Infinix is one of the better premium smartphone brand that comes under the Transsion Group that has come out with many excellent devices as of late, all of which have been well received by the masses and classes in equal measure.
The company is all set to launch brand new smartphones under its HOT 20 series, which have been long awaited as people were anxious to gain more information on the matter so Infinix decided to set the matter at rest.
If recent reports are to be believed, the lineup of the HOT series handsets are set to come out on November 30, 2022 although official information is yet to come out in this regard, which is why one can only wait.
Features & Specifications
With mere days left for its launch, Infinix has been kind enough to reveal some key specifications of the devices in the HOT series so as to give their users an idea on what they can expect from the upcoming models and they’re not caught off guard.
The smartphone is apparently coming with a 6.5+ inch AMOLED display screen with multiple colour variants and under Rs.15,000, or so reports suggest, where you can get to choose from a number of variants.
The upcoming Infinix model is said to be the first one to come with 12 bands 5G connectivity, along with a 6,000mAh battery capacity, 120 Hz refresh rate, while it will be powered with Dimensity processors that will be revealed very soon.
This will make them a pocket-friendly option for its users but without compromising on features, specifications or the latest tech upgrades, which many of them are extremely particular about and are easily upset if the features don’t match up to their high level expectations.
While the launch date is speculated as November 30, the devices will be available for purchase in India on one of the country’s leading e-commerce portals, Flipkart, apart from Amazon India and others.
Apple this year has come up with two Apple Watch models for consumers of different market segments. While Apple Watch Series 8 is what the brand is positioning as its best offering in the entire watch collection, Apple Watch SE is where things get interesting. It is modern and yet affordable which makes it a perfect catch amongst all its competitors. Apple Watch SE price starts at Rs 29,900, which is quite a masses-friendly range considering the other options available in the Indian market. Here’s a quick Apple Watch SE review to understand the product in detail.
The watch is currently available in three colour options without any materials or finishes exceptions in any of them. The three colours are Space Grey, Silver, and Gold. Apart from this, the Apple Watch SE can be purchased in three size variants. The smaller 40mm variant with a standard Sport Band is priced at Rs. 29,900, the slightly bigger variant on the other hand is priced at Rs. 32,900. The prices mentioned here are for the GPS only Apple Watch versions. To have LTE connectivity in-built into the Apple Watch SE, the same two size variants would cost Rs. 33,900 and Rs. 36,900 respectively. Apple also offers a lot of strap options for users to choose from and buy separately. This includes Apple’s new Solo Loop.
Apple Watch SE box includes Apple Watch SE (aluminium), Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Cable and Strap. An important item, an actual wall adapter for charging the Apple Watch, is missing from the box and it appears the brand assumes that everyone has a spare charger at home.
Before we move forward with a detailed description of Apple Watch SE features that are worth talking about, let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons.
Pros
Affordability! It is a factor that can’t and shouldn’t be ignored especially when the product checks basics and most used feature boxes
Performance is the same as the Apple Watch Series 8, which is touted to be the company’s best product available in the market
The feature of car-crash detection for additional safety is a high-end feature. Getting it at this price point works great in favour of the Apple Watch SE
Cons
No always-on display. This could be a reason to downvote if you look at the product from a tech expert’s perspective.
There is no QWERTY keyboard also, which can make typing or signalling on the watch a little bit difficult
Most new features found in this model are already available in other older models. So, there is no reason to upgrade to it
Now, let’s take a deeper look at the specifications of the Apple Watch SE.
We have to talk about the design when it comes to smartwatches. And while Apple as a brand is not known for too much innovation and deviation from its original designs, it’s always interesting to look at its range of products to notice what the company has changed, if it did at all. On the design front, the Apple Watch SE looks more or less the same as previous Apple Watches, as anyone would have expected. This one again comes in a square shape and aluminium casing with a digital crown and a button on the right side. The Apple Watch SE’s retina LTPO OLED display with 1000nits brightness is big and the border rims are quite thin. The display has Ion-X strengthened glass on top in order to keep it safe from getting scratched at every encounter.
The watch comes with Apple’s S5 SiP (System-in-Package) and Bluetooth 5 along with WiFi for connectivity. It has GPS and GNSS for positioning as well as LTE connectivity on cellular models. For cellular connectivity, Apple Watch SE is supported by all three main carriers in India i.e. Airtel, Jio and Vi.
Similar to its iPhone, Apple has always been up to date when it comes to the software of its wearable. The Apple Watch SE runs on WatchOS 7 and sports most of the features of the latest Apple Watch Series 6. Although the blood oxygen tracker of Series 6 is missing from the Apple Watch SE. The ECG sensor that the company provided in Series 4 and the now discounted Series 5 is also not there in the SE model. The different work trackers available in Watch SE include swimming tracking technology and water resistance up to 50 mm.
One thing to be noted is that Apple Watches are only compatible with iPhones including iPhone SE and no other devices whatsoever. Setting up the Apple Watch SE is easy and only required users to use the Watch app on their iPhones to scan the code from the display. The 32 GB of storage allows users to install a lot of apps and music easily on their Apple Watch SE.
Contrary to what usually is the apprehension regarding the battery life of an Apple Watch, the Apple Watch SE battery life is supported by a rather decent battery. The watch can smoothly last a day and a half on a single charge, which is appreciative when compared to other watches available in the market. However, if you are using the LTE connectivity function, the runtime may differ for different users. Full charging of the device takes around over two hours. This is slower than the charging capabilities of the Apple Watch Series 6.
On the whole, Apple has done a great job with SE. If you are looking for a smartwatch that does all the basics, looks stylish and is not really harsh on your pocket then Apple Watch SE fits the bill like no other out there. Those who already have an Apple Watch might not find many reasons to switch, but those looking for one at an affordable price shouldn’t let this one slip.
boAt, comes with a tagline of ‘Imaginative Marketing’ and is classified as the number one audio and wearables brand in India, that has taken over the masses in a big way as their smartwatch models are becoming exceedingly popular with each passing day.
The company has just introducing a refreshing new design in the smartwatch segment by announcing its newest model called Wave Ultima that has recently come out in the market and receiving good reviews all around.
boAt has made sure to one up its game by coming out with a more upgraded version of a BT (Best Bluetooth) calling smartwatch as they knew that their users have high expectations regarding their device and expected much better results than the previous models.
Features & Specifications
To begin with, Wave Ultima comes with a large Curve Arc Display that is invulnerable to cracks and quite bright in its features where wearers can avail the latest and best health/fitness features that no other smartwatch can offer in this segment.
It is a true Indian design that has been specified as such by the company’s R&D department called boAt Labs, Ultima sports a unique curved body to ensure the best comfortable fit for day and night use.
It has a crack resistant 1.8 inch 500-nit Super-Bright Edge-to-Edge Always On Curved Arc Display where you can get a bold, vibrant, and highly responsive user interface that is quite easy on the eyes.
The smartwatch is available for purchase at the starting price of just Rs.2999, which is a good enough reason for many wearers to go for it apart from the excellent features that are coming up.
It also has a skin-friendly premium soft silicone straps that come in three vibrant colors options viz. Raging Red, Active Black, and Teal Green, and yet it is quite elegant enough for you to carry your health on your wrist, sophisticatedly and comfortably, encased in a light-weight Aluminum alloy dial.
For health and fitness enthusiasts, Wave Ultima has numerous sensors and monitors that will help in keeping their well-being in check apart from the 100+ Sports Modes that include auto work-out detection and active sports like walking, running, swimming, yoga, among others.
It also features a Bluetooth v5.3 chip for superior connectivity and higher energy savings whilst offering BT calling in a seamless manner that is paired with a built-in HD speaker and a high-sensitivity microphone.
If you are looking for a way to connect with your friends and family in a jiffy, irrespective of place and time, you can do so with the onboard connection feature, while the super-sensitive microphone will help in keeping clear of noisy environments.
You can also keep a track on your heart rate and blood oxygen levels easily with thev Ultima reliable heart rate and SpO2 monitoring, which is quite useful for people having heart and breathing issues.
People that are dealing with stress issues can feel relieved as the smartwatch also has a Stress Monitoring feature that tracks their current stress levels and lets you look into a detailed summary of their holistic health.
Finally, you have an IP68 Dust, Sweat, and Splash resistant body, along with a 10 day battery life, where you have 3 Days with BT Calling, irrespective of the weather outside in your vicinity because fitness lovers can never miss out on their fitness routine as Ultima can brace it all.
Elon Musk took over Twitter on 28th October by tweeting “ the bird is freed” and laid his plan to practise content moderation and promised advertisers that Twitter will not become a “free-for-all hell space”. This takeover caught everyone’s attention at the drop of a hat, but the news of the termination of 50% of twitter’s now ex-employees, including the number of top executive-level employees that also involves CEO Parag Agarwal and CFO Ned Segal that came from Twitter’s end spread like fire and became the talk of the town in a matter of no time. Since the controversial acquisition by Elon Musk, Twitter has been constantly in the news. Elon Musk stated the drop in revenue was the reason for sacking out the employees, such a large number that is almost 50% of the workforce. “If you are in the office or on your way to the office, please return home” was the statement received by half of the employees via mail while terminating their employment period on Twitter. This treatment of termination was taken under scrutiny by many ex-twitter employees and they expressed their reproachment to the manner as it was a violation of the WARN act. Subsequently, for this twitter is again under the news as it faces a lawsuit for mass layoffs. Seems like Elon Musk’s plan of terminating the number of employees clearing several departments just backfired. On the 5th of November, the declaration hit the headlines, that this San Francisco-based social media giant company started to fire their employees. This fast-approaching layoff was a bad idea as many analysts suggested that it would be violating the WARN Act under US and California law. Well, this was not overlooked by others, hence they sued Twitter Inc.
The WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act is written under US and California law, which elaborates on the idea of passing 60-day prior notice to the employees of different departments of a company with more than 100 employees about the inevitable arrangement of mass layoffs. If the organization is planning to engage in terminating some employees that exceed one-third of the workforce the entity is bound to give either the severance pay of 60 days or immediately ask the employee to serve a notice period. However, this was not the case with the mass layoffs on Twitter that aggravated some appalled ex-employees to use the law in their favour.
Conclusion
Private company recruitment does come with a heavy lack of job security and this frailed situation is yet taken up by everyone, but to protect the public interest the law penned down The lawsuit claims to sue the employers who wronged them and violated the law. For major developments on the Twitter layoff case stay tuned! The continuous addition to this case has hooked us enough to write on every small piece of information coming up next.
Video games are the part and parcel of the life of anyone that grew up in the 90s and 2000s because they were the sole games that you could play indoors that brought out the necessary thrill and exuberance.
Some of the best games of those times include Super Mario, Contra, Ninja Turtles, Pokemon, and many others, and those who grew up playing it are now in their late 20s or early 30s.
Even at this age they continue playing games on their PC or PS5 as it provides them the entertainment quotient whenever they want to spend their leisure time in the company of their friends.
It is hard to beat Japan when it comes to topnotch quality of video games as its developers are quite adept in bringing out some of the best ones since the past many decades, along with anime.
Nintendo is one of Japan’s most proficient video game developers that has been in business for many years and one which video game aficionados don’t think twice before placing their trust on as they know well that they will get the desired results.
The latest news doing the rounds is that the cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch has increased by 114 million units and the annual profit has surged by 18% as the weak yen helped offset sales that were weaker than expected of its Switch console.
More than 80% of Nintendo’s revenue comes from outside Japan due to which its net profit is expected to reach 400 billion yen by March 2023, which is around $2.7 billion, and it is an increase of an earlier forecast that was around 340 billion yen.
Nintendo has shipped nearly 3.22 million units in September 2022, which is the end of the second fiscal quarter, due to which the sales shot up to 114 million units whereas the first six months’ sale during the fiscal year was around 6.68 million units.
Conclusion
It needs to be mentioned that Nintendo Switch is the world’s 5th best-selling gaming console whose global sales have surpassed those of PS1 and PSX as it has sold nearly 341,662 units by January 15, 2022.
Switch sales denote the combined sales of the Original Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED. Considering that Nintendo Switch was launched at a global level in March 2017 and has marched ahead of PS1 sales, launched way back in December 1994, this is a major achievement.
Redmi K60 is rumoured to have a hole-punch display design
The upcoming lineup doesn’t have an official launch date yet
Redmi K50 Pro and Redmi K50 were launched in China in March
Brief Summary
Whenever a new electronic device is set to come out in the market, there is a surge of excitement among gadget lovers as to what all they can expect from it and whether it will live up to the name and reputation of its predecessors or not.
2022 has been a great year for gadgets as many tech giants like Apple, Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, Sony, OPPO, Infinix, etc. have rolled out excellent devices to choose from, be it smartphones, laptops, smartwatch, tablets, and many others.
Very recently Apple came out with the new iPhone 14 series and Apple Watch in September 2022, while Google launched its new Pixel 7 Series of smartphones the very next month.
Xiaomi India too seems to go ahead and might soon launch its new model Redmi K60 in the market as the handset was recently spotted on China’s 3C certification website. At least the speculations are such as a smartphone with the model number 23013RK75C was spotted on the website.
This led to many people speculating that it will be Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi K60 that is also tipped to come with a 67W fast charging support as there is a lineup of Redmi K60 series that will comprise of Redmi K60 and Redmi K60 Pro and both will be the flagship models in the series.
They will likely be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8200 chipset and will reportedly feature a hole-punch cutout display. Although not specified, it is probable that one of the handsets will come with a 64-megapixel camera with an optical image stabilization (OIS) support, while the other handset will sport a 50-megapixel primary sensor with OIS support.
Conclusion
All said and done, the aforementioned information regarding the upcoming smartphone is mere speculation as one has to await confirmation from Xiaomi’s official sources to confirm whether the surfaced model is indeed Redmi K60, which will be the successor to Redmi K50 series that was launched in March 2022.
After multiple leaks leading up to the launch, Realme 10 4G is again gaining attention just a couple of days before its official debut. According to the last reveal, Realme 10 4G was reported to be made available in Clash White colour. Now the brand has also revealed that the smartphone would come in Rush Black colour as well. Realme tweeted divulging the colour options of their upcoming smartphone along with a teaser image that shows its rear panel. The poster teaser image provides a clear shot of the rear panel of the smartphone and reveals that it sports a dual camera setup.
Realme, the Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer that is based in Shenzhen, also confirmed that this upcoming Realme 10 4G smartphone will have a Super AMOLED display and will be powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC.
The images tweeted by the brand also suggest that the smartphone is designed to have a right-side power button along with volume rockers on the same side. The dual-rear camera setup that was clearly visible in the poster teaser image also appears to be supported with LED flash.
Realme tweeted from its official brand Twitter handle, @realmeglobal, “#realme Rush Black, the kinda energy that powers up your Friday! Drop 🖤 if you can relate. #SweepThroughtheCompetition”
According to a company official, the smartphone is all set to have a grand November 9th debit launch in the markets globally. The Realme Indonesia official website was noticed to have listed the smartphone in its database ahead of the official launch. The database listing has interestingly revealed a complete set of specifications of the Realme 10 4G model.
The Realme 10 4G will have a full high definition + Super AMOLED display with 1,080 x 2,400 pixels resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate for optimum performance. The display will also most likely have a hole-punch slot for positioning the selfie camera in the top left corner of the panel. As previously earlier, the Realme 10 4G is supposedly powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC. It most probably will come with 8 GB of onboard RAM along with up to 8 GB of Dynamic RAM.
The smartphone also appears to be featuring a 50 megapixel dual rear camera setup. This dual camera setup will likely have a 16 megapixel front camera for selfies. The Realme 10 4G will function on Android 12 along with the Realme UI 3.0 skin on top. According to the specifications revealed through the Indonesian database, the smartphone will be equipped with UltraBoom speakers as well as Hi-Res audio quality support. The smartphone will carry a 5,000 mAh battery which will be supported by 33 W SuperVOOC fast charging. As per the maker’s claim, the battery would easily last for up to 21 hours of video streaming.
Moreover, Realme VP and Head of Realme International, Madhav Sheth himself confirmed some of the specifications while speaking to GSMArena
These confirmed specifications include 50 megapixel primary camera sensor, 16 megapixel front camera sensor and a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging.
Biggest opportunity is the insatiable demand in Indian market. Indian customers have appetite for more and even after more the more comes up. The market potential is created with every new product and then the cake keeps increasing with ever growing demand- Mr. Pawan, CEO(India) of IMG. In Conversation with Divya Mohindroo, My Mobile.
At first, We would like to know, what IMG stands for and what is It’s brand story?
IMG has always been a strong player in OEM / ODM from China and serving Indian Telco’s. IMG was servicing and supplying mobile phones and it’s accessory earlier and currently working aggressively in smartwatch space.
Please tell us, about the most prominent target segment, that you strike for while releasing your product and what value do you provide your customer with?
IMG has always been focusing on mass segment which looks for value for money proposition but yet pocket friendly. IMG stands to provide quality to it’s customer, best of the league design and to fit there pockets.
India is a humongous market with quite a dense niche for tech products, so we are very keen to know your market experience in India in terms of competition, market penetration, and local business conditions of India?
IMG has been in India for more than a decade now, we understand the competition very well and are well geared up for same. Our edge in China and quick response time keep us ahead of the curve. At the same time our relationship and bonding with Indian business houses give us an edge above others. We understand local business conditions and accordingly adopt our way of operations from China to India.
So what is the greatest challenge that you face while working in a highly competitive market like India?
Greatest challenge is the ever rising demand … hahaha … on serious note our challenge is to bring new and new technology for Indian customers and enhance there appetite for more. Maintaining balance in latest technology, quality, premium looks and at same time price friendly is the challenge we love to deal with it daily.
What is the biggest business opportunity you see, while running your business in such a vast market like India?
Biggest opportunity is the insatiable demand in Indian market. Indian customers have appetite for more and even after more the more comes up. The market potential is created with every new product and then the cake keeps increasing with ever growing demand.
Tech business is all about trends, but in today’s scenario, these trends are changing very rapidly, what is your POV in terms of this rapid-changing & non-lasting trend environment & is this an opportunity or a challenge?
We believe on being the trend setters. We treat this as an opportunity and bring new and new technology and gadgets to create that demand and then fill the same. We are true marketers first create market and then fill it.
Indian consumer electronics market is highly price sensitive, So while launching any new product, what do you prioritize, is it the quality, or the price?
As I have mentioned above a strike balance has to be maintained to best quality at right price. Some time we have to subsidize with other SKU and sometime we have to charge premium, but yes standard quality is always our priority.
So which platform works best for you in terms of sales, is it the online platform or the offline channels?
IN OEM sales these channels doesn’t matter.
Talking about the price-sensitivity of Indian market, how do you combat the challenge of providing a good quality product in an inexpensive & affordable range?
As mentioned above
Being a new and growing company, expansion of is the most essential thing you might be working on, So, what is your ‘ Growth Strategy’ regarding the same and where do you see yourself in next 5 to 7 years?
In next 5 to 7 year we see our self as market leader in OEM supply not only to Indian brands but also with International brands.
5G services were launched in India on October 1, 2022, in the capital city of New Delhi by PM Narendra Modi at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC), which was also attended by many dignitaries of the tech industry.
Since then, Indian telecom giants like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have taken the onus of launching 5G services beginning with 8 metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, among others, while the number has increased by 13.
The telecom companies are doing things at a steady pace and are quite confident that 5G services will be available in most, if not all, regions and cities of Indian by the end of 2022 because things are going quite smoothly as of late.
People are also looking out for 5G smartphones at an affordable price as they want to avail the new technology without spending a lot and, fortunately for them, there is an excellent option available in the form of Lava Blaze 5G.
It was launched in India in October 2022 and is considered the cheapest 5G model in the country, which will be right up the alley of many youngsters that are pining to utilize 5G services but are not able to afford expensive smartphones.
Features & Specifications
Lava Blaze 5G comes with a 6.5 inch HD+ LCD AMOLED display screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, along with a 2.5D glass and 1600×720 resolution, while the handset is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset that is manufactured with a 7nm process.
Its storage capacity is 4GB RAM + 128GB internal configuration, which can be expanded with the help of a microSD card slot, while memory expansion can be done through the virtual RAM feature, where around 3GB capacity can be borrowed by the latter from the storage and use it as RAM.
The smartphone runs on an Android 12 OS while its starting price is Rs.9,999, which many users would be surprised to hear about but it is true. The price itself is enough for many people to throng to the market to purchase Lava Blaze 5G immediately without further ado, just for the purpose of 5G services.
Its battery capacity is 5,000mAh units but it doesn’t support any fast charging as of yet but comes with a USB Type-C port, while its connectivity features are dime a dozen like Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, 4G LTE, 5G, and Wi-Fi.
It comes with a 50MP main camera at the back that has an f/1.8 aperture with a fingerprint scanner at the side, while the camera isn’t limited to the primary lens alone as it also has a macro lens and depth sensor, while you get an 8MP snapper that is perfect for taking selfies and lastly, the handset comes with two colour options- Glass Blue and Glass Green.
Conclusion
All in all, Lava Blaze 5G is a worthy handset well worth your money and time because it is hard to find a smartphone with the latest technological services at this cheap a price so anyone that cannot or does not want to spend a fortune on 5G smartphones should definitely go for it.
International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation is a name that everyone is familiar with, which is one of the biggest multinational tech corporation not just in America but throughout the globe, with its operations in more than 170 countries, which is enough to speak of its stature.
It has come out with many creative and innovative discoveries in the tech field for many years and continues to grow in terms of relevance with each passing day, apart from providing many employment opportunities to youngsters.
Software engineers and tech savvy individuals that have a flare for electronic gadgets and their learning constantly aspire to work in IBM as many of them consider it a privilege of working in such a massive tech giant and earn rich dividends, aside from learning new things every now and then.
People that aspire to showcase their software skills find IBM to be one of the best platforms where they can show their creativity and innovation in the field of technology and electronics in more ways than one.
The latest news going about is that IBM Research has introduced an Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU), which is being termed as a system-on-chip that is designed to work in a more efficient manner than a General- Purpose Compact Processing Unit (CPU).
The era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is just around the corner, while some academicians feel it is upon us and the full credit goes to the constant toil that researchers went through for more than a decade that played a key role in developing contemporary AI that we know of today.
The researchers that have been working on AI for quite some time now have concluded that it is important to train a deep learning model so that humans, animals, and inanimate objects can be recognized in new images, which requires days and weeks of brute-force computing over millions of such images.
Deep learning has now expanded from being a mere model for image recognition to now doing hundreds of other necessary activities, some of which include language translation, finding X-Ray malignancies, among others, whereas earlier it was confined to identify images of animals and objects.
There have been certain breakthroughs in the AI field since the past few years although they all have their own problems like computational power, which is one of the prominent ones that requires looking into.
This is why IBM Research AI Hardware Center is toiling hard for creating a strong and dedicated computer AI chip for which its research has been groundbreaking. The tech giant has named the chip Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU).
CPU has been a mainstay when it comes to traditional computing even though there have been significant transformations in deep learning models that have given rise to computing in its present state, while applications for general-purpose software suits well to the flexibility of CPUs.
It needs to be mentioned that deep learning models have been used for rendering video game graphics on GPUs and CPUs for more than a decade even though the processor is used for various purposes like optimization of the numerous vector and matrix multiplication operations required in deep learning.
IBM has also revealed that the AI Chip was not created from the scratch and is simply a scaled down version of an AI accelerator like Telum processor from IBM, while there is are 32 cores in the AIU that resemble AI core in the latest z16 system chip from Telum.
Conclusion
It is well known that IBM has been working on this chip for a considerable amount of time, which can sometimes lead to an increase in costs and labour for developing and maintaining the deep learning models so to manage things smoothly, IBM had established the AI Hardware Center in 2019.
Now with the creation of AIU, IBM is very close to accomplishing its goal and hopes to create AI models that are thousand times quicker by 2029 for which it has created a blueprint so that it is completed on time.
