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Micromax In Note 2 with MediaTek Helio G95 SoC, 4GB RAM launched in India: Price, specifications

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Micromax In Note 2 sports a 6.43-inch full HD+ AMOLED display. (Image: Micromax)

Micromax just launched its In Note 2 smartphone in India, which will go up against the Samsung Galaxy M21 2021, Motorola Moto G31 and the Realme 8i. The device comes in two distinct colour options, both with a metal finish on top, similar to the Samsung Galaxy S21 series.

Key features of the device include MediaTek Helio G95 SoC, a 20:9 AMOLED display with a hole-punch design, quad rear cameras and more.

Micromax In Note 2: Price in India

Micromax In Note 2 is priced at Rs 13,490 for the sole 4GB RAM/64GB storage variant. The device will be made available in India on January 30 via the company's own official website and Flipkart. It has been launched in Black and Brown (Oak) colour options.

As an introductory offer, the company will make the Micromax In Note 2 available at Rs 12,490 for a limited time.

Micromax In Note 2: Specifications

Micromax In Note 2 sports a 6.43-inch full HD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels and a 20:9 aspect ratio. The display comes with Gorilla Glass protection on top. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio G95 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card. The device runs Google's Android 11 operating system in its stock configuration. All of this is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging. The company claims that the device can charge up to 50 percent within 25 minutes from 0.

For security, the device comes with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face recognition via the front camera.

Coming to the optics, the Micromax In Note 2 sports a quad-camera setup at the back consisting of a 48-megapixel primary sensor paired with a 5-megapixel ultra wide angle lens, a 2-megapixel macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. At the front, the device comes with a 16-megapixel sensor for taking selfies.

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

WhatsApp to soon let Android users to transfer chats to iPhones: Report

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WhatsApp back in October first introduced the feature for iOS users to transfer their chats to Samsung and Google Pixel devices. (Image: Beetel Bite)

WhatsApp is currently one of the most popular instant messaging apps across the globe. The Meta owned app keeps on releasing new features to keep its users satisfied. Now, the company will reportedly soon allow Android users to migrate their chat history to Apple iOS devices.

According to a new report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently working on a 'move chats to iOS' feature, which will allow users to migrate their chat history from an Android smartphone to an iPhone. However, according to the shared screenshots, it seems like users will only get one chance to start the migration process, and skipping it will simply make the prompt disappear forever.

To recall, WhatsApp back in October first introduced the feature for iOS users to transfer their chats to Samsung and Google Pixel devices.

How will the feature work?

For this feature to work, users will have to download the ‘Move to iOS’ app, once the migration data is selected, the app will create a private Wi-Fi network and search for nearby Android devices. Select the one from which you want to transfer the chat history and enter the security code. After this, the transfer process will begin. Also note, you will have to keep your phones and apps unlocked and opened during the transfer.

Also Read: How to use two WhatsApp accounts on an iPhone without jailbreak

WABetaInfo in a tweet had earlier stated, that the iOS to Android transfer feature will only be made available to users running Android 12 and later. This news was later confirmed by Head of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, who announced that the feature is currently under development and will be coming to both phone ecosystems soon.

Apart from this, WhatsApp is currently working on developing new editing features, which will allow users to draw on images before sending them out. They will be able to pick between three pencil sizes and types. It is also working on a blur feature, which will allow users to blur out specific parts of an image before sending it.

How to use two WhatsApp accounts on an iPhone without jailbreak

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This trick will allow you to run two WhatsApp accounts on iPhone.

With the work-from-home situation going on all over the globe, we rely on WhatsApp more than ever. The cross-platform messaging application is now not being used just for chatting with friends or making party plans. Instead, it is now also being used for official conversations. Due to this, many people have opted for a second WhatsApp account for their professional needs. While many Android phones allow using a cloned version of the app, iOS does not offer such a feature out of the box.

In case you are wanting to use two WhatsApp accounts on an iPhone, here's how you can do it.

How to use dual WhatsApp accounts on an iPhone

Even though the latest iPhone models now support dual-SIM, Apple has still not provided an option to use two WhatsApp accounts on a single iPhone. Neither does WhatsApp offer an official way to run two accounts under one roof like Telegram. However, you can take advantage of the WhatsApp Business app to use the secondary account.

Before we begin with the process, it is worth noting that the Facebook-owned giant will treat your secondary account as a Business account.

Also Read: WhatsApp iOS app will soon start showing profile pictures in notifications

Here's how you can setup the secondary WhatsApp account:

  1. Head over to the Apple App Store.
  2. Search for WhatsApp Business.
  3. Download the app.
  4. Just open the Business version of the app and set it up with the other phone number and you should be able to use two WhatsApp chat accounts now.

Also Read: Microsoft poaches top chip architect from Apple: Here's why

Using these simple steps, you should be able to run two WhatsApp chat accounts on an iPhone. In order to make things easy, you can set different notification tones for the two different accounts. You can do this by heading over to WhatsApp (or its Business version) > Settings > Notifications.

Xiaomi 11T Pro with 120W fast charging, Snapdragon 888 launched in India: Price, specifications

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Xiaomi 11T Pro will compete against the Realme GT, OnePlus 9RT, iQOO 7 Legend and the Vivo V23 Pro in India. (Image: Xiaomi)

Xiaomi 11T Pro, touted as the "Hyperphone" just launched in India. Key features of the device include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC, 120Hz AMOLED display and 120W fast charging. The company has also claimed that this was the first smartphone tested to demonstrate the first 5G carrier aggregation in Mumbai, in partnership with Airtel.

Xiaomi 11T Pro 5G: Price in India

Xiaomi 11T Pro 5G is priced at Rs 39,999 for the base 8GB RAM/128GB storage variant, at Rs 41,999 for the 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant, and at Rs 43,999 for the 12GB RAM/256GB storage variant. It will be made available in Celestial Magic, Meteorite Gray, and Moonlight White colour options.

The device will go on its first sale starting 2 PM IST, January 19 via Amazon, Mi.com, Mi Home stores, Mi Studios, and other offline retailers.

Xiaomi 11T Pro will compete against the Realme GT, OnePlus 9RT, iQOO 7 Legend and the Vivo V23 Pro in India.

Launch offers include a Rs 5,000 instant discount for customers purchasing the device using a Citi Bank credit card. There is also an additional exchange discount of up to Rs 5,000.

Xiaomi 11T Pro: Specifications

Xiaomi 11T Pro sports a 6.67-inch full HD+ 10-bit true-colour flat AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 480Hz touch sampling rate, and Dolby Vision support. The display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus and comes with a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels.

Also Read: WhatsApp iOS app will soon start showing profile pictures in notifications

The device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with an Adreno 660 GPU. It comes with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM along with support for 3GB virtual RAM expansion and up to 256GB UFS 3.1 storage.

It runs Google's Android 11 operating system with the company's own MIUI 12.5 skin on top. All of this is backed by a 5,000mAh dual-cell battery support for 120W HyperCharge fast wired charging. The company claims that with the help of this, you can fully charge the phone from zero to 100 percent in 17 minutes. The device comes bundled with a 120W wired charger.

Also Read: Microsoft poaches top chip architect from Apple: Here's why

For security, the device features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and comes with support for face unlock using the front camera.

Xiaomi 11T Pro sports a triple camera setup at the back consisting of a 108-megapixel primary Samsung HM2 sensor, paired with an 8-megapixel ultra wide angle sensor with a field-of-view of 120 degrees, and a 5-megapixel tele-macro sensor with autofocus support. At the front, it features a 16-megapixel sensor to capture selfies.

Microsoft poaches top chip architect from Apple: Here's why

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Microsoft also looking to shift to custom chips, this is threatening to Intel and AMD, which supply the chips for the Azure cloud-computing service. (Image: Pixabay)

While we have been reading news about Meta poaching employees from Microsoft and Apple. Now, news has emerged that Microsoft has poached a prominent chip architect from Apple to help with its chip-making ambitions.

Microsoft has been reportedly been working on designing in-house chips for its data centres. To further its ambitions, according to a new Bloomberg report, Mike Filippo has left Apple and joined Microsoft. The report further claims that Filippo is now working on central processing units (CPUs) for Microsoft.

This move suggests that Microsoft is finally moving forward with its plans to build homegrown chips for servers that power its Azure cloud service. This focus on developing custom chips for servers follows ongoing efforts being made by Alphabet's Google and Amazon's AWS, both of which are the top rivals in the cloud computing services market.

If this report is true, then Microsoft is looking to replace standard server chips designed by Intel in favour of custom chips that perform the way they want.

Why develop custom chips for servers?

Amazon, Google and Microsoft own and operate millions of servers spread out around the world. These servers are data centres that are being used by the companies internally and by their clients too. This is why even a small bump in performance or improvement in cost turns into a lot of money saved.

Amazon already has a good lineup of chips for its AWS unit, including the cost-effective Arm-based Graviton CPU lineup. The price-to-performance ratio of the Graviton chip is massive and uses less power than Intel's server CPUs.

Last year, Google had also hired a top executive at Intel's design engineering group, Uri Frank, who is heading the company's new and growing server chip unit.

Microsoft also looking to shift to custom chips, this is threatening to Intel and AMD, which supply the chips for the Azure cloud-computing service.

Filippo was poached by Apple back in 2019 from Arm, where he worked a decade as lead CPU architect and lead system architect. Prior to Arm, he had worked as a chip designer at both Intel and AMD. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is currently working as chief compute architect at Microsoft.

This is another major blow to Apple in a small-time, considering that it recently lost chip designer, Jeff Wilcox, to Intel. Wilcox helped the company design the custom Mac chips released recently.

Ola Electric puts Ola S1 production on halt to ramp up S1 Pro's production

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Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal later that day tweeted that the company is offering Ola S1 Pro features to Ola S1 owners via a performance upgrade. (Image: Ola Electric)

Ola Electric has announced that it is halting the production of its Ola S1 electric scooter, and will instead focus on manufacturing the Ola S1 Pro. The company claims that the Pro variant has seen a lot more demand compared to the vanilla Ola S1. Due to the production halt, the company is offering Ola S1 customers a chance to upgrade to Ola S1 Pro.

Ola Electric has sent out emails to Ola S1 customers on January 15, intimating them about the halt in production of the vanilla Ola S1 electric scooter. Stating that the scooter will become available later this year. Apart from this, the mail mentioned that if interested Ola S1 buyers can upgrade to Ola S1 Pro by paying the premium in the next payment window, on January 21 at 6 PM IST.

The email further states that the company will dispatch Ola S1 Pro electric scooters in January and February, and deliveries may take between 10 to 20 days after dispatch, depending on the location of the buyer and regional transport office (RTO) process requirements.

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal later that day tweeted that the company is offering Ola S1 Pro features to Ola S1 owners via a performance upgrade. This means that Ola S1 owners will get all of the features including the Ola S1 Pro's range, hyper mode, and other features. However, take note that the performance upgrade costs Rs 30,000.

While this is good news for Ola S1 Pro customers, vanilla model customers once again have to go through a painful delay. With this news, either customers will have to wait for the end of 2022 to get their Ola S1 or just cough up more money to upgrade to the Pro variant. Moreover, this is even more painful, considering Ola S1 customers will have to wait just like others to put in their order upgrades for the S1 Pro on the scheduled date.

OnePlus 9RT now available on sale: Great deal during Amazon Great Republic Day Sale

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OnePlus 9RT is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. (Image: OnePlus)

OnePlus during the ongoing Amazon Great Republic Day Sale is hosting the first sale for its new OnePlus 9RT smartphone. The device was launched earlier this month and it goes up against the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE.

OnePlus 9RT: Price in India

OnePlus 9RT is priced at Rs 42,999 for the base 8GB RAM/128GB storage variant and at Rs 46,999 for the 12GB RAM/256GB storage variant. The device is available in Hacker Black and Nano Silver colour options via the company's official website, Amazon and retail stores.

Customers purchasing the device with an SBI credit card are eligible to get a Rs 4,000 instant discount. Kotak Bank and Axis Bank credit cardholders can avail a discount via the company's official website.

OnePlus 9RT: Specifications

OnePlus 9RT sports a 6.62-inch full HD+ Samsung E4 AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz, a peak brightness of 1,300 nits and a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels. The company claims that the display comes with a touch sampling rate of 1,300Hz, features HDR10+ support, and 100 percent DCI:P3 colour gamut coverage.

The device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of inbuilt UFS 3.1 storage. For better cooling, the company claims to have used "Space Cooling" technology, which is basically the use of a larger heat sink for better heat dissipation.

It runs Google's Android 11 operating system with the company's OxygenOS 11 skin on top. All of this is backed by a 4,500mAh battery with support for the company's own Warp Charge 65T technology.

Connectivity options include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, GPS, A-GPS, and NFC.

OnePlus 9RT sports a triple camera setup at the back consisting of a 50-megapixel primary Sony IMX766 sensor with an f/1.8 aperture lens and optical image stabilisation (OIS) support, paired with an ultrawide sensor with a 123-degree field-of-view, an f/2.2 lens, and a 2-megapixel macro lens. At the front, it features a 16-megapixel Sony IMX471 sensor with an f/2.4 lens for taking selfies.

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) 1.8.0 update brings Spider-Man: No Way Home theme, UI improvements, more

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Krafton Inc has started rolling out Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) 1.8.0 update. The update brings the earlier teased Spider-Man: No Way Home theme, UI improvements, allowing players to pick a desired match quickly, and more.

Other features include the new Livik: Aftermath theme, which is available until February 14. The new UI update also shows installed, ranked and normal matching separately. It also brings automatic marking as well.

Apart from the new features, we get to see a number of improvements to the existing elements of the game.

BGMI 1.8.0 update

With the new update, the season tier points will only be reflected in ranked matchmaking. However, season tier points will not affect normal matchmaking. Krafton has also made changes in the UI to help its users to pick a desired match easily.

The new Livik: Aftermath mode can only be played with normal matching, which will not hurt the players' season tier points. In the mode, players can knock enemies with automatic fire in the Firearm and Scope mode. New supply stores have also been added to the map in classic mode, where players can exchange looted coins with supply items. Also with the update, the map will feature an indicator to show an upcoming supply crate location. Revive objects will also display across the map.

Also Read: WhatsApp iOS app will soon start showing profile pictures in notifications

Bug fixes include a fix for firing direction and aim varied by display resolution, and a fix for bullet spread issues. It also brings in a feature to allow knocked out players to swim in the water.

The in-map place names will now be displayed in 3D. Some other new features include automatic marking to find enemies and auto-jump with ping. Krafton has also improved its cheater reporting system including the receipt and result of reporting cheaters. The company will also be providing rewards for players with high merit levels.

Sony WF-1000XM4 premium Bluetooth earphones launched in India: Price, specifications

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Sony WF-1000XM4 come with 24-bit amps, with 20 percent larger magnets. (Image: Sony)

Sony WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds have finally launched in India, over six months after making their debut in the global market. These are the most premium wireless earbuds that the company makes. The key feature of the device is the brand’s in-house V1 chip. Other features include a better finish, smaller charging case, better audio quality and improved noise cancellation.

Sony WF-1000XM4: Price in India

Sony WF-1000XM4 is priced at Rs 19,990, just undercutting the AirPods Pro, which is priced at Rs 24,900. The company has revealed that the device will be made available via leading online retail stores and offline stores starting January 16.

Sony WF-1000XM4: Specifciations

Sony WF-1000XM4 come with support for Hi-Res audio over LDAC codec, which is much superior compared to the typical Bluetooth audio. They also come with support for the company's own 360 Reality Audio. The DSEE Extreme feature of the buds can help them rebuild compressed audio to something that is close to Hi-Res in quality using AI.

The buds come with the company's custom V1 chip integrated, which is said to maintain active cancellation of high-end frequencies and cut noise levels up to 40 percent better than the XM3's. The buds are also designed in a way to cut wind noise with the help of a new automatic wind detection feature.

Sony WF-1000XM4 come with 24-bit amps, with 20 percent larger magnets. The setup provides better cancellation signals at lower frequencies and can produce better bass according to the company. They also come with proprietary polyurethane foam tips pre-installed, which aid in passive noise cancellation.

Sony’s “Speak-to-Chat” feature, fast pairing support for Windows/Android, and an IPX4 water resistance rating are some of the additional features that help the Bluetooth earbuds stand out.

Coming to voice calls, the earbuds include a bone-conducting sensor and beam-forming mics to help provide the best sound quality. They also include support for Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant.

Sony claims that the XM4's can provide a battery life of up to 8 hours with noise cancellation and the case can recharge them up twice. The case supports Qi wireless charging support, and the company claims that a quick 5 minutes charge is enough for 1-hour of playtime.

WhatsApp iOS app will soon start showing profile pictures in notifications

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WhatsApp iOS app to soon show profile picture in the notification centre. (Image: Pixabay)

WhatsApp is yet again working on a new feature for the iOS version of the app. According to a report by WABetaInfo, the upcoming update will let the app show the profile picture of the contact in the notification itself. The feature is already available on the Android version of the app. This will help users to better understand who is texting them without needing to open the application.

The Facebook-owned giant is currently working on the new feature and there is no official word as to when it will be made available for the users. This will be one of the first feature updates in 2022 and it will use APIs in iOS 15 to show the WhatsApp profile images in notifications on both top-screen banners as well as the Notification Center.

As of now, the feature seems to be available only to a limited number of testers and it should be available to the masses in the coming weeks. If you are excited about the feature, you should keep an eye on updates for WhatsApp on the Apple App Store.

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WhatsApp notifications will soon look like this on iPhone. (Image: WABetaInfo)

Also Read: How to use two WhatsApp accounts on any smartphone

Besides that, WhatsApp is also working on a UI change for the iOS app. The Facebook-owned application will soon be removing the 'Broadcast List' and 'New Group' option in the chats screen on the iPhone app. The two options will now be placed under the new chat option in order to give the app a cleaner look.

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