Reliance Jio has eased the data restrictions on its Rs. 149 prepaid plan, which now offers unlimited data at 64 kbps after your 2 GB allocation for the 28-day validity period has been used up. Previously, customers had to use a top-up voucher to continue internet services. The post-FUP speed is still half what you get with other Jio plans, but it will help those in situations where you would be cut off.
In other Jio-related news, a representative of the telecom operator has confirmed that the maximum duration of a single call on its network is five hours. The limit is only for a five-hour call for Jio customers, meaning you can call your friends for several hours as long as they all stay below that threshold. If Jio subscribers exceed that limit on any given day, all outgoing calling services will be restricted for the rest of that day. Then, to recover calls, users need to top up Rs. 149.
Google Pixel 2, XL 2 press renders leaked; Android Oreo climbs to 0.2 percent. We’re only a day away from the launch of Google’s second-generation Pixel phones, but they’ve emerged in all their glory thanks to tipster Evan Blass. Blass posted press views of the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 to his Twitter account on Sunday, showing the smaller phone with a 5-inch 16:9 display and the larger one with an 18:9 collection. Judging by the images, both new Pixel phones will not have a dual rear camera.
Elsewhere, Google has updated its Google Play distribution data, showing that 0.2 percent of Android devices are running the latest version, 8.0 Oreo. Nougat, meanwhile, is up two points to 17.8, while Marshmallow is still in the lead at a whopping 32 percent.
Apple ‘studying’ reports of iPhone 8 Plus tearing open Two users of the new iPhone 8 Plus have shared photos of their phone being ripped open by a swollen battery, which has attracted enough attention to warrant a comment from Apple. One of the buyers, a Taiwanese woman, saw the front panel bulge after three minutes of charging. The other, a Japanese man, tweeted photos from his phone that have since gotten nearly 15,000 retweets. The Cupertino giant said it is “investigating” the two reported cases, according to The Independent.
All Nokia phones get Android P. It hasn’t been long since the arrival of Android Oreo, but Nokia brand owner HMD Global is already adopting Android P. The company has confirmed that all current Nokia phones — the Nokia 3, the Nokia 5, the Nokia 6, and the Nokia 8 — will be upgraded to Android Oreo by the end of the year and will receive Android P when it launches, likely. Next year.
Ola to receive $2 billion in funding Ola, Uber’s domestic competitor in India, has raised $2 billion (about Rs. 13,114 crores) in a new round of financing from investors including SoftBank and Tencent, according to Bloomberg. The recent increase pushes the company’s valuation to $3.8 billion (approximately Rs. 24,889 crores). The financing round is still ongoing, which means that the amount could increase.
Xiaomi’s total in September was more than 10 million. Xiaomi shipped more than 10 million smartphones worldwide in September, CEO Lei Jun has announced. In addition, Manu Kumar Jain, head of Xiaomi, said it sold 25 million smartphones since entering the country about three years ago. Xiaomi continues to be beaten in its home market of China by Huawei, which shipped 38.4 million devices in Q2 2017 for a total of 23.16 million from Xiaomi.
Mate 10 Pro Leaks, Honor Holly 4 India Launches, and Huawei Nova 2i Revealed Just under two weeks after its official launch, Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro has appeared in leaked press releases showing the phone with an 18:9 display and dual rear cameras. The Leica brand name is also visible on the back, confirming that the Chinese company has again collaborated with the German optics company. It also boasts an f/1.6 aperture, making it the largest value compared to the LG V30. A tipster suggests that the Mate 10 Pro may cost 930-940 euros (about 72,000 rupees).
Meanwhile, Huawei launched the Honor Holly 4 in India on Tuesday, highlighting a fingerprint sensor, a 13-megapixel camera, dual SIM support, and a metal design. The phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat on a 5-inch HD display powered by a Snapdragon 430 and 3GB of RAM. It costs Rs. 11,999 and is now available offline in Honor partner stores. The Holly 4 has three color variants: gold, gray, and silver.
And in Malaysia, Huawei unveiled the Nova 2i on Tuesday. It has a 5.9 full-HD 18:9 FullView display and four cameras: two on the front and two on the back. That makes it capable of shooting bokeh-compatible portraits with out-of-focus backgrounds. The front cameras are 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel, while the rear cameras are 16-megapixel and 2-megapixel. Both lower-resolution sensors are used for sensing depth.
