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Mar 31, 2020

In the wake of national lockdown, people are forced to sit at homes in India. While the ongoing scenario has deliberately spiked internet usage across the country. It has even impacted the WhatsApp servers, and in wake of such a surge, the company is doing some changes to the social messaging app.

The world’s largest social messaging app has just trimmed the Status video limit by 15 seconds in India to reduce the server strain. WhatsApp tracker, WABetaInfo tweeted the information, “You can no longer send videos to WhatsApp Status if they are longer than 16 seconds: only videos having a duration of 15 seconds will be allowed. This is happening in India and it’s probably an initiative to reduce the traffic on the server infrastructures.”

The new change will affect all 400 million Whatsapp users throughout India. The app from now own will ask the users to reduce video time under 15 seconds to upload it as Status.

Several other services are reporting the upscale in data usage throughout India. To ease the load on telecom carriers and some service providers, the Indian Government has limited the video streaming to 480p last week on all the cellular networks.

It’s been a week since the Indian Government has imposed lockdown to fight against the novel coronavirus. The measures and steps taken by the government have somehow reduced the pace of virus spread.

Additionally, the WhatsApp Status feature initially allowed 90 seconds of video but was considerably reduced to 30 seconds.

Honor 8A Prime goes official in Russia

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Mar 31, 2020

Honor has silently announced a new phone called Honor 8A Prime. The handset houses a waterdrop notch screen and it comes in vibrant colors. It is an entry-level phone that has arrived with a price tag of 9,990 Rubles ($126).

Honor 8A Prime Specifications

The Honor 8A Prime has a polycarbonate body that measures 156.28 x 73.5 x 8.22mm and it weighs 150 grams. The device is driven by MediaTek Helio P35 chipset that ticks at 2.3GHz. The handset features 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. It has a dedicated microSD card slot for additional storage.

The handset features a front-facing camera of 8-megapixel. The rear shell of the device has an LED flash assisted 13-megapixel shooter. It comes loaded with EMUI 9.0 based Android 9 Pie OS. A fingerprint sensor is available on its back.

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The Honor 8A Prime includes a 3,020mAh battery and it comes with connectivity features like dual SIM support, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, microUSB 2.0 and 3.5mm audio jack. The 8A Prime comes in three colors like Dark Blue, Midnight Black and Emerald Green.

The specifications of the Honor 8A Prime are exact match with Honor 8A Pro. The latter was introduced in Russia in April 2019 with a pricing of 13,990 Rubles. At that time, the phone was announced in Blue and Black colors. The Honor 8A Pro listing cannot be found on the Honor Russia website. Hence, it appears that the Chinese manufacturer may have launched the phone again as Honor 8A Prime with reduced pricing and in three colors. Since the Honor 8A Pro had debuted before US trade band, the Honor 8A Prime could be loaded with Google Mobile Services (GMS).

Download High Quality New OnePlus Logo Wallpapers from here

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Mar 31, 2020

Yesterday, OnePlus announced the launch date for the OnePlus 8 series, which is scheduled to take place on April 14. A few days back, the Chinese smartphone maker also unveiled its new logo. Following this announcement, it has released a set of new OnePlus logo wallpapers, which you can download from here in high quality.

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From a startup to a fully-fledged premium smartphone brand, OnePlus has come a long way since its inception in 2013. Now, as the brand is all set to unveil its 7th generation of smartphones, it has also tweaked its logo with bold letters and icons. In case you are wondering, the OnePlus 8 series is indeed the seventh generation of phones from the company as it ditched number 4 back in 2017 by launching the OnePlus 5.

Although OnePlus still depends on feedback from its community, the brand has shifted its philosophy from making ‘flagship killers’ to producing ‘premium flagships’ competing directly with the big names like Apple, Samsung, and Huawei. Also, the brand still somehow manages to undercut the competitors by pricing its devices slightly cheaper with OxygenOS as an icing on the cake.

If you are interested in knowing more about the upcoming OnePlus 8 series, then do check out our coverages on all the alleged devices in the series.

Lastly, don’t forget to download the new OnePlus logo wallpapers in high quality from the Google Drive link provided below.

Download New OnePlus Logo Wallpapers

Sony Pictures delays its almost entire movie lineup until next year

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Mar 31, 2020

Many industries have been disrupted with the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Amid this, Sony has now rescheduled its movie lineup and the schedule moves are the most sweeping by a major studio as most movie theaters are now closed in North America.

Sony Pictures has confirmed that it has pushed back several of its major releases, including ‘Morbius’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, ‘Uncharted’, and ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ to next year.

The ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ has been moved from July 10, 2020, to March 5, 2021 while ‘Morbis’ has been pushed back from July 31, 2020, to March 19, 2021. The video game adaptation of ‘Uncharted’ will now release on October 8, 2021 instead of March 5, 2021. Further, the ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ has also been moved from August 7, 2020, to January 15, 2021.

The company has also announced that an untitled Sony/Marvel movie has also been delayed from its original release date of 8th October 2021 but the studio has not revealed the new date for this.

However, amid this major changes, the upcoming third Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man movie appears to be unaffected. The sequel to the ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ is already set to release on July 16, 2021.

The move from Sony Pictures indicate that it is not expecting theaters to be open again until mid-summer. Apart from Sony, Warner Bros. has also postponed ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ to August 14 instead of June 5. Also, Disney’s ‘Mulan’ has been indefinitely delayed, while the new James Bond movie ‘No Time to Die’ is now set for November release.

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OPPO Reno Ace 2 render reveal its front and rear design

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Mar 31, 2020

OPPO will be announcing the Reno Ace 2 flagship phone in the coming month. The handset has appeared on China’s TENAA telecom authority with all its specifications in the previous week. The images of the phone had also appeared on TENAA. A fresh render of the smartphone has been shared by a reliable Chinese tipster to reveal its front and rear design.

The leaked render of the OPPO Reno Ace 2 features a punch-hole display. The handset features an AMOLED screen that is embedded with an in-screen fingerprint reader. The back panel of the Ace 2 has a round-shaped camera module. It houses an LED flash assisted four cameras with an “Ultra Steady” text at the center. The volume buttons can be seen on the left edge and it has a power button on the right side.

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OPPO Reno Ace 2 specifications

The TENAA appearance of the Reno Ace 2 (PDHM00 model number) revealed that it has a 6.5-inch AMOLED display that produces full HD+ resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels and 20:9 aspect ratio. The Snapdragon 865 mobile platform is rumored to power the device.

The Reno Ace 2 has a front camera of 16-megapixel. The rear side of the phone features an LED flash assisted 48-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel + 2-megapixel quad camera system.

The Reno Ace 2 will come in RAM editions of 8 GB and 12 GB. It will be available in 128 GB and 256 GB storage editions. The phone houses a dual-cell battery and the size of its single cell is 1,955mAh. The 3C certification of the phone revealed that it supports 65W fast charging. The company confirmed that the phone will ship with 40W wireless charging. The Android 10 OS with ColorOS 7 will come preloaded on the device.

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Development of upcoming Apple products is on-track with employees working remotely

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Mar 31, 2020

Earlier this month, Apple shuttered many facets of its Apple Park and older Infinite Loop campuses as San Francisco Bay Area officials put in place stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of coronavirus.

With this, the company seems to have temporarily adopted the Work From Home culture, even though Apple is not an ideal company to have this work culture having a giant campus and dozens of offices across the world.

Despite this, it is reported that Apple is still working on the new versions of several of its products, including the HomePod, Apple TV, MacBook Pro, budget iPads, Apple Watch, iPhone, and iMac.

A report claims that all of these devices could be released “as early as later this year” and have been previously rumoured to get released in the 2020. It also claims that the company’s software updates are also on track and are expected to be debuted in June at a virtual version of WWDC.

While some employees are allowed into Apple’s Silicon Valley offices for work that requires hands-on development, but there has been some setbacks as working from office is not possible in other parts of the world like Italy, Germany, and Asia.

With work-from-home order, Apple has also clamped down employees allowed to take home future versions of new software, including iOS 14. As per the report, employees working on ‌iOS 14‌ and other software updates need approval from Apple’s executive team.

Apart from this work-related situation, the tech giant has also shut down all 458 of its stores outside of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong earlier this month. The company had also put purchase restrictions on customers, but have now been removed for all the regions, except China.

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Huawei launches Panoramic VR wallpapers for all the supported devices

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Mar 31, 2020

Huawei recently launched the P40 series flagship smartphones with support for panoramic VR wallpapers. Today, the company has launched the official theme for the P40’s panoramic VR wallpapers on its network.

It is not limited to the P40 series smartphones and is available for multiple devices from Huawei as well as its sub-brand Honor. Reports indicate that the Panoramic VR wallpapers can ben activated on Huawei’s Mate 20 and Mate 30 series as well as P20, P30, and the newly launched P40 series.

On the other hand, the Honor V20 as well as the Honor V30 come with support for this. The company has officially launched three sets of themes for VR panoramic wallpapers — Infinite Aurora Vision VR Panorama, Brilliant Star River VR Panorama, and Senlu Xianlu VR Panorama.

The company says that this feature offers the ultimate visual retreat, breaking the boundaries of time and space. It also has 360-degree VR panoramic gravity sensing lock screen which is claimed to be a whole different gameplay.

The newly launched Huawei P40 series consists of three models namely Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, and Huawei P40 Pro Plus. The pricing of these phones starts at €799 (~$880), €999 (~$1095), and €1399 (~$1533) respectively.

Because of the on-going coronavirus pandemic, many countries are facing tough situations and have been affected in the worst ways possible. In various countries, lockdowns have been imposed by governments to control the spread of the virus.

Due to such measures, most manufacturing plants have been abandoned that is resulting in no production. But when the media asked about it to Richard Yu of Huawei, he ensured that the company has sufficient units of P40 series ready to meet consumer demand.

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Meizu 17’s 30W wired charger appears in a leaked shot

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Mar 31, 2020

The Meizu 16s Pro that arrived in August 2019 was the last flagship phone from the company. It had arrived with 24W mCharge fast charging support. Meizu will be announcing its first 5G phone – the Meizu 17, in April. Rumors have claimed that the Meizu 17 may come with support for faster wired charging. A spy shot of the Meizu 17’s charging adapter has surfaced on Weibo. It reveals that it will carry support for 30W fast charging.

The model number of the charger that will accompany the Meizu 17 is UP1030. The maximum charging output mentioned on it is 10V/3A. Since the design of the charging head is identical with Meizu’s other charging adapter, it indeed appears to be the Meizu 17’s charger. Speculations surrounding the Meizu 17 have claimed that it will also carry support for wireless charging.

A recent report had revealed that the Meizu 17 5G will be accompanied by Meizu 17 Pro 5G. These phones are believed to have M2081 and M2091 model numbers. While the rumor mill has revealed the specs and pricing of the Meizu 17, nothing much is known on the Pro model.

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Meizu 17 specification and price (Rumored)

The Meizu 17 has a full HD+ 6.5-inch OLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. There is a small round-shaped cutout on the screen for its selfie camera. The Snapdragon 865 mobile platform drives the handset with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.0 storage.

The rear side of the phone is expected to feature a 64-megapixel main lens, a 20-megapixel ultrawide shooter and a 12-megapixel telephoto lens. The device has a 4,500mAh battery.

The 8 GB RAM + 128 GB edition of the Meizu 17 may cost 3,999 Yuan (~$564). The 8 GB RAM + 256 GB and 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage versions of the Meizu 17 could be priced at 4,299 Yuan (~$606) and 4,699 Yuan (~$663).

OnePlus 8 series is launching in China two days after international launch

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Mar 31, 2020

After months of leaks related to the upcoming flagship smartphones from OnePlus, the company has now officially confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series will be launched on 14th April through an online launch event.

Now, the company has confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series will be launched in the China on 16th April at 07:00 PM. It seems that the company will only be launching OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro devices at this event and the OnePlus 8 Lite or OnePlus Z will come a couple of months later, by the end of Q2 2020.

While OnePlus has not yet revealed the phone’s specifications, leaks and reports related to the upcoming devices has revealed almost everything. The OnePlus 8 series will come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 processor with all-in-one 5G.

The standard version will have a 90Hz Fluid AMOLED display with a punch hole cutout and a Full HD+ 1080p screen resolution whereas the Pro model is expected to have a 120Hz QHD+ AMOLED display panel along with a punch hole cutout for front-facing camera.

Other differences between the two devices include triple rear cameras on the OnePlus 8 and quad rear cameras on the OnePlus 8 Pro. The Pro variant is also reported to have a up to 30x digital zoom, bigger battery capacity, support for fast wireless charging, support for reverse wireless charging.

Both the devices will be running the latest Android 10 operation system out-of-the-box with the company’s own OxygenOS user interface on top. Given that the devices will have 5G support, they are expected to cost more than their predecessors.

Honor 30 series launch date is April 15

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Mar 31, 2020

Honor had held a launch event in China yesterday to announce the Honor 30S and Honor 9A smartphones. While the Honor 9A debuted as an entry-level phone, the Honor 30S arrived as an upper mid-range phone driven by the all new 7nm Kirin 820 5G chipset. Today, the company took to Weibo to confirm that its next unveil event will be held on April 15 for announcing the Honor 30 series of flagship phones.

The Honor 30 series launch date poster features the well-known Chinese actor named Li Xian. He can be seen showing the glimpse of the purple colored Honor 30 series phone.

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Yesterday, OnePlus confirmed that it will be holding an unveil event on April 14 to introduce the OnePlus 8 series that includes the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones. OnePlus will be holding a dedicated launch event for OnePlus 8 series in China on April 16. The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to rival with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro phones.

The rumor mill has revealed only few details on the specs of the Honor 30 series. Earlier this month, a leaked poster had surfaced on Weibo that revealed the rear design of the Honor 30 series. The poster revealed that the Honor 30 series a round-shaped camera module on its back and it will be coming in four colors like pink, blue, silver and purple.

Unconfirmed rumors surrounding the Honor 30 have unearthed that it has three rear cameras. The first one is a 50-megapixel Sony IMX7XX lens, a 12-megapixel ultrawide shooter and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. Live shots of the alleged Honor 30 Pro were spotted recently. the images revealed that the smartphone has a display with pronounced curvature on left and right sides. A pill-shaped cutout for dual selfie snappers were also seen. It seems to support 90Hz refresh rate.

Sony consolidates three major businesses into ‘Sony Electronics Corporation’, Gaming Division stays separate

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Sudarshan Ravichandran

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Mar 31, 2020

Sony Corporation establishes a new intermediate holding company named ‘Sony Electronics Corporation’, which will be effective from April 1st, 2020. This newly formed division of the Japanese tech giant will merge three of its businesses into a single entity namely Imaging Products & Solutions, Home Entertainment & Sound, and Mobile Communications.

Sony has decided to absorb all of its consumer electronics business excluding gaming consoles into one single subsidiary. That means from 1st April, Sony consumer cameras, televisions, home audio, and mobile phone businesses will come under the newly established Sony Electronics Corporation.

The new subsidiary will be responsible for global sales, marketing, logistics, and procurement of all the above-mentioned businesses. Also, the company is aiming to optimize its organizational structure, talent and business portfolio by enhancing competitiveness and creating new businesses out of it.

The company has also appointed two of its executive vice presidents to run the new subsidiary. It has named Mr. Shigeki Ishizuka and Mr. Ichiro Takagi as CEO as well as COO of Sony Electronics Corporation respectively.

Sony Interactive Entertainment, under which PlayStation comes will remain independent as usual, making it the only consumer electronics business by the company to have this privilege. Also, other Sony businesses like music, film, and more are unaffected by this new change.

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George Zhao: Honor was the Second Largest Smartphone Brand in China in February

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Mar 31, 2020

At the end of Honor 30S launch event, Honor President Zhao George said that his brand performed well even during the hardest of times amid lockdowns due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. As per Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell 38% YoY in February but still Honor managed to secure the second position in the Chinese smartphone market.

February 2020 was the worst-performing month for smartphone makers in terms of YoY decline in history. The cause for it was none other than the infamous coronavirus outbreak which led to lockdown across China, the manufacturing hub of the world. Thus, supply chains and offline sales were severely disturbed.

But, according to Mr. Zhao, Honor has recovered rapidly since the beginning of March and it is even growing at a higher rate than the same period last year. He further boasts that Honor achieved a new record in difficult times by becoming the second largest smartphone brand in China.

At an event today, Honor unveiled its Honor 30S mid-range 5G smartphone, HiSilcion Kirin 820 5G chipset, Honor 9A budget smartphone with 5000 mAh battery, and a new ‘Robin Blue’ colour variant of FlyPods 3 noise cancellation TWS. All these products are slated to go on sale starting April 7.

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Oukitel WP6 Unboxing video surfaces featuring tough yet premium design

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Mar 30, 2020

Oukitel introduced WP6 smartphone a few days ago featuring a mammoth 10000 battery and super 48-megapixel camera. We have got an unboxing video of the device showcasing all the major features and attractions of the smartphone. The device’s accessories are fully described to give us a better understanding of what we will get. You can sneak-peak the whole unboxing video of Oukitel WP6.

The official video shower some light on the unknown aspects of the device. Moreover, the Oukitel WP6 features a 6.3-inch display featuring an HD+ resolution and immersive viewing experience. IT comes powered with an Helio P70 octa-core processor coupled with 6GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage.

Oukitel WP6 comes with a powerful and enhanced camera having a 48-megapixel primary sensor. Whereas, the selfie camera that houses in the notch is of 16MP with f/2.0 aperture.

The developers have tweaked the Android Operating System to receive the best outcomes on a rugged smartphone The design or the build is pure premium with a 70% metallic cover.

The smartphone comes with a huge 10000 mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging. Moreover, it carries all the necessary certifications for being rugged, waterproof, shatterproof and dustproof.

Oukitel WP6 is available at a discounted price of $199 from AliExpress in black and orange colors. You can know more about the device by heading to the official website here.

Blackview BV6100 appears as the best affordable online learning device during coronavirus outbreak

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Mar 30, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has put halt to various new launchings and other activities in the smartphone world. However, the electronics makers never resorted to the pandemic as they are continually shipping smartphones. Similarly, Blackview’s recently announced BV6100 is emerging as the best affordable online learning device during the coronavirus outbreak. BlackView BV6100’s large-screen phone costs under $300.

It houses a large 6.88-inch HD display to help kids learn more swiftly with an enhanced experience. Blackview BV6100 is an ideal smartphone for learning purposes and also kids can download learning apps in the device. The ultra big smartphone is available at ultra-affordable price of $125.39 at the AliExpress store from March 27 to March 31. However, it usually retails at a price of $189.99.

It is a waterproof, shatterproof and dustproof device with IP68 and IP69K standard ratings. It can be submerged in a water depth of 15 meters for half an hour. It can be helpful in the recent novel coronavirus outbreak, as the user would be able to directly wash the device and disinfects the device without worrying about any damage.

Blackview BV6100 is durable and rugged thanks to its MIL-STD-810G certification. The usual falls don’t affect the BV6100 as it is designed to survive those small accidents. The smartphone comes equipped with a 5580 mAh battery offering extended standby time and eliminates the need for frequent charging.

The smartphone is easily available at discount prices from AliExpress. Blackview has put several other devices like BV9900 Pro, BV9800 Pro, and BV9100 on sale. You can know more about the ongoing promotion over here.

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Best 6 reasons to grab Ulefone Armor 7E

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