Author: Abhin Mahipal

Abhin’s love for all things tech started when he got his first smartphone, Galaxy S (the first), in 2010. Since then, he has been crazy about technology and tried out all major Android flagships from Samsung, and HTC. He currently uses a Google Pixel 4a as his daily driver.

These upcoming Xiaomi handsets will also feature always-on displays. Folks over at XDA Developers have dug up information regarding two upcoming Xiaomi phones, Xiaomi Comet and Xiaomi Sirius. According to the website, these Xiaomi phones will come powered by a yet-to-launch Qualcomm midrange chipset, Snapdragon 710. Besides that, both the handsets will feature OLED panel along with Always-on display feature. The Always-on display feature should be similar to what we’ve seen on Samsung flagships that takes advantage of the OLED screen to light up parts of the screen with a clock or some other widget without causing noticeable impacts over…

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There we go, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 rumors are finally upon us! Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are easily two of the best smartphones on the market at this point. Surprisingly though, they’re not selling as well as Samsung expected it to, and the Korean firm is definitely not happy about it. So, they are reportedly jumping the gun and preponing the manufacturing process of the Galaxy Note 9. This is according to a report from The Investor that says, “…Samsung Display will start producing OLED panels for the Note 9 in April, two months earlier than the…

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If the leaked pictures are anything to go by, the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ will look nothing like its predecessor. Popular gadget site TechRadar has obtained exclusive pictures of what looks like an LG G7 ThinQ, the successor to the company’s last year’s G6. The pictures reveal a handset that is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before from LG. Though that sounds quite exciting in words, when you take a look at the leaked pictures, you’ll notice that the device is nothing but a blatant copy of Apple’s latest iPhone X. The G7 ThinQ carries the model number LG-G710TM and…

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The ‘Don’t Starve’ game developer Klei Entertainment confirmed the launch date via a tweet. The tweet also throws light on the pricing of the upcoming game. Don’t Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition, as the name suggests, is the Nintendo Switch version of the popular game Don’t Starve launched back in 2013 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. As per the developer Klei Entertainment, the game will be available on Switch eShop starting April 12. Don’t Starve, in case you don’t know, is an open-world survival game in which you play as a fearless scientist named Wilson. The plot of…

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Sony Xperia XZ2 tablets will likely run Google’s Chrome OS out of the box, as per a reliable tipster. This week, we heard reports (courtesy of SumahoInfo) of two potential Sony Xperia XZ2 tablets that could likely launch this year. The report suggested that the tablets will come in two display sizes — an 8-inch model and a larger 10-inch model. Besides the display sizes, the report did not reveal much information about the devices back then. However, thanks to a reliable tipster, we now know that these tablets will not run Google’s most popular mobile operating system, Android. Instead, they…

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The Google Top Stories is completely flawed, with fake news and ‘moth-eaten’ stories consuming the front page of the search results. Google’s News platform and Google Top Stories are notorious for spreading fake news and well-fabricated stories. This is not an opinion, it’s a fact that has been proven true from time and again. And apparently, Google hasn’t learned a thing from their past experiences, at least that’s what these shreds of evidence suggest. The Onion. Does that name sound familiar to you? If not, The Onion is a satire website that publishes fabricated stories to, well, entertain you. However, the…

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Embrace Xperia fans, Sony could likely launch an Android tablet this year. It’s been a while since we last heard about a Sony Xperia tablet or any Android tablet for that matter. The tablets don’t enjoy the same kind of attention it once did thanks to smartphones that have been growing larger and powerful over the years. The standard size of a tablet used to be around 7-8 inches, and now we’ve smartphones as big as 6 inches with top-of-the-line hardware specs and full-blown software. Also Read: Sony Xperia XZ2 tablet confirmed The last tablet to come out of Sony…

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The SideSqueeze is an Android app that mimics the Edge Sense feature found on HTC U11 and Pixel 2 handsets. If you ask me about one thing I love the most about HTC’s 2017 flagship, the first feature that would come to my mind is going to be the Edge Sense technology. This feature lets you perform an action just by squeezing along the edges of the smartphone. Though that sounds a bit gimmicky, it turned out to be one of the unique selling points of the HTC U11. The feature then made its way to the Google Pixel 2…

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The Big Buddy Talker — does that ring a bell for you? Yes, it’s an upgraded variant of the good ol’ little buddy talker. After successfully exceeding the pledged goal and shipping the orders as promised, the guy behind the Little Buddy Talker — Patrick Thomas Mitchell — is back with yet another Kickstarter campaign. This time around, he’s bringing an upgraded variant of the original “talker” Arduino shield, dubbed The Big Buddy Talker. As you’d expect from the naming convention, the new Big Buddy Talker is quite an upgrade over its predecessor. Opposed to the 254-word library of the…

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The Nubia V18 will set you back ¥1,299 which is about $204. Nubia today has launched a midrange Android smartphone dubbed Nubia V18 with decent specs and an affordable price tag. The device share similar looks to the OnePlus 5, which also features an almost bezel-less design. As far as the specs are concerned, the smartphone packs a 6.01-inch screen with a display resolution of 1080×2160 pixels and is powered by a Snapdragon 625 processor. Besides that, it features 4GB RAM, 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, and an 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Though the internal storage is 64GB,…

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