5G is all under testing phase with more and more telecom operators showing interest with next gen of telecom, how come smartphone brands are behind with their preparation? Recently Huawei has announced their first 5G chipset with Balong 5G01 and is all set to launch the smartphone with 5G by Q2 of 2018.
How can Samsung left behind in terms of innovation? Now as per South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom CTO Park Jin-hyo told that Samsung might be working on the first 5G smartphone and might be launching soon.
As per rumours, the upcoming flagship the alleged Samsung Galaxy S10 is rumoured to come with 5G support and might be the first smartphone to come with 5G.Samsung is already working with some of the popular telecom operators and might launch the 5G chip with AI capabilities.With the help of 5G, one can make 3D Video Calls and the demo was been shown at MWC 2018.
Energizer is well-known for batteries has now entered the smartphone market. The Energiser has now announced the first feature phone featuring the VoLTE capabilities with Energizer ENERGY E240S.
The new feature phone Energizer ENERGY E240S comes with similar feature phone design which we saw in early 2000 with T9 keypad and small display.The Energizer ENERGY E240S sports inches TFT QVGA display.
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It is powered by the Spreadtrum Dual Core processor which is clocked at GHz coupled with MB RAM and 4GB internal storage which can be further expanded via microSD cards up to 64GB.
The device also comes with the 2MP rear camera at the front and 0.3MP selfie camera. The device can record videos up to 720p.The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, Bluetooth 2.1, FM Radio, Torchlight and 3.5 mm audio port.All this is fueled by large 2000 mAh battery.
The Energizer ENERGY E240S will go on sale from Q2 2018.There are no details about India launch and availability.
After the Samsung Galaxy J4 been spotted on GeekBench, now we have another J-series smartphone been spotted on popular benchmarks with Samsung Galaxy J8.
As per the listing on GeekBench, the device is being listed as Samsung SM-J800FN which might be the upcoming Samsung Galaxy J8.As per GeekBench, the device is powered by Exynos 7870 with 3GB RAM.The processor is clocked at 1.5GHz and is an Octa-core CPU.
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy J8 is running on Android Oreo 8.0 out of the box. The device secured a score of 728 under single core test and 3683 under multi-core test.As per earlier rumours, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy J8 might come with a 16MP Dual camera and can shoot videos up to 1080p.
LG is all back in news with their new patent filing which reveals that the upcoming LG smartphone might come with iPhone X like the full-screen display on the front.We already saw many brands betting big on full-screen display this week in MWC 2018 and just launched Asus Zenfone 5 too had iPhone X like full-screen display with the notch.
Now we have some documents leaked which shows that LG is planning to launch something different with full view display with a opening for selfie camera.Surprisingly, there is no notch or bar above the display and comes with a single cut-out for camera.
As per the patents, the display comes with ribbon attachment at the bottom of the display which connects the phones motherboard.The screen used in the patent has an aspect ratio of 19:9 which similar to any other smartphone which come with notch.We are still not sure when will be the actual device with such as display will be launched.Anyways, now all eyes on the LG G7 or whatever they might rename it which is scheduled to be launch in June 2018.
Coolpad Group, a leading global smartphone technology brand today announced that it is expanding its product portfolio and foraying into Smart Wearable Gadgets. Coolpad`s Smart Wearable Gadgets product portfolio will be based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Wear platforms. The announcement was made at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
This portfolio is focused on products that are tailored to meet the specific power, connectivity and location requirements of emerging wearable sub-segments, including smartwatches for kids, and smart trackers for pets, the elderly, and valuable assets.
Mr. Pankaj Kedia, Senior Director-Product-Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc said, “The kid watch segment was first established in China, and is amid a transition from 2G/3G to 4G. We are delighted to be working with Coolpad to accelerate this trend globally with an innovative line of products. Utilizing the highly integrated Snapdragon Wear platforms, Coolpad is leveraging its advantages in low power, small size, 4G connectivity and robust location services to bring smartwatches and smart trackers to kids, the elderly, pets, and families.”
Mr. Brandy Kang, Executive Vice President of Coolpad Group, shared the strategy behind this portfolio expansion, “Coolpad is expanding its portfolio outside of smartphones and we are excited to work with Qualcomm Technologies on its flagship platforms, Snapdragon Wear 2100 and 1100, as we expand our wearables offerings to encompass kid, pet, elderly, and valuable asset trackers, and emergency response devices globally. We listen to the customer needs and continuously challenge ourselves to think as consumers do when it comes to product innovation. We are bringing this customer-centric approach to the wearables segment today in our quest to making quality and affordable products for U.S. consumers and families as well as the rest of the world.”
Mr. Syed Tajuddin, the EO, Coolpad India, said,“Coolpad and Qualcomm Technologies have developed a strong relationship over the past few years with the launch of Coolpad’s smartphones and tablets based on Qualcomm Technologies’ platforms. With the expansion of the wearables business using Qualcomm Technologies’ solutions, Coolpad will grow its portfolio while continuing to bring quality and affordable products to the market globally. We hope to introduce these products in India soon and further expand this portfolio in collaboration with Qualcomm.”
Coolpad is utilizing the Snapdragon Wear 2100 and 1100 platforms in its range of products. The Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform is built to meet the needs of the emerging 4G kid watch segment. It is engineered to support 4G multi-mode with bi-directional calling and delivers indoor and outdoor positioning through a combination of Wi-Fi®, GPS and 4G location triangulation techniques. The platform also features Qualcomm® Processor Security, which is the hardware and software security foundation for billions of IoT devices deployed around the world.
The Snapdragon Wear 1100 platform is designed for the smart tracking segment, including pets, the elderly, and valuable asset tracking. This platform incorporates Qualcomm Technologies’ multi-mode 4G LTE modem, integrated location for indoor and outdoor positioning, hardware-based security for greater protection, and ultra-low power for long battery life.
Coolpad Group, a leading global smartphone technology brand, today announced during the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2018 that it will integrate Amazon`s voice service, Alexa, across its devices. Coolpad will be the first Amazon Exclusive brand in India which will introduce Alexa in their smartphones. Amazon Alexa on Coolpad smartphones will give consumers a complete smart mobile experience as they will be able to use their Coolpad smartphone to access the abundance of Alexa skills with just their voice.
Coolpad smartphone users can give a voice command for multiple tasks, using the Coolpad Alexa app and can ask Alexa to play their favourite music, shop from Amazon.in, as well as access information such as weather, calendar, to-do lists and news briefings, that are set up through the Alexa app.
Syed Tajuddin, CEO -Coolpad India said on the announcement “We are working to immerse more AI and tech into smartphones to make the experience more Intelligent, friendly and beneficial for the customers. Incorporating Alexa in Coolpad smartphones is one such step in that direction. As Coolpad is looking forward to making smartphones more intelligent and helpful with AI, Alexa is a perfect fit. We will be rolling out Alexa in Cool Play 6, Note 5 and Note 5 via an OTA update and our upcoming devices will have Amazon Alexa pre-installed on them. It will definitely make the Coolpad devices even more convenient and helpful for customers.”
Speaking on the announcement, Mr. Brandy Kang, Executive Vice President, Coolpad Group said:“Amazon has been our trusted partner over the period of time since we started our business in India. In the case of Amazon Alexa, Coolpad will be the first Amazon exclusive smartphone brand in India, who will be providing Amazon Alexa in smartphones. Systemic progress to incorporate AI in devices is a common goal for both Coolpad and Amazon and it has brought us together, once again with Amazon Alexa. We are looking forward to continuing this exciting partnership with Amazon in the future as well with some inventive and intelligent tech enhancements. With Amazon Alexa, it’s going to be the start of an interesting journey in AI and we are looking forward to introducing more exciting tech enhancements in the future as well.”
Already available in USA, Coolpad will be the first Amazon Exclusive smartphone brand in India to introduce Amazon Alexa in their smartphones.
After series of leaks about upcoming Asus Zenfone 5 series to feature iPhone X like notch, we finally have the device officially launched in MWC 2018 held at Barcelona.Asus unveiled three new smartphones under Asus Zenfone 5 series with Asus Zenfone 5 Lite, Asus Zenfone 5 and Asus Zenfone 5Z.The Asus Zenfone 5 and Asus Zenfone 5Z will come in two colours with Midnight Blue and Meteor Silver colours whereas the Asus Zenfone 5 Lite will come in Midnight Black, Rouge Red and Moonlight White. The Asus Zenfone 5Z pricing starts from 479 Euros (Rs.38,200/-) and will go on sale from June whereas the Asus Zenfone 5 and Asus Zenfone 5 Lite will go on sale from April and March respectively and no pricing details have been shared by the company.
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Asus launches latest mid-range smartphone the Asus Zenfone 5 Lite in MWC18 today. The new Asus Zenfone 5 Lite looks sturdy and is having metal and glass design covered with 2.5D curved glass.The Asus Zenfone 5 Lite weighs 168.3 grams.
The new Asus Zenfone 5 Lite comes with new 18:9 aspect ratio display with thinner bezels on the sides and thicker top and bottom bezels.The new Asus Zenfone 5 Lite sports 6.0 inches FHD+ display with 2.5D curved Glass on top with support for Glove touch.
The Asus Zenfone 5 Lite comes in two options the cheaper variant is powered by SD430 SoC whereas the higher variant with SD630 SoC which is coupled with 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB internal storage which can be expanded via microSD cards up to 2TB.
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The new Asus Zenfone 5 Lite comes with four cameras two at the front and remaining to on the rear of the device.The device features 16MP primary sensor on the back with an aperture of f/2.2, 0.03 sec PDAF, 3-Axis-EIS, with a secondary sensor having 120 degrees wide-angle lens with LED flash. The rear camera can shoot videos up to 4K only model that is powered by SD630 SoC.There is 20MP primary Sony IMX376 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0 and 3-Axis-EIS with a secondary sensor having 120 degrees wide-angle lens on the front.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE, Dual Band Wifi(SD630)/ Wifi (SD430), Bluetooth 4.1, A-GPS, GLONASS, NFC, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, micro USB port and 3.5 mm audio port.It is fueled by 3300 mAh battery and runs Android 7.0 with Zen UI 5.0 on top and can be upgraded to Android Oreo later.
Asus Zenfone 5:
Finally, we have the latest mid-range smartphone from Asus with Asus Zenfone 5 launched in MWC 2018.The new Asus Zenfone 5 looks like iPhone X from the front with notch size is much smaller than the iPhone X.
The new Asus Zenfone 5 is made out of metal and glass and weighs lighter with just 155 grams. It is also super thin with just 7.7 mm thick.The new Asus Zenfone 5 sports 90% screen to body ratio with 6.2 inches FHD+ Super IPS AI display with an aspect ratio of 19:9 covered with 2.5D curved Glass and Corning Gorilla Glass for protection.It also comes with Gloves mode and has got 500 nits brightness with 95.4% NTSC Colour Gamut.The display uses AI to increase or reduce the brightness automatically based on background.
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The Asus Zenfone 5 is the second smartphone after Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro to be powered by SD636 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz coupled with 4GB/6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB/128GB storage option which can be expanded via microSD card up to 2TB.
The Asus Zenfone 5 features Dual rear camera which is aligned vertically. The device comes with the 12MP primary camera using Sony IMX363 Sensor with an aperture of f/1.8, a pixel size of 1.4 microns, 0.03s Tri-Tech AF, Dual Pixel PDAF, 4-Axis-OIS/EIS, with a secondary 8MP camera using OmniVision OV8856 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0, 120 degrees wide-angle lens coupled with dual tone Dual LED flash.
There is 8MP selfie camera using OmniVision OV8856 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0, 83 degrees wide-angle lens.It also comes with iPhone X like Animoji feature called ZeniMoji.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and Dual VoLTE support, Dual Band Wifi, Bluetooth 5.0, A-GPS, GLONASS, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C port, 3.5 mm Audio port and FM Radio.It comes with some extra features like Dual speakers with NXP 9874 Smart AMP, Hi-Res Audio 192kHz/24b-bit and DTS X support for headphones.All this is fueled by 3300 mAh battery support for Asus Boost Master charging and AI charging.The device runs on Android Oreo with Asus ZenUI 5.0 on top.
Asus Zenfone 5Z:
Finally, we have the latest flagship smartphone from Asus with Asus Zenfone 5Z launched in MWC 2018. The new Asus Zenfone 5Z looks like iPhone X from the front with notch size is much smaller than the iPhone X and has a similar design to the Asus Zenfone 5.
The new Asus Zenfone 5Z is made out of metal and glass and weighs lighter with just 155 grams. It is also super thin with just 7.7 mm thick. The new Asus Zenfone 5Z sports 90% screen to body ratio with 6.2 inches FHD+ Super IPS AI display with an aspect ratio of 19:9 covered with 2.5D curved Glass and Corning Gorilla Glass for protection. It also comes with Gloves mode and has got 500 nits brightness with 95.4% NTSC Colour Gamut. The display uses AI to increase or reduce the brightness automatically based on background.
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The Asus Zenfone 5Z is powered by SD845 SoC coupled with 4GB/6GB/8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB storage option which can be expanded via microSD card up to 2TB.
The Asus Zenfone 5Z features a same Dual rear camera and selfie camera as the Asus Zenfone 5. The device comes with the 12MP primary camera using Sony IMX363 Sensor with an aperture of f/1.8, a pixel size of 1.4 microns, 0.03s Tri-Tech AF, Dual Pixel PDAF, 4-Axis-OIS/EIS, with a secondary 8MP camera using OmniVision OV8856 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0, 120 degrees wide-angle lens coupled with dual tone Dual LED flash.
There is 8MP selfie camera using OmniVision OV8856 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0, 83 degrees wide-angle lens. It also comes with iPhone X like Animoji feature called ZeniMoji.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and Dual VoLTE support, Dual Band Wifi, Bluetooth 5.0, A-GPS, GLONASS, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C port, 3.5 mm Audio port and FM Radio. It comes with some extra features like Dual speakers with NXP 9874 Smart AMP, Hi-Res Audio 192kHz/24b-bit and DTS X support for headphones. All this is fueled by 3300 mAh battery support for Asus Boost Master charging and AI charging. The device runs on Android Oreo with Asus ZenUI 5.0 on top.
Samsung just launched the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ at MWC18 this week and the device can be pre-ordered across India by paying Rs.2000/-. Samsung kept mum on the Indian pricing details and we already got the document leaked which claims that the device could come up with a whopping price tag of Rs.62,500 for the base version of Samsung Galaxy S9.
As per the document leaked by 91mobiles, the new Samsung Galaxy S9 64GB will come with MRP of Rs.62,500/- and Rs.71,000/- for 256GB version but will sell for a price tag of Rs.56,900/- and Rs.64,900/- which is similar to last year flagship Samsung Galaxy S8 which was launched for price tag of Rs.57,900/-.
The Samsung Galaxy S9+ 64GB is priced at Rs.71,900/- and Rs.79,000/- for 256GB version but might be selling at Rs.63,900/- and Rs.71,900/- for 256GB.Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ also came with 128GB variant which was missing in the document.Anyway, we have to wait for few more days to get the official pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+.
Lava announced the Google Android Go OS running smartphone with Lava Z50 in India today and was also showcased on #MWC18.The device will be available in two colours with Black and Gold and will go on sale through 1,00,000 offline retail stores from mid-March 2018.Airtel has partnered with Lava to provide the new Mera Pehla Smartphone Plan where the user will get Rs.2000/- cash back after a period of two years.
The Lava Z50 is made out of plastic and comes with traditional smartphone design as all other Lava branded smartphones.It weighs 149 grams and is 9.1 mm thick.
The new Lava Z50 is the first Android Go OS smartphone launched in India. The Lava Z50 sports 4.5 inches display with a resolution of 854*480p covered with 2.5D curved glass and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass.It is powered by MediaTek MT6737M SoC clocked at 1.1GHz coupled with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage which can be expanded via microSD cards up to 128GB.
The Lava Z50 features both selfies as well as a rear camera of 5MP with LED flash on both cameras. The Lava Z50 camera comes with Bokeh mode where one can blur the background.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, A-GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5 mm audio port and micro USB port.Lava Z50 runs on a lighter version of Android with Android Go OS or Android 8.1 out of the box.
Qualcomm has now announced their new mid-range chip series with Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series which will replace the present SD600 series.
Qualcomm has not yet revealed any details about the processors but has announced that the new SD700 Series will reach OEM’s by the first half of 2018.Qualcomm new 700 series will sit below the flagship SD800 series and might probably replace the current SD600 series.The new SD700 series will be powering most of the upper mid-range devices in coming months.
The new SD700 series will have the same features as the flagship SD800 series and will try to bring the flagship experience under mid-range devices.The new SD700 series is all set to be coming with AI features with help of Qualcomm AI Engine.The new SD700 series will provide 50% more battery life, and performance when compared with company’s current offering.
The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series will come with Hexagon processor, Spectra ISP, Kyro CPU, and Adreno GPU for better performance.With the inclusion of Spectra ISP, one can expect AI capabilities been implemented on Camera for better shots and slow-mo recording.The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series will have support for Bluetooth 5.0 and better Wifi and ultrafast LTE support.It will also come with QC 4+ support for a faster charging time.
