Xiaomi Mi 6 announcement set for April 19, Qualcomm countersues Apple and more – FoneArena Daily


Xiaomi Mi 6 invite

Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news.

Xiaomi has announced that it will introduce its flagship Mi 6 smartphone at an event in Beijing on April 19th. It is said to come with 5.5-inch 1080p display, powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC, come in 4GB RAM with 64GB storage as well as 6GB RAM with 128GB storage variants.

Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against Qualcomm earlier this year, saying that Qualcomm has been charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with. Qualcomm has responded to Apple suit over patent licensing and has also filed countersuit including charge of limiting performance of Qualcomm modem chips in iPhone 7.

ZTE has announced Quartz, a budget smartwatch running Android Wear 2.0. It has a 1.4-inch circular AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor. It has IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance. It costs $199 (Rs. 12,830 approx.) and is compatible with T-Mobile’s network. It will be available exclusively from TMobile.com beginning Friday, April 14 and in select T-Mobile stores beginning Friday, April 21.

Google company already said that users around the world will get the feature in the coming days, after it was released in Brazil. Now it has rolled out the feature worldwide.

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