Samsung Galaxy A50s Android 10 One UI 2.0 update starts rolling out in India

After rolling out Android 10 update to Galaxy A30 earlier this month, Samsung has started rolling out stable version of One UI 2.0, the next major One UI update based on Android 10 for its Galaxy A50s in India. It was supposed to get the update in April 2020, according to its schedule, but the company has rolled it out early. This brings clean and easy-to-use interface with minimized pop-ups, New, smarter layout for a visually comfortable experience, enhanced Dark Mode, Focus Mode, Intuitive Device Care menu and more, but it still doesn’t have built-in screen recorder. The Samsung Galaxy A50s One UI 2.0 update build A507FNXXU3BTB2 is about 1.64GB in size and includes Android security patch for February 2020. Samsung already confirmed the update for range of smartphones. Check out the complete changelog. What’s new One UI 2 Core 2 upgrade brings you Android 10 with exciting new features from Samsung and Google based on feedback from users like you. We recommend that you back up your important data to keep it safe during the upgrade. Some apps, including Calculator, Samsung Internet, Samsung Health and Samsung Notes, need to be updated individually after you update your OS. Here’s what’s new Dark Mode Enhanced image, text, ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite Review: Lite in every aspect except..!

Samsung tried to challenge the upper mid-range series of smartphone with Galaxy A series, but it doesn't pan out as expected. In this regard, the South Korean tech giant has changed its road map by launching a new smartphone in a price segment it had not concentrated much on in the last few years. Came out of nowhere, the Galaxy Note 10 Lite is pitted against the likes of OnePlus 7T, Realme X2 Pro and other smartphones between Rs. 30000 to Rs. 40000. Having said that, we have jotted down list of points why you should and should not buy this smartphone. For the uninitiated, Samsung launched the Note 10 Lite in the Indian market last month across major retail stores, Amazon.in, Flipkart and Samsung.com. Do read the review and comment your opinion about the device down below. Why should you buy it? 20:9 aspect ratio offers an excellent viewing experience, but! The Galaxy Note 10 Lite sports a 6.7-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-O Display, translating into a pixel density of 394ppi. The sunlight legibility is excellent, black levels are deep, and watching media, especially high-resolution content from the likes of Netflix, is a pleasure. Unlike its bigger sibling, it ...

Vivo Z6 5G with 6.57-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 765G, liquid cooling, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Vivo has announced Z6 5G, the company's first mid-range 5G smartphone in China. It packs a 6.57-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 90.74% screen-to-body ratio, a 3.85mm tiny punch-hole that houses a 16-megapixel camera sensor. It is powered by Snapdragon 765G with up to 8GB RAM and has support for liquid cooling to reduce the temperature by up to 10°C. The phone runs Android 10 with vivo's own Funtouch OS 10, and features quad rear cameras that includes 48MP main camera with f/1.79 aperture, 8MP 112° ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP 4cm super macro lens and a 2MP portrait lens. The phone has a 3D curved back, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 44W ultra-fast flash charge fast charging that can charge the phone up to 70% in 35 minutes and 100% in 65 minutes. Vivo Z6 5G specifications 6.57-inch (1080 × 2080 pixels) Full HD+ 20:9 LCD screen Octa Core (1 x 2.4GHz + 1 x 2.2GHz + 6 x 1.8GHz Kryo 475 CPUs) Snapdragon 765G 7nm EUV Mobile Platform with Adreno 620 GPU 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 64GB / 128GB / 256GB (UFS 2.1) storage Android 10 with Funtouch OS 10 Dual SIM 48MP rear ...

HTC Wildfire R70 with 6.53-inch display, triple rear cameras announced in India

HTC has introduced Wildfire R70, the company's latest smartphone in India after Wildfire X back in August last year. It has a 6.53-inch HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC with 2GB RAM, runs Android Pie, has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel super macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensing camera for portrait shots. It also has an 8-megapixel camera on the front.The packs a 4000mAh battery with 10W charging via micro USB.    HTC Wildfire X specifications 6.53-inch (1560 × 720 pixels) 19.5:9 display 2.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 9.0 (Pie) Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 16MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, LED flash, 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint scanner 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dimensions: 163.2 x 77.8 x 8.9mm; Weight: 186g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS, micro USB 4000mAh (typical) built-in battery with 10W charging The HTC Wildfire R70 comes in Aurora Blue and ...

OPPO A31 with 6.5-inch display, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 11490

OPPO has launched A31 smartphone in India after it was introduced in Indonesia recently. The phone packs a 6.5-inch HD+ screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 SoC with 4GB of RAM, packs 12-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel depth and 2-megapixel camera cameras. There is also an 8-megapixel front camera. It features a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4230mAh battery. OPPO A31 specifications 6.5-inch (1600 x 720 pixels) HD+ display with 1500:1 contrast ratio, 480 nit brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection Octa Core MediaTek Helio P35 12nm processor (ARM Cortex A53 CPU) with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU 4GB RAM with 64GB storage / 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD) ColorOS 6.1.2 on Android 9.0 (Pie) 12MP rear camera with LED flash, EIS, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP camera for 4cm macro with 1.75μm pixel size, f/2.4 aperture 8MP front-facing camera Dimensions: 163.9×75.5×8.3mm; Weight: 180g Fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5, GPS/ GLONASS/ Beidou 4230mAh battery The OPPO A31 comes in Mystery Black and Fantasy White colors, is priced at Rs. 11,490 for the 4GB RAM with ...

India wearables market grows by 168.3% YoY with 14.9 million shipments, earwear grows 443% YoY: IDC

The Indian wearable market saw a massive growth of 168.3% year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2019, shipping about 14.9 million units during the year. Of this 5.1 million units were shipped in the Q4 of 2019 alone. Ear-wear saw a huge YoY growth of 443.6% and wrist band wearables saw a growth of 52.6% YoY. Basic wearables accounted for 96.2% of India's wearables market, which calculates for a 177% growth YoY in 2019. Smart wearables (can run third party apps on device) grew by 49.5% YoY, accounting for 3.8% of the overall wearable shipments in 2019. Wrist bands shipped nearly 5.3 million units that calculated to a 52.6% YoY growth. The top 2 manufacturers were Xiaomi and Titan with 48.9% category share and 14.5% category share respectively. Watches on the other hand, saw growth of 77.5% YoY, shipping 933 thousand units. Fossil took the lead with 30.3% market share, followed by Apple with a 26.6% share. Huami, the makers of the Amazfit band lead the market share in the basic wearables category with its aggressive pricing and features. The biggest category however, was the the ear-wear category. It grew a massive 443.6% in 2019 compared to last year with BoAt Lifestyle leading the market with ...

KrØØk Wi-Fi encryption vulnerability affects billions of devices

It seems like every other day, we get news of the discovery of another security vulnerability that affects a lot of our devices. Yesterday, a report published by ESET Research explains the discovery of Kr00k vulnerability that allows an attacker to decrypt wireless network packets. The kr00k vulnerability was discovered when ESET researchers were studying into the Key Reinstallation Attacks (KRACK) on Amazon Echo devices. It causes the vulnerable devices to use an all-zero encryption key to encrypt part of the user’s communication. This makes it possible for attackers to decrypt packets of information that are being transmitted over the network. It affects all devices with Broadcom and Cypress Wi-Fi chips which estimates to more than a billion WiFi-enabled devices. Some the manufactures that were confirmed to be affected by the Kr00k vulnerability is Amazon with their Echo and Kindle, Apple with their iPhone, iPad and MacBook, Google on the Nexus devices, Samsung with their Galaxy devices, Raspberry Pi 3 and Xiaomi  with their Redmi devices.  Broadcom and Cypress have since released patches to fix the vulnerability which have been by most major manufacturers. Commenting on the report, Miloš Čermák, the lead ESET researcher into the Kr00k vulnerability said: Kr00k manifests itself after Wi-Fi disassociations – ...

Apple to open its first retail store in India in 2021, online store this year: Tim Cook

Rumors about Apple's own retail outlet in India has been surfacing for quite some time now. Yesterday at its annual shareholders meeting at Steve Jobs Theater Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that Apple will open its first retail store in India in 2021. He said that the company had to seek special approval for this because the Indian government wanted it to work with a partner. “We wouldn’t be a very good partner in retail. We like to do things our way,” he said. He also said that Apple will start selling its products on its online store starting this year. The company is currently selling its products online on Flipkart, Amazon.in, Paytm Mall, and offline through third-party brand-authorized retailers. A report from last year said that Apple has chosen Mumbai’s Maker Maximity Mall in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) as the venue for its first own India outlet and added that Apple has leased around 20,000-25,000 sq ft space for its outlet and is spread over three floors in the Maker Maximity Mall. It is said to be the largest Apple Store in India and will be three times the size of Apple Flagship Premium Reseller’s 8000 sq.ft outlet in Mumbai which opened ...

Apple iOS devices could get over-the-air OS recovery soon

Based on code found iOS 13.4 beta, Apple may be testing a method of recovery for iOS based devices via the internet. This will reduce the dependance on devices such as the iPhone, iPad and others on the Mac or PC for restoring its firmware. At the moment, when these devices require an OS restore, users will need to connect it to a Mac or PC to download the device's firmware. Other devices like the HomePod or Apple Watch do not even have physical connectors to be able to perform a restore by the user. The new feature was spotted in the third beta of iOS 13.4 under the name 'OS recovery'. With it, users will be prompted to connect to the internet, after which Apple will directly download the device firmware to be able to restore it. This feature will work similar to how macOS Internet Recovery, which has existed for many years now, allowing the operating system to download a copy over the internet without another computer. It is unclear whether the feature will arrive with iOS 13.4 or will be slated to release with iOS 14. Another point to note is that this feature will be highly useful for the ...

HUAWEI P40 Lite with 6.4-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 810, 48MP quad rear cameras announced

HUAWEI has announced P40 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in Spain, which is actually the rebranded version of the nova 6 SE that was introduced in China back in December last year. It has a 6.4-inch Full HD+ LCD screen with a 16-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 810 7nm SoC with 8GB RAM, runs Android 10 with EMUI 10 and HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) instead of Google Play Services, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel camera for macro and another 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots. It has a gradient back and packs a 4200mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging that can charge the phone up to 70% in 30 minutes. HUAWEI P40 Lite specifications 6.4-inch (2340×1080 pixels) Full HD+ IPS display, DCI-P3 wide color gamut Octa-Core Kirin 810 7nm (2x 2.27GHz Cortex-A76 +6 x 1.88GHz Cortex-A55) processor with ARM Mali-G52 MP6 GPU 6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with Huawei NM memory card Android 10-based EMUI 10.0.1 with HMS Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / NM card) 48MP rear camera with Sony IMX586 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 8MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP camera ...