Moto G7 with 6-inch FHD+ water-drop notch display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras surface in press render, gets certified by the FCC

After live images back in August, and renders  last month, we have the first press render of the Moto G7, the successor of Moto G6. The phone has also been certified by the FCC in U.S. with the model number XT-1965. This confms Snapdragon 660 SoC, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 3000mAh battery and dimensions. The Moto G7 is said to feature a glass back similar to the G6.Below the dual camera module there is a fingerprint sensor that is embedded inside the Motorola logo. The phone also comes with a USB Type-C port, and a bottom-mounted speaker grille. Moto G7 rumored specifications 6-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM Android 9.0 (Pie) 16MP rear camera with Dual LED flash, secondary 5MP camera 12MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 156.86×75.4 x 8mm 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type-C 3000mAh battery The Moto G7 is expected to come in Black, Red and Silver colors. It could go official sometime in December or in January. Source 1, ...

Honor 8X Review

Huawei's Honor brand launched the  Honor 8X, a mid-range smartphone and the successor of the Honor 7X in India last month. It has a similar notch design as the P20 Lite, but this has minimal bezels. It has a 16-megapixel front camera, is powered Kirin 710 Octa-Core 12nm SoC with support for GPU Turbo feature and AI features. On-paper specifications look good for the price of Rs. 14,999, but how good is the phone? Let us dive into the review to find out. Box Contents Honor 8X smartphone in Blue color 2-pin charger (5V-2A) Micro USB Cable Headset SIM Ejector tool Clear protective case User manual and warranty information Display, Design, and Hardware The Honor 8X comes with a 6.5-inch Full HD+ LCD 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, pixel density of 396 PPI, 19:5:9 aspect ratio with a notch and a screen-to-body ratio of about 91%. The display is bright, offers good color reproduction, thanks to 85% NTSC color gamut, has good viewing angles and the sunlight legibility is good as well. The company says that it uses Chip on film (COF) technology for low power consumption, small structure, light weight and high resolution. [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="268631,268630,268629"] Like the other phones with a notch, this has ...

HMD Global schedules ‘Expect more’ event in Dubai on December 5, Nokia 9, Nokia 8.1 and Nokia 2.1 Plus expected

HMD Global today announced an event in Dubai on December 5th to unveil three new smartphones. It has #expectmore. The company is expected to introduce the most expected Nokia 9, successor of the Nokia 8 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco at the event along with the Nokia 8.1 that will likely be the global version of the Nokia X7 that was introduced in China last month and the Nokia 2.1 Plus, successor of the Nokia 2.1 Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone that was introduced earlier this year. Nokia 9 is said to feature 5-camera lens on the back arranged in 1-1-3 formation, one LED flash, an unknown sensor on a circular ring. It might feature 3D face unlock or go for an in-display fingerprint sensor, pack a 5.9-inch Quad HD OLED screen, Snapdragon 845, up to 8GB of RAM and OZO audio. HMD Global recently acquired ‘PureView’ brand, that Microsoft acquired right after the purchase of Nokia’s Devices and Services business back in the day, so there are chances for PureView to come back with the Nokia 9. Nokia 8.1 rumored specifications 6.18-inch (2246 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Puredisplay with 18.7:9 aspect ratio, 500 nits brightness, 96% NTSC Color gamut, DCI-P3, 1500:1 Contrast ratio Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz ...

Intel inaugurates new design facility in Bengaluru, invests over Rs. 1100 crores

Intel India has inaugurated its latest design house, SRR4, at its Bengaluru campus. It also announced key initiatives to promote innovation in the technology ecosystem. The company has invested over Rs. 1100 crore. It is located in a 44-acre campus on Sarjapur Ring Road (SRR) in Bengaluru. This campus will extend Intel’s R&D presence in India, it will house technologists who work on cutting-edge engineering across hardware and software. The new building is equipped with IoT-based smart features, including smart lights and real-time occupancy management, as well as innovative energy harvesting tiles installed at the entrance of the building that generates and store energy. Additionally, it uses renewable energy sources like solar and fuel cells for power generation, which is expected to meet 40% of the building’s power demand and reduce CO2 emissions by 37%. In an effort to accelerate innovation and research, Intel India in collaboration with the Government of India is instituting national-level awards named in honor of former President of India and eminent scientist, the late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. These annual awards have been introduced with the intent to recognize and celebrate the pioneering work and contributions made by distinguished scientists and innovators across three categories; Intel Product Innovation Award, Intel Technology Advancement Award, ...

Sharp AQUOS R2 Compact with 5.2-inch FHD+ IGZO display, dual-notch design, Snapdragon 845, Android 9.0 Pie announced

After ZTE Iceberg earlier this year, Sharp has announced AQUOS R2 Compact smartphone with dual-notch design with front camera at the top of the display and fingerprint sensor at the bottom. It also has face reconition, 5.2-inch full HD IGZO LCD display and has a compact body with a width of 64mm making to easy to hold. SHARP AQUOS R2 Compact specifications 5.2-inch Full HD+ (2,280 x 1,080 pixels) 19:9 IGZO LCD 2.5D curved glass display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 2.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU 4GB LPDDR4X RAM, 64GB storage (UFS), expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD Android 9.0 (Pie) 22.6MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.9 aperture, OIS 8MP front-facing camera Water and dust resistant (IPX 5 – IPX8 / IP6X) Fingerprint sensor Dimension: 131 x 64 x 9.3mm; Weight: 131g 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS with GLONASS, USB Type-C 2,500mAh battery with fast charging The SHARP AQUOS R2 Compact comes in Smoke Green, Deep White and Pure Black colors and will go on sale in Japan after mid-January 2019. Pricing will be revealed closer to the launch. Source

Pocket Casts 7 for iOS, Android beta brings Play without subscribing, Episode Search, Up Next Syncing and more

Months after it got acquired by podcast publishers: NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago / This American Life Pocket Casts has received a major update that brings several new features including Siri Shortcuts Integration for iOS, Improved Discovery, Episode Search,Play Without Subscribing, Up Next Syncing, Filters, New Web Player, New archiving features, playback effects while streaming, enhanced Apple Watch support, listening history and much more. Download Pocket Casts 7 - iOS | Android Beta (Beta Singnup) New features in Pocket Casts 7 for iOS and Android beta Play without subscribing: Committing to things is so 2015. Browse podcasts and hit play on episodes that look interesting, no strings attached. Episode Search: Trying to find your favourite guest on that one amazing episode? Looking for your pet topic but confronted with hundreds of shows to sift through? Episode search to the rescue! Up Next Syncing: Have you built the perfect list of shows to play on your phone? Wouldn’t it be nice if they were all there, ready to go, on your PC at work? How about the tablet sitting on your coffee table? Pocket Casts 7 has you covered. Listening history: ever wondered what you listened to last Wednesday? What about that amazing show you fell asleep to last ...

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 with 6-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, triple-rear cameras and Zenfone Max M2 with Snapdragon 636 surface

Asus after the success of the Zenfone Max Pro M1 is working on the successor dubbed; Max Pro M2 and a Pro model. The devices come with ZB631KL, ZB633KL, ZB634KL model numbers. The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 ZB631KL is said to sport a 6-inches FHD+ display, 4GB RAM, 64/128GB and 13MP camera.  To be clear: Not yet totally 100% on screen sizes and res as well as flash mem configs and max cam res. RAM, CPU, cam count are pretty much 100%. Also, yes ZB632KL/ZB634KL def are for India. — Roland Quandt (@rquandt) November 14, 2018 It is said to be powered by the Snapdragon 660 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM, but we guess it will also have a 6GB RAM variant. It will have a triple-rear camera, however, the details of the same are still unknown at the moment. As for the other model, the ASUS ZenFone Max M2 ZB633 packs a similar 6-inch FHD+ display, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 with 4GB RAM coupled with 32/64GB storage. It is said to pack a similar 13MP sensor and has a dual-rear camera setup. This is regular Zenfone Max M2, not the Pro model. Another Zenfone Max M2 model with model number ZB632KL is powered by the Snapdragon 636 and packs ...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 gets benchmarked again, reveals better score than Apple A12 Bionic and Kirin 980

Back in September Qualcomm's next-generation flagship Mobile Platform which is said to be released as SM8150 passed through Geekbench revealing scores on-par with the Apple’s A11 Bionic chip and better than the Snapdragon 845-powered flagships. Now the SoC has passed through AnTuTu revealing whopping 362292 points, better than Apple's A12 Bionic chip that scored around 3.5 lakhs, and Kirin 980's score of 2.7 lakhs. The Snapdragon 8150 is said to adopt tri-cluster architecture with large, medium and small cores with a large core, three medium cores and four small cores running at a maxium frequency of 2.84GHz. 2.4GHz and 1.78GHz, respectively. It is said to use Andreno 640 with 20% better performance compared to Adreno 630. Qualcomm already confirmed that the SoC will be built on the 7nm process node and will be 5G-capable when paired with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 is expected to be announced in Q4 2018 and power smartphones early next year starting from Samsung Galaxy S10. We should know more details soon. Source

Google Assistant gets the ability to reply back to a smart speaker, new recipe recommendations to Smart Displays and more

Google, just in time for the holiday season has introduced new Assistant features that can be particularly helpful at home and more. Google Assistant features broadcast where you can send a message from your phone to your smart speakers and smart displays at home, the company is making this feature even more useful where you can reply back to a smart speaker or Smart Display to your phone. When the reply is received back on your phone, a notification will pop up and the message will be transcribed. You’ll respond with text or by voice with the Assistant. This feature will be available across all smart speakers and Smart Displays in the coming weeks. Smart Displays will now be able to bring new recommendations for recipes similar to ones you’ve searched for in the past. Recipes will be regularly updated with smart recommendations. These new features will be available across all Smart Displays in the coming weeks. Google is also adding the ability to set up an alarm from popular animated characters with the Google Assistant on smart speakers. These new alarms will have signature music, jokes, facts, words of encouragement and other fun messages from characters in LEGO City, LEGO Life, and LEGO Friends and ...

Google My Business app revamp makes it easier to connect with businesses

Google back in 2017 enabled in select countries to message businesses from the Business Profiles on Google giving users the opportunity to ask questions without having to make a phone call. Now, the company is making it much easier where you can message and connect with businesses via Business Profiles within the Google Maps app.  You’ll find these messages in the side menu of both Google Maps for Android and iOS. This feature is now rolling out to more countries worldwide and will be able to message with businesses for the very first time. https://youtu.be/vsNcMJuRSME However, businesses that want to accept messages from customers can install the new Google My Business app from Google Play or the App Store to sign up and enable messages. The new Google My Business app makes it even easier for businesses to stay in touch with their customers in real-time and on the go. You can download the new Google My Business app from Google Play or the App Store to sign up and enable messages. Source