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Google India announced that Pixel smartphones will now be made in India

"Today we see an even greater opportunity to make Pixel smartphones available to more people in India, and are very excited to announce our plan to manufacture Pixel smartphones in India.

We intend to start with the Pixel 8, and will partner with international and domestic manufacturers to produce Pixel smartphones locally. We expect these devices to start to roll out in 2024, joining India’s Make in India initiative."

Imo, its a good move considering Apple has also started making iPhones in India which has led to decrease in cost of iPhones in the country

Expect a good price cut next year for Pixel 8 series in India

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Meizu 20 Classic launched in China

After launching the Meizu 20, 20 Pro and 20 Infinity previously, now comes the Meizu 20 Classic

Specifications:
β€’ 6.55-inch FHD+ resolution OLED display
β€’ 144Hz refresh rate
β€’ 800nits peak brightness

β€’ Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC
β€’ LPDDR5X RAM with UFS 4.0 storage
β€’ 32MP Front camera

β€’ 50MP main (f/1.88, OIS)
β€’ 16MP UltraWide that doubles as macro camera
β€’ 5MP depth sensor
β€’ 4700mAh battery with 67W Fast charging
β€’ 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensor
β€’ Stereo Speakers, Wi-Fi 6E
β€’ Android 13-based FlymeOS 10
Colors: Green, Iron Grey & Yusheng White

Prices:
β€’ 16GB + 256GB = 3,099 CNY (~425$)
β€’ 16GB + 512GB = 3,399 CNY (~465$)

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Here comes another Netflix price hike

Netflix has once again raised its plan prices for USA, UK and France

Netflix's $10 per month Basic plan will now cost $12, and those paying $20 per month for Premium will have to pay $23.
Netflix’s $7 ad-supported plan and $15.5 Standard tier will stay the same price.

Netflix last raised its prices in January 2022 and stopped offering its $9.99 Basic ad-free plan

Netflix even STOPPED Password Sharing

β€œAs we deliver more value to our members, we occasionally ask them to pay a bit more,”
~ Netflix to Shareholders

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WhatsApp finally added Multiple accounts support

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced a new feature for WhatsApp that allows users to have two WhatsApp accounts on a single device

It took years for WhatsApp to realize that this feature eliminates the need to log out each time or carry two phones.

To establish a second WhatsApp account, you’ll require a second phone number and SIM card or a phone that supports multi-SIM or eSIM.

Note: It is ONLY available for Android devices. No word for roll out on iOS

FunFact: Telegram added this feature 6yrs ago only i.e in 2017

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OnePlus Open launched Globally

Oppo Find N3 Fold is rebranded OnePlus Open


Specs:
β€’ 120Hz refresh rate
β€’ 1400nits peak brightness
β€’ 2800nits partial excitation brightness
β€’ Support ProXDR Display
β€’ 1440Hz PWM dimming
β€’ 1.07 Billion colors display

Internal display
β€’ 7.8" (2440Γ—2268 px) LTPO AMOLED display
β€’ 6:5.6 aspect ratio
β€’ Ultra Thin Glass (UTG)
β€’ 20MP Front camera

External display
β€’ 6.3" (2484Γ—1116 px)OLED LTPO display
β€’ 20:9 Aspect Ratio
β€’ Ceramic glass
β€’ 32MP front camera

β€’ Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC
β€’ LPDDR5X RAM; UFS 4.0 storage
β€’ HINGE Supports 45Β°-125Β° hovering

10yrs Folds if doing 100 folds/day

β€’ 48MP main (Sony LYT-T808, OIS)
β€’ 48MP UltraWide that doubles as 3.5cm macro camera
β€’ 64MP 3x telephoto (OV32C)
β€’ 6x Optical & 120x Digital Zoom
β€’ Hasselblad branding

β€’ 4085mAh battery; 67W fast charging
β€’ Side-mounted fingerprint
β€’ 3 stereo speakers
Colors: Green, Gold, Black & Red (Leather)

Android 13 based ColorOS 13.2
4 Android OS+ 5yrs SP

Pricing (16GB + 512GB):
USA= $1700
India= Rs.1,40,000 (~1,680$)
Europe= €1800
UK= Β£1600
Singapore= 2399 SGD
China= 9999CNY (~1,366$)

Collector's edition Red color:
16GB + 1TB = 12999CNY (~1,775$)

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Oppo Find X7 powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 spotted on GeekBench

Oppo's upcoming flagship Find X7 series will launch in 2024
Model Number:
"Oppo PHZ110"

Dimensity 9300 is manufactured by TSMC on its 4nm node

Dimensity 9300 CPU:
1x Cortex-X4 @ 3.25 GHz
3x Cortex-??? @ 2.85GHz (Cortex-X4 Expected)
4x Cortex-A720 @2.00GHz

GPU: 12 cores Mali-G720 Immortalis Variant

GeekBench 6 scores:
Single-core:
2139
Multi-core: 7110

Note: Acc to rumours, MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset will likely have heating issues & will also be power hungry due to use of only the very fast scores

Exynos 2400 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 while using JUST 1 Cortex-X core easily scores as much Dimensity 9300 which uses 4-Cortex X4 LOL

Anyways, so its a great competition b/w MediaTek, Qualcomm and Exynos this time and more competition means more choice to consumers

Also, Apple's A17 pro built on TSMC 3nm node also scores around this much only, so Androids are now able to catch up to iPhones performance

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Google is shipping Some Pixel 8 smartphones with unlocked bootloaders
Reddit

Some users are reporting that their Pixel 8 smartphones have unlocked bootloaders out of the box. Its NOT a widespread issue though

This is shocking for average users and at the same time hilarious for tech enthusiast. Hear me out

Imagine unboxing your pixel smartphone and Google splash screen is expected at booting time

But the reality happens to be: WARNING ⚠️
β€œThe bootloader is unlocked and software integrity cannot be guaranteed.
Any data stored on the device may be available to attackers. Do not store any sensitive data on the device,”

I think an average consumer after seeing this warning would just freak out thinking that his new smartphone got hacked at boot up only XD

Anyways, Pixels are one of the BEST smartphones for development & its pretty easy to unlock bootloader on them & you can even RELOCK bootloader on custom ROMs
Kernel sources are released properly on time unlike with Xiaomi

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India Arrests Vivo’s CFO and Lava MD in Money Laundering case
Source

India’s financial crime agency (ED) has arrested Vivo India executives, including the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Lava's Managing Director over a massive $120 million money laundering scheme.

A company called GPICPL was made to conduct fraudulent activities.
Acc to the ED, GPICPL is NOT reported to be a subsidiary of Vivo in official records but projects itself publicly to be a subsidiary of Vivo”.

The 4 arrested have been charged for criminal conspiracy, cheating, using forged documents and money laundering

Remittances over Rs 1 lakh crore were allegedly transferred outside India to β€œtrading companies” so that Vivo couldn’t be noticed by the Govt. of India.
Vivo showed ZERO Profits from 2014 to 2020 & NO income taxes was paid either

Rs 62,476 crore was β€œillegally” transferred by Vivo to China in order to avoid payment of taxes in India. These transfers were done to show losses

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Google Tensor G3 is the first Android smartphone chip to only support 64-bit apps

Starting with iOS 11, Apple removed 32-bit app support to improve the performance, and Google's Tensor G3 chip is the first Android smartphone chip to do the same.

Google claimed that the Pixel 7 was the first 64-bit-only Android phone, but later it was found that 32-bit support can be enabled with root.

Now with Tensor G3, Google has removed all 32-bit hardware support on the chip, which has these advantages:

- 64-bit apps run faster because they have access to more registers and instructions
- saving up to 150MB of RAM that was used by the OS even when 32-bit apps were not running
- 64-bit apps are more resistant to security vulnerabilities than 32-bit
- 64-bit-only device configurations halve the CTS testing time which can let phone OEMs update devices faster and more easily

Although most apps already support 64-bit, users won't be able to use some old games/apps that only support 32-bit devices.

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Edge begs for answers: Microsoft polling users who download Chrome
Source

Microsoft Edge now shows a poll when you try to download Google Chrome. The survey asks you to explain "why you are trying another browser.

In short, Microsoft will now interrogate you when you try to download Google Chrome.
However, Edge does not block the download of Chrome and it seems that this survey is in limited testing

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BBK to EXIT Indian Television Market
TOI

BBK companies β€” Realme and OnePlus entered India's TV market in 2019 and 2020. The companies had invested in building sales channels and branding in the category

But now both brands have discontinued the production and sales of televisions in India
However, they will continue to operate in the smartphone sector

In the first of 2023, 4.5 Million TVs were shipped in India which is 8% YoY growth.
Xiaomi led the TV market in the country with a 14% share with Samsung and LG in 2nd and 3rd place with 13% and 12% share

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Vivo Y200 launched in India

Specifications:
β€’ 6.67-inch FHD+ resolution AMOLED Display
β€’ 120Hz refresh rate
β€’ 800nits peak brightness
β€’ 100% DCI-P3 & 107% NTSC Color Gamut

β€’ Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoC
β€’ LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 2.2 storage
β€’ MicroSD Card Slot

β€’ 64MP main (OIS support) + 2MP useless dual rear setup
β€’ Aura LED lighting
β€’ 16MP Front camera
β€’ 4800mAh battery with 44W fast charging
β€’ In-display fingerprint sensor
β€’ Android 13 based Funtouch OS 13
Colors: Jungle Green and Desert Gold

Price:
8GB + 128GB = Rs.22,000 (~265$)

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First Look at Xiaomi 14 series

Xiaomi has started teasing its upcoming flagship Xiaomi 14 series and it will be powered by HyperOS based on Android 14

The Titanium frame body will be for limited edition models ONLY
Mi 14 series will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor

It took years of hardwork for Xiaomi as they are finally adding 4K@ 60fps video recording to the front camera along with USB-C 3.2 to Xiaomi 14 pro.
Seems like acc to Xiaomi, useful features takes a lot of time

Xiaomi 14 series will feature Leica Summilux lens instead of Summicron this time.

There will also be dual step variable aperture and 3.2X telephoto camera

Launching on 26th October in China along with HyperOS and Xiaomi Watch S3

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Nvidia is developing Arm-based PC chip to rival Intel
Source

NVIDIA is working on designing Desktop & Laptop CPUs that will run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, using Arm technology.
AMD is also planning to produce Arm-based PC chips

Both of them will unveil ARM based Chips for Windows in 2025 to compete Apple. Qualcomm is developing Arm-based chips for Windows since 2016 only

Apple’s custom chips based on ARM's design have given Mac computers better battery life and speedy performance
Executives at Microsoft have observed how efficient Apple’s Arm-based chips are, including with AI processing, and desire to attain similar performance for Windows

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Google admits it blocked Reviewers from benchmarking Tensor G3
Source

Previously during the review embargo period, some independent reviewers/owners of Pixel 8 series found that benchmarking apps like GeekBench 6 & 3D Mark were not available to download from PlayStore

It was speculated that there was an β€œAPI mismatch” that might have caused the issue.
Google has now confirmed that it indeed blocked benchmarking apps but ONLY for review embargo period.

Google stated the reason that it did not want benchmark results of the Pixel 8 series review units from "leaking out"

Imo, this is a very ridiculous & absurd reason considering sideloading the apps works fine

Surprisingly, its NOT just Google but most smartphones brands practice this.
XDA reviewer β€” 'Adam Conway' says that Asus and OnePlus also blocked installation of benchmarking apps

OnePlus was so serious that it actually blocked the package name so that even sideloading wasn't possible & the workaround was to repackage the app

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Apple Teased its Scary Event

Apple is holding a new event on Monday, Oct. 30 to roll out its new products. The event will be live-streamed on the company's website and on YouTube

New Mac computers powered by new M3 processor are expected to be announced

Launch time of the event is very unusual though as it will be aired at 5PM California time which is 5:30am IST or 12am GMT

Apple is working on updates to the iPad mini, iPad Air & entry-level models that focus on performance. However, they will not launch before Spring 2024

Apple is also developing a revamped iPad Pro with a screen that uses OLED technology and it will also be launched next year

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Announced

CPU:
Manufactured by TSMC over its 4nm process
1x Cortex-X4@ 3.3GHz
3x A720@ 3.2GHz
2x A720@ 3.0GHz
2x A520@ 2.3GHz

30% performance & 20% power efficiency improvements over 8 Gen 2

GPU:
Adreno 750
Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination
Unreal Engine 5.2
240 FPS on 240Hz displays
1Hz Variable
Refresh Rate in DPU
Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0
Snapdragon Game Super Resolution

40% better Ray Tracing & 25% performance & 25% power efficiency improvements compared to Adreno 740

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G
Qualcomm FastConnect 7800
World’s first
5G modem with integrated AI tensor hardware accelerator

RAM:
LPDDR5T support
ROM: UFS 4.0
Wi-Fi 7 upto 5.8GHz
Bluetooth 5.4v
Audio: 24-bit 96kHz lossless
music
H.265 & VP9 decoder

Spectra Image Sensor (Cognitive 18-bit triple-ISP)
Camera:
upto 200MP
Video: 8K @ 30fps HDR, 4K UHD @ 120fps
Display: 4K @ 60Hz, QHD+ @ 144Hz
USB: Type-C 3.1 Gen 2
Quick Charge 5
Satellite Communication

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with Generative AI

Qualcomm AI Engine is the first AI Engine to support multi-modal generative AI models including LLM & LVM, automatic speech recognition (ASR) up to 10 Billion parameters solely on-device.

World’s fastest Stable Diffusion
enables you to generate an image at a fraction of a second
LLM models can run up to 20 tokens/sec

Qualcomm Sensing Hub
with 3.5x AI performance increase

Semantic Segmentation can enhance the vibrancy and detail of images in real-time
Night Vision video can brighten a dark scene

The Video Object Eraser by Arcsoft removes unwanted people and objects.

Zoom Anyplace, powered by Samsung’s first 200MP image sensor optimized for Snapdragon, allows capture of multiple videos, object tracking & 2x and 4x zoomβ€”all in 4K

Vlogger’s View
lets you share both your selfie camera & rear camera video simultaneously

Supports HDR photo technology from Dolby

Truepic’s cryptographic seal
to prove the photo is real and not AI generated

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Qualcomm S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 Sound Platforms announced

These are engineered for earbuds, headphones, and speakers by combining high performance, low energy consumption, on-device AI, and advanced connectivity.

The S7 and S7 Pro deliver "six times the compute power, almost 100 times the AI power"
Both of them supports latest Bluetooth 5.4v

Micro-power Wi-Fi:
With this, you'll be able to walk around your home/campus while still listening to music & making calls, where Bluetooth functionality cannot reach

Qualcomm XPAN Technology:
Keeps earbuds connected
even when your phone is in another room.

The S7 Pro also has support for 192kHz multi-channel lossless music streaming and enhanced multi-channel spatial audio for gaming.

"Multiple DSP cores" on board and a sensor hub, supported by a 300% increase in memory - again compared to the S5 Gen 2

Comes with Qualcomm’s 4th Gen Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and fully programmable, low-latency DSP.

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