Vivo V7+ Infinite Red Limited Edition smartphone launched in India

Vivo launched V7+ mid-range selfie-focused smartphone in India back in September in Champagne Gold and Matte Black colors, later it launched the Energetic Blue color variant in the country. Now it has launched a new Limited Edition Infinite Red color variant of the smartphone in partnership with designer Manish Malhotra ahead of Valentine's Day next week. The company says that it adorns "Love is Infinite" design philosophy by the designer and draws inspiration from the universal colour of love, successfully emoting emotions close to heart by targeting young and edgy consumers around Valentine's Day. There is also a new commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF7VT3FrhqM Specifications are similar to the original V7+, including a 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash, Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform, Android 7.1 (Nougat) based on FuntouchOS 3.2, fingerprint sensor on the back and a 3225mAh built-in battery. Vivo V7+ specifications 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Funtouch OS 3.2 based on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) Dual SIM 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, OmniVision OV16880 sensor, ...

Xiaomi India launches WhatsApp service to offer instant updates, customer support and more

Last month WhatsApp officially launched WhatsApp Business for small businesses to easily connect with customers. Today Xiaomi has launched its WhatsApp service - Xiaomi Mi Bunny for its customers in India that allow them to get receive instant updates and also register complaints easily. Xiaomi says that it will offer latest Xiaomi news, new product launches, exciting product deals, sale reminders, notifications about MIUI weekly updates, and reminders about Mi Fan meet ups. You can also message SUPPORT and follow the on-screen instructions if you want to raise customer support requests. Xiaomi also says that you will receive a callback once you submit your support request. It also mentions that the service is available only from Monday to Friday between 9AM and 6PM How to subscribe to WhatsApp Xiaomi Mi Bunny free subscription service? Add +917760944500 to your contact list Text Xiaomi (you will get a welcome message) Text your Name and City (this will help Xiaomi to notify you about Mi events in your City) You can also unsubscribe from this WhatsApp service anytime by texting STOP, says Xiaomi. It says that the service is currently being Beta tested and is limited to the functionalities mentioned above, so we can expect more functionalities soon. Xiaomi also says that your name, contact number, and location ...

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong released as South Korean court suspends his term

A South Korean appeals court on Monday has suspended Samsung's Heir Jay Y. Lee's jail term after a year’s detention over the corruption scandal that brought down the former president. The Seoul High Court jailed Lee for two and a half years, reducing the original term by half, and suspended the sentence for charges including bribery and embezzlement, meaning he does not have to serve time. Jay Y. Lee was in detention since last February and the President Park Geun-hye was dismissed in March 2016 in a case that brought scrutiny to the nature of the ties between South Korea’s chaebols - big family-owned corporate groups - and its political leaders. However, Park, denied wrongdoing and is currently standing trial accused of bribery, abuse of power and coercion. Back in August, a lower court had convicted Lee for bribing Park to strengthen his control of Samsung Electronics. The court back in the day said that Samsung’s financial support for entities backed by a friend of Park‘s, Choi Soon-sil, constituted bribery, including 7.2 billion won ($6.4 million) to sponsor the equestrian career of Choi’s daughter. On Monday, the Presiding senior judge Cheong Hyung-sik called the nature of Lee’s involvement in Samsung’s monetary support for Choi a “passive ...

Huawei P20 with triple rear cameras surface in case renders, could run Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1

Huawei was supposed to introduce the P20 at the MWC 2018 event later this month, but the company backed out and is now launching at a later date on March 27th in Paris falling in-line with the reports. Today, it is learned that the P20 will likely run on Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1 on top according to XDA Developers.  Back when the P20 first surfaced it is said that the phone will run on Android 8.0 with EMUI 8.0.1, but according to the latest firmware files obtained for the same phone, the P20 will most definitely run on the latest Android version with Huawei's custom skin baked on top. However, the features of the most recent EMUI version will remain a mystery for now. Flashing the firmware on a Kirin 970 powered Huawei Mate 10 didn't help either. On a different note, a new case render of the P20 which surfaced today gives us a clean look at the rear side of the P20. Falling in line with the earlier reports, the Huawei P20 will have a triple rear camera with iPhone X style vertical arrangement. Since the rear is covered by the case, we don't really get to see if ...

Google launches new public safety initiative in India to secure internet user’s data and devices

Google today on the occasion of Safer Internet Day launches a new public safety initiative in India; #SecurityCheckKiya to ensure data protection targeted at young and first-time web users. Google brings three simple actions to users to protect and prevent themselves from account hijacking, safeguarding their Android phones from malicious apps and also secure data even if the device is lost. [HTML1] Google believes that Indian users who are coming online for the first time are increasingly getting vulnerable to bad actors and abuse on the web. With the new three steps, the company aims to protect the internet safety and online experience. The company further said that it will make this initiative available on its home screen (www.google.com) to encourage users to take the first step of security check. The three steps for safer web experience including for all Android mobile users, Gmail users. Google is asking users to review the security settings and Google account activity with one click in the 'My Account' section on Desktop and in Gmail app for Android mobile users. Google Security check helps you to automatically scan for any vulnerability and suggests you required changes. At the I/O 2017, Google introduced the new Play Protect for Android mobiles which run safety check ...

Google said to be revamping material design with new colors, iconography, focus on touch and more

Google introduced new Material Design alongside the Lollipop OS back in 2014. The material design introduced flat, pastel color palettes, depth, soft lighting, and the design later is being unified to all Google products. Now on the occasion of its four-year anniversary, Google is said to be revamping the material design with new colors, iconography and more according to reports.  The new information obtained by XDA developers from the new commits in the Chromium Gerrit. The new Material Design said to bring touchscreen behavior and many subtle changes. Back in February, new commits on the Chromium Gerrit implemented “Material Design 2” UI in Chrome’s tabstrip;  the draggable tabs containing webpage titles, favicons, and the “close tab” button above Chrome’s address bar. While the changes are not drastic, it changes to the appearance of Chrome’s tabs. It brings tweaks to tabs content layout, especially to the titles, and alert indicators. It also decreases the tab touch width while increasing tab standard width. The commit further reveals the Material Design 2 color palettes for grey, red, and red-dark Chromium themes, and new colors for the standard Chrome toolbar and incognito toolbar. It is also learned that the new Material Design 2’s red is slightly darker than the current. The new material design 2 complaint ...

Nokia 7 Plus with 6-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras, ZEISS optics surface

Nokia 7 is a China exclusive model, and it is rumored that the company will introduce the 7 Plus variant for the global markets at the MWC 2018 event later this month. After getting revealed in latest Nokia camera app, the Nokia 7 Plus freshly surfaces again in the leaked marketing material. This leak confirms most of the specifications, design and other features. According to the marketing material, following the trend, the Nokia 7 Plus is said to sport a 6-inches Full HD+ 18:9 display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by the Snapdragon 660 SoC with Adreno 512 GPU, 4GB RAM, and 64GB storage. It is expected to run on Android 8.0 Oreo right out of the box. In the camera department, the Nokia 7 Plus will have a dual rear camera setup with Zeiss Camera. There are 12+13MP rear cameras with 2X optical zoom and a 16MP front Zeiss Camera with Tetracell technology. It comes with Lumia camera with Pro mode and Bothie. In terms of build, the 7 Plus will have an aluminum unibody design with Ceramic texture and Dual-color accents on camera and edges just like the Nokia 6 2018. It will have microSD card support and USB-C port with Quick-Charging. However, ...

Apple iPhone, Apple Watch get a price hike in India after increase in import duty

As the Indian government at the Union Budget 2018-19 announced an increase in import duty on mobile phones from 15% to 20% last week, Apple has increased the price of its iPhones, including its iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X smartphones as well as Apple Watch models in the country. This is the second price hike in less than 2 months after a recent price hike in December when the duty was increased from 10% to 15% in the country. The iPhone SE that is currently assembled in India doesn’t see a price hike. Other models get up to 3.6% hike. The high-end iPhone X 256GB version now costs Rs. 1,08,930, compared to previous price of Rs. 1,05,720, and up about 6.8% from the launch price of Rs. 102,000. Even though Apple did not increase the price of Apple Watch last time, now they have increased the price of both the Apple Watch Series 3 and Series 1 by about  8 or 9% depending on the model. This is a marginal price hike which might not affect the users. Even though Apple sets a standard MRP, some third-party retailers sell the smartphones at cheaper rates. So you can get it online at cheaper even after this price hike. Check out ...

Xiaomi India schedules a new launch event on February 14, Redmi 5 / Redmi Note 5 expected

Xiaomi India just sent out press invites for the launch of its first product of 2018 in India on February 14th. The invite just has the number '5' along with the date, so it could be the Redmi 5 series that was introduced in China back in December last year or the company might surprise us with the Redmi Note 5. Earlier rumors said that the Redmi 5 Plus might be launched globally as the Redmi Note 5, but recent rumors said that the company will have an Explorer Program before introducing the Redmi Note 5. However there was no explorer program till date. [HTML1] Xiaomi Redmi 5 specifications 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits Brightness, 72% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor Dimensions: 151.8 × 72.8 × 7.7mm; Weight: 157g 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + ...

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 ...