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2018 has already been a pretty wild ride for HMD Global, leading the resurgence of the once popular Nokia brand, but the Finnish giant is ending the year with a much-awaited launch. Yes, the global variant of the Nokia X7, the Nokia 8.1, has finally gone official at the Dubai launch event today. Nokia 8.1 Price and Availability The base 4GB+64GB variant of the Nokia 8.1 has been priced at 399 euros or roughly Rs 31,900, though that’s unlikely to be the actual price of the phone once it is launched in India. The other two variants are a 6GB+64GB version and a 6GB+128GB version. The smartphone is scheduled to  launch in India  on December 10  at a launch event in Mumbai. Nokia 8.1 Specifications In line with all recently launched Nokia phones, the  Nokia 8.1 adopts a glass sandwich design  with a notched display. The device features a 6.18-inch Full-HD+ IPS LCD screen (2246 x 1080 pixels, which is backed by the company’s PureDisp...

After much anticipation and teasing over the past few weeks, Oppo has today brought its well-known and innovative R-series to India with the launch of the  Oppo R17 Pro . It is the first device powered by the Snapdragon 710 chipset to debut in India and brings along the company’s SuperVOOC charging technology in tow as well. Price and Availability Oppo R17 Pro comes only in one variant, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage and  has been priced at a whopping Rs 45,990 . It will be available in 2 color variants, namely Radiant Mist and Emerald Green, and sold online exclusively via Amazon India. It will go on sale from December 7, with pre-orders beginning at midnight tonight. Oppo R17 Pro Specs Oppo R17 Pro is easily recognizable by its frost glass design on the rear and sports a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch (screen-to-body ratio of 91.5%) and Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection on top on the front. It is powered by the...

After receiving the final  approval from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in July, the Vodafone-Idea merger was finally  completed  a month later. But it appears that Vodafone and Idea subscribers will also be getting some benefit of the merger in the form of faster upload speed. As per an OpenSignal Report, the Vodafone-Idea merger will not only create India’s largest telecom operator, but will also become an  ‘upload speed powerhouse’.  As per OpenSignal’s latest Mobile Network Experience Report, Idea offered the  fastest  upload speed of 2.88Mbps in India, followed by Vodafone with 2.31Mbps. With that in mind, the merger has the potential to further increase data upload speed and benefit customers in India who are now creating and uploading more content. Image Courtesy: OpenSignal While Idea won OpenSignal’s Upload Experience award for the period between June 1 and August 29, Vodafone took th...

Qualcomm has finally announced its next flagship SoC, the  Snapdragon 855 , at the Qualcomm Tech Summit in Hawaii. Qualcomm claims that the Snapdragon 855 is  ‘the world’s first 5G multi-gigabit compatible mobile platform’ . The new SoC comes equipped with the Qualcomm’s new X50 modem to enable 5G connectivity on flagship smartphones that will arrive next year. The Snapdragon 855, whose internal build number is  SM8150  that we’ve been seeing in leaks lately, is based on the  7nm  process and features a new multi-core AI engine which is claimed to offer 3x better performance compared to the Snapdragon 845 when it comes to AI-related tasks. The Snapdragon 855 was  leaked hours before its official announcement yesterday, however, all the leaked details are yet to be verified by Qualcomm. Details about the Snapdragon 855’s core architecture, benchmark scores on test platforms and other capabilities wil...