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The run-up to this year's iPhone launch has delivered the usual array of twists and turns. The general consensus seems to be that both the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will appear similar to their respective predecessors, with a few welcome changes and improvements under the hood. It also looks like Apple will bump the entry-level models up to 32 GB, which makes sense given that apps and games regularly creep into the multiple gigabytes. How such enhancements will affect the cost to the consumer, we cannot say for certain. But a purported leak of the retail prices for China does offer food for thought. The September 7th date is now set in stone for the big event, at which Cupertino is expected to take the wraps off a number of new products in one fell swoop. The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will unquestionably take center stage, as ever, and according to a recent tidbit, there could be as many as five color options at launch. A key factor for many prospective buyers will be how much the latest

Xiaomi on Tuesday launched its latest wearable in China, the much-anticipated first smartwatch from the company. Made in collaboration with partner Huami, the Xiaomi Amazfit smartwatch has been priced at CNY 799 (roughly Rs. 8,100) and will be available to purchase in the country from Wednesday. The Xiaomi Amazfit is claimed by the company to be the world's first smartwatch with a 28nm GPS sensor. The smartwatch is also dust and water resistant with IP67 certification. It sports a ceramic bezel, which is said to be scratch resistant, while the smartwatch comes with a 22nm band that is user replaceable. The Amazfit bears a 1.34-inch circular display with a 300x300 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 1.2GHz processor that's coupled with 512MB of RAM. Coming with 4GB of storage, the smartwatch also features a heart rate sensor on the rear panel with continuous tracking. The company has also partnered with Alibaba to offer mobile payment support for the AliPay service. Xiaomi

Apple has started sending out invites for an event on September 7. The invite has teasers such as the date which corresponds to the name of the next iPhone (iPhone 7) and the bokeh effects of the lights which hints at the dual cameras expected on the iPhone 7 Plus. The launch is expected to be for the new iPhone but rumor has it that Apple will also launch the second generation iWatch. Over the past couple of months we have covered several details and leaks about Apple’s next device must especially the absence of a 3.5mm audio jack and the use of dual cameras. One of the rumors we shall confirm on the launch day will be the presence of connector pins on the iPhone 7 Plus variant which no one has heard of lately or seen on the prototypes making rounds on the internet and if blue will indeed be amongst the color variants. The event will hold at 10:00 A.M. at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.

We have had several image renders of the expected Xiaomi Mi Note 2, detailing the design features as well as the specs of the flagship device. Several more are still surfacing online and thankfully, the designs all look alike, revealing the dual cameras and beautiful body design. The recently leaked image renders of the Mi Note 2 is that of a sleek black colored variant and it reveals both the design up front and the rear design as well. On the front view, the curved glass display is still very much intact, as well as the positioning of the front facing camera sensor. Nothing really has changed front the previous leaks we have seen so far. At the back, there is a dual camera set up, with both cameras lying side by side on a horizontal plane and tilted to one edge of the phone. The camera’s LED flash also sits by the side of the second camera. Curiously, the Mi trademark logo is conspicuously missing on the back of the new image renders which makes the authenticity of this render q

The LeEco Le 2s Pro is one of the most anticipated phones to be launched next month apart from the iPhone 7. There is still no official date as to the exact date but rumours say it will either be on the 6th or 7th. We however got a leak of the phone’s Antutu score. The leak which was posted on Weibo shows the LeEco Le 2s Pro scoring a massive 157,897 points on the benchmarking test confirming the presence of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 821 system-on-chip. Other previous leaks says the phone will feature a 5.5” full HD display, a 16 MP main camera, 8 MP front shooter, and come with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with the company’s EUI overlay. There are also speculations that the phone will come in multiple RAM + ROM variants. A base version with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in storage and a higher variant with possibly 6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of storage. This week, a fresh set of images of the phone were leaked online showing a brushed metal design, 4GB of RAM, and the MSM8996 chip wh

Xiaomi’s expected Mi Note 2 flagship smartphone is again featured in a new leaked image renders detailing the spectacular features the device is tagging along. The render images were leaked courtesy popular tipster @kjuma. The renders show the Mi Note 2 will feature a dual curved display screen and the display size stands at 5.5 inches with two likely editions, one having a 1080p resolution display while the other one will have a 2k display resolution. Apart from the image renders, Xiaomi’s official photo advertising the amazing specs the expected Mi Note 2 will feature also surfaced online recently. The official photo contains details like the device featuring a 5.5-inch OLED curved screen, all-metal body, and dual cameras at the rear. The details also include that the Xiaomi Note 2 will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 821 processor alongside 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The flagship Xiaomi Mi Note 2 was tipped to pop in the month of August but August i

Folks who own the Redmi Note 3 (Snapdragon and Mediatek) that have updated to MIUI 8 must have noticed that the android version is still stuck on Lollipop. It’s actually sad, knowing that one of the best selling Redmi phones is still running lollipop when Android 7.0 Nougat has already been released. MIUI’s operations manager @RanGer posted on Weibo that Android 6.0 Marshmallow is being developed for the Snapdragon version of the Redmi Note 3. He mentioned that beta testing was supposed to begin yesterday but due to some problems that have not been ironed out, the beta program has been postponed. There is no news yet on the new date, so if you are eager to start testing, you might want to exercise a little bit of patience. In the mean time, you can keep yourself busy by trying out the new features of MIUI 8. The post however makes no mention of the mediatek version. There are tens of thousands of people who own the Helio X10 version of the Redmi Note 3 (yours truly included) and it

It is getting more and more certain that Nokia will start rolling out its Nokia branded Android phones under the new partnership arrangement with Helsinki-based HMD Global Oy. A Nokia Exec had also hinted earlier on that the Nokia Android phones may likely pop in the fourth quarter (Q4) of this year. Well, we just might see that happen soon as two new Nokia smartphones running on Android operating system has appeared on Benchmark website Geekbench revealing some of the specs which isn’t in any way similar to the few rumored specs we had gotten before now. The Nokia smartphones bore the model names, Nokia 5320 and Nokia RM-1490. Nokia 5320 is listed as sporting a 2.27GHz quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. The clocking frequency of the Nokia 5320 resembles that of a high-end chipset but the small RAM size is a turn off. Perhaps it is possible to ramp up the RAM size in the coming days since this is just a prototype. The Nokia 5320 is also listed to run on Android 4.4.4 operating system

Back when the first iPhone was launched, 16GB was a lot of storage, but in the last 2 years, fans of the Cupertino-based company have complained about the company still launching 16GB phones which just doesn’t cut it anymore. If the rumours are to be believed, the iPhone 7s (sevens) will come with 32GB storage on the base models. However, it seems the company is raising the maximum storage available on an iPhone. An image of a leaked assembly sheet posted by twitter account, @the_malignant shows that there will be a 256GB version of the iPhone 7. The spec sheet shows that the 256GB NAND chips will be supplied by Toshiba and confirms that there will be 32GB and 128GB versions (no 64GB) which will be supplied by an unnamed manufacturer. While @the_malignant has leaked details for other phones that did turn out to be true, there is still no evidence that the assembly sheet is for Apple. Experts say the PCB format does follow Apple’s guidance, but it is also similar to that of other F

Xiaomi was teasing for its upcoming Redmi Note Series successor recently and today finally at 10:30 A.M in Beijing, China it discloses all this named as Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. Redmi Note 4 looks much more premium from the predecessor Note 3 and similar to it only in a bit of physical appearance but it got a strip at back in above and below that looks like similar to Redmi Pro as well it got a speakers down below the phone which is a great move this time. Now as for the specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 so it got 5.5” full HD display, 2.5D curved glass, 13MP PDAF camera, f/2.0, Fingerprint sensor, 4100mAh battery, Helio X20 10-core processor, metal body with chamfered edges. The phone is available in 3 color variants to be named as Silver, Gold & Dark Grey. Redmi Note 4 is available in 2 variants to be purchased the one available for RMB899 ($150) for 16GB Variant and another one for RMB1199($180) for 64GB Variant which is great to have. Are you all excited to get this in

We know that LeEco is busy preparing for the launch of its new smartphone in September, most likely the Le 2S Pro. There have been several indicators pointing towards this device, like the Weibo post by LeEco executive made by the Le 2S Pro and the numerous other screenshot leaks and image leaks which allege to be of the Le 2S Pro. Yes, now you must be confused as to why we are calling this the Le 2S Pro. This is because, earlier today, the Weibo post made by the Le 2S Pro from the company executive kind of confirmed the name. So, we are now going to call the upcoming phone as the Le 2S Pro and not the Le 2S as previously reported. Maybe, there will be both, Le 2S and Le 2S Pro but at this point, let’s assume that there is just one model, the Le 2S Pro. The latest leak reveals the back and the side of the upcoming Le 2S Pro smartphone. Surprisingly, there’s nothing new to see. Just a traditional metallic design (so no revolutionary design as hinted by the executive earlier today). T

Almost a year after it’s release, OnePlus is breathing new life into the OnePlus X by announcing the release of Oxygen 3.1 Community Build which brings Android 6.0 Marshmallow to the smallest OnePlus phone. While it may be a little late in coming as Google officially released Android 7.0 Nougat yesterday, the announcement might spur some folks who don’t want something big to pick up the device. OnePlus community builds are similar to beta releases before the final and official release. As with all beta releases, there are always issues that haven’t been ironed out. OnePlus says users may experience issues like network stability in select regions, third party apps compatibility, and language localisation. OS 3.1 will bring new features like new icon packs, a new wallpaper picker, new customisation for the alert slider, and changes to Shelf UX, apart from the default marshmallow ones. It will also come with new apps (OnePlus Music and OnePlus Gallery) and August’s security patch. If

Meizu is still continuing with its flurry of smartphone release, and today saw the outing of the Meizu U10 and U20 with mid-budget price tags. The Meizu U10 features a 5-inch IPS display and is powered by an octa-core processor which is complemented by 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. There’s another version with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The Meizu U10 crams a 2760mAh battery under its hood and packs a 13MP rear camera unit with LED flash as well as a 5MP front-facing camera. On the other hand, the Meizu U20 sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 2.5D curved glass cover and comes equipped with an octa-core processor as well which lets you run multiple apps on your phone seamlessly. There are also two versions in terms of memory, one with 2GB RAM alongside 16GB of internal storage and another with 3GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage. The Meizu U20 also tag along a 13MP primary camera at its rear with LED flash and a 5MP selfie camera up front. In addition, the

Xiaomi has officially announced a news conference scheduled for August 25 where the company is expected to launch a new smartphone. The expected Xiaomi smartphone is speculated to be a smartphone in the Redmi series with the Redmi Note 4 or Redmi 4 touted. From the teaser, it is likely that the device will feature an all-metal body design and from the image render, it will probably have a 5.5-inch display size which makes the Redmi Note 4 very likely. Apart from that, the poster also contains the logo of China Mobile which is an indication that the expected smartphone is likely a carrier based smartphone just like the China Unicom based Redmi 3X. On the specs bench, the Xiaomi redmi Note 4 is expected with a 5.5-inch display screen with 1080p resolution and will be powered by a 2GHz processor touted to be a MediaTek Helio X20 chipset. The processor will combine with a 3GB RAM to give the device a seamless performance. On the camera aspect, the Redmi Note 4 should pack a 13MP rear

Micromax's Yu Televentures subsidiary has launched two new smartphones in India - the Yunique Plus and Yureka S.Yu says both new smartphones are now available via retail stores across the country. The Yunique Plus is priced at Rs. 6,999, while the Yu Yureka S is priced at Rs. 12,999. The Yu Yunique Plus is a dual-SIM smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It features a 4.7-inch (720x1280 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor coupled with Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB RAM. It comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage and can be expandable up to 32GB using microSD card. It sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and an f/2.0 aperture. There is a 2-megapixel front camera on board as well. It supports GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi connectivity options. Notably, both the SIM cards support 4G. It is backed by a 2000mAh battery. The Yu Yureka S, on the other hand, featu

Xiaomi will start pushing updates that will usher in the MIUI 8 Stable version to about 200 million users worldwide. Smartphones running on MIUI 5, MIUI 6 and MIUI 7 stable version supports straight OTA (Over-The-Air) upgrade. Before now, Xiaomi had between June 1 and June 17 pushed MIUI 8 beta version and MIUI 8 Developer Edition to select users. The MIUI 8 Stable version will be pushed in batches, first to 15 Xiaomi phone models and thereafter to all other Xiaomi models. The models the update will become available on include Xiaomi Mi 5, Mi Max, Redmi 4s, Mi Note, Redmi 2A, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 3, Mi 4 China Unicom version, Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G and some others. The second batch of OTA updates that would bring the MIUI 8 Stable version to the Redmi Pro, Mi 4C, Redmi 3S and 3X, Redmi 2, Redmi 1S and other models. Xiaomi announced the MIUI 8 in China back in May and had made the beta version available on some select Xiaomi smartphones since Ju

While we are still waiting for Xiaomi to release its own smartwatch, a company called Huami is releasing its own smartwatch on August 30. Some of you might not be familiar with the company, so we’ll give a brief history lecture. Xiaomi’s popular Mi Band was the result of a partnership between Xiaomi and Huaheng Electronic Technology. The partnership resulted in Huami Technology (Huaheng + Xiaomi) with Huaheng providing manufacturing expertise and Xiaomi providing financial backing. Following the success of the Mi Band, Huami launched a new watch called the Amazefit. The ceramic watch was backed by other investors other than Xiaomi like Bayan Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Morningside Capital. Now Huami is releasing a new smartwatch come 30th of August. After the CEO, Hua Huang, posted on Weibo about the upcoming smartwatch, Xiaomi’s official spokesman responded to the post by saying that this is not Xiaomi’s watch but a Huami watch. While Xiaomi is truly working on a smartwatch, ba

Smartphone screens are one of the most important components of new-age handsets. If we jump up the screen size from 4-inches to 6.44-inches, there would still be a few options for customers and note that we are still talking about phones and not tablets. We all know the massive Xiaomi Mi Max with its 6.44-inch display and some of you may think, who would be crazy enough to buy this giant smartphone. Well, as we revealed before, turns out, quite a lot of people love the large screen size, and the sales of this relatively new phablet could have very well crossed the 1.5 million mark within two months of its launch. There is no doubt that Samsung dominates the smartphone industry with its super popular Galaxy series. And the latest Galaxy Note 7 is one of the best phablets with an amazing display, probably the best in the market right now. However, the curved edge screen and the waterproofing technology does come at a cost, and if by chance, you happen to break the screen on the No