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South Korean tech giant Samsung on Monday introduced two new solutions — Good Vibes and Relumino – that will provide the deaf-blind a strong communication tool and enable people with low vision to see better. Developed in India, Good Vibes enables people who cannot see and talk to have a two-way communication with their caregivers

OnePlus 7T duo has lately been frequently visiting the leak arena ahead of the official launch. Now, alleged protective cases for the OnePlus 7T Pro have surfaced online. The leaked images show two types of cases for the OnePlus 7T Pro – one with a solid black colour profile, while the other one is a

Huawei P30 Pro has won considerable acclaim for its impressive camera capabilities and overall performance. Huawei has now announced at IFA 2019 that the company has managed to ship 16.5 million units of the Huawei P30 Pro globally so far. The smartphone maker has also lifted the covers from two new colour variants of the

Vivo’s latest offering — the Vivo Z1x — is an example of how a company can take a winning product and improve on it to cater to even more people. Vivo has taken everything that was good about the Vivo Z1 Pro and has made some tangible enhancements, such as more capable camera hardware, an

Motorola One Zoom and Moto E6 Plus were launched at IFA 2019 on Thursday. The former is a mid-range offering with a quad rear camera setup that offers 3x optical zoom and 10x hybrid zoom, apart from a 48-megapixel primary camera sensor. The Moto E6 Plus on the other hand features a notch display as

Honor on Wednesday unveiled its new Honor 20s and Honor Play 3 smartphones in China. The two phones will go on sale in China first, but there is no word on their international release. The Honor 20s joins the company’s Honor 20 lineup that was originally introduced in June this year. Honor Play 3, on

Motorola is expected to make an announcement at IFA this week and it looks like the company will be launching the Motorola One Zoom aka Motorola One Pro. Thanks to a few leaks in the past, we already know that the Motorola One Zoom will sport a quad-camera setup at the back placed in a

Google Play Store has now added Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as a payment option for its users in India, according to a media report. Google Play Store in India currently supports credit cards, debit cards, net banking and carrier billing via Airtel and Vodafone, Google Play Gift Cards and Google Play Balance, and through other

The Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro phones were launched in China earlier this week. The Redmi Note 8 Pro comes with key features like a MediaTek Helio G90T processor, a 64-megapixel primary camera as a part of a quad rear camera setup, a large 4,500mAh battery, a 6.53-inch display with a waterdrop-style

Redmi Note 8 series has been launched in China, and the phones come with quad rear camera setups, run on Android Pie, sport a 3.5mm audio jack, and feature waterdrop-style notch displays. The first sale for Redmi Note 8 will take place on September 17 in the company’s home market. It will go up against

Honor 20S has now been listed on JD.com ahead of its China launch on September 4. The listing shares some official renders of the phone, reveals colour options and design details and even hints at possible RAM + storage configurations it will be available in. The official renders of the Honor 20S on JD.com reiterate

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro in China. Now, soon after the launch event, India head Manu Kumar Jain has announced that the phones will launch in India soon. Jain has taken to Twitter to confirm that the phones need to undergo testing and certification before they can be

Fairphone, the Dutch company that promises its smartphones are designed and built from the ground up with sustainability and ethics in mind, has unveiled its third-generation model, the Fairphone 3. The company is committed to using only responsibly sourced raw materials and fair labour practices. Fairphone models have been designed to be long-lasting and easily

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has confirmed that its upcoming smartphone Nex 3 5G would be launched in China in September. Considering the phone is expected to be a flagship, it would likely arrive with the Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem, a report claimed. Vivo has taken to Weibo to announce

Realme has done a good job of keeping us on our toes since it first debuted in India as a subsidiary of Oppo in mid-2018. The new Realme 5 (Review) and Realme 5 Pro succeed the Realme 3 (Review) and Realme 3 Pro (Review) — the number 4 considered unlucky in some Asian cultures —

Realme 5 Pro and Realme 5 were launched in India this week, perhaps the biggest news of the past seve days. Another major launch was the Mi A3, the latest Android One smartphone from Xiaomi. The Chinese company also ramped up the teasers for the launch of the Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8

Mi A3 will go on sale in India next on August 27, Xiaomi has revealed. The smartphone went on sale for the first time on Friday, August 23. It had two flash sales on Friday – at 12pm IST and 8pm IST. The Mi A3 is an Android One smartphone that apart from the promise

Samsung on Thursday announced the new Galaxy A50s and Galaxy A30s smartphones, however the company was quiet on the pricing and availability front. Thanks to Samsung’s Germany unit, we finally have some idea about the pricing of at least one of the two phones – the Galaxy A30s. This cousin of Samsung Galaxy A30 comes

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ are set to go on sale in India. Both phones will be available for purchase through various retail outlets and online portals in the country starting 12am tonight. Pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ began in the Indian market just after their formal

Mi A3 was launched in India on Wednesday as Xiaomi’s latest entrant in the budget segment. The smartphone, which carries Google’s Android One branding, is the successor to the Mi A2 that was launched last year. It has glass sandwich design with Gorilla Glass 5 protection at the front and back, and the back panel

Samsung which logged 63 percent market share (by value) in the India premium smartphone segment in the first half this year, has registered over 2 times the pre-booking orders for its ‘made in India’ Note 10 series smartphones compared to last year’s Galaxy Note 9 pre-booking period, a top company executive told IANS on Tuesday.

News about Xiaomi’s MIUI 11 have been doing the rounds for a while and now it seems the new version might just finally release by the end of September. Xiaomi’s product director recently posted about giving away two lucky draw tickets to a MIUI 11 conference, hinting at the MIUI 11 release timeline in the

Jio Fiber and other announcements by Reliance Jio were the biggest stories this week, including such revelations as Jio Fiber plans, pricing, a commercial launch date, bundled services, and more. Realme 5 Pro and Realme 5 were also revealed to be launched next week in India, with a few details being teased ahead of that

Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after security researchers at Trend Micro found a particularly annoying adware hiding inside. “We found another example of adware’s potential real-life impact on Google Play. Trend Micro detects this as AndroidOS_Hidenad.HRXH. Apart from displaying advertisements that are difficult to close, it employs unique techniques to evade

Earlier today, Oppo confirmed that the Oppo Reno 2 series smartphones will be launched in India on August 28. As per Oppo’s official press invite, one of the Reno 2 series smartphones – expected to be called the Oppo Reno 2 – is tipped to come equipped with quad rear cameras and the shark-fin elevating

The Realme X stormed through the Gadgets 360 reviews lab last month, asserting itself as a fierce contender in the sub-Rs. 20,000 market and displacing many of our previous favourites. We found that it’s not only one of the best all-rounders in its own class, but it can even hold its own against the higher

Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro have now received TENAA and Bluetooth certifications. While TENAA listings usually give away the images and specifications of the upcoming phones, this time around only the certifications have been published, and other details are private as of now. The two phones were spotted on Bluetooth SIG as well,

When Apple removed the headphone jack from its iPhone 7, multiple manufacturers took at jab at them for this move. Samsung was one of those manufacturers that made adverts mocking Apple’s decision. And now, three years after this incident, Samsung has quietly taken down these adverts as it has also removed the 3.5mm headphone jack

OnePlus 7T Pro is back in the news again, and this time, its launch date has been leaked. OnePlus has since the OnePlus 3 in 2016 stuck to a biannual refresh cycle for its smartphones, with the second half of the year seeing the launch of the ‘T’ variant – such as the OnePlus 3T,

Vivo S1 India launch, Samsung Galaxy Note 10 debut, and Redmi K20 series open sale were the biggest tech news stories of the week. Additionally, Poco F1 got another price cut in India and Huawei finally showcased its HarmonyOS as well as the first devices to use it. Further, Realme revealed more details about its