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Meizu 16T: Design and Display The Meizu 16T features an all-glass design and comes in three colors: Green, Orange, and Blue. It has a glass back on the rear and a 6.5-inch (2232 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED display. The display offers up to 600 nits of brightness and supports 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. Since there is no fingerprint scanner on the rear, the display has a Super mTouch in-display fingerprint scanner integrated into the display for authentication, which, according to the company, takes only 0....

Specifications wise, the new Note 3 flaunts a 5.5-inch Full HD display (~403ppi) and comes with a stunning metal unibody body design, something which is getting pretty mainstream among OEMs now. It runs on MediaTek’s Helio P10 Octa-Core processor along with 3GB of RAM and Mali-T860 GPU which company claims will offer 125% bump in performance over the previous generation. There’s also a fingerprint scanner housed under the home button up front....

Speaking of which, we need to state the price of the device at the very outset, for it is, to in Raju PP’s rare forays into Hindi, its Suraksha Kawach (“protective armour”). No matter what the device’s critics say, what cannot be denied is that Micromax has managed to deliver a decent specced tablet and notebook combination at a price of Rs 14,999 (~$235). And before you say, “Well, Asus did the eeeBook for the same price,” we need to point out that that worthy (which incidentally, is a superb device in its own right), did NOT come with a detachable display that could morph into a tablet (well, the and well, there is the little matter of 3G as well – yep, the Canvas LapTab has a 3G sim card slot too)....

Recent positioning of brands in India Recently, major brands posted the numbers achieved by them in the last quarter of the year 2015 and we are not surprised to see Samsung at the top of the chart, yet again. The South Korean handset maker owned 28.6% market share in the smartphone domain, which is a significant improvement over the same period of last year (27.4% in 2014). In 2015, Micromax had the second largest chunk of the market share with a 14....

Netflix comes with some niggles and one of the is that you can’t stream videos at 1080p on PC browsers. Microsoft, however, said in a blog post that the Edge Browser can stream the videos at 1080p and further PC World confirmed the same with its tests. At this juncture, Netflix is offering a maximum resolution of 1080p on PC browser while selected few smart TV’s and streaming boxes do get 4K Support....

Here is an extract from MSLT. It is quite common these days for people to have a desktop as well as a notebook at home. So, it will be unfair to buy multiple licenses of MS office in order to use it on both the PCs. That must be the reason behind this not so well publicized licensing. The same logic holds good for other productivity suites as well. So make sure you do the painful reading of the license terms before buying an additional license....

Microsoft says it’s the most substantial revolution the smartphone will encounter and honestly, we can’t argue with that given how far they’ve come with their universal platform agenda. Touting them as “Cellular PCs”, Microsoft has been able to employ the x86 code found with the Windows 10 on the mobile ARM architecture. In layman’s terms, this will essentially allow using the traditional desktop operating system as well as software on mobile processors....

Windows 10 looks like an amalgamation of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft has retained the Live Tiles (or Modern UI) of Windows 8, but has brought back the much missed features like Start Menu and shortcuts for Shutdown & restart. “It gives the familiarity of Windows 7 with some of the elements of Windows 8,” said Joe Belfiore. This is how the new start screen looks. You’ll be able to resize the tiles on the Start Menu....

Recently a vendor had leaked the photos of the Moto G 2015 and the fact that the promotional video sports the same device in it adds an extra bit of credibility. Moto G 2015 is rumored to be powered by the Snapdragon 410 SoC and in all likelihood the phone might come in a 1GB RAM/8GB storage variant and a 2GB/16GB storage version. The video starts off with a line “We present the New” and shows a couple of slides along with explaining the features of the phone....

Top 4 Reasons to Buy the Moto X4 Beautiful, Yet Sturdy Oh, you beauty! With its all-glass exteriors, the Moto X4 looks simply stunning. The best part is that Motorola is using Corning Gorilla Glass on both sides. So, you need not worry about breaking Moto X4 that easily. Furthermore, the back of the device curves gently towards the edges, thereby giving it a nice in-hand feel. To the center lies the dual camera setup surrounded by a matte finish metallic ring....

The Nokia 7.2 attempts to fix that. And tries to emerge as a viable contender in the highly competitive mid-segment of the Indian smartphone market. But does it succeed? Forget that chip… Some might feel that the former smartphone number one is perhaps still off the pace a little. In case you missed our first cut, the 7.2 is decently specced, but comes with a 6.3 inch full HD+ display, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor, with 4 GB and 6 GB RAM variants, 64 GB storage (expandable), a 3500 mAh battery and has a fingerprint scanner on the back....

Nokia 8.3 5G: Design and Display The Nokia 8.3 features an all-glass design with a punch-hole cutout on the front and a quad-camera setup on the rear, arranged in a circular arrangement. Towards the front, the phone has a 6.81-inch PureDisplay with FHD+ resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, and a hole-punch cutout to house the front camera. Nokia 8.3 comes in only one colorway: Polar Night. Nokia 8.3 5G: Performance At its core, the handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor that offers 5G connectivity with NSA/SA and DSS support....

So I dallied and played my share of golf games on iOS and Android from the relatively simple Stickman Golf series to the more complex Tiger Woods titles. There have been games that have been minimalistic in the extreme to those whose attention to detail would have got Steve Jobs dancing in delight. Ok Golf, however, is something else altogether. The game has been making waves for the past few days – in spite of coming with a price tag (USD 2....

Olympus’ new Air A01 add-on camera is a smartphone-controlled camera somewhat similar to the Sony QX1, which was launched back in the fall of 2013. The Olympus Air A01 comes with a Micro Four Thirds lens mount with a matching 16-megapixel sensor, and also gets a tripod mount on the bottom for taking pictures remotely. The camera attachment comes in black and white colors and is available for a price of $300....

Design and Display The OnePlus 7 has a pretty familiar design and comes with a 6.41-inch AMOLED display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 2340 x 1080 pixels screen resolution, and a waterdrop notch at the top to incorporate the front-facing camera and the earpiece. The display also comes with features like Video Enhancer, Reading Mode, and Night Mode. Apparently, the design of the OnePlus 7 is quite identical to the previous model from the company, the OnePlus 6T with a similar kind of placement for the volume rockers and power button....

In terms of design, the Reborn 3 gets rid of lines between different sections to avoid distractions and now offers two themes: light and dark. The dark theme helps protect eyes in dark times and helps to save battery. Opera has also redesigned the tabs to make it easier for users to get hold of multiple open tabs at once. It has moved features like ‘easy setup’ and ‘snapshot’ to the access bar to provide convenience to the users....

The Oppo F5 comes in a characteristic metal unibody design that features horizontal antenna lines at the bottom and the top end of the phone. To the front, lies a huge 6 inch Full HD+ Full Screen 18:9 display with minimal bezels on the forehead and chin. Apparently, the new age 18:9 display has allowed Oppo to accommodate a pretty large display in a rather small form factor. The upcoming Oppo R11s and the OnePlus 5 is said to come with similar display technology, albeit they will come with slightly smaller panels....

The Oppo R17 features the company’s new so-called “Teardrop design” which translates to a narrower notch at the top of the screen, similar to what we’ve seen on the Essential Phone. In addition, the phone will be available in two iridescent color options including Twilight Blue and Starry Purple. In spite of the lack of “Pro” here, the Oppo R17 is no slouch as far as the hardware is concerned....

Oppo Watch: Design and Display For starters, the Oppo Watch comes in two sizes: 41mm and 46mm, with minimal bezels around the display. The casing is made out of aluminum and features two buttons for navigation. There is 5ATM of dust and water resistance, allowing you to wear your watch while performing different physical activities. Talking about the display, the 41mm features a 1.6-inch display, while the 46mm model has a 1....

Looks: small wonders We have been hearing about lens accessories for smartphones for a while now, and we decided to finally try our hand with some from one of the best known companies around – Photojojo. We placed our order for a couple of lenses from their site – a telephoto and a wide angle/macro one – each lens cost $20, and so we were in the red by about $40 (with another $10-11 thrown in to get the lens shipped to India, in a couple of weeks)....