OPPO unveils its first 5G smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Other than its 10x optical zoom camera tech, OPPO also unveiled its first 5G smartphone at its 'Get Closer' MWC event in Barcelona. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform with Snapdragon X50 5G modem. OPPO did not share the model number of the phone or when it will launch, but the device shown looked similar to the Find X without a notch. The company even unveiled its 5G-ready prototype based on the Find X, a developer version with integrated communication capabilities in December. OPPO has partnered with four carriers - Swisscom, Telstra, Optus and Singtel for 5G commercializtion. OPPO has also initiated 'OPPO 5G Landing Project'. OPPO has also partnered with software developers to explore 5G cloud gaming. It has leveraged high-throughput and low-latency of 5G for triple-A gaming experience to mobile gamers. In the Spring, OPPO will commercially launch its Breeno, AI-powered virtual personal assistant in its new products. OPPO said that this personal assistant, as the hub of the broader IoT ecosystem, will be the central integrator and controller of the expansive platforms of IoT, wearables, V2X and many more in the 5G+ era. OPPO said that it will showcase several smartphones with 5G along with its partners Qualcomm ...

OPPO smartphone with 10x Lossless Zoom Camera coming in Q2 2019

OPPO teased the 10x hybrid optical zoom camera technology at an event in China. As promised, the company has revealed more details about the technology. We already know that the 10x lossless zoom camera tech uses three-camera solution that includes a Super Wide Angle, Ultra Clear main sensor and a Telephoto lens. Today the company has confirmed that the main camera uses a 48-megapixel sensor, a 120 degree ultra-wide lens with equivalent focal length of 15.9mm, which provides wide-angle shots and the telephoto camera offers 159mm equivalent focal length. With all 3 lenses, the phone can cover broad focal lengths of 16mm-160mm which make up 10x Lossless Zoom. It uses periscopic module that is structured in a horizontal organization. This reduces the thickness of the lens, resulting in a camera module only 6.76mm thick, almost the same as an OPPO R17. OPPO has used 'D-cut' optical lens. It looks just like making two parallel cuts on a circular lens, this design further reduces thickness of the telephoto lens module while keeping the optimal performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvcTqIIAh9M OPPO has also placed two AF motors - for the main camera and wide-angle lens - in the same module, saving 13% of space, so that a larger sensor ...

NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti announced, offers 1.5x faster performance than GTX 1060

After introducing the RTX 2060, NVIDIA has introduced the GTX 1660 Ti, sucessor of GTX 1060. It comes with 6GB of GDDR6 memory, 1536 CUDA Cores, 192-bit memory interface, is built on Turing architecture as used on GeForce RTX GPUs and promises 3x performance than a GTX 960, 1.5x performance than a GTX 1060, and comparable performance to a GTX 1070. Out of the box, GPU Boost Clocks start at 1770 MHz,  and the power efficiency is up to 1.4x higher, enabling a substantial performance boost at the same 120 Watt TDP as the GTX 1060. GTX 1660 Ti RTX 2060 Founders Edition RTX 2070 GTX 1060 GPU Architecture Turing Turing Turing Pascal CUDA Cores 1536 1920 2304 1280 Boost Clock 1770 MHz 1620 MHz 1620 MHz 1709MHz Base Clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1365MHz 1410MHz 1506MHz Frame Buffer 6GB GDDR6 6GB GDDR6 8 GB GDDR6 6GB GDDR5 Performance N/A 37T 45T N/A Memory Speed 12 Gbps 14 Gbps 14 Gbps 8 Gbps Memory Interface Width 192-bit 352-bit 256-bit 192-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 288 GB/s 336 GB/s 448 GB/s 192 GB/s Ray Tracing - 5 GigaRays/sec 6 GigaRays/sec - Graphics Card Power (W) 120W 160W 175W 120W Price (MSRP) $279 $349 $499 $249 The NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti is priced at $279(Rs. 19,820 approx.) and is already rolling out through every major OEM, system builder and graphics card partner.

Nokia 6.1 Plus 6GB RAM version launched in India for Rs. 18499

HMD Global launched the  Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphone in India back in August last year for Rs. 15,999, which is now selling for Rs. 15,499 on official site, and Rs. 13,999 during offer on Flipkart. Today it has launched the 6GB RAM version of the phone in India at Rs. 18,499, available in Blue and Black colors through Nokia.com/phones.  Earlier this month the company launched the 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM with 64GB storage variants of Nokia 5.1 Plus for Rs. 14,499 and Rs. 16,499, respectively earlier this month. Nokia 6.1 Plus specifications 5.8-inch (2280 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio with 96% NTSC Color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 4GB / 6GB LPPDDR4x RAM, 64GB (eMMC 5.1) internal storage, expandable memory up to 400GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android 9.0 (Pie) 16MP (RGB) rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1.0um pixel size, EIS, 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 Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi ...

What to expect at MWC 2019 from Nokia, Huawei, Sony, LG, Xiaomi, OPPO and others

The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) officially on Monday, February 25th, but most companies have scheduled their events tomorrow, and some of them include, LG, Huawei, Nokia and some of them have already started introducing new products. The upcoming week is going to be a cornucopia of smartphone goodness and we’re on ground already to bring you the latest on the latest! With the tone set, we thought it right to bring you a quick rundown of the latest buzz from Barcelona about what to expect. So without further ado, here’s the top announcements we expect from MWC 2019. LG LG will introduce its flagship G8 ThinQ smartphone at its event tomorrow. We had already seen several leaks of the phone, including a press image. The company has confirmed that it will feature Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology in the front-facing camera for 3D face unlock and Crystal Sound OLED (CSO) technology that utilizes the phone’s OLED display as an audio amplifier, in addition to Boombox Speaker on the bottom, Hi-Fi Quad DAC, DTS:X 3D and more. It is expected to pack a Snapdragon 855, dual-rear cameras, 6GB RAM and 128GB of minimum storage option. LG is also expected to introduce alongside, featuring 5G support powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem and triple rear ...

Several apps reportedly share sensitive personal information with Facebook

According to a latest report from The Wall Street Journal, Facebook is receiving highly personal information from apps that track your health and help you find a new home. Facebook can receive this data from certain apps even if the user does not have a Facebook account.  Recently, a report suggested that Facebook has paid teenage users to install an app that would allow the company to collect all phone and web activity. This made Apple revoke some developer privileges from Facebook, saying Facebook has violated its terms by distributing the app through a program meant only for employees to test apps prior to release. However, the new report says that Facebook is able to receive data from over 70 popular apps and found at least 11 apps sending potentially sensitive information to Facebook. The apps included the period-tracking app Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker, which reportedly shared with Facebook when users were having their periods or when they indicated they were trying to get pregnant. Real estate app Realtor reportedly sent Facebook the listing information viewed by users, and the top heart-rate app on Apple's iOS, Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor, sent users' heart rates to the company, the Journal's testing found. The apps ...

Jio Group Talk conference calling app released for Android

Reliance Jio has introduced new Jio Group Talk conference calling app for Android. This app allows users to make group conference calls over VoLTE with up to ten users at once. It comes with features like lecture mode where you can mute other users and have them listen to you.  However, the app is still in trial-mode and a commercial version for the public is expected soon. It supports HD voice calling and is available to only those who are using Reliance Jio SIM on their phone. Once you download the app from Google Play, you will need to sign in using their Jio number and enter an OTP that is sent for verification. Since it is a Jio SIM, the device should support VoLTE, and the SMS and calling facility is turned on. There is even an option to schedule a conference call as well and will allow you to call up to ten participants in one go. The caller can add or remove participants from the conference call, mute participants. You can also an international number to a Jio Group Talk conference call. At the moment, only voice calling is supported, but video calling and chatting features should be available soon. The Jio Group Talk conference ...

Intel confirms its 5G modem chips won’t release commercially until 2020

Intel Corp executives have clarified that the company's 5G model chips will not be available in mobile phones until 2020. This suggests that Apple will be more than a year behind compared to Samsung, Huawei, and others in launching iPhones with 5G connectivity.  Sandra Rivera, who oversees Intel’s networking chip business, said at a media event in California, that sample 5G modem chips will ship to customers this year, but the company does not expect consumer “products in the market” until 2020. Though Intel said that its 5G modem chips will be available later this year, it never indicated when it would arrive for consumers. Rivera said non-consumer 5G products, such as networking gear, will appear later this year. Since many rumors in the past pointed at iPhones with 5G would not launch until 2020, this new announcement from Intel only strengthens the claims. Apple executives have held talks with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and MediaTek Inc over 5G modem chips for iPhones to be released this year, but the outcome of those talks is currently unknown. It is also reported that Apple earlier this year moved its modem engineering efforts into the same division that makes its proprietary processor chips. Intel also mentioned ...

Huawei Mate X foldable 5G phone banner surfaces ahead of February 24 MWC announcement

Up until now it is more or less confirmed that Huawei is all set to introduce its first foldable phone at the MWC 2019 event. However, a leaked banner image now confirms the launch and also provides us the name and an early sneak peek at the design. The Huawei's foldable phone will be called Mate X and the company's says that it will be the world's first phone with 5G. A banner on display at MWC 2019 has given us our first sneak peek at the Huawei Mate X. The device folds with the screen outwards instead of in. That means there’s only one display on the Mate X rather than the two that Samsung has opted for. At this moment, there's still a whole lot we don't know about the Mate X including the specifications, pricing and the availability. Huawei is set to host a press conference on February 24th to unveil a slew of new products including its first foldable phone with 5G. It looks like the Huawei's Mate X foldable phone will sit flush with the rest of the device when closed. Either way, with just one day for the launch, we don't have to wait much longer, stay tuned. Via

Xiaomi adds face unlock support for locked apps

Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins with more than 300 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of Android, but what sets it apart from other Android skins is its feature richness and customizations. MIUI gets updated biweekly, a closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday. [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="275975,275978,275974"] A few months ago, Xiaomi on its forum had confirmed that it is planning to bring face unlock support in app lock, and with this weeks MIUI Global Beta update Xiaomi has finally introduced the feature. [gallery link="file" size="large" columns="2" ids="275977,275976"] Though the announcement was done for MIUI for POCO only, but Xiaomi enabled the feature on all the devices that support face unlock. Users will be able to unlock the apps that they have locked without entering the passcode or fingerprint and will certainly make the unlocking process easier. The feature is a nice addition to MIUI, the feature is available only on MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM as of now, and is expected to be released to MIUI Global Stable ROM users in the future.