OPPO K5 with 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 730G, 64MP quad rear cameras, in-display fingerprint scanner gets certified

OPPO recently confirmed that its 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge fast charging will be used in OPPO K5 and realme X2. Now the K5 has been certified by TENAA in China with the model number PCNM00. This has similar specifications as the realme X2, and the only change is the gradient glass back with OPPO branding. OPPO K5 rumored specifications 6.4-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display Octa Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.8GHz Hexa) Snapdragon 730G Mobile Platform with Adreno 618 GPU 8GB (LPPDDR4x) RAM, 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie) 64MP rear camera with 1/1.72″ Samsung GW1 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, LED flash, EIS, 8MP 119° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.25 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size with 2MP depth sensor, f/2.4 aperture,1.75μm pixel size, 2MP for 4cm macro with f/2.4 aperture,1.75μm pixel size 32MP front-facing camera In-display fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 158.7×75.2×8.6mm; Weight: 182g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C 4000mAh battery (typical) / 3920mAh (minimum) with 30W VOOC 4.0 fast charging The OPPO K5 is expected to come in Green, Blue and White colors. ...

OPPO Reno Ace with 6.5-inch FHD+ 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, 12GB RAM, quad rear cameras to be announced on October 10

OPPO has shared the official image of the Reno Ace which shows a gradient glass back, and the complete specifications have been revealed on TENAA. It recently confirmed 65W SuperVOOC Flash Charge that can charge the phone's 4000mAh battery in less than 30 minutes. OPPO Reno Ace rumored specifications 6.5-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 Plus (1 x Kryo 485 at 2.96GHz + 3 x Kryo 485 at 2.42GHz + 4 x Kryo 385 at 1.8GHz) 7nm Mobile Platform with 675MHz Adreno 640 GPU 12GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB storage Android 9.0 (Pie) with ColorOS 6.1 Dual SIM 48MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.25″ Sony IMX586 sensor, f/1.7 aperture, 0.8um pixel size, PDAF, OIS, EIS 8MP 116-degree Ultra Wide Lens, 13MP telephoto lens for 5x Hybrid Optical Zoom, 20X digital zoom, 2MP mono lens 16MP front-facing camera 3.5mm audio jack In-display fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 161.0×75.7×8.7mm; Weight: 200g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C 4000mAh (Typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery with 65W SuperVOOC Flash Charge Update: September 16, 2019 — OPPO has confirmed that Reno Ace will be introduced in China on October 10th. It will reveal more details ...

Vivo U10 with 6.35-inch Halo FullView display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging launching on September 24 on Amazon India

Update: Vivo has confirmed the specifications of the U10 ahead on launch next Tuesday on Amazon.in. This will come in Electric Blue and Thunder Blue colors. Vivo U10 specifications 6.35-inch (1544×720 pixels) HD+19.3:9 IPS 2.5D curved glass display Octa Core Snapdragon 665 11nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 610 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB storage / 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM Funtouch OS 9 based on Android 9.0 (Pie) 13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide angle lens, f/2.2 aperture, 2MP secondary camera 16MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 159.43 × 76.77 × 8.92mm ; Weight: 190.5g Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4+5GHz), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + GLONASS 5000mAh (typical) / 4880mAh (minimum) battery with 18W Dual-Engine fast charging Update: September 12, 2019 - The Vivo U10 will launch on September 24th, confirms Amazon.in listing. It also confirms 18W fast charging and says 10-minute charging will offer 4.5hours of usage. Earlier: Vivo is on a roll. The company launched the Z1x recently, and is gearing up to launch the Y17 Pro, now it has announced that it will launch the U10, the ...

OnePlus opens its third Experience Store in Bengaluru

OnePlus opened its first Experience Store in January 2017 in Bengaluru, on Brigade Road. Today it has opened its third exclusive OnePlus Experience Store today in Bangalore, located at Forum Mall in Koramangala. The new Experience Store launch is in line with the company’s increased focus on expanding its offline footprint across India. It plans to open 100 such Experience Stores across top 50 cities by the year 2020, with special focus on tier 2 cities as well. Customers visiting the new Experience Store can avail a series of introductory exciting offers such as the following: Exchange bonus of INR 2,000/- on purchase of OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro No cost EMI on purchase of any OnePlus smartphones One-time free screen replacement for customers who purchase any OnePlus smartphones on 21st or 22nd September 2019 The brand currently has 30+ exclusive stores in the country, nearly 70 service centres, and present in 2000+ offline stores across India which includes Large Format Retail stores as well. The company recently opened a brand-new R&D centre in India and aims to invest Rs. 1,000 crore in the facility’s efforts in the coming years. Commenting on the same. Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India, said: As a ...

Xmate Mana Wireless Neckband Headphones Review

Xmate, popular for accessories launched the Mana, the company’s new Neckband wireless headphones recently. It is affordable,  has magnetic neckband and promises up to 7hours of playback. After using it for couple of weeks, here is the review of the Bluetooth headset.   Box Contents Xmate Mana headphones in Black color Different set of eartips (Small, Medium and Large) Micro USB Cable User manual The headset has a simple design that is similar to most other neckband wireless headsets. There in-ear buds have angled tips that perfectly fits in your ears, and there is an ear hook as well to fit inside the ear grooves so it  doesn’t fall out easily even when you are running. There is a small wire connecting earbuds and the neck band. The back of the earbuds with xmate logo is magnetic that snap together when not in use. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="292710,292711"] The band that you wear around the neck is flexible, lightweight and has a smooth finish. The bottom housing also offers a smooth rubbery finish. On the left side there is a micro USB charging port under the flap, which has xmate branding, while the right side features the noise branding. The right part has all the ...

POCO F1 MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI V10.3.8.0 with September security patch]

Xiaomi's sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo). Xiaomi doesn’t follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on an average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in 20-40 days. This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for POCO F1, also check out our POCO F1 content, POCO F1 Hands-on and First Impressions POCO F1 Rosso Red Edition Photo Gallery POCO F1 Review: Deal of the Century How to Install Oxygen OS on POCO F1 MIUI updates rolled out for the POCO F1 so far: [September 21, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.8.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 158MB in size, includes Android security patch for September, 2019. [Download Link] [August 19, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.7.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 300MB in size, includes Mi Cloud sync improvements and also includes Android security patch for July, 2019. [Download Link] [July 24, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.6.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 269MB in size, includes fix for notifications and also includes Android security patch for June, 2019. Some are reporting that the touch ...

Vivo V17 Pro Unboxing and First Impressions

Vivo launched the V17 Pro smartphone in India yesterday, as the successor to the V15 Pro that was launched earlier this year. This has a large 6.44-inch display, features glass back, dual front pop-up cameras and quad rear cameras. Here is the first impressions of the phone. Also, check out the unboxing video from our FoneArena Tamil channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHrFjOnDzZU Box Contents Vivo V17 Pro smartphone in Glacier Ice color 2-pin fast charger (5V-2A / 9V-2A) USB Type-C Cable Earphones with microphone SIM Ejector tool Protective case User manual and warranty information The V17 Pro features a 6.39-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED FullView display with 91.65% screen-to-body ratio and narrow side bezels. Thanks to Super AMOLED display, the content is crisp and vibrant, and the support of 100% DCI-P3 color gamut offers accurate colors. The screen has Schott Xensation UP glass protection. It is powered by  Snapdragon 675 64-bit 11nm Mobile Platform, same as the predecessor and has 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM, so the performance is smooth. On the front there is a 32-megapixel pop-up front camera with f/2.0 aperture along with an  8-megapixel 105° ultra wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture that can also shoot portrait selfies, and also has ultra night ...

How to uninstall apps on realme devices without root

OEMs pre-load phones with apps to improve user experience, but not all the pre-loaded apps and features are important to all users or some users have their own preferred app for a particular task, for example, most of the users prefer Google Calendar and Keep Notes over Custom Calendar and Notes apps that come pre-installed with the device. If you use a phone running a forked version of Android like MIUI or ColorOS, you must have found some apps unnecessary at some point in time. Presence of these unwanted apps don’t only annoy users but also consume system memory and drain the battery. Earlier we shared a workaround with our readers to uninstalled apps on Xiaomi devices, and now we are writing this post to share a workaround for uninstalling such apps on realme devices. Follow this guide to uninstall unnecessary apps on your realme device, Open Settings app and go to About phone and tap on Version seven times until you see the message ‘You are now in Developer Mode’. [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="292672,292671,292670"]   Go to Additional Settings, followed by Developer options and click on the toggle to turn it on.[gallery size="large" link="file" ids="292669,292668,292667"] Enable USB debugging.[gallery columns="2" size="large" link="file" ids="292666,292665"]   Connect ...

OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro OxygenOS 10.0 Android 10 update starts rolling out

After Oxygen OS developer build and Open Beta updates based Android 10, OnePlus just announced that it has started rolling out OxygenOS 10.0 stable update for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro smartphones. This comes before the launch of OnePlus 7T smartphone launch on September 26th, which will run OxygenOS 10.0 out of the box. OnePlus should also confirm the roll out details for older OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 5 series phones at the launch event next week. We have not received the update on our units yet, but OnePlus said that the OTA update will roll out in batches to limited  number of users today and will have a broader roll out in a few days after making sure there are no critical bugs. As usual, it added that using VPN to download this build might not work as the roll out Is not based on regions and is randomly pushed out to a limited number of devices. Check out the complete change log below. Changelog System Upgraded to Android 10 Brand new UI design Enhanced location permissions for privacy New customization feature in Settings allowing you to choose icon shapes to be displayed in the Quick Settings Full ...

Xiaomi releases kernel source for Redmi Note 8 Pro [Update: Redmi Note 8 as well]

Update: September 21, 2019 - Xiaomi has also released Android Pie based Kernel codes for the Redmi Note 8 (codename ‘ginkgo’). You can download the kernel source from the GitHub source at the end of the article. Earlier: Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro at an event in China on August 28th, and as per an official announcement, the duo is expected to be launched in India in October. Now, the company has released Android Pie based Kernel codes for the Redmi Note 8 Pro (codename ‘begonia’). To recall, Redmi Note 8 Pro features a 6.53-inch Full HD+ TÜV Rheinland certifies LCD screen with a 91.4% screen-to-body ratio. It is the world’s first smartphone to be powered by the gaming-focused MediaTek Helio G90T SoC which is based on 12 nm and also features liquid cooling that will reduce the temperature of the phone by 4 to 6 degrees, as per the company. It is amongst the first devices in Xiaomi's vast portfolio to feature a quad rear camera setup and is also the first Xiaomi device to feature a 64-megapixel primary rear camera with Samsung GW1 Sensor. The has an 8-megapixel 120° ultra-wide-angle lens, 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel sensor for ...