Oppo F15: Design and Display In terms of design, the Oppo F15 flaunts a sleek design coming in at just 7.9mm thickness with an easy one-handed grip. There is a gradient finish on the rear with a quad-camera setup arranged in a vertical alignment. Towards the front, the phone has a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 2400 × 1080 pixels screen resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, a waterdrop style notch to house the selfie camera, DC Screen Dimming 2....

In terms of design, the Oppo Reno Z sports a similar design language to the other Reno series smartphones, with the 3D curved glass body with Aluminum mid-frame and the same O-Dot point on the rear to protect the device’s camera lens. And a 6.4-inch 2340 × 1080 pixels screen resolution Full HD+ 19.5:9 AMOLED HDR display on the front. At its core, the Reno Z is powered by a 12nm-based Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P90 processor with IMG PowerVR GM 9446 GPU, paired with 6GB / 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB / 256GB of storage....

Interestingly, all these three brands have of late been largely focusing on the premium side of the market, but the past few months have seen them go for this mid-stream. And no, we do not think the reduced expenditures spurred by the COVID pandemic has caused it – all three phones had been in the works for a while, well before the pandemic even became news. No, the main motive of the three brands seems to be to grab a bit of the very lucrative mid and upper mid-segment that lies below the premium one....

But for a long time, right from the beginning till the time he actually started playing for his country (a period of almost fifteen years, a period in which he could have been groomed in other aspects), he was perceived mainly as a bowler. And that too, a spin bowler. He could bat brilliantly and bowl fast too. But people did not realize it for years. They were too busy seeing him as a spin bowler....

Previously the most annoying issue with Pokémon Go was the availability of gyms and Pokéstops. Initially users in India could access such locations via the map that’s displayed on the Pokémon Go app. However, these were soon removed from the map and the game became unplayable in India. That said, with the official release; Niantic Inc. who are apparently the maker of this app has tied up with Reliance Jio for these Pokéstops....

Time and again, Apple has launched ad campaigns to remind us how important the issue of privacy is and how it is practically the only brand that cares about it. Now, privacy is a serious issue, which can make it heavy and dull to discuss, but trust Apple to add a touch of humor in the gravest of issues to lighten things up. It has done something similar in its latest ad highlighting how privacy is basically synonymous with the iPhone....

OpenKirin is a new project that basically enables you to flash an AOSP (Android Open Source Project) based ROM onto your Huawei/Honor device. The project currently supports 17 smartphones and tablets running on EMUI 8. The ROMs that are currently supported are – Lineage OS (The successor to the very well-known CyanogenMod), Resurrection Remix OS, and Carbon OS. If you wish to know if your device is supported or not, you can check out the list in the images below, but in short, if your device runs on the Kirin 655, 658, 659, 960 or 970 SoC, then your device is supported....

While the X55 modem that goes along with the Snapdragon 865, this year’s flagship SoC is already capable of running 5G networks, the X60 aims to improve stability as well as the average connection speed by introducing a combination of both sub-6 GHz networks as well as mm-wave networks. The X60 stands out due to the fact that it will be manufactured on the 5nm manufacturing process which is the best achievable node to this date....

However, that’s not all; Qualcomm has two more major announcements at this year’s summit. One of these is a brand new gaming platform called Snapdragon G3x Gen 1, while the other is a handheld gaming developer kit developed in partnership with Razer. Let’s dive in to learn more about the all-new Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform and the Snapdragon G3x Handheld Gaming Developer Kit in detail. Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Qualcomm says the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 is designed to offer “cutting-edge performance and the entire arsenal of Snapdragon Elite Gaming technologies to run all Android games, play cloud gaming libraries, stream games from a home console or PC, and enjoy entertainment from your favorite Android apps“....

Like other GT devices, this one also features impressive specs on paper like a 120Hz AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, Vapor Cooling System, and more. But is the Realme GT Neo 2 5G the best Realme device in 2021? Is it a worthy challenger in this crowded market? Is it the flagship killer we have all been waiting for? Let us find out in our Realme GT Neo 2 5G review below....

It sounds like a pretty perfect phone. Doesn’t it? Well, it almost was. One of the biggest letdowns of the Realme X2 Pro was the design of the smartphone – we called the design its Achilles Heel in our review. It may have been bundled with flagship-level specs but was pretty ordinary looking at best. Well, that is one accusation that we cannot level at the Realme X2 Pro’s Master Edition, which the brand has released recently....

Leading the Redmi Note’s charge into the Rs 20,000 category is the Redmi Note 11 Pro+, which at Rs 20,999, has the highest starting price of any Note, ever. Does it live up to the Redmi Note tradition of delivering staggering value for money? EVOL design finally evolves…and plays the Blues to dazzling effect The Redmi Note 11 Pro+ is the fourth Redmi Note 11 device we have reviewed, and it is the first one that has really impressed us with its design....

What’s the USP (unique selling point) of the Redmi Note 8? The Redmi Note 8 offers a complete package for a starting price under Rs. 10,000. It has a capable chip, a large Full-HD+ display, quad cameras, glass build, and a large 4000mAh battery to go along, something which defines the Note series from Redmi. If you are looking for the perfect value-for-money device in this price bracket that does it all, the Redmi Note 8 is for you....

Redmi Note 9 Pro: Design and Display In terms of design, the Note 9 Pro features an Aura Balance design that incorporates an all-glass approach. The phone comes with splash-proof P2i coating and also offers Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection on both the front and back. Towards the front, it has a 6.67-inch IPS LCD display, which comes with a 20:9 aspect ratio and provides an FHD+ resolution. The phone comes in three color options: Interstellar Black, Aurora Blue, and Glacier White....

The foray of new Chinese brands has proven to be an headache for OnePlus. Although the company doesn’t publish the official sales figure, OnePlus still seems to have missed the 1-Million sales mark in India in 2015. Nevertheless, OnePlus X is still a great buy at this price (our impressions) and it does come powered with the Snapdragon 801 paired with a 2GB of RAM. The phone will run on Oxygen OS, which is essentially a barebones Android Lollipop 5....

Starting tomorrow, i.e 16th November, Jio is kicking off a campaign across platforms including Facebook where users will be able to sign up for the home delivery of SIM cards. As per the TRAI directive, one person is entitled to hold a maximum of 9 SIM cards. Reliance Jio will let users schedule the time for the home delivery and will send the personnel to complete e-KYC based on Aadhaar....

Alto’s Adventure was an endless runner game that did not really spread like wildfire in a dry forest but more like a subtle stream of water that pretty much-rejuvenated everything it touched. And that was because it focused not on frenetic action but a much more peaceful, if just as continuous, journey. So even while the contemporaries of the game started feeling old and boring to many, Alto’s Adventure just seemed to flow along....

However, sometime around 2010, DTH started gaining steam in India. The end of the tussle between Zee and Star regarding carriage fee opened the floodgates for mass adoption of DTH in India. High-profile DTH launches by Tata Sky, Reliance’s Big TV, Sun DTH, and Videocon D2H, pushed DTH to the next level. MSOs were content providing analogue TV, which gave users no option other than changing channels and volume through a remote, even as DTH operators stole the thunder by providing set top boxes (STBs) that could help one classify channels according to genres; know which show is running currently, what show would come next, set reminders, change languages, get monthly bill statements and a lot more....

That might sound unexciting and simple but the A-series proved last year that a mid-ranger can get big numbers – the Samsung’s Galaxy A51 was one of the highest-selling smartphones globally in 2020. And now we have the successor to that bestseller, the Samsung Galaxy A52. Yes, it has big – wait, make that “huge” – shoes to fill. Just how well does it do that? Not your “smartphone next door” In the smartphone world, there are only a handful of brands that step away from the “follow the trend” bandwagon when it comes to design....

In spite of what the Galaxy A9’s camera muscle might suggest, the rest of the phone is more a mid-ranger than a high-end flagship. It has a 6.3-inch 1080p OLED screen and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 octa-core chipset. There’s up to 8GB of RAM, 128GB of onboard storage which is expandable, and a 3800mAh battery which does support quick charging. The Galaxy A9’s biggest highlight is, of course, its set of camera sensors....