Redmi K30 Pro to launch in India under POCO, hints MIUI Camera app code

Redmi introduced its latest smartphone in the flagship killer K series, Redmi K30 Pro 5G along with Zoom edition in China earlier this week. Redmi K30 Pro 5G is the successor to Redmi K20 Pro which was quite popular and an easy recommendation in its price category in India. While everyone was waiting to hear about the Redmi K30 Pro India launch from Redmi India team, a new finding from XDA suggests that the smartphone might launch under POCO in India. While decompiling the lastest version of the MIUI Camera app, kacskrz, A XDA member, found a constant 'device_poco_watermark_default_text' containing the string “SHOT ON POCO Phone” which suggests that the smartphone may land in India as a POCO product. We are still not sure if this will be the POCO F2, the successor to the legendary POCO F1, but since it uses top-tier silicon from Qualcomm, we are expecting it to launch as POCO F2 only. Redmi K30 Pro / K30 Pro Zoom Edition specifications 6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ E3 AMOLED aspect ratio HDR10 + display with 1200nit (HBM) / 800nit (Typ) brightness, 5000000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, 100% DCI-P3 Wide Color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection Octa Core ...

HONOR 30S with Kirin 820 5G, 64MP quad rear cameras with 3x optical zoom, 40W fast charging to be announced on March 30

Update: March 26, 2020 - HONOR today shared new renders for the HONOR 30S that shows 64MP quad rear cameras that includes a telephoto lens. The company says that it will feature industry-leading BM3D SLR image noise reduction technology, which provides higher guarantee for the imaging quality. It also shows Blue and Green color variants with gradient finish. Earlier: HUAWEI's HONOR brand today announced that it will introduce the HONOR 30S, successor of last year's HONOR 20S in China on March 30th. This is said to be powered by new Kirin 820 5G SoC. Press render that surfaced recently revealed quad rear cameras with dual-LED flash and a gradient glass back. 3C certification listing revealed 40W (10V/4A) fast charging. Another image reveals side-mounted fingerprint scanner for the phone, so it is not clear if the phone will come with an LCD screen, and the invite teases a no-notch, but it could come with a punch-hole screen. We should know more details about the phone in the coming days once the phone gets certified by TENAA. Source 1, 2, 3

Get Android 10 on Redmi Note 7 Pro with Evolution X ROM

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro smartphone in India back in February last year running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie) and it was amongst the popular mid-range devices in 2019. The company recently started rolling out Android 10 update to MIUI China Beta ROM users MIUI Global Stable ROM is yet to be upgraded to Android 10. If you own a Redmi Note 7 Pro and wish to use the latest Android 1o on your Redmi Note 7 Pro, you might try a custom ROM on your device. Earlier, we tried Android 10 based Pixel Experience ROM on our Redmi Note 7 Pro and recently we installed Android 10 based Evolution X on our unit and here is our post which might help you in deciding if you too should flash it on your device. Performance and Benchmarks: [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="308200,308201,308202"] Redmi Note 7 Pro packs Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 under the hood which was amongst the best mid-range processor launched in 2019. It obtained AnTuTu score of 219898 on Evolution X. It scored 2364 points in single-core test and 5903 points in multi-core test in Geekbench 4. In Geekbench 5 test, it managed to get a 508 points in single-core ...

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro detailed specs surface — 6.78-inch 120Hz Fluid Display, IP68 Water resistance, 30W Wireless charging for 8 Pro

Back in January OnePlus confirmed that its next flagship will feature Quad HD+ OLED ‘Fluid Display’ with a refresh rate of 120Hz, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 10-bit HDR and a built-in MEMC motion compensation chip. The company recently confirmed 5G support for all the OnePlus 8 series phones, so we already know that these will be powered by Snapdragon 865 along with X55 5G Modem. Renders of the phones surfaced last year, and they even appeared on Amazon affiliate listing. Now the detailed specifications of the phone have surfaced. This reveals a huge 6.78-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display, quad rear cameras that includes dual 48MP cameras, single 16MP front camera, 4510mAh battery with support for warp Charge 30T Fast Charging, and for the first time 30W wireless fast charging along with 3W wireless reverse charging, and finally, IP68 water resistance ratings for the OnePlus 8 Pro. It is said to come in Blue, Black and Green colors. OnePlus 8 Pro rumored specifications 6.78-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display, 3D Corning Gorilla Glass protection 2.84GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 865 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.0) storage / 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.0) ...

Instagram update lets you browse posts with friends over video chat, adds COVID-19 stickers and resources

A ton of information related to the Coronavirus outbreak comes to the public via online resources like social media, news sites, etc. Doing its part, Instagram has released a bunch of new updates aimed at making it easy for users to access correct information about COVID-19 on its platform. Some of the main changes include: Including more educational resources in Instagram Search Adding stickers to promote accurate information Removing COVID-19 accounts from recommendations, unless posted by a credible health organization Rolling out the donation sticker in more countries and helping people find relevant nonprofits to support Creating a shared story to help those practicing social distancing connect with others, using a “Stay Home” sticker Launching a new way to browse Instagram with friends over video chat. Users who search for coronavirus or COVID-19 terms on Instagram will now see educational messages connecting them to resources from the World Health Organization and local health ministries. To reduce the spread of misinformation, COVID-19 accounts have been removed from account recommendations and it also will downrank content in feed and Stories that has been rated false by third-party-fact checkers. There are new stickers like donation stickers for countries, a COVID-19 section, reminders to wash your hands, distance yourself ...

realme 2 Pro gets Airtel and Jio VoWiFi, March Android Security Patch with the latest update

[Update, Mar 25, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.28 with March Android security patch. realme has already revealed Android 10 roadmap for its devices and as per the schedule, realme 2 Pro is expected to get Android 10 based realme UI update in June 2020. [Download Link] RMX1801EX_11_C.28 changelog, Settings ● Fixed the issue that the notification sound always exists after other devices are connected to personal hotspot [Update, March 17, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.27 with March Android security patch. The update weighs 660 MBs in size and brings swipe gestures along with VoWiFi for Airtel and Jio. [gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="307673,307674"] RMX1801EX_11_C.27 changelog, Security ● Android security patch: March, 2020 Network ● Added Airtel and Jio VoWiFi feature (IN only) Settings ● Added swipe gestures from both sides Earlier: realme launched the Realme 2 Pro smartphone in India running ColorOS 5.2 on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and updated it to Android 9.0 (Pie) based ColorOS 6 back in June. ColorOS 6.0 brought several features such as Chroma Boost Mode and Camera2 API support to the device. Recently, the company rolled outrolled out an update that brought system-wide Dark Mode, redesigned notification panel and realme laboratory to the realme 2 Pro. Now, realme has started rolling out RMX1801EX_11_C.26 update with latest ...

realme C2 ColorOS Software Update Tracker [Update: A.24 with March Android security patch and VoWiFi for Jio and Airtel]

realme launched the realme C2 along with realme 3 Pro in the country back in April running ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie). realme doesn't follow a fixed update frequency but the company rolls out updates frequently. This post will help our readers in keeping track of ColorOS updates for realme C2, ColorOS updates rolled out for the realme C2 so far, [Mar 25, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.24 with March security patch. The update brings swipe gestures along with VoWiFi for Airtel and Jio. [Download Link] [Jan 28, 2020]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.23 with January security patch. The update also brings fix for WhatsApp video call restart issue. [Download Link] [Dec 19, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11.A.21 with December security patch. It also adds dark mode toggle in notification, flash on call and more. [Download Link] [Dec 2, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11_A.20 with November security patch. The update fixes touch response issues. [Download Link] [Nov 25, 2019]: realme C2 will be upgraded to Android 10 based realme UI in Q3 2020, confirms realme. [Oct 25, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1941EX_11_A.18 with October security patch. The update brings system-wide Dark Mode, updated charging ...

realme smartwatch teased, realme 6 Pro Lightning Purple coming to in India soon

realme introduced realme 6 Pro in India earlier this month, the smartphone launched in Lightning Blue and Lightning Orange colors, yesterday, the company launched a new Lightning Red color variant in Indonesia. In the latest episode of #AskMadhav, company CEO has confirmed that the Lightning Purple color variant will be launching soon in India. On being asked about realme Smartwatch, Madhav also showed a glimpse of realme Smartwatch which is rumoured to run WearOS. realme CEO has also confirmed that the company will put up realme Band straps in Black, Yellow and Green colors on sale soon on realme.com and based on user feedback, the company may introduce straps in other colors as well. Speaking of realme Band brightness issue, Madhav clarified that the Band has 500 nits brightness and suggested users to upgrade the firmware via realme Link. On being asked about the Music controls on realme Band, Madhav said, realme Band has got some really cool features, music control is something we haven't thought of adding to the current version, but if our users needs that we can work on it. realme Smartwatch isn't the only product which company is planning to launch, Madhav also confirmed that the company is working on ...

Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar and others suspend HD video streaming on cellular data in India

Just as YouTube announced that they will default to Standard definition streaming on their platform worldwide, many Indian companies in the digital content industry have announced that they will all be lowering to SD quality when content is streamed over cellular connections. Just in the last few days, there has been an increase of about 20-30 per cent increase in data demand, caused by an increasing amount of population staying at home from quarantine. To ensure that the networks stay reliable and continue to work unhindered, major digital content companies have agreed to either default HD and ultra-HD streaming to SD content, at 480p bitrates on cellular networks. The companies include Star & Disney India, Sony, Google, Facebook, Viacom18, Amazon Prime Video, Zee, Tiktok, Netflix, MX Player, Hotstar. These measure will be put in place till April 14th, during which the country will be on lockdown, as directed by the government. Users can also help by choosing to stream or go online during off-peak hours, like early morning or late evening. Source 1 | 2

Xiaomi Mi 10 India launch event postponed

Last week Xiaomi announced the launch of its flagship Mi 10 smartphone in India on March 31st after it was introduced in China last month. Today the Xiaomi India head and VP Manu Jain has announced that the event will be postponed to later date due to the current situation in the country. Even realme and vivo have postponed their smartphone launch events that were supposed to take place this week in India. We, at #XiaomiIndia, are focusing our energy to support the nation in its fight against #COVID19. After careful deliberation, we've decided to postpone the launch of #Mi10 in India, which was scheduled for 31st March 2020. Thank you for your patience & cooperation.#Xiaomi ❤️ pic.twitter.com/KCDDbXJxTs — Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) March 25, 2020 The company already confirmed the global launch of the phone on March 27th, a slight delay from the original MWC launch on February 23rd in Spain. This event will happen as per schedule. You can check out the live stream link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9bIHP6D0o