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Tuesday, 27 March 2018

OnePlus 6 with bamboo back, vertical dual rear camera arrangement surfaces

Last year OnePlus CEO said that that the OnePlus 6 with Snapdragon 845 will be introduced by the end of Q2 2018. Earlier this week a mysterious phone surfaced in benchmarks, which is rumored to be OnePlus 6. Now the first image of the phone has surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. [HTML1] This shows bamboo back for the phone with a metal frame, dual rear cameras arranged vertically and a fingerprint sensor below it, unlike the OPPO R15. It also shows a 3.5mm audio jack, USB Type-C port and loudspeaker grill on the bottom. The phone might come in several versions, including a Ceramic version. It is not clear if there will be different StyleSwap back covers just like the OnePlus One. This also coincides with the recently video render by someone called Concept Creator who has also promised to put up a full video tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChsTPx_ATg The phone is said to pack Snapdragon 845 SoC, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, Android 8.1 and a Full HD+ display. We should know more details of the phone soon. Source

Apple introduces new 9.7-inch iPad with A10 Fusion chip, Apple Pencil support starting at Rs. 28000

Apple at the Creative Education event in Chicago has introduced a new refreshed 9.7-inches iPad with Apple Pencil support. The new iPad is powered by the A10 Fusion chip which is used on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.  The new Apple iPad features familiar hardware, it sports a 9.7-inch Retina display. With Apple Pencil support, the documentation app, Pages is now compatible with “Smart Annotation” which essentially lets users scribble over a file. Furthermore, the new iPad features Touch ID, an HD FaceTime camera, 10 hours of battery life, an 8-megapixel rear camera which can record 1080p videos, LTE option. The iBooks author app lets Teachers stitch digital books together. It runs on iOS 11. Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018) specifications 9.7 inch (2048×1536 pixels) Fully laminated Retina Display with 264 ppi, Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, Supports Apple Pencil A10 Fusion chip with M10 coprocessor motion coprocessor 32/128GB variants Touch ID fingerprint sensor iOS 11 8 MP 1080p camera, f/2.4 aperture, Panorama (up to 43MP) 1.2MP HD front-facing FaceTime HD camera, f/2.2 aperture 4G LTE (optional), Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and HT80 with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2 Dimensions: 240x 169.5x 7.5mm; Weight: 469g (WiFi) / 478g (WiFi + Cellular) 32.4-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery with up to 10 hours ...

Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS with 6-inch QHD+ OLED display, Leica triple rear cameras, in-display fingerprint sensor announced

Apart from the P20 series, Huawei has also announced the Porsche Design Mate RS. Huawei has a tradition of bringing the Porsche Design variant for every flagship it launched. The Porsche Design Mate RS comes with 6-inches OLED FullView display, is powered by the Kirin 970 with 6GB RAM and up to 512GB storage. The Huawei Porsche Design Mate RS features triple rear camera powered by Leica; the main 40MP sensor is RGB, that comes with f/1.8 aperture, 20MP Monochrome sensor with f/1.6 aperture, and finally an 8MP Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture. The rear camera module comes with PDAF, CAF, Laser + Depth autofocus, 5x Hybrid Zoom, HUAWEI AIS (HUAWEI AI Image Stabilisation), Master AI, 960 fps super slow motion video recording, and ability to record 4K videos. On the front, it has a 24MP selfie shooter. It comes with an under display fingerprint reader, you can hover your finger over it to wake the phone and touch the screen to unlock it. It also has another fingerprint sensor on the back. The device runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1 on top. Huawei Porsche Design Mate RS Specifications: 6.0-inch (2880 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ 18:9 OLED display with 538 ppi, 83.93% Screen-to-body ratio, 90000:1 contrast ratio Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 ...

Huawei P20 Pro with 6.1-inch FHD+ OLED FullView Display, 40MP + 20MP + 8MP Leica triple rear cameras, Android 8.1 announced

Huawei just unveiled P20 Pro, its latest flagship smartphone at an event in Paris, as it had promised. It packs a 5.8-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor, dedicated neural network processing unit and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Emotion UI 8.1 on top as well as support for Google AR Core. It has Leica triple-lens camera with 40-megapixel RGB sensor, a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor and an 8-megapixel sensor with telephoto lens with f/1.8, f/1.6 and f/2.4 wide aperture, dual-tone LED flash and new Leica 3x telephoto (VARIO-SUMMILUX-H 1:1.6-2.4/27-80ASPH) lens for long-range photography of up to 5x Hybrid Zoom. It can capture low light photos with up to ISO 102400. It also has a 24-megapixel front-facing camera with AI beautification. 3D portrait lighting and support for face unlock.  It supports 960fps super slow motion. Ultra Snapshot mode lets you capture an image in as little as 0.3 seconds by just double clicking the down volume button, even from an off screen. It also has AI image stabilisation allows you to capture incredible blur-free, handheld shots in low-light using Night Mode. At the launch Huawei said that the phone has scored 109 overall points and 114 points in photo n DxOMark ...

Huawei P20 with 5.8-inch FHD+ FullView Display, 12MP + 20MP Leica dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 announced

Huawei just unveiled P20, its latest flagship smartphone at an event in Paris, as it had promised. It packs a 5.8-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor, dedicated neural network processing unit and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Emotion UI 8.1 on top as well as support for Google AR Core. It has Leica dual-lens camera with 12-megapixel RGB sensor, 20-megapixel monochrome sensor and 2x Hybrid Zoom, dual-tone LED flash and optical image stabilization (OIS) and Huawei’s own dual ISP. It also has a 24-megapixel front-facing camera with AI beautification. 3D portrait lighting and support for face unlock. It supports 960fps super slow motion. Ultra Snapshot mode lets you capture an image in as little as 0.3 seconds by just double clicking the down volume button, even from an off screen. It also has AI image stabilisation allows you to capture incredible blur-free, handheld shots in low-light using Night Mode. At the launch Huawei said that the phone has scored 102 points on DxOMark. It has a curved glass body and also comes in new exclusive, fashionable colors, Twilight and Pink Gold, achieved by applying several layers of NCVM optical coatings underneath the glass back, ...

Leica Sofort, D-Lux and V-Lux cameras launched in India on Amazon starting at Rs. 25000

Amazon India is partnering Leica Camera and will launch the camera in India exclusively on Amazon.in. This will also help customers across the country get access to Leica’s cutting-edge technology cameras on Amazon.in. Three camera models D-lux 18136 Typ 109 Camera, V-lux 18197 Typ 114 Camera, and Sofort 19106, 19107, 19108 range in orange, mint, white colors will be available. All the three cameras are priced in the range of Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 90,000. The company also mentioned that users could also find high-quality Leica binoculars and camera accessories on Amazon.in. As a part of the launch, both the companies are offering no-cost EMI offers by all leading banks on Amazon.in and are Prime eligible for next day delivery in most cities. You can directly purchase the Leica camera directly on Amazon.in. Speaking about the collaboration, Sunil Kaul, Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Leica Camera said: The photography industry is booming in India and we are committed to creating and building a community around the brand by connecting with our target customers. This partnership with Amazon India is a great opportunity for us to create a strong online presence and engage with our customers effectively across the country.  Nadeem Karbhari, Category Leader - Consumer Electronics, Amazon India said: Leica Camera is ...

Moto G6 with 5.7-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, Snapdragon 450, dual rear cameras gets certified

Moto G6 had already surfaced in press shots twice. Now the smartphone has been certified by TENAA in China with the model number XT1925 confirming the specifications. It also briefly surfaced on Amazon UK that confirms 3D glass back and Moto voice support. TENAA image also reveals slight camera bump. There is a Motorola logo below the display and the fingerprint sensor is present below that. Moto G6 specifications 5.7-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage, 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) Dual SIM 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 5MP secondary rear camera 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 154.5 x 72.2 x 8.3mm; Weight: 162.3g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS 3000mAh battery The Moto G6 is expected to come in Blue, Silver and Gold colors. Earlier leaks revealed April 3rd, Tuesday on the render, so the phone could go official as early as next week. Source 1, 2 | Via

Microsoft Edge browser arrives for iPad and Android tablets

A couple of weeks ago Microsoft said that its Edge browser beta is available for iPad as beta and today the company announced that it is available for everyone both on Android and iPad tablets. Edge browser features for tablets do remain same as the mobile version.  The Edge browser comes with features like your favorites including roaming favorites, reading list, a new tab page, reading view, and roaming passwords. It also allows you allows you to open a web page from your phone right on to your PC. The company obviously scaled up the interface of the browser to fit the large-screen, options to change from a light to a dark theme. However, Microsoft hasn’t included the iOS 11 split screen support, meaning that you can't run any other app while browsing. You can download the Microsoft Edge browser for Android Tablets from the Play Store and Apple iPads from the App Store. Source

YouTube dynamic player for square and vertical videos now rolling out for Android

YouTube's dynamic player was available on iOS since December, and now it is rolling out to Android as well. The dynamic player will automatically adjust according to content in different aspect ratios.  Given the popularity of apps like Snapchat, Instagram, videos are captured in different aspect ratio. Along with vertical, square-shaped recordings, we also have the traditional horizontal clip. YouTube for Android will now automatically adjust and do its best to fill the screen with video and get rid of the black bars. [HTML1] The square and vertical videos will fill up the screen with the usual video title, toolbar, and suggestions. This means that as you scroll, the video will continue to play as the window shrinks to the usual horizontal shape. However, it doesn't fully display vertical 16:9 content, instead, it cuts off the top and bottom. It still gives the ability to go full-screen by tapping the expand icon and will adapt to the video shape, in the bottom-right corner. The feature is now widely rolling out to Android device globally and to check if its available to you, just open YouTube and start a video.

Razer Basilisk FPS Gaming Mouse with 16000 DPI 5G optical sensor launched in India for Rs. 5499

Kaira Global, an IT distribution house, today announced the launch of Razer Basilisk gaming-mouse in India. It comes with 5G true 16,000 DPI optical sensor to excel under the demanding accuracy and precision needs of FPS gamers. The Basilisk features Razer Mechanical Mouse Switches with an industry-best 50 million click lifespan. It offers a continuum of scroll wheel resistances to choose. The scroll wheel can be adjusted through the dial on its underside for increased or decreased resistance to fit the preferences of each gamer. This really comes in handy to adjust the jump activation to a preferred level of resistance. It comes with a removable clutch for easy access to additional mouse actions. The default clutch will allow gamers to temporarily lower their DPI to instantaneously switch between high DPI close-quarters fighting and low DPI precision shooting. The clutch comes in two different lengths; short and long to cater to different hand sizes. It features up to 450 inches per second (IPS)/50 G acceleration, eight independently programmable Hyperesponse buttons, RazerTM Mechanical Mouse Switches. Furthermore, the gaming mouse also comes with Razer Chroma lighting with true 16.8 million customizable color options,1000 Hz Ultrapolling. It weighs 107 grams and measures 4.88 x 75 mm x 43 mm. The Razer Basilisk ...