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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 launched in India: Price, Specifications and Avaiability

By
Devesh Arora
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Samsung has silently launched the successor to the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime in India. The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 is another mid-range smartphone from the company. The company silently listed the smartphone on their website where it is currently showing 'Sold Out'.

Specifications

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 is powered by a 1.6GHz octa-core processor. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. The device packs in 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. The storage on the handset is further expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. The smartphone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung Experience UI layered on top of it. Under the hood, there is a 3,300mAh battery powering up the internals.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2

On the optics front, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 sports a 13-megapixel camera at the back with f/1.9 aperture and a LED flash. Up front, there is a 13-megapixel selfie shooter.

Also Read: Xiaomi rolls out the MiUi 9.5 update with redesigned notification shade and quick replies

As for the connectivity, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 supports 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, Glonass, Beidou and a microUSB port. The smartphone will also come with features like Social Camera, Samsung Mall and Samsung Pay Mini.

Price and Availability

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 is priced at Rs. 13,990. The smartphone is currently listed only on Samsung's website and will soon be officially available for purchase. The smartphone will be available in Gold and Black colour variants at online as well as offline stores soon.

Jio partners with Saavn to support small artists

By
Lalit Wadhwa
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Telecom giant, Reliance Jio is one of the biggest Telecom operators in the country. After the success of Jio in telecom industry, the company wants to help the small and upcoming artists of the Indian music Industry. Especially small indie music artists. To achieve such a high goal the company has partnered with Saavn. The partnership aim to create worlds largest platform for music, media and artists.

Reliance Jio Prime Membership

What does this partnership mean for Jio?

The partnership deal will include the merger of Jio music and Saavn to make one of the worlds biggest music platform ever. The company in a press statement said, that the partnership will be aimed at driving the growth of all combined. Also, the partnership is valued over $1 billion. In this $1 billion, Jio music was valued over $670 million. In addition to that, the Reliance industries will be investing more than $100 Million in combined in assests towards the growth of the platform. The company also commented out that the Saavn founders will be driving the growth. As per the company, the combined business will develop into a media platform of the future. The platform will provide global reach, cross-border original content. Along that it will also provide an independent artist marketplace, consolidated data. This will also be one of the largest mobile advertising mediums.

Also Read: Vivo V9 finally launched in India: Price, Specifications and Availability

What does this decison by Jio mean for artists?

This will help the consumers of media as well as the small and big artists. This will give the artists a platform to show off their work. It will be the first dedicated platform for this purpose only. With a big ecosystem of the Reliance Industries and this platform, this will be the biggest media revelation on the country.

"The investment and combination of our music assets with Saavn underlines our commitment to further boost the digital ecosystem and provide unlimited digital entertainment services to consumers over a strong uninterrupted network. We are delighted to announce this partnership with Saavn, and believe that their highly experienced management team will be instrumental in expanding Jio-Saavn to an extensive user base, thereby strengthening our leadership position in the Indian streaming market."

-akash Ambani, Director of reliance Jio

Wether this partnership will help the small artists of not only time will tell. However, if the platform achieves its goal, it will be a truly interesting moment to watch.

OnePlus 6 Spec sheet leaked online, Here's what you need to know

By
Brahmjot Singh
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OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone giant is currently working on their next flagship smartphone. OnePlus 6 is expected to launch somewhere between May and June 2018. As the launch date is coming closer, we are receiving more and more of the leaks and rumours about the upcoming flagship. Recently, the specifications sheet of the upcoming flagship got leaked on the internet which was first reported by Techslize.

Specifications

As per the leaks, the OnePlus 6 will feature a 6.28-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x2280 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19:9. The smartphone will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. The handset will come with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone will run on Android 8.1-based OxygenOS out of the box. Under the hood, there will be a 3,450mAh battery powering up the internals.

OnePlus 6 leaks

Also Read: Will the OnePlus 6 look just like the Oppo R15?

On the optics front, the OnePlus 6, just like the OnePlus 5/5T will sport a dual camera setup at the back. The rear camera setup will include a 20-megapixel and a 16-megapixel sensor, both having a f/1.7 aperture. Up front, there will be a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with an aperture of f/2.0.

Design

The Design of the smartphone has been previously leaked online. The leaked image of the OnePlus 6 is shown above. As per the image, the OnePlus flagship sports a notch up front. The notch got confirmed once the Oppo R15 was launched. As the Oppo R11 resembled the OnePlus 5, it is likely that the OnePlus 6 and the Oppo R15 will look alike.

This is the all new Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, launching March 27th

By
Lalit Wadhwa
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Chinese Electronics Manufacturer, Xiaomi confirmed to launch their latest and greatest phone ever. The device is Mi Mix 2S and the launch date is March 27th. However, the Mi Mix 2S has been leaked once again ahead of its launch. The leak, from the look of it, originated from the Universal Pictures promo for their new Movie, Pacific Rim Uprising. The leak gives a brief look at the upcoming Mi Mix 2S.

XIAOMI MI MIX 2S LEAK

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, as seen at the end of the video has similar design language to the Mix series. The device looks awfully similar to the Mi Mix 2. The video once again gives confirmation to the fact, it won't sport a Notch. This means it will look great. Also, this means that the selfie camera will be at the bottom of the previous Mi Mix series devices.

What do we know about the Mi Mix 2s?

According to the leaks, the Mi Mix 2S will come with an FHD+ 18:9 display. The phone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor under the hood. This will be coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It will come with Android 8.0 Oreo with MiUi skin out of the box. All of this will be backed by a 3,400mAh battery.

Also Read: Xiaomi rolls out the MiUi 9.5 update with redesigned notification shade and quick replies

Its predecessor, the Mi Mix 2 was unveiled in India in October last year. Its launching price was of Rs 35,999. The Mi Mix 2 sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor coupled with 6GB of RAM. For the optics, the Mi Mix 2 comes with a 12-megapixel rear camera coupled with 4-axis OIS and dual-LED (dual-tone) flash. The smartphone is backed up by a 3,400mAh battery. It runs on Android 7.1 Nougat with MiUi skin on the top.

The Mi Mix 2S is supposed to be a minor upgrade to hardware upgrade and the addition of the new AI features. It is also supposed to sport a dual camera setup at the rear, so that's that.

Xiaomi rolls out the MiUi 9.5 update with redesigned notification shade and quick replies

By
Lalit Wadhwa
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Chinese Electronics manufacturer,  Xiaomi is keen on making the user experience of its smartphones better. At least till they beat Android One. The company released a new update to the MIUI 9 for the purpose of the same. The latest version of MiUi is called the MiUi 9.5. The company rolled out the stable version of the same to some of its smartphones. The new ROM, however, is still based on the Android 7.1 Nougat. There is still no sign of Android 8.0 Oreo. However, apart from having an older Android build, there are many updates to the ROM. The biggest visible change is in the Notification shade and Quick replies. There are many other small UI changes everywhere.

MIUI 9.5 Notification Shade

The company has released the full update changelog for the new MIUI 9.5 update. Also, the stable build of the ROM is available to download, only for select devices. Currently, these phones are the Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 3 and Redmi 3S/ 3S Prime. The update can be flashed via the recovery mode or the fastboot mode.

The download links are as follows:

Changes in the MiUi 9.5

MIUI 9 banner

The complete details of what the ROM brings is as follows.

Fixes: WhatsApp issue when using it on the dual apps fixed. Also fixed are the home screen slow down issues. This also turns off the automatic updates. Incorrect battery level reporting is also fixed. The support for RTL is updated.

System: New notification format for more floating effect while in landscape mode. Settings force closed is fixed and the earphones volume automatically changing is fixed.

Contacts: New feature added enabled for pressing and holding the button for the quick dial on the keypad.

Gallery: Added ability to crop scrolling screenshots. Now the images are auto downloaded from Mi Cloud. Users can now choose a custom cover for albums.

Xiaomi's Mi Apps: Recommendations for the Mi Apps for new users. Also, overall minor updates and bug fixes for all Mi Apps.

Mi Wallet: Better UI under the accessibility mode.

Xiaomi took on Twitter to announce the rollout of the new MiUi version. The tweet also shows the list of the smartphones getting the new update. If you smartphones name is on the list you will soon get the update. If you wish you update now you can manually flash the ROM using the links mentioned above.

Also Read: Lava Z50 is India’s first Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone: Price, Specifications

Which Smartphones will get MiUi 9.5?

Here is the complete list of Xiaomi smartphones that will get the latest MIUI 9.5 update.

Late March: Redmi Note 3 Special Edition, Redmi Note 3 (Qualcomm version), Redmi Note 4(Qualcomm version)/ Redmi Note 4X, Mi Max, Mi Max Prime, Redmi 3S, Redmi 4A, Redmi 4 Prime, and Redmi Note 4 (MediaTek version).

Early April: Redmi Note 5A/Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite, Redmi 5A, Redmi 5, Redmi 5 Plus, Redmi Note 5, Mi Max 2, Mi 5, Mi 6, Redmi 4X, and Mi MIX 2.

Mid-April: Mi 5s, Mi Note 2, Mi Note 3, Redmi Note 2, Redmi 3, Redmi 4, Mi 3, Mi 4, Mi MIX, and Mi 5s Plus

Lava Z50 is India's first Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone: Price, Specifications

By
Devesh Arora
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Lava mobiles have launched a new ultra-budget Android smartphone in India. The Lava Z50 is the first smartphone in India to come with the Android Oreo (Go Edition). Google launched the Android Oreo (Go Edition) a few months ago which is designed to give a better Android experience on smartphones with 1GB or lesser RAM.

Specifications

In terms of specifications, the Lava Z50 sports a 4.5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 480x854 pixels. The smartphone is powered by the MediaTek 6737m SoC which is a quad-core processor clocked at 1.1GHz. The device packs in 1GB of RAM and 8GB of onboard storage. The storage is further expandable up to 64GB using a microSD card. The Lava Z50 runs on Android Oreo (Go Edition) out of the box. Under the hood, there is a 2,000mAh battery powering up the internals.

Lava Z50

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On the optics front, the Lava Z50 features a 5-megapixel camera with a LED flash at the front as well as the back. The camera on the software also allows users to take pictures with Bokeh mode.

Price and Availability

The Lava Z50 is launched with a price tag of Rs. 4,400. With the Airtel's ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ campaign, you can get the smartphone for as low as Rs. 2,400. Airtel is offering a cashback offer worth Rs. 2,000 with the purchase of the smartphone. As a part of the launch offers, Lava is offering free one-time screen replacement for one year. Surprisingly, the company is offering 2-years of warranty on the smartphone.

Vivo V9 finally launched in India: Price, Specifications and Availability

By
Devesh Arora
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Vivo, the Chinese smartphone giant, unveiled the Vivo V9 in Thailand and Philippines on March 22. Following the launch, the company has finally launched the Vivo V9 in India today, March 23. The highlights of the smartphone include the Full-screen display with a notch up front.

Specifications

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Vivo V9 features a 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2280 pixels and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 SoC. The device packs in 4GB of RAM and comes with 64GB of onboard storage. Storage on the smartphone is further expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. The Vivo V9 runs on Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. Under the hood, there is a 3,260mAh battery powering up the internals.

Vivo V9

In the camera segment, the Vivo V9 sports a dual camera setup at the back which includes a 16-megapixel and a 5-megapixel sensor. The rear camera supports HDR Mode, Bokeh Mode and some AI techniques introduced by the company.  Up front, there is a 24-megapixel selfie snapper which also offers features like Portrait mode, AR Stickers and Face Beauty.

Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ owners reportedly having touchscreen issues

On the connectivity front, the Vivo V9 supports 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS and a microUSB port with OTG support. The smartphone also sports a fingerprint scanner located at the back. Unlike the Vivo X20 Plus UD, the Vivo V9 does not come with the under the display fingerprint scanner.

Price and Availability

The Vivo V9 is priced at Rs. 22,990 and will go on sale starting next month. The pre-orders for the smartphone are now open at Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm and Vivo e-store. As the part of launch offers, those who pre-order the device before April 2 will get one-time screen replacement warranty and an additional discount of Rs. 2,000 bringing down the price of the smartphone to Rs. 20,990.

Customers buying the smartphone via PayTM can use the code 'VIVOV9' to get a cashback of Rs. 2,299. Amazon is also giving a cashback of 5 percent on the purchase of the V9 in the form of Amazon Pay balance. The smartphone will be available for purchase via online and offline markets starting April 2.

Here is all we currently know about the 2018 iPad and iPad Pro

By
Devesh Arora
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Apple on March 27 is holding a press event at The Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. It is being anticipated that at the event Apple will be launching its new iPad tablets focused on education. The media invite sent out by the company states, "Join us to hear creative new ideas for teachers and students." Cnet, in an attempt to get something out of the Apple executives, reached out to the company, but to no surprise, the company didn't entertain them.

The iPad lineup of tablets went through a major overhaul back in 2017. Last March, we got to see Apple replacing the iPad Air 2 with an entry-level 9.7-inch variant, whereas it discontinued the iPad Mini 2 leaving the Mini 4 as the only variant of the Mini it would keep on selling. The Mini 4 did receive a minor upgrade the same day to bring it a bit up-to-date. Apple didn't stop here and in June, it launched two variants of its new iPad Pro lineup - 10.5-inches and 12.9-inches.

iPad pro

Keeping in mind that the current Pro variants of the tablet aren't even a year old, it might be a bit soon for Apple to refresh them. However, numerous rumours around the web suggest that the company will be introducing a new Pro variant with FaceID and iPhone X esque display.

But, we do feel that that rumour might be wrong and instead, Apple might go ahead and launched newer refreshed variants of the cheaper iPad or the new Mini. However, just like everyone else, we will have to wait and see what happens.

Also Read: Apple Fest on Amazon: iPhone X starting at Rs 82,999, more discounts on iPhone 8 and iPhone 7

Before you start reading the rumours stated below, we have to warn you that these are all rumours and Apple hasn't confirmed anything about these, therefore we would require you to be a bit cynical on this article.

Two new iPads

Back in 2017, Apple according to MacRumors, went ahead and registered two new iPad variants with the Eurasian Economic Commission. Seeing Apple's past record registrations like this have always very soon be followed by the product announcements.

Pencil support for all iPads

Many rumours have surfaced stating that at the event to blow everyone away Apple might add support for the Apple Pencil to all the iPads. Bloomberg, earlier reported that the company has been working on a newer version of the pencil and newer software for it. However, it won't be as big of a thing some of these media outlets are claiming it to be. Personally, we think that the Apple Pencil is not worth what the company is asking for.

Apple iPad Pencil

Upgraded variants of the current iPads

There have been a few reports pointing to the fact, that Apple might just only launch iterative upgrades in the processor speed and memory of the previous generation iPads, making them a bit faster and have better graphics processing power.

Lower Pricing for the new tablet

Reports have been looming that Apple will be launching a new 9.7-inch variant of its iPad, which will be priced at $259. This would be even cheaper than the 32GB Wi-Fi only variant of the iPad which is currently priced at $329.

No More iPad Mini

Though we find this rumour a bit unbelievable. As Apple doesn't have anything for that particular size segment. It is a rumour that is floating around and we have to report it. As per the rumours, the iPad Mini 4 hasn't seen an upgrade since 2015. Which points to the fact that Apple might just not be interested in that segment anymore. Also, there have been reports spotted of Apple working on a 6.5-inch model of the iPhone X. If true this would be a conflict of products for the brand.

Apple iPhone X

For Apple, the iPhone is the better performing device out of both, so it will be discontinuing the Mini 4. The reports state that this might just be the end of the iPad Mini. Similar to what happened to the iPad Air line.

WhatsApp in the making for the Jio Phone?

By
Lalit Wadhwa
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Telecom Giant Jio, launched their flagship 4G feature phone last year. While having a support for 4G, it was still a feature phone. Things like WhatsApp and Instagram couldn't run on it. With the demand for such a phone in the market and Jio's effectively free price tag over the Jio phone, it has been hugely successful. Also, users get extremely cheap tariff plans with the Jio phone making it truly affordable phone.

JioPhone registration

According to a report by WABetaInfo, we could be seein JioPhone get a lot interesting. The report states that the device can be getting WhatsApp soon enough. There is evidence in the latest build of the app for Windows Phone, that mentions development for a KaiOS app.

Jio Phone and many other feature phones in the market run on KaiOS. This will mean that the WhatsApp will be able to run on a feature phone like Jio Phone. Considering that WhatsApp has more than 15 Million daily active users, it's really a good news for feature phone owners.

WhatsApp

This will be following Facebook launching support for Jio Phone with full push notification support and more. Google also launched their digital assistant for such phones. With support for making internet searches voice calls and more with your voice directly.

Jio Phone

Jio introduced the Jio Phone back in July last year. The device costs Rs 1,500. However, the deposit for the phone is refundable after the use of three years. If the users opt for a Rs 149 plan, they will get free calls, messages, and internet. Also, it will enable them to turn the phone back in and get their deposit at the end of three years.

Also Read: Instagram now lets users add hashtags and profiles in their bio

In terms of specification, the Jio Phone sports a 2.4-inch QVGA display. This is coupled with a mere 2MP rear camera and a VGA front shooter. However, there is a 2,000mAh battery under the hood. While that doesn't sound that much, it surely is much considering its just a feature phone. In terms of processor and RAM, it has 1.2GHz dual-core Spreadtrum processor and 512MB RAM. However, you need a Jio connection to use the smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ owners reportedly having touchscreen issues

By
Devesh Arora
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Samsung, a few weeks ago, launched the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. The smartphone went on sale just a few days ago and complaints have already started to rise. Some Galaxy S9 and S9+ users complaining that there are a few dead zones on their smartphone where the touch is not getting registered.

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ owners are experiencing the problem only at a few locations in the display. A Reddit user even posted a gif of his Galaxy S9 where he opened up the keyboard and was not able to get feedback on pressing letters E, R and T.

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Front

In case you are experiencing such problems, you can temporarily increase the size of your keyboard or use external keyboard and mouse. However, you should head over to your nearest Samsung service centre in order to get it serviced or replaced. We are also waiting for what Samsung has to say about this issue.

To recall, Samsung Galaxy S8 owners faced a problem with the display where the users started noticing burn-ins near the home button. Samsung soon fixed the issue by rolling out a software update. Samsung also had a bad past with Galaxy Note 7 where the smartphone just stated exploding even after the recall.

Also Read: Samsung Carnival begins on Amazon: Here’s what it has to offer

As for specifications, the smartphones are powered by the Exynos 9810 octa-core chipset. The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ feature a 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch Super AMOLED displays with a resolution of 1440x2960 pixels and an 18.5:9 aspect ratio.

Samsung Galaxy S9 is priced at Rs. 57,900 for the 64GB variant and Rs. 65,900 for the 256GB variant. The 64GB and 256GB variants of the Galaxy S9+ retail for Rs. 64,900 and Rs. 72,900 respectively. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ went on sale starting March 16.

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