Author Archives: Loknath Das

vivo X21s is official, it’s actually the vivo V11

Three things are certain in life – death, taxes, and the vivo V smartphone being sold as vivo X in China. Such is the case with the vivo V11 (better known as V11 Pro in India) that just got introduced on its domestic market as vivo X21s. The phone has the same specs, same footprint and the same UD fingerprint ... Read More »

Opera for Android now blocks cookie dialog boxes

The arrival of GDPR requirements in various websites made mobile browsing a tedious process where you either automatically agree with companies selling your data or losing ungodly time to actually turn off all options. These dialog boxes might be inconvenient, but Opera just updated its Android app where you immediately get them filtered and removed with a simple toggle in ... Read More »

Education foundation presents donation

Pictured with the Dr. Dish basketball machine are front row from the left Halifax County High School basketball players Ella Morrison, Dee Dee Jeffress, Michael Spraggins, Kendall Dixon, Malik Crews, Brashaam Truesdale and MyQuan Williams. Back row from the left are Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation Executive Director Larry Clark, Halifax County High School Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach ... Read More »

Apple is selling refurbished iPhone 8 and 8 Plus starting at $499

Apple has started selling refurbished versions of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus from last year. You can find both in its online store. The refurb iPhone 8 with 64GB of storage can be yours for $499, which is $100 less than its regular price. The 64GB iPhone 8 Plus in refurbished form is $599, also $100 less than ... Read More »

MIUI 10 final update now rolling to Pocophone F1

A closed beta ROM for the Pocophone F1 surfaced earlier this week and now the finalized version is rolling out. It updates MIUI 9.6, also known as MIUI for Poco, to MIUI 10 with updated UI features and a “natural sound system”. Sadly, it is still on Android Oreo, with Xiaomi still testing Android Pie in a closed group. MIUI ... Read More »

BlackBerry KEY2 LE is now available through the company’s online store for the EU

BlackBerry’s latest smartphone, the KEY2 LE, was announced at IFA at the end of August as a toned down version of the KEY2, with lesser specs but also a more affordable price. This smartphone is now up for grabs from the company’s own online store serving the EU. At the moment only the Slate color version is in stock, and ... Read More »

Sony’s PlayStation Classic will have 20 games pre-loaded, here’s the full list

Sony’s PlayStation Classic will be out on December 3, massively playing the nostalgia card. The console was unveiled last month, but only a few games were teased for it at that time. Thankfully, today Sony has come out and shared the entire list of 20 games that will come pre-loaded on the PSC. Here they are: Battle Arena Toshinden Cool ... Read More »

iPhone XR Goes on Sale in India and Other Launch Countries Today

iPhone XR ₹ 76,900 has gone on sale in countries such as Japan and Australia, and will go on sale in India post 6pm IST today via both offline and online stores. The phone will also go on sale in the US, Canada, and major European markets, among others, for the first time on Friday. To recall, the iPhone XR ... Read More »

Mobvoi TicWatch C2 unveiled: $200 Wear OS watch with almost everything

Mobvoi just unveiled the TicWatch C2, a sequel to the TicWatch 2. It’s a Wear OS timepiece that includes most of the features you might want from a smartwatch while keeping the price in check. You can pre-order it right now at $200/€200, it will ship on December 6. The TicWatch C2 has a 1.3” AMOLED screen (360 x 360px), ... Read More »

Fresh renders show the Honor Magic 2 in three gradient colors

Honor, Huawei’s sub brand, is gearing up to release the Honor Magic 2 on October 31 but there will not be that much left to reveal by the time the announcement comes. The latest leak leaves almost nothing to the imagination. It features press renders of the Honor Magic 2 in three gradient colors – Silver, Blue and Pink – ... Read More »