Flipkart MarQ TurboStream streaming stick launched for Rs. 3499

Flipkart has announced their entry into the streaming stick market with the launch of the MarQ TurboStream. It supports a resolution of 1080p, dual band Wi-Fi, built-in Chromecast and runs Android 9.0 with full access to Google Play apps. With competitors like the Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick and others, Flipkart has come into a crowded market with its MarQ TurboStream. The device is designed to buy more affordable non-smart TVs and turn them into smart TVs. It supports up to Full HD resolutions of 1920x1080 at 60fps resolution, has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of ROM. It Dual-band WiFi support along with Dolby Digital Audio support. The included remote has Google assistant built in with shortcut buttons to YouTube and Netflix. The MarQ Turbostream is available on Flipkart for a price of Rs. 3499. Commenting on the launch of the MarQ TurboStream,  Adarsh Menon, Senior Vice President — Private Brands, Electronics and Furniture, Flipkart, said: Flipkart’s Private Brands strategy has always focused on helping our consumers realise their aspirations, without having to compromise on design or their budget. Appetite for streaming devices and Smart TVs has been growing in India, particularly outside the top metros. The MarQ TurboStream is designed for these ...

Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro with 6.47-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 730G, 108MP penta rear cameras, 5260mAh battery announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi CC9 Pro smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.47-inch Full HD+ curved AMOLED display with 3.43mm small chin, is powered by Snapdragon 730G with up to 8GB of RAM, runs Android with MIUI 11, 3D glass back, NFC, 1cc loud speaker, 3.5mm audio jack with Hi-Res audio support and a 5260mAh (5160mAh minimum) battery with support for 30W fast charging that can charge the phone to 58% in 30 minutes and 100% in 65 minutes. The phone features a penta camera setup with a 108MP main 1/1.33-inch sensor with f/1.69-aperture 7P lens (8P Lens in exclusive edition), OIS offering 27MP output 12MP 1/2.6-inch 2PD Samsung SAK2L3 sensor with 50mm-equivalent, f/2.0 aperture lens for portraits with 2x zoom 8MP 1/3.6-inch sensor with 94mm-equivalent, f/2.0-aperture telephoto lens with OIS, 5x optical, 10x hybrid and 50x digital zoom 20MP 1/2.8-inch sensor with 16mm-equivalent, f/2.2-aperture 117° ultra-wide lens 2MP f/2.4 aperture macro lens for 1.5cm macro shots Dual flashes, one with hard light and one with soft light 32MP front camera At the event the company said that the phone has scored 121 points on Dxo Mark test, equivalent to HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro. Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro specifications ...

Xiaomi Mi TV 5 and Mi TV 5 Pro 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch Quantum Dot 4K QLED TVs with 8K video playback announced

Xiaomi just announced its Mi TV 5 series at an event in China, as it had promised. These come in 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch models with Quantum Dot 4K QLED panels and the frame is 47.1% narrower than the Mi TV 4 series offering high screen-to-body ratio for an immersive experience. It has a metal body with integrated curved frame so the back plate has no screws. The 55-inch model just 5.9mm at its thinnest point, 65-inch is 6mm and the 75-inch model is 9.9mm. Similar to the Mi Full Screen TV Pro, this has Amologic T972 12nm chip with support for 8K video playback, thanks to 9th generation of image quality engine technology. There is also MEMC motion compensation technology and support for HDR 10+.  These have two-channel two-way design, the left and right channels contain two vocal and woofer units, which improve the acoustic response curve by optimizing the acoustic waveguide structure, reducing the sound caused to the TV's body. Resonance greatly enhances the audio's audio response range (90Hz~14KHz) and user audiovisual experience, surpassing the industry standard of 200Hz~6.3KHz. Xiaomi Mi TV 5 and 5 Pro (55″, 65″ and 75-inch) specifications 55/65/75-inch (3840 × 2160 pixels) Quantum Dot 4K QLED  ...

Google rolls out November 2019 security update for Pixel devices, includes Smooth Display and Camera quality improvements for Pixel 4

Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release for November. Pixel and Pixel XL phones will not get security patches starting this month since the phone has completed 3 years. New builds for the Pixel devices with October 2019 Android Security update: Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL (QD1A.190821.014.C2) Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL (QP1A.191105.003) Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL (QP1A.191105.004) Check out the complete set of issues that are fixed in the latest update in the Android update Bulletin here, Security and download full factory images or OTA images for these Pixel devices from the Google Developers website, if you don’t have the over-the-air (OTA) update yet. Functional patches Improvements for Google Assistant Hotword for Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL Additional support for Xbox BT controller mapping for Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL Improvements for bottom speaker audio quality for Pixel 3 Additional fixes for some devices stuck during boot for Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL Smooth Display improvements and Camera quality improvements for Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL As ...

Redmi 6 Pro and Redmi Y2 MIUI 11 Global Stable Beta starts rolling out

Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with the Redmi Note 8 series at an event in India. MIUI 11 aims to bring a brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing and has also introduced nifty additions specifically for India. The company has almost completed MIUI 11 rollout for the first phase of devices and has already started testing MIUI Stable Beta for the second batch of devices. [gallery columns="2" size="large" link="file" ids="297170,297171"] As per posts on Mi Community, Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11 to Redmi Y2 and Redmi 6 Pro users in India. Redmi 6 Pro gets MIUI 11.0.3.0.PDMMIXM update that weighs about 534MB in size while Redmi Y2 gets MIUI 11.0.1.0.PEFMIXM which weighs about 1.5GB in size. Xiaomi has updated the security patch on both the devices as with MIUI 11 update both the devices now run on October security patch. [gallery columns="2" size="large" link="file" ids="297172,297173"] MIUI 11 brings new features such as New Minimalistic Design, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Mi Share, Floating Calculator, Updated Mi File Manager, Steps Trackers and more to both the devices. MIUI 11 is being rolled out to all eligible devices as ...

HUAWEI MatePad Pro tablet with dual rear cameras, in-screen front camera, stylus support and HUAWEI Nova 6 surface

In recent weeks, quite a few unannounced HUAWEI devices surfaced in renders and now, three new HUAWEI devices have surfaced which also includes a tablet too. Latest renders of HUAWEI MatePad Pro tablet with dual rear cameras, in-screen front camera, stylus have surfaced alongside the renders of HUAWEI P Smart 2020 and HUAWEI Nova 6 smartphones. According to the render images, HUAWEI's upcoming tablet is said to be called MatePad Pro and is said to sport hole-punch/in-screen front camera to the top left corner, dual rear cameras and the bezels are also said to be minimal. The fingerprint scanner is not visible on the rear of the tablet, so we can expect it to sport an in-display fingerprint scanner and the tablet is said to feature a USB Type-C port flanked by speaker grille on either side. The render images also reveal a magnetic keyboard and a stylus. Other specifications of the tablet are not known yet. Furthermore, renders of the upcoming HUAWEI P Smart 2020 and HUAWEI Nova 6 smartphones. The images of P Smart 2020 reveal a 6.3-inch OLED notch-display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, triple rear cameras, and two colour options. It is said to be ...

Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: Android 10 based MIUI 11 Stable Update]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi K20 Pro smartphone in India on July 17th running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). 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 30-45 days. This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for Redmi K20 Pro (codename ‘raphael’), also check out our Redmi K20 Pro content, Redmi K20 Pro Unboxing and First Impressions Redmi K20 Pro Carbon Black Photo Gallery Redmi K20 Pro Benchmarks and Gaming Review Redmi K20 Pro Review [gallery link="file" size="large" ids="297162,297161,297163"] MIUI Updates rolled out for the smartphone: [Nov 4, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 11 Stable 11.0.1.0.QFKINXM with October Android security patch for selected users. The update weighs around 2.2GB in size and brings MIUI 11 features such as New Minimalistic Design, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Mi Share, Floating Calculator, Update Mi File Manager, Steps Trackers and more to Redmi K20 Pro, check out this post to learn more about MIUI 11 features. [Download Link] [Sep 23, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.4.8.0.QFKINXM with Android 10 and updated September 2019 security patch. The update ...

Airtel Rs. 599 pre-paid plan with unlimited calling, Rs. 4 lakh Life Insurance cover now available for Delhi-NCR users

Airtel has been revising its prepaid and postpaid plans recently and back in May this year, the company launched Rs. 249 pre-paid recharge plan with Life Insurance cover and Rs. 129 pre-paid recharge plan. Similarly, Airtel has today launched its new Rs. 599 pre-paid bundle for its customers in Delhi NCR. The new Rs. 599 pre-paid recharge plan offers Rs. 4 lakh Life Insurance cover from Bharti AXA Life Insurance and this recharge plan offers 2GB data/day, Unlimited Local/STD Calls, 100 SMS/day with a validity of 84 days. The insurance cover continues automatically for three months with every recharge. The additional benefits include Free 4 week course on Shaw Academy for 28 days, access to Wynk Music, Norton Mobile Security for 1 year and access to Airtel XStream App Premium.  Airtel users need to enrol for the insurance after the first recharge through SMS, Airtel Thanks App or the Airtel Retailer and the life insurance cover is available to all customers aged 18-54 years.  Commenting on this, Vani Venkatesh, CEO – Delhi NCR, Bharti Airtel, said: Our large base of mobile phone users offers us a robust platform to bring many convenient products and services to our customers. Insurance is a valuable offering given ...

Vivo Y91 and Y91i get a price cut again in India, now available starting at Rs. 6990

Vivo launched the Y91 smartphone earlier this year in India starting at Rs. 10,990 and later launched the Y91i smartphone starting at Rs. 7990. Both smartphones got a price cut back in May this year and now again both Vivo Y91 and Y91i have received a price cut in India and will be available at revised prices online and offline stores as well. Vivo Y91 3GB RAM with 32GB storage variant will be available for Rs. 8490, against its current selling price of Rs. 8990 and this means it has received a Rs. 500 price cut. Vivo Y91i, on the other hand, 2GB RAM with 16GB storage variant will be available for Rs. 6990, against its current selling price of Rs. 7490 and this means it has received a Rs. 500 price cut as well. The revised prices will be reflected on e-commerce websites like Flipkart, Amazon.in soon and both the smartphones will be available at revised prices in offline stores as well. Smartphone Old Price New Price Price Cut Vivo Y91 (3+32GB) Rs. 8990 Rs. 8490 Rs. 500 Vivo Y91i (2+16GB) Rs. 7490 Rs. 6990 Rs. 500 To recall, Vivo Y91 has a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio Halo FullView display, is powered by Helio P22 Octa-Core 12nm SoC, has 2GB of ...

Vivo S5 with triple rear cameras surface ahead of announcement on Nov 14

Vivo recently confirmed that S5, a new smartphone in the S series will be introduced on November 14th. Today press shots of the phone has surfaced in three colors, Blue, Green and Pink with a gradient finish. The image also shows diamond-shaped triple camera arrangement along with an LED flash, and the main camera is said to pack a 48MP sensor. This will feature an in-display fingerprint scanner and an AMOLED screen, similar to the earlier S series phones, S1 and S1 Pro. Even though one render showed a no-notch display, another image showed a punch-hole screen, which is on the right side compared to left side on the Z1 Pro. We still don't have any other specifications of the phone, but we should know when the phone gets certified by TENAA in China sometime later this week. It is rumored to be priced less than 2000 yuan (Rs. 20,110 approx.) when it is announced next Thursday. Source