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“Previously OPPO-owned, Realme is doing very well in India and its latest device has just received a price cut” The  Realme U1  is a budget smartphone from the previously OPPO owned brand,  Realme , and has turned out to be quite a successful device in India. The phone went on open sale in December last year at a starting price of Rs 11,999. Now, the company has just announced that the Realme U1 has received a price cut and will be sold for a starting price of Rs 10,999. The price cut makes the phone an even better deal than before.  Realme U1 price cut in India As mentioned earlier, the Realme U1 base variant with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage is now being sold at Rs 10,999. The higher model with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage is now priced at Rs 13,499, but it wasn’t in stock at the time of writing. The price cut is already live on Amazon India and should be available on Realme’s official website and via offline retailer...

“These are the top smartphones that are expected to launch in February in the subcontinent” The year 2019 kicked off in grand style with the Indian smartphone market witnessing launches of devices like the  Honor View 20  ( review ). We also several announcements for exciting smartphones that are lined up to be launched in the country this month. If you are wondering which smartphones to be expected in February, we have got you covered. Here’s a list of all the exciting launches that we can expect this month. Redmi Note 7  /  7 Pro The Beijing-based smartphone maker,  Xiaomi  started the year with a bang by launching its Redmi series as an independent brand . The first handset to be launched under the Redmi umbrella is the Redmi Note 7, which happens to be the first Redmi phone to feature a glass-sandwich design, 48MP rear camera and a waterdrop notch. The Xiaomi Managing Director, Manu Kumar Jain has been teasing t...

“ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 users will not be able to roll back to the previous, stable Android build from Android Pie beta unless they want to quit the program altogether” ASUS  today announced the launch of its Beta Power User Program, under which it will let users test out the Android Pie beta software on their smartphones before the final build is rolled out for all users. For now, the Android Pie beta program is limited to only  ZenFone Max Pro M2 smartphone. This will allow ZenFone Max Pro M2 users to enjoy all the Android 9 Pie goodness ahead of most other users, but with the risk of a few bugs. The company has clarified that it will not provide downgrade service for beta power users, unless they want to quit the program altogether. ASUS states on its agreement page:  “Please keep in mind that this is beta software program, the beta software updates are sometimes not as stable as our official Soft...

“The trio of Energizer smartphones will feature waterdrop-style notch display and come equipped with MediaTek chipset” After  announcing its plan to launch 26 smartphones  at next month’s MWC 2019, Energizer has previewed three handsets from the lineup. Dubbed the Ultimate U620S, U570S, and U650S, the phones will come with waterdrop-style notch displays and unknown MediaTek SoCs under the hood. It must be noted that the brand hasn’t revealed all the specifications of the phones it has announced today, though the most notable difference between the three offerings will be the screen sizes. The Energizer Ultimate U650S is the most powerful offering among the trio and will sport a 6.5-inch panel, while the U620S and U570S will ship with 6.2-inch and 5.7-inch displays, respectively. The bezel-less displays will help the upcoming Ultimate series boast a tall aspect ratio of either 18:9 or 18.5:9.  “The formats w...

Tweet “The Vivo V15 Pro is confirmed to flaunt triple rear cameras and an under-display fingerprint sensor” Vivo’s  upcoming  V15 Pro  smartphone has been the subject of a number of  headlines  lately. Most recently, a few images of the phone’s alleged case were leaked on the interwebs, which revealed a few details about the handset’s design. The company is  expected  to launch the smartphone in India at an event on February 20th. Now, just a few weeks ahead of the unveiling,  91mobiles  brings you the first look at the Vivo V15 Pro, as well as its availability details for the country. According to our sources in the retail chain, the Vivo V15 Pro will be available to pre-book in India starting February 15th, just a few days ahead of the unveiling on February 20th. The company will be partnering with the likes of Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, Jio, and HDB Financial for the launch offers on the smartphone durin...

The Lite open beta a free-to-play version of the game designed to work on low-end PCs” There’s finally some good news for us poor peeps – PUBG Corp is testing a Lite version of the popular battle royal game that works effectively on low-end PCs and is free to download and play. The developer has further stated that the Lite version, although built for low-end hardware is just as good as PUBG on Steam. Dubbed PUBG Lite, the game is currently being tested in Thailand and according to a blog post by the developers it will arrive in other markets soon. Last year also PUBG Corp had launched a Lite version of the game for smartphones in Philippines but that too hasn’t made it to India yet. The best part however is that PUBG Lite is free-to-play meaning there’s absolutely no entry barrier, which is exactly why the game is more popular on smartphone than PCs. PUBG Lite was launched in Thailand on 10 th  January, while beta testing began yesterday on 24 th  January. Understandabl...

Share Tweet “As per the CIRP report, the iPhone XS has performed the worst, selling only slightly more than the iPhone 7, which is two generations old” The Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has published a report for  iPhone sales  distribution for the last three months of 2018. As per the data published from its market survey, the  iPhone XR  ( review ) accounted for 39 percent of all iPhones sold in the USA between October and December, 2018. This is significantly higher than what the  iPhone XS  ( review ) and  iPhone XS Max  ( review ) sold in total, during the same period. Among all the  iPhones , the iPhone XR enjoys the best balance of every factor — it is more affordable than the other new iPhones, has a large display, higher native storage and most of the features of the flagship iPhones. On an overall sense, it doesn’t come across as a compromise the way the iPhone 5C did, back when it w...

“The upcoming Nokia smartphones are also expected to be Android One-branded” Nokia’s  Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has  teased  February 24th as the launch date for its devices. The company has once again chosen Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 — world’s biggest tech trade show — to showcase what it has in store. Much like last year, Nokia’s license holder HMD Global may take the wraps off new smartphones, including the rumoured  Nokia 9 PureView ,  Nokia 8.1 Plus , and  Nokia 6.2 . The Nokia 9 PureView is expected to be a flagship offering and the world’s first smartphone with five camera setup. You heard it right! The handset is tipped to feature Penta cameras at the back panel. It’ll most likely flaunt a 5.99-inch display – probably with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 2K resolution, and Nokia’s PureView tech. Under the hood, it may employ Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 84...

“The APEX 2019 is a flagship phone that has no ports or buttons and is made from a single slab of aluminium” Vivo  recently  announced  its latest concept phone, the APEX 2019, in China. Although the phone won’t be available for purchase anytime soon, a device based on this concept could be launched in the coming months. The  APEX 2019  is the successor to last year’s Vivo APEX, which also brought a new design paradigm to the smartphone industry. The brand’s latest is all metal and glass without any cut-outs, ports and buttons. The entire front of the phone is a display, except for a very thin chin at the bottom.  The Vivo APEX 2019 has a full-screen in-display fingerprint scanner among other cool technologies. The entire front of the screen can be used to unlock the phone and that’s a first. We have seen phones which hid the biometric module under the half portion of the display, but this is the first time that an entire screen is used for thi...

The plan comes with a validity of 28 days and is mandatory to avoid deactivation” As you know, Indian telcos have made it mandatory to have a minimum balance of at least Rs 35 to avoid SIM deactivation in case you’re a prepaid subscriber. This decision has since been backed by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and requires prepaid users to recharge their phones every month with the most basic plan to keep getting incoming calls. Now Vodafone Idea has introduced a new minimum plan that is even cheaper than its Rs 35 plan. The new Rs 24 minimum prepaid recharge tariff comes with a validity of 28 days and requires users to recharge before the expiry date. The same is notified to the users via SMS before the expiry date. Failing which users will be given a time of 15 days in which they can recharge their SIM cards, during which Vodafone Idea will stop outgoing service from their number and suspend data services. If you don’t recharge after these 15 days also,...