Highlights: OnePlus 3, 3T users will have to wait longer for their Android Pie update The Pie update will be preceded by an Oreo security patch While owners of more recent OnePlus devices are enjoying their share of the Pie, owners of the OnePlus 3 and 3T are still left holding the crumbles of Oreo. When Android Pie was announced last year, OnePlus had promised to roll the update out to the OnePlus 5, 5T, 3, and 3T but hadn’t mention exactly when. When the new year was born the OnePlus 5 and 5T got their Android Pie update, leaving only two devices in OnePlus’ stable to be updated. Two months on, the OnePlus 3 and 3T are still waiting for their slice of the Pie. Addressing questions about the Android Pie update is OnePlus Community Manager David Y., who, on the OnePlus Forum wrote recently, “The next update will be a security patch update based on Android O, then Android Pie.” What this means is that owners of the OnePlus 3 and 3T will have to wait a little longer for their Android 9 Pie update. David Y. also added jokingly in the post, “Can't you guys just go and do something more meaningful than chasing the update...(facepalm)”. Although OnePlus had started rolling the Android Pie update out to the OnePlus 5 and 5T around Christmastime, both phones ended up getting the update only a week or so into the new year. In some regions, the update roll out was cancelled so a newer update bearing an important hot fix could be sent out instead. While the OnePlus 5T got Android Pie’s pill-based navigation features, the OnePlus 5 didn’t. The OnePlus 3 and 3T were launched globally in 2016. The OnePlus 3 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset while the OnePlus 3T is powered by an updated Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset. Both handsets have 6GB of RAM on board. Android Pie will be the phones’ second major system update, with the first being Android Oreo. With any luck, the OnePlus 3 and 3T should receive their long-awaited update within a couple of months. Related Read: OnePlus 5, 5T receiving OxygenOS 9.0.2 Hot Fix
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Highlights: Oppo R17 Pro gets a significant price cut Its new price is Rs 39,990 on Amazon.in If you’re looking to buy a large-screen phone from Oppo, you’re in luck. The price of the Oppo R17 Pro has been cut by Rs 6,000. The smartphone is now available on Amazon.in at Rs 39,990. The same price cut should reflect in the price tags of the smartphone across the country, even in offline stores. The significant price reduction comes just three months after its launch in India. The Oppo R17 Pro is available in Emerald Green and Radiant Mist colours. The Oppo R17 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) and is accompanied by an Adreno 616 GPU. The RAM onboard is 8GB and the storage available is 128GB. The battery on the Oppo R17 Pro is a 3,700mAh unit and the handset is equipped with the company’s proprietary SuperVOOC Flash Charge technology, which facilitates 50-watt charging. Oppo claims it can charge gain 40 percent of its total charge in ten minutes. The Oppo R17 Pro has a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19:9. There’s a waterdrop notch on top of the display, which houses the selfie camera. Oppo claims the phone has a 91.5-percent screen-to-body ratio. The display panel is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6. Under the display is a hidden fingerprint sensor, which Oppo says, can unlock the device in 0.41 seconds. In the optics department, we see a triple camera setup on the Oppo R17 Pro. There’s a 12-megapixel camera with an f/1.5-f/2.4 “Smart Aperture”, a 20-megapixel camera with f/2.6 aperture and a 3D-sensing camera. The camera system supports optical image stabilisation. The Oppo R17 Pro runs ColorOS 5.2, which is based on Android 8 Oreo. The new price cut should give the Oppo R17 Pro a new lease of life, though it’s shocking to see such deep slashes this early into the model’s life. Related Read: Oppo Find X 5G model showcased in China
Highlights: Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ come applied with a first party screen protector. The replacement screen protector by Samsung is priced at MSRP of $29.99 (Rs 2,000 approx). Samsung delivered a fairly detailed presentation of its Galaxy S10 series of smartphones when they were announced. However, small tidbits of information were left out like the ability to hide the Infinity-O display design with software implementation and that one will be finally able to remap the Bixby button to perform some other function like booting up a pre-specified app (not the Google Assistant though). One more thing that the company didn’t reveal was that the Galaxy S10 and S10+ smartphones will come equipped with the company’s screen protector. Doesn’t seem like a really big deal, right? Well, yes and no, considering how the new Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are equipped with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. While there’s no evidence to prove this right now, Samsung says that it “cannot guarantee the experiences with screen protectors made of traditional glass and polyurethane materials.” This suggests that if one uses a basic screen protector, the in-display fingerprint sensor could face some difficulty in authenticating the user. Well, it doesn’t really hurt to get a free screen protector whose replacement is worth MSRP of $29.99 (Rs 2,000 approx) with the phone. Samsung released a notice releasing the information, which was posted under the Samsung subreddit by Urano_Metria but as per the redditors post, the company had mentioned that the “factory pre-installed screen protector will be covered by 90 days warranty.” However, the circular was later updated and the 90-day warranty was redacted, so, we guess there’s no warranty after all. The top-of-the-line Samsung Galaxy S10+ variant runs on the Exynos 9820 chipset in India and comes with 12GB RAM. It sports 1TB of Internal storage, which can be expanded to 512GB. The phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box and ships with a 4,100mAh battery. It has a display size of 6.4 inches with a 1440 x 3040 pixel resolution. The Galaxy S10+ is expected to launch in India on March 6 at a starting price of Rs 73,990. Related Reads: 
Highlights: Apple AirPods 2 could be launched by March 29, says a new report Life of outgoing AirPods ends by March 28 AirPods 2 could feature "wellness sensors" among other new features Rumours and leaks about Apple’s second generation of AirPods have been circulating around the internet for many months now. AirPods are Apple’s first generation of wireless earbuds; they were originally announced in December 2016. A fresh report by Spanish website Applesfera boldly claims Apple will announce a new pair of AirPods on March 25 and follow it up with the official release on March 29. The report goes on to claim that the outgoing AirPods are reaching the end of their life cycle on March 28. Applesfera says that it has heard from several different sources that Apple plans to hold a keynote on March 25. Since we can’t confirm this news we advise you to take this piece of news with a bit of salt. The website goes on to explain that, according to a screenshot it received from an anonymous supplier of Apple products in the Asia Pacific market, March 28 is the last day of the life cycle of the current AirPods. This information too isn’t verified. The screenshot received by Applesfera If there’s any truth to this information, Apple should launch an improved and more expensive version of its AirPods. The new product is expected to be named AirPods 2 but Apple could always surprise us and go with something different this time around. When launched, the new wireless earbuds are expected to pack more features. Previous reports suggest they will come with “wellness sensors” to track health-related parameters like body movement and heart rate. According to Supply Chain Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the next generation AirPods will feature handsfree Siri access, which means Apple’s virtual assistant can be awakened for voice commands without having to press a button on the buds. There’s a chance they even come with water resistance, unlike the current AirPods. A new pair of AirPods was seen passing the Bluetooth SIG certification in November last year. So a late-March launch definitely seems possible. Still, the coming days will tell us if that’s really going to happen. Related Read: Apple AirPods 2 seem to have cleared Bluetooth SIG certification
