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iVoomi Me 3 and iVoomi Me 3S now available for purchase on Flipkart A couple of days ago iVoomi launched two new smartphones in India named iVoomi Me 3 and Me 3S. The key highlight of the smartphones is their shatterproof display. Both the smartphones are now available for purchase exclusively on Flipkart. The iVoomi Me 3 is priced at Rs. 5,499, while the Me 3S carries a price tag of Rs. 6,499. The Me 3 offers 2GB RAM and 16GB native storage and the latter packs 3GB RAM and 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. The storage space on both the devices can be further expanded up to 128GB via the microSD card slot. Besides this, the smartphones differ in the camera department. The Me 3 comes with an 8MP Galaxy Core sensor with flash support, HDR Mode, Low-light Photography, Beauty Mode, Panorama, and auto focus. Likewise, there is also an 8MP front camera with LED flash. Coming to the Me 3S, it flaunts a 13MP rear-facing camera with 1.0um Samsung sensor with flash support, HDR Mode, L

Apple iPhone 8 specifications may not have been finalized yet Initially, there were many reports suggesting the iPhone 8 launch would get delayed due to some manufacturing issue. Proving all the speculations wrong, last week Apple sent out invites for the launch event that is to take place on September 12. As usual, the name of the product was not mentioned in the official invite. However, judging from the company's past launching pattern, we are quite sure the iPhone 8 will get launched at the event. Now, with just 4 days left until the launch date, a report by The Investors has revealed a shocking piece of information. According to the publication, the specs line up of the iPhone 8 is not finalized yet. The website claims to have obtained the information from an anonymous representative from Apple's local supplier. The supplier says that the shipments of the 2017 iPhones started only from late August. He further added that its firms are yet to get exact details on t

Vivo X20 Plus may be called as Vivo X20A; gets listed on TENAA A couple of days ago, we reported about the Vivo X20 and its Plus variant. According to fresh information, the Vivo X20 Plus will be dubbed as Vivo X20A. We say this as two smartphones have been spotted on TENAA. One is Vivo X20 and another is listed as Vivo X20A. Unfortunately, the TENAA listing has shed no light on the specifications. However, thanks to the pictures we get a good look at the design of these smartphones. It is worth noting that in terms of design, both of the phones are identical. The smartphones are shown to sport a full-vision display that is also seen on the LG G6. Previous leaks suggest the Vivo X20 will feature a 5.2-inch display, while the Vivo X20A aka X20 Plus will come with a 5.5-inch display. The front-facing camera on the smartphones is placed on the top left side of the display. There is also an earpiece and sensor next to the selfie camera. Coming to the rear part, the Vivo X20 a

Huawei becomes the second largest smartphone brand in the world after Samsung According to a research from Counterpoint's Market Pulse for July 2017, Huawei has surpassed Apple in global smartphone sales for the first time. The research also notes that Huawei is now the second largest smartphone vendor globally, after Samsung. Counterpoint's Research Director Peter Richardson attributes Huawei's success to its strong foothold in home market China, consistent investment in R&D and manufacturing as well as aggressive marketing. Besides, with the way Huawei is going about in the market, researchers predict strong sales in August for the Chinese vendor, and a hat-trick for Huawei could be on the cards as well. "While this streak could be temporary, considering the annual iPhone refresh is just around the corner, it nevertheless underscores the rate at which Huawei has been growing. However, a weak presence in the South Asian, Indian and North American markets

OxygenOS Open Beta 23/14 released for OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T The Open Beta program for the OnePlus 3 and 3T has been going on for quite a while now. Now,  OnePlus  has just rolled out OxygenOS Open Beta 23 for OnePlus 3 and Open Beta 14 for OnePlus 3T. As expected, the update brings a number of major improvements and bug fixes. To start with, the default color profile of the smartphones' display has been changed to match more closely with the alternative sRGB calibration. Besides this, some minor but user visible changes include support for irregular alarm schedule, UI tweaks in the Contacts app and the Ambient Display etc. The latest OxygenOS Open Beta update has made some changes under the hood as well. For example, the stability of Parallel apps have been improved, location accuracy in the Weather app has been improved, loading time of images inside the Gallery app has been reduced. Other than that, the update has added E-warranty card, so users can find a version

Zopo P5000 and Z5000 with 5000mAh battery announced Zopo has announced two new smartphones - P5000 and Z5000. Both are mid-range smartphones running on Android 7.0 Nougat OS out of the box. The Zopo smartphones come with a dual camera setup a the rear with a 13MP primary camera with Sony IMX258 sensor and a 5MP secondary camera for capturing the depth of field information. There is a 16MP selfie snapper at the front accompanied with soft LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. The rear camera has PDAF, dual tone LED flash and f/2.0 aperture. Both the smartphones make use of an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC paired with 4GB RAM. Besides these similarities, both the Zopo smartphones have many differences. The Zopo P5000 boasts of a 5.99-inch HD+ IPS 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1440x720 pixels and 18:9 aspect ratio. The device has 4GB RAM and 32GB storage space that can be expanded using a microSD card. The device has hybrid dual SIM card slot and supports 4G VoLT

Qualcomm confirms: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 will boast Snapdragon 835 Soc Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is only a week away from an official launch and after the release of several videos and poster teasers from Xiaomi it has now been confirmed by Qualcomm that the upcoming device will indeed house Snapdragon 835 chipset for advanced processing. The release of all of this information is quite a proof that Xiaomi is trying to gain as much attention as possible for the successful launch of its flagship device. Chinese division of the world's most popular mobile processor manufacturer published on its Weibo Page that Mi Mix 2 will boast the best processor from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 835. Mi Mix 2's predecessor Mi Mix was equipped with Snapdragon 821 which was the best processor from Qualcomm when the Mi Mix was released. Mi Mix 2 boasting the Snapdragon 835 is not much of a surprise since the device will retail in high-mid price segment. However, it is quite conclusive that Xiaomi does n

Flipkart source code reveals Xiaomi Mi A1 launching in India tomorrow In the past few weeks, Xiaomi the popular Chinese smartphone brand in India has been teasing its first-ever dual-camera smartphone for fans as well as consumers in the country While the name of the upcoming smartphone is not yet confirmed, but from the several leaks and rumors, it has been suggested that it will most probably be called the Mi A1. Besides, it looks like the smartphone will be Mi A1 and not Mi 5X as speculated earlier. Well, we already know that the upcoming smartphone will be Flipkart exclusive but someone seems to have dug into the e-commerce site and the person has revealed the name of the smartphone through the source code of Flipkart's teaser page. The alleged device comes with the name Mi A1. However, this is not that surprising considering the reports that we have come across earlier. It only seems that this incident has now confirmed the name of the handset. And for fans

Snapdragon 670 tipped to feature next gen. Kryo 360 cores A few months ago, Qualcomm launched its mid-range processor Snapdragon 660. Currently, there are very few smartphones that feature the said processor. However, it is said to deliver better performance than many other high-end chipsets Meanwhile, Qualcomm is also working on its processor the Snapdragon 670. Yesterday, tipster Roland Quandt spotted it on the second page of Qualcomm's website. While the website doesn't reveal a single thing, a Weibo user has come up with bits of information about the chipset. As per the Weibo post, the Snapdragon 670 SoC is built on 10nm LPP (Low Power Plus) manufacturing process from Samsung. For comparison, the Snapdragon 835 is built on LPE (Low Power Early), which is the predecessor to the LPP process. Hence, the new LPP process is expected to improve the performance and efficiency of the chipset to a great extent. Just like the Snapdragon 835, the Snapdragon 670 chipset will

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to go on sale in India from September 25 A few days back, it was tipped that the Galaxy Note 8 will go on pre-order in India on September 11. Now, there is confirmation on the release date of this device in the country. According to the latest report by PhoneHorn, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will be released in the country on September 11. The sale of the device in the global markets debuts from September 15. For now, there is no clue on which variants of the device will be released in India and the alleged pricing details. However, from the previous reports, one thing that we know is that the Galaxy Note 8 could be exclusive to the online retailer Amazon India. As mentioned above, we do not know the exact price at which the Galaxy Note 8 will be launched. But a recent report tipped that the device could be priced at Rs. 74,900. Given that the 128GB variant of the Galaxy S8+ that was launched at this price point received a couple of price cuts taking it

Sony launches Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact and Xperia XA1 Plus at IFA Sony  has just two new additions to its Xperia XZ flagship family at the IFA 2017. The smartphones are Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact. Besides this, the company has announced another smartphone dubbed as the Xperia A1 Plus. The rumor mill has been quite active with the aforementioned smartphones from the past few months. Interestingly, most of the speculations made about their specs and features have turned out to be true. However, we expected Sony to unveil to one more smartphone at the event. We are talking about the Xperia X1, which had appeared in leaks a countless number of times. Anyway, let's find out about the features of the Sony Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact and Xperia A1 Plus. Sony Xperia XZ1 The Xperia XZ1 features a 5.2-inch full HD HDR display. As for innards, it comes equipped with an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor running at 2.4GHz. The memory aspect is ta

Micromax Canvas Plex Tab to be launched soon in India Yesterday,  Micromax unveiled the Canvas Infinity smartphone  with an 18:9 aspect ratio edge-to-edge display at a price point of Rs. 9,999. While smartphone that is exclusive to Amazon India is yet to go on sale, the company seems to be all set to unveil their first tablet of this year. According to the latest information that GizBot has received, Micromax has joined hands with Eros Now, the digital platform of Eros International to launch a tablet called Canvas Plex Tab. It is claimed that this tablet will be launched in India in the coming weeks. If you don't remember, Micromax and Eros Now tied up in the last year in order to build up a portfolio of devices that will offer an outstanding digital experience to the consumers. According to the partnership, the Eros Now app will be pre-installed in the Micromax devices. Besides the information about the name of the Micromax tablet and that it is slated to be

Meizu M6 Note announced: Specs, features and pricing Chinese manufacturer  Meizu  has just launched the M6 Note in an event in China, as expected. We have obtained the information from the micro-blogging site  Weibo . The smartphone is available in three color options; Black, Blue and Gold. There are three memory variants of the Meizu M6 Note. The 3GB+16GB variant is priced at 1,099 Yuan (approx. Rs. 10,500); the 3GB+32GB model is priced at 1,299 Yuan (approx. Rs. 12,500) and the 4GB+64GB variant will be sold for 1,699 Yuan (approx. Rs. 16,350). Pre-order for the smartphone opens in China from today, while it will go on sale from September 2 onwards. Coming to the specifications, the Meizu M6 Note arrives with a 5.5-inch display with the pixel resolution of 1920×1080 and pixel density of 1080p. The display is also covered by a 2.5D curved glass for providing better protection. Under its hood, the smartphone is powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor

Huawei's Mobile AI to launch on September 2 While you may be waiting for the Huawei's upcoming flagship Mate 10, the company is working on another big thing. If you remember, last month Huawei announced that it is developing an Artificial Intelligence processor. Later, we got to see an official teaser on Twitter revealing that the AI will be more than just a voice assistant. As per the information, we have obtained so far, the AI processor was likely to get unveiled this fall. Well, guess what? Huawei has just released an official video teaser on Weibo that reveals the launch date of the upcoming AI processor. It will be launching on September 2 in Berlin, Germany. This means Huawei will unveil the new AI at the IFA Berlin 2017. Richard Yu, the head of Consumer Business Unit at Huawei, is expected to give the keynote speech during the event. The video is said to serve the purpose of an invitation to the event. As clear from the video, Huawei wants us to expect the une

Ola and Google join hands for its outstation category Mobile app for transportation today announced its partnership with Google for its outstation category. The company said that "This first of its kind association in India enables bookings from 23 cities to over 215 one-way routes in the country and in the coming weeks, the integration will be expanded to a total of 500 routes." Elaborating on the partnership Vijay Ghadge, VP of Operations at Ola said, " This time around, we are bringing a unique experience for long distance commuters - enabling access to our Outstation category on Google Maps itself. Be it first-timers or frequent business travelers, we are certain that this integration will add value for all use cases. Ola Outstation has gained significant prominence in the past year since its launch, this association takes us a step further in making the category as reliable and convenient as the intra-city commute." Vijay further added, "As O

New Samsung phone with Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM spotted online While everyone is waiting eagerly for the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung is planning to launch a new smartphone shortly. We say this because a new device codenamed as Samsung SM-A5300 has just been spotted on Geekbench (via SamMobile). Looking at the model name, we assume this smartphone to be the successor of Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017). To remind you, the Galaxy A5 (2017) carried the model name SM-A5200. The Geekbench listing has revealed some of the specifications of the Samsung SM-A5300. It is shown to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor, which is currently the most efficient mid-range chipset. To recall, the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) features an in-house Exynos 7880 processor. Pairing the chipset on the upcoming Samsung phone is 6GB of RAM, which sounds quite ridiculous, to be honest. There are only a few smartphones featuring this amount of RAM and all of them are flagships. So it is unlikely for a

Facebook to launch its own AR-activated smart glasses Seems like Facebook has its finger in too many pies. The revelation of a patent application filed by Oculus on USPTO shows the company is working on AR powered smart glasses. As you may know, Oculus is the VR division of Facebook. The name of the patent application is "Waveguide display with two-dimensional scanner". The patent puts "computer generated elements" over a real world background. The display would be set inside the frame used for eye-wear in such a way that "presents media to a user's eyes." According to the patent, the display will be equipped with waveguide technology to let a wave of light enter the lens. The display would also be able to show images and videos. While the audio would be controlled by speakers or a headphone. Currently, it is hard to say if we will ever see these smart glasses getting launched. We have previously seen many devices being patented but they seld

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A is launching tomorrow What we know so far Tomorrow, Xiaomi has something big to announce. Well, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A will be unveiled at a press conference in China tomorrow. With just a day left for the launch of the smartphone, we are gradually coming across a lot of speculations and teasers regarding the same. Lately, we saw that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A will arrive with a soft flash accompanying the front-facing selfie camera. Now, there is another leak that has revealed an even more interesting information. Besides these leaks, the upcoming Xiaomi smartphone is appearing on the certification sites revealing the specifications that we can expect to see on this budget smartphone. Also, the press shots of the Redmi Note 5A were revealed a few days back. Today, we have compiled a slew of rumors and leaks regarding the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A for the Mi fans interested in knowing more details about this smartphone. Dedicated dual SIM slots  In

HMD to launch a smartphone with larger display than Nokia 8 A couple of days ago, HMD Global finally announced the much-anticipated  Nokia 8  at an event held in London. Unlike the other Nokia smartphones launched earlier this year like Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6, the Nokia 8 flaunts a premium design and high-end specifications. The flagship device has been the center of attraction for the last few months. The smartphone has been launched at €599 (approximately Rs. 45,000) and will be available in the global markets starting from early September. While we are still drooling over the Nokia 8, HMD seems to have started working on another smartphone. Neil Broadley, Global Marketing Manager for HMD, has made this revelation in an interview to a Russian publication named 4pda.ru. The upcoming smartphone that is yet to be named, is likely to "to meet the needs of absolutely all users." Unfortunately, he has not revealed any other information about the handset.