeping everything organized in Dropbox. Extensions let you use the tools you already use while keeping everything organized, in sync, and in one place.
Just like the right-click menu in Windows Explorer or macOS Finder, Extensions let you open files from dropbox.com in the web-based app of your choice. There will be a new option 'Open With' menu next to popular file types like PDFs, DWGs, Word docs, videos, and images.
You can perform actions like signatures, sending faxes, edit documents, edit CAD drawings, capture video feedback, and Adjust images. Once you’re done working, your files will be saved back to Dropbox. The first batch of Extensions is available today in English, with support for more partner apps coming soon.
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LG recently filed patents for the foldable and flexible smartphones names, and now the company has filed patents for a smartphone with a large borderless flexible display that is wrapped around the entire housing and packs very small bezels.
LG Display has filed the design patent with KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office), and the patent was granted and published on 23rd October 2018. The patent sketches showcase a bezel-less smartphone with a large screen that covers four sides of the smartphone and shows a rimless smartphone with a flexible screen. The screen can be unfolded to tablet format, but housing itself cannot be folded.
When unfolded, you have the housing and the display on the left, meaning you will have a flexible display. The design is therefore significantly different from that of Samsung and Royale; both manufacturers showed their foldable smartphone design earlier this month. The LG display design patent is currently only granted in Korea. LG is rumored to showcase the foldable smartphone design at the CES 2019, meaning we still have to wait some more time to know more details.
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