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The Taiwan-based company has announced the Helio X20, its new flagship processor for smartphones and tablets. The Helio X20 is the successor to X10 (also known as MT6795), and brings with it the first 10 core system-on-a-chip design. These cores are arranged in a tri-cluster orientation stacked against dual-cluster big.LITTLE CPU designs, which as the company claims, saves up to 30 percent off the power consumption over a standard implementation of the same configuration....

Screen While the more expensive Mi A2 features a traditional 18:9 screen, the Mi A2 Lite has a notch-equipped 19:9 display on the front. The resolution is the same on both, however — Full HD. Both of them also have a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass. Specifications The most critical hardware difference between the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite is in their performance hardware. While the latter is powered by the same Snapdragon 625 chipset found on the old Mi A1, the Mi A2 ships with a mightier Snapdragon 660 processor....

From the looks of it, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 appears to have a similar design language as the Mi Air 2, which are again, also similar to the Apple AirPods. However, unlike the AirPods, the earbuds appear to be slightly thicker and have a boxier case. The earphones come with a 14.2mm dynamic driver and suggest to offer support for LHDC (Low Latency High Definition) audio codec to provide high-quality audio over Bluetooth....

While the earbuds look familiar to the AirPods and have an open design, the case has a boxier look that sets it apart. Anyhow, moving on from design, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 comes with Bluetooth 5.0 and support for LDHC codec for Hi-Res audio. They even come with dual microphones for noise-cancellation. However, the noise-cancellation is not ANC, rather it is ENC which stands for Environmental Noise Cancellation....

In essence Xiaomi has unveiled two variant’s in the new 3S line-up, one being the 63-inch curved TV we talked about and the another one is a 43-inch flat pane FHD TV. The Xiaomi Mi TV 3S 63-inch curved is powered by a 1.4GHz quad core Mstar 6A928 SoC and a 2GB of RAM alongside an Internal storage of 8GB. The 63-inch curved display boasts of 176-degree viewing angle, dynamic response of 8ms, 4000:1 contrast ration and a 78% NTSC colour Gamut....

Mi TV 4X: Design and Display In terms of design, the Mi TV 4X comes in at 13.9mm thickness with a two-color anodized metal frame and a flat back panel that gives it a flush-look when mounted on a wall. It features a 4K HDR 10 display that offers deeper and punchier colors along with improved picture quality. It also features WCG (Wide-Color Gamut) and Reality Flow (with MEMC enabled by a dedicated chip)....

Redmi Note 4 Utilities: Control TV, ACs, DVD Player and more It is one of the most used features of phones housing an IR blaster. Redmi Note 4 has one and using the Mi Remote App you can configure almost any TV, AC, Set-top box, Fan, Box, A/V receiver, DVD player, Projector or Camera. The app has huge support for almost every type of brand. Setting up is easy. Launch the Mi Remote App, and point your phone towards the IR sensor on your machine....

The new Xolo Black has thickness of 7.3mm, which is still pretty elegant, even if there are new smartphones as slim as 5.5mm out there. The phone comes with a 5.5-inch full HD IPS OGS display protected by Gorilla Glass 3 with a 401 PPI density. A neat feature is the light in the power button which “breathes” when you get notifications. Here’s a breakdown of the most important specs of the device:...

The feature, called “tap + send” allows Windows Phone 8 users to send files to each other via NFC, but also allows cross platform sharing with Android devices. Although, it has some limitations, it’s still a big step towards multi-platform sharing of files in a very short time and with next to no effort. And it’s also nice to see Microsoft being open to help users from “rival” companies....

The most recent Android 5.2 update was first previewed at the company’s I/O conference in late May, but at the time Google didn’t disclose the full name for Android M. And yeah, marshmallow does seem to be the obvious choice here, although marmalade wouldn’t have been too bad either. Android versions have been developed under a confectionery-themed code name sine April 2009, so let’s have a brief look back and see how were the previous versions called:...

Computers were slowly becoming popular in the US, thanks to products like the Macintosh. But they were still seen as something that were geek/nerd territory, and not for general users. Meanwhile, British rock group Dire Straits had scored what seemed to be a major hit with their album, Brothers in Arms. The band which had been reasonably popular thanks to numbers like Sultans of Swings in the past seemed to have taken a step closer to greatness with the album, which blended relatively quiet numbers like One World and Brothers in Arms with peppy songs like Walk of Life and most notably, Money for Nothing....

Literally. Yes, the new flagship device from Asus, the Zenfone 6, might have some very impressive hardware under its hood. But what is going to stand out is the camera. Asus calls it a “motorized flip camera” – a motorized unit on the central part of the glassy back, it rotates to become the selfie camera as well, whenever you need it. So literally, you have the same set of cameras acting as the conventional rear camera and also the selfie camera....

But if revealing a new version of the 3310 was a marketing masterstroke in terms of grabbing attention, it remains to be seen whether it will prove to be commercially successful as well. After all, not everyone is going to be swayed purely by sentiment in a world that is seemingly obsessed with spec sheets. And there are those who even feel that the new 3310 is actually nothing like the original it was named after (our own features writer rather bluntly stated that it did not make her feel sentimental in the least)....

Look not at the spec sheet… Well, this time we think OnePlus has flipped matters around with the OnePlus 5T. This time, the innards remain largely the same as we saw in the OnePlus 5. The Snapdragon 835 processor aided by 6GB or 8 GB of RAM and paired with 64 GB or 128 GB of storage remains in place. And the dual cameras on the rear are still 20 and 16-megapixel ones, while the one in front remains a 16-megapixel affair....

At first glance, the Realme U1 looks like an exact replica of the Realme 2 Pro launched not too long ago. Polycarbonate back, teardrop notch on the front, same dual camera and fingerprint scanner placement along with all the regular buttons and ports along the sides. The U1, however, skimps on a secondary mic for noise cancellation. Looks like Realme is using the same outer chassis and display panels as the 2 Pro on the U1 and that’s not necessarily a bad thing as the 6....

Perhaps the easiest way to download Facebook videos is via DownFacebook. It is an online service that doesn’t require you to download or install anything. All you need is your web browser with Flash Player installed and an internet connection. It provides you with two ways to download videos from Facebook – one, by pasting the URL of the Facebook video you want to download in the box or two, by simply appending “down” before Facebook in the URL....

Chrome keeps signing me out is a common problem for many Google Chrome users. There are two different aspects to this: Chrome keeps logging you out of your Google Chrome account. Chrome keeps logging you out of websites you are logged in to. In this article, you will learn how to resolve this issue on all major platforms – Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS/iPadOS – using some common methods. All these methods will also ensure that you are permanently logged in to your Gmail account on the Chrome web browser....

There are going to be some gasps of horror at its Rs 6,999 (USD 99.99) price tag, especially when you consider that Xiaomi offers a 20000 mAh power bank at a much lower price (Rs 1499 at the time of writing). Hold your horses of horror, though. We are not saying that the Anker PowerCore Speed 20000 PD is a super affordable proposition. It isn’t. But it does bring some serious charging muscle for those extra bucks it charges....

While a mere rating might not be a major deterrent for most users, there are still a handful of people who are nit-picky and take into consideration all the various aspects of a smartphone before making a decision. So, for those who find themselves in this category, here’s a detailed explanation on IP ratings. What is an IP rating? IP or Ingress Protection is the standardized rating used to determine the level of protection that the devices offer against foreign objects....

Rahul Sharma points to a table that is covered with phones. As usual. A geek’s dream, maybe, but perhaps not quite the Micromax CEO’s cup of tea for a chat. When we insist it is perfectly all right (hey, we love talking with phones all round), he settles down, tall, slim frame almost blending into a chair. “I liked your article,” he says to Akriti, referring to a piece she had written on TechPP on Micromax’s silence in recent times....