Samsung recently launched the Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ with reimagined cameras which didn’t do well as expected and now Samsung has already begun preparing for the next year flagship with Samsung Galaxy S10.
As per The Bell, Samsung has finalized the design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10.As per Bell, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 will come with iPhone X 3D camera on the front. The new 3D camera will be made by Israeli startup Mantis Vision according to Industry Insiders.The new 3D camera will be smaller in size and will not require a notch as found on iPhone X.
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 will also come with under-display fingerprint scanner this time which will be made by Taiwanese company Aegis Tech.Display fingerprint recognition is being developed by three sensor companies, Qualcomm and Synaptics in the US, and Aegis Tech in Taiwan.Now the Samsung Galaxy S10 will have the same Infinity display one found on S8 and S9 with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9 but will have slightly larger display size this time with 5.8 inches and 6.3 inches on Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy S10+ respectively.
The display production will start from Nov 2019 and there might be changes in the specs of the device in the middle.There are also rumors of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus might be the first smartphones to come with 5G support.Samsung Galaxy S10 will be powered by SD855 SoC for countries like the US, China etc and Exynos 9820 SoC for other countries as per previous leaks.
Xiaomi is now planning to add a new budget smartphone under the Redmi series with new Redmi S2 as per XDA Developers.With the help of Redmi S2 firmware leaks, XDA developers managed to get some of the specs details of the device.
As per the source, the upcoming Redmi S2 will sport anywhere between 5.0 inches to 5.5 inches HD+ display with a resolution of 1440*720p having an aspect ratio of 18:9.It will be powered by SD625 SoC coupled with 16GB internal storage space which can be expanded via microSD card but no details about the RAM.
The Redmi S2 will feature 12MP single rear camera using Sony IMX486 or Omnivision OV12A10 sensor whereas 5MP selfie shooter which is using Samsung S5K5E8 sensor.The device will also support Face Unlock, EIS and Portrait Mode.As per the firmware, the device is running on Android 8.1 with MIUI 9.0 on top.
All this is fueled by 3080 mAh battery and the firmware comes in both Indian as well as Chinese variants.There are rumors about Xiaomi might announce the Redmi S2 along with the Mi 6X later next week.
Micromax upcoming smartphone the Micromax YU 5 is now spotted on GeekBench listing.Micromax is trying hard to make a comeback and tackle the Chinese smartphone manufacturers.So now we have spotted a budget smartphone which Micromax might launch in coming weeks in India.
As per the listing, the device is listed as Micromax YU 5 which is running on Android 8.1 out of the box.It is powered by msm8953 which is none other than SD625 SoC clocked at 1.8 GHz coupled with 2GB RAM.
Apart from this, nothing much has been revealed about the alleged Micromax YU 5.The Micromax YU 5 scored 771 under single-core test and 3823 under multi-cores test.
ASUS, the Taiwanese leader in smartphones and IT technology, and Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, today announced a long-term strategic partnership that will see Flipkart become an ASUS premier partner and seller for smartphones, starting with models that have been specially designed to address Indian market needs.
The purpose of this partnership not only covers sales and marketing of products by Flipkart but will also include the following scope:
Flipkart will be the primary sales channel for ASUS ZenFones. The MOU will further provide customers with the opportunity to enjoy exclusive access to ASUS ZenFones on the e-commerce platform
Both companies will collaborate in the co-creation of new products for the Indian market based on consumer insights
On the marketing front, both companies will extensively support each other in the planning and execution of marketing activities for ASUS ZenFones
The partnership will kick off with both companies announcing the launch of first-to-world product developed under this scope: the ZenFone Max Pro, powered by Snapdragon 636 on 23rd April 2018.
The partnership with Flipkart is one of the major steps in a series of other strategic efforts by ASUS to deepen its commitment to the Indian market and consumers to further fuel the company’s growth and strengthen its position in the market.
Commenting on the announcement, ASUS CEO Jerry Shen said, “As a core pillar of our consumer-centric strategy in India, we see tremendous opportunity in creating products and services that address India’s special market needs. With Flipkart’s partnership, we aim to gain more insights about Indian consumers’ needs which can help us develop even more suitable products for the Indian market. Flipkart’s unparalleled distribution reach and marketing strengths will help ASUS build strong awareness for our innovative high-value products and reach consumers across India. We strongly believe this collaboration will provide both companies better opportunity to provide delightful propositions to Indian consumers.”
Commenting on the announcement, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said, “Flipkart has driven the adoption of smartphones in India, and grown the market, through innovations and a deep sense of knowing what consumers want. With this partnership with Asus, we’re multiplying those efforts by collaborating to leverage our individual strengths — data-driven research & insights, and technological prowess — to build smartphones truly customized for India. Asus is a trusted brand worldwide with a 3 decade global legacy in technology and innovation. Ultimately, we want the latest smartphone technology to be affordable and accessible to everyone, but, while we’re at it, we also want to ensure Indian consumers get smartphones with features they most want.”
To further embed itself as part of the Indian community, ASUS also announced support for digitizing India and aiding the digital education of the needy in Indian society through its CSR initiatives.
At the event, ASUS also displayed a complete lineup of new innovations since 2014 including smartphones, motherboards, gaming PC, high-end routers and even the first smart home robot Zenbo to demonstrate ASUS technology and innovation capabilities.
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced its Annual Channel Partner Day event, held from 12th to 14th April, in the verdant environs of Shimla. During the event, the company unveiled its latest strategic products and solutions and shared market & sales insights. The three-day event witnessed engaging sessions delving into areas such as the global threat landscape, on securing the connected world and an update on the partner program initiatives by Trend Micro.
As part of the partner program update, the event saw the rollout of a very comprehensive channel program, one which will ‘reward partners’ who have demonstrated a good technical capability to deploy and service their customers, among other parameters. Trend Micro announced the MDF (Marketing Development Fund) for their partner community who are in the Gold and Platinum category, depending upon the revenue that they achieve, thereby enabling a collaborative market development activity. The company has already rolled out the ‘rebate program’ for partners, wherein their top focused partners, across Gold, Platinum, and Silver categories are eligible for a rebate, depending upon the revenue they achieve, which would be over and above the margins that they make. Apart from this, there would also be sales incentives for individual sellers from the partner organizations, depending upon the strategic solution offered.
Trend Micro is also enrolling partners for Professional Services, who would be involved in deployment, service and support customers. To further enable their partners, they are also launching the ‘Product Cloud’ platform. Trend Micro will make the ‘Product Cloud’ accessible for most of their focused channel partners, so that they can use their products which are deployed in the cloud, helping them demonstrate the product capabilities to all their customers.
Speaking on the significance of the event, Nilesh Jain, Vice President – South East Asia and India, Trend Micro, commented, “We have been growing very fast and the last year has been one of the fastest growing years for us. Most of the growth came from across our product line, whether it was Endpoint security, Cloud security or Network defense security. We wanted to recognize the fact, that this growth would not have been possible without the support of our channel/partner ecosystem. They were there when we wanted to bridge the solution with the customer, during deployment & servicing, as well as during post-support instances. This channel event is all about thanking them for all the support that they have extended to us all through the year, as well as to plan for the next 1 to 2 years strategy of working together.”
“In the light of how customer expectations are changing very rapidly, in terms of how security services are to be delivered and how ROI has to be measured, it’s important for partners to look at engaging with the right set of vendors. Firstly, a vendor who understands CIO’s and CSO’s mindset, and are trying to customize their offerings with the requirements of the customer. Secondly, a partner who can stand long-term with them and finally a vendor who is channel oriented. These are essentially the three criteria’s that partners should look for in their vendors”, he further added.
Nilesh in his keynote session on ‘Global Threat landscape and Trend Micro Direction’ also stressed on how Trend Micro is helping CIO’s and CSO’s, who are faced with a limited budget, to put back their critical assets in this complex environment. An environment where they are trying to adapt to Big Data, AI, Machine Learning and Robotics while moving their Severs to Cloud.
The event culminated with an enriching CSR activity organized at the MCD local Government Senior Secondary School, Totu. The initiative included several outbound activities, like the Cybersecurity briefing drive for students above grade 10; a Gratitude drive which saw donation of tracksuits, water cooler, CCTV cameras, badminton rackets, basketballs, cricket bats, cricket balls, footballs and books; and a Cleanliness drive involving clearing of garbage at the Valley area with planting of around 400 tree saplings in the school campus.
HUAWEI P20 Pro has been ranked as best camera smartphone, according to DxOMark Rankings, a trusted industry standard for camera and lens image quality measurements and ratings. Achieving highest DxOMark’s scores, the HUAWEI P20 Pro surpasses the scores of other top smartphones present by taking number one spot in both photo and video rankings.
Achieving an overall score of 109 points, the Huawei P20 Pro sets a new benchmark for smartphone cameras on DxOMark.com, outscoring other smartphones on the camera aspect by a significant margin. Backed by world’s first Leica triple camera, the P20 Pro comes with a 40-megapixel RGB sensor, a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor, and 8-megapixel telephoto sensor, wide aperture to capture crisp, clear details enhancing the user experience. The Huawei P20 Pro also allows long-range photography of up to 5X Hybrid Zoom and click details which we are not visible from naked eyes. Its highly sensitive image sensor captures low light photos with up to ISO 102400*.
The Huawei P20 Series devices support six-axis stabilization and 960fps super slow motion, which is 4x higher than the standard 240 fps and captures details that cannot be seen with the naked eye. With Ultra Snapshot mode, the devices can capture an image in as little as 0.3 seconds by just double-clicking the down volume button, even from an off screen. The Huawei P20 is a winner in the video mode as well, thanks to class-leading image stabilization, a good autofocus, and very low noise levels. With 98 points in the video mode, Huawei P20 Pro is the best all-around mobile device in the industry.
With the world’s first On board AI Kirin 970 processor and dedicated NPU, the HUAWEI P20 Series automatically identifies more than 500 different scenarios in 19 categories and selects photography modes and camera settings to deliver incredible, professional-looking images – even for amateur photographers. In addition, Huawei AIS steadies handheld night shots for incredible long exposure images without a tripod. Brand new to Huawei’s advanced camera system is 4D predictive focus. In this mode, the camera predicts moving objects and focuses on them with extreme efficiency to capture minute details of objects in motion. In addition, the Huawei P20 Series features AI-Assisted Composition, providing intelligent suggestions to frame group shots and landscapes.
After Huawei, now it is time for Samsung to copy the iPhone X infamous notch for their next big smartphone.Samsung has now filed a patent for the upcoming smartphone which might come with a notch on the display.
As per the leaked documents, the new Samsung patents reveal the new design for the upcoming flagship.As per the image, we can see the Samsung device featuring the iPhone X like notch above the display which carries the earpiece, sensor and selfie shooter.The device comes almost bezel-less display on the remaining three sides.
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At the bottom of the device, we have the 3.5 mm audio jack with USB Type-C port and speaker mesh.On the top of the device, we have the SIM card slot with a secondary mic.On the back, we have the Dual cameras now arranged horizontally with LED flash beside it and Antenna bands running below the camera module and bottom of the device whereas one more design shows vertically aligned dual cameras with antenna bands running above it and bottom of the device and other patent shows iPhone 7 like antenna bands covering the top edge and bottom edge of the device with Dual camera aligned vertically and horizontally on other design.
The other design shows the 100% screen to body ratio on the front.There are no bezels at all and we can’t find any opening for earpiece and selfie shooter as well.It also ditches the 3.5 mm audio jack and comes with USB Type-C port at the bottom of the device separated by two speaker mesh.On the back, we can just find a single rear camera without LED flash.
As these are just patents filed and we are not sure whether Samsung will ever launch such devices in the future.
Sony finally launched its ultra-premium smartphone with Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium after series of leaks about the device.The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium will go on sale globally from Summer 2018 and will be available in two colors with Chrome Black and Chrome Silver.Currently, there are no details about pricing and exact date of launch.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium comes with a similar design as seen on MWC2018 launched Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact.It comes with 3D glass on the back and metal frame covering the device.The device back is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5.It weighs around 236 grams and is 11.9 mm thick.
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The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium sports 5.8” Triluminos 4K HDR display that’s 11% larger and 30% brighter than our previous 4K HDR display.It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5.It is powered by SD845 SoC coupled with 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage which can be expanded via microSD cards up to 400GB.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is the first Sony smartphone to feature Dual rear cameras with the primary sensor of 19MP 1/ 2.3” Exmor RS sensor with an aperture of f/1.8, Pixel Pitch 1.22μm, 5-Axis Image stabilization and predictive capture whereas the secondary camera is a monochrome sensor of 12MP 1/2.3″ Exmor RS with an aperture of f/1.6, Pixel pitch 1.55μm with Dual LED flash and Laser AF.There is 13MP selfie camera with 1/ 3,06” Exmor RS, 22mm wide angle lens F2.0 and display flash.
The device also comes with a front-firing Stereo speaker with S-Force Front Surround for a better audio experience.It also comes with DSEE HX, LDAC, and Clear Audio+.The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium also features IP68 certification which makes the device dust and water resistant.It also features rear-mounted fingerprint scanner below the Dual camera module.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual-Band Wifi, A-GPS, A-Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NFC, USB Type-C port and sadly no 3.5 mm audio port.The device is fueled by lower 3540 mAh battery with support for QC 3.0, Qnovo Adaptive Charging, and Wireless Charging.The device runs on Android 8.0 out of the box.
OnePlus 6 is all set to launch on April 25 as per the previous leaks but as of now official launch details being shared by the company.Without many details about the launch date, video ads are already live in cinema theaters across India.
As per the tweet by one of the user shared the extended version of the previous video teaser the speed you need which is being played in one of the local cinema halls.The user captured the video just which was played before the movie starts. The teaser also shows that the OnePlus 6 will be exclusive to Amazon India.
So we can expect OnePlus might launch the OnePlus 6 sooner than expected this time.Earlier we also got press invite leaked which mentioned that OnePlus 6 will be launched on May 5 in China.
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OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has now shared the camera samples of the upcoming OnePlus 6 on Weibo today. The camera samples were shot in Stanford, California in the US.From the images, we see the Dual camera effect clearly with great blurring capabilities under bright sunlight.We can also see that one of the cameras might come with a telephoto lens.
All the camera samples were shot in bright sunlight which shows that OnePlus 6 performs better under good lighting condition.As per earlier leaks, the OnePlus 6 will be powered by SD845 SoC coupled with 6GB/8GB RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB storage variants.
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Apart from that OnePlus latest teaser confirms that the upcoming OnePlus 6 will be dust and water resistant which makes the device an complete flagship.
Samsung is all set to launch some new devices this year under budget to mid-range segments.Earlier we had series of leaks of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A6 and A6+ and now we have the new series under J-series with Samsung Galaxy J6.
As per the FCC listing, the Samsung Galaxy J6 is listed as SM-J600F which might be called as Samsung Galaxy J6 but we are not sure of that.As per the listing, the alleged Samsung Galaxy J6 is having a dimension of 146.3*67 mm with an overall dimension of 155.5 mm and screen diagonal length of 142.8 mm which translates to 5.6 inches.
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Apart from this, the device will come with a non-removable back cover, 3.5 mm audio jack same old micro USB port with 1 amp charger, Wifi, and Dual SIM support.Apart from this no other details about the device being mentioned on FCC.
We also got the screenshot of the setting panels from the alleged Samsung Galaxy J6 which mentions 18.5:9 aspect ratio Infinity display.This time the new Samsung Galaxy J6 will no longer come with physical home button and will be replaced by on-screen navigation keys and rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
