The Mobile Poem: Reality

You are my morning, and my noon,
You are the evening, even under the moon;
The love of this life might never stop by,
I assure that you are mine from July to June.

Always staying here holding my hand,
You come in different designs;
When I look at you, you look at me,
But it happens only certain times.

The faster you are, the more the price,
Coming out in liquid display screens;
You can run so many applications,
Luring me in more and more.

There is Apple, and Samsung,
And there are hundreds of others that say;
You are the best and price is better,
In the end, the one of you I buy, stays.

Watching so many videos in a day,
Some educational and others entertaining;
You let me look at you all day long,
And yet, it is my eyes that start paining.

I have played a lot many apps,
Specially those that are called games;
You let me play what you can process,
Whether PUBG or clash of clans battle grounds.

Then are the sleepless nights I held you close,
Close enough that you heard me and others;
Whether we fought, agreed or joked,
You were always there all along.

Even though I have dropped you at times,
Or even hit you when the net didn’t work;
You still held on to me without giving up,
Even though I didn’t had as many perks.

As I still hold and type these lines,
Thinking about what you can do;
I wonder and think about my life,
Have I ever spent this much time with someone too?

The time has come, two years passed,
A feeling of getting another captures the heart;
Still looking at you, I think about your worth,
Then I go to the shop to exchange you for a new part.

-Siddarth

Nokia X5 launched!

The long-awaited Nokia X5 has been launched in China at a minimal price of around $199!

The phone comes equipped with Android Oreo, with face recognition and intelligent AI features.

Nokia X5 launched in China: here’s the full specs, and price
The phone is available in Black, White and Blue colors. With a 5.86 inch screen and a 19:9 HD screen ratio, people can’t find a similar feature at this price.
The phone features a 13 MP + 5 MP dual rear camera, with phase detection autofocus and LED flash. The front camera is 8 MP.
One of the most important features is the in-built AI system in the phone.
The phone supports screen-off fingerprint payment, which lets users open up apps with their fingerprint even if the screen is off, making “fingerprint payment in the lock screen state more convenient and faster”. The phone also has features like intelligent screen recognition, double-finger long-press on the screen that lets you break down articles and conversations into easy-to-select, copy, and search-for words.

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Microsoft Andromeda?

Microsoft Surface device, code-named “Andromeda”, is planned to be released sometime in 2018 or early 2019.

The device is expected to come with a dual-screen display, since it had been seen multiple times in patents for a ‘pocket-able Surface device’. It is believed that the device will be one of a kind, further blurring the line between a Personal Computer and a Handheld Mobile device.

Microsoft is reportedly experimenting with stylus input for Andromeda, so that the device could fold over like a book and a pen could be used to capture digital ink.

Although it is not clear if the company will use Intel or Qualcomm for the final device, it is experimenting with Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) processor.

Microsoft first launched its Surface lineup of 2-in-1 tablets back in 2012, and only launched the first actual laptop in the series last year.


Credits: NDTV Gadgets

HTC U11 to launch today

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HTC will be launching it’s latest model U11 today in India. Considering the price tag for HTC U Ultra is INR 59,990, we can expect a minimum price of INR 50,000 for U11, which might probably be higher than U Ultra price.

The phone comes with Edge Sense, where a user can squeeze the smartphone (press tightly around the edges) to launch certain applications and functions. The user can set whether to launch the camera app and take a picture, activate a voice assistant, etc. by the squeeze feature.

The U11 will have a 3D Liquid Surface design like HTC U Ultra. It will have a glossy finish with two color options, Black and Silver. The phone features a 5.5″ Quad HD display. It will be using the octa-core Snapdragon 835 processor with 2.45 Ghz clock speed, with a 4 GB RAM + 64 GB Storage option or 6 GB RAM + 128 GB Storage option. The storage is expandable to 2 TB!

The smartphone has a 12 MP rear camera with Dual LED flash and a 16 MP front selfie camera with auto-selfie, video selfie and HDR boost. The phone has 4K rear camera video recording and 1080p front recording.

Read the full article here

The phone sounds really good and fused with high-speed processors and good storage space. However, we will know how it all comes together only after the phone is out in the market. The Edge Sense technology is unique and I wonder it’s usability.

OnePlus 5 tech specs?

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According to the technical specifications revealed from Amazon India’s teaser page source code for the smartphone, the OnePlus 5 will be featuring an 8 GB RAM and the phone will be using a Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor that reaches speeds upto 2.35 GHz.

The phone is set to release on June 20th officially, and on June 22nd in India. In fact, the sale for the phone will start itself on Jun 22nd at 4:30 pm.

The phone, which will be featuring a dual rear camera setup with a superior camera technology, will be the thinnest flagship smartphone. The phone will feature a 5.5 inch full HD resolution display.

Read the full article here

Although I just bought a new phone half a year back, I am still excited to witness this product. OnePlus has created a different atmosphere, where people can get smartphones with the latest specifications, at less than half the price of today’s leading smartphone brands. Seeing new products launched frequently is remarkable.

The edge-to-edge screen Android phone

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Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile phone operating system, launched a new company called Essential Products. The Palo Alto based company will be selling its first high-end smartphone and home assistant device.

The new phone will be featuring an edge-to-edge screen, a titanium & ceramic case and dual cameras. The phone will be running the Android OS and the price tag of $699, will make Samsung and Apple it’s main competitors.

The voice assistant will compete against Amazon’s Echo and Google home speaker. However, the Essential’s voice assistant will let the user choose between Alexa, Google assistant and Siri. The device is also supposed to be able to connect to home network and communicate with devices such as lights and thermostats.

Tencent Holdings, Foxconn, Redpoint Ventures and Altimeter Capital are the main investors in Essential.

Read the full article here

Apple and Samsung have long since dominated the mobile market. Maybe it is time for a change.

Using the Android O beta

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Android O was one of the most awaited segments at Google I/O 2017. It was announced that users wanting to use the Android O platform can do it by enrolling themselves in the Android O beta. Also, you need to have a Google smartphone, such as Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel or Pixel XL.

There haven’t been major changes between Android Nougat and Android O UI, like the settings menu have been re-arranged and grouped together for similar functions. There is also an option to enable battery percentage on Android O, with larger font. It also groups battery consumption based on Apps, System, Services, etc.

Android O has a different toggle system, and it also allows video and chat apps to play picture in picture when minimised. You can even check the notification on an app by long pressing the app icon and also dismiss it by swiping.

It also includes Autofill with Google, Smart Text Selection and other features.

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This is an interesting update. Google focused more on how people access and use the OS rather than upgrading things visually.

Xiaomi overtakes Apple and Samsung in India

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Around more than 75% mobile users in India still use a feature phone rather than a smartphone, hence it is considered one of the biggest markets for smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung. However, As per a recent report by Strategic Analytics, Xiaomi may be the front runner when it comes to choosing which is the most preferred smartphone brand for Indian Android owners looking to upgrade their devices in 2017.

According to the report, Xiaomi is preferred by at least 26% of the users, where as Samsung and Apple both lie at 12%.

Xiaomi is known to focus more on areas like network speed, processor performance and availability rather than camera, megapixels, screen resolution, etc. which happens to be more preferential among brands like Apple and Samsung. Another important reason is the cost of Xiaomi smartphones, which stands at almost half the price or less of Apple/Samsung phones.

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I have never used a Xiaomi before, but this seems rather interesting if it is an Android with good performance and speed.

Watch Youtube videos offline

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Youtube Go, a test version of Google’s offline-first, shareable video product, is available for download on the Google play Store. In fact, the app for 20,000 users in a matter of hours, when it was launched in an invitation-only mode.

The Youtube Go app is designed to be offline first and improve the experience watching videos on a slower network; gives you more control over data usage, by providing choice and transparency into the amount of data spent on streaming or saving videos.

Currently, Youtube has close to 180 million Indians on mobile phones alone, and the Youtube consumption from mobile has frown from 55% to 80% in just on year.

Youtube also mentioned that the last year belonged to creators in India who showcased their videos online, and 14 of such creators hit 1 million subscribers every month.

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Samsung S8 and S8 Plus launched.

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Samsung launched S8 and is expecting high rewards from the consumers after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. Samsung had to call it quits on Note 7 phone after recalling it twice and still not being able to solve the issue of burning phones.

Galaxy S8 and Plus comes in 5.8 inch and 6.2 inch sizes respectively. The phones will also have ‘Bixby’, a smart voice assistant rival of Siri. The phone has a bezel-less curved edge “infinity display” covered with prsitine glass and also features a 12 MP rear camera with ois (optical image stabilisation) and a 8 MP auto-focus front camera. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Octa core (2.35 GHz Quad – 1.7 GHz Quad) will be processing the smartphone. Unlike the iPhones, the phone will feature both an USB-C slot and 3.5 mm headphone jacks.

The phone comes with the IP68 certificate, meaning it is water and dust resistant. Both phones also feature iris scanner, face recognition and fingerprint scanner.

Read the full article here.

Frankly, both the phones sound interesting and pack great hardware capabilities. However, that was the same with Note 7. Let’s just pray this one doesn’t ….well …blow up.