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Monday, 16 December 2019

Portronics Yogg Kronos Smartwatch with fitness tracking, IP68 water resistance launched for Rs. 3999

Portronics, the portable gadget manufacturer has launched yet another smartwatch called the Yogg Kronos. This smartwatch cum fitness tracker is equipped with touch-enabled 1.3-inch colour screen that helps you track your heart rate, steps, sleep time and more. Synchronising data using the VeryFit Pro App, the Yogg Kronos can track a multitude of fitness related data such as steps, calories, distance, sleep times. The smartwatch can also set reminders, sync social apps, emails, and missed calls. The lightweight device weighs only 40.8 grams and is rated for IP68 water and dust resistance making it ideal for all seasons, rain or wind. It features a magnetic charger that will charge its 210mAH battery. Portronics promises a battery life of about 8-10 days with the Yogg Kronos. The Portronics Yogg Kronos will be available for a price of Rs. 3999 on online and offline retail stores throughout India, but you can get it from Amazon for as low as Rs. 3499 and has been listed on Flipkart for Rs. 2999.

Tenda AC8 AC1200 Dual-band Gigabit Wireless Router launched, available for Rs. 2399

Tenda, a manufacturer of networking devices and equipment has launched their new router AC8 AC1200 Dual-band Gigabit Wireless Router. With combined WiFi speeds up to 1167 Mbps, the Gigabit router is at powering new fibre connection that are becoming popular for stable online gaming and 4K video streaming. The router has 4*6dBi External Dual Band External Omni-Directional Antennas that can cover up to 90 square meters with 2 walls penetration capability. With MU-MIMO and Beamforming+ Technology, the Tenda AC8 AC1200 router ensure excellent coverage and stable performance. The router comes with IPV6 support and a unique feature called Smart Traffic Prioritisation that combines both 2.4GHz and 5GHz under one Wi-Fi name, automatically providing devices with the best possible signal and speed. The router also comes equipped with Smart Tenda Wi-Fi App which helps in real-time management of the network. The Tenda AC8 1200 Mbps Wireless Smart Dual-Band Gigabit WiFi Router retails for a price of Rs. 4900, but you can get it on Amazon for as low as Rs. 2399. Commenting on the launch of the router, John Dong, Director, Tenda India said: We at Tenda work towards achieving high standards of innovations and technology through our relentless efforts. With the launch of AC8 AC1200 ...

OnePlus 7T OxygenOS 10.0.7 update brings improved RAM management, Camera improvement and more

OnePlus has pushed another incremental update to the OnePlus 7T, bringing the version number to 10.0.7. The update brings certain bug fixes, improvements to RAM management and updates the Android security patch to 2019.11. Some users have reported that the version number is incorrectly showing the version number as 10.3.0. OnePlus has acknowledged the issue and will return with information as soon as possible The update size is reported to be at 296MB and will be rolled out to everyone through OTA. As usual, this OTA is an incremental one, initially rolling out to a small number of users today with wider rolling out coming in the next few days. Check out the complete changelog below: Changelog System Improved the launching speed of some apps Optimized the RAM Management Optimized the black and white screen issues with some apps Improved system stability and general bug fixes Updated Android security patch to 2019.11 Camera Improved the photo quality Source

OPPO ColorOS 7 brings improvements and optimisations to gaming performance

OPPO appears to be dedicated in delivering strong and smooth gameplay experience with updates to their new ColorOS 7. Claiming to reduce major issues like unresponsiveness, lagging and dropped frame rate, OPPO has optimised their ColorOS7 and added intuitive features like Game Space and Game Assistant. To deal with unresponsiveness and dropped frame rate, ColorOS 7 automatically will detect heavy loading scenarios and allocate system resources in advance, ensuring smooth gameplay. By doing this, OPPO claims an improvement of almost 38% in frame rates in its own testing. Another common issue is the touch responsiveness when gaming. ColorOS 7 increases its touch scan frequency by working on CPU scheduling & pre-rendering and more. The modifications supposedly results in 63% touch sensitivity improvement, reported by OPPO's own testing. To assist users while gaming, OPPO has developed the Game Assistant which provides methods to respond to messages more easily without exiting your game or even block messages and notifications completely. Taking screenshots and screen recordings are also much easier now. The Game Space provides shortcuts to all your games and also gives you controls to view the battery status, network condition, and choose network modes. Win an OPPO Reno 10x Zoom RT with the hashtag: #ColorOS7 #GamingWithColorOS 1. What ...

ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G with Snapdragon 865, SA/NSA dual mode 5G, Android 10 to be announced in 2020

During the Snapdragon Tech Summit 2019 earlier this month ZTE was one of the OEMs who confirmed that it will introduce new Axon phones with 5G support, Snapdragon 865 and X55 in the first half of 2020. Today the company has confirmed that it will be called the Axon 10s Pro 5G and also revealed the design along with some specifications. The phone will support SA / NSA dual-mode 5G network and Wi-Fi 6. The ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G will pack 4000mAh battery, feature metal frame, flexible hyperboloid glass, 7.9mm body, 175g weight, making it one of the thinnest 5G flagship. It will feature AI engine Z-Booster 2.0, which intelligently allocates system resources through AI algorithms, and accelerates and optimizes the game and multi-tasking scenes in depth to achieve fast startup, high picture quality, smooth experience by maximizing the performance. Link-Booster intelligent network acceleration supports multiple concurrent network connections, especially for complex signal environments. ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G runs the latest MiFavor 10 based on Android Q bringing new UI design with 1,600 system icons, better battery life, and AI improvements such as AI voice assistant, which provides intelligent search of scene-based languages ​​and full voice control of commonly used ...

Sunday, 15 December 2019

Google Chrome 79 for Android roll out paused due to bug that deletes app data

Google has paused the rollout of Chrome 79 that was just released with the new phishing protections updates. Users who updated discovered a bug that caused data from other apps to be deleted. The reason identified had to do with how apps use Android WebView on Android. Android apps that are basically wrappers for webpages like Twitter Lite use Android WebView to render their webpages on the phone. On Friday morning, developers of these apps discovered that when Android WebView was updated to version 79, users began to see their app data basically being deleted. Those affected reported this issue on the Chromium bug tracker page, claiming some of them had years of user data deleted and requesting a rollback immediately. Unfortunately, end users will only notice their data being deleted and not understand why, they would only blame the developers of the app. Chromium developers have responded to the issue, pausing rollback as almost 50% of users received the update. Developing a solution to the bug has been made a priority and Google is currently working on minimising the data loss along with a safe rollout for Chrome 79. At the moment, it is unclear as to which apps have actually been affected. ...

OPPO Reno3 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 1000 and Reno3 Pro 5G with Snapdragon 765G, up to 12GB RAM, quad rear cameras get certified

OPPO is all set to introduce the Reno 3 and Reno 3 Pro smartphones at an event on December 26th. The company already confirmed Reno 3 Pro 5G will be powered by Snapdragon 765G, pack a 4025mAh battery, weigh 180 grams and feature 7.7mm slim body. It also said that Reno3 5G will be the first phone to be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000 SoC. These will come with ColorOS 7 based on Android 10 out of the box and will have support for 5G standalone and non-stand alone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. Now the phones have been certified by TENAA with the model numbers PDCM00 and PDCM00 confirming the complete specifications. OPPO Reno 3 5G rumored specifications 6.4-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 20:9 aspect ratio AMOLED display Octa Core Dimensity 1000 7nm processor with Mali-G77 MC9 GPU 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB  storage Android 10 with ColorOS 7.0 Dual SIM 64MP rear camera with LED flash, 8MP 116-degree Ultra Wide Lens, 2MP depth, 2MP macro 32MP front-facing camera with LED flash In-display fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack, Dolby Atmos Dimensions: 160.3×74.3×7.96mm; Weight: 181g 5G SA/ NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB ...

Mi AirDots Pro 2 Unboxing and First Impressions

Xiaomi introduced Mi AirDots Pro 2, the successor to premium true wireless earphones Mi AirDots Pro in China back in September along with Mi MIX Alpha. The Mi AirDots Pro 2 offers up to 14 hours of music playback, packs a 14.2 mm dynamic driver unit and support environment noise cancellation, we recently bought a unit from ShareSave which is Xiaomi’s own cross-border e-commerce platform, and here is the unboxing and first impressions of Mi AirDots Pro 2. Box Contents Mi AirDots Pro 2 with charging capsule USB Type-C cable User guide Specifications Bluetooth 5.0 (LDHC/SBC/AAC codes) to connect to Android and iOS devices 14.2mm drivers Dual microphones for noise cancellation, voice control Touch controls for track change Infrared sensor for intelligent wear detection so it automatically pauses when you remove them Semi-in-ear design to fit your ear canal, making it comfortable to wear and doesn’t fall off easily. Each headset weigh just 4.5 grams, Case weighs 50 grams 4 hours of standalone playback, 14 hours with the case, USB Type-C charging for the case to charge in 1 hour Design The Mi AirDots Pro 2 look more like Apple Airpods than the first-gen Mi AirDots Pro. Similar to other Xiaomi eco-system products, these feature ...

Realme 5s Review — Worthy upgrade to realme 5?

Last year, many smartphone brands came up with their sub-brands and online-only series of smartphones which eventually is working out well for the brands. On similar lines, the Realme Mobiles brand was introduced under OPPO earlier last year. realme 1 was the first smartphone from the brand and later on, the company started to branch out from OPPO to start functioning independently. Within a year, realme launched an array of smartphones and realme 5s is the latest budget smartphone launched by the company. It was launched alongside the flagship realme X2 Pro and is positioned as an upgrade to the realme 5 smartphone. We have been testing the realme 5s (4GB+128GB) for some time now and in this review, let us find out if the realme 5s is 'real-ly' an upgrade to the realme 5. Box contents realme 5s box packaging is minimalistic and the front of the box has the image of the smartphone along with the branding to the front and key specifications along with other details to the rear. Upon opening the box, you will find the realme 5s, transparent case, 10W wall adapter, micro USB cable, SIM ejector, and the usual user manual and warranty information. realme 5s ...

Saturday, 14 December 2019

HONOR AM115 half in-ear earphones launched in India for Rs. 399

HUAWEI's HONOR brand is expected to launch new smartphones in India soon, but in the meantime now, the company has launched its new half wired in-ear style earphones - HONOR AM115 in India. HONOR AM115 in-ear style earphones is made of plastic and combine the merit of both in-ear and traditional earphones, and these have a comfortable fit. It has rear air vents for better mid-range performance and air intake vent for enhanced bass. The AM115 also features a microphone, three-button control that allows you to control playback and handle calls. HONOR says that the AM115 has been subject to 69 stringent testings, including drop tests, tension tests, button-pressing tests, and temperature tests. This product comes in a single white color, is priced at Rs. 399 and will go on sale on 16th December 2019 on Amazon.in.