Samsung Galaxy M series launched - Pricing and specifications !!

Samsung Unveiled Galaxy M series budget phones - Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20

Samsung had been teasing a lot about their upcoming budget M series smartphone and Galaxy M smartphones are marketed as "India's first" smartphones for the Millenials. And Samsung finally unveiled their Made in India Galaxy M smartphones today at an event. Galaxy M series includes Samsung Galaxy M10 and Samsung Galaxy M20 where Galaxy M10 is more of a budget phone with basic specifications and Galaxy M20 is a more premium offering.

Samsung Galaxy M series

Galaxy M10 specifications -

Samsung Galaxy M10

Samsung Galaxy M10 features a 6.2inch HD+ [720x1520 pixels] Infinity-V display panel along with an aspect ratio of 19:9 and screen to body ratio of 90%. The phone runs on Android Oreo 8.1 on top of Samsung Experience 9.5 UX. The smartphone is powered by Samsung's Exynos octa-core 7870 processor clocked at 1.6Ghz, paired with either 2GB/3GB RAM options. The phone is welded to a Mali-G71 MP1 GPU for handling graphics-intensive tasks.

 Also, the phone comes with 16GB/32GB storage variants and expandable via microSD up to 512GB. The phone comes with a dual rear camera setup on the back, which includes a 13-megapixel primary camera with an aperture of f/1.9 and a secondary ultrawide 5-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.2. On the front, it includes a 5-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.0 and comes along with an In-display flash. The phone packs in a 3400 mAh battery and come with a micro USB port.

Samsung Galaxy M20 specifications - 

Samsung Galaxy M20

Samsung galaxy M20 is a more premium offering over the Galaxy M10 and a better choice overall.

Samsung Galaxy M20 features a 6.3inch HD+ [1080x2340 pixels] Infinity-V display panel along with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The phone runs on Android Oreo 8.1 on top of Samsung Experience 9.5 UX. The smartphone is powered by Samsung's Exynos octa-core 7409 [14nm] processor with dual-core Cortex A-73 clocked at 1.8Ghz and hexa-core Cortex A-53 clocked at 1.6Ghz,  paired with either 3GB/4GB RAM options. The phone is welded to a Mali-G71 MP2 GPU for handling graphics-intensive tasks. The phone comes in two storage variants, 32GB and 64GB.

This phone also comes with a dual rear camera setup at the back, which includes a 13-megapixel primary camera with an aperture of f/1.9 and a secondary ultrawide 5-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.2. On the front, it includes an 8-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.0 and comes along with an In-display flash. Galaxy M20 packs in a massive 5000mAh battery and supports fast charging via USB Type-C.

Pricing and Color options -

Samsung Galaxy M10 starts at Rs.7,990/- for the 2GB/16GB variant and Rs.8,990/- for the 3GB/32GB variant. Whereas, Samsung Galaxy M20 starts at Rs.10,990/- for the 3GB/32GB variant and Rs.12,990 for the 4GB/64GB variant. Galaxy M series would be available from February 5 through Amazon India and Samsung India e-Store. The phone will come in Charcoal Black and Ocean Blue color options.

As an introductory offer, Jio 4G customers buying the new Galaxy M-series models are entitled to receive 'Double-Data' offer on Rs.198/- and Rs.299/- recharge packs. Samsung Galaxy M-series are all set to make a statement in the Indian market.

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New Recharge plans for Jio Phone launched, Offer long term validity

Jio Recharge Plans of Rs.297 and Rs.594 launched for Jio Phone, offer long term validity

Jio has launched new recharge options for Jio Phone users and both of them are set to offer long term validity since the existing plans for Jio Phone were not more than 28 days which include Rs.49, Rs.99 and Rs.153 recharge options which are exclusively available for Jio Phone users and aren't available to regular Jio subscribers.

Rs.247 and Rs. 549 recharge options - 

Under the Rs,247 plan, Jio Phone users will get 42GB data for 84 days, which means 0.5GB of high-speed data per day along with unlimited voice calling and a complimentary subscription to Jio apps. Further, Jio is offering 300 SMS messages.

The Rs.549 plan comes with 84GB data for 168 days, meaning 0.5GB high-speed daily data along with similar benefits of Rs.247 recharge including a complimentary subscription to Jio apps. And it just provides the added benefit of longer validity for 168 days as compared to 84 days in Rs.247 recharge.

However, it is important to note that these plans have been expanded under the Jio Monsoon Hungama offer which was launched the previous year, and sit in line along with existing Jio Phone recharge plans. And these plans have been set to offer long term validity and benefits to Jio Phone customers.

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Honor 10 Lite launched in India - Pricing, Specifications and other details

Honor 10 Lite with the dual rear camera setup launched in India 

Chinese brands have always been great when it comes to value for money phones and Huawei's sub-brand Honor is already performing pretty good in the Indian market, especially when it comes to budget phones like Honor 8x and Honor 9 Lite. Following the success of Honor 9 Lite in India, Huawei has launched Honor 10 Lite in India on Tuesday at a press event in New Delhi.

Design and Display -

Honor 10 Lite comes with a 6.2-inch Full-HD+ [1080x2340 pixels] dewdrop display notch and comes with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and the smartphone comes with glossy rear glass back and has a pixel density of 415ppi along with a screen to body ratio of 91%. There is also a TUV certified eye care mode that is designed to reduce the blue light effect from the display panel. Also, the phone runs on EMUI 9.0 on top of Android Pie out of the box.

Specifications and Camera -

Under the hood, the Honor 10 Lite comes with a Hisilicon Kirin 710 Soc based on a 12nm architecture which includes four cortex A-73 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz and four cortex A-53 cores clocked at 1.7Ghz. Honor 10 Lite comes with 4GB/6GB of LPDDR4X memory and comes with an only 64GB storage option which is expandable up to 512GB via SD card. The smartphone also comes with GPU 2.0 Turbo technology, which increases the efficiency of the GPU reducing frame drops and lagging in between and it is touted to play games at an average of 60 frames per second. Coming to the camera, the smartphone sports a dual rear camera setup at the back, including a 13-megapixel primary camera with an aperture of f/1.8 and a 2-megapixel secondary camera with an aperture of f/2.4. On the front, it comes with a 24-megapixel primary camera with a pixel size of 1.8μm and f/2.0 aperture. Also, the smartphone is preloaded with AI scene detection technology and there are AI based facial recognition and light fusion technologies.

Features, Battery and Pricing -

When it comes to features, Honor 10 Lite is not far behind in terms of features with the implementation of AI. 

1. AI smart unlock feature to unlock the screen by recognizing user's facial features.
2. AI shopping and Calorie Detection that both use the camera sensors of the smartphone to deliver a smarter experience.
3. The smartphone has an AI-enhanced calls functionality to reduce noise during voice calls.
4. Also, there are Ride Mode and Party Mode pre-installed in the smartphone.

The smartphone comes with all the connectivity options like dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS/AGPS. And comes with all the basic sensors like ambient light sensor, a compass sensor, gravity sensor, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor. Besides, the smartphone packs in a 3400mAh battery. The phone is priced at Rs.13,999 for the 4GB/64GB storage variant and Rs.16,999 for the 6GB/64GB variant. Honor 10 Lite Launch offers to include a Jio cashback worth Rs.2,200 and an Rs.2,800 Cleartrip voucher. This smartphone is ready to take on the budget segment in India. And will be available via Flipkart and HiHonor India store. The sale will begin starting 12 am [Midnight] IST on January 20.

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L.G. 'Rollable' T.V. launched at CES 2019 !!

LG Rollable OLED TV Unveiled at CES 

When we talk about televisions, LG is one of those brands that doesn't seem to be lacking behind since LG on Monday at CES, unveiled the world's first rollable TV under its Signature series.

As a trend of bendable displays at CES started taking shape and all of these rollable and bendable displays at CES were no more a concept anymore. Also, because LG Signature Rollable television would be commercially available.

"What science fiction directors imagined decades ago is now a reality", LG senior vice president of marketing David Vanderwaal said while introducing the OLED TV R at CES 2019.

How rollable TV works? 

It would be the first thing, coming in your mind that how does it work? And we are here to tell you.

So, L.G. Signature Rollable television is also a piece of furniture along with television. The TV comes with a large aluminum stand in which the TV retracts itself and lives inside it. And top of the stand, there is a motorized cover that runs along its entire width and it slides back to allow the TV to retract. Around the back, you'll see a rigid construction that appears to be a brace in the form of criss cross section. And presumably, it helps to maintain the rigidity of the TV when fully retracted.

So, you can fix the OLED screen in three different positions - Full view, Line view, and Zero view.

Full view is the mode in which TV fully retracts itself from the stand and using all 65 inches.

Line view is the mode when the TV drops itself down to the stand but there's a strip of the TV that is visible and shows the handful of information such as weather and clock, photographs from the smartphone and also shows track information when used as a wireless speaker. Zero view is the mode when TV fully retracts itself into the stand.

Now, you might be wondering, where does the speaker come from? Well, there is a 4.2 channel, 100w speaker built-into the aluminum stand which acts as a soundbar when the TV is in Zero view mode.

Specifications and Features -

LG Signature rollable TV (LG OLED R659) is a 65 inch Signature rollable OLED TV and comes with the LG's latest second generation Alpha 9 processor along with LG's new AI picture and AI sound processing. Also, all the connectivity ports are on the back of the stand including four HDMI inputs to 2.1 standard. And the TV also supports High frame rate [HFR] along with the support of the variable frame rate and the TV is fully compatible with eARC.

Now if we talk about the strong points, the TV has an innovative design, good picture quality but the bad point is that it would be very expensive. This TV is all set to spark a trend in the television line-up among the brands.

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Dell launched its Flagship Gaming laptop Area 51-M at CES 2019

Alienware Area 51-M launched with upgradable CPU and GPU at CES 2019

Dell launched its latest flagship gaming offering in its Alienware series called the Alienware Area 51-M and it boasts of some very unique features like a modular design which gives the option to swap out and upgrade both of its CPU and GPU which provides excellent flexibility for gamers and they do not have to replace the entire laptop for any of the essential upgrades. The Alienware Area 51-M will be available from 29th of January starting from $2,549 with lower end configurations to be available very soon.

Alienware Area-M51

The laptop has built on an all-new design language named 'Legend' and the chassis uses magnesium alloy and comes with a three-knuckled hinge design which reduces the overall footprint of the device. And this laptop is designed to be meant as a desktop replacement in its true form.

It weighs around 3.8kg and comes with a certain amount of theft along with narrow bezels on the side. Also, being an Alienware laptop it comes with all the bells and whistles like 5th generation of Tobii Eye-tracking technology, customizable lighting, Cryo-tech 2.0 technology for better cooling and also comes with company's TactX keyboard with 2.2m travel and pre-key RGB lighting.

Alienware Area51-M specifications -

The laptop uses desktop-class Intel 9th generation CPUs ranging from Intel i7-8700 to Intel i9-990k and since the laptop is upgradable, it uses Intel Z390 socketed motherboard, just like one would find on desktops. Also, Area 51-m supports desktop-class GPU and those are available with a choice from RTX Geforce 2070 with 6GB of GDDR4 RAM, RTX Geforce 2070 with 8GB of GDDR4 RAM or RTX Geforce 2080 with 8GB of DDR4 RAM. Since the GPU isn't soldered into the motherboard, you could swap it out for any other graphics card down the line. Also, you get four ram slots which can accommodate up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM and comes with single, dual and triple storage configurations ranging from PCIe M.2 SSDs to even from the RAID 0 configurations.

The Alienware Area 51-M is only available with a 17.3-inch display and supports resolution up to Full-HD and comes with a bunch of customizations, one with the standard 60Hz panel, one with Nvidia G-sync, a 144hz panel, and Tobii Eye Tracking technology and also comes with the ultimate combo which includes all of these. The laptop also features an HD webcam with dual array mics and stereo speakers.

Connectivity options include three USB 3.1 ports [Type A], one Thunderbolt port [Type C], HDMI 2.0, Displayport 1.4, headphone and microphone sockets, gigabit ethernet and an Alienware amplifier port. Also, the laptop is powered by a 90WHr battery to feed power to those hungry components and the laptop ships with two AC adapters with varying wattage dependent on the configuration you pick.

For now, it's confirmed that this new breed of Gaming Laptop is ready to spark a trend in 2019.

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Foldable phone from Xiaomi ??

Xiaomi's Foldable phone allegedly spotted in a leaked video

When Samsung showcased the raw version of its foldable phone on a Samsung's Developer Conference in San Francisco. It builds up the hype as to be the world's first foldable phone and the fact that Samsung has used its own 'Infinity Flex Display' which is a foldable display by Samsung and the foldable phone would be in mass production from March 2019. But for now, Xiaomi is back in the news for the folding tablet leaked in a video purportedly made by Xiaomi. 

There is a mobile phone tipster Evann Blass by the twitter handle @evleaks. So, he tweeted the video and in his tweet, said he can't vouch for the authenticity of the video and that the device is purportedly made by Xiaomi.

 If we talk about the details in the video, it can be seen that the tablet can be seen folding from the right side than from the left side and after the tablet has been folded, it looks like a phone with a wide display. Also, the tablet seems to be running on Android which is very similar to Xiaomi's MIUI and the system language of the leaked device appears to be Chinese. And it also uses swipe gesture control from Android - Swipe down from the bottom of the screen to go back home. Also, blass tweeted, that the device is capable of charging other phones or watches. The video has been shot in a very dark room, and it doesn't reveal many details about the device's looks apart from the screen and the folding mechanism. This is not confirmed yet whether it is the device by Xiaomi or any other mobile manufacturer. So, we would request our users to take it just as a rumor until it gets confirmed.

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