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Sunday, 23 February 2020
Samsung Galaxy A51 Review: A decent mid-range Samsung smartphone
Samsung launched the Galaxy A50 smartphone back in February 2019 and later launched the upgraded Galaxy A50s smartphone. Both the phones were popular in its segment and this year, Samsung has refreshed lineup with the Galaxy A51. Samsung Galaxy A51 is positioned as a mid-range smartphone and sports a modern Infinity-O Super AMOLED display, quad-camera setup, and more. Does the Galaxy A51 pack enough power and is it a worthy upgrade to the Galaxy A50 and Galaxy A50s? Let us find out more in this review. Note: Samsung Galaxy A51 comes in a single 6GB RAM + 128GB storage option and we tested the same. Samsung Galaxy A51 specifications 6.5-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Infinity-O Super AMOLED screen Octa-Core (Quad 2.3GHz + Quad 1.7GHz) Exynos 9611 10nm processor with Mali-G72 GPU 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card Android 10 with Samsung One UI 2.0 Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD) 48MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 12MP 123-degree ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.2 aperture, 5MP depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 5MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture 32MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture In-display fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Dolby Atmos ...
Vivo APEX 2020 concept phone to be announced on February 28
Vivo introduced the APEX 2019 concept phone with unibody 3D design without ports or buttons back in January last year. This year the company was supposed to introduce the APEX 2020 at its MWC event, but the GSMA cancelled the event due to coronavirus concerns, so vivo today officially announced that the next-generation APEX concept phone will be introduced on February 28th in Beijing. The upcoming APEX 2020 represents vivo's prediction and layout of mobile phone development and technological innovation in 2020, said the company. It has released the first teaser that shows faintly curved screen side and the number "120" which could be 120Hz screen or something complete different. Another image shows the back of the phone with periscope zoom camera for loss-less zoom. The phone is also rumored to feature under-screen front camera, ultra-fast charging and lots more technological innovations. We should know more details about the phone later this week. Source
Black Shark 3 5G gaming phone with Quad HD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 865, 12GB RAM to be announced on March 3
After rumors, Black Shark has confirmed that Black Shark 3 gaming phone will be introduced in an online event in China on March 3rd. Last month the company had announced a partnership with Tencent Games, so the phone will be called the Tencent Black Shark 3. The company also said that this will be the first gaming centric smartphone with 5G support. Last month images of the Black Shark 3 smartphone had surfaced revealing its 120Hz display with option to switch between 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz Quad HD or 2K resolution with option to change to 1080p resolution. The phone should be powered by the latest Snapdragon 865 Mobile platform. Last week Black Shark brand manager posted a poll on Weibo revealing 5,000 mAh battery with 65W fast charging that can charge the phone from 0-100% in 38 minutes and can still maintain charge over 800 full cycles. 65W fast charging has also been confirmed by 3C certification in China. Recent Geekbench listing with the model number KLE-A0 revealed Snapdragon 865, 12GB RAM and Android 10 for the phone. Source 1, 2
Saturday, 22 February 2020
Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 8 with DerpFest ROM
Xiaomi’s Redmi unveiled the Redmi Note 8 series in the country back in October running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie) and later rolled out MIUI 11 update to both the smartphones. The Pro variant has been the talk of the town since it is superior to the vanilla Redmi Note 8 in every aspect, but Redmi Note 8 has better custom ROM and mods support compared to its Pro sibling, thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC. Redmi Note 8 started receiving Android 10 in China last month but MIUI Global ROM is still based on Android 9, but you can always install a custom ROM to stay on the latest version of Android. We tried AOSiP DerpFest on our Redmi Note 8 unit and here is our post that may help you in deciding if you should flash it on your device. Performance and Benchmarks: [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="305568,305569,305570"] Redmi Note 8 packs Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 under the hood which is a good mid-range processor. It obtained AnTuTu score of 172829 on DerpFest. It scored 1493 points in single-core test and 5515 points in multi-core test in Geekbench 4. In Geekbench 5 test, it managed to get a 312 points ...
Friday, 21 February 2020
realme to launch Smart TVs in India in Q2 2020
Earlier this month realme CEO Francis Wang teased new Smart TVs at its MWC event, but GSMA has cancelled the event, so the company is holding an online event. Today in an interview with Trakin Tech realme India CEO Madhav Seth said that the company will launch several products including smart speakers in the coming months. He also confirmed that it will launch smart TVs in the country in Q2 2020, around April. Francis Wang already posted an image of the container and said that it will open it for India customer in March. We will open this container for India customers in March. 🙌#realme#DareToLeap pic.twitter.com/QysAMijm3I — Francis Wang (@FrancisRealme) February 12, 2020 U gonna hear something exciting abt TV on MWC! #realmeForEveryIndian — Francis Wang (@FrancisRealme) February 1, 2020 Earlier this week realme introduced realme Link, which is its upcoming app for realme IoT products. In the interview Madhav Seth showed the realme Band and realme Buds Air connected to the app. He also showed off the realme Band, which will come with a color AMOLED screen, built-in charging port and in three colorful straps, including Black and Yellow strap. He also said that it will be the most affordable fitness band with built-in heart ...
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip sold out within minutes in India in first day of pre-booking
Samsung started pre-booking for the Galaxy Z Flip in India priced at Rs. 1,09,999 earlier today on Samsung e-shop and select retail stores. Samsung has announced that it was sold out within minutes after the pre-booking opened at 11AM. Offline retail outlets taking pre-orders have also run out of stock. Users were asked to pay the full amount for orders. Buyers from Samsung e-shop will be offered premium white glove delivery in 10 cities, said the company. Consumers, who managed to pre-book the Galaxy Z Flip in India today will start getting deliveries on February 26. It will re-open pre-booking on February 28, and the units will be delivered in March. It comes with Accidental damage coverage, which includes one-time screen protection and a 24X7 Dedicated Call Center Support (1800-20-7267864), 1-year Samsung Care+ Protection that includes 1-time screen damage protection service for inner screen and external screen at discounted fee (at the time of repair), 4 Month free YouTube premium Subscription and Smausng also offers up to 12 month Interest Free EMI. The phone packs a 6.7-inch FULL HD+ Dynamic AMOLED main display with a 21.9:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2636 x 1080 pixels. Samsung calls this Infinity Flex display, has ...
Apple may allow third-party apps to be set as default in iPhone soon
Till date, in typical Apple fashion, default apps on their iOS platform have always been locked to Apples own pre-installed offerings like Apple Music and Safari. Now, Apple is apparently discussing bringing the walls down a bit and let third party apps to be set as defaults by users. Currently, on iOS, when users open a link, it automatically opens in Safari, even if the user wishes to open them in Google Chrome Firefox. Similarly, when a user needs to share something via mail, Apple defaults to its own Apple Mail app. Apple has blocked the ability to set defaults in iOS, probably to ensure that their apps and services continue to be used. It has however, received quite a bit of backlash in recent times for continuing to be lock this feature. In response, Apple is considering loosening its restrictions on third party apps for third party apps like Spotify and such. It is also considering reducing restriction on its other devices such as the HomePod. Currently, users can only stream music directly on the HomePod via Apple Music, with Spotify and others being blocked. If users wish to stream via Spotify, they have to Airplay via an iPad or iPhone, ...
Google removes nearly 600 apps from the Play Store for violating its ads policy
Intrusive advertisements on apps has been an issue that Google has been tackling on android for years now. As part of this effort, Google has banned 600 apps from its Play Store for violating its disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy. The ban was enforced as a result of new machine-learning based approaches that Google has deployed to detect when apps show out-of-context ads. These new detection methods were developed to fight against better masked disruptive ads that were deployed by malicious developers. Google's disruptive ad policy specifically targets ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, especially out-of-context ads, that can sometimes take away device functionality. In its blog posts, Google gives the example of apps suddenly serving full-screen advertisements when the user is not actually actively using them, like when the user attempts to make a phone call or when unlocking the phone. Google has stated its continued commitment towards developing new technologies that can help prevent these emerging threats and bad behaviour from damaging the mobile ecosystem. For us users, it means lesser annoying apps that serve advertisements out of nowhere, which is great. Source
Xiaomi India to launch new dual-driver earphones with HD Audio on February 25
Xiaomi India is on a launch spree as the company recently launched the Mi Outdoor speaker and Mi Toothbrush. Following that, the company has now teased another audio product launch in India on February 25 and it could be an earphone. Xiaomi India has posted a teaser that reads “Perfectly balanced sound with twice the drive. #HDAudio unveiling on 25th February.” The teaser video shows a glimpse of the product with a braided cable. Going by the teaser, the product could be a wired earphone with dual drivers, HD audio capability and it could replace the existing Mi Earphones that are available from quite some time. Perfectly balanced sound with twice the drive.#HDAudio unveiling on 25th February. pic.twitter.com/bXDvofZLS9 — Mi India #108MP IS COMING! (@XiaomiIndia) February 21, 2020 The new earphone could take on the realme Buds 2 which packs an 11.2mm bass boost driver, dual-tangle free cable, and more. We should know more information in the coming days.
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Twitter is testing new ways to target misinformation spread
The spread of misinformation in social media is an issue that is widely debated these days. According to a leaked demo, Twitter may roll a new policy that targets misinformation by having a community of fact-checkers and journalists marking the tweet as “Harmfully misleading” or not. Twitter did confirm that they are testing the feature and that this is one possible iteration of the new policy that they are developing. In the leaked demo, a community of fact checkers and journalists who are verified on the platform can vote on a potentially misleading tweet and if so, the tweet will get a red or orange badge right below, which will have the same size of the tweet. It will state that the tweet violates the community policy and hence will have its visibility reduced. Twitter is planning to build its community of fact-checkers by giving users a chance to earn 'points' and a 'community badge' if they contribute in good faith. The point system will behave in similar fashion to Wikipedia, in an attempt to prevent trolls and political ideologues from becoming moderators. The moderators will be asked to categorise a tweet as 'likely' or unlikely to be harmfully misleading and also ...
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Vivo launched the vivo V17 smartphone late last year in India with a Super AMOLED display, 32MP in-screen camera, and more. The successor t...