Tech by Words: August 2020

Monday 31 August 2020

MediaTek Helio G95 with support for FHD+ 90fps display, HyperEngine game technology announced

MediaTek just announced Helio G95, the company’s latest mid-range Gaming-centric processor, which is the successor of the Helio G90T, which powers several smartphones. It has the same dual ARM Cortex-A76 CPUs operating up to 2.05GHz along with six Cortex-A55 power-efficient CPUs, but this has ARM Mali-G76 MC4 with up to 900 MHz offering 8% better … Continue reading

Motorola one 5G with 6.7-inch FHD+ 90Hz CinemaVision display, Snapdragon 765, 5000mAh battery announced

Motorola has announced motorola one 5G, which is the US version of the Moto G 5G Plus that was introduced last month. It packs a 6.7-inch CinemaVision Full HD+ LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate, HDR10 and 21:9 aspect ratio, dual punch-hole selfie camera system with a 8MP ultra-wide in addition to 16MP main camera … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy M51 with 6.7-inch FHD+ AMOLED Infinity O Display, Snapdragon 730, 7000mAh battery launching in India on September 10

After rumours, Samsung has finally confirmed the launch of Galaxy M51, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India on September 10th on Amazon.in. The design and camera specifications look similar to the Galaxy M31s, but this will feature a larger 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus Infinity-O display, will be powered by Snapdragon 730 instead of Exynos … Continue reading

OnePlus 8 Developer Preview 4 teardown reveals possible OnePlus 8T image

OnePlus released the Android 11 Developer Preview 3 earlier this month for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro smartphones. Following that, today the company has released the Developer Preview 4 for the OnePlus 8 Series and this build has references for OnePlus 8T along with the possible image of the upcoming phone. The Android 11 … Continue reading

Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G 8nm Mobile Platform offers up to 2.3GHz CPU, 15% faster GPU, to power POCO X3

Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 732G Mobile Platform, successor of Snapdragon 730G that offers upgraded GPU and CPU compared to the previous generation. The prime CPU core clock speed in 732G us up to 2.3 GHz, compared to 2.2 GHz in the predecessor and the Adreno 618 GPU offers 15% improvement in graphics rendering. Similar to … Continue reading

Sony High Power One Box Audio System with Karaoke launched in India starting at Rs. 16990

Sony has announced its new High Power One Box Audio System line up in India – the MHC-V83D, MHC-V73D, MHC-V43D, and MHC-V13. These are made for party-lovers, families who prefer one-box styled systems with a smaller footprint and portable design. These audio systems feature High-efficiency Tweeters, JET BASS BOOSTER, and support the Omnidirectional party sound … Continue reading

Redmi 9A with 6.53-inch HD+ display, 5000mAh battery and Redmi earphones launching in India on September 2

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand today confirmed the launch of Redmi 9A, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India on September 2nd. It was introduced back in June, packs a 6.53-inch LCD Dot Drop notch screen, 5000mAh battery, Octa Core MediaTek Helio G25 processor, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. Redmi 9A specifications 6.53-inch (1600 … Continue reading

Xiaomi opens 3000th Mi Store in India

Xiaomi today announced the opening of its 300th Mi Store in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Mi Stores are now present across 850 cities in the country. The company opened its first Mi Store on 15th August 2018 in Bengaluru, created Guinness World Record by opening over 500 Mi Stores simultaneously in Nobmer 2018, opened 2000th Store on … Continue reading

HUAWEI Watch Fit with 1.64-inch AMOLED display, built-in GPS, SpO2 monitoring, up to 10 days battery life announced

After rumours, HUAWEI has officially announced the Watch Fit, the company’s latest smartwatch. It features a 1.64-inch HD unique rectangular AMOLED touch screen with auto-brightness adjustment offering better viewing in sunlight and six Always-On watch faces. It offers 50m (5 ATM) water resistance, built-in GPS, heart rate tracking, and up to 10 days of battery … Continue reading

Samsung starts mass production of 16Gb LPDDR5 10nm-class (1z) EUV-based DRAM for premium smartphones

Samsung has announced that it has started mass production of first 16-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology and is built on Samsung’s third-generation 10nm-class (1z) process. It offers 6,400 megabits per second (Mb/s) speed, which is 16% faster than the 12Gb LPDDR5 (5,500Mb/s) that was introduced last year. Due to 1z … Continue reading

LG CineBeam 4K UHD Laser projector with webOS 5.0 platform announced

Alongside smartphones, LG has been expanding its television, soundbar, projector lineup as well, with the previous launch being the LG GX soundbar. Now, the company has introduced its new CineBeam 4K Laser projector and will showcase it at the IFA 2020 that is scheduled to begin next month. The LG CineBeam 4K projector carrying the … Continue reading

Jio launches new Jio Fiber truly unlimited plans starting from Rs. 399

Reliance Jio today revamped its tariff plans that offer truly unlimited internet and Symmetric Speed (Upload speed = Download speed) starting at Rs. 399/month. The company also offers no-condition 30-day Free Trial of 150 Mbps internet, 4K Set Top Box with subscription to 10 OTT apps for all new users. The Rs. 399, Rs. 699, … Continue reading

HUAWEI Enjoy 20 5G and Enjoy 20 Plus 5G to be announced on Spetember 3

HUAWEI today confirmed that it will introduce Enjoy 20 and Enjoy 20 Plus 5G smartphones in China on September 3rd, after the ‘Enjoy 20 Pro’ was introduced back in June. The company has posted back images of the phone that confirms triple rear cameras, and the phones will feature a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. These are … Continue reading

realme X3 and X3 SuperZoom Software Update Tracker [Update: A.41 with August Android Security Patch, Super Nighttime Standby, Super Power Saving Mode]

realme launched realme X3 Series in India a couple of months ago. The smartphone runs on Android 10 based realme UI 1.0. realme UI offers some interesting features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. Check out this post to learn about all the … Continue reading

Saturday 29 August 2020

Reliance Retail buys Future Group’s retail, wholesale and supply chain business for Rs. 24,713 crore

Reliance Industries’s Reliance Retail today announced that it is acquiring Future Group’s Retail & Wholesale Business and the Logistics & Warehousing Business in a deal worth 24,713 crore. This is part of the Scheme in which Future Group is merging certain companies carrying on the aforesaid businesses into Future Enterprises Limited (FEL). As a part … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 detailed specs surface — 7.6-inch 120Hz Infinity-O AMOLED display, 6.2-inch Infinity Flex cover display, Snapdragon 865+

Samsung teased the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G smartphone along with the Note20 series earlier this month. Earlier this week it confirmed Unpacked Part 2 virtual event for the phone on September 1st, now the detailed specifications of the phone has surfaced. This reveals a 7.6-inch (2208×1768 pixels) Infinity-O Dynamic AMOLED screen on the inside with 120Hz … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy M31s Review — A solid Galaxy phone for around Rs. 20000

Samsung launched the Galaxy M31s smartphone in the ‘M Series’ in India last month as the successor of the M31 that was launched earlier this year. This comes with upgraded camera, Infinity-O AMOLED display, 25W fast charging and 128GB RAM as a standard. Specifications look great on paper. Is the phone worth the price? Let us … Continue reading

Friday 28 August 2020

OnePlus Watch in the works as device surfaces in IMDA

In the past year, OnePlus has expanded from just producing smartphones to a larger ecosystem of consumer products including TVs and TWS earbuds. Now, sources who are familiar with the matter claim that OnePlus is interested in the wearables market and has been working for nearly a year to release their first smartwatch. The rumours … Continue reading

Sony Xperia 5 II with 6.1-inch FHD+ HDR OLED 120Hz display, Snapdragon 865 5G, Triple rear cameras with ZEISS optics surfaces

Yesterday Sony confirmed new Xperia product announcement where the company is expected to introduce Xperia 5 II. Now the press images and the complete specifications of the phone has surfaced revealing a 6.1-inch 21:9 Cinema Wide FHD+ HDR display with 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz Touch sampling rate, Snapdragon 865 with 8GB of RAM, support for … Continue reading

OnePlus ‘Clover’ with 6.52-inch HD+ display, Snapdragon 460, 6000mAh battery rumoured to launch in late 2020

OnePlus introduced the latest mid-range Nord smartphone powered by Snapdragon 765G in the new series last month, and the company is already rumoured to be working on another 5G phone powered by Snapdragon 690. Now a new rumour says that the company is working on a budget 4G smartphone code-named ‘Clover’ with Snapdragon 460, triple rear … Continue reading

Google Assistant Snapshot will now show upcoming tasks, recommended activities and more

The Google Assistant Snapshot feature was announced two years ago as a way to give users a quick overview of their day. Now, Google has announced a few new updates to the feature, bringing notifications for upcoming tasks, recommended activities, etc. With Snapshot, users will now see a summary of other important tasks right at … Continue reading

Moto g9: The go-to mobile of 2020 under Rs. 12,000

Right now, if you ask any tech enthusiast about the most memorable smartphone from Motorola, they may say the iconic flip phone Moto Razr V3. Well, if you ask anyone now about Motorola’s legendary comeback after a long gap, the Moto g series comes to mind, a great line-up of smartphones that are still running … Continue reading

Google Meet now supports Google Cast and Google Duo Beta is coming to Android TVs soon

Google has announced new ways to conduct video calls on their two video conferencing apps. Google Meet is now receiving support for Google Cast, enabling users to cast their videos to any Chromecast enabled device and Google Duo is rolling out a beta app for Android TVs in the coming weeks. With Meet receiving Cast … Continue reading

Walmart is working with Microsoft in a deal to acquire TikTok’s US operations

The September 15th deadline is nearing and TikTok is yet to finalize a deal with either Oracle or Microsoft to sell their app’s operations in U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand. Now, Walmart has expressed their interest in partnering with Microsoft to acquire TikTok’s operations. The deadline of September 15th, 2020 was put in place by … Continue reading

Thursday 27 August 2020

Xiaomi shows off 3rd generation under-display camera technology, smartphones coming in 2021

Xiaomi today introduced its third-generation under-display smartphone camera technology, which the company says is the best solution for under-screen cameras, with perfect display and selfies. The first generation of under-screen camera technology that was introduced in June 2019 with transparent cathode and anode materials laid the foundation for the subsequent development of under-screen camera technology, … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2: Unpacked Part 2 set for September 1

Samsung teased the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G smartphone along with the Note20 series earlier this month. As expected, the company has confirmed Unpacked Part 2 virtual event for the phone on September 1st. The Galaxy Z Fold2 comes packed with 7.6-inch edge-to-edge, nearly bezel-less Infinity-O Display, which will likely come with 120Hz refresh rate and … Continue reading

TCL files patent for smartphone design with hidden front and rear facing cameras

The Chinese company TCL is no stranger to crazy concept smartphone designs that look incredibly futuristic. Back in February 2020, images of a TCL concept phone with a slide-out display surfaced and now, a new patent filing by TCL has been spotted that showcases a smartphone with hidden rear and front facing cameras. In the … Continue reading

Sony Xperia 5 II to be announced on September 17

Sony today confirmed a new Xperia product launch event on September 17th where the company is expected to introduce its top-end Sony Xperia 5 II, successor of last year’s Xperia 5 that was introduced at the IFA 2019. Based on recent @evleaks’ image, the phone is said to come with a similar design as the Xperia … Continue reading

realme 6 realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: B.45 with August Security Patch, Super nighttime standby, smooth scrolling]

realme launched the realme 6 in the country earlier this month running Android 10 based realme UI 1.0, check out this post to learn about realme UI features in details. realme doesn’t follow a fixed update frequency but the company rolls out updates frequently. This post will help our readers in keeping track of realme UI … Continue reading

realme India CEO Madhav Sheth to lead Europe region

realme today announced that Madhav Sheth, Vice President realme and CEO, realme India will be the CEO of Europe region, in addition to India. He will lead the product, marketing and sales functions in the Europe market, starting with the countries of Spain, France, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. realme recently announced its new … Continue reading

DJI OM 4 Smartphone Stabilizer with 3-axis stabilizer technology announced

DJI, the makers of the popular DJI Phantom drone and Mavic drone, has announced the launch of their new OM 4 premium smartphone stabilizer. It features a new quick-snap magnetic phone attachment system, upgraded motors, new creative capture modes, a portable folding design and more. DJI has engineered a high-grade magnetic attachment design that enables … Continue reading

Redmi 9 Prime Review: Prime Contender Under Rs. 10,000

Lately, in India, the prices of smartphones are increasing and are largely due to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic, GST Rate Hike from 12% to 18%, supply shortage, INR depreciation against the US Dollar amongst others. In 2019, we saw smartphones that offered great value for money under Rs. 10,000 like the Redmi Note 8, … Continue reading

Redmi 9 with 6.53-inch HD+ 20:9 display, Helio G35, 4GB RAM, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand has launched Redmi 9, the company’s latest budget Redmi smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.53-inch HD+ HD+ 20:9 Dot Drop screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio G35 with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with MIUI 12 out of the box, features a 13-megapixel rear camera and … Continue reading

LG PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier with replaceable H13 HEPA filters announced

With the ongoing pandemic, it was only a matter of time before technology adapted around the various aspects of our lives. Now, it seems technology has caught with face masks as LG has announced that their PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier will soon be available in Q4 2020 in select markets. It uses two H13 HEPA … Continue reading

Wednesday 26 August 2020

Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro launching in India on September 3

After teasers, realme has confirmed that realme 7 and realme 7 Pro smartphones will be launched in India on September 3rd. The teaser shows a punch-hole display and 65W Super Dart fast charging for the realme 7 Pro. The company has also confirmed 2nd Generation 64MP Quad Camera arrangement for the phones. The realme 7 … Continue reading

realme X2 Pro realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: C.31 with August Security Patch, Smooth Scrolling, DC Dimming, Multi-user Features]

realme recently launched the realme X2 Pro smartphone in India running ColorOS 6.1 on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone has already received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update. realme UI brings new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and … Continue reading

Nubia RedMagic 5S with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 5G global pre-orders begin, rolls out from Sep 2

ZTE’s nubia brand introduced the nubia RedMagic 5S flagship smartphone in China back in June. Today it has started pre-orders for the phone for the global markets at redmagic.gg and it will roll out in countries such as Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, … Continue reading

LG said to be working on dual-screen smartphone “Wing” that could swivel sideways [Update: Surfaces in video]

Update: August 26, 2020: The LG “Wing” Dual-screen phone has surfaced in a video, thanks to Android Authority. This shows of the use cases that shows navigation info on the main screen and the second swivel screen shows music player and an incoming call. Earlier: Despite shrinking market share and dwindling presence, the South Korean … Continue reading

realme 2 Pro realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: F.10 with August Android Security Patch]

realme launched the realme 2 Pro smartphone in India running ColorOS 5.2 on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and updated it to Android 9.0 (Pie) based ColorOS 6 back in June 2019. The device has received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0. realme UI brings new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon … Continue reading

Apple said to start direct online store in India from September

After nearly a year since the Indian Government relaxed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms, Apple is set to finally begin selling their products directly through their online store in India. Along with this, Apple is also reportedly looking into opening a second physical store in Bangalore, India. At the moment, Apple only sells their products … Continue reading

Vivo Y20i and Y20 with 6.51-inch display, Snapdragon 460, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 11490

Vivo has launched Y20 and Y20i, the company’s latest smartphones in the Y series in India. These feature a 6.51-inch HD+ Halo iView display, are powered by Snapdragon 460, 13MP main + 2MP depth + 2MP macro triple rear cameras, 8MP front camera and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which unlocks the phone in just 0.22s. … Continue reading

Tenda AC2100 Smart Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router launched in India for Rs. 7,999

Tenda, a manufacturer of network equipment, has launched their new Tenda AC2100 Smart Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router in India. It has advanced features like 4X4 MU-MIMO technology, combined speeds up to 2033 Mbps, Beamforming+ Technology and more. The Tenda AC2100 supports 802.11ac wave2 Technology that enables a total combined speeds of up to 2033 Mbps … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ pre-orders begin in India; price starts at Rs. 55999

At the Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung announced its new Galaxy Tablets — Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ along with other devices. Few weeks after the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra pre-orders started in India, Samsung has now begun taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ and there are … Continue reading

ASUS ZenFone 7 and ZenFone 7 Pro with 6.67-inch 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 / 865+ 5G, triple flip camera announced

ASUS just announced ASUS ZenFone 7 and ZenFone 7 Pro smartphones at an event in Taiwan, as it had promised. These pack a 6.67-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate, 200Hz touch sampling rate, DC Dimming and Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. The ZenFone 7 is powered by Snapdragon 865 and the ZenFone … Continue reading

5 reasons why LG G8X ThinQ is a perfect device for this lockdown

As the anti-Chinese sentiment in India is on the rise due to border disputes, the dominance of the Chinese brands seems to be falling apart with their total market share declining an all-time high of 81% to 72% during Q2 (April to June) of the current calendar year. As morale is changing, a lot of … Continue reading

Google Chrome update brings improved Tab Groups, tablet-mode friendly tabs, tab previews and more

Google has announced new updates to the Chrome browser that are aimed at improving productivity. These include updates to the Tab Groups feature, a tablet-mode friendly way to navigate tabs, tab previews, the ability to fill PDFs before saving them and more. Google introduced Tab Groups back in May as a way to organize multiple … Continue reading

Sony Xperia 8 Lite with 6-inch FHD+ 21:9 display, dual rear cameras announced

There have been reports of Sony’s Compact and Premium smartphones set to make a comeback next year and while that’s not confirmed yet, on the other side, the company has announced a new ‘Lite’ smartphone in its Xperia lineup that is largely similar to last year’s Xperia 10 smartphone. Sony has announced the Xperia 8 … Continue reading

OPPO F17 and OPPO F17 Pro launching in India on September 2

After teasing the launch of its next F-Series smartphones in India last week, OPPO has now finally announced the launch date of the OPPO F17 Series in India. OPPO India on its official website has revealed that the F17 Series will be announced on September 2nd, 2020 at 7PM. The company will announce the OPPO … Continue reading

Tuesday 25 August 2020

Amazfit BIP S Lite Review

Activity trackers play a major role in India’s wearable market! Among major players, Amazfit has a dominating presence in terms of value for money products. I stand in favour of activity trackers, as it keeps me motivated throughout the day. It makes me push my limits every day and if you, like me, have a … Continue reading

Fitbit Inspire 2, Versa 3 and Sense announced in India starting from Rs.10999

Fitbit, the makers of popular fitness accessories has announced the launch of 3 new fitness smartwatches in India, namely the Fitbit Sense, the Fitbit Versa 3 and the Fitbit Inspire 2. The Fitness Sense is their flagship smartwatch that features advanced technologies like an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor, a new ECG app, SpO2 sensor and … Continue reading