South Korean smartphone company, Samsung will likely launch the Galaxy Tab S4 tablet in India this week at a price of Rs 60,000. The Galaxy Tab S4 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset and has S Pen support too. To recall, the Tab S4 was launched alongside the Galaxy Note 9 smartphone back in August this year. Notably, the Galaxy Note 9 was launched in India right after... Read More
Huawei' sub-brand Honor has finally launched the Honor 8X smartphone in India. The Honor 8X packs the Kirin 710 SoC (the first Honor phone to ship with), up to 6GB of RAM & 128GB of internal storage, dual rear cameras and a larger 3750mAh battery. But what separates the device from others is its design. Honor has constructed the device out of glass and the phone houses a metal frame;... Read More
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has already put a deadline for telcos to submit an alternate plan to the eKYC verification method. A new report from PTI now reveals that a large operator has sought more time to share its action plan to migrate to an alternate system of authenticating mobile users. The operator cited that reverting back to paper verification was not just costly, but it might... Read More
Apple has enjoyed a decent run with its latest iPhones- the iPhone XS and the XS Max, but the best is yet to come, according to renowned analysts Ming-Chi Kuo. As per the analyst who often accurately predicts Apple's future device plans, the Apple iPhone XR which is set to go on sale later this month will be the top-selling iPhone this year. The analyst predicts that more people would... Read More
Honor is all set to launch its first smartphone, the Honor 8X with Kirin 710 chipset in India which is a major upgrade from the older Kirin 659 SoC found on a plethora of Honor devices launched in the last one year. The Honor 8X is a significant upgrade compared to the Honor 7X as it has a powerful processor, bigger display, better dual rear cameras and a beefy battery.... Read More
Things are heating up with the Data Localisation mandate set by the government and Reserve Bank of India. Local players PhonePe and Paytm have now confirmed that they are fully in compliance with the data localisation mandate to ensure payments data of Indian users is stored within the country. Foreign player Google which offers payment services via Google Pay in India is yet to reveal its full compliance with the... Read More
The government and Reserve Bank of India are not considering to extend the deadline for local data storage (Data Localisation) by foreign payment companies. For the unaware, payments services firms are given a deadline of October 15 to set up the data locally, in order to avoid any issues in the future. The government would not relent under pressure from the global payment firms and the RBI is unlikely to... Read More
The Indian government is working hard on bringing high-speed broadband connectivity to gram panchayats across the country under the project BharatNet. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha today reaffirmed that the final phase of the BharatNet project would be completed on schedule by March 2019. Under the final schedule, the government will be rolling out high-speed broadband services to 1.25 lakh gram panchayats located across the country. Nearly 50% of the work... Read More
Google launched the Pixel 3 smartphones very recently and ahead of the devices much-awaited sale on Thursday, the search giant has now confirmed that the Pixel camera app will have external microphone support. "At the same time as 'Pixel 3' launch (October 18), we will introduce support for Android-compatible plugged-in external microphones in the default camera app for all Pixels," a Pixel employee said on an old post on Google... Read More
Coolpad has unveiled its latest smartphone in the Indian market, the Coolpad Note 8 as a successor to the company's Coolpad Note 6 handset that was unveiled back in May this year. Coolpad confirmed that its latest entrant, the Note 8 will be exclusive to Paytm in the country. Notably, the Coolpad Note 6 was unveiled as an offline-only smartphone. Coolpad already lost its plot in the country and the... Read More
After confirming that telcos can conduct trial runs before rolling the services to the public, the DoT has now set a limit to subscriber enrolment during the trial phase which is 5% of the overall network capacity. Earlier, the DoT has confirmed that a telco can conduct testing period for a maximum of six months. "The number of test subscribers that can be enrolled by a licensee in the licensed... Read More
Realme has witnessed an overwhelming response during the Flipkart Big Billion Days as the company sold over one million units during the sale. For the unaware, Flipkart Big Billion Days kickstarted on October 11 (12:00 AM) and continued until October 14 (11:59 PM), during which a lot of users purchased the Realme 2, Realme 2 Pro and the Realme C1. Notably, these numbers are for the three smartphones mentioned above... Read More
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