Honor View20 vs OnePlus 6T

Gone are the days where choosing a smartphone was a lot easier considering factors like the number of mobiles launched per year, OEM's and of course, the price point. Fast forwarding to 2019, the mobile phone has grown by leaps and bounds, evolving from the basic devices to the multifunctional smartphones. As the name insinuates, a smartphone is more than a mobile phone right now providing additional and essential features. While we used to shell out a lot of money for a feature-rich smartphone, it's just not the case right now. The best part is smartphone makers like Honor, the subsidiary of Huawei, and other OEM's has started offering amazing, feature-rich devices, in line with the latest trend at half a price of what we used to pay back then. Punch-hole / All-View display is the new Notch! One such device is the Honor View 20, the most recent outing from Honor's stable. Placed at mid-range flagship segment, View 20 is one of the first smartphones to possess a laser drilled hole for the front camera to provide a more screen-to-body ratio. Another fascinating part is its 48MP rear camera with Sony IMX586 that uses 4-in-1 light fusion that outputs better low-light images ...

Moto G7 Plus surfaces in live images revealing 27W Turbo Charging, OIS and more

As the launch of Moto G7 series smartphones is getting near, more details about the smartphone are surfacing online. After detailed specifications of the smartphones surfaced last week, now live images of the Moto G7 Plus have surfaced revealing support for 27W cast charging, compared to 15W charging other buget Moto phones. It also reveals support for optical image stabilisation (OIS) for the 16-megapixel rear camera. Moto G7 Plus rumored specifications 6.24-inch (2270 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect display 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 4GB / 6GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM Android 9.0 (Pie) 16MP rear camera with Dual LED flash, f/1.75 aperture, OIS, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.2 aperture 12MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 157×75.3×8.27mm; Weight: 172g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type-C 3,000mAh battery with 27W Turbo charging We should know all the details of the smartphone when it goes official next Thursday. Source

Samsung profits down 28.7% YoY in Q4 2018 on weak chip and phone sales

Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2018, in which the company has made operating profit of 10.80 trillion won ($9.7 billion), down 28.7% YoY, as expected, for the October to December 2018 period. This due to drop in demand for memory chips used in data centers and smartphones. "The System LSI and Foundry businesses also saw profits decline due to weak seasonality," added Samsung. It reported revenue of 59.27 trillion won, down 10% YoY from 65.98 trillion won last year. For 2018, Samsung reported 243.77 trillion won in revenue, up 2% and 58.89 trillion won in operating profit, up 9.76%, making it a record for the second straight year, even as unfavorable business and macroeconomic factors led to slower performance in the final quarter. IM sector that includes Mobile Communications and Networks Businesses posted 23.32 trillion won consolidated revenue, down 8.44% YoY and 1.51 trillion won operating profit for the quarter, down 37.6% compared to 2.42 trillion won in the same quarter last year. For 2018, the IM sector posted 10.17 won operating profit, down 14% compared to 2017. In Q4, operating profit decreased QoQ due to a decline in both smartphone sales volume and revenue amid a sluggish smartphone market overall despite strong seasonal demand. Samsung ...

Meizu Zero holeless smartphone crowdfunding campaign now open, to ship starting April

Last week Meizu inroduced Zero as the first smartphone without any ports or buttons. Today the company has started crowdfunding for the smartphone on Indiegogo at $1299 (Rs. 92,220 approx.). The crowdfunding will continue till March 1st, 2019. The company says that it will start small batch of production in April and start shipping limited number of units from April. It is not clear how the it will work in several counries since eSIM needs regulatory approval. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76cmqlVN2Go It has a ceramic 3D design, Pressure sensitive power and volume buttons with mEngine 2.0 linear haptic engine,  Meizu’s Super mCharge, 3-level buck and charge pump technology for 18W wirless fast charging since it doesn't have a USB Type-C port, while the built-in wireless chip with a specification of 60GHz, dedicated charging base and USB technology promsies the same bandwidth rates of USB 3.0 for data transfer. It has a waterproof body with IP68 ratings and uses mSound 2.0 screen sound technology that uses the phone’s screen as a speaker and the earpiece. It uses eSIM, so it gets rid of the SIM slot as well. Meizu Zero specifications 5.99-inch ( 1080 × 2160 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED display Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU Android-based Flyme 7 12MP ...

OnePlus is 2018’s best selling premium smartphone brand in India

When it comes to purchasing a smartphone, the majority of Indians consider the latest specifications or feature at a lower price as the main factor. To make it more clear - huge RAM, great processing power, good battery life and of course the amazing camera is preferred. While there are hit and miss with few manufacturers, there is OnePlus which checks all the boxes and for the right reasons. As a result, OnePlus has emerged as the best selling premium smartphone brand in 2018 in India, according to Counterpoint Market Monitor Service. According to Counterpoint’s Q4 2018 report, the company has also captured 36% of the premium smartphone market retaining its No. 1 position for the third quarter consecutively. In the same quarter, Apple and Samsung’s market share in the premium smartphone segment in India stood at 30% and 26% respectively. This was driven by strong demand of its latest OnePlus 6T during Diwali festive season. The momentum continues even after the festive season due to strong word of mouth and product feedback from the end users. Its latest expansion into offline space along with experience stores will help it to reach potential user base in coming quarters. Notably, OnePlus 6 was the highest-selling ...

OJOY A1 4G VoLTE Kids Smartwatch phone launched in India

NWSD technologies today launched OJOY A1 which it claims to be India's first 4G VoLTE smartwatch phone for Kids. It runs on Kido OS based on Android with animated UI that lets you swipe to access several features. Powered by Qualcomrn Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform it supports 4G LTE and 3G via a SIM slot for calling as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. GPS offers location tracking in real time as well as location history.    Two-way voice calling lets you keep in touch with your kids  You can set up to 10 members in the family list  and unlimited numbers of friends in the contacts . Calendar lets kids save schedule for school. You can also assign tasks to your child and give them reward stickers in the watch. The company says that it is designed to have much less radiation so it is safe for Kids. The company also added that the materials for body and straps are tested to be free from any hazardous materials OJOY A1 specifications 1.4-inch (320x320 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection Qualcomm SnapdragoWear 2100 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM Android-based Kiddo OS with Android and iOS companion apps Water Resistant (IP68) 2MP front camera ...

Lava Z92 Unboxing and First Impressions

Lava is no stranger to this market, but like sister-brand XOLO they've come back after a hiatus with a new device, the Z92 launched just yesterday. At Rs. 9,999, you get a big 6.22 inch full-view experience with a notch, a neat design that's clean and some decent specs to back it up. But the question is, as always, can the Lava Z92 survive in this heavily competitive market? Here are my first impressions of this device. First up, we have the box contents here. On the box, Lava says that the device is "Made in India" and that they're "proudly Indian". That's something I'd like to see more manufacturers do and I completely support the brand for doing almost everything here in India. You have all the usual accessories in the box, including earphones and as you can see, there is a dedicated micro SD slot apart from dual nano SIM slots. The glass is slightly curved at the edges (2.5D) which gives it a really neat look, plus it helps that the display is bright and colorful. The resolution is HD+ and while the viewing angles are not perfect, I found the display to be really bright and colorful. I ...

Airtel Digital TV now lets users scan QR code to switch to new plans

TRAI already announced that new DTH plans will come into effect starting February 1, 2019 allowing  TV viewers opt for only for the channels they want to watch. To make this switch easy for customers, Airtel Digital TV recently announced the a-la-carte pricing of the channels on its website last month. This will enable customers to easily switch their plans on Airtel website or the My Airtel App or by calling the customer care team. With an aim to make this transition even more convenient and seamless for its customers, Airtel has announced that users can now do a QR code scan on their television screen and follow the instructions to choose new plans. This offers recommended plans as per the new TRAI guidelines on channel number 998 on Airtel digital TV. You can view pricing for all the channels with its a-la carte price, select the channels you need and just scan the QR code shown to activate the selection. There is also an option to choose Airtel value plans which have been specially designed for customers based on the user's current channel selection or current monthly recharge value. After the channel or pack selection, customers have to just scan the QR code ...

Samsung Galaxy M20 Benchmarks – Exynos 7 Series 7904 Octa-Core processor

This week Samsung launched the Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 smartphones in India. Even though we are already familar with the Exynos 7870 powering the M10 since it was introduced way back in 2016 and already powers the Samsung Galaxy J6, On Nxt and several smartphone, the new Exynos 7904 octa-core 14nm processor in the Galaxy M20 is new. It has two bigger ARM Cortex-A73 CPUs clocked at 1.8GHz power core and the six smaller ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs are clocked at 1.6GHz per core. It has Mali-G71 MP2GPU and has support for LPDDR4x memory. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. AnTuTu Benchmark 7 It scored 1,08,936 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 7 and grabbed the fourth spot, behind the Zenfone Max Pro M1. Geekbench 4 Single-Core It scored 1318 points in the Geekbench 4 Single-Core benchmark and grabs the fourth spot, behind the Nokia 6.1 Plus. Geekbench 4 Multi-Core It managed to score 4121 points in the Geekbench 4 Multi-Core benchmark, and lies behind the Snapdragon-powered phones. 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited It scored 13223 points in the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited GPU benchmark. GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen It clocked 1230 frames or 22 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen benchmark and grabbed the third spot. GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan OnScreen It clocked 713.9 frames or 12 fps in the GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan OnScreen benchmark, almost similar ...

ASUS launches new ZenBook 13, 14 and 15 with NanoEdge display in India starting at Rs. 71990

ASUS has launched new ZenBook series of laptops - ZenBook 13 (UX333), ZenBook 14 (UX433) and ZenBook 15 (UX533) in India, after they were introduced at the IFA last year. The ZenBook 13, 14 and 15 as per the company are world’s most compact 13.3-inch, 14-inch, and 15.6-inch laptops These come with frameless ASUS NanoEdge display with ultraslim bezels having a 95% screen-to-body ratio. These feature the latest quad-core 8th Generation Intel Core i7 processor with integrated Gigabit Wi-Fi optimized for Intel Wireless-AC 9560 and up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q graphics. The ScreenPad doubles up as a number pad ASUS ZenBook 13 UX333FN ASUS ZenBook 14 UX433FA ASUS Zenbook 15 UX533FD Display 13.3” FHD 14” FHD 15.6” FHD Processor quad-core Intel Core i7-8565U / Core i5-8265U processor quad-core Intel Core i7-8565U, 2GB NVIDIA GTX 1050 Max-Q RAM 8GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Storage PCIEG3x2 NVME 512GB / 256GB M.2 SSD PCIEG3x2 NVME 1TB M.2 SSD Interfaces 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C,1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI, 1 x MicroSD card reader 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1 x USB 3.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI 1 x SD card reader Camera 3D IR HD camera Wireless Connectivity Dual-band 802.11ac gigabit-class Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 Battery 50Wh 3-cell ...