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Qualcomm today announced that Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem is being selected by OEMs as a standard 5G compliant for mobile phones that are expected to launch starting in 2019. The OEMs include Asus, Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited, HMD Global, HTC, Inseego/Novatel Wireless, LG, NetComm Wireless, NETGEAR, OPPO, Sharp Corporation, Sierra Wireless, Sony Mobile, Telit, Vivo, Wingtech, WNC, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
Qualcomm says that the OEMs are closely working to commercialize 5G smartphones for the sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave spectrum bands starting in 2019. These OEMs will capitalize on Qualcomm's 5G modem solution. The 5G modem will expand mobile into new spectrum bands and all spectrum types.
On the other hand, based on the 3GPP Release 15 5G NR standard, AT&T, British Telecom, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, KT Corporation. LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra, TIM, Verizon and Vodafone Group will conduct the trials, and these trails will utilize Qualcomm's 5G mobile test platform with Snapdragon X50 chipset.
The operating trails are expected to start in 2018 and to meet the 2019 deadline, the use of Snapdragon X50 5G modem during these mobile 5G NR trials is said to prepare the operators for the final 5G commercial rollout across a ...
Huawei is expected to introduce its flagship smartphones in the P20 series at separate event in March in Paris. Some case renders of the smartphones surfaced, now the P20 Lite smartphone with the model number ANE-LX1 has been certified by the FCC.
This reveals about 6-inch display for the smartphone, iPhone X-like top-notch along with IR sensor for face unlock, vertical dual rear camera arrangement, as revealed in renders and 148mm height.
It also reveals that it will run Android 8.0 (Oreo), even though recent reports revealed that the P20 will come with Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1. It further reveals a 2900mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging, Hybrid Dual SIM support and WiFi 802.11n support.
Earlier rumors indicated that the phone will come in Midnight Black, Klein Blue and Sakura Pink colors. We should know more details about the phone in the coming weeks.
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Back in September last year, Qualcomm and Nokia announced plans to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on the 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15 specifications being developed by 3GPP. Today both the companies have announced that they have successfully completed interoperability testing in the 3.5Ghz and 28Ghz spectrum compliant with the global 3GPP 5G NR Release 15 standard using Nokia AirScale base station and device prototypes from Qualcomm Technologies.
Nokia, Qualcomm Technologies and operators including BT/EE, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa, KT, LGU+, NTT DOCOMO, Optus, SKT, Telia and Vodafone Group are already committed to working together in verifying and trialing 5G NR technology.
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This will be based on the successful interoperability tests of the flexible 5G NR interface from Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies which will support a wide array of 5G services and various deployment scenarios.
As announced last year, Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies continue working closely in driving the industry, leading to widescale 5G deployments in 2019 based on 3GPP standard-compliant 5G infrastructure and devices. This will enable timely commercial network launches in 2019, in particular in the United States, China, Japan, Korea and Europe.
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Lenovo has announced a recall of 83,500 (78,000 in the U.S. and 5,500 in Canada) ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Generation laptops (with machine type 20HQ, 20HR, 20K3 or 20K4), manufactured between December 2016 and October 2017 over concerns of fire hazard. It said that it has worked with United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for voluntary recall of these laptops.
Lenovo said that it has received three customer reports worldwide of an overheat condition related to an unfastened screw which resulted in damage to the customer's laptops, but it has not received reports of fire or damage to persons or property, other than to the laptop PCs.
On investigation and analysis it has found out that an unfastened, small screw, left in the unit during manufacture, could damage the surface of the lithium ion polymer battery and cause a short, leading to rapid cell discharge of the battery. This defect was the reason for three failures.
It also said that the recall is due to a manufacturing process lapse which Lenovo’s engineers have subsequently fixed. "Having taken the time to fully understand and correct this manufacturing issue, Lenovo is fully confident that its current ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops meet Lenovo’s high quality and safety standards," said Lenovo.
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Check for update button on Android does nothing expecting for manually checking for updates in case you haven't got an update notification automatically. However, back in September manually pushing the check for button update on Nexus and Pixel phones would fetch an available update even if the background check wouldn't.
However, an update to Google Play Services has broken the feature, and it was reported that the function would return only in 2018. Now since it is 2018, the feature is back again working on the said phones. The v12.2.09 beta that rolled out yesterday is said to have fixed the button, and it was successfully fetching the available updates when checked manually.
The feature's return was spotted first spotted on Reddit, and since it is only limited to Pixel and Nexus series, it was working on first gen and second generation Pixel smartphones. You can test out the Google Play Services 12.2.09 by signing up for the beta on Play Store or manually download the APK and side-load it.
So after installing the latest APK, if you are in the January security update, you can try checking for February security patch which was rolled out earlier this week.
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Details about Samsung Galaxy C10 and C10 Plus surfaced last year, we even saw some live images of the C10 showing off its dual rear cameras. Now the Galaxy C10 Plus with the model number SM-C9100 has surfaced on AnTuTu listing revealing some of the specifications.
The benchmark reveals that it will feature a 1080p screen, which could be 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED, similar to the C9 Pro. It also reveals Snapdragon 660 SoC with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage.
It shows that it will run Android 7.1 (Nougat), which is not surprising since it is yet to release Android Oreo update for its smartphones. It doesn't reveal any details about the camera, but it is rumored to feature dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash. It is also rumored to feature additional button under the volume rocker for Bixby access and will likely feature a unibody metal design.
We still don't have any details about the battery capacity, which we should know in the coming weeks.
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Huawei's Honor brand recently said that the Honor7X is now made in India and the company in partnership with Flex has started manufacturing the phone at Flex’s plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Today the company has announced that the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version of the smartphone will be available across Honor partner stores pan India starting from February 9th at the same online price of Rs. 15,999.
The Honor 7X Red Limited Edition that was teased in India last week will be available exclusively from Amazon.in starting from February 9th at 1PM for Rs. 12,999. The Red edition is expected to available in limited quantities since the company already said that only 20,000 units will be made available for the overseas market.
Honor 7X specifications
5.93-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
4GB RAM, 32GB / 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 156.5 x 75.3 x 7.6mm; Weight: 165g
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS / GLONASS
3340mAh ...
Maruti Suzuki and Google have teamed up to offer AI-enabled voice assistant for auto enthusiasts attending the 14th edition of Auto Expo that is happening in India. The Google Assistant on smartphones lets access various kinds of information regarding the expo, along with details about the MSIL exhibit.
It is the first-of-its-kind collaboration and you need is to have Google Assistant installed on your Android device. To access Maruti Suzuki assistance, users need to fire up Assistant by saying the hot word "Hey Google" followed by "Go to Maruti Suzuki." Post which the Maruti Suzuki voice helper starts a conversation in which you can request for information such as “What are the timings of Auto Expo?” The Assistant answers query on the basic details of the Auto Expo, MSIL showcase of cars, and more.
User can simply ask what they want, or tap the popular query tabs on the screen. The various suggestion that can be asked to Maruti Suzuki voice helper includes, book me a pass for the auto expo, how to reach auto expo, what are the new launches at Auto expo and much more.
The wearable market in India is progressively gaining momentum owing to its affordability, thanks to Chinese counterparts. These days, the affordable/basic wearable segment offer array of features including phone notifications, steps taken, heart rate, sleep monitor, and others, which in turn attracts the first time buyers. It is indeed safe to say that the tech, which incorporates health and fitness is on the rise among the Indian youths. It's been approximately four years since Samsung made its presence in the wearable market and launched more than 6 to 7 wearables till now.
Initially, introduced at the IFA 2017, Samsung launched the Gear Sport smartwatch in India with a changeable standard 20mm strap. With Gear Sport, the company is planning to take it to the whole new level. as it is fully waterproof and can track your swims underwater, recording lap time and much more. We got hold of the Samsung Gear Sport recently. Check out the review below.
Unboxing
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Box Contents
Samsung Gear Sport smartwatch in Black color
2-pin charger (5V-700mA)
Charging Dock
Additional wrist strap in small size
User manual and warranty information
Design
Talking about the design, the Gear Sport looks like any other smartwatch under the Samsung’s portfolio. It looks good, premium ...
Panasonic today launched P100, the company's latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch 2.5D curved glass screen with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC with 1GB/2GB RAM depending on the model, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, both with LED flash.
It has dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots, has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 2200mAh removable battery.
Panasonic P100 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
1GB /2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory with up to 128GB microSD
Android 7.0 (Nougat)
8MP rear camera with LED flash
5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 145x73x9.9mm; Weight: 174.8g
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2200mAh battery
The Panasonic P100 comes in Blue, Black, Gold and Dark Grey colors, is priced at Rs. 5299 for the 1GB RAM version and the 2GB RAM version costs Rs. 5999. It will be available exclusively from Flipkart starting today midnight.
Panasonic has also introduced "Gold Utsav consumer offer" with the launch of Panasonic P100. With this offer, lucky customers ...
CoolPad launched its mid-range Cool Play 6 smartphone in India recently. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 4000mAh (minimum) / 4060mAh (typical) battery. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by Snapdragon 653 SoC, has 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Journey UI. Check out the test results below.
Talk Time
It lasted for 33 hours and 25 minutes in our talk time test.
3G Browsing
It lasted for 7 hours and 47 minutes in our 3G browsing test.
WiFi Browsing
It lasted 10 hours and 7 minutes in our WiFi Browsing test.
Video Playback
It lasted for 11 hours and 12 minutes in our video playback test.
Charging Time
It takes 2 hours 42 mins for charging it from 0 to 100% since it doesn't have fast charging, and 0 to 50% takes about 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Standby Time
It lasted for 52 days in our standby test.
In achieved a One Charge Rating of 15 hours and 46 minutes, mainly due to brilliant talk time results. Check out our battery life test procedure, to know more about our tests in detail.
HP today has unveiled new Elitebook 800-series, HP ZBook 14u, and HP ZBook 15u laptops. These commercial devices are designed for today’s constantly on-the-go modern workforce. These laptops are powered by the Windows 10 with support for Cortana, cameras, optional fingerprint readers with Windows Hello for fast and secure login, and Windows Ink.
These laptops feature new chiseled linear wedge profiles and anodized aluminum covers. The EliteBook 800 series packs an ultra-bright display that automatically adapts to changing light conditions. The EliteBook 800 series and the ZBook 14u/15u passed the MIL-STD-810G testing to ensure durability and also have Thunderbolt 3 ports. On the other hand, the ZBook 14u/15 undergo two additional MIL-STD 810G tests for bench handling and crash hazard shock for unpredictable conditions in technical environments.
The HP Elitebook 800-series is powered by the 8th generation Intel Core vPro processor. The HP EliteBook 820 G4 sports a 13-inch screen, while the HP EliteBook 840 G5 packs a 14-inch display since it is a business notebook. Both the models include AMD RX540 discrete graphics and feature a world-facing, noise-canceling microphone removing unwanted sounds when in individual mode or enhances for 360-degree voice pick-up. it comes with HP Fast Charge support and can charge 50 percent of the battery in just 30 minutes.
The HP ZBook 14u and 15u are mobile ...
Earlier this week Xiaomi sent out invites for an event on February 14th, where it is expected to launch the Redmi 5 or Redmi Note 5 smartphone. Today Flipkart has confirmed that it will launch exclusively with them. Last year's Redmi Note 4 was launched exclusively on Flipkart, and in a new tweet Flipkart has tagged Gaurav Kapur and said "Looks like everyone is excited about @XiaomiIndia’s all-rounder that’s a 5/5", with similar "all-rounder" tag as Redmi Note 4 that was launched by Ravindra Jadeja, so we can expected the Redmi Note 5 to launch next week.
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Xiaomi is teasing the upcoming smartphone on site with short videos everyday, but this doesn't give any hint about what we can expect. Earlier rumors said that the Redmi 5 Plus might be launched globally as the Redmi Note 5.
To remind you, the Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and packs a 3300mAh battery, while the Redmi 5 Plus comes with a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 and packs a 4000mAh battery. Both these run Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9.
Both these have a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.25μm pixel size sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie ...
If reports are to be trusted, Google might be working on game streaming service 'Yeti" which also includes a console and controller to take on NVIDA and Sony. The new gaming service would work either on Chromecast or a Google-made console which is currently under development.
The service that currently code-named Yeti is aimed at putting Google in a commendable place in the video game business and to let users play games while streaming rather than downloading to disks and digitally. The gaming service will involve Google's cloud service to broadcast the games to users over the internet.
Though Google said to have discussed its plans with game developers, it needs to be seen who or anyone of them would develop a game dedicated to Yeti or make a Yeti version of the games that are already available. Google's recent hiring of Phil Harrison, who is a longtime video game industry veteran indicates the company plans on entering the video game business which is currently on the rise.
Considering the huge amount of revenue generated by Google from Play via advertising, it needs to be seen how Google is planning on monetizing the service when it launches.
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Samsung ended the Oreo beta program for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ recently after releasing 7th and final Oreo beta firmware, now the company has finally started rolling out stable update for the Galaxy S8 users starting from Germany.
The Galaxy U.X 9.0 brings a host of new features with the sweetness of Android 8.0 Oreo lying underneath. The quick panel now shows notification channels allowing you to manage notifications for each app that are supported and will show app icons at the bottom for the notifications that aren’t visible.
Tap and Hold any icon on the home screen to display shortcuts to common tasks within the app and this only available for the supported apps. The notification badges on app icons and in notifications panel are synced, and if you clear a notification from one, it will get cleared from other location as well. With the Android 8.0, the background services are limited to save battery life and improve performance as well. It also shows the currently running apps in the notification panel.
The Edge screen is now improved with better font size, color, and other settings to improve the visibility. The company has added three more edge lighting effects and color customization ...
[Update: Download link for the Redmi 3S MIUI 9.2 zip file is available here. You can download and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet. There is also Fastboot ROM if you want to flash it using fastboot method.]
Xiaomi was supposed to roll out MIUI 9.0 to the third batch of devices in December as announced during MIUI 9 Global launch but as per company, the update was delayed for the entire batch of devices due to a critical bug, but now it seems company had a plan to skip MIUI 9.0 update for the third batch of devices to provide MIUI 9.2 directly.
Earlier this week, Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 9.2 to Redmi Note 3, and today company announced that MIUI 9.2 is available to all Redmi Note 3 users. Redmi 3S/Prime, Redmi 4A, Redmi 2/Prime and Mi 4i devices were still running on MIUI 8 Stable ROM but as per users, a couple of hours ago, Xiaomi has started rolling out a new MIUI 9.2 update Redmi 3S/ 3S Prime.
The new update comes as MIUI 9.2.2.0.MALMIEK and is of 376 MB in size, and it is still based on Marshmallow only, this update has April 2017 security patch, which ...
Xiaomi keeps improving shopping experience on its Mi online store. Back in December it introduced Tez payment support, last month it introduced smart delivery for flexible pick-ups. Today it has launched new Express Delivery service on mi.com and on Mi Store app that offers delivery within a single day for customers in Bengaluru at no additional cost.
This is currently available only for select smartphones, and for selected pin codes. Order timings must be between 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM to avail the Express Delivery and the service will not be available on Sundays. Xiaomi also said that order must be pre-paid and the service is not available for cash-on-delivery. The service is currently available for an order consisting one eligible product only.
How to use Express Delivery
Go to mi.com website or Mi Store app, add the product to the cart
On order page, click ‘Delivery Service’, if eligible, you will see the option to select ‘Express Delivery’
If you are on the app, select 'Express Delivery Service' and Confirm
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Qualcomm today announced that Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem is being selected by OEMs as a standard 5G compliant for mobile phones that are expected to launch starting in 2019. The OEMs include Asus, Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited, HMD Global, HTC, Inseego/Novatel Wireless, LG, NetComm Wireless, NETGEAR, OPPO, Sharp Corporation, Sierra Wireless, Sony Mobile, Telit, Vivo, Wingtech, WNC, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
Qualcomm says that the OEMs are closely working to commercialize 5G smartphones for the sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave spectrum bands starting in 2019. These OEMs will capitalize on Qualcomm's 5G modem solution. The 5G modem will expand mobile into new spectrum bands and all spectrum types.
On the other hand, based on the 3GPP Release 15 5G NR standard, AT&T, British Telecom, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, KT Corporation. LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra, TIM, Verizon and Vodafone Group will conduct the trials, and these trails will utilize Qualcomm's 5G mobile test platform with Snapdragon X50 chipset.
The operating trails are expected to start in 2018 and to meet the 2019 deadline, the use of Snapdragon X50 5G modem during these mobile 5G NR trials is said to prepare the operators for the final 5G commercial rollout across a ...
Honor recently confirmed the list of phones that will be getting the Android 8.0 Oreo update which also included the Honor 8 Pro. It started rolling out the update for Honor 8 Pro and the Honor 9 phones in the UK last week. Earlier this week it started rolling out the update for Indian users as well.
The Honor 8 Pro EMUI 8.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update (DUK-L09 8.0.0.310) is 2.81GB in size and includes Android security update for January 2018. It also brings VOLTE calls enabled for Vodafone and Jio as well as improvements and bug fixes. Check out the complete changelog below.
ANDROID 8.0[Oreo] upgrade with EMUI 8.0 is available for your device. This will upgrade your system from DUK-L09C675B150CUSTC675D003 to DUK-L09 8.0.0.310(C675CUSTC675D2).
[VoLTE feature]
VOLTE calls enabled for Vodafone and JIO.
[ User Interface]
EMUI 8.0 not only brings you the latest version of Android (8.0), it's also boosted with a lot of great features and improvements to make your device more intuitive, faster and safer. We highly recommend updating now.
[Navigation dock]
A new floating Navigation dock lets you perform frequently-used operations from anywhere on the screen. Newly added home screen shortcuts let you quickly access the app features you use most frequently. Simply touch ...
Google just announced that from starting July it will mark all HTTP sites as 'not secure' with an aim to offer secure browsing. Starting with Chrome 68, the search engine giant will show all the non-HTTPS sites as not secure for browsing.
This isn't surprising since Google already shows the HTTP sites with text fields as insecure when you enter any information. The company also says that over 68% of Chrome traffic on both Android and Windows, over 78% Chrome traffic on both Chrome OS and Mac and 81 of the top 100 sites on the web use HTTPS by default and are now protected.
For years HTTPS was regarded as a requirement for sites handling critical information, like bank portals. But since the last couple of years, regular sites gaining traction with HTTPS thanks to the availability of free SSL/TLS certificates and even browsers started encouraging the shift.
Google said that Chrome is dedicated to making it easy to setup HTTP sites to migrate to HTTPS. The Mixed content audits are now available to help developers migrate their sites to HTTPS in the latest Node CLI version of Lighthouse which is an automated tool for improving web pages. The lighthouse audit will help developers to find which resources a site loads using HTTP, and which ...
