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Vivo brought the Vivo U10 in India in late September to compete with Xiaomi and Realme at the budget end of the market. The Vivo U10 is powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor as the Redmi Note 8 and the Realme 5. With the competition churning out phones at such a high rate,

Honor has launched two 5G-ready flagship smartphones earlier today – Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro. Both the Honor V30-series phones are powered by the Kirin 990 SoC and come equipped with triple rear cameras with a 40-megapixel main sensor. The Honor V30 and V30 Pro both sport a hole-punch design with dual selfie cameras

Snapdeal has crossed 100 million app downloads on Google Play Store, registering a gain of 37 percent over 73 million downloads a year ago, according to the e-commerce player on Monday. In October 2019, the monthly traffic to Snapdeal crossed 240 million visits, claimed the company, an all-time high for the platform. It witnessed 52 percent increase

Realme X2 Pro and Realme 5s India launch dominated this week in tech news. Vivo also revealed the pricing and availability details of the Vivo U20 phone. Xiaomi released a new variant of the Redmi Note 8 Pro in China. Additionally, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio revealed that they will be increasing the tariffs

Vivo U20 was launched in India on Friday. The new Vivo phone is targeted at young buyers with a list of preloaded camera features and a gaming-focussed Ultra Game Mode. Key highlights of the Vivo U20 include a triple rear camera setup, Halo FullView display, and 18W fast charging support. The Vivo U20 also features

Samsung Galaxy S11 is due to launch in Q1 2020. Nevertheless, the rumour mill has been churning out the details about the new flagship. The Samsung Galaxy S11 5G variant is said to have received a certification in China that suggests 25W fast charging support. The Galaxy S11+, on the other hand, may come with

Vivo S1 Pro is now tipped to launch in India soon. This comes just a day after the debut of the phone in Philippines. The Vivo S1 Pro India variant is expected to offer NFC support, and launch in three colour options. The phone’s key specifications include Snapdragon 665 SoC, up to 8GB RAM, 48-megapixel

Oppo has revealed ColorOS 7, the latest iteration of Oppo’s custom Android skin that will be officially launched at an event in China on November 20, and later in India on November 26. Oppo has now announced that the first phones to run ColorOS 7 out of the box will fall under the Oppo Reno

Realme has begun the rollout of a new software update for the Realme 5 Pro in India. The new software update adds nightscape support for the front camera, which means users can now capture brighter selfies in low-light scenarios. The latest Realme 5 Pro update also brings optimisations for the phone’s gaming performance as well

Realme C1 and Realme 2 have started receiving new software updates in India. The latest updates bring the November 2019 Android security patch as well as features such as a system-wide Dark Mode to the Realme smartphones. The updates also include various bug fixes and performance improvements. However, the phones don’t get any Android version

Realme 5s teasers began to emerge this week, and the news of its launch alongside the Realme X2 Pro on November 20 ignited our readers’ interest. Other major news from this week include the numerous MIUI 11 updates that began rolling out to older Xiaomi phones. New MIUI 11 features were also revealed in the

WhatsApp is known for actively developing multiple features simultaneously, and testing them for months before releasing them for the general public. The popular instant messaging platform has been working on big features like dark mode, a new multi-platform system, and new UI elements this year. It brought along features like improved group privacy settings, fingerprint

The sub-Rs. 10,000 price segment is huge in terms of potential buyers, and many smartphone manufacturers are doing their best to grab a share of it. In the race to dominate this segment, we have seen manufacturers trying every possible thing including smartphones with quad-camera setups, AMOLED displays, and big batteries. Such features were distant

Motorola Razr (2019) is here, the newest foldable phone on the block. The Lenovo-owned smartphone brand on Thursday unveiled the reinvention of its legendary flip phone in the form of a foldable smartphone at a press event in Los Angeles. Simple called Motorola Razr, the new smartphone features a flexible screen that folds completely in

While flagship smartphones are certainly fun to use, it’s the budget segment that’s been the most exciting this year. The fact that Xiaomi has managed to overtake Samsung in terms of smartphone shipments is testament to the ever-increasing demand in the budget space. As manufacturers try to one-up each other, the consumer has benefited the most.

Redmi Note 8 will be put on sale once again at 12pm on November 19, Xiaomi has revealed on its website. The smartphone will be offered via Amazon, Mi.com, and Mi Home stores. Meanwhile, Xiaomi is preparing for the next sale of Redmi Note 8 Pro right now and it is scheduled for tomorrow. Like

ColorOS 7 is set to launch in India on November 26, Oppo on Monday revealed. The next-generation custom skin by the Chinese company will come as the successor to ColorOS 6. Alongside its debut on Oppo smartphones, the new ColorOS update will reach some Realme phones. Oppo last week announced that it is releasing ColorOS

Thanks largely to the Chinese smartphone makers, Indian consumers have more choices than ever for smartphones in pretty much every price segment. The under Rs. 30,000 segment is also filled with interesting and powerful phones that can easily offer flagship-level features and specifications for the consumers who either can’t spend more than Rs. 30,000 or

Samsung is reportedly working on a new Galaxy A-series phone with 5G support for the Chinese market. This phone is tipped to have the model number SM-A7160, and may be called Galaxy A71 5G. A fresh report suggests that this phone will be positioned in the mid-tier segment, and will be powered by the Exynos

Motorola launched the Moto G8 Plus and the Moto G8 Play recently in Brazil. The Lenovo-owned company also got the Moto G8 Plus to India and priced it in the budget segment. It now seems like Motorola will soon add a Moto G8 smartphone to the series. Popular tipster Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) recently tweeted

LG’s smartphone business has been on a downward spiral for quite some time, and the ever-increasing pressure from Chinese rivals has done it no favours. In a bid to revive the sales and boost the shipment figures, LG has announced that the company is expanding its dependence on the ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) business model

Vivo has quietly launched a new smartphone in its home market. Dubbed as Vivo Y5s, the new smartphone is essentially the same smartphone as Vivo Y19 that was recently introduced in Thailand. Vivo Y5s also shares almost all specifications with Vivo U3 that debuted in China last month. The only difference between Vivo Y5s and

Realme has kicked off yet another smartphone sale called the Realme Days sale, bringing back a host of offers and discounts on its smartphone portfolio. The Realme Days sale is now live on Flipkart and Realme.com, and will go on through November 8. As part of the sales, smartphones across all price brackets in Realme’s

HMD Global is working to launch a new budget smartphone and it looks like the phone will be Nokia 2.3. The naming suggests that it will be the successor of the budget-focus Nokia 2.2. The company had launched the Nokia 2.2 in June 2019 and it is powered by a MediaTek Helio A22 SoC and

Gone are the days when you had to shell out over Rs. 30,000 to get a good smartphone. Now, you can even get a decent phone under Rs. 15,000 and if you are willing to spend slightly more, then the sub-Rs. 20,000 price bracket has some really impressive devices that can hold their own against

OnePlus has begun the rollout of OxygenOS 10.0 for the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T via the stable channel, upgrading the two phones to Android 10. The rollout of OxygensOS 10.0 for the OnePlus 6 and 6T is currently in progress in a staged manner, and once there is an assurance there are no critical

Vivo Y19 has been launched in Thailand, and the phone seems to be a rebranded version of the Vivo U3. The phone is seen to sport a MediaTek Helio P65 SoC, instead of the Snapdragon 675 SoC present on the U3, but everything else seems to be the same. The Vivo Y19 has a triple

Redmi Note 8 series might have a new addition very soon. The Redmi Note 8T, which has leaked in the past, was recently allegedly spotted in an NCC listing pretty much confirming its existence. The fact that the smartphone is now at the NCC hints that the device is closer to an official launch than

Redmi Y3 now joins the pool of phones that are the first to receive the MIUI 11 update. To recall, the phone was part of the first batch of MIUI Global Stable ROM updates scheduled to release from October 22 to October 31. Few users have taken to the forums to share screenshots of the

Samsung kicked off the Android 10 beta programme for the Galaxy S10 earlier this month, bringing One UI 2.0 to the flagship phone. But it appears the latest One UI 2.0 beta update based on Android 10 is locking some users out, rejecting any form of authentication input whatsoever even after repeated attempts. We have