LG IFA 2019 event scheduled for September 6, LG V60 ThinQ expected

LG has posted a teaser video on its social channels announcing its IFA 2019 event in on September 6th. The teaser shows dual screen support and a game running on both the screens, along with the launch date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YguzVLFYd4 LG already introduced a dual-screen accessory with the V50 ThinQ 5G that adds a second 6.2-inch OLED FHD+ display for better gaming and multitasking experience. In select games, the Dual Screen can be used as a dedicated controller when connected to the phone via Bluetooth. LG already said that it will introduce an upgraded dual-screen with the new smartphone later, so that we can see some improvements. We still don't have any specifications of the phone, but we can expect QHD+ OLED screen, Snapdragon 855 Plus and 5G support powered by Snapdragon X50 5G Modem, camera improvements and more. The LG IFA 2019 announcement is set for September 6, 2019 at IFA in Berlin, Germany and starts at 10:00 am CEST (1:30 PM IST).

Redmi Note 7 Pro and Redmi Note 7S Astro White Edition launched in India

After the launch of new White Edition of Redmi Note 7 series in China, Redmi India has launched the new Astro White Edition of the Redmi Note 7 Pro and the Note 7S in India. Mi fans, time for the white revolution! Presenting the #AstroWhite variants of the #RedmiNote7Pro & #RedmiNote7S. Looks like a dream, right? What's more? You can pre-order the new #48MP beasts starting tomorrow midnight. RT if you want to get one. pic.twitter.com/x3wUaUtWfS — Redmi India for #MiFans (@RedmiIndia) August 6, 2019 Last month the company said that the Redmi Note 7 series have hit 15 million units globally in about six months of launch. Xiaomi India head and VP Manu Jain also said that it has sold 1 million units of Redmi Note 7 series phones sold every month since launch. The Redmi Note 7 Pro went on open sale in India last week, after 5 months of launch. The Redmi Note 7 Pro Astro White Edition will join the Space Black, Neptune Blue and Nebula Red versions, and will be available for pre-order from Flipkart and mi.com starting from tomorrow midnight starting at Rs. 13,999. The Redmi Note 7S Astro White Edition will join the Onyx Black, Sapphire Blue and Ruby Red versions, and will be ...

HUAWEI to introduce EMUI 10 on August 9 [Update: Official invite and expected features]

Update: August 6, 2019 — HUAWEI has finally published an invitation for the announcement of EMUI 10 on August 9th. Based on a promo that surfaced recently, EMUI 10 will bring new features including Classification of UI elements' design and effects, Gallery content management and sorting, Video Ringtones improvements, Personalization options for Theme, Wallpaper, and Fonts, Improvements to system animations, games and more. Earlier: HUAWEI introduced EMUI 9.0 last year with a lot of new features, and the EMUI 9.1 was introduced alongside the P30 Pro earlier this year, which  started rolling out to older devices starting from the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series last month, and will roll out to other phones this month and next month. Now the company has confirmed that it will launch the EMIUI 10 at the HUAWEI Developer's conference on August 9th. Some reports from China say that the company will also show off 'HongMeng OS' for Chinese market, which is said to launch as 'Oak OS' for the global markets later. EMUI 10 will be based on Android Q, which the company is said to have started testing few months back. This is expected to come with updates to several system-level features, including Ark compiler and improvements to new EROSF ...

Amazfit Verge Lite smartwatch with 1.3-inch AMOLED display, GPS, 20-day battery life launched in India for Rs. 6999

After the launch of Amazfit Verge smartwatch earlier this year, Huami today launched the Amazfit Verge Lite, a cheaper version in India. It has the same 1.3-inch AMOLED Screen, has several Sports Modes, including Outdoor Running, Treadmill, Walking, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor Cycling, Elliptical Trainer, Exercise and more, comes with a water resistant body with IP68 ratings, comes with continuous heart rate monitoring, but it doesn't come with a microphone or a speaker, so you can't take calls on the watch like the Verge. It has GPS + GLONASS to precisely track your sports activities and promises up to 20 days of battery life, but it loses Wi-Fi connectivity, Gyroscope, Geomagnetic sensor and the Air pressure sensor present on the Verge. Amazfit Verge Lite specifications 1.3-inch (360 x 360 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection Dust and Water Resistant (IP68) Bluetooth 5.0 LE, GPS+GLONASS Compatible with Android 4.4 devices or later, iOS 9.0 or later Smart Notifications (Call/Text, Calendar, Email and Other Smartphone Apps) Sleep Monitoring, Music Control, Silent Alarms with Customized Vibration, Event Reminder Detailed sports tracking: running, walking, cycling, elliptical, climbing, skiing, and more Optical heart rate monitor (PPG) Sensors: 3 Multi-axis acceleration sensor,  Ambient Light Sensor 390mAh battery with up to 20 ...

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 finally gets Android 9.0 Pie-based MIUI Global Stable ROM [Download Link]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y2 in India running MIUI 9.5 on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later rolled out MIUI 10 update back in September 2018. In February the company started recruiting Beta testers for testing Android Pie based MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM for various devices including Redmi Y2 but later changed the plan and announced that Android Pie based MIUI Global Stable ROM for Redmi Y2/S2 will be released around June. [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="large" ids="288403,288402"] As per posts on Mi Community, Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 9.0 (Pie) based MIUI Global Stable ROM to Redmi Y2 users in India. The new update comes as MIUI 10.3.3.0.PEFMIXM and weighs around 1.4 GB in size, this update brings Android 9.0 (Pie) along with July security patch to the device. Similar to Redmi 6 Pro the Android Pie update brings a couple of surprises for Redmi Y2 users, the update brings Dual 4G VoLTE support along with system-wide dark mode,  Face unlock for App Lock and lock screen clock customization to the smartphone. [gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="288404,288405"] If you haven’t received the update on your device, you can download the Recovery ROM here and flash it using the recovery method. Xiaomi has already rolled out Android 9.0 (Pie) based MIUI Global Stable ROM for Redmi Note ...

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 with Super AMOLED display, rotating touch bezel, military-level durability announced

  Samsung has announced Galaxy Watch Active2, the company's latest smartwatch and successor of Galaxy Watch Active that was introduced  earlier this year, as it had promised. It comes in 44mm and 40mm models with 1.4-inch and 1.2-inch curved Super AMOLED screen with rotating touch bezel that turns both clockwise and counter-clockwise to advance screens so you can easily select favorite apps. The upgraded One UI offers a simple, clear and natural user experience for navigation with My Style color extraction algorithm on the Galaxy Wearable app that lets you simply take a photo of your outfit, choose from five different color patterns, and your watch face changes in seconds. It also comes in two styles: lightweight aluminum with a casual Fluoroelastomer (FKM) Band, and premium solid stainless steel with a leather strap. It can manually track more than 39 workouts with seven of them automatically activated—including running, walking, cycling, swimming, rowing machine, elliptical machine and dynamic workouts. It has new health sensors on the back, which take in readings faster and the watch also helps you track real-time stress levels through Samsung Health, provides access to guided meditation programs through an integration with Calm. Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 specifications 44mm models: 1.4-inch (360 x 360 pixels) Super AMOLED, full color Always ...

Lenovo, Intel partner to accelerate high-performance computing and AI

Intel and Lenovo have today announced a multiyear collaboration to extend high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help accelerate solutions for the world’s most challenging problems. The collaboration is said to create solutions for organizations of all sizes and will speed the convergence of HPC and AI. With this collaboration, Lenovo will be optimizing Intel’s full portfolio of HPC and AI hardware and software solutions and aim to accelerate the convergence of HPC and AI. The collaboration plans to focus on areas like Systems and solutions, Software optimization for HPC and AI convergence and Ecosystem enablement. Lenovo plans to combine the 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable platform and Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology as they have produced great results from joint engineering and utilizing a unique combination of HPC IP from the two companies. Today, 173 of the world’s top 500 fastest supercomputers, spanning 19 markets run on Lenovo servers. Additionally, 17 of the world’s top 25 research universities rely on Lenovo infrastructure. Commenting on this, Kirk Skaugen, executive vice president of Lenovo and president of Lenovo Data Center Group said: Our goal is to further accelerate innovation into the Exascale era, aggressively waterfalling these solutions to scientists and businesses of all sizes to speed discovery and outcomes. ...

Samsung to launch Exynos SoCs with AMD Radeon graphics in 2021

Recently, AMD and Samsung Electronics announced a multi-year strategic partnership which stated that Samsung will license AMD graphics IP to use it in its future SoCs. In similar lines, now Samsung has confirmed that it plans to launch SoCs with AMD Radeon graphics as early as 2021. During Samsung's 2019 quarterly earnings call, the company confirmed that it plans to launch AMD Radeon graphics tech beyond mobile SoCs and also expects their first chips to feature AMD graphics tech will launch in two years. With the inclusion of AMD Radeon graphics in its SoCs, Samsung hopes that the "GPU competitiveness" of AMD will help increase the performance of its mobile SoCs. Samsung will be paying licensing fees and royalties to AMD and this will help AMD to improve their technology further. It will take 2 years of time for Samsung to integrate this, and we can expect Samsung smartphones launching in 2021 to be equipped with AMD Radeon graphics. In related news, there were reports regarding the launch of Exynos 9630 SoC which is a successor to the Exynos 9610 SoC, and it could power Galaxy A (2020) series. Commenting on this, Samsung during earnings call said: To answer your second question about our AMD partnership. As you know, AMD ...

Xiaomi Mi Gaming laptop 2019 with 15.6-inch FHD 144Hz display, up to 9th Gen Intel Core i7, quick cooling system announced

Xiaomi has just announced its new Mi Gaming laptop 2019 in China. Mi Gaming Laptop 2019 is the successor to the Mi Gaming laptop launched last year which was powered 7th Gen Intel Core processors, GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, etc. The new Mi Gaming Laptop 2019 features a 144Hz display, quick cooling system, 9th Gen Intel Core processors and more. Mi Gaming Laptop 2019 flaunts a 15.6-inch FULL HD Anti-glare display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 144Hz refresh rate, 178-degree of wide viewing angle, 142ppi of pixel density, 72 per cent NTSC colour gamut, and 300 nits of brightness. It is powered by up to 9th Gen Intel Core i7 14nm processor clocked up to 4.5GHz, up to 6GB GeForce RTXTM 2060 GPU and it comes with up to 16GB DDR4 RAM with 512GB PCIe SSD. Xiaomi has provided a new "Quick cooling" system that has built-in 3+2 large-diameter heat pipe, unique S-shaped turbine metal blades and 12V drive motor to increase the cooling efficiency by up to 60 per cent. Regarding the audio, Xiaomi has included 2 x 3W speakers with support for Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res audio. The keyboard included is a four partitioned backlit keyboard with 1.8mm keystroke, 5 ...

HONOR 20i Phantom Red Edition launched in India

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand  launched the HONOR 20i smartphone in the HONOR 20 series in India back in June for Rs. 14999, but it sold only the Phantom Blue and Midnight Black versions. Today the company has launched the Phantom Red Limited Edition in the country. It uses  the same 3D photolithography technology with dynamic prism-shaped color gradient with a gleaming effect at the back, shining whenever it moves. It’s finally here and the fans are going gaga! The FANDOM for the new #HONOR20i Phantom Red #LimitedEdition hits right in the feels! Know more: https://t.co/ZvrjslZ379 pic.twitter.com/OvuARmhSP4 — Honor India (@HiHonorIndia) August 5, 2019 HONOR 20i 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 4GB 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, f/1.8 aperture, secondary 2MP rear camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera 32MP front-facing camera Dimensions: 154.8×73.64×7.95mm; Weight: 164g 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 HONOR 20i Phantom Blue Red Edition will be ...