Wired earphone market dominated for quite a long time and over the course of years, users are transitioning to wireless audio, thanks to smartphone manufacturers (not all) removing the most liked 3.5mm audio jack. While truly wireless earbuds are becoming popular swiftly among consumers, there are a lot of users still who prefer wireless neckband earphones. Lately, many brands are coming up with neckband style wireless earphones and the choice is plenty for consumers to choose from. We have reviewed wireless neckband earphones from brands like Mi, realme, etc, and the latest product to join the list is 1More Piston Fit wireless earphones. 1More is a popular brand in the audio segment, and they have some great products like 1More Piston Fit (wired), 1More Stylish TWS, and more. In this review, let us find out if the 1More Piston Fit wireless is worth buying or not. Box contents 1More Piston Fit wireless earphones Additional ear tips 1More stickers Micro-USB cable Quick Start Guide Design and Build Quality The design of the 1More Piston is simple and minimalistic and to an extent, similar to other offerings in the market. The material used is predominantly rubber and it gives a good grip. The earbuds are ...
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Noise launched the Shots NEO, the company’s latest wireless earbuds recently. It is compact, features Bluetooth 5.0, has touch controls and promises over 6 hours of playback. After using it for a couple of weeks, here is the review of the Bluetooth headset. Box Contents Noise Shots Neo in Icy White color Different set of ear tips (Small, Medium and Large) Micro USB Cable Quick start guide Design and Build Quality Starting with the design, the Noise Shots Neo has a familiar design we had seen in most budget headsets. Total weight of the case with the earbuds are about 31.6 grams, and the earbuds weigh about 4.6 grams. Even through the headset it is made of plastic, it looks decent, however the quality of the case could have been better since the shiny body is prone to scratches. The earbuds have LED lights that glow in blue, while the light on the case also glows in blue. There are touch controls on both the earbuds that lets you play or pause music, go to previous or next song, control volume, launch voice assistant and also accept or reject calls. These controls are a bit different from other Noise headsets. Check them out below. ...
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As all countries in the world are on high alert to halt the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus, the many industries that are based in China have begun to see the effects of the outbreak. The tech industry especially has become a victim, as Ming Chi Kuo, a popular Apple analyst has lowered his shipment forecast for the iPhone due to the supply chains being hit. The “iPhone SE 2" or “iPhone 9" was rumoured to launch sometime in Q1 2020. New renders had recently popped up, showing a device based on the iPhone 8 design with TouchID and a single camera system. The device was supposed to enter mass production sometime in February with a launch in March. However, the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak has put a wrench in these plans as the supply chains have been hit. Major cities in China like Shanghai, Beijing and Wuhan have been shut down, limiting production from factories and other facilities. In a note to TF International Securities, Ming Chi Kuo has reduced his iPhone shipment forecast by 10 percent to 36-40 million units. He also noted that the outbreak has possibly caused a decline of 50-60% YoY in the Chinese market during the Chinese New ...
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MediaTek has announced Helio G80 in the ‘G series’, which is an enhanced version of the G70 series which was announced last month. It is targeted at budget and mid-range gaming smartphones and features MediaTek’s HyperEngine game technology to boost the mobile gaming experience. It packs dual ARM Cortex-A75 and hexa Cortex-A55 CPUs with the Arm Mali — G52 2EEMC2 with speeds of up to 950MHz and is based on 12nm TSMC FinFET technology. Similar to the G70, the G80 also lacks dedicated APU, which the Helio G90 series have. MediaTek’s HyperEngine technology includes: Intelligent Speed Uplift for Rapid Gameplay Intelligent prediction of Wi-Fi & LTE concurrency triggers in just 13 milliseconds A faster response between smartphone and cell-tower Simply defer calls while in-game without the connection dropping for a moment Resource Management Engine for Better, Longer Gameplay Intelligent, dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory Smoother performance in heavy-loading game engines, demanding scenes and intense gameplay Enhanced power efficiency for even longer gameplay MediaTek Helio G70 specifications    Helio G80  Helio G70 Process TSMC 12nm CPU 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz 2x Cortex-A76 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz Memory 1x LPDDR3 Up to 933 MHz, up to 4GB, 2x LPDDR4x Up to 1800MHz, up to 8GB, eMMC ...
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Update: February 2, 2020 - iQOO has started teasing that 5G phone is coming to india soon with #MonsterInside. It has also launched iqoo.com/in/. Get ready to witness 5G in India Soon from our side. iQOO India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳#iQOOIndia #MonsterInside #5GinIndia pic.twitter.com/LbB7P73ESB — iQOO India (@iQOO_In) February 2, 2020 Vivo announced iQOO (stands for 'I Quest On and On') sub-brand in China last year, and has launched several smartphones since then in its home ground, including iQOO Pro 5G. Now the company has confirmed that it will launch its first product for the Indian market in February. It also plans to launch 4G smartphones in the country with high-end specifications. The iQOO phone will be India’s first smartphone powered by Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform and will also feature 5G support. iQOO said that it will be backed by robust performance capabilities in the charging, gaming, and design department, providing phone phonetics uninterrupted content consumption, according to the company. iQOO will be selling its phones in India through online platforms initially, and plans to sell its phones via offline stores in the future. We should know more details about the phone in the coming weeks. Commenting on the same, Gagan Arora, Director of Marketing at iQOO, said: We see extreme ...
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OnePlus launched the 'OnePlus 7T' and 'OnePlus 7T Pro' last year and leaks and rumours have been surfacing on the next version i.e., OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. This time around there have been leaks on a cheaper version of the OnePlus 8 i.e., OnePlus 8 Lite. The launch of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro India could be imminent as Amazon India affiliate page has listed both the smartphones. Amazon India's affiliate page lists fixed advertising fees for various products including smartphones. Now, under the NEW: Mobile Phones at 1% Fixed Advertising Fee category OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 are listed, confirming an imminent launch. Both the 8 and 8 Pro are listed alongside the 7T Pro, 7T Pro McLaren, 7T, 7 Pro. Coming to the rumoured specifications, OnePlus 8 Pro is said to sport a 6.65-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display with curved edges and a similar design language as OnePlus 8. This time around OnePlus is said to go with a punch-hole display instead of the pop-up camera module and also, the display is said to be slightly smaller than its predecessor OnePlus 7T Pro. While the processor that is going to power OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro ...
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HMD Global launched the Nokia 5.1 smartphone back in 2018 and later launched the Nokia 5.1 Plus which was a success for the company. While there was no information regarding the successor of the Nokia 5.1 for quite some time, now, a new Nokia smartphone with a circular quad rear camera module, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and a waterdrop notch has surfaced and it could be the Nokia 5.2 smartphone. According to Evan Blass (@evleaks), the Nokia that has surfaced is code-named 'Captain America' and it indeed could be the Nokia 5.2. Coming to the specifications, not much is known yet, but the 5.2 is said to sport 6GB RAM with 64GB storage. There is no information on the processor as of now, but we can expect it to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Mobile Platform. Furthermore, it is said to be unveiled on 4th March 2020 and is said to be priced around US$ 180 (Rs. 12,870 approx). We should know more information in the coming days. [caption id="attachment_264860" align="aligncenter" width="573"] Nokia 5.1 Plus[/caption] In related news, Nokia's MWC event is set for February 23, 2020, and the company is expected to unveil new mid-range smartphones, Android-based feature phones, and more. Source
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro was amongst best-selling devices in 2018, launched with Android Nougat, it received Android 8.1 (Oreo) update in June 2018. The company rolled out Android 9.0 (Pie) update to the smartphone back in May 2019, the device is almost 2 years old now and has already received two Android updates. It is almost certain that Xiaomi will not update the Android version on the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but in case you own a Redmi Note 5 Pro and wish to keep your device updated with the latest Android version, you may try a custom ROM. We had earlier tried Android 10 based Arrow OS and Android 10 based Pixel Experience ROM on our Redmi Note 5 Pro. Oxygen OS is amongst popular Android skin that offers lots of customizations without adding bloat, developers have ported Android 10 based Oxygen OS to Redmi Note 5 Pro. We tried it on our unit and here is our review of the same. Performance and Benchmarks: [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="303660,303661,303662"] It obtained AnTuTu score of 147635 on Pixel Experience. It scored 1351 points in single-core test and 4857 points in multi-core test in Geekbench 4. In Geekbench 5 test, it managed to get ...
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realme launched the realme 3 Pro in the country back in April 2019 running ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie). The smartphone recently received Android 10 based realme UI 1.0 update with a bunch of new features such as dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more. The company claims that realme UI is crafted to provide a near-stock Android experience but in case you wish to enjoy a Pixel like Android experience on your realme 3 Pro, there is good news for you as realme 3 Pro (RMX1851) finally gets official Pixel Experience (Android 10 based) support. [gallery size="large" ids="296712,301452,301454"] For the unawares, Pixel Experience is amongst the popular AOSP based custom ROMs that aims towards providing a Pixel-like stock Android experience. It takes no bloat approach along with Pixel exclusive features to provide users pure vanilla Android experience on any device. To flash a custom ROM, users need to unlock the bootloader of their devices and flash a custom recovery, refer to this post for detailed bootloader unlocking procedure but make sure to take a backup of your data before proceeding. TWRP recovery for realme 3 Pro can be downloaded from the link given below, ...
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