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OPPO F3 with Dual Selfie cameras launched
Taking selfies has become such a popular phenomenon worldwide including India and smartphone players are launching products to join the selfie bandwagon. Oppo which had previously launched the F3 Plus has now introduced the F3 which is priced at Rs19,990 and packs the same dual-selfie cameras like on the higher end variant. You get a primary 16MP front facing camera and a secondary 8MP wide angle camera as well. On the rear you get a 13MP shooter. The OPPO F3 comes in Gold and Rose Gold colors and is available for pre-order exclusively on Flipkart as well as offline stores till May 12 and goes on sale from May 13.
Department of Telecom launches Tarang Sanchar
The Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications has launched Tarang Sanchar, a web portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission. The portal empowers any common person to know, at the convenience of a mouse click, about towers working in a particular locality and whether they are compliant to the EMF emission norms defined by the Government. Tarang Sanchar portal is a unique initiative as it is one of the largest and most complex inter operator database of its kind in the world. It has the complete collated technical details of over 14.5 lakh base stations (BTSs) spread across the country of all technologies (2G, 3G, 4G etc.) and of all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). Any person can request for EMF emission measurement at a location by paying a fee of Rs 4000 online. More information is at www.tarangsanchar.gov.in.
Smartron introduces srt.phone
Smartron, an Indian company which has Sachin Tendulkar as an investor has launched the srt.phone at Rs12,999.The master-blaster himself unveiled the product at an event last week in New Delhi.Powered by a Snapdragon 652 processor , the phone packs a 5.5 inch display, 13MP/5MP cameras and runs on Android 7.1.1. The phone packs upt0 64GB on board storage and offers unlimited cloud storage but there is no memory card slot. Smartron srt.phone is priced at Rs12,999 for the 32GB version and the 64GB version costs Rs13,999. It will be available exclusively on Flipkart.
Express Wifi by Facebook
Facebook has officially launched Express Wi-Fi in India in partnership with Airtel and several other ISPs. The service aims at offering high speed internet over WiFi at a low cost for consumers to access content. Users can buy a daily, weekly or monthly data packs and go online. In a market where mobile data prices are still high compared to broadband tariffs, services like Facebook Express and Google WiFi are a big win for consumers.