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Excess smartphone use increases suicide risk in teenagers

New York: Parents should pay attention that the more time teenagers spend time on smartphones and other electronic screens, the more likely they are to feel depressed and attempt suicide, according to a new research. Screen time should be considered a modern-day risk factor for depression and suicide, said study co-author Thomas Joiner, Professor at […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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AI-enabled 6GB Honor V10 coming to India in January

New Delhi: Aiming to take on OnePlus 5T, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is to bring its bezel-less V10 smartphone with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chipset — the first from Honor — to India in January. Industry sources told IANS that V10 is likely to be launched in the China market early this week and Honor will […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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'Honor 8 Lite' 64GB variant launched at Rs 15,999

New Delhi: China based telecom company Huawei’s sub-brand Honor announced that its smartphone “Honor 8 Lite”, 64GB variant, is now available at Rs 15,999 here on on Wednesday. Featuring Kirin 655 octa-core chipset backed by a 4GB RAM+64GB ROM, the 5.2-inch full-HD display device runs on EMUI 5.0 on top of Android Nougat. It is […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Honor 7X to be launched in India this December

New Delhi: India’s mid-range smartphone market is all geared up as Honor brings its next offering “7X” for the Indian customers at an “unbeatable price” this December. In a recent chat with IANS, Honor’s Global President George Zhao said the phone will be launched at such a price that “it will have no competitor in […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Nokia 2 with 4100mAh battery launched in India

New Delhi: HMD Global, the company that owns the right of manufacturing and selling Nokia-branded phones, launched Nokia 2 with 4100mAh battery at roughly Rs 7,500 here on Tuesday. “People rely on their phones so much these days. We created a smartphone that can power through when other devices need a pit stop,” said Juho […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Honor 9i: A first with 4 cameras, edge-to-edge display

New Delhi: While some of us were thinking smartphone innovation is slowly running out of steam, Huawei has debuted “Honor 9i” with a dual camera set-up in the front as well as the rear, along with bezel-less display. In the mid-price segment, the device is the first in India to come with a quad-camera system […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Apple partners LG Display for foldable iPhone

Seoul: As Samsung plans to launch a bendable smartphone “Galaxy X” in 2018, Apple has reportedly begun work on a foldable iPhone with LG Display. According to a report in the Korean website The Investor, Apple has decided to go with LG and not Samsung (Samsung OLED displays are the best in the industry) owing to […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Chinese smartphone addict goes blind after 24-hr gaming binge

Bejing: A 21-year-old Chinese woman has been rendered partially blind after playing video game on her smartphone for 24 hours, the media reported. The unnamed gaming addict was reportedly playing the multiplayer online game “Honour of Kings” when she suddenly lost vision from her right eye, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. She […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Google Pixel 2 turns on 'DND' mode while driving

San Francisco: The recently launched second-generation Google Pixel smartphones have an interesting sensor-based feature buried in the software which can automatically switch on “Do Not Disturb” (DND) mode when the user is driving, reports said on Saturday. Google had also released a new application named “Pixel Ambient Services” along with the new Pixel phones. The […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Google launches Pixel 2 smartphones, new devices

San Francisco: Betting big on the best combination of artificial intelligence (AI), software and hardware, Google on Wednesday launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, smaller smart speaker “Home Mini”, a larger version called “Home Max”, high-performance convertible Chromebook called PixelBook and “Google Clips” action camera. The devices are available for pre-order in the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
LAVA launches four new Z-series smartphones

New Delhi:  Domestic smartphone maker LAVA International on Wednesday launched four new smartphones in its Z-series — “Z60”, “Z70”, “Z80” and “Z90”. With prices ranging between Rs 5,500 and Rs 10,750, the Z-series devices focus on providing high-end camera features like dual-Bokeh mode. “The new Z-series smartphones are success story of our robust in-house research […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Honor launches 'Holly 4' smartphone for Rs 11,999

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Huawei’s sub-brand Honor on Tuesday launched a budget device ‘Holly 4’ in India for Rs 11,999 that comes with 13MP rear camera and 5MP front shooter. The device is available in grey, gold and silver colours across the company’s 30,000 retail points. “Sporting an elegant metallic design with a fast […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Huawei pips Apple to become top smartphone brand in China

Beijing: In a setback for Apple that is trying to make deeper inroads into China, smartphone buyers in the country have chosen domestic brands over the iPhone maker with Huawei being their first choice, a survey revealed on Monday. According to a survey by Financial Times, Huawei was the top choice, with more than 31.4 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Fingerprint sensor-enabled phones' shipment to cross 1bn in 2018

New Delhi: The demand for adding fingerprint sensors to smartphones has been ever-increasing and keeping up with the trend, fingerprint scanner-capable smartphone shipments are estimated to cross a billion units in 2018. Samsung was the market leader in fingerprint-enabled smartphones — contributing 12 per cent market share, followed by Apple and Huawei with 11 per cent […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
LG launches 'K7i' with 'Mosquito Away' technology

New Delhi: LG Electronics India on Wednesday launched new “K7i” smartphone for Indian consumers that features an innovative ‘Mosquito Away’ technology that, once activated, keeps mosquitoes at bay. Launched at Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2017 here, the device is priced at Rs 7,990. Keeping in consideration the season’s harmful mosquito-borne diseases and consumers’ heavy spends […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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