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India’s Digital Revolution Unless you have been totally out of touch with the real world and oblivious to Jio-revolution, you would be aware that Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, has been a key enabler in India’s digital revolution. From its initial days of offering services for free, to introducing tariffs that included all three services — calling, messaging, and the internet — in one, for the first time, at an ever-affordable price point, Jio certainly opened a portal for the digital revolution in the country....

The lower and mid segments rule Not surprisingly, the top ten phones of the year are mostly from the mid and lower segments of the market. Of the top ten, three (the Samsung Galaxy A10, the Oppo A5s and the Xiaomi Redmi 7A) were from roughly the lower segment, while four (the Samsung Galaxy A50, the Oppo A9, the Samsung A20, and the Oppo A5) were from broadly what can be called the mid-segment....

ACROSS 1 We rewrote this Ed Sheeran hit for the love of Nokia 3310. (5,2,3) 2 This company brought LED “back” on one of its phones. Literally. (7) 7 A real one would have sparked panic. On the Nokia 3310, it sparked applause. (5) 9 No Razr from Moto, but there was some cutting edge from ZTE (5) 12 Both Xiaomi and Lenovo have one (albeit with an extra ‘i’)....

It is a ship that has been spotted by many sailors. For years now, going all the way back to the 18th century. But it has never actually come to any port. No one has been on it. Or seen it from close up. It is surrounded by an odd light. It is a ghost ship. There is no proof that it actually exists. But people – one of them a former King of England (George V) – swear to have seen it....

The new Oppo A7 comes with a disappointing 6.2-inch 720p screen and is powered by a low-end Snapdragon 450 chipset. There’s 4GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage which is expandable through a MicroSD card, and a 4230mAh battery. The camera arrangement is the same as the RealMe 2 as well (which starts at Rs 8,990) — a 13-megapixel primary lens paired with a 2-megapixel sensor on the rear and a 16-megapixel snapper on the front....

A classic returns from the Mysts of time The game is called Myst. It was released way back in 1993. And was actually one of the first games to be sold on what was then a new medium, the CD-ROM. For quite a while, it was one of the highest-selling games in the world, and believe us, it is magnificent to play even now. Actually, especially now – and before you ask, you can play it on your phone or tablet, as it is available for both iOS and Android in all its glory....

While there are lots of methods and products for cleaning these items, most of us ignore this. How similar do you find this scenario: Your smartphone’s screen is really dirty, so you rub it on your shirt, or a piece of cloth that’s close by, or you remember that it’s been some time since you’ve cleaned your keyboard, so you turn it upside down and give it a few slaps....

Volterman smart wallet offers a lot more than what your standard wallet does. Imagine having a spy camera built-in to your wallet? Or maybe a power bank for charging your phone? And what if it had a portable WiFi hotspot to meet your surfing needs? Well, Volterman has it all. It is currently listed on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. The wallet has exceeded its funding goal of a meager $45,000 by a whopping 1,465 percent (at the time of publishing) with still seven days at hand....

So we definitely are headed for an era where displays are going to be surrounded by hardly any bezels. Reason to say “hooray”? We are not so sure. For those bezels do have their uses. And their absence comes with its share of headaches. Check out these bezel-less pitfalls: 1. More mishits For all these years your fingers and palms were programmed, in time for a certain display design and range....

In this article, let’s take a look at all the things we know about the V11 and V11 Pro. 1. In-Display Fingerprint Scanner Let’s start with the obvious. Vivo has been a pioneer when it comes to under-the-display fingerprint scanners and has improved the technology over time. The V11 Pro will carry the 4th generation In-Display Fingerprint Scanning technology enabling a seamless FullView display from top to bottom. More on the display later in the article....

In the era of huge displays and multiple touch layers, BlackBerry is still a name betting on physical keyboards for phones, but not for tablets. A new breed of RIM smartphones are expected to arrive alongside the new generation operating system and today we analyze the existing rumors and facts, to help users understand that although RIM’s appeal may be almost dead, solutions exist. A bit about BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry 10 is the QNX-based operating system from RIM, which is set to arrive at the end of January 2013, as RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins stated one month ago....

That seems unfair, right? I mean, how can you take a picture of a person without their knowing it? And yet a lot of us do just that. There are even branches of photography like street photography and candid shooting that revolve around taking a picture of a person when they are unaware that they are being snapped. You take a picture of a cricket player playing a match or a rock star on stage – even they do not know they are being photographed....

Xiaomi Mi 3-Axis Shooting Stabilizer is a handheld device just like its competitors. That said, it can always be mounted on a tripod while shooting. It uses a set of high-precision acceleration sensors that offer real-time detection of the smartphone’s position. The Mi handheld Stabiliser comes with four shooting modes – horizontal, omnidirectional, locking and a vertical movement. Besides, it has a brushless motor that rotates the device 9 degrees to 30 degrees for a 207-degree rotation....

One of the most prominent of these was, well, Xiaomi, which makes it ironical or appropriate (depending on which side of the Android One fence you sit on) that the Chinese company is the one behind the revival of the initiative. The Xiaomi Mi A1 is by all accounts, a Mi 5X (released earlier in China), but with stock Android in place of Xiaomi’s own MIUI 9 interface. Look, it is the 5X We have not had the chance to use the Mi 5X (it was not released in India), but all accounts seem to indicate that the Mi A1 is a dead ringer for it....

The Xiaomi Mi A2’s biggest highlight, of course, is the software. It comes preloaded with a stock build of Android 8.1 instead of the company’s own MIUI and will be one of the first Android phones to receive the forthcoming P update. As for the specifications, the Mi A2 is your usual 2018 mid-range smartphone. The Xiaomi Mi A2 comes with a 5.99-inch Full HD+ screen which has an aspect ratio of 18:9....

The Xiaomi Mi Router 4 isn’t vastly different from its predecessor and doesn’t feature any major changes apart from the design and the processor. The all-new router comes with a slightly modified design and features a relatively slim profile over its last generation product. The router comes with four omnidirectional antennas and a glossy finish polycarbonate shells. To keep things cool, Xiaomi has included an aluminum-magnesium alloy heat sink inside the router....

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 The Redmi Note 5 comes equipped with a 5.99-inch FHD+ display that offers a pixel density of 403ppi. Xiaomi has retained the onscreen buttons and the display offers a maximum brightness of 450-nit. The company claims to have achieved a 12.5% more display area by using a rounded display that matches the corners of the device. The Redmi Note 5 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and is paired with a 3GB/4GB RAM....

This had to happen sooner than later, but it has happened much sooner than we expected. Google has just released a brand new homegrown YouTube app for iOS, which is available for download on iTunes app store right now. This comes just days after Apple and Google decided to end their 5 year old deal to ship YouTube app with every iOS device released since 2007. This included all models of iPhone till date, all models of iPad, iPod Touch & Apple TV....

So much glass… We have been told that the outer surface of the Nokia 8 Sirocco is an amazing 95 percent of glass, and well, it shows. The phone shines, courtesy Gorillas Glass 5, even though it is available in a single black shade. There’s no other way of saying it. There’s glass in front, glass behind and glass even tapering over gently over the sides (in a manner that is very reminiscent of the Edge devices from Samsung)....

It is not just about them chips, RAM and displays But we think that the real challenge – in product terms – that OnePlus faces is not in any of these fields. After all, OnePlus has been showing its design ability for a while now, be it the Sandstone finished back of the first two OnePlus devices, the special black edition of the OnePlus 3T or the premium finish of the Pro series in 2019 (and even the OnePlus 7T)....