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BenQ Has Launched Two New Monitors in India

BenQ has launched two new entertainment monitors in India. The monitors carry model numbers EW3280U and EW2780Q. BenQ EW3280U monitor has a 32-inch 4K UHD 3840x2160 pixels IPS panel that supports BenQ's HDRi and VESA DisplayHDR 400 for optimised images and an immersive display experience. BenQ says that its HDRi technology combines brightness intelligence, colour saturation, balance optimisation, and proprietary HDR image techniques to accentuate image contrast and clarity It comes with 5 millisecond GtG response time and a 60Hz refresh rate. The monitor has two built-in 2W BenQ ‘treVolo' stereo speakers and one 5W woofer on board. It has 95 percent DCI-P3 color gamut with HDR, and supports FreeSync technology. There is an additional USB Type-C port on board alongside the other traditional ports like HDMI. It comes with several eye-care features like Brightness Intelligence Plus, low blue light, and flicker-free technologies, as well as a new ePaper Mode, Eye Remind

Motorola Could Be Working On a Flagship Smartphone

Motorola could be working on a flagship smartphone. Two renders of a mysterious Motorola phone and a schematic sketch of the back have surfaced online. These were spotted first on Weibo, as per a report by China's CNMO. The renders show the front of the phone, and it is seen to have a hole-punch cutout placed in the top centre. The sides are all curved, including the top and bottom edges. There are no side buttons on the phone, and it remains to be seen how physical buttons will be integrated on this handset The schematic sketch shows that the phone may have a quad rear camera setup that comprises three sensors in one line and a fourth sensor placed on the side. There's also a flash sitting on the opposite side. All the sensors are placed inside a rectangular module on the top-centre of the back panel. There's no rear fingerprint sensor seen in the schematic sketch, hinting that it may have a under-screen fingerprint scanner. Motorola flagship phone that was rep

Eufy Has Announced a Bluetooth Enabled Smart Weighing Scale C1 in India

Eufy has announced a Bluetooth enabled ‘Smart Weighing Scale C1' in India. It has 12 types of health measurements such as weight, body fat, BMI, water, BMR, visceral fat, body fat mass, lean body mass, bone mass, muscle mass, and muscle. The weighing scale can store up to 100 readings, as per the company It can be connected via Bluetooth to the Eufy Home app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play. Once connected to your smartphone, the data recorded syncs to the Eufy Home app. Users can track the health trends of up to 16 users from one account, with users having their own profiles. the Smart Weighing Scale C1 is built with a pair of super sensitive G-shaped sensors that ensure more precise measurements compared to other sensor types. The smart scale comes with an ITO coating layer on the surface, which Eufy claims is to ensure precise measurements every time a user steps on to the device. The weighing scale has anti-slip topcoat to ensure stability and ro

Xiaomi Mi 11 Has Now Been Officially Unveiled as the Company's Newest Flagship Phone

Xiaomi Mi 11 has now been officially unveiled as the company's newest flagship phone. The Mi 11 is also the first smartphone to debut with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC that was unveiled earlier this month and is expected to power a list of premium phones early next year. Xiaomi Mi 11 runs on Android 10 with MIUI 12.5 and features a 6.81-inch 2K WQHD 1,440x3,200 pixels AMOLED display with 1500 nits of peak brightness, 5000000:1 contrast ratio, and 515ppi of pixel density The display with a hole-punch design also includes up to 120Hz refresh rate that can go even down to 30Hz depending on the usage. There is also a touch sampling rate of 480Hz. Mi 11 offers DCI-P3 colour gamut as well as supports HDR10+ and Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation (MEMC) that was featured on the OnePlus 8 Pro earlier. There is also the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection on top, and 8,192 levels of brightness adjustment. Xiaomi claims that the Mi 11 has already achieved the A+ rating

Huawei Working on a New Kirin 990-Based Laptop

Huawei working on a new Kirin 990-based laptop. the company  has confirmed its plans for a desktop PC powered by its HiSilicon ARM chip. And now, we've received more details about this upcoming laptop via a leak. The image shared on Weibo shows the laptop to be powered by the Kirin 990 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD for storage. The laptop is also shown to come with a decently sized 14-inch display with support for up to 1080p resolutions The leaked image also shows that the Huawei laptop will come running the Linux-based Deepin OS 20, however, it is expected that the laptop like others from Hauwei  will make the transition to HarmonyOS in the future. The leak also reveals the name of the laptop, which has been revealed to be called the Qingyun L410. The leaks adds that the laptop is expected to be a cheaper version of the existing MateBook 14. Further, it is said that there's also the possibility of the device coming with 5G connectivity given that th

Oppo X Tom Ford Slider Smartphone a New Rollable Smartphone Concept Has Leaked

Oppo X Tom Ford slider smartphone, a new rollable smartphone concept has leaked. LetsGoDigital has shared renders of the Oppo X Tom Ford slider smartphone concept, that it says have been obtained from company documentation. When not rolled out, the smartphone is a small, squarish device that should fit into your pockets easily. As mentioned, the screen can be pulled out from the top edge, making it taller upon retraction The report says that the display area increases by about 80 percent when pulled out. The edges of the screen are rounded and the phone has two golden pull tabs on the sides for easy rolling of the screen and can even be hung around the neck, according to the report. There's a triple camera setup seen at the back with the sensors aligned horizontally in the top centre of the module. The back seems to have a soft leather finish, but the space around the camera has a wood grain structure, and the words Oppo X Tom Ford - Design for concept Shakira engraved

Samsung Galaxy M12 Has Reportedly Been Spotted on Thailand's NBTC Certification Website

Samsung Galaxy M12 has reportedly been spotted on Thailand's NBTC certification website. Samsung Galaxy M12 is also said to have appeared on US FCC website, suggesting that the phone will come with a battery carrying model code EB-BM207ABY, which is of a 6,000mAh cell. A back panel image and renders, allegedly of the Samsung Galaxy M12 smartphone, leaked previously suggest a quad rear camera setup on the phone The phone with the same model number also recently surfaced on Geekbench. The listing suggests that the Samsung Galaxy M12 could be powered by the Exynos 850 SoC, paired with 3GB of RAM, running on Android 11.Earlier this month, the Samsung phone also appeared on Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance websites. The listings suggested that the rumoured Samsung Galaxy M12 phone could get Bluetooth v5.0 and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi. A smartphone with a similar model number SM-M127G/DS, believed to be another variant of the Samsung Galaxy M12, is also said to have completed BIS certifi

Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G Has Been Launched in China

Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G has been launched in China. Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G runs on Android 11 with ColorOS 11.1 on top. It features a 6.55-inch full-HD+ 1,080x2,400 pixels AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and a 90Hz refresh rate. The display also has a pixel density of 402ppi and includes a touch sampling rate of 180Hz. Under the hood, the phone comes with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, coupled with 8GB or 12GB of RAM Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G comes with a quad rear camera setup that features a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 lens. The camera setup also includes a 13-megapixel telephoto shooter and a 2-megapixel macro shooter both with an f/2.4 aperture. Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G offers a 32-megapixel camera sensor at the front with an f/2.4 lens that has a field-of-view (FoV) of 81 degrees. Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G comes in 128GB and 256GB storage options. Both aren't expandable via microSD car

Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition True Wireless Stereo (TWS) Earbuds Have Launched

Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have launched. Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition feature Bluetooth v5 for connectivity, and are powered by 10mm dynamic drivers. They offer active noise cancellation with noise reduction of up to 35dB, thanks to a dual-microphone system for ANC and voice calls. Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition include a 94ms low latency mode, along with a transparency mode for letting ambient noise in. Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition claim to offer up to 25 hours of battery life, thanks to the large 486mAh battery in the case. With ANC kept on, Realme says you can use them for up to 20 hours with the case. Also, it is said to support fast charging with 15 minutes of charge offering seven hours of playback. Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition come with IPX4 water resistance and has a Realme S1 chip for intelligent noise cancellation. There's also dual-mic noise cancellation for sharper and clearer calls. The case

Huawei Smart Screen S and Smart Screen S Pro Smart TV Models Have Been Launched in China

Huawei Smart Screen S and Smart Screen S Pro smart TV models have been launched in China. Huawei Smart Screen S comes in 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch options, while the Smart Scree S Pro comes in 65-inch and 75-inch options, all of which offer 4K LCD with 92 percent coverage of DCI-P3 colour space, 5,000:1 contrast ratio, and 16:9 aspect ratio The 55-inch model of the Smart Screen S comes with a 60Hz refresh rate and 300 nits of peak brightness. All the other Smart Screen S and Smart Screen S Pro models come with 120Hz refresh rate displays with 350 nits of peak brightness. The new TV models are powered by the Honghu Smart Chip that includes a quad-core CPU with two Cortex-A73 cores and two Cortex-A53 cores. There is also a quad-core Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. The TV models come with 3GB of RAM and up to 32GB of storage. Audio is handled by two 10W full frequency speakers and two 10W high frequency speakers. Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi, and HDMI 2.0, AV (3 in 1), U

Tata Sky Has Made its Classroom Service Free For all its Subscribers

Tata Sky has made its Classroom service free for all its subscribers. This service is available for free on channel number 653 and offers access to educational content on TV. Tata Sky Classroom service was first launched in 2016, and comes with over 700 animated concept learning videos for Maths and Science. This service does not have with ads and is available in Hindi and English both. With this, Tata Sky aims to offer students across India with learning content on TV, given that schools have not reopened and studies are still being held online Tata Sky Classroom service is catered towards students from class 5 to 8. As mentioned, it is available in both English and Hindi. Apart from video lessons, there are also educational games that are not only engaging but offer kids knowledge as well. On this channel, Tata Sky has divided the academic syllabus in two parts  from April to September and from October to March. In the first three months of each part, Tata Sky will run le

Qualcomm Has Released Synthetic Benchmark Results Of Its New Flagship Snapdragon 888 Processor

Qualcomm has released synthetic benchmark results of its new flagship Snapdragon 888 processor. The chip-maker announced the Snapdragon 888 on the first day of the summit as it gave a glimpse of what’s coming to the flagship smartphones of 2021. Qualcomm conducted a series of synthetic benchmark tests on a reference design powered by the Snapdragon 888 chip and looks like we have yet another winner at our hands However, Qualcomm reiterated its stand on using benchmark apps as it believes that they only measure a subset of use cases and fail to capture the wide array of experiences enabled by Snapdragon, including connectivity, photography, videography, audio, battery life and charging speeds, and more. Qualcomm ran each test three times so the scores shared are the average result from three iterations. The Snapdragon 888 powered device scored 735439 points on AnTuTu benchmark which is more than the score of the current leaderboard champion Huawei Mate 40 Pro with a score of

Microsoft Working on In-House Chip to Replace Intel Processors

Microsoft Working on In-House Chip to Replace Intel Processors on Surface Laptops. The world's largest software maker is using Arm designs to produce a processor that will be used in its data centers, according to people familiar with the plans. It's also exploring using another chip that would power some of its Surface line of personal computers. The people asked not to be identified discussing private initiatives. Intel's stock dropped 6.3 percent to close at $47.46  in New York, leaving it down 21 percent this year Microsoft's efforts are more likely to result in a server chip than one for its Surface devices, though the latter is possible, said one of the people. The company's chip design unit reports to Jason Zander, head of the Azure cloud business, rather than Panos Panay, who oversees Surface products. Representatives of Microsoft and Arm declined to comment on whether Microsoft is working on server and PC processors. Microsoft has stepped up hir

Amazfit GTS 2 With OxygenBeats AI Engine Launched in India

Amazfit GTS 2 With OxygenBeats AI Engine Launched in India. Amazfit GTS 2 comes with a rectangular 1.65-inch AMOLED display with 341ppi of pixel density and peak brightness of 450 nits. The smartwatch incorporates diamond-like carbon (oDLC) coating to provide scratch-resistant and wear-resistant surface. IT also has Amazon Alexa integration for voice commands The Amazfit GTS 2 comes with an Always-on Display, and users can customise watch faces with images of their choice. The smartwatch is equipped with an OxygenBeats AI Engine to measure blood-oxygen saturation. It offers 24-hour heart rate tracking, Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) health assessment system, sleep quality monitoring and stress detection. The smartwatch comes with 12 built-in sports modes, and features 5ATM water-resistance. The Amazfit GTS 2 supports controlling mobile music playback through the watch, and comes with 3GB of local music storage. Users can pair Amazfit PowerBuds wireless headphones to d

Redmi 9 Power With Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC Launched in India

Redmi 9 Power With Quad Rear Cameras, Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC Launched in India. Redmi 9 Power runs on Android 10 with MIUI 12 on top and features a 6.53-inch full-HD+ 1,080x2,340 pixels Dot Drop  display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 400 nits of brightness, and a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC, paired with Adreno 610 GPU and 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM The Redmi 9 Power offers the quad rear camera setup that houses a 48-megapixel primary camera sensor, along with an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens, 2-megapixel macro shooter, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. This is unlike the Redmi Note 9 4G that had triple rear cameras, with the absence of a macro shooter. Redmi 9 Power flaunts an 8-megapixel camera sensor at the front. The camera sensor also supports artificial intelligence (AI) Face Unlock. The Redmi 9 Power comes with up to 128GB of onboard UFS 2.2 storage that is expandable via mi

Oppo A15s With Triple Rear Cameras Launched in India

Oppo A15s With Triple Rear Cameras, MediaTek Helio P35 SoC Launched in India. Oppo A15s runs ColorOS 7.2 and features a 6.52-inch HD+ display with 89 percent screen-to-body ratio and a notch for the selfie camera. The phone is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC and comes with 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage Oppo A15s comes with a triple rear camera setup. You get a 13-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel macro shooter, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor on the back, placed inside a square camera module that also houses the flash. At the front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. Oppo A15s include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and more. There is also a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. It is backed by a 4,230mAh battery Oppo A15s comes in a single 4GB + 64GB storage model, priced at Rs. 11,490. It is offered in three colour options namely, Dynamic Black, Fancy White, and Rainbow Silver. As per a company press release, the phone will go on sale starting D

Facebook Collab Experimental Music-Making App Has Been Launched On Apple's App Store

Facebook Collab experimental music-making app has been launched on Apple's App Store. Facebook's NPE team said that they had worked closely with the beta test community to make updates to the creation, sharing, and discovery of new collabs. Audio syncing is one of the improvements that will help users adjust their recordings to be aligned with others in the collab. Collab automates the complexity of audio and video syncing so you can easily produce a final composition you love, the Facebook NPE team said The social media giant also said that no musical training or experience is required to use the app. To create a collab, you're required to swipe on any row to bring in a new video clip that could sound good with your composition. Facebook said that it had optimised the experience for loads of setups after testing with dozens of headsets and hardware configurations since May. Users can now even use external audio interfaces to bring music from electronic instrume