Jio Phone deliveries are expected to begin, and customers in rural and small towns will get the Jio Phone sooner than those in urban locations, according to a Reliance Jio channel partner. Reliance plans to complete delivery of the Jio Phone within 15 days. The reason for this phased delivery is “to prevent nuisance”. If you pre-booked the Jio Phone — and 6 million people would have — you’ll get it for Diwali, October 19.
We already have our hands on a Jio Phone unit and recently shared our first thoughts on the feature phone. It’s nothing like any other feature phone, and our experience streaming content on Jio apps like JioMusic, JioCinema, and JioTV has been pretty smooth. Stay tuned for a detailed review of the Jio Phone later this week.
Samsung offers discounts on popular phones; Amazon’s recent sale was the biggest shopping event ever, with Samsung offering deals on its flagship and midrange phones. The Samsung Galaxy S8 costs Rs. 53,900 while the Samsung Galaxy S8+ (4GB version) Rs. 60,900. In addition, there is a Rs. 4,000 discount for credit card holders of HDFC Bank. The offering for these smartphones is similar to the Navratra offering unveiled a week ago.
This is not all; the Samsung Galaxy On Max is now Rs. 15,900 – Rs. 1.00 off while the Galaxy On Nxt is now Rs. 13,900 – Rs. 2000 less. Other smartphones that will see a price drop include the Galaxy On7 Pro, Galaxy J3 Pro, and On5 Pro. In addition, there is a five percent discount for those with ICICI credit cards. View all details.
Amazon claims the four-day Great Indian Festival Sale was the largest in India. “We are especially excited about the growing e-commerce in India, with more than 85 percent of new customers coming from small towns,” said Manish Tiwary, Vice President of Category Management at Amazon India, in a press statement. The company said the Project Udaan program helped customers place orders from the most remote places in India, including Leh, Minicoy, Kiltan, Kalpeni, Champin, Trinket, Mile Tilek, Tirap, and Saiha.
Airtel’s latest offers to compete with Jio and others Airtel has continued its aggressive wave of requests to bring new customers to its network. The latest, called ‘Bonus 30GB’, gives new postpaid users 30GB of free data for three months. It would be distributed in tranches of 10 GB each month. It is available for those with the Unlimited series postpaid plans except for the Rs. 299 subscription. You can take advantage of a 30 GB bonus with programs offered at Rs. 499, Rs. 649, €. 799, and Rs. 1,199, and you can carry data over to the next month.
And if you are a prepaid customer, Airtel has an Rs. 999 plan – it offers 4 GB of data per day, comes with bundled local and STD calls and is valid for 28 days.
Nokia 8 variant with 6GB RAM and 128GB built-in storage starts on October 20: ReportLike other smartphones this year, the Nokia 8 will be available in a 6GB RAM, 128GB storage variant. Reportedly on October 20, it will be available in a single polished blue color for 90 euros more than the 4GB Nokia 8, priced at 669 euros (about 51,700 rupees). Apart from the new storage and memory, the other specifications of the latest Nokia 8 remain the same. The handset will pack a 5.3-inch 2K LCD with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC powers it.
Sony Xperia XZ1 with 3D scanning camera, Android 8.0 Oreo launched in India: Price, specs Sony’s latest flagship, the Xperia XZ1, was found on Monday for the Indian market. It is the first smartphone to come in India with Android 8.0 Oreo. It is priced at Rs. At €44,990, one of the other biggest marketed features of the Sony Xperia XZ1 is its 3D scanning camera. The high-end Sony Xperia XZ1 rear camera supports 5-axis stabilization. It can slow-motion video recording at 960 fps, similar to the Xperia XZ Premium, in addition to 4K video recording. It was announced in single SIM and dual SIM variants. In India, the company only releases the latest variant on the Indian market. It has 4 GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, and 64 GB of storage (expandable via microSD card up to 256 GB). It features a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) HDR display powered by Sony’s Triluminos display and X-Reality technology configured for mobile phones.
Ninety-five mobile companies have set up factories in India: Prasad Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Sunday that 95 mobile manufacturing companies have set up their factories in the country. “Today, 95 mobile manufacturing plants have been established in India, and India is becoming a major hub of electronics and mobile manufacturing. Of these, 32 units have been established in Noida and Greater Noida,” Prasad said at the Capital Foundation’s annual lecture in New Delhi. † “Every day, we add 3-4 startups. They are IITians; they left their jobs in America and returned to India,” he said. “In Silicon Valley (US), 51 percent of new inventions are based on IT, and 14 percent are made by Indian minds there. That’s how India is emerging,” he added. The minister also said that the government plans to digitally literate six crore families in the country as part of the Digital India plan.
Intel 8th Gen Core i7, i5, i3′ Coffee Lake’ CPUs for Desktop PCs Announced To counter AMD’s growing popularity of its Ryzen chips; Intel has announced new processors based on its 14 nanometer Coffee Lake architecture. Touted to have more cores than before, the new top-of-the-line Core i7-8700K and Core i7-8700 have six cores and twelve threads, while the new Core i5-8600K and Core i5-8400 also have six seats but without Hyper-Threading, and the Core i3-8350K and Core i3-8100 have four physical cores without Hyper-Threading. All six are available for pre-order on Indian websites and will go on sale as retail boxed units on October 5. Still, branded desktop PCs featuring these processors will launch later in Q4 2017. to appear.
Gionee M7, M7 Power with FullView Displays launched Gionee unveiled its new mid-range smartphones, the M7 and M7 Power, in China. The Gionee M7 is priced at CNY 2,799 (approximately Rs. 27,500) and will go on sale in China starting Tuesday. The Gionee M7 Power is priced at CNY 1,999 (roughly Rs. 20,000) and will go on sale in China from Saturday. The Gionee M7 will be available in black, champagne gold, sapphire blue, star blue, and maple red, while the Gionee M7 Power will be available in blue, black, and gold.
The Gionee M7 has a 6.01-inch 18:9 FullView AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass with a resolution of 1080×2160. It is powered by a 2.3GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P30 SoC with 6GB of RAM and has 64GB of built-in storage (expandable via microSD card up to 256GB). Meanwhile, the Gionee M7 Power sports a 6-inch FullView 18:9 display with a 720×1440 resolution with a 1.4GHz octa-core Snapdragon 435 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of built-in storage (expandable via microSD card up to 256GB).
Tampering with IMEI could carry up to 3 years in prison; the fine Indian government has criminalized tampering with a mobile phone’s IMEI number and could face up to three years in jail as it seeks to curb the incidence of mobile theft. The move could curb problems with fake IMEI numbers and make tracking lost cell phones easier.
“It is unlawful for any person, other than the manufacturer, to intentionally remove, erase, alter or alter the unique identification number of mobile equipment,” the Telecom Department said in an Aug. 25 notice.
The new rules called “Preventing Tampering with the Mobile Device Identification Number, Rules, 2017″ prohibit a person from knowingly using a mobile device whose IMEI number has been unlawfully altered or software that can modify or manipulate the unique number.
Zomato invests in startup TinMenZomato, based in Hyderabad. Affordable prices. As part of the agreement, Zomato will help TinMen expand its presence beyond Hyderabad. TinMen competes in the same space as some of Zomato’s petty rivals, such as Swiggy and Freshmenu. Recently, TinM saw 1,000 orders on its platform every dailies than a dozinreas in Hyderabad. TinM offers “home-cooked meals”.
