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Thursday, 27 August 2020

Redmi 9 Prime Review: Prime Contender Under Rs. 10,000

Lately, in India, the prices of smartphones are increasing and are largely due to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic, GST Rate Hike from 12% to 18%, supply shortage, INR depreciation against the US Dollar amongst others. In 2019, we saw smartphones that offered great value for money under Rs. 10,000 like the Redmi Note 8, … Continue reading

Redmi 9 with 6.53-inch HD+ 20:9 display, Helio G35, 4GB RAM, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 8999

Xiaomi’s Redmi brand has launched Redmi 9, the company’s latest budget Redmi smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.53-inch HD+ HD+ 20:9 Dot Drop screen, is powered by MediaTek Helio G35 with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 10 with MIUI 12 out of the box, features a 13-megapixel rear camera and … Continue reading

LG PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier with replaceable H13 HEPA filters announced

With the ongoing pandemic, it was only a matter of time before technology adapted around the various aspects of our lives. Now, it seems technology has caught with face masks as LG has announced that their PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier will soon be available in Q4 2020 in select markets. It uses two H13 HEPA … Continue reading

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro launching in India on September 3

After teasers, realme has confirmed that realme 7 and realme 7 Pro smartphones will be launched in India on September 3rd. The teaser shows a punch-hole display and 65W Super Dart fast charging for the realme 7 Pro. The company has also confirmed 2nd Generation 64MP Quad Camera arrangement for the phones. The realme 7 … Continue reading

realme X2 Pro realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: C.31 with August Security Patch, Smooth Scrolling, DC Dimming, Multi-user Features]

realme recently launched the realme X2 Pro smartphone in India running ColorOS 6.1 on top of 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 … Continue reading

Nubia RedMagic 5S with 6.65-inch FHD+ 144Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 865 5G global pre-orders begin, rolls out from Sep 2

ZTE’s nubia brand introduced the nubia RedMagic 5S flagship smartphone in China back in June. Today it has started pre-orders for the phone for the global markets at redmagic.gg and it will roll out in countries such as Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, … Continue reading

LG said to be working on dual-screen smartphone “Wing” that could swivel sideways [Update: Surfaces in video]

Update: August 26, 2020: The LG “Wing” Dual-screen phone has surfaced in a video, thanks to Android Authority. This shows of the use cases that shows navigation info on the main screen and the second swivel screen shows music player and an incoming call. Earlier: Despite shrinking market share and dwindling presence, the South Korean … Continue reading

realme 2 Pro realme UI Software Update Tracker [Update: F.10 with August Android Security Patch]

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 2019. The device has received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0. realme UI brings new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, screen-off display, customizable icon … Continue reading

Apple said to start direct online store in India from September

After nearly a year since the Indian Government relaxed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms, Apple is set to finally begin selling their products directly through their online store in India. Along with this, Apple is also reportedly looking into opening a second physical store in Bangalore, India. At the moment, Apple only sells their products … Continue reading

Vivo Y20i and Y20 with 6.51-inch display, Snapdragon 460, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 11490

Vivo has launched Y20 and Y20i, the company’s latest smartphones in the Y series in India. These feature a 6.51-inch HD+ Halo iView display, are powered by Snapdragon 460, 13MP main + 2MP depth + 2MP macro triple rear cameras, 8MP front camera and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which unlocks the phone in just 0.22s. … Continue reading