Sony Bravia X9000F 65-inch and 85-inch 4K HDR Android TVs now available in India

Sony earlier this month has launched the Bravia X9000F 4K HDR Android TV series in India, and the 55-inch model KD-55X9000F went on sale at that time, today the company has announced that the 65-inch (KD-65X9000F) and 85-inch (KD-85X9000F) models are available in India. These TVs come with an X1 Extreme processor that promises striking highlights, deeper darks, and vibrant colors. Furthermore, it comes with Object-based HDR remaster, Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR and Dual database processing. It runs on Android TV version 7.0 with Sony’s exclusive user interface and also has Chromecast built-in. The new Sont TVs come with TRILUMINOS Display,  X-tended Dynamic Range PRO enhances HDR and non-HDR content by boosting and dimming the backlight levels precisely for each zone of the screen with a unique backlighting technology. The Sony TVs come in 85, 65, and 55-inch sizes, and uses 4K X-Reality PRO to produce stunning detail with Sony’s unique algorithm of reality creation database for any content, such as TV broadcasting, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Internet video and digital photos. The TVs pack sturdy construction, which uses an inverted V-shape to ensure stability, the stand creates the ideal space for a soundbar. Sony Bravia X9000F specifications 55/65/85-inch (3840 x 2160 pixels) 4K HDR (HDR10, Hybrid Log-Gamma, and Dolby Vision) TRILUMINOS ...

Google India launches ‘Summer with Google’ educational campaign for Kids

Google India today has announced a fun new Summer with Google' educational campaign for Kids. Google with this initiative is aiming to educate kids and make them spend more time learning in becoming responsible explorers of the Web. https://youtu.be/thK42Zcf5DI Google says it has partnered with product leaders to bring a series of activities for parents that they can do along with their kids to make this a memorable a summer. It said that it will unveil one assignment every week for four weeks. The assignments range from exploring the country on Google Earth to saying gracias and por favor as you learn phrases in Spanish and other languages on Google Translate, creating your own gallery on Google Arts & Culture and ultimately building their very own app to share your summer experience. Google says that each assignment will have questions on the four fundamental codes of being Internet Awesome and teach the young internet explorers a lesson or two on how to be Internet Smart, Internet Alert, Internet Strong, Internet Kind and Internet Brave. Right after the four weeks, it will host a Summer Camp at Google’s Gurgaon and Hyderabad campus where it will fly up to 100 participants along with their guardians from across the country. Google has also partnered with ...

Google Pixel 3 XL with 19:9 notch display and Pixel 3 screen protector surface

Google usually introduces Pixel-branded smartphones and other hardware products at the Pixel event in October. Following the tradition this year as well, Google is expected to introduced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. But before the company launches them, here we might have the first look at the front tempered glass screen protectors of the upcoming Google flagships.   From the leaked front screen protector design, it is evident that the Google Pixel 3 XL will be embracing the notch, following the trend. The notch area will have the selfie shooter, main earpiece, sensors, and possibly a senor for 3D face unlock. There is a cut out at the bottom, we hope it might be for speaker grill, similar to the predecessor. On the other hand, the regular Pixel 3 will have an 18:9 aspect ratio display and it looks a lot like the Galaxy S8/S9. Interestingly, even this has similar cut outs at the top and the bottom. This is a huge step forward for Google in terms of design and the company might be officially ditching the typical 16:9 aspect ratio for good. In terms of specifications, our educated guess would be an AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, 4/6GB RAM and range ...

BlackBerry ‘Ghost’ with bezel-less display said to launch in India soon [Update: Expected in Q3 with dual rear cameras]

Update: @evleaks now says that the phone will be released this Summer, which could be sometime in June or July. The phone is said to feature dual rear cameras with optical zoom, and low-light enhancement powered by dual rear cameras. After nothing new on these BlackBerry Ghost handsets from Optiemus for awhile, finally hearing that a summer release is expected. (Also told that the dual rear cameras feature low light enhancement and optical zoom.) — Evan Blass (@evleaks) May 24, 2018 A new BlackBerry smartphone code-named 'Ghost' has surfaced online, thanks to @evleaks who also says that the Android smartphone will have a bezel-less display and will be a premium smartphone. The image shows a sleek smartphone with a metal frame, cured corners, SIM slot and antenna cutouts present on the side. It also shows a front-facing camera and an earpiece above the display. BlackBerry 'Ghost': a bezel-less, premium Android handset from licensee Optiemus; coming soon to India. pic.twitter.com/KTAvKbDl5v — Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 26, 2018 The phone is said to launch in India soon and will be made by Optiemus Infracom, who also designed, manufactured and sold last year's BlackBerry KEYone in India as well as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even though we had seen BlackBerry smartphones ...

OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition goes on sale on May 29 in India – Here are the launch offers

OnePlus  launched the OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition smartphone in India earlier this month. Today the company has announced launch offers for the smartphone ahead of sale tomorrow in the country. OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition customers can avail Cashback of Rs. 2,000 on transactions using Citibank Debit and Credit Card during the first week No Cost EMI for up to 3 months on all popular banks. 12-month Accidental Damage Insurance by Servify on downloading Kotak 811 app Rs. 250 for all Amazon Prime Video consumers Discounts up to Rs. 500 on Amazon Kindle e-books. Rs. 2,000 cash back and Device Insurance for Idea subscribers Benefits up to Rs. 25,000 on flight and hotel bookings from ClearTrip. The OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage  goes on sale from tomorrow, May 29th, 12 noon, exclusively on Amazon.in and oneplus.in online for Rs. 44,999. It will be available across all offline stores including the Bangalore experience store, authorised stores and Croma stores across India, starting 3rd June 2018. The company already announced that the Silk White version will be available from June 5th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIX7JixlY8c Check out the unboxing here. Also check out the OnePlus 6 review, if you are planning to buy the phone.

Amazon Alexa in India lets you set music alarms from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and radio stations with TuneIn

Amazon's Alexa in India has gained music alarms, and this feature will enable users to set their favorite music as alarm tones to wake up to your favorite songs. With the new capabilities, you can set up alarms to play songs from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn or radio stations with TuneIn. Furthermore, you can also use artist names, songs, playlists or genres for your alarm. Each Alexa device uses timers and alarms independent of other Alexa devices registered on your Amazon account. You can also manage your voice alarms from the Alexa app and can also set up alarm up to 24 hours ahead. It's always fun to have custom songs as alarms, just try saying “Alexa, set an alarm for 7 am to play Lata Mangeshkar.” However, in case your device is muted or not connected to Wi-Fi, your alarms will still go off but will use the default alarm tone as for the music to be streamed requires internet connectivity. The Alexa app can manage up to 100 timers and alarms and 'Do Not Disturb' doesn't block timers and alarms. The new music alarm feature is available on Amazon Echos or any Alexa device in India.

Tecno Camon i Click with 6-inch 18:9 display, 20MP front camera, Android 8.1 launched in India for Rs. 13999

After  Camon i,  Camon i Air and Camon i Sky, China-based Transsion Holdings’ TECNO Mobile today launched Camon i Click, the company’s latest mid-range selfie-focused smartphone in India. It has a 6-inch HD+ 18:9 FullView display with 83.9% of screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 processor with 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with the company’s own HiOS on top. The main highlight of the smartphone is its 20-megapixel front-facing camera with dual LED flash and AI features such as Intelligent Face Recognition, AI Beauty, AI Bokeh mode for Portrait selfies and more. It also comes with face unlock. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Quad LED flash, 64MP Super Pixel mode  that takes three photos at a time and then synthesises into one photo that enables consumers to get three times better picture resolution as compared to normal photo mode. It has dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots and packs a 3750mAh battery. Tecno Camon i Click specifications 6-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display 2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD HiOS based on Android 8.1 (Oreo) Dual ...

Honor 7S with 5.45-inch 18:9 FullView display, Android 8.1 announced

Huawei’s Honor brand has introduced Honor 7S, the company's latest budget smartphone after it got certified earlier this month . It has a 5.45-inch HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio, 73% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek SoC with 2GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMIUI 8.1 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, both with LED flash. It has dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots and packs a 3020mAh battery. Honor 7S specifications 5.45-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display 1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739 64-bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1 Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with LED flash, PDAF 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dimensions: 146.5 x 70.9 x 8.3mm; Weight: 142g 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS 3020mAh built-in battery The Honor 7S comes in Black, Blue and Golden colors, is priced at PKR 14,499 (US$ 125 / Rs. 8,430 approx.) in Pakistan, and is expected to roll out in other Asian and European markets soon. Source 1, 2 | Via

OnePlus 5 and 5T OxygenOS 5.1.2 update brings double-tap to lock screen, May Android security patch and more

OnePlus 5 and 5T received OxygenOS 5.1 Android 8.1 (Oreo) stable update last month, and soon the company rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.1 for the phones with an Hot Fix to fix ringtone issue for phone and notifications. Now it has rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.2 update that brings several new features for Gallery, fixes for WiFi, microphone issues when using AKG earphones and finally double-tap to wake-up for the lock screen. Check out the complete changelog below. System Updated Android security patch to 2018.5 Fixed auto-rotation stability issue Gallery Places: a map view of photos by location Added “Recently Deleted” collection Wireless & Network Fixed Wi-Fi connecting issue Launcher Double-tap to lock screen Earphone Fixed microphone not functioning issue for AKG earphones The update is 1.6GB in size for the phones since it is releasing the full ROM instead of the releasing just the update as usual. It also includes Android security patch for May1, 2018. Source

Honor Play series smartphone and new Honor 9i with 5.84-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras to be announced on June 6

Huawei's Honor brand today scheduled an event on June 6th in Beijing where it will introduce it new Honor Play series smartphones with AI capabilities. The company says that it will have a breakthrough technology. It will also introduce new Honor 9i smartphone (not to be confused with the Honor 9i that was launched in India last year). The Honor LLD-AL30 and LLD-AL20 model that have been certified by TENAA today could be the Honor 9i. Most of the specifications of the phone are similar to the Huawei P20 Lite. Honor 9i 2018 (LLD-AL30) rumored specifications 5.84-inch (1080 x 2280 pixels) Full HD+ 19: 9 2.5D curved glass display Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU 4GB RAM, 32GB / 64GB / 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 13MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera 16MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 149.2×71.8×7.7mm; Weight: 152g 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLONASS 3000mAh (typical) / 2900mAh (Minimum) battery The Honor 9i is expected to come in Black, Gray and Blue colors. We should know more ...