Xiaomi Mi A2 Android One smartphone teased officially ahead of July 24 announcement

Last week Xiaomi sent out invites for the global launch of a new smartphone in Spain on July 24th where it is expected to introduce global version of the Mi 6X. Today the company started teasing the launch of the successor of Mi A1 smartphone and also said that #2isbetterthan1 which confirms the Mi A2. Are you a big fan of #MiA1? You will love this...#Xiaomi #AndroidOne #2isbetterthan1 pic.twitter.com/aLlfothn9g — Mi (@xiaomi) July 16, 2018 If you are a big fan of #MiA1, you will love what is coming. #Xiaomi #AndroidOne #2isbetterthan1 A post shared by Xiaomi Global (@xiaomi.global) on Jul 15, 2018 at 10:02pm PDT Xiaomi Mi A2 rumored specifications 5.99-inch (2160×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with  1500:1 Contrast ratio Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU 6GB LPDDR 4x RAM with 128GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, 4GB LPDDR 4x RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage Android 8.1 (Oreo) Dual SIM 12MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.75 aperture, Sony IMX486 sensor, 1.25μm pixel size, 20MP secondary camera with Sony IMX376 sensor with f/1.75 aperture, 4 in 1 – 2.0um pixels 20MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 sensor, 4 in 1 – 2.0um pixels soft LED flash ...

Vivo NEX pre-booking offer on Amazon India gives Rs. 1000 cashback, extended warranty

Vivo India today announced launch offer for its NEX smartphone ahead of launch on July 19th. As a part of the sale customers can buy an Amazon.in e-Gift Card worth Rs. 1,000 between today, July 16th and 17th July, 2018 that can be used to buy the Vivo NEX smartphone between 19 and 25th July, 2018 to avail additional cashback of Rs. 1,000 in the form of Amazon Pay balance and also extended manufacturer warranty of 6 months over and above the existing 1 year warranty on the NEX. Steps to avail cashback during OnePlus 6 Fast & First sale: Purchase the Rs.1,000 Vivo Nex Amazon.in e-Gift Card during the sale on Amazon.in between on Amazon.in   Redeem the Gift Card on Amazon.in for the purchase of the Vivo NEX from 19 to 25 July to receive the additional cashback of Rs. 1,000 in the form of Amazon Pay balance, in addition to any other prevailing launch promotions on the day of sale including bank cash back offers Buyers also receive an extended manufacturer warranty of 6 months over and above the existing 1 year warranty on the Vivo NEX. The company has also announced pre-order offers that include Extra Rs. 5000 off on exchange No cost EMI up to 12 months ...

Amazon Prime Day 2018 Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories, TVs and more

Amazon just started its Prime Day sale, exclusively for Prime members, as it had promised. In this 30-hour sale, it is offering great deals on smartphones, accessories, Kindle, TVs and more.  Deals on smartphones on Amazon Honor: Up to Rs. 6,000 off on Honor Dual Camera Smartphones; extra up to Rs. 2,000 off on exchange, no-cost EMI starting Rs. 1,111/month Samsung: Up to Rs. 10,700 off on Samsung smartphones; extra up to Rs. 10,000 off on exchange, first time ever on Amazon.in. no-cost EMI options up to 9 months Huawei P20 Lite / P20 Pro: First time on discount, up to Rs. 5,000 off on Huawei smartphones; no-cost EMI options up to 12 months available Moto: Moto G6 starting Rs. 13,999; extra up to Rs. 2,000 off on exchange; Moto E5 Plus (3GB + 32 GB) - Rs. 11,999; extra up to Rs. 1,000 off on exchange Vivo: Up to Rs. 3000 off on all Vivo smartphones; extra up to Rs. 6,000 off on exchange OPPO: Up to Rs. 4000 off on all OPPO smartphones; extra up to Rs. 3,000 off on exchange Deals on accessories, Kindle and others on Amazon Jabra Elite Active 65t True Wireless Earbuds - Rs. 13,499 ( Rs. 1500 off) ...

HTC demonstrates multi-room VR using Vive PRO and SteamVR 2.0

HTC is said to be working on multi-room VR using Steam as the company has shown off a SteamVR beta, a Vive Pro, and 16 base stations to allow VR between multiple rooms. The tester said to have wandered between rooms finding tracked objects through a complex but connected space. Here’s a video of the test environment that people asked for. Three separate tracked spaces, with two 2.0 BS each, all in a shared virtual space. (Seems to work even behind closed door) Trackers placed within the shared space to show common coordinate system between spaces. pic.twitter.com/efqJKajky6 — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) July 11, 2018 However, you can't expect to play VR games that span your entire home, though, as there are limitations. According to Alan Yates, the SteamVR is still limited to tracking from four base stations in a given session. This more or less is about the support for "radio-based channel configuration tools" rather than a dramatic change in SteamVR's capabilities. As of now, you can't really buy the setup, instead, you need to buy a Vive Pro to get Steam VR 2.0 tracking stations, so there's no way to tell if HTC or any other company would release the stand-alone station packs in the near ...

Google app update hints at podcasts episode search, Google Lens intro text and more

Google has pushed a new beta update to its Google app and this update details how the last remnant of Google Now will soon be killed. It also hints at some minor tweaks to Podcasts and Lens. It features a “deprecation_warning” for a widget. "Feed" is most likely to be removed since how it is the last piece linked to Google Now. Instead of Feed, it will push 'At-a-glance widget' that features the date, weather, calendar and other information. Moving along, search in Google Podcasts is limited to a high lookup of shows currently. However, it might soon get the ability to surface individual episodes when searching in the Podcasts app. It is also in line with Google’s ambition to transcribe every podcast and make them searchable. The Podcasts Settings features a new toolbar with Help, Privacy, and Terms links. The panel that describes Google Lens capabilities is also tweaked slightly; it includes categories and descriptions. “Places” is now  changed to “Identify Plants and Animals.” There is a new 'top apps' feature with rounded search bar and cards. There seems to be a sheet to edit Feed articles, the “spark” icon for topics is present. This was last seen on a Pixel launcher feed redesign that Google ...

Facebook hires Google’s head of chip development Shahriar Rabii

Facebook announced that it has hired Google's head of chip development Shahriar Rabii to be the vice president and its head of silicon. With this announcement, the company once again hinted that it is serious about building its own semiconductors, joining Apple Inc.  Shahriar Rabii previously helped Google in the development of chips for the company’s devices, including the Pixel smartphone’s custom Visual Core chip, according to his LinkedIn profile. According to the people familiar with the matter, Rabii will be working under Andrew Bosworth, the company’s head of virtual reality and augmented reality. To remind you, Facebook is said to be forming a team to design chips. It is working on semiconductors, which can be useful for a variety of different efforts including to process information for its vast data centers and its artificial intelligence work. this move from both Google and Facebook will reduce their dependence on Qualcomm and Intel. Apple already made the move and has been shipping its own custom main processors in iPads and iPhones since 2010. Facebook earlier this year launched the Oculus Go standalone virtual reality headset with a Qualcomm smartphone chip. It is already said to be working on a series of smart speakers with large touch screens that can also be ...

Huawei said to be embracing artificial intelligence beyond smartphones with Project Da Vinci

Huawei is said to be embracing artificial intelligence technologies beyond just smartphones and move it to a wide variety of product categories under the Project Da Vinci, which is an internal initiative. The project is said to be ranging from consumer electronics to telecom equipment. Though the primary focus will be the consumer electronics.  Furthermore, in terms of other applications, the company is reportedly planning to pose a challenge to NVIDIA’s data center chips with hardware of its own, while having its subsidiary HiSilicon developing new AI modules. With the company facing a tough time in the USA, thegovernment is unlikely to accept such hardware anytime soon, so it is evident that the company would not be targeting the stateside anytime soon. Instead, it will challenge NVIDIA in its home country since China currently accounts for nearly a quarter of the chipmaker’s revenue. The project also includes Huawei’s surveillance services and is directly related to camera feed analysis solutions the company is presently offering in some 90 countries across four continents. This initiative would play a large part in the company's wireless plans, inline with the fifth generation mobile networks. This also decreases its dependence on Qualcomm who it sees as its primary rival in terms of semi conductor business. Either way, ...

CloudWalker Cloud TV X2 40-inch and 43-inch Full HD Smart TVs launched in India starting at Rs. 24990

CloudWalker Streaming Technologies, a tech start-up has launched Cloud X2 TVs 40 and 43-inch sizes, that join 32, 50 and 55 inch models.  Powered by Android 7.0 Nougat OS with Quad-core ARM cortex processor, 1GB RAM and 8 GB ROM, the TVs have Made-In-India Content Discovery Engine that is intelligent enough to automatically curate thousands of hours of trending digital content & apps on TV. It's Super Remote has in-built Air mouse for simple point & click navigation and enables wirelessly media sharing from mobile phone to the TV, mirror mobile screen to TV & vice versa and use the mobile phone as a remote, Air mouse or wireless keyboard with the CShare mobile remote app. It also comes with free lifetime subscription to the Movie Box app with a vast library of curated movies, documentaries & short films across genres & languages. The company says that this is India’s First 4K Ready Full HD Smart TV. CloudWalker Cloud TV X2 (40SFX2 and 43SFX2) specifications 40 / 43-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with 178-degree viewing angle, 8.5  (40-inch) / 8ms (43-inch) dynamic response, 5000: 1 (40-inch) / 1200:1 (43-inch) contrast ratio, 260 nits brightness quad-core processor with 432 MHz Mali-450 MP3 GPU 1GB RAM, ...

Nokia 6.1 Plus (X6) with Snapdragon 636, Android 8.1 surfaces in benchmarks

Nokia smartphones, and the global version of the X6 with model numbers TA-1083 and TA-1116 were certified by Bluetooth SIG  last month. Now the Nokia 6.1 Plus has surfaced on Geekbench, confirming the existence of the global version of the X6. This reveals Snapdragon 636 SoC, 4GB of RAM and Android 8.1 (Oreo). Nokia 6.1 Plus (X6) specifications 5.8-inch (2280 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB internal storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android P 16MP (RGB) rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1.0um pixel size, 5MP (Monochrome) secondary rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, 1.2um pixel size 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1.0um pixel size Fingerprint sensor 3.5 mm headphone jack, FM Radio Dimensions:  47.2 x 70.98 x 7.99~8.59mm; Weight: 151g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, Type-C 3060mAh (typical) / 3000mAh (minimum) battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging The Nokia 6.1 Plus is expected to go ...

Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i with 6.3-inch FHD+ display, dual front and rear cameras launching in India on July 26 exclusively on Amazon

Soon after Huawei's Honor brand scheduled an event in India on July 24th, Huawei has scheduled an event on July 26th to launch a new Nova series smartphones - Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India exclusively on Amazon.in. Both these phones will  pack a 6.3-inch FHD+ 19:5:9 aspect ratio display with a notch, run Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2 and a 24-megapixel front camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera, as well as dual rear cameras. The Nova 3 is powered by Kirin 970 while the Nova 3i will come with new Kirin 710 12nm SoC, both with GPU Turbo. These also have 3D Qmoji, which is similar to Apple’s Animoji, in addition the Nova 3 comes with face unlocking that uses infrared light to gather face information even in dark conditions. Huawei Nova 3 specifications 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 3D curved glass display, 85%  NTSC Color Gamut Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) 10nm processor with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU,  i7 co-processor, NPU, GPU Turbo 6GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / ...