Invens Diamond D2, Fighter F1 and Fighter F2 with women safety apps launched in India starting at Rs. 7490

Invens; a China-based smartphone brand has launched three new budget-segment phones in India with focus on women safety applications to keep the users protected from the stalkers, cyber bullies. The company says that thee phones come with 2 years warranty and instant repair or replacement for any damaged part policy. The Invens Diamond D2 sports a 5-inches HD (1280 X 720) display and is powered by the 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor with 2GB RAM. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. It has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera for selfies and video calls. The Invens Diamond 2 also has support for VoLTE and smart security features. It has a battery capacity of 2800mAh. While on the other hand, the Invens Fighter F1 and Fighter F2 sport the same 5-inches HD (1280 X 720) display and is also powered by the 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage on the Fighter 1 and 3GB RAM and 32GB storage 32GB storage on the fighter 2. Invens Diamond D2 Specifications 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) Dual SIM 8MP rear camera with LED Flash ...

Infinix Hot S3 Unboxing and First Impressions

Hong Kong-based Infinix just launched its Hot S3 smartphone in India. Here we have the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvYe5oKvDCM Box Contents Infinix Hot S3 in Sandstone Black color 2-pin charger (5V-2A) Flat micro USB cable Clear protective case Screen guard SIM ejector tool User manual and warranty information It packs a 5.65-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass full-screen display with minimal bezels. Powered by Snapdragon 430, it has 3GB or 4GB of RAM depending on the model. It runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) out-of-the-box with the company's own XOS Hummingbird V3.0 on top, making it one of the cheapest smartphones to run Oreo. The main highlight of the smartphone is its 20-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low-light. The selfies came out good and also has bokeh feature to blur the background. There is a 13-megapixel camera on the back with f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash. There is also a fingerprint sensor below the camera along with Infinix branding. It has a dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots arrange in a single tray, which is definitely a good move by the company. You can choose from 32GB or 64GB storage variants. It has a metal-like ...

Worldwide 2-in-1 detachable market grows 10.3%, tablet market continues to decline in Q4 2017: IDC

According to IDC's preliminary data, the Worldwide 2-in-1 detachable tablet market grows 10.3% with 6.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017. The regular tablets were shipped around 43.1 million units during the fourth quarter with 141.7 million the entire year which is a decline of 7.6% from the previous year. The 2-in-1 detachable market the entire year remained positive although it showed signs of slowing as detachable tablets grew 1.6% YoY in 2017, down from the 24% growth in 2016. IDC claims that the slowness can be attributed to high profile devices like the Surface, which was off schedule. In terms of regular tablets, since the margins are narrow, the end-user demand has slowed significantly in the last few years and this year it hit 7.6% from YoY. As expected, Apple retained the top position through its lower-priced 9.7-inch iPad as well as its newly refreshed iPad Pro products. Apple shipped over 13.2 million units a narrow increase from 13.1 YoY. Surprisingly, Amazon placed itself comfortably in the second place pushing Samsung to third. Amazon's steep discounts during the holiday season paid off well. The E-commerce giant shipped 7.7 million units compared to 5.2 units with 50.3% YoY. Samsung has seen a steep fall and has sold just 7 Million units in Q4 2017 ...

HTC U11+ with 6-inch QHD+ display, Snapdragon 835, 6GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 56990

HTC today launched the  U11+, the company's latest flagship smartphone in the 'U series' in India. It was announced  back in November last year and comes with a 6-inch Quad HD+ 18:9 Full Screen display with 82% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 coupled with 6GB of RAM. Like the original U11, it comes with Edge Sense technology. It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with Sense U.I on top, is  rated at IP68 for water and dust resistance and comes with a single 12MP camera. There is no 3.5mm audio jack but the company is bundling USB Type-C headphones with active noise cancellation. HTC U11+ Specifications 6-inch (2880 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ Super LCD 6 display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection 2.45GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU 6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD Android 8.0 Oreo with HTC Sense U.I Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 12MP UltraPixel 3 rear camera with Dual LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF),BSI sensor, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, 1.4μm pixel, 4K video recording, 3D Audio 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, BSI sensor, 85° field of view, 1080p video recording Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 158.5 ...

Infinix Hot S3 with 5.65-inch Infinity display, 20MP front camera, Android 8.0 launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

Infinix has launched Hot S3, the company's latest mid-range smartphone in the 'Hot S' series in India. It has a 20-megapixel front camera with dual LED flash and features a 5.65-inch HD+ 18:9 display, which are the main highlights of the phone. It is powered by Snapdragon 430 with up to 4GB RAM, runs Android 8.0 Oreo with the company's own XOS Hummingbird V3.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, come with dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots, features a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 4000mAh battery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvYe5oKvDCM Infinix Hot S3 specifications 5.65-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with 18:9 aspect ratio Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU 4GB RAM with 64GB storage / 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with Dual LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video recording 20MP front-facing camera with dual LED flash, f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS 4000mAh battery The Infinix Hot S3 comes in Sandstone Black and Brush Gold colors and is ...

Intel Vaunt smart glasses with retinal projection and motion gesture controls announced

Intel has introduced the new Vaunt smart glasses with retinal projection and motion gesture controls. These smart glasses are first seen by The Verge are very similar to that of the regular glasses and they weigh just 50 grams since they are made of plastic.  These glasses work with or without the prescription lenses, and there is no camera equipped. While the outside is like any other glasses, the inside sits a low-powered class one laser, a processor, an accelerometer, a Bluetooth chip and a compass. The low-powered laser emits a red, monochrome image into your eye at a pixel rate of 400 x 150. Intel says that the image can let you if its anyone's birthday, send notifications from your phone, and it is also capable of detecting your current status and send suggestions, for example, if you are in the kitchen, it will send you the recipe. Since it is beaming the laser on to your eyes, it is always in focus. The company also says that the future models will come equipped with a microphone and access to smart assistants like Alexa or Siri, but the first-gen will be limited to motion gestures like a nod of the head. It is unclear as to when ...

Broadcom yet again proposes to acquire Qualcomm at higher price

Broadcom back in November has proposed an offer to acquire Qualcomm, and the chipset maker rejected the offer saying that the proposal dramatically undervalues Qualcomm and comes with significant regulatory uncertainty. However, Broadcom today has yet again proposed an updated offer at a higher $121 billion and the all outstanding shares of Qualcomm for $60.00 per share in cash and $22.00 per share in Broadcom stock. Broadcom says that the updated proposal represents 50% Premium to Qualcomm's Unaffected Share Price as on November 2, 2017, and 56% Premium to Qualcomm's Unaffected 30-day Volume-weighted Average Price. The offer also includes Broadcom stock to Provide Greater Opportunity for Qualcomm Stockholders to share in transaction benefits. Broadcom says that it is willing to make strong regulatory commitments and said that it was also inviting Qualcomm Directors; Paul Jacobs, to Join combined company's board. The new offer stands regardless of either Qualcomm acquiring NXP Semiconductors on the currently disclosed terms of $110 per NXP share or the transaction being terminated. Qualcomm, on the other hand, confirmed that it had received a revised, non-binding, unsolicited proposal from Broadcom and it is consulting its financial and legal advisors to review the offer. The company said that it would comment once the board has reviewed the offer. Source 1, 2

Google to roll out revamped Google+ app for Android soon

Google+ may not have been the most used Android apps, but it looks like Google isn't going to give up on it just yet. The company's Leo Deegan, the engineering manager for Google+, announced that over the next several days, it would roll out a revamped Google+ app focusing on changes under the hood. In a Google+ post, Leo says that the brand new app will look the same as the current app, but will include a complete rewrite of many core features using Google's latest Android app infrastructure which will make the Android team to build new features on a modern tech stack. Other subtle rewrites include stream rendering, scrolling has also been improved, the photo lightbox has been redesigned, comment options slide up from a bottom sheet, and grey-spammed comments are now viewable by post authors. It looks like Google has put a lot of effort is modernizing the app and how it works at a fundamental level. However, Google also says that there are few known issues, for instance, leaving a comment on a post causes a full refresh of the post to include your comment which it is currently working on. We are yet to see an APK for the revamped Google+, and ...

Android Oreo adoption rate climbs to 1.1%, Nougat is now on 28.5% devices

Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of January with an Oreo adoption rate now moving past 1% at 1.1%, including the recently rolled out Android 8.1 Oreo.  The Oreo adoption is now 1.1% which is a solid 0.4% increase from last month. The Nougat including both Android 7.0 and Android 7.1 Nougat adoption rate has now jumped to 28.5% from 26.3% in December which is a steady growth. Android 6.0 Marshmallow adoption rate has declined again and is now at 28.1% down from 28.6%. The Lollipop operating system adoption now stands at 24.6% down from 25.1%. The KitKat OS now stands at 12% down from 12.8% shows the adoption of the latest OS. The Jellybean is currently at 5% down from 5.6%. Gingerbread and Ice cream sandwich are at 0.3% and 0.4% respectively. Like always all the data is collected before the 7-day period ending on February 8th, 2017, according to Google and Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown. Source

Google turns on Pixel 2 Visual Core custom image processing chip, to roll out new AR Stickers

Back in October Google announced that the Pixel 2 and 2 XL feature a custom chip; the Visual Core custom image processing chip. However, it was not enabled by default and Google said that it would be enabled once the Oreo 8.1 rolls out, and the day is finally here as the company today announced that it is turning on the visual core to accelerate HDR+ images 5x faster. In a detailed blog post, Google explains how the Visual Core custom image processing chip with HDR+ enhances the images in challenging lighting conditions. The Visual Core custom image processing chip uses computational photography and machine learning to improve the image quality especially in apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat. Google says that all you got to do is just point and shoot an image, while the chip does the rest of the job. The company says that Pixel Visual Core is built to do heavy-lifting image processing while using less power, saving battery. The Pixel Visual Core also runs RAISR, meaning the zoomed in shots are now much sharper and more detailed. Google also brags about the Zero Shutter Lag which is capable of capturing the frame right when you press the shutter. On another note, Google additionally is ...