Though the OnePlus 5 received the update soon after the announcement, the older siblings 3 and 3T have just received the official update in the form of Oxygen OS 5.0.3. The roll-out is incremental, meaning the update will reach users gradually phase-wise. The update also brings new improvements to the stock Launcher, including a more refined shelf UI design, a new design for App shortcuts, and more pop-up options when you long press an app icon....

Taking the stage, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said the following: “It’s the golden age of television. The television experience has been virtually standing still while innovation in the mobile space has been racing ahead. Today, we are going to do something about that. Our vision for TV is simple and perhaps a little provocative. We believe the future of television is apps” He further added: “This transition has already begun....

What’s unique about the Nokia 6.1 Plus? The device comes with a 5.8-inch display in a compact form factor which when combined with the glass back and metal frame feels extremely comfortable to hold and use one-handed, especially in this day and age of humongous displays. The in-hand feel surely has to be one of the best aspects of the device. What are some key specifications of the Nokia 6....

The alpha build of “yet to be named” custom ROM based on Android Lollipop is now available for download. OnePlus clarifies that the ROM is extremely close to “stock” AOSP and contains no extras as of now. OnePlus hopes to get the help from its user community to further develop this custom ROM, and eventually make it “customizable, yet bloat-free with stock-Android-like simplicity by default”. OnePlus is expected to release a production ready build of this new custom ROM by February 2015....

The Oppo R15 has a 6-inch Full HD+ screen with an aspect ratio of 19:9 which the company likes to call “Super-V Display”. The phone is wrapped in a glass exterior, however, Oppo will be also making a ceramic variant available soon. In addition to that, the phone is powered by a MediaTek’s latest Helio P60 octa-core chipset, although there’s also a Dream Mirror Edition which runs on a Snapdragon 660 chipset instead....

Also, the new generation of smartphones and tablets, like the new iPhone 5 (which has lots of new features) or the Samsung Galaxy S 3 give children the possibility to navigate the web and interact with others on social sites. This puts them in danger of becoming victims of cyberbullying or navigating, even by accident on adult websites. The good part is that developers of Android and iOS apps are working on making smartphones safer for children, restricting these websites or apps from being installed....

To begin with, PicBot is a motorised smartphone dock that lets you walk around the room for your video while it takes care of focussing on your face and following your moments. Thanks to facial recognition the Picbot can not only track you but also one other person in the room as well. Furthermore, one can also create either 180 or 360-degree panoramas and all of this is automated. The device also packs time-lapse feature and you can control the angle wing with respect to time....

We had been impressed with Play’s ANC headphones, the PlayGo BH70 ANC, earlier this year, and well, the T44 TWS are just as impressive in their own manner. Trying for a different sound…and succeeding! And that is because, in a price segment that tends to put sound quality on the backburner and simply turn up the bass, the T44 actually tries to go for what one could call a V-shaped sound....

The malware — which pretends to be Federal Bureau of Investigation — fools the victim into believing that they are guilty of watching child pornography among other criminal activities. As part of which their device has been locked out. Ransomware encrypts all the files it could find on the system and password protect them. Victims are given a time period of 24 to 12 hours in which they are directed to pay up a large chunk of money if they want to have access to their files again....

With the launch of the C-series, Realme is trying to capture the price-sensitive entry-level market by offering smartphones with decent specifications and features at affordable prices, making them a budget option for customers on a small budget. The Realme C55 is a big leap compared to previous C-series devices – read more in our Realme C55 review. Realme C55: Build & Design The Realme C55 comes with a brand new stellar design language that looks very elegant and premium at the same time....

Realme Watch: Design and Display In terms of design, the Realme Watch features a square design, with rounded corners and a power ON/OFF button on the right. It has IP68 water resistance, which means, users no longer have to worry about removing their watch in most situations. Towards the front, the watch comes with a 1.4-inch touchscreen display with 323ppi pixel density and 380 nits of brightness. The display has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top to preserve the display from scratches....

Realme X2 Pro The X2 Pro flaunts a 6.55-inch FHD+ display with a 91.7% screen-to-body ratio and 2400 x 1080 pixels screen resolution. It offers HDR10+ support, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 135Hz touch sampling rate, and includes a Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top. At its core, the device is powered by a 7nm octa-core Snapdragon 855 Plus with Adreno 640 GPU, coupled with 8GB + 128GB and 12GB + 256GB of RAM and storage configuration....

So much business as usual That is because unlike its predecessors, which brought something new or rare to the table – the X2 Pro had a fantastic display and great sound, the X50 Pro had 5G, and even the X3 Zoom came in with a remarkably good camera arrangement – the Realme X7 Pro seems to be playing more of a consolidating game. It kind of ticks the boxes you would expect from a budget flagship, but for once, it does not proceed beyond them....

Redmi 9 Power: Design and Display In terms of design, the Redmi 9 Power features an Aura Power design with a rectangular camera module housing the quad cameras. It has the Redmi logo embossed on the rear, vertically-aligned with the camera module. Redmi 9 Power comes in four colors: Might Black, Fiery Red, Electric Green, and Blazing Blue. Towards the front, the device features a 6.53-inch FHD+ (IPS) display with Gorilla Glass 3 on top and a waterdrop notch to house the front-facing camera....

Not Pro, but looks like it…GOOD! The Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro are two different devices but you actually cannot tell them apart. They are identical when it comes to design, which honestly is a great thing because both the phones look phenomenal. The two are actually amongst the best phones we have seen from Xiaomi in terms of design. You know how there are some phones with great fronts but just average backs or vice-versa?...

Now the Redmi Note 9 Pro has come along. Looking all sharp, flashy in its own shiny way. And with one teeny-tiny detail that took us back in time, specifically back to 2008. Over a decade ago, Disney-Pixar had created a movie about this tiny but extremely adorable waste-collecting robot who falls in love with a more modern robot and the two take on a journey that ultimately decides the fate of mankind, WALL-E....

Display The Galaxy Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18.5:9. Compared to the Galaxy S9+, the display on the Note 9 is just 0.2-inches bigger while the resolution stays the same. Nothing much to differentiate here, except for the extra digitizer on the Note 9 which supports the S-pen input. Processor Under the hood, both phones run on the same SoC, which is Samsung’s current-gen flagship chipset, the Exynos 9810 on global variants, while the US variant sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset....

With each of these products, Samsung has something unique to offer. Starting with the Tab S6, the newest flagship tablet from the company targets people who want to get work done, while on the go. For which, it comes with an improved keyboard, that supports a built-in trackpad and a dedicated DeX key, and also offers new DeX features. On the other hand, with the Galaxy Watch 4G, Samsung forays into its first eSIM product that offers mobility and allows users to always stay connected without a phone....

Samsung is forcefully disabling Windows update on many of its laptops. The South Korean technology conglomerate ships its laptops with a suite called SW Update which comes with an application whose sole job is to prevent Microsoft from seeding out updates to Samsung laptops. As Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker writes in a blog post, Samsung’s SW Update suite automatically downloads an application called “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” to prevent its systems from snagging any updates released by Microsoft....

The Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro offers 16GB of internal memory which is further expandable up to 128GB. The imaging features include an 8-Megapixel primary sensor and a 5-Megapixel secondary sensor. The On5 Pro is backed by a 2,600mAh battery pack and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Connectivity features include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/GLONASS and dual-SIM setup. The Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro comes with a slightly larger 5....