Oppo R5 – the world’s slimmest smartphone Oppo has managed to achieve an impressive feat with the just announced R5 – it is the world’s thinnest smartphone at just 4.85 mm. Impressive, you think? As a matter of fact, it is so slim that it doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack. If more companies will start producing smartphones so thin, I guess we’ll need to change the standard for the headset port or make them completely wireless....

A typical design, but not a ‘typical Oppo’ design Oppo’s design language has been pretty out there for a while now. The brand has never shied away from creating designs that would not only turn heads but will also make one stop and stare. Its smartphone designs can be polarising but they will definitely spark conversations. The Oppo F19 Pro+, however, speaks a different language. Oppo for once decided to go with a slightly more subtle, mainstream-looking phone as opposed to the in-your-face design that the brand generally creates....

The F3 Plus, mini-fied, minus some specs…and bucks! In terms of appearance, just as in name, the F3 is a slightly scaled down version of its big brother (literally – it is a whole lot bigger), the F3 Plus. You can read more about its design in our First Cut of the F3, but suffice to say here that if you like the appearance of the iPhone, you will like the F3....

Switching to a Switchblade design It also is perhaps one of the most striking 5G phones in the mid-segment. In its second coming, Poco has shown a willingness to go for designs that stand out – from the large logos on the X3 series to the bright yellow back of the M3 launched a few months ago. The front is business as usual – a tall 6.5-inch LCD display with a punch-hole notch in the center – but flip the phone around, and you are likely to either smile or frown, depending on your sense of aesthetics....

The Importance of Background Screening Checking a person’s background is not only important for online dating. It is also used quite frequently in other areas of life. For instance, employers will often do some research into a person’s past before they offer them a job. The company will want to protect its employees and their reputation, so they will do their due diligence and conduct checks. It will also save the company time to do a check on someone rather than find out that they are a poor fit for the company, terminate them, and then rehire someone else for the position....

This can become a painful exercise, and unclear vision has often lead to accidents. Rainpal is a new product that wants to solve the helmet visibility problem in rains with its wiper mechanism for the helmets. The automatic wiper system has been engineered in India, designed in Czech and is currently being manufactured in China. The wiper comes as an attachment that can be clamped to any helmet visors almost instantly....

Realme 6i: Design and Display The Realme 6i features a gradient-finish back with a quad-camera array, arranged in a vertical alignment. There is a fingerprint scanner, fused within the power button on the right-hand side, for authentication. The device is available in two color options: Eclipse Black and Lunar White. Towards the front, the 6i has a 6.5-inch FHD+ display with a 90.5% screen-to-body ratio. The display offers a 90Hz refresh rate and a 120Hz touch sampling rate....

In 2022, the company has launched the Realme GT 2 Pro, marking the brand’s transition from flagship killer to a true flagship. The Realme GT 2 Pro features the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, 120Hz QHD LTPO display, microscope lens, etc. But is Realme GT 2 Pro the affordable flagship we have all been waiting for? Let us find out in our Realme GT 2 Pro review below....

Samsung and Lenovo have dominated the Android tablet market for a while now. But now a new competitor has entered this less crowded market. Who is this new competitor, you may ask? Well, it is none other than Realme. Over the past year, the company has ventured into a range of product categories, from AIoT products to the recently unveiled Realme Book Slim. Similarly, and to further expand its product portfolio, the brand has now entered the budget tablet market with the launch of the Realme Pad....

Holy Creep! Recognizr is an augmented reality app for Android phones developed by Swedish software technology and design company The Astonishing Tribe, or TAT. We have seen lot of Android apps before. We have also seen lot of augmented reality apps as well (for iPhone though). But this one clearly outdoes all of them! How many times have you failed to recognize someone at a conference or a party? How many times do you fail to associate a name to a face?...

Redmi Note 9 Pro: “So there you are! Have you any idea how long I have been waiting?” Redmi Note 9 Pro Max: “Hey, I am sorry…” 9 Pro: “I mean, come on, we came into this market together and you choose to turn up – wait for it – ALMOST TWO MONTHS late!?” 9 Pro Max: “Hey, gimme a break, bro. There is a pandemic. A lockdown. I was stuck in the warehouse....

In addition to that, the Rs 149 plan has actually been improved and offers more data now. Before it was limited to 2GB per 28 days and now, it has a daily restraint of 0.15GB and 4.2GB in total. Below this price range, there are now only two plans you can look into instead of three. The Rs 98 one has a 0.15GB daily limit and 2.1GB for two weeks....

Here are the highlights of the report: We have a new number – all hail Samsung As per the report, Samsung has recaptured the number one position from Xiaomi. The brand recorded a very impressive 32 percent year on year growth to take a market share of 24 percent. The report attributes Samsung’s good performance to very good supply chain management, hitting new price points, and very aggressive online push – Samsung actually had its highest ever online contribution in its online portfolio....

The result? Almost every smartphone OEM is focusing on the products they sell under the Rs 35,000 price bracket. Be it OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei, and even HMD Global’s Nokia. However, one company has remained largely absent in this segment — Samsung. Yes, the Korean juggernaut which still holds the majority of the market share. But it has begun bleeding numbers now, and it’s making changes left and right to reestablish its unprecedented reign....

The M31s, however, has moved up a level. In many ways. A higher price, and a lot remains similar… The most obvious change in the M31s is its price. Whereas previous members of the M30 family had been priced around Rs 15,000, the M31s takes a big step ahead and starts at Rs 19,499 for the 6 GB/ 128 GB variant and commands a Rs 21,499 price tag for the 8 GB/ 128 GB one....

Android smartphones may sometimes be the home of various trickeries and as some members of XDA have discovered, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is no stranger. In the latest hacking episode, one tagged with the ‘Easy’ difficulty, secret codes which can enable hidden features and shortcuts through the phone have been brought to light. Moreover, a quite interesting guide has been compiled to let other seekers discover their own codes and activate other secret options....

IEMs are actually earphones that are often used by artists and audio producers to listen to and edit audio, minus the bulk of the hefty headphones used by many. Unlike conventional earbuds, IEMs focus on delivering as clear and unfiltered audio as possible – these are for those who want sound at its raw, detailed best, with no flavoring. Sound that is the dream of either an audiophile or an audio engineer....

It is this distinction that disentitles “homes with smart devices” as “smart homes” since, even though these devices make your interactions smarter and add to the experience, they still leave the security concerns of your home unaddressed. And therefore, to address such concerns, there are smart home security devices (or systems), which help you improve the overall security of your home. In this article, we will be discussing the essential smart home security devices and how they improve your home’s security....

The PS4 Ultimate Player Edition will come with a storage space of 1TB and will go on sale next month, in select Europe and PAL territories from 15th July. However, Sony didn’t reveal its pricing at the moment, only suggesting to ‘check with your local retailer’ for pricing information. As a person who wants to buy a PS4, I would be glad for the new version to have just a slightly bigger price....

The Tecno Camon iClick features a 6-inch full-view display set at an HD resolution. The display ratio remains at 18:9 and the phone also features a 2.5D Curve glass with chamfered edges. Powering the device is a 64Bit Octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz and paired with 4GB of RAM. On the storage front, the Camon iClick offers 64GB of onboard storage which is further expandable via the microSD card slot....