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Jio phones delivery for the first lot has begun. Further deliveries will also start soon but today we are going to let you know how the Jio phone services like Jio TV and Jio cinema be casted on your TV. For casting the content on the TV one has to buy two accessories: the Jio media device and a media cable. The Jio media device is a rectangular black device with Jio branding on top which comes in two versions depending the the TV types available: One version has the RCA port (which is used for the old models of the TV which do not support HDMI ports) The other one has the HDMI port for modern TV(LCD or LED). Both the versions of the devices has two other ports which has USB-C type for connecting the Jio phone to it and other for connecting a power source to the device. The separate power source connection helps in not draining power out of Jio phone(the phone keeps on charging in the background) as well as powering the TV.Once the connections are done you can just switch on the J...

Recently in India Apple launched two of their new smartphones: iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus. It is being launched along with a tie up with Reliance Jio. On the event being hosted by Mukesh Ambani' s son Akash Ambani  they came up with some exclusive offers which may excite many people.Later apple CEO also joined the event via video conference. Let us have a look on what the offers but before that here are few more informations we need to know. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus can be pre-booked by paying Rs 1,999 from  Jio.com, Jio Store retail outlets and Reliance Digital large format stores.The details which are nessasary for booking the iPhones are your name, email ID along with phone number .It is to be noted that only one unit can be pre booked against a single phone number. The phone can be delivered to any place as per your wish but one has to produce a copy of confirmation which in turn will be sent via email or SMS and also a copy of Aadhar card. One more thing to remembe...

Huawei has recently confirmed via their weibo post that they are going to release a new smartphone under their sub brand Honor. It will be the successor of Honor 6x named as the Honor 7X. The phone is expected to release first in China and then be available for global market soon. The weibo post suggest that the smartphone a may feature an 18:9 display or a full view display. The Honor 7X is said to have a 5.5-inch full HD display and be a 18:9 aspect ratio smartphone. Other speculated specifications of the smartphone comprise an octa core Kirin 670 processor clocked at 2 GHz. It may come in two variants of 4GB of RAM but varying storages of 32GB and 64GB storage, the phone will run on their latest version of Emotion UI a.k.a EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7 (nougat).The fingerprint can a rear mounted one. It may also sport a 4000 mAh battery or at a neighborhood of that amount. It is rumored to have a dual rear camera setup with 12 MP cameras and is going to be its main highlight similar...

The Panasonic has recently launched one of their latest smartphone named Panasonic Eluga Ray 700. The budget ranged smartphone comes with some decent features. Let us look at some of its features. The Panasonic Eluga Ray 700 sports a 5.50-inch HD LCD IPS Display display (1080x1920 pixels)and us protected by Corning Gorilla glass 3(😄) The  phone received its juice from octa-core Mediatek MTK6753 SoC(😕) clocked at 1.3 GHz and Mali-T720MP3 for the GPU department (😕 ).The phone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card in a hybrid sim slot (☺). The phone runs on Android 7.0 (☺ )The phone is powered by a non removable Li-ion huge 5000 mAh battery (😄 ) Talking of cameras the Eluga ray 700 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with an aperture of f/2.0 with flash followed by it. The front part bears a 13 MP shooter for taking good selfies with an aperture of f/2.2.(☺) As far a...

Reliance Jio had recently unveiled their low cost 4 G featured smartphone named Jio Phone. It had brought some really good features along with it and was mainly targeted to provide 4G internet to those who have no access to it. The delivery of first lot of the phone has also begun recently. But now again a controversy has started as Jio brought some changes to its terms and condition policies and many are even saying Jio has cheated on them as many feel these changes should have been put into notice before hand . Let us put an eye on what are the changes that triggered the controversy 1. Recharge made mandatory The new terms and condition reads that the owner of the Jio phone has to recharge a sum of minimum Rs 1,500 in a year. However from beginning it was mentioned that there are two packs of recharging the jio sim. One costed Rs 153 and the other was of Rs 399 to enjoy unlimited calls along with free internet of 500 MB and 1GB data respectively per day for 28 days. Looking it th...

Xiaomi a few days back had launched their very successful smartphone named Redmi Note 3. Now another brand named 10.or ( pronounced Tenor ) has launched a smartphone at the budget segment named 10.or G. Both of them come in a metal unibody and some cool hardwares. Let us see how these smartphones compare to one another DISPLAY Both Redmi Note 4 and 10.or G comprises of 5.5 inches 2.5 D curved glass with LCD IPS display. In terms of protection the 10.or G has sports Corning Gorilla Glass 3 whereas in Redmi Note 4 nothing is specified. Both of them has the resolution of 1080x 1920 pixels PROCESSOR, RAM & STORAGE The Redmi Note 4 comes in 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of in-built storage variants. Where as the 10.or G is confirmed with a 3GB/4GB and 32GB/64GB of storage. Both of them can be expanded via micro SD card upto 128 GB. In terms of processor the Redmi note 4 sports a octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 at 2.0 GHz where as 10.or G sports Snapdragon 626( which is claimed t...

During the start of the month "10.or" pronounced as Tenor  launched their 1st smartphone named 10.or E . Now it has come up with another budget ranged smartphone named  10.or G. Let us have a look at the features it packs in. The smartphone sports all metal design, a 5.5-inch 1080x 1920 pixels 2.5D Full HD IPS curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to give protection against scratches. In terms of CPU,the 10.or G sports Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 ( which is claimed to be 10 % faster than Snapdragon 625)clocked a 2.2 GHz. It has two variants : one with 4 gigs of RAM and 32 gigs of in-built storage whereas other one has 6 GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.Adreno 506 is there to take care of the GPU department. The phone supports a hybrid SIM slot and the internal storage can be expanded to 128 GB via micro SD card. The phone will come Android 7.1.2 (a.k.a Android Nougat) with a promise of getting an upgrade of Android 8.0. 10.or G features a rear mounted fingerprint reader,...

Xiaomi has finally released the official stable ROM for Redmi Note 4. It was been being long anticipated the users as on the launch it was promised by the company that they are going to release it soon. However all donot seem to receive the update via immediately as the update is going to be received in phases. The update is based on MIUI 8 not on MIUI 9 and the android version is nougat (7.0) The Indian users are also receiving the update of Android 7.0 Nougat based on MIUI. The MIUI Version is v8.5.4.0. The update size of 1.3GB along side the July Android security patch. The Redmi Note 4 will also be getting MIUI 9 update as well but as of now no MIUI 9 update is to be got be the users On being asked the update of android nougat for Redmi Note 3 or Redmi 3s MIUI India didnot tell us any date . Here is the link for the facebook post which the MIUI released recently .  The link for the update for Redmi Note 4 was given in facebook post 

Nokia had globally launched their Nokia 8 smartphone last month and it all now all set to be launched in India too. The HMD Global acquired Nokia has got some really cool features packed in ready to be unlocked. Let us put an eye on what does the phone packs in it. The Nokia 8 is expected to come in two variant, one with a 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of internal storage while the other will have 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. The smartphone is going to host a 5.3-inch Quad HD display along side Gorilla Glass 5 to give protection against dust and water. Both the variants of Nokia 8 features a Octa Core Snapdragon 835 processor and Adreno 540 to take care of the GPU.the phone has got a hybrid SIM slots and the internal memory can be stretched to 256 GB via memory card It is going to pack a 3,090mAh battery with quick charge 3.0 support.The smartphone is going to come with Android Nougat out of the box and is also expected to get Android Oreo update soon. Nokia 8 will also come with an IP 54 ...

With the entry of reliance Jio to the Indian Telecom market has changed a lot. And finally putting end to wait of the customers The delivery of about 6 million Reliance JioPhones is about to start form Sunday and according to the channel partner of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL)is expected to be completed within 15 days. Initially the budget friendly smartphone is going to start from the rural and small town areas than the urban places , as per a PTI report. The report also quoted the words of RJIL "The chairman (Mukesh Ambani) had said that the Reliance JioPhone will bridge digital divide between rural and urban India. Therefore, delivery of JioPhone will start this Sunday in rural areas and small towns". However on being asked Jio remained silent and left them unanswered The Pre-booking of the Reliance JioPhone had started from 24 August with an initial payment of a of Rs500( which was refundable). The remainder Rs 1,000 were to be paid by the customer when phones r...

Sony had recently unveiled another premium smartphone under the Experia series in IFA 2017 in the month of August, the Sony Experia XZ1. The phone is now ready to be launched in India too. The specs of the smartphone are as as follows. The Sony Xperia XZ1 comes in a full metal unibody with a glossy touch to it. The phone gets its juice for a smooth performance by a octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC of 64- bit along with 4GB of RAM and Adreno 540 to cater the GPU department. The Experia XZ1 hosts 64 gigs of internal storage and expanded further via microSD card slot up to 256GB as in a hybrid sim slot. The phone is expected to launch with android 8.0. It sports a 5.2-inch full-HD of 1080x1920 pixels HDR display and is completed by Sony's Triluminous display and X-Reality technology with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for protection. The fingerprint scanner has been hidden under the power button, present at the right hand and side of the smartphone followed by the volume rockers . It...

Google had launched their A1(andorid one program to provide latest android support to low budget phones which was under hibernation for quite a bit. But finally it came back with a bang with Xiaomi. It is the same phone which is launched in China as MI 5X but under A1 program and named MI A1 for the global market. Let us take a glance at what specs does it have The Xiaomi Mi A1 comes in a full metal unibody casing. The phone features a 5.5-inch Full HD 2.5D curved glass display. It is protected by Corning Gorilla glass (unspecified). The phone get its juice from an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor based on 14nm technology clocked at 2GHz and Adreno 506 GPU. Under the hood it has 4 gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of in built storage with which it is expected to give quite smooth user experience the internal storage can be further extended to 128 GB via micro SD card slot present in hybrid SIM slot. The phone has quite a bit of resemblance with iphone, atleast from the rear side...

Micromax has recently on Friday came up with their latest smartphone the Micromax Selfie 3, in India. It is the successor of the Selfie 2 model which was launched on July and as the name suggests it is a selfie centric phone. Let us take a look at what feature does it come up with. The Selfie 3 features a 5-inch IPS Full HD 2.5 D curved screen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. It is powered by a octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor clocked at 1.4 GHz and Adreno 505 GPU. The phone comprises of 3 gigs of RAM and 32 gigs of in- built storage and runs on android nougat or android 7.0. The internal memory can be stretched further via micro SD card slot. The Selfie 3 and carries a 3000mAh battery, which is claimed to deliver a standby time of 250 hours and a talk time of 11 hours, music playback of up to 22 hours . There fingerprint sensor, is placed on the back panel of the device.  In terms of connectivity the phone supports 4G VoLTE and bluetooth 4.0. Now coming t...

On Thursday, Vivo finally launched its X20 and X20 Plus smartphones in China. The Vivo X20 and X20 Plus smartphones sports a Full View displays with an aspect ratio of 18:9 and dual rear camera setup . Vivo has not only focused on camera but also put attention in providing a good over all performance of the smartphone . Let us take a glance at what other features does it come with. The Vivo X20 and X20 Plus comes with the company's Full View Super AMOLED displays or bezel less design with Full HD i.e 1080x2160 resolution.X20 weighs around 153 g whereas X20 Plus weighs 181 g.The display size on the X20 is 6.01-inch and 6.43-inch on the X20 Plus The dual-SIM smartphones run on FunTouch OS based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box. Both the handsets are powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 660 SoC with 4 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and the remaining​ 4 at 1.8 GHz. The smartphones are coupled with 4GB of RAM and internal storage of 64 GB this can be further stretched to 256 GB by micro...

Upcoming 4th October , Google is going to call for an event where it is rumored to have launch the new Pixel 2 phones along with few other cool stuffs. Let us shed some light on the rumored features and specifications of the very anticipated smartphone The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The Pixel is likely to be made by HTC whereas the OLED screen is to be supplied by LG for Pixel 2 XL. LG may also be in the responsibility of making Pixel 2 XL. The design would be quite same of that of it predecessor with a dual tone back panel. The screen size the phones is going to vary from 5 inch, Full HD screen with aspect ratio 16:9 for Pixel 2 where as Pixel 2 XL may have 6 inch 2K display with aspect ratio of 18:9. Both the smartphone is going to be powered by the latest Snapdragon 835, RAM of 4 gigs and internal memory with two different storage options of 64 GB and 128 GB. As of cameras the phones are going to bear a single rear facing shooter of 12 MP and front facing shooter of 7 MP(no dual...

The Reliance jio phone is one of the most anticipated phones. It has come up with some very cool features that you surely want to know. Let us shed some light on it. The Reliance JioPhone is a featured phone that sports a 2.4-inch TFT display with a screen resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It is a powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-Core Spreadtrum processor and Mali-400 GPU. It sports 512 MB of RAM and a internal memory of 4 GB (nearly 3 GB of which you can get as free space).The phone runs on KaiOS which is a Linux based OS and claimed to quite secure. The phone has one SIM slot (only jio sim will be supported) and one memory card slot with which the internal memory can be pulled upto 128GB. The Reliance JioPhone has a battery Li-polymer battery of 2000 mAh which claims to deliver a talk time up to 12 hours. It can also be connected to television set for watching live TV using the JioTV app but for that you need to have a separate cable which can be bought from jio stores. The handset comes wit...

Xiaomi has now launched their file explorer app onto the Google Play Store. One of the biggest reason like some other OEMs who are releasing their apps onto the Play Store is for faster updates, without waiting for long of firmware upgrades. But it is not their first release of any app. Earlier they had also launched their Mi Calculator, now we have Mi File Explorer. Unlike others, Xiaomi has put a different approach to it. : they are allowing users of other smartphones too to use and enjoy them. The app is still marked as "Unreleased" so it's still in beta, but from my tests it seems to work quite well. Mi File Explorer has got some old school yet nessasary features. The search function and all the expected actions like renaming, moving, copying, deleting, sharing, and so on are present . Others like a regular directory browser, but also categorization according to the type of file that allows one to view all their stored videos pictures or APKs or documents and ...

Apple lately had launched their new ios a.k.a ios 11. Let us look at some of its new features and improvements over ios 10. Apple has put some new technology that reduces the size of size of files and saves a lot of space. Notification table and the lock now have been merged together. The music player now shares space with the notification table also which helps u get a lot more information on a single screen. New animations have also been added to it and icons are also changed- while some are changed completely while are some are been tweaked. Cleaner dock is now present as the icon labels have been removed. Multiple apps can now be moved all at once. Control centre has a whole new feel to it along with some new feature like native screen recorder is present, apple TV remote power saver mode etc. Apple switcher via 3D touch method is removed in ios 11(which may hurt some). Now, one handed keyboard is made available for big screens. New stock app theme is here providing a cleaner look...

Motorola owned by Lenovo has been lately teasing us with some of the images of its new smartphone via Twitter posts . The word "Xperience"(in their posts) gives us the hint of a very soon release of the smartphone named Moto X4. The Moto X4 has a metal unibody design. It consists of a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button on the front, while the USB Type-C port and 3.5mm audio jack are found on the bottom of the handsets. As far as specifications are concerned, the Moto X4 runs on on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box and weighing around 163 grams taht supports a single-SIM slot (Nano). Moto X4 has IP 68 rating so you can worry less about protection against water or dust. It bears a 5.2-inch full-HD LTPS IPS LCD display with 424ppi pixel density and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). It hosts Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core SoC clocked at 2.2 GHz coupled with the GPU is of Adreno 508 under the hood . It consists of 3 gigs of RAM and inter...

Recently the tech giant Google on Monday 19th September 2017 launched an app named "Tez" especially for India. It is a online payment app that lets you transfer money and enjoy all other facilities that any other payment app does for you but with a bit of a difference. Let us know some of its features Tez is built on the Indian government-supported Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The Tez app, however, is different from mobile wallets like Paytm and Mobikwik in that it does not actually store the money,and requiring the need of constant top-up but enables transactions directly from bank accounts to other . Tez also doesn't require the linking of Adhar card as opposed to BHIM app. One needs to link the app with their respective banks via internet using UPI platform The app has been especially built for the Indian market and is available in not only English but seven Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, M...

Whenever its about love for selfie Vivo has never put us down. The company comes up an upgraded model of Vivo V7 i. e. Vivo V7 Plus for selfie lovers. The V7 Plus comes with an edge to edge or infinity full HD LCD IPS display . The screen measures 5.99 inches with 18:9 aspect ratio though making it a pleasure holding in hands with a stretched display. Vivo V7 plus packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa- core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and 4 GB RAM Vivo has upgraded their face beauty feature to Face Beauty 7.0, moonlight glow flash. and a whooping 24 MP f1.8 aperture selfie camera.the Face Beauty 7.0 couples a special algorithm to beautify pictures by cleansing flaws of skin in real-time and make your face look awesome. The feature is available for videos as well. The phone also bears moonlight glow for clicking good pictures in dark. The rear camera is of 16 MP shooter with f2.0 aperture. Though of lower MP the rear shooter also clicks some nice images Apart from front- mounted finge...

Xiaomi has finally put an end to their teasing of Mi Band HRX edition which is an collaboration of Mi and Hrithik Roshan. It is to be made available to public from Mi store App from 18 th September. It is also going to be sold from other online marketing giants like Flipkart or Amazon from 20 th september. Now let us shed some light about its features It comes with 0.42-inch OLED display with scratch-resistant glass and anti-fingerprint coating. Xiaomi also claimed the HRX Edition will have a improved pedometer algorithm for more accurate fitness details. The Mi Band is also IP67 rated , which means u don't have to bother about water or dust . As far as connectivity is concerned, it comes with Bluetooth 4.0 for pairing with the smartphone to send the fitness details and display the notifications. It is now capable of showing time, call details and calorie details along side notifications . The users have to install the MiFit app on their smartphones to get their respective...

After a long period, Yu or rather Micromax has come up with their new budget ranged smartphone. Yu Yureka 2 smartphone was launched in September 2017. The phone comes with a 5.5-inch touchscreen full HD, IPS display. The Yu Yureka 2 is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC clocked at 2 GHz and comes with 4GB of RAM. It has Adreno 506 GPU. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB by a microSD card via a hybrid slot . As far as the shooters are concerned, the Yu Yureka 2 consists of a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear with dual LED flash and a 8-megapixel front camera with a 3.5 mm audio jack. The Yu Yureka 2 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow (which can be disappointing to some) and is powered by a near 4000 mAh rather 3930 mAh non removable Li-ion battery to be precise . It supports Qualcomm Quick charge 3.0 and measures 152.60 x 76.50 x 8.15. The Yu Yureka 2 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that can accept a Micro-SIM and a Nano-SIM....

Lenovo has launched their new MotoG5s in india. Moto G5S Plus is amongst the first smartphone to feature a dual-lens rear camera. Moto G5S Plus' key highlight is its camera. The smartphone's dual-camera set up at the rear has two 13MP shooters. In the front, there's an 8MP camera with wide-angle lens with LED flash . MotoG5S Plus comes with all-metal unibody design and runs Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box. The fingerprint scanner is embedded in the home button. It supports a 5.5-inch full-HD display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor clocked at 2.0 GHz . It is being protected by Corning Gorilla glass 3. The smartphone comes in two variants based on the RAM and inbuilt storage size. These include: 3GB RAM 32GB storage model and another 4GB RAM 64GB storage model. Both the variants support microSD card and can be expanded up to 128GB storage. The smartphone is backed by a 3000 mAh battery. The company has also said to provide android oreo. a.k....

The ZenFone 4 Selfie is another model that Asus included in their Zenfone 4 series it has a full-metal body and a fingerprint scanner in the home button along with physical capacitive buttons . The phone consists of a big 5.5-inch 720p screen and a Qualcomm-based Snapdragon 430 processor . It comes with 4 GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage which can be further expanded up to 2TB by a dedicated microSD card slot. The phone runs on Android Nougat with their own Zen UI with support of 4G LTE and VoLTE connectivity. The phone is backed by a 3,000mAh battery. The phone has a dual camera setup with a 20 MP primary and a 8 MP 120 degree wide angled camera. The rear camera is of 16 MP. The Zenfone 4 selfie is priced at Rs 13,999. Another model of Zenfone 4 is released, named Zenfone 4 selfie basic edition. It has a single front and rear shooter of 13 MP. Similar in terms of build quality, screen size, resolution, processor to the former, the RAM and internal storage is being reduced to ...

Asus has unveiled the ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro a flagship grade phone in their ZenFone 4 line-up. It comes with a full metal body which is quite slim and light nearly 145 gram -- and a home button that also backs up as the fingerprint scanner along with physical capacitive keys which are backlit. The phone comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p screen and a balanced Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor . It comes with 4 GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage which can be expanded by up to 2TB by the hybrid micro-SD card slot present in it . The dual-SIM phone runs Android Nougat-based Zen UI with the support of 4G LTE and VoLTE connectivity. The phone has a not so massive 3,000mAh battery. As the name suggests this time Asus has come up with a camera centric phone, the ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro comes with a dual camera system (24MP plus 5MP) where the primary lens is a Sony IMX362 with an f1.8 aperture. The ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro uses what Asus calls DuoPixel tech that uses two separate photo diodes to click ...

Recently Xiaomi launched the successor of the bezel-less beauty MI MIX. The Mi MIX 2. This stunning looking has been designed by the world renowned designer Phillipe Starck. Design being its USP lets shed some light on it. It comes with a 5.99 inch screen but with a shorter footprint than Mi MIX. The phone has got 18:9 aspect ratio and having the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 & Adreno 540 GPU to power it. Mi MIX 2 is being launched with 6 GB of RAM but with three different storage options of 64,128,256 GB. It has also got only one special edition of 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. The standard models has got a aluminium frame with the gloss yet slippery ceramic back. While the special edition has got a full ceramic body. Like its predecessor​ MIX 2 has also got the same hidden proximity sensors and speaker. But on the darker side the battery has been reduced to 3400 mah unlike the 4400 mah of Mi MIX. This time Xiaomi also removed the 3.5 mm audio jack which definitely hurt...

IPhone X has finally being launched. But on the launch date it had some issues while showcasing their new Face ID feature. Media and people on social media kept on trolling and saying that Face ID is not reliable for security. The face ID feature scans facial features and not colour of a skin of a person. But it would only work for one face so sharing your phone would be a bit of concern. Fast charging is supported but one has to buy a separate adapter and USB-C type to lightning port. It costs around 49-79 $ extra. Apple's Reachability feature have been also removed in IPhoneX. So one handed use is going to be tough. To get the notification u have to swipe the top left corner of the phone and for control panel u have to swipe the top right of it. The sensor cut out has been named as "Sensor Housing". It has got the latest ios 11.1 but according to developers it has got some features  missing from ios 10. Using landscape mode may not look that good due to the sensor cut ...