Amazon has said that the Great Indian Festival, on till October 21, has registered its biggest ever opening this year. The top sold categories have been smartphones, large appliances, and consumer electronics, with Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, and Xiaomi selling products in record numbers. Source: NDTV
Micromax is planning to make a comeback in the Indian smartphone market by launching its new series before Diwali, CEO Rahul Sharma said. The series, called In, will comprise a range of devices that all are claimed to deliver a “value for money” experience with competitive performance and nearly stock Android experience. Source: NDTV
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 has been launched. It 4 will be offered in 32 variants and starts at $25 (roughly Rs. 1,833). Raspberry Pi 4 was introduced more than a year ago. Source: NDTV
Vivo V20 is a slim design-focused smartphone that gets a triple camera setup and is powered by a Snapdragon 720G SoC. It also sports 8GB of RAM and has a 44-megapixel selfie shooter Source: NDTV
Xiaomi General Manager Lu Weibing posted on Weibo confirming that Redmi has also considered the possibility of producing a ‘mini’ smartphone. However, the company will have to compromise on the battery capacity a lot. He suggests that reducing the form factor of a smartphone will directly mean that the battery integrated inside will be smaller
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that pre-orders of just the iPhone 12 and the 12 Pro – that began in the UK, US, China and a few other countries on October 16 – may have matched the launch performance of the entire iPhone 11 lineup in 2019. Source: NDTV
The latest One UI 2.5 update for Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9+ users is rolling out in Germany whereas the same update for Samsung Galaxy A51 users is rolling out in Russia for now. Samsung Galaxy A51 units with the model number SM-A515F are getting the One UI 2.5 update with the firmware
Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the Finnish company said on Monday, as the US space agency plans for a future where humans return there and establish lunar settlements. Source: NDTV
HTC Desire 20+ has been launched in Taiwan and it joins the Desire 20 Pro that was launched in the country in June. These is no vanilla HTC Desire 20 in the series yet. The Desire 20+ boats of a quad rear camera setup, a notched selfie camera, and an octa-core processor under the hood.
Apple is hosting a series of free virtual sessions in India under ‘Today at Apple.’ The workshops began on October 17, and will continue till November 29. A month after the Apple Store online launched in India, the tech giant will be commemorating the occasion by offering free virtual workshops related to creative fields. Source: