Leica C-Lux compact camera with 15x Optical Zoom, 4K Video recording launched in India for Rs. 85000

Leica today has launched the C-LUX camera in India. It is the company's newest addition to its compact camera segment. It features Leica DC Vario-Elmar 8.8–132 mm f/3.3–6.4 ASPH and a high-performance 20-megapixel sensor that is capable of shooting 10 frames per second. The Leica C-LUX features 15-fold optical zoom with focal lengths from 24 to 360 mm (35 mm equivalent). It can record 4K videos at 30fps, 1080p videos up to 60fps, and it packs a built-in zoom lens Image 1-inch MOS sensor. The camera also has an aperture of f/3.3-6.4, it brings 49-point fast autofocus, 10fps continuous shooting, an ISO range of 125-12,800, 2.33-megapixel electronic viewfinder and also supports Bluetooth and WiFi to transfer your photos. The camera sports a 3-inch 3:2 touchscreen display ensuring easy handling in all shooting situations. It measures 113 x 67 x 46mm. It comes with a fixed Leica DC Vario-Elmar 8.8–132 mm f/3.3-6.4 ASPH lens. The Leica C-Lux will be available in Light Gold and Midnight Black colors, is priced at Rs. 85,000 and will go on sale at the end of August in India.

Amazon Freedom Sale scheduled from August 9, Flipkart Big Freedom Sale from August 10

Amazon and Flipkart have announced their Independence Day sale for this year. Amazon’s Freedom Sale n Sale is scheduled from August 9th till 12th. Flipkart’s 72-hour Big Freedom Sale starts a day later on August 10th and continues till 12th. Amazon said that it will have 20,000 deals on Smartphones, Consumer Electronics,Large Appliances, TVs and more from over 170 million products across hundreds of categories on Amazon.in. The company will offer deals across brands such as OnePlus, Huawei, Honor, Samsung, Vivo, RealMe, JBL, Sony and many more. Amazon Echo devices, Fire TV Stick and Kindle e-readers will be available at great discounts on all four days of the sale. There will be up to 40% off on Mobile phones & accessories and up to 50% of on Consumer Electronics. Amazon will also offer 10% instant discount for SBI card users. You can check out more details on Amazon Freedom Sale page here. Flipkart is offering deals on smartphones, laptops, cameras and more. There will be blockbuster deals and price crash which will refresh every 8 hours, revolutionary deals from 12 to 2AM on August 10th, Freedom countdown price drop from 7:47PM to 8:18PM during the sale, and 24 deals for 24 hours. It is ...

OnePlus 6 emerged as the bestselling premium smartphone in India, here’s why we are not surprised

Shenzhen-headquartered OnePlus hasn't been around for long but caused a tremendous stir by selling power-packed phones that sell at a significantly lower price in comparison with other manufacturers. Founded in 2014, the rising upstart OnePlus is making some much-needed noise across the globe including the Indian smartphone market. A couple of years ago, Carl Pei, Co-founder, OnePlus, mentioned that the Android smartphone makers are more focused on marketing than producing the best product. On the other hand, OnePlus aimed to design a smartphone with a top-notch quality and groundbreaking specification at a lower price than other smartphones in its class, thus OnePlus One was born. With the OnePlus One, the company also introduced a one-of-its-kind invite system to purchase the device. As per the invite system, Invites are handed out through various means including social media, promotions, competitions and more whereas the OnePlus owners can also share invites with their friends. These marketing tactics along with positive WOM (Word Of Mouth) enabled OnePlus to build a community and loyal fanbase. While most of them thought the invite system will cease to exist with OnePlus 2, the company proved it wrong. Furthermore, to generate hype, the company kept it's device specifications under wraps and decided ...

Honor Play Hands On Impressions

There's no denying that Honor is making an aggressive play for a share of the Indian smartphone market. With a steady spate of launches, there's now an Honor phone at almost every price point. Enter the Honor Play, a solid device that brings high end specifications at a very affordable price point. Here's our first impressions.  Honor Play specifications 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD 19:5:9 2.5D 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 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4X RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, CAF, EIS, secondary 2MP rear camera with f/2.4 aperture 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack,  7.1-channel Histen audio Dimensions: 157.91×74.27×7.84mm; Weight: 176g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C 3750mAh (typical) battery with fast charging The notch is mainstream, all hail the notch. The Honor Play is the latest smartphone to pack ...

JBL T205BT headphones and JBL GO+ Bluetooth speaker launched in India starting at Rs. 2999

HARMAN International which is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has launched JBL’s online brand store; www.JBL.com in India. This move comes as a part of the inaugural promotion of the two new JBL products; JBL Go+ Bluetooth speaker and JBL T205BT headphone launch.  The company even announced a four-day mega sale starting August 7, 2018, and during this period, all JBL consumer products will be available at up to 50% at this website. In addition, every 50th customer can win a free JBL Sports earphone with the purchase. All products bought during the sale period will get an additional one-year extended warranty. Additionally, it is also offering a 10% discount applicable on payments made through HDFC credit cards. The online brand store will feature and sell the entire range of JBL consumer products right from headphones and Bluetooth portable speakers to home and multimedia products. it will also feature pre-sales previews of upcoming products, exclusive new product releases, customers will get the best deals. As for the new products, the all-new JBL GO+ is an all-in-one speaker that can streams music via Bluetooth from smartphones and tablets and is powered by a rechargeable battery that delivers up to 5 hours of playtime. It is also equipped with noise-canceling speakerphone, allowing ...

LG G7+ ThinQ with 6.1-inch QHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 16MP dual rear cameras, 128GB storage launched in India for Rs. 39990

LG just launched the company’s flagship G7+ ThinQ smartphone in India. It was introduced back in May and has a 6.1-inch QHD+ 19.5:9 FullVision LCD Super Bright display that can be viewed easily even under direct sunlight with brightness up to  1,000 nit, displaying 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut. It is powered by Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM. It has a glass back with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, has a polished metal rim and it is IP68 rated for dust and water resistance and also meets MIL-STD 810G requirements. It also has a dedicated Google Assistant button and the Super Far Field Voice Recognition lets you hear your voice anywhere in the room. Boombox Speaker utilizes the internal space of the LG G7 ThinQ as a resonance chamber to deliver double the bass of other phones. It also has DTS:X to deliver virtual 3D sound for all content, up to 7.1 channel audio with earphones and it has Hi-Fi Quad DAC for incredibly rich sound. LG G7+ ThinQ specifications 6.1-inch (3120 x 1440 pixels) 19.5:9 FullVision Super Bright IPS Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU 6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB storage (UFS 2.1), expandable ...

OPPO’s upcoming smartphone will be the first to launch with Corning Gorilla Glass 6

Corning Incorporated introduced the Gorilla Glass 6 with up to 2x better durability compared to Gorilla Glass 5, last month. Today it has announced that OPPO Mobile will be the first mobile device manufacturer to adopt Corning Gorilla Glass 6 on its upcoming model slated for release in the coming weeks. This will likely be the F9 and F9 Pro that are expected to launch in India and several other countries this month. The OPPO F9 smartphone has been teased with a patterned back in Sunrise Red, Twilight Blue and Starry Purple colors, which could also use the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. Corning said that the Gorilla Glass 6 is the company’s most durable cover glass to date, and added that Corning scientists developed and engineered an entirely new material to address the challenge of multiple drops. On average, in lab tests, Gorilla Glass 6 survived 15 drops from 1 meter onto rough surfaces. OPPO Find X and R15 flagship models use Gorilla Glass 5. Commenting on the partnership with OPPO,  John Bayne, vice president and general manager, Corning Gorilla Glass, said: We are excited to have OPPO adopt Gorilla Glass 6. OPPO’s new flagship model will provide consumers, who depend on their smartphone for every interaction ...

Google app update hints at conventional translation on smart display, categories in top apps and more

Google is rolling out a new update to its Google app and as usual, there's aren't any major changes right out of the bat, but there are substantial changed lying beneath. It hints about features like a conventional translation on smart display, categories in top apps, memory Aid Locker and more.  Google seems to be developing a new feature; currently named "Memory Aid Locker." However, there are not many details about the feature except for the clues like the name, a placeholder for a settings screen, and a layout that only contains a web view. It could be a new version of 'Saved pages' in order to make it earlier to organize information. Google might soon bring live language translation to the first Assistant-powered smart displays. However, the code of the app just adds details like instructions to start talking, a couple more status messages to show when Assistant is listening and when it has begun translating. Over the last few versions, there are various bits and pieces appearing relating to a "Top Apps" feature. While there's were not many details in the previous versions, the new update adds a list of popular app categories. The topics cover the government, news, science, technology, and so on. It also a dedicated category ...

Indian Govt plans localization of cloud storage data within the country: Report

A new report suggests that the panel working on the Indian government’s cloud computing policy wants data generated in India to be stored within the country. This proposal comes as a big blow to global technology giants such as Amazon and Microsoft who offer cloud services.  This move could raise costs because they will need to ramp up the number and size of data storage centers in India and some of them are moved on to small-time startups to large corporations. This proposal is the latest in a series of moves that seeks to spur data localization in India, as the government finalizes an overarching data protection law. Local data storage requirements for digital payments and e-commerce sectors are also being planned. This proposal is aimed at making the data stored in the cloud easily accessible. This push for localization of data comes at the time of heightened global scrutiny of how companies store user data. The draft report of the cloud policy panel, headed by the co-founder of Indian tech giant Infosys, Kris Gopalakrishnan, said a “forward-looking” data protection regime is needed as India’s IT laws framework was “not sufficient” for cloud computing. He further added: “We recommend localization of cloud data and any data that is ...

Honor Play with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 19999

Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the Honor Play, the company's latest gaming-centric smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last month, packs a 6.3-inch Full HD+ 19:5:9 display with a notch and a 89% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 970 10nm processor with 6GB of RAM, NPU as well as GPU Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology that increases graphics processing efficiency of mobile phones for smoother and faster mobile experience, especially for mobile games. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera AI scene recognition that can detect over 500 scenes and the 2-megapixel secondary rear camera for portrait shots. The 16-megapixel front camera uses pixel binning technology, combining the information from four pixels to create one large 2.0µm pixel. It has a metal back and packs a 3750mAh battery with support for fast charging. The gaming experience is AI-enabled for total immersion. The 4D gaming experience includes not only graphics and 3D audio effects, but AI vibration customized games and matched to in-game objects and scenarios.  AI real-time image and audio recognition is enabled for 30 different scenario 10 different vibrations, according to the direction of approaching enemies or gunfire, and users will even feel the kickback as you pull the trigger. Histen 3D audio technology offers ...