Things you need to know about Whatsapp !!

Whatsapp leading to Mob lynchings in India -

Facebook owned whatsapp has more than one billion downloads on play store and has millions of daily active users so, whatsapp has a such a huge fanbase but ever thought that whatsapp, a normal private social media platform whose aim was to make people engage with friends and family, could grow so much and to an extent that it could be the reason for end of someone's life.

So, basically what i mean to say is that fake news on whatsapp is spreading so rapidly even fake news appears to be true and due to the fake news it lead to mob lynching. Mob lynchings increased so much so that Indian government gave stern warning to whatsapp regarding 'spreading of irresponsible and explosive messages on its platform. The following updates are mainly as a result of fake and irresponsible news circulating everyday on whatsapp.

Here are top 3 things you need to know about whatsapp -

Update #1

Whatsapp to bring new feature to 'flag' fake news on whatsapp - 

Fake news on whatsapp has been circulating through whatsapp from a long time but it was this time that it was too serious due to mob lynchings so, both Indian government and whatsapp had to act on it and so, whatsapp is testing this feature on its app which has the option to 'flag' to fake news so, that whatsapp users could know if it is a false information or fake news and i too think this act was a must and had to be taken as soon as possible so there could be an end to mob lynchings and any other similar act.

Update #2 

Whatsapp to limit message forwarding to five chats in India -

This update again is due to unrelenting pressure from Indian government to whatsapp as a concern regarding fake news on whatsapp so, whatsapp on a statement said "In India where people forward more messages, videos and photos than any other country in the world - we'll also test a lower limit of message forwarding to five people" So, again whatsapp is stepping into right direction as it's a huge concern in India where whatsapp users in India forward every other message to their family, friends and relatives.

update #3

Whatsapp will use machine learning to identify accounts sending a high volume of messages -

Whatsapp also said that it will also use machine learning to identify the accounts sending messages in high volume so, that strict action could be taken against them. I also think whatsapp should verify accounts of its users in order to catch hold of the people spreading fake news and violating messages on whatsapp through artificial learning and machine learning.

So, if i talk about conclusion, whatsapp is taking each and every step so that false information is not to be forwarded on its platform as it already had lead to some serious conclusions and all these features will start rolling out on its official app but we'll have to wait since the changes are yet to be seen.

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Things you should know before buying Xiaomi and Samsung smartphones !!

Things you should know before buying smartphones from these tech gaints -

Samsung and Xiaomi - 

Samsung and Xiaomi have been in the top charts in Technology sector in India since the long time and this thing isn't new for both of these tech companies where xiaomi even leaving samsung behind in terms of sales numbers and has been even recognized as the top brand of India with its budget devices reigning all over the country and Samsung has also been doing pretty well in the smartphone market but well there has been a study on the smartphone users of both the companies and it has some shocking results which samsung and xiaomi users must know.

According to recent reports from a research firm named Biancco, samsung and xiaomi smartphone users have the most frequent visits to their service centers and after that companies like motorola, lenovo and nokia users were also in that list. But the main two companies were samsung and xiaomi so let's talk about them in detail -

According to Biancco, samsung and xiaomi smartphone users are the ones to visit their service centres most frequnetly and there are mainly two smartphones of these companies are there which is making their customers to do so because t and those smartphones are Samsung's Galaxy S7 and Xiaomi's Redmi note 4 and the point is that Redmi note 4 is one of the best smartphones sold in terms of numbers which made Xiaomi India's no.1 brand and coming to samsung, S7 was a fantastic smartphone and it had one of the best sales of samsung's S series flagship grade smartphones and the smartphone also made some great sale numbers even on 2017. Here is the image of both these smartphones for reference -

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

  

Samsung Galaxy S7

 

Samsung is the worst brand when it comes to performance - 

According to the research done by Biancco, 34% of samsung smartphone users have the most frequent visits to their service centers and after samsung, comes xiaomi where 13% of xiaomi smartphone users have the most frequent visits to their service centers and after that comes motorola, L.G. Nokia and then comes One Plus. Report charts released by Biancco -

                                  Source - Biancco

Why it happens ?

After all this, you may think that why these companies had so much of issues in their phones and especially samsung, simple answer to that is India is not a market where flagship smartphones of these companies is sold in huge numbers when compared to the numbers of low-end and midrange smartphones sold in India. Both of these smartphone companies has excellent selling units per month but those devices are mainly budget and mid range smartphones and these smartphones mainly being budget smartphones does not have that build quality as of flagship smartphones and these smartphones have low end processor and graphic which does not have that long life but here another shocking fact is that Samsung Galaxy S7 was a flagship grade smartphone and still had issues but mainly it was due to software issues not hardware mainly due to the fact that samsung's UI had many bugs and was not well optimized.

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All you need to know about Jio Phone 2 and Jio Gigafiber

Jio Phone 2 and Jio Gigafiber - All the details you need to know.

JIO - 

First let's talk about Jio, when jio launched its services publicly back in September 2016, Jio just changed the whole scenario of Indian telecom sector by offering 1GB data daily and unlimited voice calling and messages at dirt cheap rates and since Jio had the best plans back then and even today so, everybody switched to Jio and thus, competitors of Jio like Airtel , Idea and Vodafone went on a huge loss and then Jio just launched another bomb in telecom sector by launching Jio Phone [ Feature Phone ] on july 2017 and through its feature phone Jio reached to each and every Indian and created a Digital Revolution in India.

JIO PHONE 2 and JIO GIGAFIBER - 

Coming to 2018, with Jio dominating the Indian telecom sector, announced Jio Phone 2 and Jio Gigafiber on its 41st Annual General Meeting and we will talk about both the things in detail.

Jio Phone 2

JIO PHONE 2 - SPECIFICATIONS

Design and Hardware - Talking about the design, Jio Phone 2 features a QWERTY keyboard and has a wider form factor when compared to original Jio Phone and has some similar styling elements from Blackberry phones. Also, Jio Phone 2 has a four way navigational key and comes with a voice command button which was also present in the original Jio Phone. Now coming to Hardware, Jio Phone 2 has a 2.4 inch QVGA screen and is powered by a dual core processor. It has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage which is expandable upto 128GB via SD card and packs in a 2000 Mah battery inside which is decent for a feature phone. It has all the connectivity options like VoLTE, VoWiFi, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth and FM radio.

Software and Camera - Jio Phone 2 is powered by KaiOS and also has support for google voice assistant and other social media apps like Whatsapp,Facebook and Youtube. Also, the support for google assistant has extended to these apps and even the original Jio Phone had it after the update. 

Now coming to the camera, Jio Phone 2 has a 2-megapixel camera at the back and a 0.3 VGA camera at the back and it also has torch at the top bezel of the phone.

Pricing - Now, Jio Phone 2 has almost the similar specs of the original Jio Phone but the difference is a QWERTY keyboard with 4-way navigation keys,more features, wider form factor and more support for LTE bands. Jio Phone 2 is priced at Rs.2,999/- which is just double of the Original Jio Phone price but the good news is that Jio launched it with a Monsoon Hungama Offer under which user can get Jio Phone 2 at an effective price of Rs.501/- when exchanged with original Jio Phone. Jio Phone 2 registrations will start from 15 August, 2018.

JIO GIGAFIBER -

Jio Gigafiber

Jio gigafiber is an optic fiber based fixed-line broadband service launched by Jio and this Jio gigafiber will also provide many other services like DTH services, smart home solutions through Jio Giga router and Giga TV and Jio will be using FTTH i.e. Fiber to the home technology so that it can reach to each and every Indian because FTTH services are not that widespread in India and had been launched by companies like Airtel and BSNL but Jio to make a difference will make sure that fiber broadband services will reach to even the smallest of cities in India. Jio Gigafiber services will be spread across 1100 cities in India and registrations will start from 15 August,2018.

Well, talking about the conclusion Jio is set once again to disrupt home entertainment business by offering such services at affordable rates.

Do let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

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Asus Zenfone 5z - Latest tech

Asus Zenfone 5z - Setting new benchmark

Hello Guys, welcome back to my blog so today I will be giving you all the details that you need to know about the newly launhed Asus Zenfone 5z.

After launching Zenfone Max pro with its impeccable pricing and specs and shaking the lower-end smartphone segment since, it was totally worth it. Now, Asus has stepped into flagship smartphone segment as well and I should say asus is back again with a bang !!

Asus has launched Zenfone 5 series of its smartphones in India today but the star of the show was Asus Zenfone 5z. So let's talk about what makes it so special.

Asus Zenfone 5z

DESIGN and CAMERA - 

firstly, let's talk about the design so, it is a glass sandwich phone meaning it has glass both at the front and at the back as well and covered with the protection of corning gorilla glass and it also has a notch at the top and a chin at the bottom which is similar to that of One plus 6 and Honor 10. It has a screen to body ratio of 90% and now talking about the camera, it has a vertical dual rear camera setup at the back which is 12 megapixel sony IMX363 primary camera with an aperture of f/1.8 with OIS and secondary camera is an 8 mega pixel 120-degree wide angle lens with an aperture of f/2.2 and also supports face unlock.

SPECIFICATIONS -

Asus Zenfone 5z is a latest flagship offering from asus in the Indian market and right away talking about the heart of the core, it is powered by a Snapdragon 845 Soc clocked at 2.8Ghz coupled with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM with Adreno 630 gpu and comes with 64,128 and 256GB of on board UFS 2.1 storage. Also, asus has also put AI to its best use and comes with some really useful AI features.

The phone sports a 6.2 inch fullHD+ 1080 by 2246 pixels display with an 18.7:9 aspect ratio and runs on ZenUI on top of Android 8.0 Oreo. It has all the connectivity options like dual band Wi-Fi, 4G VoLTE, NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, FM radio, Usb type-C and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The phone is powered by a 3300mAh battery underneath the phone and comes with Quick charge 3.0 bundled with 18W charger.

PRICING - 

Now, these specifications do not make the Asus Zenfone 5z special instead what makes it special is the price. Base model with 64/6GB RAM is priced at Rs.29,999/- [435$] and 128/6GB RAM and 256/8GB RAM is priced at Rs.32,999/- [479$] and Rs.36,999/- [536$].

Now, talking about its competition Honor 10 is similarly priced and even the base model with same price has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage but another competitor One plus 6 is priced more than both of its rivals. 

COMPETITION - 

Talking about the conclusion, if you are on a budget and want a phone under 450$ or Rs.32,000/- than you can choose between Honor 10 and Asus Zenfone 5z. One last thing, that competition between these brands is proving to be very useful for us as we can get flagship grade spec phones under such prices and that is something which we never imagined before.

Also, let me know your thoughts on the comments section.

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