Noise Tune FLEX offers Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm CVC tech and 12 hours of playback at Rs. 2199

Noise, popular for its accessories has introduced new Tune FLEX Bluetooth neckband Headphones with a playback time of 12 hours on a single charge and 180 hours of standby. It is made from silicone gel making it skin friendly, and the company says that it is designed to be perfectly ergonomic and sits so comfortably around your neck. Noise Tune FLEX highlights and specifications 10mm N50 neodymium magnetic drivers for clear audio Qualcomm QCC3003 chipset, Bluetooth 5.0 to connect to devices 20Hz-20KHz frequency response Dual pairing feature lets you pair the headphones with your phone and laptop simultaneously. Qualcomm CVC 8.0 wind noise cancellation makes it sound clearer on calls, Silicon type 2718 microphone Sweat and water resistant (IPX5) Dimensions: 203x151x25mm; Weight: 35g Voice assistant support for Siri & Google Assistant and music/call controls 140mAh battery offers up to 12 hours of playback The Noise Tune FLEX comes in Space Grey, Teal Green and Bronze Grey colors, is priced at Rs. 2199 and will be available from tomorrow, November 26th on Flipkart, Amazon.in and gonoise.com. The Bronze Grey color variant will be available post 1st December, 2019. Commenting on the launch, CEO Gaurav Khatri, said: India is a diverse market and we would like ...

Paytm raises $1 Billion in new financing round, will invest Rs. 10000 Crore over the next 3 years

Through a new financing round, the Noida-headquartered firm, Paytm has  raised $1 Billion in its latest equity fundraise, named Series G funding. The company, now valued at $16 Billion, had its funding led by U.S. asset manager T Rowe Price with existing investors Ant Financials (contributed $400 million), SoftBank Vision Fund (contributed $200 million), and Discovery Capital also participating in the round. The financing round was conducted as Paytm attempts to fight back giants such as Google, Walmart’s PhonePe, and Facebook. The newly raised capital will be used by Paytm to court merchants as the company looks to expand its presence among small and medium-sized businesses. The company will also be working on expanding their offerings in consumer internet, bringing new-age financial services such as lending, insurance, investments, stockbroking to the masses. The company will invest Rs. 10,000 Cr. over the next 3 years, aimed at bringing financial inclusion to more underserved users in the country. Today, we open next chapter in Paytm’s journey of India’s financial inclusion. We commit to invest additional ₹10,000 crore to serve financially unserved / underserved. Thank you for your guidance and support. Dedicating it with my school time favorite Jai Shankar Prasad poem: — Vijay Shekhar (@vijayshekhar) November 25, 2019 Two years ...

Xiaomi India teases launch of 108MP camera phone soon, Mi Note 10 expected

Xiaomi introduced the Mi CC9 Pro as the world's first 108MP penta camera phone in China earlier this month, which was introduced as Mi Note 10 for the global markets. Today Mi India and the company's India head and VP Manu Jain has started teasing the launch of 108MP camera phone, and the company has also added '108MP IS COMING' to its Twitter handle. So we can expect the Mi Note 10 to launch in India soon. 📸 📸📸📸📸 📸📸📸📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸📸📸📸 I T' S C O M I N G #108MP 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸📸📸📸 📸📸📸📸 — Mi India #108MP IS COMING! (@XiaomiIndia) November 25, 2019 📸 📸📸📸📸 📸📸📸📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸📸📸📸 I T'S C O M I N G #108MP 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸 📸📸📸📸 📸📸📸📸 — #MiFan Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) November 25, 2019 The Mi CC9 Pro was introduced in China starting at 2799 yuan (US$ 399 / Rs. 28,235 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version, so it should launch under Rs. 30,000 in India. We should know more details in the coming weeks, ...

Samsung Galaxy S11e with triple rear cameras surface

Just recently, Samsung's next flagship phone for the year 2020, the Galaxy S11 was leaked with renders. Now, renders of the upcoming budget flagship successor to the Galaxy S10e, the Galaxy S11e has surfaced online. The major changes to the front design are the camera punch hole shifting to the centre top of the screen and a curved front display instead of the flat display like on the S10e. This will bring the screens on par with the more premium S11 and S11+. The device will measure roughly measure 151.7 x 69.1mm. OnLeaks has reported that Samsung Galaxy S11e’s display will measure between 6.2-inches and 6.3-inches diagonally with other standard Samsung design choices like a USB Type-C socket, a primary microphone and a speaker grill, the right spine housing the power switch and volume rocker. As expected, no 3.5mm headphone jack. The rear of the phone shows much larger changes to the design. There is a vertical-placed camera module with three sensors with a flash, one more than the dual sensors from the S10e. S11e will be quite sleek too at 7.9mm, though it increases to 9.1mm if the camera bump is included. The absence of a physical fingerprint sensor anywhere on the device suggests ...

realme UI based on ColorOS 7 and Android 10 to roll out in India from January 2020, beta update begins Nov-end

realme already confirmed that Android 10 roll out for realme phones starting from Q1 2020. Today the company has confirmed that realme’s own customised UI based on ColorOS 7 and Android 10 for realme devices will roll out from January. 2020 onwards. The new UI from realme will feature interesting customizations adding on to the experience which will be closer to stock-Android features, as it had promised earlier. realme’s own customised UI will sport all the new features from the much enhanced ColorOS 7 including system upgradation. In the forum post, the company said: Users will experience smoother gaming graphics, better RAM management and seamless video and vlogging experience along with more customization options. ColorOS 7 customization options will include options like app icons, shape & size and font change. The ColorOS 7 will also feature system-wide dark mode. With all new and interesting features in realme customized UI Based on Android 10 and ColorOS 7, users will be able to get a seamless experience with some special features that will be closer to stock Android experience. realme XT users who have already participated in the ColorOS 6.7 program will also receive ColorOS 7 updates by November-end. The ColorOS 7 Beta recruitment will be starting ...

Google Nest Mini launched in India for Rs. 4499

Google has launched the Nest Mini, successor to Google Home Mini in India, after it was introduced at the Pixel event last month. It has been completely re-engineered with Google Assistant to make everything users love about the original, even better, said the company. Nest Mini provides bass that’s twice as strong as the original Google Home Mini (measured from 60-100 Hz at maximum volume). "Google’s expert audio engineers developed proprietary audio tuning software, allowing users to get the most out of the hardware," said the company. The new Nest Mini brings improved ability to operate in noisy environments. The Assistant automatically modulates the output sound according to the background noise in the room. It also senses proximity to light up the LED as soon as the user’s hand gets close to the device; guiding where to tap and adjust the volume. Just like Google Home and Home Mini, Nest Mini supports both English and Hindi. So once you set up Nest Mini, just say, “Hey Google, what can you do?” to get started. Highlights of Google Nest Mini Nest Mini provides bass 40% stronger bass than the original Mini (measured from 60-100 Hz at max volume) with 40 mm driver, features proprietary ...

Nubia Red Magic 3S with 6.65-inch FHD+ HDR AMOLED 90Hz display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, 12GB RAM global roll out begins [Update: Eclipse Black]

Update: November 22, 2019: nubia has started rolling out new Eclipse Black version of the phone in 8GB+128GB version, and the price remains the same. It is not clear when the company is planning to launch the new color version in India. Earlier: October 9, 2019: nubia has confirmed the pricing for the phone. The 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version will cost $479 (Rs. 34,045 approx.) / €479 / £419 and the 12GB RAM with 256GB storage version will be priced at $599 (Rs. 42,570 approx.) / €599 / £529 when it goes on sale on October 16th. From October 9th to October 16th on redmagic.gg, buyers can get exclusive accessories and discount coupons in “Early Bird Rewards” event. Here’s how it works: Buy the 3S Reward Card now for $100 / €100 / £100, which acts as a gift card towards your future purchase of the Red Magic 3S. Rewards are given to the first 100 buyers, like the Pro Handle Gamepad, 30% accessory discount codes, and more. Earlier: After Nubia Z20 roll out on October 14, ZTE's nubia brand has announced that the Red Magic 3S gaming smartphone will roll out in USA, Canada, Europe, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, ...

Redmi Note 8 vs Redmi Note 7 Pro : The best Redmi Note at under 12k?

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note lineup made its debut in the country back in 2014 with the first generation Redmi Note devices and soon emerged as the most popular mid-range smartphone lineup in the country. Xiaomi introduced the Pro variant with Redmi Note 5 series and also started refreshing the Note line-up twice a year starting last year. The Redmi Note 7 (not the Pro variant!) launched earlier this year was an easy choice over the Redmi Note 6 Pro for users. This year, the company has launched 5 different Redmi Note series devices with the recently launched Redmi Note 8 series, but should you still buy the previous-gen Redmi Note 7 Pro over the latest Redmi Note 8? Let's try to find out together, read on our Redmi Note 8 vs Redmi Note 7 Pro in-depth comparison. Design Redmi Note 8 is not much different from Redmi Note 7 series in terms of design, it's the same glass sandwich design with corning gorilla glass 5 protection, a dot-notch display and a chin at the bottom. The notch has a bit different shape this time and looks better in our opinion. The other change that you will notice on the front is the Redmi branding on ...

Realme X50 will be the company’s first 5G phone with SA/NSA dual mode 5G support, dual punch-hole display

realme already confirmed that it will launch a 5G phone this year, and recently at the realme X2 Pro launch event Madhav Seth, Chief Executive Officer, Realme India confirmed that realme will be one of the first brands to launch Qualcomm SoCs with built-in 5G in India in 2020. Today, realme China CMO Xu Qi Chase has confirmed that realme will launch the X50 5G phone in China soon. This comes after the realme X2 Pro was launched in China and Europe in October and in India last week. He has also confirmed that the phone will come with support for 5G stand alone and non-stand alone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. The teaser image also confirms dual punch-hole display for the front cameras, same as the Redmi K30 that will be introduced in China next month. Qualcomm recently announced that its 3-day annual Snapdragon Technology Summit will take place on December 3, where it will introduce Flagship Snapdragon Mobile Platforms with built-in 5G support. We can expect the flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC, successor of the Snapdragon 855 that was introduced in December last year. New Snapdragon 735 and other new mid-range SoCs with 5G are also expected. We should know more details about the realme ...

NoiseFit Evolve Review

Noise launched the NoiseFit Evolve, the company's first smartwatch  with an AMOLED screen earlier this week. It has a lightweight body, several features including music controls, heart rate sensor and more. I have been using the smartwatch from Noise for about a week now, here is the review. Box contents NoiseFit Evolve smartwatch in Slate Black color Wrist strap in Black color Charging dock with USB cable Quick start guide Design and Build The NoiseFit Evolve has a round dial with large bezels around the display. It weighs just 43 grams with the band and 3 grams without it, making it one of the lightweight smartwatches in the price range. The dimensions are 44.5×9.8x8mm, so it is somewhat similar to a normal watch with a 40mm dial. It has IP68  water resistance, and can withstand dust, dirt and sand, and are resistant to submersion up to a maximum depth of 1.5m underwater for up to thirty minutes, and can be used in shower, however, the company says that it should not be used in sauna, hot water bath and ocean water as the moisture and salty water can damage the band. It also says that you should not wear it when swimming. There is ...