With the iPhone 8, Apple is about to make a drastic change in the way we interact with its software on mobile. The company’s brand new product would finally say goodbye to the beloved Home button, which calls for new ways to navigate iOS. According to a recent report, sources familiar with the gadget say the iPhone 8 will introduce new gesture controls for tasks such as going to the home screen and opening multitasking.
The display panel would also be OLED type, it would have a longer power button on the right side, and on this software front, it would have an iPad-style dock, as seen in iOS 11. The iPhone 8’s screen would also be flat and have no curved edges, like Samsung’s flagship offering from 2017. It’s not long before everything is revealed next month, probably on September 12.
Lenovo K8 Plus India Launch Date Confirmed Even before Lenovo launched the K8 Note (Review), another variant, the K8 Plus, was spotted on a benchmark website. The company has officially confirmed that the K8 Plus will launch in India on September 6 and will be a Flipkart exclusive. The launch news was confirmed after Lenovo India tweeted a teaser for the phone, followed by Flipkart announcing the exclusivity deal. The focus here seems to be on media consumption if you use the dedicated media button that is teased on the Lenovo K8 Plus. We’ll know more about the exact specs and prices in about a week.
Acer launches new products at IFA 2017Acer kicked off IFA 2017 with several new product launches. The company showcased an all-new Predator gaming line, consisting of the Predator Orion 9000 series gaming desktops, the Predator X35 monitor, and a new Predator headset and mouse. Acer also announced the new 23.8-inch Aspire S24 all-in-one desktop PC. Acer also unveiled two connected 360-degree cameras, new projectors, and new Pawbo products. The company announced the Nitro 5 Spin convertible laptop and Switched seven fanless 2-in-1 notebooks at the same event. View full details and pricing of all new Acer products.
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 launch set for September 11Xiaomi is preparing to launch the next-generation Mi MIX device, and now we know exactly when and what it will be called. According to a new Weibo post, the new phone will be called Mi MIX 2 and debut on September 11. The teaser only shows the phone’s edges, but we assume the product could eventually look like this if you remember its predecessor. It’s no coincidence that Xiaomi has picked a date just before Apple is all set to unveil the iPhone 8.
In other Xiaomi news, Paytm has announced that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and Mi Max 2 smartphones are now on sale with a cashback of Rs. 300 on the Mi Store app and the Mi.com website. The minimum transaction amount should be Rs. 6,000 and above to qualify for the cashback, and the offer is only valid once per user for only one transaction.
Design changes are soon coming to the mobile app on Android and iOS. YouTube gets a new logo and a facelift on the desktop Google’s video platform brings a fresh makeover on the desktop. YouTube is also getting a material design and a redesigned logo. The mobile app also gets some new features, including a ‘clean’ new design where the headline is now white to focus on the content, while the navigation tabs have been moved to the bottom of the app for easy access via thumbs.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Alphabet Inc’s Google unveiled ARCore, a suite of APIs to bring augmented reality apps to a wider range of Android devices. This appears to be the company’s answer to Apple’s ARKit. It will first be available on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Google’s Pixel phone. The company said in a blog post that it hoped to make ARCore available to at least 100 million users but has not set a date for a wide release.
Cortana and Alexa team it up to take on Siri and Google Assistant. As fierce competitors, Microsoft and Amazon have realized that the fastest way to gain a foothold for their respective digital assistants would be to pool their resources together. . Later this year, you’ll be able to use Alexa on Windows 10 machines and Cortana on Alexa devices. As part of the unusual partnership, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says Alexa will be able to work with Office products, a Cortana feature he particularly liked.
Micromax Canvas Plex Tab Launched In India We know what you’re thinking – another budget Android tablet? Passage. However, Micromax gives users a little added value, an annual subscription to Eros Now premium tier for streaming movies. While you can load Amazon Prime Video or Netflix on just about any Android tablet, the Canvas Plex Tab is for those who don’t want to bother with such monthly subscriptions. It is priced at Rs. 12,999 and will be available in offline stores. Some features include mobile connectivity, DTS sound, an 8-inch display, quad-core MediaTek SoC, 3 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of storage.
BSNL to set up 1 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots across India With a focus on improving the state of the internet in India, BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said the telecom operator would deploy 1 lakh Wi-Fi spots across India by March 2019. The company would invest about Rs. 1,800 crores in setting up 70,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, and the USOF provides a fund of Rs. 900 crores, including three years of use and maintenance for setting up 25,000 hotspots. India will set up.
OnePlus five starts receiving bug-fixing OxygenOS 4.5.10 update. Rly, no phonThe smartphone now receives OxygenOS 4.5.10, which provides improved camera stability and a fix for the display problem on the call screen. Other improvements include photo noise reduction, Jio call functionality, Wi-Fi, and noise and texture improvements when capturing videos at 60 fps. No phone Recently, no phoneived as many software patches as the OnePlus 5.
Separately, OnePlus has also announced that the company will offer a 10 percent discount on the price for students who want to buy the company’s OnePlus 5 smartphone. Unfortunately, this offer is not valid for students in India and only available to students in the US, Canada, and some European countries.
Samsung Galaxy J7+ price and availability details leak Samsung’s J-series smartphones are about to get a very interesting addition in the form of the Galaxy J7+. The first reason is that it will be the first mainstream smartphone with a dual camera setup and the second phone in Samsung’s entire portfolio. Second, it is rumored aalso rumored Bixbking is the first smartphone outside of the file to use the Galaxy S8 series and Note 8. According to the report, it is widely expected to be available first in Thailand and is priced at THB 12,900 (about Rs. 25,000).
In other news, the current Galaxy J7 (2016) has reportedly started receiving the Android 7 Nougat update. Users in Russia are currently reporting this, so a wider rollout should happen soon.
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