Realme will be unveiling the Realme X50 as its 5G smartphone on Jan. 7. The company has confirmed some of the key specs of the smartphone ahead of its arrival. A leaked specs sheet of the Realme X50 5G surfaced over the weekend to reveal the entire specs of the phone. The leaked information may not be true, and it could be just based on the rumors surrounding the smartphone. However, it does suggest what to expected from the Realme X50 5G that will be arriving as a major rival for the Redmi K30 5G.
Realme X50 Specifications (Rumored)
The Realme X50 5G is expected to come equipped with a 6.67-inch IPS LCD display made by JDI. The screen supports full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. The front and rear sides of the phone are said to be flanked with Gorilla Glass 5 panels. The company has already the phone is equipped with a dual punch-hole on the screen. The leaked sheet reveals that it features a main lens of 32-megapixal and an 8-megapixel sensor.
The quad camera setup placed on the rear side of the Realme X50 5G could be fitted with a 64-megapixel Samsung GW1 primary shooter, an ultrawide lens of 8-megapixel, a 13-megapixel telephoto lens with 5x hybrid zoom and a 2-megapixel super macro lens. The quad cameras could be coupled with features like image stabilization feature for the main and ultrawide lens.
The Snapdragon 765G mobile platform will power the smartphone and it may ship with up to 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The phone users with up to 256 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. A microSD card slot will be available on the device for additional storage. The handset could be housing a 4,500mAh battery that carries support for 30W fast charging. The connectivity features that could be available on the Realme X50 are 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, dual frequency GPS, USB-C and 3.5mm audio jack. The phone also features a side-facing fingerprint reader. The handset is said to come with P2i coating. It may measure 8.7mm in thickness and weigh 185 grams.
Realme X50 5G Price (Rumored)
The leak states that the Realme X50 5G will be available in options like 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. These models could be respectively priced at 2,199 Yuan (~$315), 2,499 Yuan (~$358) and 2,799 Yuan (~$401). The Redmi K30 5G that will hit the Chinese markets on Jan. 7 has a starting price of 1,999 Yuan (~$280).’
Reports emanating from the UK indicates that Britain’s security chiefs may have given PM Boris Johnson the green light to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to provide Britain’s 5G networks, despite fears that the Chinese government can use Huawei’s technology to spy on other countries.
An exhibitor stands near a Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. logo at the CeBIT 2017 tech fair in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
British tabloid Daily Mail quotes an unnamed senior security source to have disclosed that ‘the balance between national security and the economic benefit to the UK is something we are confident we can manage’.
This is coming ahead of the convening of UK’s National Security Council by the Prime Minister in the third week of January to make a decision on whether Huawei can be trusted to provide elements of the vital upgrade. Earlier talks had ended with a recommendation that Huawei is excluded from ‘core’ aspects of the British network. However, the firm has been given the nod to supply ‘non-core’ elements such as antennae for high-speed mobile internet. This decision may have been reached following the realization that blocking Huawei’s access to the UK’s 5G network risks leaving Britain behind in the 5G race in the technological dark age.
However, the UK government risks getting into a diplomatic row with the US which has taken a harder line on Huawei and has even advised allies against using Huawei’s 5G technology.
Samsung recently started selling its first foldable smartphone named Samsung Galaxy Fold and now reports about a new foldable phone from the South Korean giant is surfacing online. As per a new report, the company is getting ready to launch a new foldable smartphone with a clamshell design.
But what’s more interesting about this upcoming foldable smartphone is the launch date. The report claims that the phone will be launched in February before the launch of the company’s flagship Galaxy S11 series.
According to the reports, the company is currently in talks with three of the leading mobile carries in its home country to launch its second-generation of foldable smartphones and is aiming for the February launch for the same.
It is expected that the company could share more details about the said smartphone as well as information about the global available during its Unpacked event that will be hosted in the United States in mid-February for the launch of Galaxy S11 lineup.
While not much is known about the upcoming clamshell foldable smartphone from the company, the device is expected to boast a 6.7-inch display and will become nearly square-shaped when folded.
As for the pricing, compared with the Galaxy Fold, which came with a price tag of around $2,000, this new foldable version from Samsung will be available in the mid-$1,000 range, claims the report based on unnamed sources.
It seems that Samsung is rushing to launch its new foldable smartphone as its competitor Huawei is gearing up to launch two new foldable phones early next year and Motorola is also set to start selling its Motorola Razr foldable smartphone. Other major smartphone brand are also working on similar designs and could launch their own foldable devices in the year 2020 but its not yet confirmed officially.
Earlier this month, Xiaomi-backed Redmi brand announced its new Redmi K30 series of smartphones at an event in China. While the 4G variant of the smartphone went on sale in the second week of December, the Redmi K30 5G was slated to go on sale in January 2020.
Now, the company has confirmed that the 5G model of the Redmi K30 smartphone will be available for purchase in the Chinese market from 7th January. When announced, this was the first SD765G-powered 5G smartphone, however, Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G will be the first to be available as it will go on sale tomorrow.
The Redmi K30 5G will be available in three color options — White, Blue, Red, and Purple. Its pricing starts at 1999 yuan (~$286) for the 6GB + 64GB model and goes up to 2899 yuan (~$414) for the 8GB + 256GB version.
As for the specifications, the smartphone features a 6.67-inch punch-hole display and Gorilla Glass 5 panels for protection on its front and rear. The HDR 10 complaint display produces a tall aspect ratio of 20:9 and offers Full HD+ screen resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. It is also the first Redmi phone to arrive with support for 120Hz refresh rate.
Under the hood, the device is powered by the new 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset and comes with up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and inbuilt storage of up to 256GB UFS 2.1. There’s also a microSD card slot on the device for expanding the storage capacity.
The back panel of the phone features a vertical quad camera setup which is placed inside a glossy round pattern. It comes with Sony IMX686 64-megapixel primary lens with an f/1.89 aperture and a 1/1.73″ sensor size. The other sensors on the device include an 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens with 120-degree field-of-view, a 5-megapixel macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth assist lens.
The company claims that the Redmi K30 5G has the same camera algorithms that is available on the Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro that features 108-megapixel penta-lens camera setup. On the front, the Redmi K30 5G features an AI powered dual camera setup that includes a 20-megapixel main lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
It is the company’s first phone to arrive with Android 10 OS which is overlaid with the latest MIUI 11 user interface. The Mi Turbo 2.0 optimised the system performance whereas Game Turbo 2.0 enhances the device for gaming. It is powered by a 4,500mAh battery and carries support for 30W fast charging technology.
Xiaomi, the Chinese company known for making value-for-money smartphones, recently launched a smartwatch under its own brand. Now, the company has announced yet another smartwatch named Xiaomi Watch Color.
As the name itself suggests, this new smartwatch has support for colorful straps, which the company claims is suitable for all the occasions and genders. The company further adds that it comes with support for different types of color combinations.
While the company has announced this Xiaomi Watch Color, it has not yet revealed details related to its specifications, variants, and pricing. However, Xiaomi has confirmed that the smartwatch will be available for purchase in China from 3rd January.
If the rumors are to be believed, then this upcoming smart wearable product from the Chinese company is expected to be have similar set of features and specifications as the Huami Amazfit GTR.
It could come with a 1.39-inch circular display with 454 x 454 pixels screen resolution and packed with various sensors including heart rate sensor, accelerometer, barometer along with features such as 5ATM waterproof among others. We expect to know more about this wearable device in the coming days.
A few months ago, in September, we reported about Xiaomi working on a new smartwatch named Xiaomi Watch Color based on the trademark application filed by the Chinese company, along with the trademark for the MIX Alpha.
The announcement of this Xiaomi Watch Color comes just weeks after the company launched the Mi Watch Forbidden City Edition on its crowdfunding platform for a price of 1,299 yuan (~$186) against its regular price of 1,699 yuan (~$243). In terms of design, the watch is very similar to the Mobvoi Ticwatch C2.
Meanwhile, there are also reports claiming that the company is getting ready to launch a new Xiaomi Watch Pro which will come with a circular dial, unlike the standard Xiaomi Watch which has design similar to the Apple Watch.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are the next flagship phones from Xiaomi. The Chinese manufacturer is expected to unleash it in February. The Snapdragon 865 mobile platform will be driving both smartphones. Very few details of the Mi 10 series have appeared so far. A reliable tipster from China has shared some information on the battery capacity of the Xiaomi Mi 10.
According to the leakster, the standard edition of Xiaomi Mi 10 series will be equipped with a 4,800 – 4,500mAh battery. The tipster has also said that the battery size of the Mi 10 may differ by 100 mAh from the actual capacity.
The leak indicates that the Xiaomi Mi 10 will come with a significantly large-sized battery as the predecessor Xiaomi Mi 9 had featured a 3,300mAh battery. It is believed that the 5G-ready Xiaomi M2001J2E/C phone that was 3C authority of China in November is the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 10. The 3C certification had suggested that the phone may ship with a charger that supports 30W fast charging. The battery size of Xiaomi Mi 10 Prov is not known yet. However, the phone is rumored to have a model number M2001J1E/C and it may carry support for 66W fast charging.
Through another Weibo post, the tipster has claimed that the phones in the Mi 10 series will differ in screen size, cameras, battery size, fast charging capabilities and memory specifications. The rumor mill is yet to spill information on the specifications of the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. The Mi 10 series is expected to come preloaded with MIUI 11 based Android 10 OS. Some reports have claimed that the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro may feature a 108-megapixel main lens on its rear.
It remains to be seen whether the company announces Xiaomi Mi 10 SE as the successor for the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE smartphone that was made official along with Xiaomi Mi 9 earlier this year. The Black Shark 2 gaming phone had gone official around a month after the time Xiaomi Mi 9 series was announced. Hence, there is a possibility that the Black Shark 3 gaming smartphone may go official soon after the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series.
Since the Redmi Note 8 series made its debut in the Indian market in mid-October, the models have been available to buy via flash sale only. However, that is now over as Xiaomi has disclosed that the Redmi Note 8 series made up of the Redmi Note 8, Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi 8 are all now available to buy on open sales. The three models are readily available to buy in India from Flipkart, Amazon India or Mi.com as well as on some offline stores.
The Redmi Note 8 series comes with several outstanding features that made them hot-selling models. The Redmi Note 8 Pro emerged as one of the first phones on the market with a 64 MP camera and an Helio G90T chipset. It equally features a massive 4,500 mAh battery and a microSD slot, which is exclusive for India. Xiaomi also included an 18W charger in the box for the quick-charging capabilities of the phone. The price of the phone starts from INR14,999 ($210) for the 6GB+64GB variant.
The Redmi Note 8 also supports 18W fast-charging but has a basic 10W power block in its retail box. It comes with Snapdragon 665 chipset, up to 6 GB RAM, and 128 GB storage and costs INR9,999 ($140) for the basic 4/64 GB option.
O the other hand, the budget Redmi 8 brings affordability to the mix with a starting price tag of INR7,999 ($110). The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 439 chipset and Xiaomi slapped a dual-camera setup on the back as well as a fingerprint scanner. Just like its bigger siblings, the Redmi 8 also supports fast-charging at 18W for the 5,000 mAh power cell.
Recently, Amazon India started teasing on the arrival of the Vivo S1 Pro smartphone. On Saturday, the official Twitter account of Vivo India released a tweet to confirm that the Vivo S1 Pro will be made official in the country on Jan. 4. By this, it will become the first Vivo phone to break cover in the year 2020.
The Vivo S1 Pro teaser confirms that that it features a diamond-patterned camera module on its rear. The AI driven quad rear cameras of the smartphone has a 48-megapixel main lens. The phone is also fitted with a 32-megapixel selfie camera. As it is already known, the Vivo S1 Pro is not an entirely new smartphone since the company has already unveiled it in some Southeast Asian markets.
The Vivo S1 Pro has a S-AMOLED display with waterdrop notch. It measures 6.38 inches and offers full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels along with 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The screen is embedded with a fingerprint reader. The Snapdragon 665 mobile platform powers the smartphone. India is expected to receive the phone in 6 GB and 8 GB RAM editions. The 8 GB RAM variant may come with 128 GB of native storage. There is a microSD card slot on the Vivo S1 Pro for more storage.
The front notch of the Vivo S1 Pro has an f/2.0 aperture 32-megapixel main lens. The rear camera setup has a Samsung GM1 48-megapixel main lens, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 2-megapixel macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. The device is preloaded with Android 9 Pie OS that is overlaid with FunTouchOS 9.2 skin. The smartphone is packed with a 4,500mAh battery that carries support for 18W fast charging through USB-C.
Vivo S1 Pro Price in India (Rumored)
The 8 GB RAM + 128 GB variant of the Vivo S1 Pro could be hitting the Indian markets with a price tag of Rs. 19,990 (~$280). There is no word on the pricing of the 6 GB RAM edition of the Vivo S1 Pro. In Philippines, the S1 Pro comes in colors like Fancy Sky and Knight Black. However, teasers on Vivo India’s Twitter suggest that the phone will come in Fancy Sky and Blue color options in the country.
Xiaomi holds a Guinness World Record for the most stores opened simultaneously with its feat of opening over 500 Mi Stores in India in November last year. The tech giant has now recorded another milestone even though it won’t upset the Guinness World Record. The company has reportedly opened more than 100 offline Mi stores in China.
The opening of more retail stores is said to be part of Lu Weibing’s measures for offline channel reform since he took over as president of Xiaomi China on November 29. After proposing a dual-engine strategy and clear target plan, Xiaomi began focusing on the expansion of new retail channels and more on the cultivation of core customers. From the list of 100 stores opened this time, more than 80% are owned by third-party vendors.
As at today, the number of Xiaomi offline terminals has exceeded 6000 stores. As a reminder, Xiaomi opened its first Mi Store in China on September 12, 2015.
Wireless earbuds have become more popular since more manufacturers have removed the earphone jack from their phones. Unlike wireless headphones (read earphones), wireless earbuds do not have a cord connecting the two parts together making them true wireless.
However, since there is no cord connecting the earbuds, it makes it easier to lose an earbud. If it happens that an earbud falls out of your ear, there is no cord holding it across your shoulder like in the case of wired earphones.
For today’s poll, we want to know if you have ever lost an earbud. Also, use the comment box to tell us how it happened and if you bought a new pair or you switched to a “wired” wireless type.
A few days ago, Oppo announced the Reno3 series with a base variant which can almost be considered as a flagship killer. As we showed you, it was even able to beat the Reno3 Pro on the first benchmarks. That is why we decided to compare it with the most attractive flagship killers actually in the market. Among the global ones, we got the Realme X2 Pro and the OnePlus 7T, both flagships available at modest prices. Is it better to go for a flagship killer offering the max performance or for a complete device with no extreme performance like the Oppo Reno3? If you want to know, go ahead with this specs comparison.
Oppo Reno3 vs Realme X2 Pro vs OnePlus 7T
Oppo Realme X2 Pro
OnePlus 7T
Oppo Reno3
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
161 x 75.7 x 8.7 mm, 199 g
160.9 x 74.4 x 8.1 mm, 190 grams
160.3 x 74.3 x 8 mm, 181 g
DISPLAY
6.5 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), Fluid AMOLED
6.55 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), Fluid AMOLED
Triple 48 + 12 + 16 MP, f/1.6, f/2.2 and f/2.2
16 MP f/2.0 front camera
Quad 64 + 8 + 2 + 2 MP, f/1.8, f/2.2 and f/2.4
32 MP f/2.4 front camera
BATTERY
4000 mAh, fast charging 50W with SuperVOOC Flash Charge
3800 mAh, fast charging 30W
4025 mAh, fast charging 30W with VOOC Flash Charge 4.0
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Dual SIM slot
Dual SIM slot
Dual SIM slot
Design
We doubt you are a real design fanatic if you are checking this comparison, but if you are, then you may be interested in knowing that Oppo Reno3 has more attractive aesthetics. Despite having a bigger battery than OnePlus 7T, it has a slimmer body. Further, it is a more compact design and it has a cleaner rear side thanks to a smaller camera module. I even prefer its gradient color variants to both Realme X2 Pro and OnePlus 7T.
Display
With each of these devices, you get a high-end AMOLED display with a classic waterdrop notch. But Realme X2 Pro and OnePlus 7T offer something more: the HDR10+ certification, full DCI P3 coverage and even a 90 Hz refresh rate providing smoother user experience. Between the Realme X2 Pro and the OnePlus 7T, there are very marginal differences, so we will not pick a winner. Both are amazing displays in terms of image reproduction. In each case, you get a Full HD+ resolution. OnePlus 7T and Realme X2 Pro provide Dolby Atmos stereo speakers, while Oppo Reno3 does not.
Hardware/Software
While Oppo Reno3 is the world’s first smartphone to be fueled by the MediaTek Dimensity 1000L chipset, Realme X2 Pro and OnePlus 7T are equipped with a Snapdragon 855+ SoC. MediaTek Dimensity 1000L is supposed to be a flagship processor, but there is no way it can compete with the amazing Snapdragon 855+ chipset found on the Realme X2 Pro and the OnePlus 7T. These two devices even offer a fast UFS 3.0 internal storage and up to 12 GB of RAM (the 6/64 GB variant of the Realme X2 Pro has UFS 2.1 storage). But Oppo Reno3 is still an amazing performance phone and, unlike its rivals, it supports 5G connectivity through an integrated 5G modem, while OnePlus 7T and Realme X2 Pro are 4G-only. OnePlus 7T and Oppo Reno3 run Android 10 out of the box, while Realme X2 Pro is still based on Android Pie.
Camera
We know that Oppo Reno3 and OnePlus 7T offer something more when it comes to camera quality. Unfortunately, we still had no chance to test the Oppo Reno3 thoroughly since it was announced just three days ago, but we know for sure it will be superior to the Realme X2 Pro, just like the OnePlus 7T.
Battery
With battery capacities of 4025 mAh and 4000 mAh respectively, Oppo Reno3 and Realme X2 Pro offer a longer battery life than OnePlus 7T. We did not test the battery life of the Oppo Reno3, so we still can not tell which will last more on a single charge. But we can tell you Realme X2 Pro charges a lot faster thanks to its 50W fast charging technology allowing the phone to reach 100 percent of battery life in just 35 minutes.
Price
Oppo Reno3 launched in the Chinese market with a €440/$492 starting price for the 8/128 GB configuration, Realme X2 Pro 6/64 GB costs €399/$445, and OnePlus 7T is currently available for about €450/$503 in its 8/128 GB version, thanks to online street prices. There is not a clear winner here. If you want 5G your only choice is Oppo Reno3, which also provides a slimmer and more compact design. OnePlus 7T and Realme X2 Pro have better performance and displays and the latter offers them at a more affordable price, while the former has more convincing cameras. Which one would you pick?
Cellular calls have become the thing of the past in today’s fast-paced internet world. VoLTE and VoIP call through the internet offer much better quality and other additional features that are not possible through normal cellular networks. The internet also permits video calling with screen sharing and various other functionalities depending on the service. That being said, there are a vast number of services and apps for VoIP calls. Hence, to help you decide, we have compiled a list of best VoIP calling apps.
The below-listed app for VoIP calls have been existing for a long time and most of us might have used it at least once or maybe even use them on a daily basis. These apps not only allow you to make calls but also allow you to text and video call. Lastly, not all of them are free as some of them need a subscription to use additional features.
Best Apps for VoIP Calling
Skype
Skype is one of the oldest players in the VoIP services since its existence from 2003. It has been associated with video calls for a very long time, even before the rise of smartphones. It offers various functionalities such as chat, voice calls, video calls, SMS, and even calls to landline phones which requires a subscription. All-around, Skype is the best option if you looking to use VoIP calls. Android users can also opt for a lite version of the app if their phones could not run the app efficiently.
Viber is yet another VoIP app that is newer than Skype but can still easily compete with it. It is available for various other platforms and offers features such as chat, video calling, public group chats, and even calls to landline phones via subscription. In other words, Viber is a replacement for Skype since both of them have identical functionalities.
If you are a Facebook user, you will be definitely using Messenger since it is the only way to communicate with your friends. Since it is used by most people, there’s nothing we could say that you are not aware of. Apart from chatting, calls, and video calls, Messenger also has games that you can play to compete with your friends. In case your Android smartphone could not handle the standard app, you can opt for Facebook Messenger Lite from the Play Store.
Google Duo is the newest app in our list of best apps for VoIP calling. Although it is new, the app has generated a huge number of the user base in a short period of time since it comes pre-installed on most Android smartphones as part of Google apps suite. It offers high-quality audio and video call support even on a slower internet connection. Unlike other apps in the list, it does not offer chat or any other additional features but it does the job as intended
Signal Private Messenger is all about privacy. If that is your first priority, Signal is a must-have app for chat and voice calls. There is nothing else to say about Signal since it is all about privacy, encryption, and security. The app features a minimal design similar to its features and is completely free to use.
The last app on our list is quite strange since this one is solely recommended for gamers. There is not a single app out there which is as efficient as Discord. Gamers prefer Discord voice calling over in-game audio which itself says the quality of the service the app offers to its users. It offers only voice calls and chats with additional in-app purchases for customization.
OnePlus may have retired from making cheap flagship killers in 2019, but a lot of other brands have risen up to the occasion to take its place. The flagship killer segment, also known as the affordable flagship segment, got pretty crowded this year.
In 2019, you are spoiled by the amazing choices available under Rs. 40,000 in India or €600 in Europe. Brands like Xiaomi (Redmi), Realme, Asus, and OnePlus have extremely value for money smartphones that’s almost as good as the devices that cost up to Rs. 60,000 or €900. Personally, we found it very hard to narrow down 5-6 smartphones that stood out from the rest but after hours of discussions and elimination rounds, we have managed to pick 5 top affordable flagships for 2019.
So here are our picks for the Best Flagship Killers of 2019.
The Redmi K20 Pro is one of the best flagship killers of 2019. While it wasn’t meant to be the successor to the POCO F1 for 2019, the phone offered exceptional features and premium design at an affordable price tag, much like the former series. It features the high-end Snapdragon 855 processor with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage and a beautiful 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display. Recently Redmi also announced the Redmi K20 Pro Premium edition with the new Snapdragon 855+ processor in China.
The Redmi K20 Pro came with a capable camera setup, a 48MP primary shooter paired with an 8MP telephoto lens and a 13MP wide-angle lens. Moreover, there’s a 20MP pop-up shooter onboard that ensures good quality selfies and a full-screen experience. Under display fingerprint and a 4000mAh battery with 27W completes the setup. Plus, the phone is already running Android 10!
Clearly, the Redmi K20 Pro is one of the best affordable flagship smartphones in the market today! Even with the K30 5G being announced, the K20 Pro would make for an excellent purchase right now.
Realme’s new X2 series exists to take on Redmi’s K20 lineup. And so it’s no surprise that there’s an equivalent Realme model for the K20 Pro in this list. In fact, the X2 Pro is better than the Redmi model in several aspects. For example, the Realme X2 Pro comes with a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display with a 90Hz screen refresh rate. It also has a faster Snapdragon 855+ processor and up to 12GB of RAM onboard. The camera setup is more feature-rich featuring a 64MP primary shooter with a 13MP telephoto lens, an 8MP wide-angle lens, and a 2MP bokeh lens. Plus, there’s a 4000mAh battery with a super-fast 50W fast charging, making for an excellent overall package!
OnePlus smartphones are super fast and refined. The same applies to the OnePlus 7T. The phone offers a refined experience with Snapdragon 855+, UFS 3.0 256GB storage, 8GB RAM, and a 90Hz Fluid AMOLED display. Note that the Realme X2 Pro and Redmi K20 Pro feature the slightly slower UFS 2.1 storage. OnePlus cameras have come a long way since its inception and the 48MP + 13MP (telephoto) + 16MP (wide-angle) cameras are capable enough to come close to the premium camera experience.
The 7T was one of the first smartphones to get Android 10 update and with OxygenOS on board, you are bound to like almost everything about the device. The round camera housing might stand out a bit more than you would have imagined, but trust me, it grows on you in time. For a starting price of Rs. 34,999 (8GB + 128GB) in India and €559 in Europe for the same variant, the OnePlus 7T is one phone you can buy with your eyes closed.
Nobody would have ever thought that one of the fanciest and the craziest smartphone of 2019, the ASUS ROG Phone 2 would be a flagship killer. But when we saw the pricing for its 8GB + 128GB variant in India, we were shocked! It was clear at launch that this variant will take on the OnePlus 7T in India.
The ASUS ROG Phone 2 comes with insane hardware targeted at gamers featuring Snapdragon 855+, 8GB RAM, a humongous 6000mAh battery with 30W fast charging and 10W reverse charging, a solid 120Hz refresh rate with 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a dual-camera setup that consists of a 48MP primary shooter and a 13MP wide-angle shooter.
You also get an in-screen fingerprint sensor, a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack, an extra USB-C port on the side for accessories (so 2 ports in total) and special Air Trigger ultrasonic shoulder triggers to use during gameplay. The only real issue with the ROG Phone 2 is its size and weight, but if you can look past that, it is the ultimate gaming phone to buy in 2019.
If we had to pick one underrated smartphone in this list, it would be none other than the Zenfone 6 or Zenfone 6Z (India). The phone offers incredible value for money but didn’t get the attention it deserved. One of its biggest highlights is the motorized flip camera featuring a dual-camera setup of a 48MP primary sensor and a 13MP wide-angle sensor. Because the rear camera is also the front camera, the Zenfone 6 is one of the best selfie shooters of 2019!
Other features include Snapdragon 855, up to 8GB of RAM, a large 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging and 10W reverse charging, stereo speakers, a dedicated MicroSD slot, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It’s the only phone in this list to come with an IPS LCD screen and a physical fingerprint sensor at the back, but with HDR10 support, you will get rich colors and won’t really miss an AMOLED panel. And guess what, Zenfone 6 is already running stable Android 10!
A few weeks ago, Huami announced that it will be attending CES 2020 in January where it will announce a new product. It later revealed that the product it will launch at the event will be its first TWS earbuds. However, that will not be the only new product launching at the event. The official Amazfit Twitter account revealed a few days ago that the manufacturer will also announce a new watch called the Amazit Bip S.
The Amazfit Bip was originally released in 2018, and Huami followed it up with the Bip Lite this year which is practically the same watch but without GPS. When it launched the Amazfit GTS back in August, we felt it was the true successor to the Bip with its sharper display and new activity-tracking features.
More powerful with an ultra-long #battery life. The #Amazfit BipS is worth the wait!
Huami says the Amazfit Bip S is more powerful with ultra-long battery life. The renewed version of the watch will also be ultra-lightweight.
The teasers shared by the manufacturer show the design has been unchanged. It has a square dial with curved corners and there is a round button on the right side. It should use the same 22mm straps as the original Bip but may come in new colorways. We hope Huami also includes some new activity-tracking features not available on the original such as elliptical training.
A message from our CEO: “your guesses are on the right track! #Amazfit is going to expand its portfolio beyond the #smartwatch category. The first Amazfit TWS headset is coming soon and there's more. ”#LeapOverLimitspic.twitter.com/sQFLeiuDjn
Amazfit has also given us an early look at the wireless earbuds. In the image above, we can see the earbuds will come in black with a glossy finish and will have replaceable silicone tips. The earbuds have a small form factor and should not protrude too much out of your ears.
Other than the TWS earbuds and the Amazfit Bip S, we also expect the manufacturer to announce the GTR Lite at the event.
Xiaomi presently holds a couple of Guinness World Record titles like Xiaomi’s Play record for the world’s largest mobile-based dynamic puzzle, It also set a record when it opened 500 Mi stores simultaneously in India. Xiaomi India’s giant light mosiac Mi logo also clinched a Guinness World Record title for it’s size. That isn’t stopping the Chinese tech giant from chasing some publicity stunt. The latest clout chasing effort saw the company clinched the Guinness World Record for a bizzare reason. Turns out Xiaomi held a blind box product unboxing event in the US recently which saw 703 persons unbox several Mi products at the same time.
Before Xiaomi’s record-setting exploit, the previous record of the most people unboxing simultaneously is 643, and was achieved by Mercado Libre (Mexico) at Parque Bicentenario, in Mexico City, Mexico, on 28 September 2019. Participants unboxed a commercially available commemorative pin and after the record attempt enjoyed a concert.
Xiaomi’s Guinness world record event dubbed Mi-stery Box was held at the World Trade Center in New York on December 21. The event happened to be the largest outdoor event held at the centre since it was rebuilt. As the name implies, the boxes were packed with several Xiaomi products which were not labelled in order to bring some element of surprise to the mix. The products include Mi Wireless chargers and others but excludes smartphones.
We can’t say for sure the reason for the event apart from publicity. Xiaomi already has some limited presence in the US with several retail stores in the world’s largest market. Products such as Mi Electric Scooters, Mi Laser Projector, power banks are sold but the Chinese company is yet to officially launch its smartphones in the US. The delay may be unconnected to Huawei’s unsavoury experience when it attempted such move a few years back.
Realme started off as a subsidiary of OPPO but is now a stand-alone company. However, the company still uses some of OPPO’s technologies such as ColorOS 7 and VOOC fast charge technology even though it is trying to distance itself from OPPO. The manufacturer is getting a custom version of ColorOS 7 for its phones, and now it has filed trademark applications for its fast-charging technology.
It has been reported that Realme has filed trademark applications for the words “DART” and “SUPERDART”. The logos for the two trademarks shows that they are related to fast charging.
Some say it is just a rebrand of OPPO’s VOOC and SUPERVOOC fast-charge technologies while others say it may be for Realme’s own proprietary fast-charge technologies. Nevertheless, we expect the trademarks will begin to appear on future products including chargers and power banks.
The Realme X2 Pro is currently Realme’s phone with the fastest fast charging technology. It supports SUPERVOOC (version 1) which has a 50W power rating and charges the phone from empty to full in 35 minutes.
If you are one of those who find Facebook Messenger’s “Chat Heads” feature annoying, then you’ll find this news uninteresting. Google is planning to bring a new feature to Android 10 known as “Bubbles” which would make it easier for app developers to push more visible notifications directly on top of the user’s display. The thing is, the feature is similar to the chat heads that can be found on Facebook Messenger.
The feature is said to have been rolled out on Android 10 Beta 2 for the Pixel devices earlier in April this year. Unfortunately, the feature didn’t make it to the stable version of Android 10. But the folks at XDA Developers were able to manually enable the Android Message Bubbles and they did post some screenshots of the features in action.
The feature brings up a floating notification bubble for ongoing conversations. The bubble notification system is expected to completely replace the overlay API in a future release of Android. As of now, the Bubbles API is in development and Android 10 users can manually enable it from within the Developer Options (Settings > Developer Options > Bubbles).
However, there isn’t any noticeable difference between this feature and Facebook’s Chat Heads which many persons probably had to disable on their phones. You can drag and place the floating bubble to other parts of the screen, or you can drag it to the bottom to dismiss it just like Facebook’s. Thankfully, the Bubbles system also comes with an option to disable it.
Xiaomi‘s ecological chain company Ninebot recently unveiled its first electric motorcycles in China including a Segway X concept power bike. The commercial models that were launched included the C-series and E-series models and the company disclosed that they will be unveiled for the global market at CES 2019. Segway-Ninebot has now released an invitation poster to its stand at the trade show. The event will hold from January 7-10, 2020. The invite also contains details of the company’s booth at CES.
The poster also gives us a hint of the products that will on exhibition and they include the new Ninebot E-series e-bikes, the Segway, as well as the GoKart kit. Others include the self-balancing scooter and several others.
Xiaomi has a substantial stake in Ninebot and was instrumental in aiding Ninebot to acquire American self-balancing scooter manufacturer, Segway back in April 2015. The brand’s products have been available for purchase outside Chia via third-party retailers but with an unveiling at CES, Ninebot may be looking to head into the global market with its products.
We’ll bring you the report of the event and other CES 2020 news when they unfold.
These days the importance of fitness and health has faded away due to a busy lifestyle. It has become essential to utilize each minute of the day precisely and productively. The time for self-nourishment has drastically decreased, leading to diseases and mental illness. However, some health enthusiasts believe in three golden rules – to eat healthily, stay hydrated, and exercise regularly. For them, there are are plenty of apps to track health and fitness. These apps will help you to look smart, gain muscle, or keep your body fit.
There are several benefits of using the Fitness and Health apps if you want to stay fit. A healthy lifestyle is the only way to look younger and keeping a distance from diseases. It is quite challenging to accomplish your goals in a busy life, but these apps will help you to keep a move on your resolutions. The apps are designed to keep users motivated, confident, and energized.
The Health and Fitness apps act as your trainer and help to provide the list of exercises, diet charts, and all other necessary details. The apps will allow the user to follow a particular regime and will further guide specific exercises. The diet chart and other amenities will also be provided. These apps can sync your data from supported health bands and smartwatches.
We have crafted a list of Apps that will help you track health and fitness. Every app has a different set of features, some are designed for gym and some for other natural exercises. Every app has its own set of pros and cons.
List of Best Health and Fitness Apps
The apps listed below are for different purposes. Some apps specialize in running, some in a gym workout, and some in counting calories. So, you should know the purpose and then download the app.
Runtastic Steps -Steps Tracker
It is a famous health app available on Android for the past many years. It helps to get active, burn calories, and aids in losing weight. It counts the steps without the need for any health tracker band or device. The app’s algorithm automatically detects the type of activity using the sensors of your smartphone.
The user can set daily goals and challenge oneself. The Runtastic Steps counter also brings the ability to integrate other Runtastic apps like Results, Six Pack, and others. Runtastic Steps counter also offers the ability to incorporate Runtastic Steps tracker.
There’s also a Runtastic Premium, which offers three unique plans to boost your fitness level. THere’s a 20 Day Activity boost to improve your daily step counter in a month quickly. There’s a Step It Up program that is a mix of steps and active minutes foals to get more active. The third and last is Walking for Weight Loss, which helps to increase daily activity levels in over 12 weeks to burn calories.
However, it is available for free, but there’s also a Pro mode for $2.99-$4.97 per month.
It is the best calorie tracking app with a database of millions of different foods. The app offers nutritious information about every food item, even including the restaurant meals. It gives a detailed view of everything that you are eating. It is a must-have app for health-conscious people. Apart from food details, the app also offers 250+ exercise, including running, walking, biking, swimming, etc.
Using the MyFitnessPal App, the users have lost over 200 million pounds, and 88% of people lose weight in the first seven days. It is available for free for both iOS and Android users. Precisely, it can recognize 11+ million foods and offers a barcode scan feature for over 4+ million food items.
It can even scan the restaurant menu and gives you healthier choices. There’s also an option to personalize your foods, recipes, and meals. MyFitnessPal tracks all the Calories, macros, sugar, fibre, cholesterol and vitamins. It even takes care of your water intake with cups, ounces, or ml.
It supports goal tracking and can connect upto 50+ Apps and Devices. The exercises are divided into Cardio and Strength categories. It enables step tracking and saves step history. There’s support to connect favorite apps like Fitbit, Jawbone UP, Garmin, Runkeeper, etc.
Unlike the MyFitnessPal, the Lifesum provides basic guidelines to follow for each person instead of detailing every single meal. It provides a diet plan based on age, gender, height, weight, and other habits. There’s also a macro calculator for perfect calorie count just by listing the food items you’ve eaten.
It is a perfect companion if you’re looking to try keto, fasting, paleo, or sugar-free diet. The user can easily keep a tab on the food items they have to take along with the nutrition guidance.
The user can even plan the diet by using the inbuilt Food Planner feature. The user can always remain on the top by using the Lifesum Diet plan. It easily sync with other fitness apps such as FitBit, Jawbone, Moves, Nokia Health, Runkeeper, and Endomondo. It even integrates with Google Fit and S Health for better diets. You can grab the LifeSUM app for iOS and Android for free. However, there’s a premium plan also for a three, six, or twelve months.
To maintain good health, it is always necessary to have a good sleep along with healthy food and workout. SleepCycle is the app that helps you to track the quality of sleep and heart rate while sleeping. Moreover, it assists the user to wake up during the lightest sleep phase in the morning.
It keeps track of sleeping data and later visualizes it via beautiful graphs and other UI elements. The app divides the quality of sleep into five different stages of sleep. It supports the SleepCycle alarm clock that senses the changes made by the body before waking up at the time of your desired alarm.
It keeps the productive use of the sensors present on the smartphone.
Sworkit is already a popular app in the fitness category with millions of users. It is the best companion to live healthier lives without any gym. There are different types of workout plans to transform the body. The video workout further aids in doing the exercises and helps to customize your workout length.
There are different plans to get leaner, fitter, or stronger with different tenures. Various features of the app is available for free, but some premium plans and features are limited to annual subscription users. There are over 400 body weight and small equipment exercises with 300+ customizable workouts. Moreover, there’s availability for customization and can even sync with MyFitnessPal, Strava, and Google Play.
Sworkit compatibility is across mobile, tablet, desktop, and Apple TV. It even hosts workout plans for Yoga Pilates, Cardio, and stretches.
Key Features:
Multiple Plans
Support for Yoga, Pilates, Stretches, and other exercises.
The GPS based app is used over by 50 million users. It is meant to track exercise, set goals, sweat, and see progress. The users can smoothly track run, walk, jog, bike, or any other activity with GPS in real-time.
RunKeeper introduces personalized routines to fit in a busy schedule. It also allows for joining challenges, snag exercise rewards, and share achievements. To pamper each other, there’s an option to create groups for creating custom challenges and initing friends. It saves, discovers, and builds new routes with GPS.
There’s also a premium version for prescribed workouts and other features.
It is a daily use workout app available on both the iOS and Android platforms. It provides routine workouts for all the different muscle groups. It can play a pivotal role in muscle building by remaining at home and without any gym equipment. It features exercises for your abs, arms, legs, chest, and full-body workout.
The Home Workout app brings the exercise routines designed by experts. It enhances body growth without any external help; the app itself is a companion for the users. There’s every bit of exercise routine to fit in your daily schedule. There are warm-up and stretching features to keep you away from any muscle pull or strain. It maintains a detailed record of training progress automatically.
It also carries the ability to customize workout reminders, detailed video and animation guides, and graphical presentation of weight trends. It is a genuine app for bodybuilding, strength training, and home workouts for men. There are multiple exercises such as push-ups, squats, plank, crunch, wall sit, jumping jack, etc. The app is developed by Leap Fitness Group. It has remained the best app of 2018 on Google Play.
With over a million installs, Stronglifts is said to be the most effective gym workout planner. It offers a vast brochure of services ranging from exercise timer, weight lifting log, tracker, and other intuitive features. It has exercises ranging from an amateur to a fully-fledged bodybuilder.
It is a powerful personal strength training app and weightlifting coach. The simple and elegant design of the app also brings an interactive workout. It records reps, sets, and weights without any pen and paper. The engaging graphs help the users to track the improvement easily and efficiently. There are videos for workouts to make them merely better.
There’s also an ad-free version offering better results than the Gym. If you’re satisfied with using the free version, then you must try the StrongLifts Pro version. It can be purchased for three, six, or a year. It is available both for Android and iOS.
These are our picks for the best health and Fitness App for iOS as well as the Android operating system. If you have any better recommendations, then let us know via the comments below.
5G smartphones are going to invade the market. In late 2019, mainstream brands started releasing 5G phones even with midrange-class specifications. The first one was the Redmi K30 5G, then the Oppo Reno3 and the Vivo X30 series came up. In this article, we compared the Redmi K30 5G, the Oppo Reno3 Pro and the Vivo X30 in order to establish which is currently the most convincing 5G mid-ranger you can buy. Here you will know who is better and which has the highest value for money.
Oppo Reno3 Pro vs Redmi K30 5G vs Vivo X30
Oppo Reno3 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
Vivo X30
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
159.4 x 72.4 x 7.7 mm, 171 g
165.3 x 76.6 x 8.8 mm, 208 grams
158.5 x 74.1 x 8.8 mm, 196.5 g
DISPLAY
6.5 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), AMOLED
6.67 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), IPS LCD
6.44 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), Super AMOLED
Quad 48 + 13 + 8 + 2 MP, f/1.7, f/2.4, f/2.2 and f/2.4
32 MP f/2.4 front camera
Quad 64 + 8 + 2 + 2 MP, f/1.9, f/2.2, f/2.4 and f/2.4
Dual 20 + 2 MP f/2.2 and f/2.4 front camera
Triple 64 + 32 + 8 MP, f/1.8, f/2.0 and f/2.2
32 MP f/2.4 front camera
BATTERY
4025 mAh, fast charging 30W with VOOC Flash Charge 4.0
4500 mAh, fast charging 30W
4350 mAh, fast charging 33W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Hybrid Dual SIM slot, 5G
Dual SIM slot, 5G
Design
All of these phones are very stylish and futuristic. They all feature an amazing punch-hole display with very narrow bezels around it. If I had to choose, I would personally go for the Oppo Reno3 Pro. It has a very clean design thanks to a very small punch hole, an in-display fingerprint reader and all the camera elements included in the rear camera module. Further, it comes in very attractive color variants and it is even one of the thinnest handsets out there to feature a battery with a capacity above 4000 mAh (just 7.7 mm thin). Last but not least it is lighter, it only weighs 171 grams.
Display
Besides more attractive design, Oppo Reno3 Pro also provides a better display. It has a lower 90 Hz refresh rate than Redmi K30 5G (the K30 has a 120 Hz refresh rate), but it has a better color reproduction and an AMOLED panel, unlike the latest Xiaomi’s 5G mid-ranger. You even get a higher brightness, stereo speakers and an HDR10+ compliant display. Redmi K30 5G has a smoother 120 Hz display but it is an LCD panel, so you may remain a bit disappointed with the overall quality. But it is still a great panel since it supports HDR.
Hardware/Software
You should not underestimate the new Exynos 980 chipset which debuted on board of the Vivo X30, also known as the first SoC with an integrated 5G modem. According to benchmarks, it is definitely better than the Snapdragon 765G found on the Redmi K30 5G and the Oppo Reno3 Pro, despite the Snapdragon 765G is considered a better choice for a lot of people. Further, Oppo Reno3 Pro is the only coming with up to 12 GB of RAM, so it delivers definitely better performance overall. Oppo Reno3 Pro and Redmi K30 5G have Android 10 out of the box, while Vivo X30 is still based on Android 9 Pie.
Camera
Oppo Reno3 Pro and Vivo X30 have the most convincing cameras and, unlike the Redmi K30 5G, they are high-end camera phones. Unfortunately, we still did not test them thoroughly, so we still can not give you our definitive opinion about their camera performance. Vivo X30 looks definitely impressive with its 32 MP telephoto lens and its 64 MP main sensor with OIS, while Oppo Reno3 Pro has a more common camera department but it offers an additional monochromatic sensor and a brighter focal aperture (as well as an amazing optical stabilization).
Battery
Due to its bigger 4500 mAh battery, Redmi K30 5G should last more on a single charge. But this does not mean you do not get an amazing battery life with Oppo Reno3 Pro and Vivo X30. The Vivo X30 should have a longer battery life than Oppo Reno3 Pro thanks to a bigger 4350 mAh.
Price
Vivo X30’s price starts from €420 in India (still not sold in China), Redmi K30 5G starts from just €255 in China, and Oppo Reno3 Pro starts from $572 in China. None of these devices is sold globally at the moment. While Redmi K30 5G offers the highest value for money, Oppo Reno3 Pro has a better design and display and it is more or less at the same level as the Vivo X30 (which should offer slightly higher performance and longer battery life).
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