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JioPhone Next Price in India Revealed: Starts at Rs. 1,999 With Financing

JioPhone Next, the budgeted entry-level smartphone from Reliance and Google, has finally been launched in India. The handset will be available from Diwali and its pricing details have been revealed. Reliance has announced easy EMI plans that allow customers to buy the phone for as low as

Ugandans again run to VPN as social media tax starts to bite

As predicted by ICT experts, Ugandans have found virtual private networks (VPN) the ‘ultimate solution’ to bypass paying the Shs 200 daily excise duty charge on Over-The-Top (OTT) services. The tax, christened ‘social media tax’ affects social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Instagram, Viber, Skype

Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe Android 8.0 Oreo Update Starts Rolling Out

Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe is the latest smartphone from the company that is receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo update. The latest Android OS is rolling out via a FOTA (firmware-over-the-air) update. Asus Malaysia had announced the rollout last week, where it said that the Oreo update will arrive on three ZenFone 3

OnePlus 5 Starts Receiving Oreo-Based OxygenOS 5.0.1 Update After OxygenOS 5.0 Update Pulled

Within days of the OxygenOS 5.0 update being suspended due to a bug, OnePlus is now rolling out the OxygenOS 5.0.1 update to the OnePlus 5. A ‘staged rollout’ of the OxygenOS 5.0.1 update is in progress. The changelog remains similar to the previous version, apart from a couple of additions such

Samsung Starts Producing First 512GB eUFS Storage Chips for Mobile Devices

HIGHLIGHTS Samsung is mass-producing the new 512GB flash storage chips. Expected to be a component in the company’s next-gen devices. Read and write speed is expected to be 400 times faster than microSD. Samsung is looking to take phone storage to the next level with a new 512GB

Sony Xperia XZ Premium Starts Receiving Android 8.0 Oreo Update

HIGHLIGHTS The update brings the Xperia XZ Premium closer to new Sony handsets The Android Oreo update includes various audio and camera improvements The update is rolling out in a phased process Sony has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for its Xperia XZ Premium. The update was originally expected for December,

Huawei Band 2, Band 2 Pro, and Fit Launched in India, Price Starts at Rs. 4,599

Huawei on Tuesday expanded its lineup of fitness devices in India by launching the Band 2, Band 2 Pro and Fit. While the Huawei Band 2 is priced at Rs. 4,599, the Band 2 Pro is available at Rs. 6,999 and the Huawei Fit is priced at Rs. 9,999. The new fitness bands are

Sony Xperia XZ Premium Starts Receiving Android 8.0 Oreo Update

HIGHLIGHTS The update brings the Xperia XZ Premium closer to new Sony handsets The Android Oreo update includes various audio and camera improvements The update is rolling out in a phased process Sony has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for its Xperia XZ Premium. The update was originally expected for December,

Asus ZenWatch 3 starts receiving support for Android Wear 2.0

Well, the smartwatch should have received the update long time back, but it is better late than never. After Google launched the Android Wear 2.0 update, it had announced which smartwatches would be getting the update. Both ZenWatch 2 and 3 were supposed to be upgraded to

InFocus Turbo 5 with 5000mAh battery launched; price starts from Rs. 6,999

The InFocus Turbo 5 is exclusively available via the online retailer Amazon India. The 2GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 6,999 and the 3GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 7,999. The device will be going on sale starting from July 4, 2017. Let’s take a