OPPO F5 Sidharth Limited Edition in Dashing Blue color launched in India

OPPO launched the F5 smartphone in India back in November last year, later it launched the Red Edition of the smartphone with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. Today it has launched the Dashing Blue edition of the smartphone in collaboration with its brand ambassador – Sidharth Malhotra. It has the same 6-inch full HD+ 18:9 full-screen display and  20-megapixel front-facing camera with A.I. beauty recognition technology. OPPO F5 specifications 6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) 18:9 FHD+ full-screen 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection 2.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU 4GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 7.1 (Nougat) with ColorOS 3.2 Dual SIM 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture 20MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1/2.8″ sensor Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 156.5 x 76 x 7.5mm; Weight: 152g 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS 3200mAh built-in battery The OPPO F5 Sidharth Limited Edition is priced at Rs. 19,990 and will be available exclusively from Amazon.in online starting from February  8th. It will be available across all offline stores from February 9th. Commenting on this new launch, Will Yang, Brand Director, OPPO India, said: It brings us immense pleasure to ...

New HTC smartphone with Snapdragon 625, Android 8.0 Oreo surfaces in benchmarks

A mysterious HTC smartphone has found surfacing the Geekbench benchmark platform. The device is expected to be a mid-range phone going by the specifications it is offering. According to the benchmarks, the phone comes with a model number 2Q5W1. According to the benchmarks, the new HTC smartphone is expected to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC with 3GB RAM and running on Android 8.0 Oreo with Sense U.I on top. The smartphone has scored a decent 770 in single-core test and a 3893 in the multi-core test. Since it is a benchmark listing, we don't have other details regarding the camera, display size, and battery capacities. There are chances that HTC might introduce the latest mid-range smartphone at the MWC 2018 event later this month, it is also likely that the company might skip the event and launch it at a later date in a special event. If we were to guess rest of the specification, we could expect a 5-5.7-inches HD or FHD+ display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, a moderate 3000mAh battery and single rear camera setup. Since these are just rumors, we advise you to take this news with a pinch of salt. Source | Via

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active with Android 8.0 Oreo gets Wi-Fi certification

Samsung ended the Android Oreo 8.0 beta testing for the S8 and the S8+ last week and both the flagships are expected to taste the Oreo update anytime now. It's obvious that the update at some point will make its way to the S8 Active as the company promised earlier. However, the new development shows that the rollout is not that far away. The Oreo powered Samsung Galaxy S8 Active has been spotted in a certification listing at the Wi-Fi Alliance. Though the update might not be imminent once Oreo lands for the S8 and S8+, but the new development indicates that the wheels are in motion. Since the S8 Active is a carrier exclusive device which also happens to be a non-AT&T exclusive model, the carrier testing takes a sweet amount of time before the rollout begins. Both variants; the SM-G892A for AT&T and SM-G892U for T-Mobile and Sprint have been listed for certification at the Wi-Fi Alliance with Android 8.0 Oreo onboard. As we said, this doesn't mean that the update will be rolling out soon, but it's just a confirmation. Source 1, 2 | Via

Apple acknowledges iPhone 7 ‘No Service’ issue, launches repair program

Apple has acknowledged that a small percentage of iPhone 7 models are affected by 'No Service' issue and has announced a repair program for the models affected by the issue. The company says that the iPhone 7 with models number A1660 manufactured between September 2016 and February 2018 and sold in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, and the U.S are having the issue.  Apple said that it will repair the models which are affected by the issue free of cost but will examine prior to any service to verify if it is eligible for the program. The company says that the issue is due to a component that has failed on the main logic board. Apple will contact the customers who may have paid for the service prior to the launch of this program through email to arrange for a refund. However, customers who haven't received the email from Apple but paid for the repair can contact Apple support directly. The model numbers with A1660, A1780 in China, A1660 in Hong Kong, Macao, and U.S. (includes Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands), A1779 in Japan are eligible for the repair program. Customers need to contact Authorized Apple Service Provider, visit an Apple retail store, or get in touch with ...

Asus Zenfone 5 with 5.7-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras, metal body surfaces ahead of MWC 2018

Asus has already started sending out media invites for its event at the MWC 2018 which is scheduled for later this month. It is widely expected that the company would unveil the Zenfone 5 series going by the teaser image. Today we are seeing the brief details of the smartphone in the leaked manual. The Zenfone 5 leaked in the manual bears a model number “ASUS X00PD”, and also shows the design of the phone to an extent. Catching up with the trend looks like Asus is also going all-in with the 18:9 aspect ratio, curved edges, and exposed antenna lines. On the rear, you can see the dual rear cameras something which is not new to Asus, but the arrangement resembles that of the iPhone X. Along with the rear cameras, the back also houses the fingerprint sensor. Up front, you have the 5.7-inches Full HD+ 18:9 display with slightly curved corners. On the right, you have the volume rockers and power button, while the SIM tray is present on the left. The top has the 3.5mm audio jack and the microUSB port along with speaker grills are present on the bottom. Moving to the specifications, according to the Geekbench results, the Zenfone 5 is ...

Weekly Roundup: Nokia 3310 4G, Moto X4 6GB RAM, Xiaomi Mi Box 4 and more

This week HMD global introduced the most expected Nokia 3310 4G, Motorola launched the 6GB RAM version of the Moto X4, Redmi 5A, Honor 7X, Honor 9 Lite, LG G6 and LG G6 got new color variants and lots more that happened this week in our weekly roundup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGgAjygguY HMD Global officially announced the Nokia 3310 4G phone with VoLTE support in China. It has a similar design and a similar 2.4 inch QGVA color display, 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash light, Bluetooth, microSD expansion slot and a 1200mAh battery as the Nokia 3310 3G, but this has a more powerful processor, more RAM, more storage and it runs on YunOS compared to Java-powered Feature OS in the 3G version. The Nokia 3310 4G comes in Fresh Blue and Deep Black colors and will go on sale in China in February. No word on the pricing or details about the global roll out yet. Motorola launched the 6GB RAM version of the Moto X4 smartphone in the country that comes with Android 8.0 (Oreo) out of the box.  Other specifications are similar to original Moto X4, including a dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in ...

Moto X4 (6GB RAM) Review

Motorola launched the 6GB RAM version of Moto X4 smartphone in India earlier this week, few months after the launch of 3GB RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variants. The new version comes with Android Oreo out-of-the-box. Check out the review below. Unboxing We unboxed the smartphone recently, check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4mVe0QWCY4 Box contents Moto X4 6GB RAM + 64GB storage version in Sterling Blue color In-ear headset with set of earbuds 2-pin Turbo charger (5V-3A|9V-1.6A|12V-1.2A) USB Type-C cable SIM ejector tool User manual and warranty information Display, Hardware and Design The phone has a 5.2-inch LTPS UPS screen with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 and a pixel density of about 424 ppi (pixels per inch) also has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The display is bright, colors are vibrant, viewing angles and the sunlight legibility are good as well. There are Standard and Vibrant color modes in the display settings. It has bezels above and below the screen so the screen-to-body ratio of the phone is about 69%, which is definitely less compared to some of the latest smartphones with full-screen displays. There is an earpiece above the display that also houses the loudspeaker. It has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera on the front ...

Xiaomi Redmi 3S, Redmi 3S Prime MIUI 9.2 update starts rolling out

Xiaomi was supposed to roll out MIUI 9.0 to the third batch of devices in December as announced during MIUI 9 Global launch but as per company, the update was delayed for the entire batch of devices due to a critical bug, but now it seems company had a plan to skip MIUI 9.0 update for the third batch of devices to provide MIUI 9.2 directly. Earlier this week, Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 9.2 to Redmi Note 3, and today company announced that MIUI 9.2 is available to all Redmi Note 3 users. Redmi 3S/Prime, Redmi 4A, Redmi 2/Prime and Mi 4i devices were still running on MIUI 8 Stable ROM but as per users, a couple of hours ago, Xiaomi has started rolling out a new MIUI 9.2 update Redmi 3S/ 3S Prime. The new update comes as MIUI 9.2.2.0.MALMIEK and is of 376 MB in size, and it is still based on Marshmallow only, this update has April 2017 security patch, which is really old and device remains vulnerable to KRACK WPA2 which Xiaomi fixed in other devices including Redmi Note 3. Note that this is a Nightly build, Xiaomi releases Stable Nightly updates to random users to ...

Cayin N3 Review

iPods might have gone the way of the dodo but there's still a dedicated market for DAPs. Digital Audio Players, as the name suggests are music players optimized for higher quality playback and an emphasis on accurate reproduction, ability to drive higher impedance headphones. The Cayin N3 has emerged as one of the lowest cost entrants into the world of high quality DAPs. Priced at Rs. 11,990, the N3 brings all the regular features you'd expect in addition to some that you wouldn't. Let's find out more.  Design The Cayin N3 is a deceptively small device that packs a surprisingly large punch. We've had the opportunity to try out several DAPs over the years and most of them, especially those from Astell & Kern tend to be on the larger side. The N3 is the polar opposite, little larger than a pack of cards, it easily slips into the skinniest of pockets. The unit measures 10 x 5.4 x 1.3cm and weighs under 100 gram despite sporting an aluminum chassis for added ruggedness. There's a bunch of accessories provided in the package include a silicon case, spare screen protector, and USB cable for charging. The front of the unit sports a 2.4 inch ...

Honor 9 Lite Grey color variant to go on sale on Flipkart from February 6

Honor 9 Lite was launched in Sapphire blue, Glacier Grey and Midnight Black colors last month starting at Rs. 10,999. Today the company has announced that the Glacier Grey version will finally available from next sale exclusively on Flipkart. Earlier this week the company has announced that the phone was sold out in 120 seconds in the fourth sale, once the sale opened at 12 noon, same as the previous sale. On the first sale, the phone sold out in record 6 minutes of the sale opening, selling at a the rate of over 150 units per second on January 21st midnight and it sold out in 3 minutes in the second sale on January 21st 12 noon. The phone packs a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Kirin 659 SoC,  runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMIUI 8.0 out-of-the-box. It has a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information for portrait shots. It has a metal frame, glass back with a fingerprint sensor that can unlock the phone in 0.25 seconds, and packs a 3000mAh battery. The company will hold fifth sale of the Honor 9 Lite on Flipkart at 12PM next Tuesday, ...