Tag: Smartphone

New Delhi: Samsung India, which is targeting $4 billion in revenues from its Galaxy “A” series of phones in 2019, is geared up to challenge its Chinese competitors with several new devices, including the Galaxy A70 smartphone next week and the Galaxy A80 in May, a top company official said on Monday. “We will launch […]

London: A specially designed smartphone game can detect people at the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, say researchers. The game called Sea Hero Quest, downloaded and played by over 4.3 million people worldwide, helped researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) better understand dementia by seeing how the brain works in relation to spatial navigation. […]

New Delhi: In a sign of intense competition in the premium smartphone segment in India, the price gaps among the top brands are narrowing ahead of the launch of OnePlus 7 series on May 14. Apple, Samsung and Google have recently cut the prices of their premium smartphones in India. Apple has even reduced the price […]

New Delhi: Samsung is likely to launch the much-awaited Galaxy M40 smartphone early next month for nearly Rs 25,000 in India. Featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and a triple camera system, Galaxy M40 — the India-first smartphone in the popular Galaxy M series — is set to be the most powerful offering in the series, […]

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co. has been facing a double whammy of a weak memory chip and smartphone market, as well as uncertainties from a trade war between the US and China, so this is the right moment for its senior management to discuss ways to deal with the rising business challenges. Starting on Thursday through […]

Toronto: Older smartphone users tend to rely more on their phones’ auto lock feature compared to younger users, said researchers, adding that they also prefer using PINs over fingerprints to unlock their phones. The study presented at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems found that older users are more likely to unlock […]

Gurugram: Seventy-nine per cent smartphone users in India are using over-the-top (OTT) apps for entertainment and as many as four out of five users have at least one OTT entertainment platform on their device, a new report said on Thursday. Hotstar is the most-penetrated OTT entertainment app with 49 per cent of smartphone users having […]

New York: Taking productivity and creativity to the next level, Samsung has unveiled its most powerful line-up of Galaxy Note10 smartphones with an enhanced S (Stylus) Pen experience. The 6.3-inch FHD+ Galaxy Note10 houses 8GB RAM with 256GB internal storage (4G model) while 12GB RAM with 256GB internal storage will be 5G-ready. The Galaxy Note […]

New York: Using just a smartphone, hackers can listen to what is being typed with remarkable accuracy and access your personal information. According to researchers from Dallas-based Southern Methodist University (SMU), it’s possible to access your information in a subtler way: by using a nearby smartphone to intercept the sound of your typing. The team […]

Mumbai: Riding on the growing digital consumption via smartphones along with ultra-cheap data plans, the media and entertainment industry in India is likely to reach Rs 3.07 trillion by the financial year 2024, a new report said on Tuesday. According to KPMG in India’s ‘India’s Digital Future: Mass of niches’ report, the media and entertainment […]

New Delhi: Taking the camera war to a new level, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme has unveiled world’s first 64MP rear quad camera system smartphone — Realme XT — under its premium ‘X’ series. Samsung will provide the 64MP sensor to realme. Samsung in May introduced two new image sensors — the 64MP Samsung “ISOCELL Bright […]

Apple unveiled its iPhone 11 models on Tuesday with a price cut for the most basic models while also laying out plans for streaming and gaming services as it bids to weather the slump in the global smartphone market. Price appeared to be a key consideration as the tech giant reduced the entry level price […]

New Delhi: If you take your smartphone to the toilet, chances of getting piles may go up as using the device in the loo may make you spend a long time there, increasing the pressure on the veins of the anus in the lower rectum, health experts have warned. The impulse to check official mails […]

Beijing: Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme has confirmed launch of X2 Pro in Madrid, Spain, on October 15, news portal GizmoChina reported on Monday. The smartphone would have dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, the company recently revealed through a tweet posted by its European account. It will also deliver certified Hi-Res sound quality. X2 Pro […]

San Francisco: The US-based search giant Google is making it compulsory for smartphone manufacturers to ship devices with Android 10 after January 31, 2020. After the above mentioned date, Google will only approve new devices running the latest Android version, Android 10 and the company will stop approving new devices running Android 9 Pie. The […]