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  Chinese smartphone brand POCO is gearing up to launch its POCO X3 GT smartphone globally on July 28, Wednesday. In terms of specifications, the new X series smartphone will have 67W fast-charging capability, a MediaTek Dimensity 1100 chipset, 5,000mAh battery and 64MP triple-rear camera. With a price tag of around Rs 27,000, the POCO X3 GT will be available in three different colours; black, blue and white. Poco X3 GT is likely to arrive in international markets after its official launch in Malaysia. The connectivity features include dual-band Wi-Fi, 5G and 4G LTE, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and USB Type-C port for charging and data sync. The handset will come with 128/256GB UFS 3.1 storage and 6/8GB dual-channel UFS 3.1 RAM. According to media reports, POCO X3 GT features a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, JBL-powered dual stereo speakers, 6.6-inch IPS LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. Read More

  Samsung Electronics is considering launching the upcoming budget model of the Galaxy S21 smartphone in the US and Europe only, industry sources said on Friday, due to global semiconductor shortages. Samsung is reviewing a plan to release the Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) in the US and Europe after skipping the domestic market and other countries following the tight supply of mobile application processors, according to the sources. The Galaxy S21 FE will be reportedly powered by the Snapdragon 888 processor from Qualcomm Inc. But due to supply issues, the South Korean tech giant may also use in-house Exynos chips, the sources said, according to Yonhap news agency. Industry insiders also predicted that Samsung may push back the launch of the Galaxy S21 FE from its planned schedule. Read More

  Oppo F19 will make its India debut on Tuesday. Oppo had recently launched the higher-end versions of the F19 series in India with Oppo F19 Pro and Oppo F19 Pro+ . Oppo F19 will mark the launch of the third version of the F19 series in India. Oppo claims F19 is the thinnest smartphone powered by a 5,000 mAh battery. The smartphone will also make its debut in Sri Lanka soon. Oppo F19 specifications The Chinese smartphone-maker has said that the Indian version of the F19 will have a powerful battery of 5,000 mAh. It will come with a full HD+ AMOLED display along with an in-display fingerprint scanner. It will support 33W Flash Charge fast charging technology which will help in charging the smartphone completely in 72 minutes. The company claims that the phone can give 5.5 hours of voice calling or approximately 2 hours use of YouTube with just 5 minutes of charging. OPPO has been a leader in the industry when it comes to flash charging solutions and the latest offering, OPP...

Taiwanese technology company HTC on August 14 launched the Wildfire X smartphone in India through its official brand licensee InOne Smart Technology. This Flipkart-exclusive product brings back HTC into the smartphone business after a silent gap of around a year. The phone comes in two RAM and storage configurations – 3GB/32GB and 4GB/128GB – priced at Rs 9,999 and Rs 12,999, respectively. It will go on sale at the home-grown e-commerce platform starting from August 22. HTC Wildfire X specifications The HTC Wildfire X is a budget smartphone. It boasts a 6.22-inch IPS LCD screen of HD+ resolution. The screen has a waterdrop-shaped notch on top, accommodating the phone’s 8-megapixel front camera. On the back, the phone has a glass-like reflective design with a 3D gradient finish and a triple-camera set-up stacked vertically on the top left side. The rear camera module includes a 12MP primary sensor, an 8MP telephoto lens for 2x optical zoom and 8x hybrid zoom, and a 5MP dep...

South Korean electronics maker Samsung on July 18 launched in India the Galaxy A80 smartphone. Priced at Rs 47,990, the Samsung Galaxy A80 is the most expensive A-series smartphone yet. The phone will be available for pre-orders from July 22 to July 31 and go on sale from August 1 across retail stores, Samsung online portal, Samsung Opera House and online platforms. As part of its pre-order offer, the company is providing free one-time screen replacement. It will be available in three colours — ghost white, phantom black and angel gold. Samsung Galaxy A80 rotating camera features The Galaxy A80 is Samsung’s first smartphone to boast a 48-megapixel camera. It is also the company’s first device with a rotating camera module, which includes a triple-camera set-up and an LED flash. The triple camera set-up features a 48MP primary sensor of an f/2.0 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide lens of an f/2.2 aperture and a depth sensor. The rotating camera module pops up from the back of the pho...

Get comfy, this year’s smartphone market is about to get quite yawn-worthy. Over the past decade, we’ve seen phones get larger, faster, sharper, crisper and curved. They even put cameras on the front! Consumers have been blessed by the array of choices available in the market. But now the pace of innovation is slowing, and that could hurt investors. In China alone, an average of two new models were released each day last year for a total of 764. In 2017, that figure hit 1,054, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology . The saving grace for smartphone makers these past few years has been the addition of new functions, which allowed them to reverse a previous slide in average prices and actually sell devices for more money. Apple Inc. thinks that average sales price is more important than shipment numbers, which is why it decided to no longer tell you how many iPhones it sells but merely how much revenue it makes from them. Read...

OnePlus commanded 40 per cent of India's premium smartphone market in June, compared with zero when it arrived in 2014 Companies News : India is arguably the world’s toughest smartphone market — just ask Apple. Yet Chinese manufacturer OnePlus has found a path to success in the country of 1.3 billion. As Pete Lau, OnePlus’s co-founder and chief executive officer, describes it, OnePlus targeted younger users with stylish and affordable Android-based phones. Rather than plastering shops with ads, student ambassadors promote the Shenzhen-based company’s products. OnePlus also sponsors cricket games, breaking a no-advertising pledge it has in other places. Thanks to those efforts, OnePlus commanded 40 per cent of India’s premium smartphone market in June, compared with zero when it arrived in 2014, according to Counterpoint Research, which defines the segment as one where devices cost Rs 30,000 ($435) or more. OnePlus is ahead of Samsung Electronics Co., which has a 3...

With 96% of the total smartphones sold in India during the January-March quarter being 'made in India', Apple's share shrinks further as the majority of its smartphones are still imported Companies News : With Apple shipping less than 1 million iPhones in the first half of 2018, which is fewer than 2 per cent of the estimated 60 million smartphones that were shipped in India during the same period, Apple seems to be struggling to compete with its rivals in the country, reports The Verge. According to the report, Apple's rival Samsung shipped 17.4 million while Xiaomi shipped 19 million smartphones to India in the same time period. The Verge reports that this slump in iPhone sales comes after a steady growth in the numbers for the company during 2016 and 2017 when it shipped 2.6 million and 3.2 million units. The report says that iPhones smartphone market share has dropped to 1 per cent, which is its lowest in recent history, as of April-June quarter....