The revision to the Google Nexus Phones, the Pixel, is set to launch on Oct 4th 2016, and Alphabet has shared the invite for the same. An interesting taser video of the launch has been put by Google and it shows silhouettes of the handset transforming from a flat line to a smartphone shell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNnCtmyujLA
The event will begin at 9AM in San Francisco according to the company invites. The Pixel and Pixel XL are the two phones that the company is working on launching.
According to rumours the 5-inch model of Pixel smartphone will start from $649, while the Pixel XL will be priced higher. New leaked pictures show that the phones will have a fused metal and plastic chassis, with an aluminium part covering the bottom back. The phones will apparently be made by HTC, but no clear information has leaked on that.
Lenovo has launched the new Moto E3 Power in India for a price of Rs. 7999. The phone is a redesign upgrade of the Moto E2 and features a new look splash proof design.
The Moto E3 Power gets its name from the massive 3500 mAh battery and long battery life. This new edition of the Moto E has a 5 inch display with an HD resolution and an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash along with a 5 MP selfie cam
The new Moto E3 Power runs on the MediaTek MT6735P chipset and power through using 2GB of RAM along with 16GB of storage which is expandable using a microSD
Moto E3 will be available with interesting offers at launch for 24 Hours.
Up to Rs. 7000 off on exchange with your Old phone at Flipkart
Free 32GB Sandisk microSD card
No Cost EMI @ Rs. 1334 per month (for 6 months)
Get a Moto Pulse headset for just Rs. 499/- with the E3 Power
SBI card Owners will get additional Rs. 800 off.
The Moto E3 Power supports 4G LTE and the variant launching in India will have VOLTE and dual-SIM functionality.
The Moto E3 Power runs the latest Android 6.0.1, but now that Nougat has started pushing to official phones, the new Moto phones should be getting it too.
The phone will go on sale today on Flipkart.com at Midnight. Check out our unboxing video below.
The price of possession of iPhones may have been too much for two Delhi persons who were caught with a consignment of 900 stolen iPhones.
The value of the total shipment considered to be 2.25 Crore. Mehtab Alam, 24, and Arman, 22, from Mahipalpur in New Delhi, decided to quit their jobs and jump the truck they used to drive previously to attain the stolen goods.
The two robbers held the truck driver captive before robbing the mobile phones near Rajokri flyover. They were caught within 48 hours at Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area. The gang of the robbers is estimated to be of 8 people
The robbery comes just weeks before the official launch of the iPhone 7 in India, which is said to happen on the 7th of October. The iPhones recovered from the loot are older model iPhone 5S’ and were being shipped from the warehouse to the distribution centre.
After the huge success of the iPhone 7 prior to its official launch in India, Apple India is trying to sell off it’s old stock of the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus and the iPhone SE which was launched early 2016. The price cuts are significant, however, understanding the reasoning behind it, even more so.
One of the main reasons for the price cut, is the launch of newer variety of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, which was announced along side the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s plus which will now be available in only a 32GB storage and 128 GB storage capacity seem to haver a newer-gen of the same chip which is said to be more battery efficient and a higher quality of the Nand Flash.
Apple India has discounted the current stocks of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus by upto Rs. 22000 (for the 128 GB iPhone 6s Plus) to eliminate the existing stocks. Apple will sell the new variants with the 32 GB and 128 GB capacities for renewed pricing when it launched in October alongside the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
Apple iPhone 6S (128GB) which is currently priced at Rs 82,000, will now be available at Rs 60,000 after a price drop of Rs 22,000. The iPhone 6s Plus (128GB) will sell at Rs 70,000 post the Rs. 22000 discount. The iPhone SE on the other hand just gets a discount of Rs. 4000 on the 64 GB variant. However the price cut is on official prices, while most sellers are already selling the iPhones at similar prices on websites like Amazon (see below.=)
If you don’t care about a more efficient chip, now is a fantastic time to buy the iPhone 6s or 6s Plus. Else, hold on for the officially renewed iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
Lenovo owned Moto has really upped their game this year, launching a lot of handsets already the company has also introduced the Moto G4 Play in the country. The phone which sells for Rs. 8999 is a budget alternative to the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus.
The big differences include a smaller display and a removable battery, the Moto G4 play is also missing the square fingerprint scanner which has now become iconic to the Moto design.
The phone has two micro-SIM card slots and an independent miroSD card slot for the ability to expand the already loaded 16GB of storage. You will also get 2 GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset. The removable battery is a unique proposition in this price range, as most brands have moved away from this option to a fixed battery.
[section label=”Box Contents” anchor=”In the Box”]:
Moto G4 Play
2800 mAh Battery
Documentation
Wired Headset
USB Cable
USB Wall Charger
The phone runs a vanilla Android 6.0.1 out of the box and is designed to let users game on a budget. The UI and usage of the handset it smooth. The company will push and Android N update later this year to all Moto G4 devices.
Since the whole country is jumping on the VoLTE bandwagon, courtesy JIO, OnePlus has announced that it’s OnePlus 2 will get VoLTE support via a software update.
VoLTE support on our previous flagship device through an OTA update scheduled to roll out to all OnePlus 2 users in the next quarter. Meanwhile, all existing OnePlus users (including OnePlus One and OnePlus X users) using Jio services can use Jio4GVoice app (formerly known as JioJoin app) to experience enhanced call quality on the network.
The update is scheduled to hit your devices next quarter, which means it could take a few months for this to become a reality.
The OnePlus One and the OnePlus X will not become a part of this update according to the announcement.
Samsung may be already suffering from a Galaxy Note 7 recall crisis, but that does not mean it is entirely out of the water. One of the phones reported in the initial set of exploding phones, the only one which physically harmed any one turned out to be a galaxy Core Prime. A 6 year old boy was rushed to the emergency room when a the Galaxy Core Prime exploded. This means that the battery incident may not be isolated but across other Samsung handsets as well. The 6 year old boy has suffered bodily injury and burns on his hands.
The 6 year old boy was reportedly playing video games, when the phone caught fire and filled the whole room with smoke. Luckily the grandparents were around to rescue the boy and take him to the Emergency room.
A few weeks ago Samsung initiated a global recall of it’s Note 7handsets that have a battery manufacturing defect causing the batteries to short out and catch fire. Samsung is also planning to push a software update to the devices not yet recalled limiting the charging capacity to 60%.
As a reminder, please be vigilant when allowing children to play with electronics.
Apple iPhone 7 will start shipping out to waiting customers on the 16th of this month. However benchmarks and performance reports have started to pile in, possibly thanks to review devices.
The iPhone 7 recently popped up on Antutu with a score of a whopping 178,397, which puts its underrated 2 gB of ram and Apple Proprietary A10 Fusion chip leaps and bounds ahead of the Snapdragon 820 paired with 6 GB of RAM and the top Android device score of 140288 on the OnePlus 3.
The iPhone 7 plus which is sad to have 3 GB of RAM is expected to score a higher result. This basically demolishes all claims that you get the choice of better hardware with an Android device. If performance is what you are basically looking for then, the iPhone 7 takes the cake.
We should see more information pop up in the coming days, close to launch and after the 16th, especially, when the iPhone 7 gets taken apart.
Apple will seed the final release iOS 10 to all those who own supported Apple iPhone and iPads. The release marks many improvements in design and performance, and is also considered to be really secure.
For those who decide agains the update will get nagging, popup windows up unlit you update. However, our recommendation for those using iPhones older than iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, is to avoid the update, as it will eventually slow down the performance on those iPhones. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus ship wit iOS 10 out of the box.
iOS 10 comes with many new features, including the new iMessage app, with digital touch, and scribble features. You will also get new design and look emoji along with stickers and gifs.
Many improvements to 3D touch, apps like Music and photos get an overhaul too. The new Bedtime mode in the Clock app will remind you to hit the sack and wake you up with a soothing sound of your choice.
Interesting new overhaul to the control centre and notifications in general along with a big boost to battery life. Apple iOS 10 will be available to all iOS devices in India by 2230 IST.
Samsung is revamping the A series for this yearend the A8 is scheduled to be announced in the coming months. @OnLeaks is at it again and has leaked what appear to be design renders of the handset.
According to the post the new A8 will feature a larger size 156.5 x 77.5 x 7.3mm and the look of the phone will be identical to the Galaxy S7.
If we follow last years trend we should see a Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 px. We should also see the same camera configuration along with improved battery life. Exynos chipsets and 2 GB of RAM.
While Apple has launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and globally pre-orders are off the charts. Enough that, deliveries for phones have been pushed back into November in some cases.
Here are somethings you should know.
1. Price
Apple has launched the iPhone 7 in the United States for a price of $ 649 which roughly translates to Rs. 43000. While Apple has not officially announced the price of the iPhone in India the phone will launch for a price between Rs. 49000 and Rs. 53000 according to our sources close to launch.
2. Launch
While in most countries Apple is launching the iPhone on the 16th of September, and like mentioned above pre-orders that started on the 9th are off the charts. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will launch in India on the 7th of October. Will they be available immediately? We are unclear on that as for the moment.
3. Variants
Apple will launch all variants of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in India, however it is likely that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will not be available in the Jet Black Color at the time of India launch.
Jet Black
4. CDMA or GSM
India will get the GSM only variant which does support VoLTE and all 4G networks in India. However, there is a CDMA variant of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which works on both CDMA and GSM Networks. If you want that you either need to get the US : Verizon and Sprint variant (unlocked) or buy the iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus in Puerto Rico, Hong Kong or China.
5. Hardware and Cameras
Apple’s A10 fusion chipset brings some promise in terms of hardware boost. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus automatically become the most powerful iPhones, however, the two little cores that will help save up battery will help a great deal to extend usage time of these phones.
The iPhone 7 gets some improvements to the camera and the ability to read wide color. The iPhone 7 Plus on the other hand, gets a dual sensor camera setup. This will allow live zoom without the need of motors. Interesting take on the dual camera setup, especially since Huawei made a dual lens camera for the P9 where one shoots Monochrome, while LG made a camera setup with dual resolution cameras an 8MP and 16 MP on the LG V20
6. RAM
The iPhone 7 packs 2 GB of RAM whereas the bigger iPhone 7 plus has 3 GB of ram according to a listing on benchmarking site Geekbench. The listing also shows that the performance of the Single core is almost double that of the Galaxy Note 7.
7. Display
While the world was expecting this, Apple has not upped the display on the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 plus and seem to be saving that upgrade for the iPhone 7s. The new iPhones do support a wide color format seen on cinema displays. So a little improvement, but a big disappointment on the resolution.
8. Batteries
It is expected that Apple has not improved or changed the batteries in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus when compared to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, however changes in the other hardware like power saving chipsets and efficient speakers and displays, should match the performance if not improve the battery life.
9. Audio and Speakers
For the fist timer Apple, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus feature stereo speakers. The combination although a little strange is similar to what we saw with the HTC 10. One speaker points down in the traditional format whereas the other other sits in the earpiece. Apple claims it boosts the sound by more than double. Either way, louder speakers on the iPhones are a huge welcome.
By removing the headphone jack there are certain issues that will need to be faced by consumers. Wireless earphone/headphones are not the best companions for long haul journeys. While travelling over 15 hours, you will need to not only charge your phone multiple times but also the headphones/earphones. Typically, Beats Studio 2.0 wireless run 10-14 hours on battery but over 20 hours when connected with the 3.5 mm audio cable.
Possible the best solution would have been to include two Lightning connectors, but that wouldn’t work for design. So for now mostly everyone who buys the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is stuck on this compromise.
10. iOS 10
iOS 10 is one of the major factors of performance improvements on the iPhone. With iOS 10 running on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus we are already seeing more performance and battery life improvements, the “Back to” button is more refined and does not cover up the WiFi Or Signal bars. The new design features are excellent, including the new Apple Music app. The control centre is cleaner and easy to use and since the music sits separately.
iOS 10 is not limited to the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone all the way back to iPhone 5 will get the iOS 10 update.
Should you hold off buying ?
The question that most iPhone users will ask is whether they should hold of buying the iPhone 7 and wait for the iPhone 7s. In its usual cycle Apple keeps the hardware improvements for the iPhones in the “s” variants, like the iPhone 6s. However, this time around the iPhone 7 is a balanced upgrade, a bit of design change and a lot of hardware change. The problem with waiting is that technology is forever evolving and next year your question might change to “Should i wait for the iPhone 8”.
So if you want it buy one now, else, you can always opt for more options from the Android world.
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
Display
4.7-inch
5.5-inch
Resolution
1334 x 750
1920 x 1080
Processor
A10 Fusion
A10 Fusion
RAM
2 GB
Not provided
Storage
32GB, 128GB, 256GB
32GB, 128GB, 256GB
Rear camera
12 megapixel
12 megapixel, 12 megapixel (wide)
Front camera
7 megapixel
7 megapixel
Battery
12 hours estimated
13 hours estimated
Weight
138 gm
188 gm
Dimensions (in.)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
Starting price
$649
Rs. 49,900 (expected)
$769
Rs. 57999 (expected)
Misc.
IP67 water resistance, “Force Touch” home button, no headphone jack
2 camera system, IP67 water resistance, “Force Touch” home button, no headphone jack
Remember the HP Touchpad ? HP’s glorious tablet failure that made more sense to buy after the company liquidated the stock. The HP Touchpad was rooted to run Android and made its way up from Jelly bean all the way up to Marshmallow early last year.
One of the ROM makers for the Touchpad has managed to port Android N over to the long lost tablet, the active community is pretty large and owners have never been happier with the Tablet.
The port is still in early beta and according to the Dev a few things still don’t work
WIFI MODEL
Camera
Alot of features are not installed. EVToolbox is launched from the launcher for now
4g MODEL
Camera
Alot of features are not installed. EVUpdater is broken ATM
For those who are willing to give it a try, know that the process is quite long and detailed, and somewhat frustrating. But the end result means, that your 4 year+ old Tablet runs Android N before many of the so called Expensive flagships of 2016. That’s one middle finger to the Man !
If you still own a Samsung Galaxy Note 7,you may be deemed a risk to lives of everyone else on board. Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways, among many other have banned the use and carry of Galaxy Note 7 onboard their flights till the phone can be fixed by the South Korean manufacturer, Samsung.
Samsung has already issued a global recall of the handset, however, many hardcore Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users have retained the handset assuming no real threat exists.
Following Samsung’s product recall announcement, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices may not be used or charged on board Virgin Australia flights, Said a Virgin spokesperson.
Samsung PR couldn’t have it any worse after the Note 7 incident. It looks like nothing will look good for Samsung till they can rectify the issue, only if they can do it quickly.
Although it should not be a problem if you are flying in India, it may soon catch on as a trend. You anyway don’t want to be in a sealed tube hundreds of miles in the air, if you phone has been rated explosive.
Apple has launched the next generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus, with minor improvements up front, the iPhone 7 applies some interesting changes all over the handset.
Overall in the specifications department you will see the iPhones drop to the lowest quadrant, you do get onboard 128 Gb and 256 GB storage capacities, which are an advantage. Pricing remains high and the performance which was already impressive on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus gets a boost with the new chipset designed to provide better performance and battery life efficiency.
Camera wise the iPhone 7 Plus gets the dual lens advantage, however the Samsung Galaxy cameras are already rated very high
See the detailed Spec list below.
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
Galaxy S7 Edge
Galaxy Note 7
OnePlus 3
HTC 10
Display
4.7-inch
5.5-inch
5.5-inch
5.7-inch
5.5 inch
5.2-inch Super LCD
Resolution
1334 x 750
1920 x 1080
2560 x 1440
2560 x 1440
1920 x 1080
2560 x 1440
Processor
A10 Fusion
A10 Fusion
Snapdragon 820 (2.15GHz and 1.6GHz, quad-core)
Snapdragon 820 (2.15GHz and 1.6GHz, quad-core)
Snapdragon 820 ( 2x 2.2 GHz, 2x 1.6 GHz)
Snapdragon 820 ( 2x 2.2 GHz, 2x 1.6 GHz)
RAM
Not provided
Not provided
4GB
4GB
6GB
4GB
Storage
32GB, 128GB, 256GB
32GB, 128GB, 256GB
32GB
64GB
64GB
32GB, 64GB
Rear camera
12 megapixel
12 megapixel, 12 megapixel (wide)
12 megapixel
12 megapixel
16 megapixel,
12 MP, f/1.8
Front camera
7 megapixel
7 megapixel
5 megapixel
5 megapixel
8 megapixel
5 MP, f/1.8
Battery
12 hours estimated
13 hours estimated
3,600mAh
3,500mAh
3000mAh
3000 mAh
Weight
138 gm
188 gm
157 gm
169 gm
158 gm
161 gm
Dimensions (in.)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm
153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm
152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4 mm
145.9 x 71.9 x 9,0 mm
Starting price
$649
Rs. 49,900 (expected)
$769
Rs. 57999 (expected)
Rs. 59900 (Recalled)
Misc.
IP67 water resistance, “Force Touch” home button, no headphone jack
2 camera system, IP67 water resistance, “Force Touch” home button, no headphone jack
Curved display, IP68 water resistance, up to 256GB microSD storage
Curved display, S-Pen, IP68 water resistance, USB-C
USB-C, Dash Charge
Sense UI
up to 2 TB microSD storage
OS
iOS 10
iOS 10
Android 6.0.1
Touch Wiz
Android 6.0.1
Touch Wiz
Android 6.0.1
Oxygen OS
Android 6.0.1
HTC Sense
What phone do you think takes the lead, leave your comments below.
Sony at an event has announced two revisions to the Playstation 4 the PS4 Pro and the PS4 Slim. As the names suggest the Playstation 4 Pro will be a beefed up variant of the existing PS4, with a faster processor, better graphics, and support for 4K HDR resolution. It launches November 10th, and it will cost US $399.
Image : Gizmodo
1 TB HDD is standard, and new games designed specifically around the PS4 Pro will sport HDR 4K output. GTA VI should look super sweet right about now.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare: Remastered will support PS4 Pro 4k HDR and Battlefield 1 and FIFA 16 will be supported later this year.
Sony also announced a new slimmer PS4 slim, it will cost $299 and be available on September 15th “in most markets.”
The Slim will be essentially a slimmer variant off the current spec PS4 with no other changes. However, you will get a new DualShock 4 controller with a redesigned light bar that’s now visible from the front.
The iPhone 7 recently popped up on Antutu with a score of a whopping 178,397, which puts its underrated 2 gB of ram and Apple Proprietary A10 Fusion chip leaps and bounds ahead of the Snapdragon 820 paired with 6 GB of RAM and the top Android device score of 140288 on the OnePlus 3.
