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To enable that, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 comes with the Hexagon 685 DSP which can be found on the company’s flagship chipsets including the Snapdragon 845. Its always-on and always-sensing nature essentially allows phones to react quicker to machine learning queries. That also means phones with the Snapdragon 670 can have always-listening virtual assistant features too. Compared to the Snapdragon 660, Qualcomm says the addition of the Hexagon 685 has led to an uplift in AI performance of nearly 1....

The Realme Band features a 0.96-inch color display with over 65,000 colors and 64-letters limit on one page. It follows the curved and borderless design, claiming to give it an ergonomic feel and fit on the wrist. There is a touch-button on the device to allow for easy operations without blocking the view on the display. It comes with up to 5-levels of brightness support, which can be changed accordingly using the Realme Link app....

Design and Comfort The Realme Buds Q are built completely out of polycarbonate and the design is inspired by pebbles or cobbles and hence the rounded finish all over. We like the design on the Realme Buds Q since there aren’t any sharp edges or corners. The way it is designed makes the case look smaller than it actually is and it’s also easy to pocket. The Realme Buds Q also manages to be sturdy and there’s not a lot of wiggle at the hinge when opening or closing the lid....

Called the Redmi Earbuds S, the earbuds are essentially the same as the Redmi AirDots S, which were launched in China last month, and feature a 7.2mm driver, connect over Bluetooth 5.0, offer IPX4 protection, and promise up to 12 hours of battery life. In terms of design, the Earbuds S follows the same design as the Redmi AirDots S. They come in only one color option: Black, and are IPX4-rated for water resistance....

Looks that…well, kill (flame on!) Well, it certainly kills them in the looks department. We have seen our share of very striking flagship devices this year, including the Oppo Reno, the Samsung Galaxy S10+, the Huawei P30 Pro, and of course, the OnePlus 7 Pro, but nothing quite like the Redmi K20 Pro. We got the Flame Red edition of the device (there is also the stunning Glacier Blue and the we-wonder-why-it-exists Carbon Black), and well, it is one of the rare breeds that manages to be flashy AND classy at the same time....

A Kindle that looks classy? Yep! The Voyage is Kindle turning on the style. Earlier Kindles were known for being sturdy and functional, and well, smart at best. This one? Ah, it is definitely not flimsy but whoever we have shown it to has remarked on its sleek finish. At 7.6 mm, it is definitely in the slim category – the iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1 mm – and at 180 grammes, is just a fraction heavier than the iPhone 6 Plus, which is 172 grammes....

Called Flow, this new app can be seen as Samsung’s answer to Apple’s Continuity feature as it lets you easily continue on our tablet what you were doing on your smartphone, or the other way around. So, by using the new platform, you could for example start an email on your phone, and finish it on your tablet or computer. Flow is compatible with almost any Android app that has the ability to “share,” thus letting you transfer what you’re doing in almost any app to another Samsung device....

The Galaxy J2 is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Exynos 3475 SoC paired with a 1GB of RAM and a 4.7-inch WVGA display. Smart Manager is a new real time optimisation feature from Samsung, which will monitor the smartphones performance on real time and optimises it accordingly, thus saving up on precious RAM memory. The storage department is handled by a 8GB internal storage as opposed to the paltry 4GB on its predecessor, the microSD card slot can accommodate up to a staggering 128GB of memory, which is a rarity in this segment....

Samsung Galaxy M21: Design and Display In terms of design, the Galaxy M21 comes with a gradient finish back, with a triple camera cutout aligned vertically and a fingerprint scanner. It comes in two color options: Midnight Blue and Raven Black. Towards the front, the phone features a 6.4-inch Infinity-U Super AMOLED display with a waterdrop-style notch to house the front-facing camera. The display offers a 2340 x 1080 pixels screen resolution with a 19....

As for the specifications, the Galaxy S5 sports a 5.1-inch Full HD AMOLED display and is powered by an Exynos octa-core processor (1.9GHz quad core + 1.3GHz quad core) and paired with 2GB of RAM. Internationally, it comes with 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor (with LTE support). Other features include, a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 2800 mAh battery. Connectivity options include 3G support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. It runs on the latest Android 4....

For, with these two devices, Samsung has moved the foldable phone a step closer to being a full-fledged productivity device rather than just technological quirks. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is similar to the previous Fold devices – it’s a phone that folds out and becomes a tablet. And yet, it is different. Different enough for us to call it perhaps the most functional foldable phone ever. And this is not based on a few weeks with a review unit – we have been using the Galaxy Z Fold 3 for a few months now and have seen nothing to change our opinion....

Scan.me Gets Funded to Take QR Codes to a New Level Here’s where a company like Scan.me aims to make a difference. They have released an app called “Scan,” which will interpret your QR code in a fast and reliable way. It comes available for both iOS and Android and so far has seen 10 million downloads. At the moment, interested users can get the 1.9 version which sports a brand new interface, while the web interface used for creating your own codes also got an extreme make-over....

EBook Tuber is a simple Ebook search engine with an easy to use interface. The search results are pretty accurate more often than not. You can search for any book you like, be it the Harry Potter series or books on Physics or Photoshop or even some comics. The search results redirects you to the page containing details about the eBook source and link to download the eBook. The eBook can be in one of the following formats – ....

SkyLight Scope, Use Your iPhone to Capture Stunning Microscope Stills But now, it’s the iPhone’s turn to move from being a simple enjoyable object that people use to connect with each other to something more. Andy Mill, the creator of this interesting Kickstarter project, must have had a passion for microbiology because he came up with the idea of creating an adapter that can simply connect smartphones to microscopes. What Skylight actually does is superimpose the smartphone’s camera on the microscope’s eyepiece, thus enabling the production of a video recording or of taking a photograph through the lens....

One week on, and Qualcomm announced its latest flagship processor at the ongoing Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021, marking the beginning of a new era of premium mobile technology. Called Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the newest mobile platform builds on the Snapdragon 888+ 5G and will power a majority of upcoming Android flagships. However, what makes it stand out is a series of technological firsts it incorporates, which, according to the company, has the potential to transform flagship devices with breakthrough 5G speeds, professional-quality cameras, elite gaming rigs, and intelligent personal assistants....

Sony, the Japanese giant has been struggling with its smartphone strategy, both in high end and low end markets. Recently, the company has tried to get rid of the Xperia Z series for Xperia X, but that doesn’t seem to have made any significant impact. Microsoft on the other hand, has almost given up on the Windows 10 Mobile, with hardly any new Lumia phones released since 950 and 950 XL....

The front camera also comes with a Superior Auto mode, which automatically adjusts photos for the lighting conditions. Even more, there’s an auto scene recognition function and a few selfie camera apps that can be used to add fun graphics and animations to their images. This smartphone puts a big focus on its camera features, that’s why it also comes with Portrait Retouch, which lets users to perform real-time makeover of up to two people....

When it comes to Bluetooth headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC), Sony’s WH-1000X series has a place of its own, and the WH-1000 XM3 are supposed to be the best of the lot and rival even Bose’s legendary QC-35 II headphones, which many used to consider the last word in ANC. Sony’s sound is a trifle more bass-friendly than Bose’s softer signature tone but takes it from us; these are as good as any headphones you will get for under Rs 40,000, delivering rich sound that is a treat for the years....

In a webpage on their official website related to terms and conditions of usage of the platform, the list of countries where the terms are applicable includes India which indicates that the service is bound to launch in the country, and the effective date on which these terms would be applicable from is mentioned as January 31, 2019, onwards. This further confirms that the launch will take place by the end of this month officially in India....

Shazam is available on both Android and iOS. Similar to iOS, where you have a few different ways to use Shazam to identify songs, its Android app also offers a few integrations to simplify music recognition on Android. One of these integrations allows you to put a Shazam tile in your device’s Quick Settings panel, which gives you an obtrusive and quick way to identify songs on Android using Shazam....