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Nokia 7 Plus spotted on GeekBench with Snapdragon 660 SoC and Android 8.0 Oreo

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Lalit Wadhwa
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HMD Global owned, Nokia is all set to launch a few new smartphones. According to earlier leaks, the company is set to launch an upgraded version of the Nokia 7. The Nokia 7 Plus has been spotted on benchmarking site Geekbench. This hints at a lunch date quite close by. Not only that, but the listing also reveals quite a few details about company's new smartphones.

The Nokia 7 Plus will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor. That's an upgrade from Snapdragon 630 SoC in Nokia 7. The processor will be coupled with a 4GB RAM and run Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box. The device was earlier leaked in the apk of the official Nokia Camera app.

Nokia 7 Plus Geekbench

About the Nokia 7 Plus

The Nokia 7 Plus as the name suggests is an improved version of the original Nokia 7. The Nokia 7 was launched only in China. Not much is known about the device apart from the fact it will launch at an event at MWC with at least four new Nokia devices expected in Barcelona.

Alongside the Nokia 7 Plus, HMD Global could launch the Nokia 9, which is the company’s upcoming flagship.  They can also launch the Nokia 3310 (4G), and a new Nokia 4G feature phone. The new phone with feature a QWERTY keyboard. Also, the company is expected to globally launch the Nokia 6 (2018) and Nokia 7.

Also Read: Nokia 6 (2018) vs Xiaomi Mi A1: Battle of the mid-rangers

Nokia 7

The Nokia 7 is a mid-end smartphone. It price starts from 2,499 yuan (~Rs 24, 731) for 4GB RAM model. The upgraded 6GB RAM model costs 2,699 yuan (~Rs 26,710). The phone has what the company calls a “3D glass curvature back” design. It also features a 5.2-inch 1080p LCD display. The Nokia 7 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor coupled with 4GB/6GB RAM, and 64GB storage. It runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat and is backed up by a 3,000mAh battery.

Nokia 7 also comes with Dual-Sight technology. Also known as Bothie, it enables you to take pictures and video at the same time. Or take photos from the front as well as the back camera at the same time. The Nokia 7 has a Carl Zeiss lens and sports a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Here's a list of India's top selling smartphones of 2017: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 tops the list

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Brahmjot Singh
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India received a lot of smartphones in the year 2017. The Chinese smartphones had an edge over the other smartphones in India. These smartphones captured over 54 percent of the market share which has significantly grown when compared to 2016's 36 percent. A recent report by Counterpoint Research suggests that Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was the most selling smartphone in India in 2017.

Tarun Pathak, associate director at Counterpoint Research, said in a statement, "Xiaomi ended CY 2017 in India on a very strong note. Not only the brand grew 259% YoY but also saw three of its models within the top five bestselling smartphone list of CY2017. Samsung had the most number of models in the top 10 selling list of CY2017 leveraging its advantage of a strong presence across all the price bands."

"Online sales and promotions remained strong even after Diwali till the end of December 2017 as some of the brands were clearing their inventory. However, new launches by brands like OnePlus, Nokia HMD, Huawei, Micromax, Xiaomi drove shipments. Over 60 new smartphone models were launched after Diwali alone," the Counterpoint Research report said.

Which were the top 10 selling smartphones in India in 2017?

When looking at the list of top 5 selling smartphones list, it clearly shows how Xiaomi dominated the market. The company has three phones on the top 5 list. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 is on the top followed by the Redmi 4 while the Redmi 4A sits at the fifth position. The third and fourth positions are occupied by the Samsung Galaxy J2 and Oppo A37 respectively.

Top selling smartphones 2017
Source: Counterpoint Research

Also Read: You can now grab the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 for as low as Rs. 999, Here’s how

Moving on further, Samsung's Galaxy J7 Nxt and Galaxy J7 Prime secured sixth and seventh position followed by the Galaxy J2 (2016) at eighth position. The Vivo Y55L and Y53 also managed to get into the top-selling smartphones list at the ninth and tenth position.

Hackers can see your Tinder photos without your wish, Here's how to stay protected

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Lalit Wadhwa
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Dating app Tinder is one of the biggest dating app present in the world. Its used by most of the people interested in Internet dating. Although its popularity is huge, it still lacks the basic HTTPS encryption. It means a malicious attacker could easily see user’s photos. They could also add their own photos in their photostream. Tel Aviv-based security research firm Checkmarx discovered the vulnerabilities. There are two vulnerabilities in the dating app. These can be used to see users’ profiles as well as the profiles they’ve viewed.

Tinder Play Store

Checkmarx blog post says. “The Checkmarx Security Research Team found disturbing vulnerabilities in a highly popular dating application used by people across the globe – Tinder”. The security research firm created an app to demonstrate the process. Called the TinderDrift the application can recreate the actions from a user's account. However, the hacker and attacker needs to be on the same network to do so. Checkmark also showcased this in a YouTube video. They demonstrated that they could potentially see users actions, photos and make changes to it.

What does it mean for Tinder Users

This kind of sensitive information can be used for various purposes. It can be used by the attackers to blackmail victims by threatening to expose private information. Though swipes and matches remain encrypted on Tinder. The hackers can track specific bytes. It will help them to determine the user’s action like left swipe, right swipe, Super Like, a match and more.

Also Read: Twitter now uses machine learning to bring smart auto-cropping for your photo posts

The blog post from Checkmarx also added. “The vulnerabilities, found in both the app’s Android and iOS versions, allow an attacker using the same network as the user to monitor the user’s every move on the app. It is also possible for an attacker to take control over the profile pictures the user sees, swapping them for inappropriate content, rogue advertising or other type of malicious content (as demonstrated in the research)”.

Oppo A71 gets a price cut in India: Here's what you need to know

By
Devesh Arora
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Oppo A71, company's mid-range offering gets a price cut. The smartphone was launched in September 2017 and one year later it gets a price cut. The Oppo A71 was launched with a price tag of Rs. 12,999. The price has been dropped since then and is currently available for Rs. 10,999 via various stores. However, if you try finding in your nearest retail stores, you might get the A71 for as low as Rs. 9,999.

Specifications

The Oppo A71 features a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display. The display carries a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The smartphone is powered by the MediaTek MT6750 SoC. The MT6750 is an Octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz coupled with the Mali-T860MP2 GPU. The device packs 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. Storage is expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. The Oppo A71 runs on ColorOS 3.1 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. Under the hood, there is a 3,000mAh battery powering up the internals.

Oppo A71

Also Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 to launch later next month, Here’s what we know so far

On the optics front, the Oppo A71 features a 13-megapixel camera at the back. The rear camera comes with an aperture of f/2.2, phase detection autofocus and a LED flash. Up front, there is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture.

However, the price drop is not applicable at e-commerce websites. The Oppo A71 is listed on Amazon and Flipkart for Rs. 11,999 while PayTM mall still sells it for Rs. 12,290. The price drop at the retail stores took effect from January 24, 2018.

Twitter now uses machine learning to bring smart auto-cropping for your photo posts

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Lalit Wadhwa
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The social media giant, Twitter just announced a few feature on their website. Keeping in mind the photos in the Twitter post containing objects and scenery. These are present apart from humans or their animals. The company just come up with a new feature they called smart auto cropping. It uses the power of machine learning and image processing to frame the right parts of shared images. It then automatically crops the image to the right part. So that your followers can focus on the image and not the random background.

What does Twitter's new feature do?

According to the company, the new system will crop images with the help of a neural network. In this case, it uses a picture "saliency quality". It can then use that to help in determining attributes of the picture. Then the attributes are selected depending on which would normally attract attention. These attributes would be included in the pictures and cropped accordingly.

Twitter now uses machine learning to bring smart auto-cropping for your photo posts example

The company has also used data from eye-tracking studies. The data helped them to form various predictions for smart cropping. The data helped them to found that the puppies, faces, text, and regions of high contrast attracted the most attention from people. This data would help them to then crop the images to attract the most attention. Dubbed as smart auto-cropping, this can be helpful for those images where there may not be facial images.

Also Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 to launch later next month, Here’s what we know so far

This new feature is being rolled out in Twitter’s app on iOS and Android. Right now the feature is only limited to photos. Later on, the feature will roll out to videos as well. Although, Twitter is expected to come out with a new feature to help users shoot images directly from the app. This will help them implement this feature to the videos easily.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 to launch later next month, Here's what we know so far

By
Devesh Arora
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One of the most anticipated devices under the Rs. 15,000 price bracket is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. Xiaomi is all set to introduce Redmi Note 5. As per a recent report, the smartphone has now received 3C certifications from China. There are two models listed on the upcoming smartphone as MEE7S and MET7s. The certification point towards a very soon launch of the smartphone. Speculations suggest that the smartphone will be a part of the company's portfolio later next month.

The Chinese 3C certification was reported by MyDrivers. The report also gives us a glance at what the Redmi Note 5 will carry under the hood. According to the report, the base variant of the Redmi Note 5 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 SoC. The top-variant, on the other hand, will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset.

Also Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 gets a price cut in India again: Here’s what you need to know

Specifications

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 is said to feature a 5.99-inch Full-HD+ display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The 18:9 aspect ratio will help the massive display to fit into a smaller form factor. The base variant of the smartphone will pack in 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The Snapdragon 636 will carry 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. The storage on both the variants is expected o be expandable using a microSD card. The smartphone is expected to be backed by a 4,100mAh battery and will run on MIUI 9 out of the box.

In terms of the camera department, the Redmi Note 5 is said to feature a dual camera setup at the back. The camera setup at the back will sport a 16-megapixel primary sensor along with a 5-megapixel secondary sensor. up front, there will be an 8-megapixel selfie snapper.

Motorola testing Android 8.0 Oreo for Moto Z2 Play?

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Lalit Wadhwa
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Lenovo owned Motorola, confirmed last year that they will be bringing the Android 8.0 Oreo update to its Moto Z2 Play. Moto Z2 Play is one of the company's modular smartphones. Now, according to a report, the company is testing the Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Moto Z2 Play in Brazil. The soak test started yesterday according to the report.

Moto Z2 Play
As reported by an XDA Developer, the update weighs 1.13GB in size. The update also includes the security patch for January 2018. The latest update brings the Android 8.0 Oreo to the smartphone. It also brings all the features of the Android 8.0 Oreo such as Picture-in-Picture mode, Google Play Protect, Notification Dots, Android Instant Apps and others. The update also promises to bring battery and connectivity improvements to the device.

Moto Z2 Play

If you don't remember the Moto Z2 Play. It is the successor to the Moto Z Play. It was the toned down edition of the Moto Z. Moto Z was company's first modular smartphone designed to work with the Moto mods. All the moto Z series smartphones are compatible with the Moto mods.

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The Moto Z2 Play sports a metal unibody. The smartphone also sports a 5.5-inch full HD Super AMOLED display of 1080x1920 pixel resolution. The Moto Z2 Play is powered by a 2.2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The smartphone also sports a micro-sd card slot. The device also offers all modern connectivity options such as 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and USB Type-C.

In terms of optics, the Moto Z2 Play houses a 12MP rear camera with phase detection and laser autofocus. The smartphone houses a camera that can record 4K resolution videos as well. For the selfies, there's a 5MP selfie shooter with a two-tone dual-LED flash. Although, the smartphone is backed by a 3000mAh battery. That is smaller than the Moto Z Play's battery.

Reliance Jio offers unlimited calls and data for as low as Rs. 49, Exclusively for JioPhone

By
Devesh Arora
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Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. has a few big plans this for Republic Day. The company says that this Republic Day will mark an acceleration towards achieving the vision of Digital Freedom for the 50 Crore feature phone users of India. Jio claims that these people can not even afford the cheapest 4G smartphone nor the charges for 2G data and voice. This sets them back from using the digital ecosystem brought by a 4G phone. Jio wants this digital disempowerment and unfairness to end.

As per Jio, there will be three ways to achieve this, namely, Connectivity, Data Affordability and Device Affordability.

Reliance JioPhone

Jio is expecting to reach a user base covering a total of 99 percent of India's population. This will help to increase the 4G coverage over the 2G. Jio aims to deliver high-quality connections and affordable data to every common man. Further, the company wants to make tariffs for the data packs more affordable.

Also Read: Detel launches the D1+ in India: Price, Specifications and Availability

New offers

So, this Republic Day, the company will introduce yet another plan. This plan will be exclusively for the JioPhone. JioPhone users can now enjoy unlimited calls and data for 28 days at just Rs. 49. Notably, the unlimited data will offer reduced speed after 1GB of usage.  Additionally, the company is also introducing affordable data add-ons at Rs. 11, 21, 51 and 101.

Reliance Jio introduced the JioPhone for effectively free. The company wants more and more people to take advantage of this and just shift to the 4G network. JioPhone is currently available at offline stores as well as online orders can put up on the MyJio app or Jio.com.

iOS 11.3 preview is here, Apple adds battery health feature and more

By
Lalit Wadhwa
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California based tech giant Apple just released the preview build of their latest iOS version 11.3. The newest build of the iOS 11.3 includes many new features. Features like the updated Animojis, an enhanced AR experience as well as battery health and power management improvements. The biggest update is the battery health feature. This feature can be utilized “show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be serviced”. The update will roll-out till spring.

Apple iPhone X 2

New power management features in the iOS 11.3

The new power management feature can be found in Settings -> Battery. These features will be available for iPhone 6 and later models only. There will also be a feature under power management that “dynamically manages maximum performance to prevent unexpected shutdowns”. This can be found in Settings -> Battery and is available for iPhone 6 and above models. Apple also says that more battery related features will come in a later iOS 11.3 beta release.

Other new features in the iOS 11.3

The new iOS 11.3 preview also introduces four new Animojis for iPhone X. The new Animojis include a dragon, lion, bear, and skull. Also with the update, ARKit will be able to recognize and place virtual objects on vertical surfaces. These surface may include objects like walls and doors. It will also enable them to more accurately map irregularly shaped surfaces like circular tables.

Apple iOS 11.3 Update

Another new feature is the Bussines chat. It will help users chat to the various business directly inside the messaging app. This will launch in the US with the support of select businesses. They like Discover, Hilton, Lowe’s and Wells Fargo. “With Business Chat, it’s easy to have a conversation with a service representative, schedule an appointment or make purchases using Apple Pay in the Messages app,” an Apple press release said.

Also Read: Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy S9 on February 25, media invites rolled out

Also, there is a new Health Records feature. It will combine the data from the health app and other medical records for a combined report. Patients who are attached to participating medical institutions will have information from other institutions. It will help them receive regular reports from hospitals with lab tests and much more.

How to get Apple iOS 11.3 version 

The developer preview of iOS 11.3 is only available to iOS Developer Program members. You can sign up for the program at developer.apple.com. Starting today, the public beta preview is available at beta.apple.com. For consumers looking to update without the developer id, the iOS 11.3 will be available this spring. It will be available as an update for iPhone 5s and later, as well as all iPad Air and iPad Pro models, iPad 5th generation, iPad mini 2 and later and iPod touch 6th generation.

Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy S9 on February 25, media invites rolled out

By
Brahmjot Singh
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Samsung, the South Korean giant, is gearing to launch its next flagship smartphone. The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are on their way. The company has started rolling out the media invites for the upcoming event. The Unpacked event is set for February 25. Notably, the event is just one day before the MWC 2018 kicks in.

The media invite shows a huge 9 which clearly points toward the Samsung Galaxy S9. Further, the media invite says "The Camera. Reimagined." This claims that Samsung is planning something big with the cameras. It is expected that the cameras will be much improved, unlike the Galaxy S8 which carried the Galaxy S7's camera with minor improvements.

Samsung Galaxy S9 invite

Also Read: Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus get cash back offers of up to Rs. 12,000

Specifications

According to previous leaks and rumours, the Samsung Galaxy S9 is expected to feature a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display. Whereas, the larger variant will feature a 6.2-inch Super AMOLED display. Samsung Galaxy S9 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC in the United States. While the other markets will receive the smartphone with the Exynos 9810 chipset. Rumours suggest the Galaxy S9 will pack 4GB of RAM while the larger S9+ will comes with 6GB of RAM. It is also being said that the storage options will include 64GB and 128GB.

In the camera department, the Galaxy S9 will sport a Dual Pixel 12-megapixel rear camera. The rear camera will have variable aperture sizes of f/1.5 and f/2.4. Up front, there will be an 8-megapixel selfie shooter.

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