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Realme Watch: Design and Display In terms of design, the Realme Watch features a square design, with rounded corners and a power ON/OFF button on the right. It has IP68 water resistance, which means, users no longer have to worry about removing their watch in most situations. Towards the front, the watch comes with a 1.4-inch touchscreen display with 323ppi pixel density and 380 nits of brightness. The display has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top to preserve the display from scratches....

Redmi Smart Band The Redmi Smart Band appears somewhat similar to the Redmi Band that was launched in China earlier this year. It comes with up to 5ATM (50 meters) of water resistance. Towards the front, the band features a 1.08-inch color display (LCD) that offers a 128×220 pixels screen resolution, with up to 200 nits of brightness and 2D tempered glass on top. The Redmi Smart Band comes in four colorways: Blue, Black, Green, and Orange....

Video Review Hello, Smarty! The Redmi 1S and the Moto E had shown us last year that it was possible for a phone to not cost the earth and still look presentable. Like those worthies, the Lenovo A6000 comes with an appearance that belies its price. We had discussed it in some detail in our initial impressions of the device, but to reprise – it is a smart looker, although not exactly a traffic stopper....

As we pointed out in our first impressions, it comes with the same processor (the Exynos 9611) as the Galaxy A50s, a broadly similar design (complete with Glastic back with a prism texture effect, although again with no water or dust resistance), a Super AMOLED Full HD+ display, a 48-megapixel main sensor, and an equally large 4000 mAh battery. It is a good looking enough phone, but not really one to turn heads, although the rectangular camera unit on the back marks it out as a recent Samsung device....

Looks like…well, a slightly bigger S20 The S20+ is pretty much a slightly larger version of the, well, Galaxy S20. And Samsung’s latest Galaxy S flagships are definitely very good looking, although they do not stand out from their other siblings as prominently as the S10 and S9 series had, thanks mainly to that rectangular camera unit at the back which is becoming a bit of a Samsung design signature....

The biggest highlight of both the phones is something called “variable aperture” for the cameras. The feature will essentially allow the user to switch different aperture sizes — f/1.5 and f/2.4 — for clicking better pictures in both daylight and low light scenarios. Both of them sport a 12-megapixel lens on the rear and an 8-megapixel f/1.7 selfie camera on the front. In addition to that, the larger of the two, the Galaxy S9+ will have a secondary 12-megapixel optically stabilized sensor for possibly accelerating focus speeds and producing depth-of-field effects....

The design is cool, but the development is awesome Yes, a lot of talk since the launch of the latest Samsung foldables—the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3—has revolved around their specs and their design, in the best smartphone tradition. There has been the almost expected swooning over the Flip 3’s “cute” form factor (I still think it should not be positioned as a style product) and its external display, and lots of conversation around the Fold 3 has revolved around the support for the S Pen stylus....

The speediest and most efficient solution in these circumstances, at the cost of sounding old-fashioned, is to go the hardware way and find a device that works well with both platforms and lets you transfer data between them. Something like the Sandisk iXpand Flash Drive Luxe. Lighting on one side, Type C on another The iXpand Flash Drive Luxe is, as its name indicates, a flash drive. It comes with storage options of 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB....

That is the question you have to ask yourself before you think of investing in Skullcandy’s Crusher ANC headphones. For, there is bass. And then there is Skullcandy Crusher bass. The Crusher series is renowned for its almost abnormal bass levels, making the headphones literally vibrate on top of your ears (read our review of the Crusher Wireless). So what happens when Skullcandy takes this to another level and adds ANC to the mix for good measure?...

1. The Indian smartphone market is growing…and it was a record Q2! IDC says that a total number of 36.9 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q2 2019, which is the highest number for a second-quarter in India. It also represented a 9.9 percent year on year growth and 14.8 percent over the previous quarter. This is in line with Counterpoint’s claim of 37 million units, which it too claimed was a second-quarter record....

Well, I am sure it still is – brand identity and recall and that – but you know what? Anyone – and I mean ANYONE – can predict what a flagship phone will now have. Irrespective of the brand. Does that sound ridiculous? Well, let me tell you. Fill in the blanks with any brand you want and I can bet its 2018 flagship will have the following: An 18:9 aspect ratio display (size between 5....

Processor clock speed There was a lot of interest in processor clock speed before and immediately after the 1 GHz barrier was breached. Now, however, it is just another statistic, with many processors in the market bandying high figures that more often than not bely performance. Moral of the story: a better designed processor with a lower clock speed can and often will out perform one that has a much higher clock speed but is not designed as well....

That was the rather plaintive complaint of an acquaintance who had invested in a Nexus device a few days ago. He said he had purchased it because everyone had assured him that it would run smoothly and came with “pure Android.” One day into using it, he was less than impressed. “Iss pe to kuchh hai ni nahin. Samsung aur Sony mien itna sab aata hai laga lagaya! (There is nothing on it....

Not if you are at a Lenovo event, though. No, the “after event” of a Lenovo launch is inevitably that of executives tying up loose ends, checking on devices, co-ordinating transport schedules and getting ready to move to the next stage. There are no fans, no extended sessions with the media, no tear down sessions or even post-event “yay, we did it” selfies for the team. And no, this is not some ice cold professional team finishing its task for the day a la Samsung, but more a bunch of individuals (mostly informally dressed and very relaxed with each other) simply getting on with their work....

ACROSS 3 This brand just made its canvas infinite, and at a damn low price too. (7) 5 Twist, lick, dunk comes to your Android phone,. (4) 7 Google’s reality is not augmented with Tango. (6) 8 Wanna make anonymous comments and compliments? Download! (7) 9 Forget the dual cameras, we are going aww over the return of this design element below the cameras on the Moto G5s Plus. (6) 10 These camera sensors are back in the phone world with the Nokia 8....

The mask appears to be a blend of a sleep mask and a scuba mask and has a satin padded lining that helps it to rest around the nose without leaving an impression. It can be paired with an app to keep track of your sleep to assess when you start snoring. Once the app detects a snore, it utilizes the built-in accelerometer to determine your sleeping position and then vibrates to give you a clue to change your position to one that comparatively causes you to snore less....

Standing out as a launcher isn’t easy – there are 100s of them. While customization is one of the key features that most of them provide, they usually fail to provide some good utility. Microsoft introduced its “Continuum” with its Nokia 950 back in the day and they want to bring in something similar to this launcher – a concept that is alien to a launcher where certain supported files can be projected onto the PC from the phone via a launcher!...

While 5G is still a premium feature found on more expensive phones, Qualcomm is now enabling OEMs to provide 5G capabilities on more affordable phones with the new Snapdragon 480 Mobile Platform. What this can mean for the smartphone market, at least with regards to India, is that we may soon start seeing smartphones even under Rs. 10-15,000 with 5G capabilities. As 5G becomes more accessible to a larger demographic, it becomes vital to have phones with 5G capabilities that are affordable in order to help with the adoption rate....

The Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro and C7 Pro will apparently be the enhanced version of the Galaxy C5 and the C7 smartphone that were launched in China earlier this year. Just in case you are unaware, the Galaxy C series is the company’s latest range of device that aims to carve a niche for itself in the mid-range segment which is currently dominated by the Galaxy A and Galaxy J Series devices....

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