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Not the UI experience you would expect: The phone is still running the Android 7.1 Nougat with Oppo’s own ColourOS custom skin which in my opinion has failed to deliver. It’s not about the performance, but it’s about features which have become a defacto for any Android Smartphone. Right off the bat, I noticed that it did not show any notification icon from apps on top of the screen by default, then there was no app preview during multitasking, in order to remove the notification, I had to swipe, and press delete button, and lastly, there is no option to reboot when you press and hold the power button....

Poco M3: Design and Display Starting with the design, the Poco M3 features a slightly distinct rear design: one that has a textured (leather-like) finish and incorporates a rectangular camera block to house the camera and the Poco branding. On the front, it has a 6.53-inch (IPS LCD) display, which comes with a waterdrop-style notch and support for FHD+ screen resolution. The display is Widevine L1 and TÜV Rheinland certified....

What is the reason? The hardware? The apps? The design? Everyone has their theories, and that includes the good old “people will buy anything that Apple makes” rationale (no, they do not as anyone has been around in the PowerCube era will tell you, but that is a different story). Speaking personally, I think one Apple Watch feature beats all others: proactivity. The Apple Watch is not a passive passenger on your arm....

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 ACPC aims to solve one of the major pain points of traditional x86 powered systems, well, the battery life. Most of the modern day laptops and ultrabook fail to deliver an impressive battery performance, with a majority of devices dying within 4-5 hours of constant usage. Qualcomm aims to raise this bar, as its new Snapdragon 850 platform will offer up to 25 hours of battery life on a single charge....

According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 865 combines the world’s most-advanced 5G Modem-RF System, the X55, which claims to offer better connectivity and improved performance on the flagship devices. The X55 provides peak speeds of up to 7.5Gbps, which is faster than most wired connection speeds. Besides the modem, the SoC includes the 5th-Gen Qualcomm AI Engine and the new Qualcomm Sensing Hub that combine to offer better intelligence capabilities. The 865 has the Qualcomm Spectra 480 ISP (Image Signal Processor) that introduces new features to mobile photography and videography with up to 2 gigapixels per second speeds....

According to Qualcomm, the processing prowess of the Snapdragon 888 enables it to ‘transform flagship devices into a professional-quality camera, intelligent personal assistant, and elite gaming rig’ – all while using 5G speeds. Let’s take a closer look at the specifications for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset and find out how it fares with the last generation flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 865 (and Snapdragon 865+). Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Specifications 1....

Charge two iOS devices together The Arc 450 is a charging device that comes with a wireless charging pad for the Apple Watch and a lightning cable for charging devices like the iPhone, the AirPods, and some of the iPads, letting you charge up to two devices simultaneously. The lighting cable folds itself and lets you store the lightning charging end inside the device itself, saving it from dust. The other end of the accessory is a regular USB jack which can be plugged into a charger or any power source into which a regular USB can be plugged in....

While there’s no confirmation yet as to if and when the Redmi K30 Pro will come to India (or if it gets rebranded to Poco F2), the phone is launching on March 24 in China and as with every phone, there are plenty of leaks floating around on the internet. We have compiled all of them for you in one place so that you know what to expect from the phone....

So how well does the Redmi Note 6 Pro fit those enormous shoes? Well, we would say that it fits them so well that some might indeed even wonder what is so new about it (it had also notched up some very impressive initial sales at the time of writing). We had highlighted the fact that in our first cut where we had felt that Xiaomi had largely chosen not to fiddle with a design and spec sheet that had worked so well for it in the past....

The 2020 Happy New Year Offer is available for a price of Rs 2,020, for both smartphone and JioPhone customers. Under the new offer, smartphone customers get 1 year of unlimited services with unlimited calls (FUP on non-Jio calls), 1.5GB data per day, along with SMS and free access to Jio apps, all for a price of Rs 2,020. On the other hand, for JioPhone customers, the 2020 Happy New Year Offer provides a new JioPhone with unlimited calls (FUP on non-Jio calls), 0....

What made Jobs a great presenter? Almost everyone has his or her own theory about it. Some credit it to his almost hypnotic ability to mesmerize an audience (the famed Reality Distortion Field). Others point to his attention to detail and his almost insane penchant for rehearsals, rehearsals, and yet more rehearsals. There are even those who feel that he just had charisma (simple, eh?). We do not know the exact reason and perhaps we never will....

No doubt that it will be a fierce fight, but Samsung has gone to great lengths to make the Galaxy S4 one of the best smartphones that the Android world can offer. Also, they’ve installed the newest Android Jelly Bean operating system, ensuring that everything works smooth and flawless, however, it also has the hardware to back it up. Without further ado, let’s see what the Galaxy S4 brought to the daily growing mobile industry!...

Considering this unique aspect of the smartphone form factor, there are some special things you can do with the Galaxy Fold 4. In this article, we list some of the best Galaxy Fold 4 tips, tricks, and hidden secrets. Samsung Galaxy Fold 4 Tips & Tricks Choosing your phone’s case Let us start with the obvious. Now that you have a foldable god, you must treat it differently from other mortals....

Samsung Galaxy M01 Core: Design and Display In terms of design, the Galaxy M01 Core comes in at 8.6mm of thickness and has a plastic back. The back has a stripe design and is available in three colorways: Black, Blue, and Red. Towards the front, there is a 5.3-inch HD+ TFT display, with the old border design approach found on the older-generation smartphones. Samsung Galaxy M01 Core: Performance At its core, the Samsung Galaxy M01 Core runs on the MediaTek MT6739, which is a quad-core processor with up to 1....

To begin with, Samsung prefers to call the Bixby an agent, and the assistant is expected to help you do things on your smartphone. Bixby will mark its first appearance on the Galaxy S8, and the initial build will stick to the bare minimum. The company also talks about how one could activate the assistant by pressing a dedicated button on the Samsung Galaxy S8. That said, Samsung is yet to reveal the details of how it works and the tasks it can accomplish....

It would be super cool if brands could step into a time machine, grab these seven features from cameraphones of the past and paste them on the current crop of camera-toting smartphones: 1. Camera lens covers It might surprise some but there was a time when many phone cameras actually came with sliders that slid across the lens to cover it to prevent scratches. And in some cases, it even was linked to camera functionality – you slid open the lens cover to launch the camera, and slid it shut to close the camera....

And after a year, Moto has now launched the successor of the Moto Z Play, the Moto Z2 Play and it comes with a set of new Moto Mods. While we absolutely love the existing Mods, we think there is still some scope for Motorola to broaden its Mod-orizon. So, here is a list of seven Mods that we would love to jam on our Moto Z devices: 1. Hard Drive Mod While most of the smartphone manufacturers are trying to keep up with the storage hunger of the consumers, we think a Mod could easily be the best solution to this problem....

1. Sony and Microsoft making portable versions of consoles The gaming world is getting mobile with a vengeance but you would not guess it if you observing the two console behemoths. Even as Nintendo is racking up record sales with a console that can function both as a traditional console as well as a portable one, both Sony and Microsoft have stuck to their “a console has to be plugged into a television” guns....

1. Before the iPhone, there was the iPad…no, really! Yeah, we mean it. The iPhone was released in 2007 and the iPad in 2010, but by many accounts (including that of Steve Jobs himself), Apple had started work on the iPad well before it started work on the iPhone. In fact, Jony Ive, Apple’s design wizard is believed to have been working on a few tablet prototypes for a while (since 2004)....

There’s hardly any doubt that the iPhone is a smartphone nobody can ignore today. Even if Android accounts for over 80 percent of all smartphones sold, you’ve probably heard about how the iPhone eats over 90 percent of all smartphone profits. That is bound to be a cause of worry among Android phone makers, causing shakeups, pressure and is making them look beyond smartphones. The Apple iPhone symbolizes simplicity and reliability, other than the high brand value of course....