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 ...

WhatsApp for iOS gets group audio calling, beta update for Android brings ‘Select all’ chat option

WhatsApp for iOS is getting a new group audio calls feature; this means that soon you will be able to make voice calls with your multiple contacts right from WhatsApp. The new change is apparently server-side roll out, so it might take some time for everyone to get this new feature.  On the other hand, WhatsApp for Android gets 'Select all' chats to perform quick actions. This will easily let you mark all the new messages as read or archive all your chats with a single tap. For the 'select all' option to appear in the menu, you will have to select one chat at least. For the feature to be present, Android users need to have version 2.18.60 or above. In case if you haven't got the update, you will have to wait for next beta release. As for the group audio calling on iOS, the interface is very similar to what we have seen for individual audio calls, but with multiple caller IDs. The U.I has buttons to enable speaker, video call, and mute button below the profile pictures of the participants. However, the limit participants for group audio calls hasn't been revealed. The group audio calling functionality was announced back at the F8 event earlier ...

Xiaomi Mi 8 retail box surfaces – Snapdragon 845, AI dual rear cameras, dual GPS module, 3D face recognition and no 3.5mm jack

Xiaomi openly announced that it would introduce the Mi 8 flagship on May 31st along with many other products which happen to be the Mi Band 3, MIUI 10 and more. Though we are just a couple of days away from the announcement, leaksters are not sparing any details till the launch. Latest to join the list is the retail box leak which not only confirmed few details but also revealed something new.  Anyone who is closely following whats happening in and around tech can easily guess the Xiaomi Mi 8 would be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC and a full-screen display. Confirming the details, the leaked images of the Mi 8 retail box and what looks like a presentation side showcases the Xiaomi Mi 8 with slim bezels and a notch. It will come in few variants, one of which is the 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. There are other models with 8GB of RAM and bigger storage options. Another highlighting feature of the Mi 8 is the dual-GPS module, but we should know the importance of it in the coming days. Furthermore, it will also have dual-rear cameras arranged in an iPhone X style. As expected the Mi 8 ...