The M1 note was launched in China back in December 2014 for around $160, and was touted as an iPhone 5C clone by some people within the industry. Although Meizu is relatively new to the smartphone OEM space, it has managed to do quite well in China taking on the biggies like Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo. They follow similar business strategy as Xiaomi, by pricing their products competitively and cutting down the costs on marketing by taking the social media and forum routes....

The Meizu 16X has a 6-inch 1080p screen on the front but unlike what you would expect from a phone in this price range, it’s an OLED panel instead of LCD. Underneath, the phone runs on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 octa-core chipset coupled with 6GB of RAM, 3100mAh battery that does support quick charging, and either 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage. Out of the box, you get Android 8....

The new browser comes with web extensions, so, for example, Chrome extensions can be modified with little code to be used on Edge. Developers will probably know why Microsoft opted fir the Edge brand as Microsoft has used the same for the new rendering engine (EdgeHTML) that is present in its Windows 10 browser. Edge will be pre-loaded on all Windows 10 devices and Joe Belfiore referred to the name as “being on the edge of consuming and creating....

The Moleskin Smart Planner is bundled with a Livescribe pen which has sensors in it and reads your handwriting. Considering that you have made the entry against a date, the smart planner recognizes the same and then syncs the appointment to Google Calendar. Eventually one can sync the same to iCloud and Outlook. Moleskin SmartPlanner is pricey indeed at $199 and the, replacement costs $29/year for a new planner. In case you don’t want to invest on a physical planner you can buy a Livescribe pen separately for $179 and pair it with compatible books that usually end up costing less than $20....

Mophie is all set to launch a new iPhone X battery case and despite being of lower capacity, the case seems to fit in perfectly. The Mophie Juice Air Pack for iPhone X will be the first Qi Certified charger which will allow both the case and the phone to be charged. The Mophie Juice Air Pack has appeared on AT&T’s database and is listed with a capacity of 1720mAh and it has also passed the wireless test....

Motorola One Zoom Design The all-new Motorola One Zoom features a water-repellent design to protect it against casual spills and splashes. It has a 3D satin glass on the back, that according to the company, ‘eliminates fingerprints and smudges’. The phone comes in three gradient colour options: Electric Gray, Cosmic Purple, and Brushed Bronze. And for the first time, has an illuminating Motorola on the back, that doubles as an LED notification light, and lights up to notify for incoming calls, texts, etc....

The Blink Go is one of the first commercial products being released out of the company’s innovation labs which now also houses the resources it acquired from Witworks. With the activity tracker, Myntra is debuting a new wearable platform which, in addition to powering its own line of devices, will be also made available to third-party manufacturers and developers. The goal of designing a new operating system was, as per Myntra, to allow a vast variety of products like shoes, fitness bands to talk to each other and offer meaningful insights to the user....

In terms of design, the Nokia 4.2 features a compact design with glass on both, the front and the back and a polycarbonate frame around. On the front, it has a 5.71-inch HD+ edge-to-edge notched display with a 19:9 aspect ratio and a 1520 x 720 pixels (295ppi) screen resolution. Talking about performance, the Nokia 4.2 is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 439 processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage (expandable with microSD card support up to 400GB)....

Ashish Chowdhary, who was serving as Nokia’s Chief Customer Operations Officer, will be succeeding Michel Coulomb who took over Indian operations less than a year ago from Sanjay Kaul. The move will come into effect next year in January. Chowdhary has been with Nokia for more than a decade since 2003 and has been responsible for driving the company in its prime. In addition, he has been an executive board member of Nokia Networks and NSN since 2009....

The Ola Money SBI Credit Card is powered by Visa, and according to the company can transform the customer experience by offering a simplified application process (with no joining fees), eliminating joining fees and providing seamless, flexible and convenient payments to millions of Ola users. It also says that it is targeting 10 million Ola Money SBI Credit Cards to be issued by 2022. Ola claims their application process to be a 2-minute seamless in-app application process with instant approval and credit limit....

Yes, we are talking about the Silk White “Limited edition” of the OnePlus 6 which went on sale today in India and across the world. Despite being a Limited Edition variant, the packaging is pretty much like the other regular OnePlus 6 variants. The company has stuffed in a transparent silicone case for those who are wary of the slippery glass back. Personally speaking, this is by far the best of the four variants of OnePlus 6....

And well, more than a month after it hit the market and after its own share of updates (hey, this is a OnePlus), the OnePlus 9R does give us some very classic OnePlus feels. The design, which we covered before in our first cut, follows the template of the OnePlus 9 series, which is good, although some might find it being a little too similar to the OnePlus 8T. We think it is a good-looking phone, though....

Poco X3 NFC: Design and Display In terms of design, the Poco X3 NFC appears to have a new design, with a circular camera module on the rear and two vertical lines running close to the sides. The design also includes the Poco branding — a design change that can be on some of the other smartphones lately. Poco X3 NFC comes in two colors: Cobalt Blue and Shadow Gray....

Lately, action cameras have been garnering quiet a lot of traction as it can be used by folks on the move, be it the water sports activities, mountain climbing, rappelling or even bike rides. The Polaroid should be able to distinguish itself from the other products in the market since it has been in the Imaging industry from quiet a long time and this expertise can be used to leverage the functionality of the products....

For context, PUBG Mobile is operated by Tencent which is one of the leading game developers based in China. While the game was under scrutiny due to the fact that the developer was Chinese, it managed to escape the initial ban with some changes to its privacy policy. However, looks like the changes were not sufficient for the Government of India to look past the privacy concerns. The press release states that the ban has been put in place under Section 69A of the IT Act as these 118 apps including PUBG Mobile was found to be misusing user data in an unauthorized manner....

However, as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility fast charging capabilities and we’ve seen a number of implementations of it over the years. Qualcomm’s Quick Charge, OnePlus’ Dash Charge which has now been renamed to Warp Charge, Oppo’s VOOC and SuperVOOC which are also used by Realme, and the universal USB-PD used by phones as well as laptops. While all these technologies have one ultimate goal, which is to charge your phone’s battery faster, they all work in very different ways....

Very handsome indeed It does not cost a bomb, but the Realme 3 does come with flauntable looks. They might not be to everyone’s taste, but there is no way in which you can say that this looks like a budget smartphone. The front is all about a 6.22-inch display, protected by Gorilla Glass 5 and complete with the drop notch that is the trend these days, and bezels that are very slim, although the chin of the device is a bit on the thicker side....

Realme X2: Design and Display The Realme X2 features a 3D glass design on the rear with a hyperbolic pattern and spectral gradient design that shows different patterns with light falling at different angles. It has Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top to offer protection against drops and scratches. Towards the front, the phone flaunts a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a 91.9% screen-to-body ratio, 2340 × 1080 pixels screen resolution, 402ppi pixel density, and 430 nits of brightness....

Permit us to digress for a bit, though, and take you back to late 2014. Google had launched the Android One initiative if you remember, aiming to deliver the pure Android experience at a very affordable price. The initiative had mixed results for a number of reasons, but primary among them was the fact that other manufacturers had upped the ante in the specs-price game, and while the Android One range did offer decent value for money, there were others (most notably the Moto E and the Xiaomi Redmi 1s) who were seen to be delivering as much, if not more, for a comparable (or lower) price....

For, while the second entry in Samsung’s F series ticks a lot of the usual design and hardware boxes (read our first impressions to find out more), what actually gives the Samsung Galaxy F62 a clear edge over most of the competition is its Exynos 9825 processor. Now, this was the same processor that was used in the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 in late 2019 and did not exactly get rave reviews, mainly because many claimed its battery performance was nowhere near the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, which was the chip used in the US edition of the device....