Tag: Smartphone

You've probably used your smartphone while eating or riding public transportation. Without even realising it, you may have dropped your phone on the floor or used it with dirty hands. Here are some tips for keeping your phone clean.

The app is more accurate than several antigen tests and is cheap, quick and easy to use, which means it can be used in low-income countries where PCR tests are expensive and/or difficult to distribute.

Tech giant Sony is reportedly planning to bring its next generation of Xperia smartphones on May 11.

Bhubaneswar: Information on lightning will soon be available on smartphones to help people move to safer places and save their lives. The Odisha government is planning to develop a mobile app that can alert users if they are in a lightning zone. Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi stated, “Users […]

Chinese mobile handset brand Xiaomi has launched a probe after a Redmi Note 4 smartphone reportedly exploded in the pocket of a user in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The owner of the smartphone, Bhavana Suryakiran, reportedly suffered serious injuries due to the explosion. The smartphone company said it has contacted Suryakiran […]

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad on Tuesday said that it will launch three “Mega” series smartphones in India on Thursday. “We are pleased to share the news that Coolpad is looking forward to make a strong comeback in the Indian market and is all set to extend the Mega series of smartphones,” Coolpad said […]

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said on Monday. According to the sources, the South Korean tech giant plans to unveil the flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone in February, followed by the presumed foldable Galaxy F and another edition […]

Sydney: A team of scientists has been successful in significantly improving the accuracy of the global positioning system (GPS) in smartphones. By combining signals from four different Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), researchers from the University of Otago, New Zealand in collaboration with Curtin University, Australia demonstrated that it is possible to achieve centimetre (cm)-level […]

New Delhi: In a bid to disrupt the entry-level smartphone market, Samsung on Friday brought its first “Android Go” budget smartphone “Galaxy J2 Core” to India that offers faster speed and better performance. The new smartphone comes with a 5-inch quadHD display, 8MP rear camera with flash, 5MP front camera, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal […]

London: If you think toilet seats are the dirtiest ones swarming with germs, look at your smartphone. A research has revealed that smartphone screens have three times more germs than a toilet seat. More than a third of people (35 per cent) have never cleaned their smartphones with wipes, a cleaning fluid or a similar […]

San Franciso: Google has updated a help page for customers of mobile phones to acknowledge that they still can be tracked for using its Search or Maps services, even if they turn off the phone’s tracking feature. In the help page for the Location History setting, Google clarified, “This setting does not affect other location […]

New Delhi: South Korean giant Samsung dominated the premium smartphone segment in India in the first half of 2018 grabbing almost half the market share, a new report said on Friday. According to CyberMedia Research (CMR) India’s “Mobile Handset Review”, Samsung with 48 per cent topped the premium market (Rs 30,000 and above), followed by […]

Seoul: About half of smartphones sold globally this year will have an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistant, a report by an industry consulting firm showed Sunday. According to Strategy Analytics (SA) Inc., 47.7 per cent of smartphones sold on the global market will be equipped with some kind of on-device AI assistant, up from 36.6 per […]

New Delhi: Aiming to take the camera technology to a new level, Sony India on Wednesday launched flagship “Xperia XZ2” smartphone for Rs 72,990 that comes with world’s first 4K HDR movie recording feature. The smartphone with full HD 960fps “Super Slow Motion” video recording will be available at select offline stores and Sony Centre […]

Shenzhen: Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Tuesday announced that its flagship smartphone “Find X” is set to be launched in Paris on June 19. This comes barely a week after the handset maker revived its “Find” series of smartphones on its website and social media channels. “‘Find X’ represents OPPO’s endless exploration of the ultimate […]