There have been reports of Sony’s Compact and Premium smartphones set to make a comeback next year and while that’s not confirmed yet, on the other side, the company has announced a new ‘Lite’ smartphone in its Xperia lineup that is largely similar to last year’s Xperia 10 smartphone. Continue reading “Sony Xperia 8 Lite with 6-inch FHD+ 21:9 display, dual rear cameras announced”
Author: Manoj Nagendra
OPPO F17 and OPPO F17 Pro launching in India on September 2
After teasing the launch of its next F-Series smartphones in India last week, OPPO has now finally announced the launch date of the OPPO F17 Series in India. Continue reading “OPPO F17 and OPPO F17 Pro launching in India on September 2”
Mi TV Horizon Edition launching in India on September 7
Xiaomi is in a launch spree lately and today, the company has started teasing the launch of a new television in India — Mi TV Horizon Edition. This comes after the launch of Mi TV 4A, Mi TV 4X 43 and 65-inch 4K HDR TVs last year. Continue reading “Mi TV Horizon Edition launching in India on September 7”
Moto G9 with 6.5-inch 20:9 display, Snapdragon 662, 5000mAh battery accidentally revealed ahead of launch today
Motorola launched the One Fusion+ mid-range smartphone in India a couple of months back and for the past few days, the company has been teasing a new smartphone launch in India. Ahead of the launch today at 12 noon, Flipkart has jumped the gun and revealed the details of the smartphone including the possible price. Continue reading “Moto G9 with 6.5-inch 20:9 display, Snapdragon 662, 5000mAh battery accidentally revealed ahead of launch today”
LG K31 with 5.7-inch HD+ FullVision display, dual rear cameras, Android 10 announced
LG recently started rolling out its VELVET smartphone in the US and following that, now the company has announced a new smartphone in its K-Series lineup – LG K31 in the US. Continue reading “LG K31 with 5.7-inch HD+ FullVision display, dual rear cameras, Android 10 announced”
Redmi 9 with Dot Drop display, dual rear cameras launching in India on August 27
Update: August 20, 2020: Redmi today confirmed that it will launch the Redmi 9 smartphone in India on August 27th, and the phone will be sold on Amazon.in, in addition to mi.com. The teaser says more RAM more fun that hints that it might come with 4GB of RAM. Continue reading “Redmi 9 with Dot Drop display, dual rear cameras launching in India on August 27”
OPPO F17 Pro with a 7.48mm slim body launching in India soon
Earlier this year, OPPO launched the F15 smartphone in its F-series lineup and recently, the 4GB+128GB variant and a new Blazing Blue color model was launched as well. After almost 6 months of the launch of OPPO F15, now the company is all set to launch the successor – OPPO F17 Pro smartphone in India soon. Continue reading “OPPO F17 Pro with a 7.48mm slim body launching in India soon”
Samsung Galaxy M01 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 8399
Samsung launched its budget-oriented smartphone – Galaxy M01 along with the Galaxy M11 a couple of months back in India. Now, the Galaxy M01 smartphone has received a price cut of Rs. 600 in India. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy M01 gets a price cut in India, now available at Rs. 8399”
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SATA SSD Review — Samsung’s best QLC SSD yet
Hard disk drives on computers and portable devices like laptops have been there for a very long time now, and is still being used by many users worldwide. On the other hand, the adoption of faster solid-state drives are increasing quickly as well, thanks to it the cost of the drives coming down compared to before, and of course, the lower failure rate compared to HDDs. While the biggest advantage of SSDs is the speed and performance, it wasn’t quite matching up to the levels of HDDs in terms of capacity. That started changing as well with QLC (Quad-level cell that stores four bits per cell) SSDs which enabled manufacturers to bring higher storage capacity drives. Compared to three bits per cell on the TLC (Triple-Level cell) SSDs.
Micron 5210 ION was the world’s first QLC SSD that was launched back in 2018 and Samsung also launched its first QLC SATA SSD the same year – Samsung 860 QVO in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB storage sizes. Fast-forward to 2020, and Samsung recently launched its 2nd Gen QLC SSD – Samsung 870 QVO V-NAND SSD in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and a whopping 8TB storage capacity. We have been using the 2TB 870 QVO SSD for quite some time now, and in this review, let us see how it has improved over the last-gen and what new it brings to the table. Continue reading “Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SATA SSD Review — Samsung’s best QLC SSD yet”
realme C12 with 6.5-inch Mini-drop display, Helio G35, 6000mAh battery announced
Realme is all set to launch the realme C15 and realme C12 smartphones in India next week. While the company already announced the realme C15 smartphone in Indonesia last month, it has now announced the realme C12 in the country. Continue reading “realme C12 with 6.5-inch Mini-drop display, Helio G35, 6000mAh battery announced”
iQOO India teases launch of new smartphone soon; could be iQOO 5
Back in February this year, iQOO made its entry into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of iQOO 3 and iQOO 3 5G smartphones. It’s been almost 6 months since iQOO’s first launch in India and now, the company has started teasing the launch of a new smartphone here soon. Continue reading “iQOO India teases launch of new smartphone soon; could be iQOO 5”
realme X3 SuperZoom Review — It’s all about the optics
realme, an ambitious company has established itself as a key player in the smartphone market in India and post its entry in the Indian market in 2018, the company has been launching smartphones in every price segment to cater to a wide range of audience. Smartphone manufacturers are focussing on offering affordable flagship smartphones in the Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 30,000 price segment lately which is not as crowded as the sub Rs. 15,000 or Rs. 20,000 price segment and at the same time, this segment interests more consumers who don’t want to pay a premium for other smartphones. Continue reading “realme X3 SuperZoom Review — It’s all about the optics”
OPPO Reno 3 Pro gets another price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 27990
OPPO Reno 3 Pro that was launched earlier this year in India got a Rs. 2000 price hike as a result of the GST Rate hike on smartphones. But recently, it got a price cut and the 8GB+256GB variant went on sale as well. Now, after a month of its last price cut, the OPPO Reno 3 Pro has received yet another price cut in India. Continue reading “OPPO Reno 3 Pro gets another price cut in India, now starts at Rs. 27990”
HTC Wildfire E2 with 6.2-inch HD+ display, dual rear cameras, Android 10 listed ahead of announcement
HTC recently launched the U20 5G smartphone after it launched the Wildfire R70 earlier this year. While the company is set to announce the Wildfire E2 smartphone sometime soon, a retailer has already jumped the gun and listed the smartphone with complete specifications. Continue reading “HTC Wildfire E2 with 6.2-inch HD+ display, dual rear cameras, Android 10 listed ahead of announcement”
Mi Cordless Beard Trimmer with 60-minute runtime listed on Flipkart ahead of today’s launch
Xiaomi has been teasing the launch of a new beard trimmer in India lately with the #YourSalonAtHome. Ahead of the launch at 12PM today, Flipkart has listed the new Mi Beard Trimmer on its site with the pricing. Continue reading “Mi Cordless Beard Trimmer with 60-minute runtime listed on Flipkart ahead of today’s launch”