Amazfit Verge 2 smartwatch with Qualcomm SoC, e-SIM support to be announced on June 11

Huami's Amazfit has been launching new products in China recently like Amazfit Verge Lite and Amazfit Bip Lite. Expanding the lineup, today, the company has released a teaser of a new smartwatch launch on June 11 in China. Confirming the launch, Qualcomm China also posted some features of the smartwatch including Wear 3100 chipset, e-SIM support and more. Huami Technology posted a new teaser recently where the poster says "I LOVE YOU THREE THOUSAND"  along with the launch date i.e., 11th June 2019. Also, another post from Qualcomm China revealed more details of the upcoming Amazfit smartwatch including some of its core specifications and features. According to the post from Qualcomm China, it is assisting Huami with the latest Snapdragon mobile platform on its next-gen Amazfit products. It also confirmed that the smartwatch will come with full network e-SIM support that will allow the smartwatch to be used to make calls independently. The upcoming Amazfit smartwatch will most likely be powered by Qualcomm Wear 3100 chipset. In other news, Huami’s vice-president, Wei Fandi also reportedly released a picture of the box of an unreleased product. The box had the text "for internal testing of Unicom" and also confirmed the name Amazfit Verge 2. We should know ...

HUAWEI Maimang 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, Android Pie announced

HUAWEI just announced Maimang 8, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, which is also the successor of last year's Maimang 7 . It was introduced as P smart+ 2019 and Enjoy 9S recently, packs a 6.21-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19:5:9 aspect ratio, 89% screen-to-body ratio, Kirin 710 SoC, support for GPU Turbo 2.0, Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, 24-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection and a 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens. HUAWEI Maimang 8 specifications 6.21-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display Octa-Core Kirin 710 12nm (4 x 2.2GHz  Cortex-A73 +4 x 1.7GHz Cortex-A53) with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU 6GB RAM,  128GB storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 24MP rear camera with LED flash, 480 fps slow motion, secondary 2MP rear camera, 16MP ultra-wide camera 8MP front-facing camera Dimensions: 155.2×73.4×7.95mm; Weight: 160g Fingerprint sensor Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS + GLONASS, Micro USB 3400mAh (typical) / 3320mAh (minimum) battery The HUAWEI Maimang 8 comes in Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue colors, is priced at 1899 yuan ...

OPPO K1 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 14990

OPPO launched the midrange K1 smartphone in India earlier this year at Rs. 16990. The smartphone sports an AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 660, in-display fingerprint scanner and more. After nearly four months of launch, now, OPPO K1 has got a price cut in India and it is available at revised price starting today. OPPO K1 was launched at Rs. 16990 and now it has received a Rs. 2000 price cut. After the price cut, the smartphone is now selling for Rs. 14990. It comes in only a single variant i.e., 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage and this is the first time the smartphone is receiving a price cut. OPPO K1 is sold on Flipkart and the revised price is already live on Flipkart's website. Smartphone Launch Price New Price Price cut OPPO K1 Rs. 16,990 Rs. 14,990 Rs. 2000 To recall, OPPO K1 flaunts a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED Waterdrop notch display, is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 AIE with 4GB RAM, ColorOS 5.2 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), 16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera, and a 25MP front-facing camera. It comes in Astral Blue and Piano Black colors.

Samsung to integrate custom AMD Radeon GPU IP into its future smartphone SoCs

AMD and Samsung Electronics have announced a multi-year strategic partnership in ultra low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies. As part of the partnership, Samsung will license AMD graphics IP to use it in its future SoCs. The company is currently using ARM's Mali GPU in its Exynos SoCs, so this could change soon. Samsung said that it will get custom graphics IP from AMD based on the recently announced, highly-scalable RDNA graphics architecture to use it in mobile devices, including smartphones, and other products. Samsung added that it will pay AMD technology license fees and royalties. AMD's RDNA gaming architecture was introduced at the Computex in Taipei last week as the next foundational gaming architecture designed to drive the future of PC gaming, console, and cloud for the future. Regarding RDNA ARM said: With a new compute unit10 design, RDNA is expected to deliver incredible performance, power and memory efficiency in a smaller package compared to the previous generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. It is projected to provide up to 1.25X higher performance-per-clock and up to 1.5X higher performance-per-watt over GCN, enabling better gaming performance at lower power and reduced latency. Inyup Kang, president of Samsung Electronics’ S.LSI ...

Daiwa D32SBAR 32-inch Smart LED TV with built-in soundbar launched in India for Rs. 12990

Daiwa, the company known for its wide range of televisions in India, today has launched a new 32-inch Smart LED TV with built-in soundbar. It comes with Quantum Luminit technology and a dedicated 'Cricket Picture' mode to provide an enhanced cricket viewing experience for users. Daiwa's latest television carries the model number D32SBAR and sports a 32-inch HD display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and 300 Nits brightness. Daiwa is using Quantum Luminit Technology with a Wide Color Gamut on this television. The TV is powered by a 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 Quad-core processor along with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. It runs on Android 8 Oreo with access to Play Store and other Android apps. The physical ports include 3 HDMI ports, 2 USB ports, Optical Output, Wi-Fi and LAN. It comes with a dedicated 'Cricket Picture' mode for an enhanced cricket viewing experience with surround sound and enhanced picture quality. This television also features a built-in soundbar for enhanced sound. Pricing and Availability Daiwa D32SBAR TV is priced at Rs. 12,990 and is available at Daiwa's official website and in offline stores. It also comes with 2 years warranty and users can get a 1-year warranty out of the 2 years warranty for free ...

Infinix Xband 3 water-resistant fitness tracker with heart rate and blood pressure monitoring launched in India for Rs. 1599

Infinix has launched Xband 3 (XB03), the company's latest fitness tracker in India. It has 0.96-inch color screen that displays icons for different functions. It lets you monitor your heart rate, blood oxygen and blood pressure levels, says the company. The fitness band is IP67 rated for water resistance against accidental splashes and dust. The strap is made of soft TPU material that is comfortable to wear and it can hold up to 7 Days of workout data, says  the company. Infinix Xband 3 (XB03) highlights and features 0.96-inch (160 x 80 pixels) TFT-LCD screen Bluetooth 4.1 to connect to devices running Android 4.4 or later and iOS 9.0 or later Step count, sleep tracking and calorie consumption data Display Time/Date, Alarm Clock, Weather, Smartphone Notifications (Call, Calendar, Text Notifications, App Alerts), Sedentary Reminder, Music Control Shutter function can capture images by remotely controlling your phone’s camera. PPG Heart Rate Sensor for Heart rate and blood pressure tracking 3-axis accelerometer for activity, exercise and sleep tracking Water resistant (IP67) 90mAh battery promises up to 10 days of battery life, 20 days of standby The Infinix Xband 3 comes in Black color, is priced at Rs. 1599 and is available from Flipkart.

Google Maps gets local bus schedule, live train status and mixed mode commute suggestions in India

Google Maps has been getting new features of late, and we saw features like AR Navigation, speed limits and speed traps being rolled out to users recently. In similar lines, today, Google Maps in India is officially getting three new features namely Bus travel times from live traffic, live train status for Indian Railways trains, and mixed-mode commute suggestions. Bus schedule based on live traffic Google Maps is making the commute easier for users as now it will notify them about their bus schedule based on real-time traffic data. Google says that they are using public schedules and live traffic data to calculate delays and provide accurate travel times. In order to use the new bus schedule feature, users have to enter their starting location and destination, then tap the transit tab. The results for bus travel times from live traffic will indicate the time in green when the bus is running on time or red when the bus is delayed. This will help users to plan their commute easily. This feature initially will be available in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Chennai, Mysore, Coimbatore, and Surat. Live train status There are already applications that will show you live train status for Indian Railways trains. Google in ...

Nokia 3 Android Pie update starts rolling out

After rolling out Android Pie update for the Nokia 5.1 smartphone couple of months back, HMD Global has started rolling out the update for Nokia 3 as it had promised. The phone was introduced back in June 2017  running Android 7.0 (Nougat) and got Android 8.1 (Oreo) update back in April last year, so this is third major update the phone is getting. The wait is over! Keeping up with our promise of 2 years of Android updates, Nokia 3 (2017) is now officially running on Android 9 Pie! Step up to Nokia smartphones, they Just Keep Getting Better! #GetSmart #Nokiamobile pic.twitter.com/Xz1JXt2Cet — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) June 3, 2019 Android Pie includes Adaptive Battery that uses machine learning to prioritize system resources for the apps, App Actions that helps you raise the visibility of your app and help drive engagement using machine learning, and Slices are a new way to surface rich, templated content in places like Google Search and Assistant. We can expect Android Pie update for Nokia 1 in the coming weeks. What’s New New system navigation, settings menu and notifications Adaptive Battery power prioritisation for users’ most commonly used apps/services Adaptive and optimised brightness levels Google Security Patch 2019-05

Samsung launches world’s first QLED 8K TV and 2019 QLED TV line-up in India

Samsung has launched the world’s first QLED 8K TV in India. It has 8K AI Upscaling, Quantum Processor 8K, and Quantum HDR. These come in four sizes — 98-inch (247 cm), 82-inch (207 cm), 75-inch (189 cm) and 65-inch (163 cm) — come with 33 million pixels, four times the resolution of 4K UHD TVs and 16 times that of a Full HD TV. Samsung has also introduced new 2019 QLED range also feature their own proprietary Quantum Processor 4K with AI upscaling to deliver improved brightness, picture quality and sound optimized for each scene. Samsung’s 2019 QLED lineup offers twelve televisions from 43 inches (108 cm) to 82 inches (207 cm) across four series — Q90, Q80, Q70 and Q60. Multi device convergence Ambient Mode (to display art) One invisible connecting wire No gap wall mount pic.twitter.com/DcxgpQ53eh — FoneArena Mobile (@FoneArena) June 4, 2019 Highlights of Samsung 8K QLED TVs Samsung’s proprietary 8K AI Upscaling technology based on machine learning upscales picture and sound quality to 8K regardless of the original source quality or format Samsung QLED 8K TVs utilize the Quantum Processor 8K that optimizes audio and video to the specific content on the screen. It creates an even more detailed sound experience by tailoring the audio settings ...

Xiaomi launches 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i Blue World Cup Edition in India

Xiaomi launched the 10000mAh Mi Power Bank 2i in India back in 2017. Last year it launched the Red Edition of the power bank, and today it has launched the Blue Edition in the country for the Cricket World Cup 2019 that's happening in England. The ‘Made in India’ power bank has a sleek anodized aluminum alloy body and comes with two-way fast charging. Highlights of 10000mAh Mi Powerbank 2i Unibody metal design 5.0V-2.0A / 9V-12A – 18W input – Can be charged fully in 4.2 hours 5.0V / 2.0A, 9.0V / 2.0A and 12V / 1.5A – 15W output for fast charging 93% conversion rate Single USB port, micro USB port, four LED lights and a power button Low-power mode that can be activated by pressing the power button twice, to charge devices like Mi Band and Mi Bluetooth headset Dimensions: 147 x 71.2 x 14.2mm; Weight: 240g The 10000mAh Mi Powerbank 2i Blue World Cup Edition is already on sale on mi.com for Rs. 999, which is Rs. 100 more than the Black and Red Edition.