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Worldwide tablet shipments up 18.6% YoY in Q2 2020; 38.6 million units shipped: IDC

While the COVID-19 pandemic caused most consumer electronics markets to decline in 2020, the worldwide tablet shipment went the opposite way and recorded strong growth of 18.6% YoY in Q2 2020. A total of 38.6 million units were shipped and Apple maintained its top position, followed by Samsung, Huawei, Amazon and Lenovo. The growth in … Continue reading

Redmi Note 7/7S MIUI Software Update Tracker [Update: Android 10 Stable update with June Android Security Patch]

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 smartphone in India last year running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie) and launched the updated Redmi Note 7S with 48 MP rear camera in May 2019 running MIUI 10.2 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). These smartphones have already started receiving Android 10 based MIUI … Continue reading

Noise Colorfit Nav smartwatch with 1.4-inch color display, GPS priced at Rs. 3999, available from August 6

Update: July 31, 2020 – Noise today announced that the Noise Colorfit Nav will be available for Rs. 3999 from Amazon India starting from August 6th. Noise said that it has received an overwhelming response with more than 2 lakh notifications from ‘Notify Me’ on Noise’s microsite on Amazon India and their own website gonoise.com … Continue reading

realme 3 Pro realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: C.07 update with July Android security patch, Smooth Scrolling and Multi-user Features]

realme launched the realme 3 Pro in the country back in April running ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone has already received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update. realme UI brings new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. … Continue reading

realme 3 and realme 3i realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: C.14 update with July Android Security Patch, Optimizations and Bug Fixes]

realme launched realme 3 smartphone in India back in March last year, later in July it launched realme 3i, a cheaper version. These devices had Android 9.0 based ColorOS 6 out of the box, both the smartphones have already started receiving Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update. realme UI brings new features such as dual earphone … Continue reading

HONOR 9S with 5.45-inch display and HONOR 9A with 6.3-inch FullView display, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 6499 and Rs. 9999

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand today launched the HONOR 9S and HONOR 9A smartphones in India, as it had promised. Both these are powered by MediaTek Helio P22 SoC and run Android 10 with Magic UI 3.1 on top and come with HMS, HUAWEI’s App Gallery app store and petal search that also offer recommendations. The HONOR … Continue reading

HONOR MagicBook 15 with 15.6-inch FHD display, Ryzen 5 CPU, pop-up camera, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 42990

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand just launched the HONOR MagicBook 15, the company’s first laptop in India, as it had promised. It was features a 15.6-inch Full HD screen with 87% screen-to-body ratio, aluminium body with Azure Blue Chamfer beveled edge design, 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen 5 processor, Magic Link 2.0 function, and more. It comes equipped … Continue reading

OPPO Reno4 4G with 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 720G, 48MP quad rear cameras, dual front cameras announced

OPPO just launched the Reno4 Pro smartphone and OPPO Watch in India, and just hours before the India launch, the company has also unveiled the Global variant of the Reno4 with FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 720G, and more in Thailand. The OPPO Reno4 Global is largely similar to the Reno4 Pro India variant with a … Continue reading

Samsung UV Sterilizer for smartphones, earbuds and more launched in India for Rs. 3599

Earlier this month, Samsung announced the launch of a new product called the UV sterilizer, and it is now available for purchase in India. The product can would quickly disinfect and sterilize smartphones, earbuds, keys, sunglasses in under 10 minutes and even has a wireless charger built-in. The UV sterilizer is a sleek and compact … Continue reading

OPPO Watch with Wear OS, AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 3100 & Apollo 3 dual processors launched in India starting from Rs. 14990

Along with the Reno4 Pro, OPPO just launched its OPPO Watch, the company’s first smartwatch with WearOS by Google in India, as it had promised. The 46mm version has a 1.91-inch 3D flexible AMOLED 326 PPI Retina display with 100% P3 wide color gamut, has 50 meter water resistance. The 41mm version has a 1.6-inch … Continue reading