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Nokia 72 starts receiving Android 10 update

If you are rocking a Nokia 7.2 smartphone then there is good news for you. The smartphone has started receiving the Android 10 update. If you haven't received the update on your device, you can go into the settings and manually check for the update. When the Nokia 7.2 launched, customers were promised two years of OS updates and the Android 10 update is the first of the two. As of today, Nokia 8.1, Nokia 7.2, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 2.2 are all upgraded to Android 10.

The update on the Nokia 7.2 brings with it a bunch of new features as well. Users get access to gesture navigation and smart reply which are a part of Android 10. Users also get access to better privacy controls all in one place along with the ability to control location access to apps – be that always, just while in use, or never. Focus mode is also available in Beta. This lets users block out distracting apps when they need to concentrate on what’s important. Users also get access to Family Link which is now a part of the Digital Wellbeing settings. 

Coming to the specifications of the Nokia 7.2, the smartphone has a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display that comes with HDR10 support and sports a dewdrop notch design. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC, the device comes in two variants - 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 6GB RAM + 64GB storage. It is built out of polymer composite and gets a glass back panel, which is protected by Gorilla Glass. The device features a dedicated Google Assistant button. 

For the camera, the Nokia 7.2 comes with a triple rear camera setup. The rear camera consists of a 48MP main camera that is paired with a half-inch Quad Pixel sensor with an f/1.79 aperture lens. There’s also a 5MP depth sensor and an 8MP ultra-wide camera. On the front, the device has a 20MP selfie shooter. A 3500mAh battery powers the entire package. It also features a 3.5mm headphones jack.



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The Indian government has just launched a dedicated Twitter handle for Coronavirus updates and news

In a move that will surely help, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting set up a dedicated Twitter handle to help share news, updates and announcements about the Coronavirus in India. Called #IndiaFightsCorona, the account goes by the handle @CovidnewsbyMIB. This is a great move to keep people abreast of the situation. With a clever and more transparent approach of keeping the public informed, this handle has also shared the helpline numbers for any sort of information on the pandemic as its first tweet. 

The handle also shares live feeds from Press Briefings regarding the Coronavirus. As of writing this article, the handle already has about 12.k followers and should see more in the coming weeks. You can head on to Twitter to follow the handle. 

#CoronaVirusUpdates: As on 01 April 2020, 09:00 AM, ➡️1466 Active Cases ➡️38 Deaths reported ➡️132 Cured/Discharged#IndiaFightsCorona@MoHFW_INDIA @PIB_India @drharshvardhan

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) April 1, 2020

The situation has grown rather serious in India with companies like Airtel, Reliance and even Facebook, pitching in to help out with the Coronavirus pandemic. You can even recharge your Reliance Jio number at an ATM. As India heads into the second week of lockdown, more and more companies are reaching out and trying to help. 

 



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A deeper dive into the OnePlus 8 deep dive

Last night, as most of us fell asleep, OnePlus shot out an email, revealing some details about their upcoming OnePlus 8 series of smartphones. The email was titled “Deep dive into the hardware setup on upcoming OnePlus devices” and took the reader to the OnePlus Forums, where a post by company CEO Pete Lau shed light on the hardware users can expect in the company’s upcoming devices. In typical OnePlus-fashion, the post is mostly to create buzz, and reveals that the next lineup of smartphones from the company will sport Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.0 storage.

The forum post and email blast only reveal three components of the upcoming phones. OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series of devices will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, feature LPDDR5 memory and use UFS 3.0 storage. This falls in line with the fact that OnePlus has always been at the forefront of adopting the newest technologies, but this time, it's not the first for any of it.

The post expands on the performance chops of the Snapdragon 865, with the usual marketing number of 25 percent boost in CPU performance, 25 percent improvement in GPU rendering times and 25 percent better energy efficiency. The AI on the SD865 also happens to be almost twice as fast as its predecessor. We’ve seen these marketing numbers be shared by Qualcomm and all OEMs who have launched a smartphone with the Snapdragon 865 chipset such as the IQOO3 (Review) and the Realme X50 Pro (Camera Review). Unfortunately, in our testing of smartphones with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, while we do nmote higher benchamrk scores, we don't see the same level of gains in terms of real world performance in comparison to smartphones with the Snapdragon 855.

The second component reveal is the use of LPDDR5 RAM. Now, OnePlus may have announced that they’re going to be using it, but Samsung’s S20 series of smartphones along with the IQOO3 and Realme X50 Pro are already in the market with this type of memory module. LPDDR5 has the advantage of being significantly faster with transfer rates as high as 6400Mbps at bandwidth as high as 51.2GB/s. However, its real crowning achievement is the 45 percent reduction in power consumption.

The third component reveal is the use of UFS 3.0 storage, with the forum post claiming “dramatically raising read and write speeds to about 1,700MB/s.” However, it is not clear whether the 1700MB/s number refers to read speeds or write speeds. Impress by omission seems to be the ploy here given that according to JEDEC, the agency that governs the standard for solid-state storage, UFS 3.0 has a maximum read speed of 2100Mbps and a maximum write speed of 410Mbps. OnePlus forum post claims that OnePlus has “taken things a step further” by adding two new technologies to the mix – Turbo Write and Host Performance Booster. Both of these technologies were introduced to UFS storage by Jedec as part of an optional, companion standard.

The companion standard mandates an SLC (Single Level Cell) cache to be implemented on the storage system. Typically, a smartphone with UFS-type storage tends to use TLC or Triple Level Cell flash memory. In terms of read-write speeds, SLC is the fastest, followed by MLC (Multi-Level Cell) then TLC followed by QLC (Qual Level Cell). In the hierarchy of speed, the type of flash memory used by smartphones is the third slowest. So in order to speed it up, JEDEC has instituted the use of an SLC cache component. How this works is that when you start a copy operation, the data will be written to the SLC part of the storage, giving you those “super impressive fast write speed” but in the background, that data will then be passed off into the TLC-based non-volatile storage. If you try to copy data that is larger than the size of the TLC cache, you will see a dramatic drop in write speeds periodically as data is moved from the SLC partition to the TLC partition. This methodology is nothing new and has been the fundamental way in which SSDs have worked for years.

The second means by which OnePlus claims they’re improving read-write speeds is by implementing Host Performance Booster, again, not a feature developed by OnePlus, but instead by Jedec. According to Jedec, “Host Performance Booster (HPB) Extension provides an option to cache the UFS device logical-to-physical address map in the system’s DRAM. For UFS devices with a large density, using system DRAM provides larger and faster caching thereby improving the read performance of the device.”

In the days leading up to the launch of their device, OnePlus is known to release little tidbits of information so as to build hype around their devices, and no one does this better than OnePlus. Towards the end of the forum post, it says “We’ve also recently announced that the upcoming lineup would be 5G-enabled, allowing all of you to be among the first users in the world to enjoy the unprecedented speedy experience offered by the new generation of communications technology, leveraging the performance offered by the premium hardware and software combination of the OnePlus 8 series.” Firstly, 5G enabled smartphones have already been in the market for some time. Second, any smartphone using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset automatically becomes 5G capable since Qualcomm's pursuit of profits has made it mandatory to purchase the X55 radio alongside the Snapdragon 865 chipset, even though they're two separate chips. OEMs don’t really get a choice in the matter, so might as well spin it as a “ generous move to give the best to the consumer.”

OnePlus has confirmed that they will be launching the OnePlus 8 series of devices in an online-only event on April 14, 8:30 P.M. India standard time.



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Vivo S6 5G phone with quad camera launched: Price, specifications and everything you need to know

The Vivo S6 5G smartphone is official, but not in India. The smartphone has launched in China, starting at CNY 2698 (Rs 29,000 approx directly converted) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The 256GB storage variant also sports 8GB RAM and is priced at CNY 2,998 (Rs.32,200 approx directly converted). The device will go on sale in China on April 3. It will be available in Swan Lake, Danube, and Jazz Black colour options.

Speaking of the specifications of the smartphone, the Vivo S6 5G is a dual-SIM phone running on Android 10 out of the box overlaid with FunTouch OS 10. It has a 6.44-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080p sporting a 20:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the smartphone has the octa-core Exynos 980 SoC. it comes with 8GB RAM with two storage options - 128GB and 256GB. 

For the camera, the Vivo S6 has a quad-camera setup. The primary is a 48MP camera with an f/1.79 aperture, the second is an 8MP ultra-wide camera with an f/2.2 aperture, the third is a 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture, and finally, we have a 2MP depth sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. On the front, the smartphone has a 32MP shooter with an f/2.08 aperture. A 4,500mAh battery powers the entire package and it also supports 18W fast charging. The smartphone also houses an in-display fingerprint scanner along with support for face unlock. There is no information on when the device will come to India. 

In other smartphone-related news, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, Xiaomi halt smartphone production amidst lockdown orders due to the Coronavirus. You can read more about it here.



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Facebook wants you to help your neighbours during coronavirus lockdown

Ever since the world has gone into quarantine, Facebook has seen an unprecedented surge in traffic. Now, to manage the traffic better and to make sure everyone has some sort of company while stuck at home, Facebook is encouraging users to help out their neighbours. Under the “Community Help” feature, Facebook is urging people to help others affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

A new update to the Facebook app will show up a new page where you can offer to help with things like getting groceries, arranging transport and volunteering for work for people affected by the coronavirus crisis.

Similarly, those looking for help can post about it on the app. You can also filter existing offers to find the one that matches what people need. The Community Help page will also show links to fundraisers where you can donate to and Facebook’s Coronavirus information centre.

The page opens up time to time when a natural disaster hits a country. It’s part of Facebook’s “crisis response tools”, but typically, the company has always kept it localised. The new hub will be rolling out to US, UK, Australia, Canada and France with more countries to be added in the coming weeks.



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Ludo King: How to Play With Friends Online or Offline

You can play Ludo King with friends online even without Facebook. We’ll show you how to play Ludo King online or offline.

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Attackers may use social hacking to hack into your WhatsApp account: Report

WhatsApp is arguably the most popular instant messaging platform in the world right now. So obviously, it makes a pretty juicy target for hackers. According to new reports, it seems that attackers may use ‘social hacking’ to gain access to a user’s WhatsApp account.

Social hacking works by using an already hacked account to gain the trust of a target by masquerading as their friend or family member. In this case, reports suggest that attackers are using pre-hacked Facebook or Instagram accounts to get in touch with any connected accounts. They then pretend to be having problems logging into their accounts and later try and trick the victim into sharing their WhatsApp security verification code. This technique would then give the attacker access to the victims WhatsApp, and then the cycle of social hacking could then begin anew with the victim's contacts. 

The best way to stay safe from such hackers is to never share any verification codes or any other personal information with anyone online, regardless of how close you may be with the individual. Further, ensure that you have enabled two-step verification for all possible accounts, not only WhatsApp. You should also add an email address in case you would need to retrieve your account. Further, if your WhatsApp account has been compromised, then there are ways you can retrieve it. In fact, WhatsApp has also detailed the same on a separate help page that you can check out here.

WhatsApp isn’t the only platform that is allegedly under attack from hackers. Recent reports suggest that the Houseparty app was said to be leaking data to attackers. As per reports, many users claimed that they were getting emails about someone trying to access their accounts after they had installed the app. You can learn more about that here.



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Edit videos on your mobile phone using the YouTube Create App

YouTube has introduced its new mobile app called ‘YouTube Create’. This app offers an easy way for creators to edit their videos right from ...