Phone arena
Huawei launches Honor 6X with Dual Cameras
Huawei has finally launched the Honor 6X in India with an interesting Dual Camera arrangement making it an affordable camera centric phone. The arrangement uses a 12 MP camera for and a secondary 2 MP camera for depth of focus and blur. It sports a 5.5 inch Full HD display and is powered by Huawei's own Kirin 655Octa-core chipset. The phone will be available in gold, silver and grey colours and will cost Rs.12999 for the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage version and Rs.15999 for the 4GB RAM / 64GB storage version. It will be available exclusively on Amazon.in
Siri will soon talk cricket and find your AirPods
Apple has released iOS 10.3 beta software for developers that brings several new features including cricket scores on Siri and ability to find misplaced AirPods. You can now ask Siri about IPl matches and general Cricket matches including information about teams, players and fixtures. You can use the Find My iPhone feature in iOS 10.3 to track the AirPods. The update will soon be released to users but this software is available as a public beta as well. More info is at beta.apple.com and be sure to take a backup of your phone.
Android 7.0 Nougat update available for Samsung
Samsung has finally released the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices.The latest update brings a ton of new features to the phone and the phone gets a fresh lease of life. New features include improvements to the TouchWiz UI, better battery life and multi-tasking. Samsung is also hinting that they might launch Samsung Pay in India in the near future. OnePlus also has also released the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the OnePlus 3 and 3T devices.
Xiaomi sells over 2.5 lakh Redmi Note 4
Xiaomi has announced that the company has managed to sell more than 2.5 lakh Redmi Note 4 phones online on Flipkart and mi.com in the first flash sale in just 10 minutes. Good luck if you are trying to the buy one in the flash sale later this week which happens at 12 PM on January 30th.