News by Rahul RadhaKrishnan - Page 8

Xiaomi has launched their flagship smartphone the Mi Mix 2 in China today. The original Mi Mix started the bezel-less trend among smartphones and is still one of the best designs in the segment rivalled only by the Galaxy S8 and LG V30 launched recently.

Asus had announced multiple ZenFone 4 variants last month at Computex 2017. The company has now started sending media invites for new smartphone series launch in India. The Zenfone 4 selfie and Zenfone 4 selfie pro are expected to launch on September 14.

According to a report that came out today, Airtel has been working behind the scenes to launch their VoLTE services. The report also adds they will be launching the service next week in Mumbai. This would bring an end to Jio's free run and monopoly.

Samsung recently announced Galaxy J7+ with dual rear cameras and now the same phone has been launched in China as the Galaxy C8. It offers premium metal build, fingerprint scanner and will possibly land in India soon.

Sony wants to extend its presence in another segment - action cameras - with the rugged and waterproof Sony RX0 camera. GoPro has been dominating this segment for quite some time, let's see how the RX0 stacks up with its 1-inch sensor, slow-motion capture.

Samsung hinted in the Note 8 launch that they would be launching two wearable products. As they promised, the company has released the Gear Fit 2 Pro and Gear Sport at IFA 2017 in Berlin.

It was just a few weeks earlier that Lenovo launched their K8 Note to grab the sub 15K market. Given the popularity of stock Android, they decided to kill VibeUI as well. The company is now bringing the K8 Plus and K8 Note Lite in India in September.

Xiaomi has started sending media invites for an event on September 5 to launch a new smartphone with flagship level dual camera setup. Even a company official confirmed that they will be releasing the first dual camera phone in India.