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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 t...

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...

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...