ASUS teams up with Reliance Jio for ‘Jio Football Offer’ To offer Rs. 2200/- instant cash back on Jio Recharge on ZenFone

February 23, 2018

ASUS, the Taiwanese leader in mobile technology, has now partnered with Reliance Jio, a world-class all-IP 4G LTE network and the largest data network in the world, for attractive offers for its consumers to open up a world of possibilities and grant them the freedom to access unlimited content and information anytime anywhere.

“Jio Football Offer” entitles a cashback of Rs. 2200 to all new ZenFone users, on their first Jio recharge of Rs.198/Rs.299 on or after 15th February 2018. To avail, such benefits, a new or existing Jio Prime subscriber has to successfully recharge with a Jio prepaid plan of Rs.198/299 on a newly purchased Asus ZenFone device. The cashback will be credited in the form of 44 vouchers of Rs.50 each, in the MyJio app, which can be redeemed, one at a time per recharge, against subsequent, recharges of Jio prepaid plan of Rs.198/299, via MyJio app only.

Post the 1^st successful recharge of Rs.198/299, the subscriber will be notified once the cashback vouchers have been credited to his/her account in the “My Vouchers” section of the MyJio app. Please note that the ‘Jio Football Offer’ is available for all 4G devices, purchased from stores as well as e-commerce sites in India. The cashback vouchers are non-transferable. The cashback vouchers, if unused, will expire on 31st May 2022.

For more details and T&C visit: http://www.jio.com/en-in/jio-football-offer

Google to launch first Android Go smartphone, AR Core and new Android One smartphones at MWC 2018.

February 23, 2018

Google has announced the MWC 2018 event summary on their official Google Blog yesterday.Google is expected to showcase some new products in the event with Google Assistant and Google Lens. There are rumours of Google might globally launch the AR Core which was unveiled at Google I/O last year.

Google will launch the first Android Oreo Go OS running smartphone at MWC as per the post.The Android Oreo Go made debut at last year Google I/O and was released to manufacturers on Dec 2017.The Android Go OS is a cut-down version of Android Oreo specifically made for devices having 1GB RAM and lower storage option.

Apart from that Google also announced some more new Android One devices to be unveiled at the event later this week.With latest Android One smartphones one can expect faster Android OS and security updates for a period of two years and will deliver best in class performance when compared with non-Android One devices.

Google has also mentioned they will be launching the new RCS service in partnership with popular telecom operators and will also unveil the latest Google Assistant feature and Google Lens at MWC 2018.

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Xiaomi Mi Band 3 receives Bluetooth certification, might launch soon.

February 23, 2018

Xiaomi launched the successor to the Mi Band with Mi Band 2 with OLED screen last year at the affordable price tag. Now we have spotted the successor to the Mi Band 2 with Mi Band 3 on Bluetooth SIG website.

The new Xiaomi Mi Band 3 has now passed the Bluetooth Certification recently and there are no other details leaked apart from the certification. As per the website, the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 is being listed as XMSH05HM which is the model number of the device.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 3 will feature Bluetooth 4.2 LE as per the certification.The device is being manufactured by the same Anhui Huami IT CO LTD which also manufactured the earlier gen of Mi Bands.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G chip based on 7nm process to be manufactured by Samsung.

February 23, 2018

Qualcomm has officially announced that the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G chips will be manufactured by none other than Samsung.

The new 5G chips will be built on new 7nm process based on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography.The new EUV process built on the 7nm process will provide 10% better performance, takes 40% lesser space and 35% lower power consumption than the 10nm FinFET process chips.

We are excited to lead the 5G mobile industry together with Samsung,” said RK Chunduru, senior vice president, supply chain and procurement, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Using 7nm LPP EUV, our new generation of Snapdragon 5G mobile chipsets will take advantage of the process improvements and advanced chip design to improve the user experience of future devices.”

“We are pleased to continue to expand our foundry relationship with Qualcomm Technologies in 5G technologies using our EUV process technology,” said Charlie Bae, executive vice president of foundry sales and marketing team at Samsung Electronics. “This collaboration is an important milestone for our foundry business as it signifies confidence in Samsung’s leading process technology.”

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New renders of Nokia 7 Plus leaked again comes in two colours.

February 23, 2018

Nokia might launch the upcoming Nokia 7 Plus at MWC 2018 along with rumoured Nokia 1. Earlier we had got some official renders of the Nokia 7 Plus leaked and today we have got few more renders of the device leaked again.

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As per the renders, we can see the Nokia 7 Plus looks similar to previous leaks in terms of design and is also having the Android One branding on the back of the device.As per leaks, the Nokia 7 Plus will be powered by SD660 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM.

From renders, we can see that Nokia 7 Plus will come in two colours one with White and other with the black colour variant.Nokia will launch some more devices at MWC 2018 next week.

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Apple might launch upgraded version of AirPods this year.

February 23, 2018

Apple had unveiled their new truly wireless earphones with Apple AirPods last year along with the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.Now we have some rumours which claim that Apple is now planning to launch the better version of the AirPods this year.

As per a report by Bloomberg, Apple might launch the new Apple AirPods with Hey Siri detention feature and also expect to bring the water resistant.The new AirPods will detect the command Hey Siri without the need to tap the device to wake the Siri which is present on the current gen of AirPods.

With AirPods getting the water resistant feature one can use it during the rains too which is an advantage over the predecessor.The new AirPods are expected to go on sale in early 2019.

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Land Rover Explore Rugged Android Smartphone launched ahead of MWC 2018.

February 23, 2018

Land Rover is well-known car manufacturer has now unveiled their new smartphone with Land Rover Explore. The smartphone was unveiled at ISPO trade show earlier this month without detailed specs.

Now Land Rover has published the detailed specs of the Land Rover Explore and will come with new packs which are the removable back cover which will make smartphone some additional features.One of the pack is Adventure Pack which comes with extra 3600mAh battery, GPS Patch Antenna which improves the accuracy of GPS with premium topographic mapping with Skyline AR powered by ViewRanger.It will also double up as protective TPU case and protects the device from scratches.

The other packs include the Bike Pack which can be easily mounted on the bike as it comes with handlebar and stem which can even change the orientation of the device.It also adds additional 4370 mAh battery.The Land Rover Explore weighs 188 grams and is 8.35 mm thick.

The Land Rover Explore sports 5 inches FHD display withCorning Gorilla Glass 5 on top and has support for wet fingers and Glove touch.It is powered by MediaTek X27 SoC clocked at 2.6 GHz coupled with Mali T880MP4 GPU.It is coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage space which can be expanded via microSD card.

At the back, we have the 16MP rear camera with LED flash and 8MP selfie camera.The Land Rover Explore is also Water and dust resistant as it has an IP68 rating with drop-proof capability up to 1.8m.The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, Dual Band Wifi, A-GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.2 and micro USB port.

All this is fueled by 4000 mAh battery and runs on Android 7.1.2 which can be upgraded to Android Oreo later.The Land Rover Explore is priced at €649 (Rs.52,000/-) and will go on sale from April 2018 on landroverexplore.com.

LG to launch LG K8 (2018) & LG K10 (2018) at #MWC2018, LG V30s to go on sale in South Korea from March 9.

February 23, 2018

LG will launch the updated version of the budget to a mid-range smartphone the K-series smartphones at MWC 2018 later this week.LG has also got slogan for its LG K8 (2018) and LG K10 (2018) with “close the gap”.

The new LG K10 2018 might come with some of the LG G6 features like the same 13MP sensor on the back with PDAF and AF whereas the 8MP selfie shooter with background blur feature which is trending now on all smartphones.

The new LG K10 2018 will come in three different variants with LG K10 Alpha, LG K10 and LG K10 Plus.The LG K10 Alpha will be the base version with 8MP rear and 5MP selfie shooter whereas the LG K10 and K10 Plus will feature 8MP selfie shooter.

All three smartphones will sport 5.3 inches HD display and will be powered by same 1.5 GHz octa-core processor The LG K10 Plus will come with 3GB RAMand 32GB internal storage whereas the LG K10 and K10 Alpha will have 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage.

All three models will be fueled by 3000 mAh battery and will have a fingerprint scanner.LG K10 Plus will come in Gold and Blue whereas the LG K10 Alpha with Black and Gold and the LG K10 in three colours with Terra Gold, Aurora Black, and Moroccan Blue.All three devices run on Android 7.1.2 out of the box.

Apart from that, we also got the launch date for the LG V30s. LG is all set to announce the more advanced version of LG V30 with LG V30s later this week at MWC 2018.As per the report, the LG V30s will be priced at 900,000 won (Rs.58,000/-) for the base 64GB variant in South Korea and will go on sale from March 8 or 9 which is the same date where Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ will go on sale too.

Seems like LG want to give tough competition to the Samsung new flagship the S9 and S9+.Anyways, LG V30s will come same old specs as the LG V30 but with AI features enabled.

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 firmware leaks confirms will have support for wireless charging.

February 23, 2018

After series of leaks about the successor to last year mid-range phablet Mi Max 2 with Mi Max 3, we now got some firmware files leaked online.The new firmware files were leaked by XDA developers which reveals some of the key specs with new features for the upcoming Mi Max 3.

As per XDA Developers, the new firmware files of the upcoming Mi Max 3 was spotted online on funkyhuawei.club website. As per the source, the firmware files confirms that the upcoming Mi Max 3 will be powered by the SD660 SoC and might sport new 18:9 aspect ratio display this time as per earlier leaks.

Apart from that the firmware files also mentioned about the wireless charging feature which is found rarely on mid-range devices.The firmware files also leaked the camera sensor details.The Mi Max 3 will be using Sony IMX363 sensor on the rear or combination of Samsung S5K217 or Samsung S5K5E8 whereas it will be using Samsung S5K4H7 on the selfie camera.

The Mi Max 3 will be running on Android 8.1 with MIUI skin on top.It will be fueled by 5500 mAh battery.The other feature includes Dual SIM probably hybrid SIM solution which can even take microSD cards for further storage expansion, IR blaster, audio by Dirac with Qualcomm aptX and aptX HD codecs and LED notification light.

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Ericsson to launch IoT Ecosystem with IoT Accelerator Marketplace

February 22, 2018

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is launching the IoT Accelerator Marketplace to help address the need for collaboration within the digital ecosystem community and benefit developers and service providers alike.

For service providers, it is a catalogue to find IoT apps from the global ecosystem to offer enterprise customers and provides a shorter time to market for new offerings to their enterprise customers.

For application developers and application partners, it is a window to an IoT ecosystem to connect with service providers through one single platform, exposing global cellular connectivity APIs. It also includes monetization and settlement capabilities to facilitate monetization and billing across the ecosystem.

Carrie MacGillivray, Group Vice President, Internet of Things & Mobility at Market Intelligence firm IDC, says: “Communications service providers are racing to scale and differentiate in the fast-moving IoT market. It’s necessary for these service providers to have a robust developer ecosystem that helps them compete. For developers working across multiple service provider networks and platforms, the challenges of fragmentation are addressed by utilizing APIs that apply globally and are consistent across all mobile networks.”

Jeff Travers, Head of IoT, Ericsson, says: “The launch of IoT Accelerator Marketplace will unlock the potential for different players in the value chain to deliver value. It is another stepping stone to make 5G a reality by enabling massive adoption of massive IoT. This supports service providers as they seek to expose network connectivity IoT APIs and monetize these assets.”

Application developers can benefit from a new go-to-market exposing their offering globally through Ericsson. This will enable app developers to scale their business and at the same time develop applications based on cellular connectivity APIs with added value for enterprises, such as fast and automated device and subscription onboarding, higher security, ubiquitous cellular coverage around the world improved for indoor utilization, and superior handling of battery life.

Service providers and application developers can request access to the IoT Accelerator Marketplace here: IoT Accelerator Marketplace

IoT Accelerator Marketplace is being demonstrated by Ericsson at MWC 2018. Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator is a cloud-based horizontal offering comprising of platform services and professional services, for service providers. It provides continuous incremental functionality offered as a Service to enable agile creation and deployment of solutions for the Internet of Things.