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Samsung recently introduced its EVO Plus 512GB microSD Card for Rs. 22,900. Today the company has announced that buyers of the 512GB version of the Galaxy Note9 smartphone can get it the card for just Rs. 4,999, after a flat 78% discount of Rs. 17,900.
The Samsung’s newest EVO Plus 512GB microSD card lets you record up to 24 hours of 4K UHD video or 78 hours of Full HD video. It supports high reading and writing speeds of up to 100 MB/s and 90 MB/s, respectively, and comes with 4-Proof Technology, which makes it water, magnet, X-ray and temperature proof.
The company has also announce unique "1TB challenge" on Social Media starting this week, inviting people from across the country to share their memories of 2018 through WhatsApp, and three lucky participants will be given Galaxy Note9 devices.
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 512GB comes in Midnight Black, Ocean Blue and Metallic Copper at a price of Rs. 84,900. It is available across selected offline stores and ecommerce portals with exchange bonus of Rs. 9,000 on exchanging select old smartphones as well as Rs. 6,000 cashback for purchases through HDFC credit card, or debit cards.
Aditya Babbar, General Manager, Mobile Business, Samsung India, said:
Galaxy Note9 is a true performance ...
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Portronics has launched a dual purpose car accessory 'CHARGE CLAMP' which is a wireless mobile charger and mobile holder. This mobile holder makes it easy for the users to find the secure places in the car to keep the phone and also use the media player or GPS in-hands-free mode.
Charge Clamp is a premium Universal mobile Holder with a cradle to hold any smartphone up to 9 inches and charge wirelessly. It is flexibility, thanks to movable hinges giving you the ability to hold the product anywhere in your car dashboard or windscreen and tilt it towards yourself depending on your convenience.
You can zoom it out, rotate it fully, tilt it sideward up to 45 degrees and pivot it from one side to the other 180 degree. The latch given at the base of Charge Clamp helps to ensure the suction cup at the bottom holds the mobile holder firmly on the car’s surface. You can easily pull the smartphone from the top and the clamps automatically loosen up to ensure that the pull out is smooth. To charge wirelessly, simply connect the USB cable from any car charger up to the Charge Clamp.
It has a power rating of 5V/2A or 9V/1.67A ...
As promised recently, Realme has started rolling out ColorOS 5.2 stable OTA update in India. This brings several new features single swipe notification dismiss, Headset icon in status bar, Smart Bar for faster multitasking, Game Space, Recorder, and lots more.
The Realme 1 ColorOS 5.2 update has build number CPH1861EX_11.A.25, is 2.11GB in size and includes Android security patch for October 5, 2018. The company said that this is staged roll out, which will complete by December 3rd, if no critical bugs are found. Check out the complete changelog below.
System
Single swipe notification dismiss.
Now you can swipe from left to right to dismiss the notification.
Headset icon in status bar.
A headset icon in status bar will be shown when you plug-in the headset.
Smart Bar for faster multitasking.
You can add apps you use often into "Smart Bar" for faster app launching and multitasking.
Optimized reminders when Developer Options, Accessibility Mode and Device Manager on.
Flashing bar, on-going notification and text at the upper right corner for "Developer Options", "Accessibility" and "Device & Privacy" have been deleted.
Gaming
Added "Game Space" to for performance mode, do not disturb, game acceleration, and more.
You can enjoy an ultra-fast gaming experience here.
Function to keep games running with screen off.
Video
Switch to audio playback mode ...
After teasing its upcoming top-end P90 chip with Powerful, Efficient, Groundbreaking AI on social media yesterday, MediaTek today confirmed that it will introduce the SoC at an event in Shenzen, China on December 13th.
Coming Soon! The MediaTek Helio P90. Powerful. Efficient. Groundbreaking AI. #MediaTekHelioP90 #thischipchangeseverything pic.twitter.com/HiALFuRWHZ
— MediaTek (@MediaTek) November 29, 2018
The company introduced the Helio P70 SoC, successor of the Helio P60 SoC recently, which powers the latest Realme U1 smartphone that was launched earlier this week. However the company has not introduced the Helio P80 SoC yet. According to latest reports, the Helio P90 will be based on TSMC’s 12nm FinFET technology, similar to the P70.
It recently surfaced in GeekBench benchmark with MT6779 model number with Single-core benchmark of 2025 and multi-core score of 6831, better than the Helio P70. It revealed that it will be an Octa-Core SoC clocked at maximum frequency of 2.0GHz, and it is expected to replace Cortex-A73 in P60/P70 with Cortex-A75.
We will have to wait for about two weeks to find out all the deails of the Helio P90.
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Meizu is all set to launch its flagship Meizu 16 smartphone in India on December 5th, based on its teaser on its social channels. The Meizu 16 was introduced back in August and packs a 6-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display from Samsung with 91.18% screen-to-body ratio, thanks to 1.43mm side bezels and 5.74mm chin, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB of RAM, has custom copper cooling tube and feature an in-display fingerprint sensor that has 99.12% high recognition rate.
Wait for the superior experience to unfold, as it's truly worth the wait !
Just 7 days to go #MEIZU #India #Smartphones #Superior @Meizu_India @Technologyfever #News #Android #Android pic.twitter.com/9S2S1tvLXe
— MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) November 28, 2018
If it sounds good, then it surely is ! #MEIZU #India #Smartphones #Superior #MEIZU @Meizu_India @Technologyfever #Android pic.twitter.com/UMfByz4UVI
— MEIZU India (@Meizu_India) November 29, 2018
It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX380 sensor, 1.55μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture along with a 20-megapixel secondary telephoto lens with Sony IMX350 sensor for portrait shots and 3x loss-less zoom and a 20-megapixel front facing camera with AI beauty recognition and Face unlock. It has a 3D glass back with ceramic texture, and pack a 3010mAh with 24W mCharge flash charge.
Meizu 16 specifications
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Samsung Galaxy A8s (SM-G8870) has passed through the FCC ahead of the announcement next month. In the FCC documents, there is a screenshot that reveals tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio display, and there is also a space on the left corner of the phone for the display hole so that it doesn't have any icons left.
It also shows that it supports adaptive fast charging (5V-2A/9V-1.67A), similar to other Samsung mid-range smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy A8s rumored specifications
6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
6GB RAM, 128 GB 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, 10MP 120° Ultra Wide camera, 5MP f/2.2 depth camera
24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dimension: 159.11 x 74.88 x 7.38 mm
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80, Bluetooth v5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C, NFC
3400mAh battery with adaptive fast charging
We should know the launch date in the coming weeks.
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SIRIN LABS has announced the commercial launch of FINNEY which is its the first blockchain smartphone. It runs on SIRIN OS and offers a truly mobile blockchain experience with an embedded cold storage crypto wallet. SIRIN LABS also said that it is looking for strategic OEMs to implement SIRIN OS in consumer devices.
SIRIN LABS will open two flagship concept stores first in London in December and later in Tokyo in January 2019. The London store will also function as a blockchain academy for our community, and any blockchain-curious audience. SIRIN says that its OS is an infrastructure platform for secure mobile transactions to enable blockchain functionality within a mobile environment. SIRIN OS is based on Google Android.
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SIRIN OS enables the unique functionality of FINNEY including the cold storage crypto wallet and the native crypto wallet application, a behavioral machine learning based multi-layered cybersecurity suite, the Token Conversion Service (TCS) and embedded dCENTER.
It comes with the unique sliding design of the Safe Screen and operates as the gateway to the crypto world by activating the cold storage wallet. Functioning on dedicated hardware and software. As for the FINNEY specifications; it sports a 6-inch Full HD+ 18:9 display with a notch with 128GB storage. ...
HMD Global has started sending out invites for the launch of a new smartphone in India on December 12th in Delhi. Based on the 'Expect more' teasers, the company is expected to launch the Nokia 8.1 at the event. It was supposed to happen on December 6th, now the event has been postponed to 10th.
Since the Nokia 7.1 has been launched in India, the December 12th event, few days after the global event in Dubai on December 5th, might actually see the Nokia 8.1 (X7) be launched in India.
Nokia 8.1 (X7) specifications
6.18-inch (2246 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Puredisplay with 18.7:9 aspect ratio, 500 nits brightness, 96% NTSC Color gamut, DCI-P3, 1500:1 Contrast ratio
Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
4GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 64GB (eMMC 5.1) storage / 6GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM with 128GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, expandable memory up to 400GB with microSD
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
Android 9.0 (Pie)
12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, 1/2.55″ Sony IMX363 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 1.4μm pixels, OIS, 13MP secondary rear camera with f/2.2 aperture
20MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 154.8×75.76×7.97mm; ...
Instagram has announced the ability to create a close friend list on Stories and share your Stories just with them. Thanks to this feature, you have the flexibility to share more personal moments with a smaller group that you choose.
To add people to your list, go to your profile and tap on “Close Friends” in the side menu. Only you can see your close friends list and no one can request to be added and you also have the ability to adjust the list whenever you want. When you share to Stories, you’ll see the option to share with just the people on your close friend's list.
If someone has added you to their list, you will see a green badge when you’re viewing their stories. You’ll also see a green ring around their profile photo in the Stories tray. Instagram Close Friends feature is already available for Android and iOS worldwide.
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Update: Google is now rolling out Call Screen transcript feature for select users. You can view this under Recent calls -> Call Details -> See transcript.
Earlier: One of the handiest features Google introduced with Pixel 3 was Call Screen, meaning it will screen unknown calls so you know who’s calling and why before picking up. It will display a new "Screen call" button when you get an incoming call. Just hit the button and it will start screening the call.
The system will ask why they're calling and you'll see a transcript of their response in real-time. Then you can decide whether to pick up, mark the call as spam, or tap to respond with one of the quick replies. Google says that this ability to screen calls is designed to help you quickly determine whether the call is important.
The feature is powered by AI and runs in real-time on your device. The company says that the experience is fast, responsive, and private to you. It keeps power consumption to a minimum and even works without a data connection. Call Screen is initially available in English to Pixel 3 users in the US and will launch to Pixel 1 and 2 users ...
Apple Music support is finally coming to Amazon's Echo speakers and this will enable Apple Music subscribers to play Apple Music’s 50 million songs on Echo devices. Customers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favorite songs, artists, and albums—or any of the playlists made by Apple Music’s editors from around the world.
Customers will also be able to ask Alexa to stream expert-made radio stations centered on popular genres like Hip-Hop, decades like the 80s, and even music from around the world, like K-Pop. You need to enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and link your account to start listening. Customers ask Alexa to play all kinds of music in many different languages.
Dave Limp, senior vice president, Amazon Devices said:
Music is one of the most popular features on Alexa—since we launched Alexa four years ago, customers are listening to more music in their homes than ever before. We are committed to offering great music providers to our customers and since launching the Music Skill API to developers just last month, we’ve expanded the music selection on Alexa to include even more top tier services. We’re thrilled to bring Apple Music – one of the most ...
According to a new report, Google said to be planning on shutting down Hangouts sometime in 2020. This doesn't come as a surprise as Google stopped any further development of the app more than a year ago.
Given how Google abandonment the development of the app, many have already transitioned away from using it. However, Hangout still remains a prominent chat option in Gmail on the web and the app is still live on PlayStore till date but many recent user reviews clearly indicate that the app is aging, noting bugs and performance issues.
However, Hangouts as a brand will continue to live on with G Suite’s Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet, the former intended to be a team communication app and the latter a video meetings platform. Google's Voice calling which started off as an independent was then integrated into Hangouts was again moved back out into becoming its own redesigned app earlier this year. Despite the shortcoming, Hangouts was one of the few apps to get support for Android Auto's new MMS and RCS functionality.
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Threatened by the TRAI, Apple is finally implementing the anti-spam measures for iPhones in India. TRAI has warned Apple to ban iPhones from the country's cellular network if the company didn’t approve a government-developed Do Not Disturb app by January 2019. With the deadline approaching fast, Apple has finally implemented and the app is available on App Store.
The app is named 'TRAI DND – Do Not Disturb' promises to help users curb unwanted phone calls and text messages — an issue that has become hugely problematic within the country. The app combats by letting users join a “do not disturb” registry and allowing them to report unwanted contacts. Google allowed the app in its Play Store back in 2016 and the app was being updated to 2.0 earlier this year.
Citing the privacy concerns, Apple didn't allow the app to be released on the App Store though it agreed to cooperate on a version of the app that wouldn’t share a user’s call or message logs with Indian authorities. At the moment, it is unclear the version of DND that is released in the App Store follows the additional privacy protections beyond what was originally devised by TRAI.
The registration process appears to leverage the ...
It is already known that Asus is working on a sequel to the Zenfone Max M1; the Max M2 (ZB631KL) and Zenfone Max Pro M2 (ZB633KL). These new phones are expected to pack huge batteries like the predecessor but the most important thing is the brand new design as well as upgraded hardware.
The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC clocked at 2.2GHz Octa-Core processor, while the regular model will have the same Snapdragon 636 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz Octa-Core processor. Both the variants will post a 6-inch Full HD+ 19:5:9 notch display. The notch is slightly wider on the Max M2 than on the Max Pro M2.
The ZenFone Max M2 comes in two variants; 4GB RAM and 32GB storage and another with the same 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. The Max Pro M2 comes with 4GB RAM and storage options include 64/128GB with support for the microSD card slot. The Pro variant will also have a 6GB RAM variant just like the Pro M1.
The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 expected to pack a 12-megapixel Sony IMX486 sensor on the back, coupled with a 5MP secondary shooter. The regular Max M2 will have a 13MP sensor but no further information ...
NVIDIA has introduced NVIDIA TITAN RTX, which is calls the world’s most powerful desktop GPU offering good performance for AI research, data science and creative applications. It is based on NVIDIA Turing architecture, delivers 130 teraflops of deep learning performance and 11 GigaRays of ray-tracing performance.
It delivers:
576 multi-precision Turing Tensor Cores, providing up to 130 teraflops of deep learning performance.
72 Turing RT Cores, delivering up to 11 GigaRays per second of real-time ray-tracing performance.
24GB of high-speed GDDR6 memory with 672GB/s of bandwidth — 2x the memory of previous-generation TITAN GPUs — to fit larger models and datasets.
100GB/s NVIDIA NVLink can pair two TITAN RTX GPUs to scale memory and compute.
Incredible performance and memory bandwidth for real-time 8K video editing.
VirtualLink port provides the performance and connectivity required by next-gen VR headsets.
It provides multi-precision Turing Tensor Cores for breakthrough performance from FP32, FP16, INT8 and INT4, allowing faster training and inference of neural networks. It offers twice the memory capacity of previous generation TITAN GPUs, along with NVLink to allow researchers to experiment with larger neural networks and data sets. It also delivers the computational horsepower and memory bandwidth needed for real-time 8K video editing.
TITAN RTX is ...
After teasers and certification, Lenovo has officially confirmed that it will introduce the Z5s, a new smartphone on December 6th at an event in China. TENAA certification revealed a 6.3-inch screen, triple rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor on the back. Some leaks reveal that it will have an in-display camera, before Samsung Galaxy A8s and Huawei Nova 4 in coming weeks, instead of top left corner, this is said to feature the camera in the top center.
The certification site already reveald its dimensions as 156.7 × 74.5 × 7.8 mmand a 3210mAh battery, which is less compared to its latest Z5 Pro and S5 Pro smartphones that were inrtoduced recently.
We don’t have any other details about the phone yet, but everything should be clear when it goes official in a couple of days.
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Meizu already teased the launch of Meizu 16 smartphone in India on December 5th, now the company has teased the launch of its budget C9 smartphone in the country alongside, exclusively on Amazon.in. The page also says that the phone will run stock Android instead of Meizu's FlymeOS. Check out the specifications below.
Meizu C9 specifications
5.45-inch (1400 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with 350cd/m² brightness, 1000: 1 contrast ratio
1.3GHz Quad-core SC9832E processor with Mali-T720 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, 1.12um pixel size
8MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture, Face Unlock
Dimensions: 146.4x 70x 8.5mm; Weight: 140g
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS + GLONASS
3000mAh battery
The Meizu C9 will be availble in Black and Gold colors in India and will be available for purchase exclusively on Amazon.in starting from 4PM tomorrow. We should know the price when it goes official in less than 24 hours.
Samsung recently introduced its EVO Plus 512GB microSD Card for Rs. 22,900. Today the company has announced that buyers of the 512GB version of the Galaxy Note9 smartphone can get it the card for just Rs. 4,999, after a flat 78% discount of Rs. 17,900.
The Samsung’s newest EVO Plus 512GB microSD card lets you record up to 24 hours of 4K UHD video or 78 hours of Full HD video. It supports high reading and writing speeds of up to 100 MB/s and 90 MB/s, respectively, and comes with 4-Proof Technology, which makes it water, magnet, X-ray and temperature proof.
The company has also announce unique "1TB challenge" on Social Media starting this week, inviting people from across the country to share their memories of 2018 through WhatsApp, and three lucky participants will be given Galaxy Note9 devices.
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 512GB comes in Midnight Black, Ocean Blue and Metallic Copper at a price of Rs. 84,900. It is available across selected offline stores and ecommerce portals with exchange bonus of Rs. 9,000 on exchanging select old smartphones as well as Rs. 6,000 cashback for purchases through HDFC credit card, or debit cards.
Aditya Babbar, General Manager, Mobile Business, Samsung India, said:
Galaxy Note9 is a true performance ...
Samsung has finally opened up Galaxy Note 9 One UI based on Android Pie beta after it by mistakenly opened registrations in the US last week. The beta testing is now rolling out in Germany and India. The registrations are now open through the Samsung Members app and the update is about 1.5GB in size.
Samsung doesn't usually open beta testing for the Note series, Galaxy Note8 wasn't a part of the Oreo beta program when it launched last year. Seeing how Samsung bought beta testing even in India, it clear that Samsung would open the beta testing to all beta markets. The One UI beta markets include the United States, South Korea, Germany, Poland, Spain, China, France, India, and the United Kingdom.
Samsung is rolling out firmware version N960FXXU2ZRKQ for the Galaxy Note 9 and brings November 2018 security patch. This firmware update brings Android 9.0 Pie in addition to Samsung’s One UI. All of the features of the Android 9 Pie are included in this firmware. You can now register for the beta through the Samsung Members app in Germany and India. But Galaxy Note 9 users in other markets might need to wait.
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Microsoft Edge which debuted in 2015 was designed to be fast, lightweight, and secure, however, it never saw the success the company wanted. The browser was launched with a sack of problems leading to rejection right when it arrived and it failed to gain any traction since then. For this, reason, the company is said to be working on a new web browser that is powered by Chromium.
Chromium is a rendering engine popularized by Google's Chrome browser. The new Microsoft browser is code named Anaheim is aimed at Windows 10 and will replace Edge as the default browser on the platform. At this moment, it is unclear if the Anaheim will use the Edge brand or get a brand-new name for itself. The user interface between Edge and Anaheim might be same or different.
Since the new browser uses Chromium, it means websites should behave just like they do on Google Chrome in Microsoft's new Anaheim browser. Additionally, Microsoft engineers were recently spotted committing code to the Chromium project to help get Google Chrome running on ARM. There's no clear info on when the new browser would be introduced but should make an appearance anytime in 2019.
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Samsung is busy prepping the Galaxy S10 flagship which will be debuting at the MWC event in February. Before the official launch, the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus render surface online and as rumored, the flagships have a cut-out in the display to accommodate the selfie shooter. While the regular S10 has just one, the Plus variant packs dual-selfie shooters, so the cutout is a bit wider.
The bezels on top and bottom are slim even when compared to the Galaxy S9, and Note 9. According to rumors, the Galaxy S10 and the S10+ are expected to come in three variants; 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.4-inch models and pack a Qualcomm-built in-display fingerprint scanner. The flagships will be powered by the Exynos 9820 which is an 8nm SoC with Tri-cluster CPU, integrated NPU, up to 2Gbps LTE-Advanced Pro modem. While the variant that will sell in the US will be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 855.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 base variant might start at 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Recently a variant of the Galaxy has surfaced on the benchmarks which scored 325,076 points on AnTuTu. There will also be a high-end “Beyond X” model that would feature a 6.7-inch display, six cameras, and support for ...
