Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Experience demo app released

Samsung has released the new Galaxy S9 and S9+ Experience demo app for Android. The Experience App basically offers a close insight into how and what it feels like using the latest Samsung flagship phones. The company did the same with the Galaxy Note8 last year as well. The app contains a number of videos and details outlining the key features of the S9/S9+. It consists of four main sections;  New Camera, S9 Accessories, Helpful Applications, and Device Specifications. The camera section demos the super slow-mo camera, AR Emoji, and more. The S9 accessories section offers information about the useful first-party peripherals. The Helpful Applications section details about the useful applications like the Samsung's Smart Switch and App Pair utilities. The device specifications offer detailed features and configuration of the S9 and S9+ and also lets you compare them with older Galaxy devices. The app is very polished and offers a seamless experience for users to get a taste of the S9 and S9+. Samsung is hoping the app would make the users who haven't used a Galaxy phone previously would make them switch. The app is available to install on Play Store already or you can also download the APK and side-load it from here and it is compatible with most Android phones running Marshmallow 6.0 ...

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S wireless charging support revealed in firmware, live image reveals dual rear cameras

Last week Xiaomi confirmed that it will introduce the Mi MIX 2S powered by Snapdragon 845 on March 27th. XDA recently uncovered some of the specifications of the phone. Now they have revealed more features of the phone, including support for Qi wireless charging, making it the first Xiaomi smartphone with the feature. The render of the smartphone placed on wireless charging pad revealed through the firmware could be the Mi MIX 2S that is expected to have similar design as the MIX 2 on the front and the front camera is present on the bottom right corner of the phone, similar to the Mi MIX  and MIX 2. Even though earlier renders showed dual rear camera arrangement in the middle, a new image of the phone has surfaced showing the dual rear cameras with the flash in the middle, similar to the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The firmware also reveals "Shot on MIX 2S AI Dual Camera" watermark revealing AI features for the camera. ARCore support has also been confirmed via the firmware, so this could be the first Xiaomi smartphone to support ARCore. Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S rumored specifications 5.99-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 display 2.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with ...

iBall Slide Brace-XJ with 10.1-inch display, 4G VoLTE, 7800mAh battery launched for Rs. 19999

iBall has launched Slide Brace-XJ, the company’s latest tablet in the Slide series. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, comes with dual chambered speakers that promises load and clear sound, has 4G support with VoLTE and packs a 7800mAh battery. It is powered by an Octa-Core Cortex A53 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS, has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has USB 2.0 port to connect pen drives and keyboard. iBall Slide Brace-XJ specifications 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 Pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display 1.3 GHz Octa-Core ARM Cortex A53 processor with Mali-T720 GPU 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with micro SD Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS 8MP AF rear camera with LED Flash 5MP front-facing camera 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with recording 4G VoLTE (Voice calling via Hands-free), WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG, micro HDMI, USB 2.0 port 7800mAh battery The iBall Slide Brace-XJ  comes in gold color and is priced at Rs. 19,999 (MRP). Commenting on the launch, Sandeep Parasrampuria, CEO and Director - iBall, said: We expand the boundaries of every aspect, at iBall. And to sustain our signature of excellence, we have come up to embrace the ...

ARM introduces Mali-G52, G31 GPUs, Mali-D51 DPU and Mali-V52 VPU

ARM today announced the Mali-G52 and G31 GPUs and Mali D51 Display processor and Mali-V52 video processor. The new set of IP seamlessly integrates with the existing DynamIQ-based CPUs and other Arm IP. The Mali-V52 VPU enables 2X decode performance, real-time 4K60 video performance. The ARM Mali-G52 is the successor to the G51 GPU and is 30% improvement in performance density, 15% better energy efficiency, and a 3.6x increase in machine learning workloads. It utilizes wider execution engines with up to 8 pipelines compared to the four on the predecessor to provide greater graphics performance in the same silicon area. With 15% more energy efficiency, the thermal output of the device and support for greater game time with even battery-draining technologies like AR. It continues to use dual-pixel shader core implemented to double texel and pixel rates. The new cores will get between 50% and 100% more FLOPS per core. It comes with OpenGLES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0. On the other hand, the G31 GPU is here as a replacement to the Mali-400 in super low-end designs. It is built-on Bifrost architecture and it is ARM’s smallest graphic processor to support OpenGL ES 3.2 and the latest generation Vulkan API, giving developers access to millions of more devices. It is 20% smaller, 20% better performance density than its Bifrost ...

Xiaomi will remove COD payment for few upcoming Redmi Note 5 Pro sales to curb reselling

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones in India last month, which went on sale exclusively on Flipkart as well as Mi.com from February 22nd, and the company said that over 3 lakh units sold out within minutes. Even though Redmi Note 5 was available for few minutes after the sale opened, Redmi Note 5 Pro goes out of stock in seconds. Several customers, including our readers were complaining that some of the them who got the phones are re-selling the Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphones online at higher rates. Today Xiaomi has announced that it will remove Cash-on-delivery (COD) payment option for the upcoming Redmi Note 5 Pro sales on Mi.com and Flipkart initially. The company said that this move is an experiment to restrict reselling and also said that this would give its genuine consumers a better chance at purchasing its products. The company also said that it will always, and will continue to stringently discourage unauthorized reselling across all its channels. Xiaomi also advises users to limit keep a check on rejection of COD orders over a specified number and refrain ordering from multiple IDs with the same user info from getting their Mi account getting blocked. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note ...

Airtel acquires India leg of GBI’s intercontinental submarine cable

Airtel today announced a strategic agreement with Gulf Bridge International to unlock the capacity on GBI’s India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable system. Airtel will now acquire the ownership of the India leg of GBI’s India-Middle East-Europe submarine cable. The company will also pick up a significant capacity on Middle East-Europe leg of GBI’s cable system and has also agreed to formulate joint Go to Market strategies and leverage the footprint of their respective global networks to serve global customers. With this new partnership, Airtel becomes larger capacities be it owned and leased multiple international submarine cable systems and offers the maximum number of routes between India and Europe. It will make use of Airtel’s existing global network viz. IMEWE, EIG, SMW4 and MENA and add significant long-term bandwidth capacity, enabling it to serve the data demand in emerging markets like India and Africa. Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO for Global Voice and Data Business, Bharti Airtel said: We are delighted to announce this agreement with GBI. With this, we are adding a large capacity to meet the growing data, content demand in markets like India as well as serve the connectivity needs of global carriers and enterprise customers. The agreement offers great synergies to Airtel and GBI as both partners will able ...

Amazon India Apple Fest from March 6 to 12: Up to Rs. 10000 off on iPhones, exchange offers and No Cost EMI on Macbooks

Amazon India today started Apple Fest, its 7-day sale on Apple products, including iPhones, Apple Watch, Macs and more. It is offering some great deals on iPhones, iPad, Apple Watch and exchange offers and no cost EMI on Macbooks. iPhone SE starting Rs. 17,999 iPhone 6 starting Rs. 23,999 iPhone 6s starting Rs. 33,999 iPhone 6s Plus starting Rs. 38,999 iPhone 7 starting Rs. 41,999 iPhone 8 starting Rs. 54,999 iPhone X starting Rs. 82,999 Offers on Macbook Offers on iPad Offers on Apple Watch Amazon is also running a separate offers that offers 5% cash back on SBI Credit Card EMI, on purchase of a select products, including laptops till March 15, 2018.

Google rolls out March 2018 Android security update, includes functional improvements for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The update for this month also includes functional improvements for both Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. Functional improvements for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL in March 2018 security update Improve screen wake performance with fingerprint unlock (Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL) Improve audio performance when recording video (Pixel 2 XL) Improve crash reporting (Pixel 2 and  Pixel 2 XL) New builds for the Pixel and Nexus devices with March 2018 Android Security update: Pixel,  Pixel XL, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL (OPM1.171019.021) Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X (OPM3.171019.016 and OPM5.171019.017) Pixel C has not received the latest security update yet. Check out the complete set of issues that are fixed in the latest update in the Android Security Bulletin here and download full factory images or OTA images for these Pixel and Nexus devices from the Google Developers website, if you don’t have the over-the-air (OTA) update yet.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro users facing low volume issue via headset

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 Pro in India on 14th Feb, and released the OTA for enabling face unlock in last week of February. The device is the most value for money offering available as of now in the market but there is an issue which you should consider before buying the Redmi Note 5 Pro in Flash sales. On visiting Mi Community this morning, we came across few posts in which users reported the Low sound output from headphones issue, on further research we observed that many users are facing this issue and are seeking a resolution from company. Xiaomi or Mi Community Admins have not acknowledged anything officially on this issue yet, but it seems that the issue has already got Xiaomi’s attention and company has started working on it as some of Mi Community moderators have responded to these posts and are asking users to provide the buglog. Redmi Note 5 Pro is definitely a bang for the buck smartphone as of now with an impressive camera performance. You can check out some camera samples here. The Redmi Note 5 Pro will go on sale in all four color variants including Lake Blue and Rose Gold along with 6GB ...

Honor 7C with 5.99-inch full-screen display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 to be announced on March 12

Huawei's Honor brand today confirmed that it will introduced Honor 7C, a budget version of the Honor 7X in China on March 12th. The invite confirms 5.99-inch display, dual rear cameras, dual SIM slots and several color variants for the smartphone. The phone recently passed through TENAA with model numbers LND-TL30 and LND-TL40 that revealed the specifications. TENAA listing shows metal body with plastic finish on the top and bottom parts of the back where the antennas are present. There is a fingerprint sensor on the back. Honor 7C rumored specifications 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display 1.8GHz Octa-Core processor 3GB / 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with LED flash,secondary 2MP camera 8MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 158.3 × 76.7 × 7.8mm; Weight: 164g 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS 2900mAh built-in battery The Honor 7C is expected to come in Black, Gold and Blue colors. We should know the price of the phone when it goes official next Monday. Source