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The Indian smartphone maker Micromax launched its budget Micromax In 2c 4G smartphone today in the country. This budget smartphone from the company competes with a number of other handsets in the market. One of them is Realme C31 which was launched in India on March 31 as a super budget device as well. If you’re looking to buy a budget smartphone, here’s a comparison between the newly launched Micromax In 2c and Realme C31 to see which is a better option....

MIUI 11 App Drawer Addition The thing to note about the app drawer in the MIUI 11 is that it is not enabled by default unlike the other Android builds or the stock Android. Therefore, the MIUI 11 users will have to go to the Home Screen settings of their phone and enable the App Drawer from here. What’s interesting is that the latest MIUI Launcher update also brings a lot of features from the Poco launcher as well....

Mobile number portability is a convenience offered to the users who feel dissatisfied with their current telecom service provider. It allows a user to switch from one service provider to another irrespective of the geographical region they are currently residing. Not only the service provider but the users can also switch from prepaid to postpaid or postpaid to prepaid service within a telecom operator. The users of any telco can avail the ‘Mobile number portability’ service for themselves....

Moto G7 series was launched back in 2019 with Android 9 Pie out of the box. Motorola rolled out Android 10 update to Moto G7 smartphone in May 2020. Now the company is rolling out Android 10 update to Motorola G7 Power. Currently, the update is being rolled out in Brazil. However, the update will be gradually rolled out in other regions as well. It is suggested that users who are updating their Moto G7 Power must keep their battery charged or keep the device connected to a power source on while updating....

Moto G8 Plus: Rumoured Specs and Features When it comes to specifications, the Moto G series always featured the best mid-range hardware which is again something that faded away over time. Going by the new leak, the upcoming Moto G8 Plus will have a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display on the front carrying a resolution of 1080x2280 pixels. It will be an IPS LCD panel, so we will not be able to see the company using an in-display fingerprint scanner....

Motorola Moto Edge 30 Pro is spotted on the Bluetooth SIG website ahead of the global launch event. The SIG listing shows that the smartphone comes with a variant number XT-2201-1. The same listing also confirms that the phone is a rebranded version of Edge X30 launched in China, bearing the model number XT-2201-2. Motorola had teased the launch of Moto Edge 30 Pro via a poster, which said that the launch event would take place on February 24....

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is by far the least significant telco in the country at the moment. Even the government doesn’t have a lot of hope for this state-run telco. The focus of the centre is only on BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), which is expected to launch homegrown 4G services soon. BSNL is expected to roll out 4G in the next 18 to 24 months throughout India. The auditors of MTNL’s financial reports believe that the net worth of the company has completely eroded....

Many Supporting Synergy Between BSNL and VIL Aftab Ahmed Khan, president, Sanchar Nigam Executives Association (SNEA) told ETTelecom that synergy is a good idea between the two telecom companies and this would allow the subscribers of BSNL to latch on to high-speed services of 4G. Notably, SNEA represents 13,000 executives from BSNL. The public telecom company is yet to receive airwaves from the centre for the deployment of 4G services and is also managing the airwaves of MTNL which used to be functioning in metropolitan areas of Mumbai and Delhi....

“We find that no case is made out for initiation of contempt proceedings against any of the alleged ‘Contemnors’ ‘Respondents’…Both the applications are accordingly dismissed,” the NCLAT said. The appellate tribunal also said that it has not gone into merit and allowed the appeal to be withdrawn on May 29, 2018, after the minority shareholders and RCom reached a settlement. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) also said although both the parties had reached the final consent terms, there was no undertaking given by any party before “this Appellate Tribunal, nor any direction was issued”....

Netflix Faces Headwind on User Acquisition Across Multiple Markets Netflix, in its letter to shareholders on Tuesday, highlighted that its paid user base at the end of its second-quarter was “slightly ahead” of its forecast of 10 lakhs user additions in the quarter. “In Q2, when things tightened up a little bit, say in Brazil or India, we did see some increase in the acquisition,” Neumann said in the earnings call....

On Monday, Nokia, a Finnish telecom gear manufacturer and technology vendor, announced that it had opened a new Research & Development (R&D) center which is focused on 5G and future 6G mobile network technology. The new R&D center is placed at Nokia’s Portuguese campus in Amadora. Through this new R&D center, Nokia aims to create employment across several different disciplines and advance research in technologies that are important components for the existing 5G networks and future 6G networks....

Nokia is in the process of developing a new 5G smartphone that will sport a 108MP penta rear camera setup. It is being suspected that the yet-to-be-launched Nokia’s smartphone could go by the name Nokia X50 that will launch by the third quarter of 2021. The phone is presumed to launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 775 SoC, and it might also pack a battery of 6,000 mAh. For more information on the upcoming handset, keep on reading....

OnePlus is anticipated to release a new flagship smartphone in the upcoming months, called the OnePlus 10T 5G. According to a previous report, the OnePlus 10T will be on sale in India between July 25 and August 1. The next OnePlus flagship was just recently discovered on the company’s India website, suggesting a quick launch. The smartphone has now been discovered on the 3C certification website, thanks to Pricebaba. According to the most recent listing, the OnePlus flagship would offer 160W fast charging....

OnePlus launched its latest flagship OnePlus 8 Pro last month. Xiaomi also came out with its latest offering to the Indian market — the Xiaomi Mi 10, and surprisingly, it is quite expensive, right in the lines of OnePlus 8 Pro. It is clear that Xiaomi now wants to enter the premium smartphone market. No one expected Xiaomi to make such a move with the Mi 10. But is the smartphone really that good?...

OnePlus started as a very focused company looking to deliver the best user experience at the lowest cost possible. Of course, it would have been hurting the profit margins, and it was understandable for the company to keep hiking the prices of its flagships. In less than a decade, OnePlus has become one of the most prominent Android smartphone brands in India. It has been possible because of the strategy the company adopted in its early days....

On August 1, 2022, OnePlus launched the OnePlus Nord Buds in India. These are quite affordable Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) earphones from the company and will be available from August 4, 2022, in India. OnePlus has gone ahead with a very subtle launch for the earphones as it gears for the big launch of the OnePlus 10T 5G on August 3, 2022. It will be interesting to experience what the OnePlus Nord Buds CE sound like....

Users Will be Able to Enable Dark Mode with One Tap Dark Mode toggle which would enable Dark Mode was not available on OxygenOS even though it was present in stock Android 10. Currently, users have to go to the settings menu and enable the Dark Mode from the customisation menu. With the new update, OnePlus will add the Dark Mode switch in quick settings which will allow the users to turn on Dark Mode without any inconvenience....

Numerous smartphone brands have recently jumped into the fitness tracker segment and launched smartwatches with highly promising features. OnePlus is also one such brand that entered the segment last year, and now it has launched its OnePlus Watch alongside the launch of its flagship smartphones. The health tracker comes with an array of features, including a real-time heart rate sensor, SpO2, sleep monitoring, and more. Heart-rate sensors and sleep monitoring sensors are still understandable for many of us, but do you know what a SpO2 sensor is and how it works?...

OnePlus Z, the upcoming mid-range device from the OnePlus stable could carry a price tag of Rs 24,990, a PayBack survey reveals. PayBack, a multi-brand loyalty program that enables users to earn reward points through user surveys, is said to have sent its users a survey on OnePlus Z. The survey has revealed the specifications and the price tag of the upcoming mid-range device from OnePlus. It has to be noted that the OnePlus Z is the first mid-range device from OnePlus in nearly four years as the company largely focused on the flagship devices post OnePlus X....

Apple has had a history of bringing a product to the market that gives rise to alternatives that are based on the same principle, as has been the case with the iPhone X and its notch, the AirPods and its endless clones and, in more recent times, the MagSafe charging technology, which the company debuted last year. Inspired by what Apple has done, Realme recently announced that it was testing its own wireless charger that can be attached to the back of the device, dubbed MagDart, which is set to be released officially on August 3....