Motorola is all set to launch a bunch of smartphones this year with series of leaks about the upcoming Moto lineup. Earlier we had got many renders leaked of the upcoming Moto G6 lineup. today we have spotted the Moto G6 Plus on Taiwanese telecom regulator NCC.
Moto G6 Plus recently passed the NCC certification and the device is expected to launch anytime soon.As per the listing, the Moto G6 Plus is listed as Moto XT1926-5. The device will finally have support for NFC this time.
Apart from that, the device will have support for 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE with VoLTE support.The Moto G6 Plus will be compatible with LTE Bands 3, 7, 8, 28, and 38.Nothing else apart from above details has been leaked on the NCC website.As per earlier leaks, the new Moto G6 Plus will sport FHD+ display and will be powered by SD630 SoC coupled with 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB internal storage.
On its tenth year anniversary since it’s India launch in 2008, YouTube today hosted Brandcast 2018, a flagship event for marketers before the grand finale of YouTube’s live event performed by Indian and global YouTube creators at the YouTube FanFest. Celebrating the milestone, YouTube shared insights on its incredible journey in India, highlighting how deeply interlinked YouTube is to India’s Internet growth story.
With affordable data costs, increasing penetration of smartphones and an ever-growing availability of great content across native Indian languages, YouTube today has become a gateway to a world of information for India’s growing base of Internet users. Reaching 225 million monthly active users on mobile alone, India, today is one of the fastest growing countries on YouTube. By 2020, the total number of users in India, consuming online video is expected to reach 500 million (FICCI-EY Report 2018).
With its massive reach and high viewability rate of 95%, Rajan Anandan, VP South East Asia, and India, Google said, “YouTube has become a powerful platform for users, content creators, and advertisers alike. Huge variety of premium content combined with the growing base and popularity of our creator community – truly differentiates YouTube from all other platforms. For brands, YouTube is now an end to end platform and as per the Dec 2017 ComScore Video Metrix Multi-Platform it reaches 85% of all highly engaged Internet users, in the 18 years and above age-group, across India.
Underlining YouTube’s ongoing commitment to India, Robert Kyncl, Chief Business Officer, YouTube added, “In the last few years, India has emerged as an incredibly dynamic content and user market for YouTube. We now have more than 300 channels with over a million subscribers, from just sixteen channels in 2014. We will continue to invest in programs to support creators and encourage more diversity and distribution of their content. And we’re doubling down on our efforts both on product and advertising to unlock the potential of online video advertising for everyone.”
“Brands now have an incredible opportunity to drive material results with constant ads innovation on the YouTube platform,” added Robert Kyncl. “Be it bumper Ads or Trueview for action or Offline to online – that allows you to track the impact of your campaigns in your physical stores – or our latest innovative tools like Director Mix* and Video Ads Sequencing*, we are constantly adding newer ways for marketers to get more from YouTube.”
Talking about the powerful impact of video and YouTube in shaping culture, and shifting mindsets, Sapna Chadha, Director Marketing, South East Asia and India, Google said, “The reason behind YouTube’s influence in shaping culture comes back to it’s engaged audience. In India, YouTube is seeing incredible growth across all age groups, even amongst the 55+ audience, our reach stands at over 80%. From millennials to parents to working professionals – they all go to YouTube with a strong intent to learn and explore something new. It represents an incredible opportunity for brands to use that Intent to connect with their audience in a meaningful way and drive significant business results.”
At the event, Google also revealed insights on the growing Influence of YouTube basis the research done by Ipsos, Video Landscape research, India, Jan 2018, IN NCCS A-B audiences:
Key highlights of the research:
YouTube has a highly engaged audience:
65% online video viewers subscribe to channels on YouTube and 85% of them go and watch a new video within 2 days of its uploading
Over 50% of working women use YouTube for the following categories before the actual purchase: Beauty Products, Automobile, Travel and Real Estate
7 out of 10 online video viewers choose to watch ads with both sound and video on
71% of Online Video Viewers go first to YouTube to watch the video to learn something
Growing Influence of YouTubers:
7 out of 10 people relate to YouTubers more than traditional celebrities.
76% of male business professionals who watch online videos say that YouTube stars shape and influence culture
Over 65% of online video viewers opinions about a brand have been influenced by a YouTuber they follow
Over 75% of moms’ opinions about a brand have been influenced by a YouTuber they follow
Methodology:
A total of 3230 respondents across leading video platforms were interviewed using online panel approach. Research covered the following consumer segments in 8 cities in India.
Earlier we had got renders leaked by Evan Blass for the alleged BlackBerry Ghost which was rumored to be the bezel-less smartphone from BlackBerry which was touted to be landing soon in India.Now we have one more new render of the alleged elder brother BlackBerry Ghost Pro leaked by the popular tipster Evan Blass.
As per leaked render, the BlackBerry Ghost Pro barely has any bezels as the screen is turned off and we can just see the BlackBerry branding at the bottom of the display.While all the buttons with the Volume rocker and Power button are located on the right side of the device.On top of the device, we can find the earpiece and the selfie camera.
As per Evan Blass, the above device is the larger variant of the BlackBerry Ghost and is called as BlackBerry Ghost Pro.Sadly there are no images showing the rear of the device.The new BlackBerry Ghost and Ghost Pro will be managed by BlackBerry Licensee Optiemus Infracomin India who is the current sales and support provider for KeyOne in India.There are also rumors of the BlackBerry Ghost might be exclusive to India.
Earlier we had got some rumors claiming that the second gen of the upcoming iPhone X 5.8 inches OLED display variant will be the cheapest iPhone among the other iPhones.Now the same source has one more rumor that Apple will start trial production for the upcoming 2018 iPhones soon.
As per a report by DigiTimes, Apple is expected to start the trial production for the upcoming iPhones in Q2 2018.Apple will stick to FaceID this year and will not have an under-display fingerprint on upcoming iPhones.
To prevent the shortage of 3D sensor modules Apple will start the trial production earlier this year.The new details came from one of the Taiwanese IC design house suppliers. The upcoming iPhone X will not launch anytime sooner than Q3 or Sept 2018.
Vivo has officially launched the new Vivo V9 in Thailand yesterday. The Vivo V9 is priced at 10,999 Thai Baht (Rs.23,000/-) and is already up for pre-orders in Thailand.The Vivo V9 will go on sale from March 29 and will be available in two colors with Gold and Black.Vivo will officially launch the Vivo V9 today in India.
Vivo V9 is made out of metal and glass looks premium.It looks similar to iPhone X design from the front and comes with a notch above the display which carries the selfie camera and earpiece with sensors.It weighs 150 grams and is 7.89 mm thick.
The new Vivo V9 sports 6.3 inches FHD+ IPS display with an aspect ratio of 19:9 having a resolution of 2280*1080p and covered with 2.5D curved glass on top.It comes with 90% screen to body ratio and carries notch above the display.
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The Vivo V9 is powered by SD626 SoC clocked at 2.2 GHz coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage space which can be expanded via microSD card up to 256GB.
It features 16MP+5MP Dual rear cameras with an aperture of f/2.0 with Dual tone Dual LED flash.On the front, there is 24MP selfie camera with an aperture of f/2.0 with soft LED flash, AI face beauty and support for face unlock.It also comes with AR sticker feature similar to Apple Animoji.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, Wifi, Bluetooth 4.2, A-GPS, GLONASS, FM Radio, micro USB port, 3.5 mm audio port, and fingerprint sensor.The Vivo V9 is running on Android 8.1 with FunTouch OS 4.0 on top.It is fueled by 3260 mAh battery.
Earlier we had few rumors claiming that Samsung has ditched the idea of adding the new under-display fingerprint scanner on their upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 9.We also got rumors of Samsung planning to bring the under-display fingerprint scanner with the Samsung Galaxy S10 which will be launching next year due to some screen issues.
Now as per a report by Korea Herald, Samsung Display is having three to four solutions to add the new under-display fingerprint scanner on their next Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Samsung is also considering one of the solutions.
So the final decision of adding the under-display fingerprint scanner on Note 9 will be made by end of this month as Samsung will not launch the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 anytime sooner than August 2018. Within this period Samsung will try to implement the new under-display fingerprint scanner on the smartphone.
There are also reports claiming that Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is scheduled to launch in late August this year.So would you like to see the new under display fingerprint scanner on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9? Do leave your suggestion in the comment section below.
HTC is busy preparing its next premium flagship lineup with the new HTC U12 series which might take the present HTC U11 series.Earlier we had got the first render of the alleged HTC U12+ leaked by popular tipster Evan Blass.Now we have got some more high-quality renders showing the new HTC U12+.
As per the renders, we can see the HTC U12+ looks exactly similar to previous leaks.The new renders are created by 3D artist ConceptCreator in-association with TechnoBuffalo.The upcoming HTC U12+ looks stunning with metal and glass design and comes with a glossy finish on the back.
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HTC U12+ features a nearly bezel-less display which is having an aspect ratio of 18:9.It is having thicker top and bottom bezels with top bezels carrying the Dual selfie cameras with earpiece and sensor.On the back, we have the Dual rear camera with Dual LED flash and rear-mounted fingerprint scanner below the LED flash.
Anyway, as these are initial renders of the alleged HTC U12+ and have to wait for the final design of the device.As per earlier leaks, HTC U12+ is expected sport 6 inches QHD+ display.It will be powered by SD845 SoC coupled with 6GB RAMand 128GB internal storage.It will feature Dual 8MP selfie camera and 16MP+12MP rear camera.All this is fueled by 3420 mAh battery.
Google recently released the first developer preview for the upcoming Android P which will be officially announced in Google I/O event which is held in the month of May this year.Earlier we had few features of the upcoming Android P leaked, today we have one more new feature with Auto-launching app feature.
The Developer has found a new set of strings under SystemUI APK in the recently launched official Android P Developer Preview update.The new string will automatically open apps when the device gets connected to another device.We are still not sure what apps will be launched automatically when connected to another device which is still unknown.We can expect it to be an external device which is when connected to a smartphone will launch an app which is installed on the smartphone.
We can expect that Google will launch certain apps like when smartphone connects with Bluetooth earphones or speaker it will auto-launches the Google Play Music or when connected to Home Wifi it will automatically launch YouTube or any other streaming apps and we are still not sure whether the feature is able to launch any other third-party apps.
As of now, it is too early to talk about the new auto-launching feature as it is still under Developer Preview version and have to wait for the final version.
Samsung has now officially launched their first 10nm node chipset with Exynos 9610.The new Exynos 9610 will be part of the Samsung Exynos 7 series SoC and will be the world’s first mid-range chipset to be built on the 10nm FinFET process.
MediaTek Helio P60 was the most advanced mid-range SoC till date as it was built on 12nm process and now with Samsung launching its latest Exynos 9610 which is built on the 10nm process will replace the above chipset and give tough competition to MediaTek.
As per Samsung the new Exynos 9610 SoC will offer Premium smartphone experience on mid-range devices. The new Exynos 9610 is capable to record Slow-mo videos up to 480fps.It is also capable to capture better low-light images and will also come with face detection feature with faster unlock times.The Exynos 9610 can even able to recognize face hidden objects like hair or a hat.
The Exynos 9610 is able to encode and decode up to 4K @120fps.The Exynos 9610 is octa-core processor and features four Cortex A73 cores clocked at 2.3GHz and remaining four cores Cortex A53 clocked at 1.6GHz and is coupled with Mali-G72 GPU.The Exynos 9610 has support for 4G LTE Cat.12 3CA with download speed up to 600 Mbps and upload speed with Cat.12 2CA up to 150 Mbps.
The other connectivity option includes 802.11ac 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi, faster and longer range Bluetooth 5.0, FM for radio, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver that includes GPS (Global Positioning System), GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo.
Samsung recently launched the much-awaited flagship the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ and we already have leaks and rumors popping up about the next big flagship smartphone the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
Recently Samsung has also filed trademarks for the name Note 9 which confirms that the upcoming phablet will be named Samsung Galaxy Note 9.Now as per reports from SamMobile, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is expected to have two models.
As per Sammobile, Samsung has already begun the firmware development for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and as per leaked firmware files Samsung has mentioned two model numbers with N960FXXE0ARB7 and N960FXXU0ARC5 which might be two variants of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 which might be for different regions.
Apart from that, Samsung begun the development of firmware for the last year phablet Samsung Galaxy Note 8 from April 6 and this year Samsung has already begun the development two weeks earlier which make us think that Samsung might launch the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 earlier than expected similar to Samsung Galaxy S9.
