Author: Lingraj Sahu

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 8 Pro is the first phone in the world to ship with the MediaTek Helio G90T chipset and it will amongst the first phones in India to offer 64MP rear camera Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is all set to make its debut in India on October 16, the company has confirmed on Twitter right after the Redmi 8 launch. The Redmi Note 8 Pro will be the third smartphone to launch in India with a 64MP rear camera and the only phone right now in China with the said camera sensor is the Realme X2. Xiaomi introduced…

BSNL’s Bumper Offer has come to an end, but the telco is still offering 1.5GB bonus data per day on select prepaid plans Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been rolling out new consumer-centric offers for subscribers every month. The state-led telecom operator has especially been active revising its prepaid portfolio. The telecom operator has been making revisions after revisions, to increase the attractiveness of its prepaid plans and to lure more subscribers. As part of this move, BSNL had launched a Bumper Offer which saw a massive response from the BSNL prepaid users. Under this plan, BSNL was providing…

Xiaomi has announced the Redmi 8 today which also comes in a 4GB/64GB variant, packs a 5,000mAh unit battery and sports Sony IMX 363 sensor Xiaomi launched the much-awaited entry-level smartphone under its Redmi brand, the Redmi 8A, in the last week of September. However, during the last bit of the Redmi 8A launch, the company also dropped some hints about the launch of the Redmi 8, thus pointing towards the imminent launch of the phone. Now, the Redmi 8 has finally arrived today in India, and it comes with some interesting features. Today, Xiaomi, in its event, announced the launch of…

The Realme X2 Pro will pack high-end hardware and the display will offer 90Hz refresh rate as well Realme X2 Pro will debut in India this December, confirmed the company’s CEO, Madhav Sheth on Twitter. The X2 Pro-China launch is set for October 15 and the same smartphone will reach the Indian market later this year. That said, the name of the company’s first flagship smartphone seems to be Realme X2 Pro itself and it will launch in India with the same name as well. Notably, Realme has two X series of phones right now in the sub-continent- Realme X and the…

This could be the latest Android update for the original Google Pixel phones. Google has released a new Android 10 update for Pixel phones. The update includes the October Android security patch as well as a number of new features and improvements for the Pixel phones. It is most likely the last monthly Android security update for the original Google Pixel and Pixel XL as the official support period for both smartphones is ending this month as per the Google support website. The update specifically for the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL brings a fix for…

OnePlus could release a special McLaren Edition of the upcoming OnePlus 7T Pro in the UK. The McLaren edition could take design cues from the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. OnePlus is prepping to launch the OnePlus 7T series globally and for the Indian market, the OnePlus 7T Pro will be the new product launched at this event. Based on past leaks and rumors, the OnePlus 7T Pro will be offered as an upgraded version of the OnePlus 7 Pro but it won’t differ by a huge margin. OnePlus is expected to offer a more powerful Snapdragon chipset and possibly upgrade…

The 2010 film The Social Network was almost entirely made up out of whole cloth, but one point made early in the film continues to ring true. Facebook has long had an obsessive focus on keeping the site up no matter what strain its servers were under, out of sheer competitive fear that users who couldn’t access the site would turn elsewhere and never return. That focus on keeping the site up helped Facebook to be competitive in its early years when rivals like Twitter were routinely sidelined by melting servers. But this year, well into Facebook’s decade of dominance, things…

Google looks set to launch a new pair of flagship smartphones next week, and the bigger of the two will be the Google Pixel 4 XL. It’s likely to have very similar specifications to the Pixel 4, but we can expect a bigger screen and a bigger battery. Here’s everything we know about it so far. Google Pixel 4 is arguably the most leaked smartphone of the year. If you aren’t sure why then you probably haven’t been keeping up with the rumor mill which has been spewing at least one, sometimes even two and even three reports daily for the…

Trai has floated a consultation paper on the issues regarding the new telecom regulatory regime on which DTH operators have drafted their comments Many Direct to Home (DTH) service providers have come together to request regulations that allow for discounts on the Network Capacity Fee (NCF) and distributor retail price (DRP) as part of the new regulatory regime. Dish TV, being one of the largest DTH operators in the country, has filed its comments on the consultation paper concerning the issues of the regulatory regime of the broadcasting industry. In its comments, Dish TV highlighted that discounted NCF and DRP…

In case you are going ahead with the decision of getting a JioFiber connection in the hopes that you will be getting a free TV connection as well, sadly that won’t be the case Reliance JioFiber has a lot going for it as it’s officially the first service provider in the country to offer Triple Play plans to the customers. JioFiber commercial launch happened last month and the company even announced new plans starting at Rs 699, providing minimum speeds of 100 Mbps. It’s already a piece of confirmed news that JioFiber broadband plans will come bundled with landline connection and a…

There are two types of broadband connections that users can opt for, and they include cable broadband and fibre-based broadband service In the run-up to the launch of the FTTH based, JioFibre broadband service by Reliance Jio, the broadband industry has gone extremely competitive. This is apparent in the sector as we are getting to see new plans, offerings and discounts from the broadband service providers and telecom operators. However, there is also the matter of which kind of plan the subscribers want to use. Because long gone are the times when the landline method was the only way to…

BSNL is the only telecom operator that offers unique broadband plans which come with a daily data limit. These plans start for Rs 349 and go as high as Rs 16,999 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one of the most overlooked telecom operators amidst the hype these days. But, the telco has been putting many efforts lately across all its verticals to push its plans and lure more and more subscribers. While on the prepaid front, the telecom operator has been offering new plans, new revisions and extra benefits to its subscribers. The same is true on the broadband…

Bharti Airtel offers four postpaid plans, out of which the Rs 1,599 postpaid is the highest one in the portfolio because it offers unlimited data Bharti Airtel is one of the best telecom operators to choose from when it comes to postpaid plans. There are ample reasons to support the same. The Bharti Airtel postpaid portfolio underwent a massive change earlier this year, and now they mostly come with a high price tag now. Not only this, but these plans also offer some of the most attractive benefits in the name of Airtel Thanks. But, right now we are not…

The Redmi 8 will feature dual rear cameras and one of them will be a flagship Sony camera sensor (details of which are unknown at the moment) Xiaomi Redmi 8 is officially launching in India on October 9 and the company is slowly revealing the key features of the handset ahead of the official release. A series of tweets posted by Redmi India on Twitter handle confirms the Redmi 8 will come with a USB Type-C port similar to the Redmi 8A and it will have fast charging support. Furthermore, the Xiaomi Redmi 8 will also pack a flagship Sony camera sensor- probably…

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea continue to lose customers, whereas Reliance Jio’s ARPU continues to decline as it adds more low-paying subscribers. One of the parameters that are being most looked at in the telecom industry these days is the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). The ARPU has become a measure of how the company is performing in the industry, and all the telecom operators seem to be fighting over it by vying for the most share in the market. However, on paper Reliance Jio is the only profitable telecom operators, but the ARPU of the company seems to be…

The biggest challenge in front of Huawei and Honor right now is to convince people to purchase their phones with Google services Honor V30 series will be launching very soon in China, followed by the global launch sometime later this year. The Chinese subsidiary of Huawei already confirmed the Honor V30 would ship with the company’s in-house Kirin 990 5G SoC that was unveiled a few days ago. According to a new tip, the Honor V30 series will have two phones- Honor V30 and the Honor V30 Pro, packed with features like punch-hole dual selfie cameras, Kirin 990 5G chipset, wireless charging, 40W…

The Vivo V17 Pro has a lot of positives- the cameras, the build quality, the display, the in-display fingerprint scanners, but the major con for the device is the pricing Vivo V17 Pro is the latest launch from the BBK Electronics-owned company. Coming as a successor to the Vivo V15 Pro, the V17 Pro had some shoes to fill, especially in the unique features segment. To recall, the V15 Pro was the first smartphone under Rs 30,000 to feature a pop-up selfie camera and the phone impressed many in the offline segment despite sporting a higher price tag. With the V17 Pro,…

Dish TV has announced that it would be launching a hybrid Set-Top Box in the coming days. It has also partnered up with Amazon Prime Video for the same If you are even distantly aware of the DTH and broadcasting industry right now, you know that the latest thing that DTH operators are offering to the subscribers is OTT applications and subscriptions. To make sure that their subscribers are not spending time away from the TV screens and their platforms, these DTH operators are partnering up with OTT service providers to bring the content on the TV screen itself. Now…

The DTH and cable TV bills have increased for the subscribers after the new Trai tariff regime, forcing them to move to other entertainment options The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the new tariff regime earlier this year and it went into effect to bring some reeling changes in the DTH and broadcasting industry. One of the effects of the new Trai tariff regime was that it increased the monthly bills of the cable TV and the DTH subscribers. However, now it seems that the Trai tariff regime might have had even far-reaching effects. What we mean by…

Tencent Games has been bringing several features that were present in the PC version of PUBG to PUBG Mobile and it will continue going forward as well. PUBG Mobile will receive a significant update in the form of 0.15.0 version this month. Tencent Games did not release any major features with the 0.14.5 update because it just brought the Royale Pass Season 9 functionality to the users. This October, the popular Battle Royale game, will get one of the biggest updates ever and it’s going to bring a plethora of new features to the already feature-rich game. PUBG Mobile has…