Lenovo Z6 Pro, K10 Note, A6 Note launched in India: Specs, price, and more

After a lot of teasing on its social media channels, Lenovo has launched three phones today: the flagship Lenovo Z6 Pro, and two phones in the Note series, namely, Lenovo K10 Note and the A6 Note. The smartphones were launched at an event in New Delhi today, September 5. While the Lenovo Z6 Pro was already launched in China, the Lenovo K10 Note and A6 Note are new phones that are making their way into the Indian market.

Lenovo Z6 Pro specifications and price

The flagship smartphone in China has been launched in India. The Lenovo Z6 Pro features a 6.39-inch Samsung AMOLED FHD+ display. It sports a waterdrop notch. The smartphone is powered by the  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, paired with Adreno 640 GPU. It has 8GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. It has 6th generation in-display fingerprint sensor. The flagship smartphone packs a 4000mAh battery with support for 27W fast charging.

On the optics front, the Lenovo Z6 Pro sports an AI quad rear camera setup with Hyper Video technology: a 48MP primary Sony IMX586 sensor + a 16MP ultra-wide-angle lens, which is also a macro camera + an 8MP telephoto lens + a 2MP depth sensor. The cameras also have OOS+EIS, and Video Logs. The Video Logs feature combines the front camera and rear camera to provide both outputs on the same screen, just like it appears during a WhatsApp Video call. It has dual tone LED flash and laser autofocus. On the front lies a 32MP selfie shooter.

It will be made available in Black. The Lenovo Z6 Pro is priced at Rs 33,999 for the single 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. It will be made available from September 11 onwards via Flipkart. As for the launch offers, Lenovo is offering a Rs 2,200 Jio cashback in the form of 22 vouchers of Rs 100 each. There are also Make My Trip vouchers worth Rs 1,300, Myntra vouchers worth Rs 1500, and Zoom Car vouchers worth Rs 2,000 applicable on a recharge of the Rs 299 prepaid plan.

Lenovo K10 Note specifications and price

The Lenovo K10 Note features a  6.3-inch dewdrop notch display with 93 per cent screen-to-body ratio. It has 19.5:9 screen to body ratio. The K10 Note is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset, paired with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB of internal storage. It packs a 4050mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. 

In the camera department, the Lenovo K10 Note sports a triple rear camera setup: a 16MP primary camera + an 8MP telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom + a 5MP depth shooter. The phone has a 16MP with QuadPixel technology selfie shooter. 

Lenovo says the K10 Note is "100 percent manufactured in India." The smartphone weighs 168 grams.

It will be made available in Black as well. The Lenovo K10 Note starts at Rs 13,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage model, and Rs 15,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The smartphone will be made available from September 16 onwards via Flipkart.

As for the launch offers, Lenovo is offering Rs 2200 Jio cashback in the form of 44 vouchers of Rs 50 each and 125GB of 4G data in the form of 5GB additional data for 25 recharges, applicable on recharge of Rs 198 and Rs 299 prepaid plan.

Lenovo A6 Note specifications and price

The Lenovo A6 Note features a 6.09-inch HD+ display with 88 per cent screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio P22 chipset, paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The smartphone has a rear fingerprint sensor. It packs a 4000mAh battery. 

On the optics front, the Lenovo A6 Note sports a dual rear camera setup: a 13MP primary lens + a 2MP secondary shooter. The budget Lenovo Note phone has a 5MP camera with five beauty modes at the front. The smartphone has triple card slots for two SIMs and one microSD card.

The Lenovo A6 Note is priced at Rs 7,999 for the single 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variant. It will be made available in Black and Blue colour options on Flipkart from September 11.

As for the launch offers, Lenovo is offering Rs 2200 Jio cashback in the form of 44 vouchers of Rs 50 each and partner coupon from Cleartrip worth Rs 3,000 applicable on recharge of Rs 198 or Rs 299 prepaid plan.

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New LG patent showcases double folding design for a smartphone

If you are one looking forward to a foldable phone from LG, then there is good news for you. A patent has leaked online showcasing what could be a foldable phone from LG. The unique thing about the LG foldable phone is that it has two folds. The leak comes courtesy Lets Go Digital and shows that the device can be folded twice. The device will also come with a stylus.

When the device is unfolded, i.e., in its tablet form, it has a 16:10 aspect ratio. The patent shows the device has thin bezels on three sides. The fourth side has a wide bezel that houses a triple camera setup. As for the stylus, there is a place to store it in one of the two hinges. When the device is folded, the smartphone looks to have an aspect ratio in line with modern smartphones. How the device looks in the real world is something to look forward to.

Samsung is the only one that  launched its foldable smartphone in the market and after a rocky initial launch, the foldable device is now relaunching. Huawei’s Mate X foldable smartphone is reportedly going on sale in September, but there is no information on the official launch of the device. Google is also said to be working on a foldable device but we shouldn't expect a launch anytime soon. 

Xiaomi, on the other hand, is the only other smartphone maker working on a foldable device that folds twice, similar to the LG one. 

How foldable smartphones work in real-world scenarios is something we will have to wait and see. Historically, we have seen that it isn't the first mover's advantage that works but rater, the device that perfects the use cases. Dell was the first device maker to launch a phablet in the form of the Dell Streak but it was the Samsung Galaxy Note that cemented the concept of a large screen phone and the rest, as they say, is history. How foldable phone will work in everyday scenarios is something we will have to wait and see. 

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Xiaomi working on a switch that will disable ads on MIUI

MIUI is one of the most popular custom Android interfaces in India owing to Xiaomi’s top spot in the Indian smartphone market. Yet, while the company’s devices have been praised for the 'value for money' hardware they offer, the interface itself has faced backlash for the company’s strategy to put ads in the UI. Showing ads on MIUI is a fairly recent development and ever since it was implemented, users and rivals have come together in criticising the move.   Now, Xiaomi Product Director and MIUI Experience Head confirmed that the company will be rolling out a switch that will allow users to disable ads in MIUI. The feature is being tested presently and could roll out with MIUI 11 which could be based on Android 10.  He further confirmed that the feature will be rolled out to all Xiaomi phones in the next major update, possibly MIUI 11. The company’s independent brand Redmi has already taken measures to prevent ads from popping up on the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20, two of the brand’s most premium offerings in India. However, other phones like the Redmi Note 7 Pro and the likes are still plagued with ads.   Last month, the Xiaomi executive said that the company has been working on reducing the number of ads users receive. Furthermore, Xiaomi CEO and co-founder Lei Jun had also confirmed that along with reducing ads in the interface, it will also remove inappropriate ads that mar the user experience. In case you don’t mind ads in the interface, Xiaomi will be modifying the ad algorithm so that users receive ads that are relevant to them.    Xiaomi claims to be a software company primarily. The hardware is only a means to get users to use its software. Yet, it’s hardware business continues to rake in the majority of the company’s revenues. The software and internet services contributed to 9.7 percent of the total revenue, a marginal growth from 9.1 percent last year.    Previous reports have tipped that MIUI 11 will be announced in China on September 24th alongside the Mi MIX 4 smartphone. MIUI 11 is presently being tested with the UI based on Android 10.

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Apple iPhone SE successor to be launched in early 2020 to combat sales drop: Report

The Apple iPhone SE may have been taken off Indian shelves for good but its successor is set to make an entry in early 2020, reads a recent report by Nikkei Asian Review. The Cupertino-based company’s new low-cost iPhone model is expected to combat the ongoing sales decline Apple is seeing in its current iPhone range. As we reported back in May, Apple recently lost its top position in the global market share to Huawei.

The current iPhone range’s slump in sales can be seen in Apple’s production strategy for this year. According to the report, Apple’s initial production run for 2019 turned out 10 percent fewer units compared to the 80–85 million units Apple produced last year. Apple may increase this if there’s more demand. “The cheaper iPhone SE could serve as a sales momentum kicker the first half next year, if the new premium iPhones do not perform well in the coming months,” said Jeff Pu, an expert Tech Analyst at GF Securities, to Nikkei Asian Review.

The report goes on to say that the iPhone SE successor is expected to be of the same size as the older iPhone 8 in that it will have the same 4.7-inch display. Unlike the current line-up of iPhones, which uses an OLED panel for the display, the iPhone SE successor will come with an IPS LCD panel to save costs. Japan Display is expected to be the primary supplier of this panel, with LG Display being the secondary. Nothing else about the iPhone SE successor is known at the moment.

In related news, Apple recently confirmed the launch date of its 2019 iPhone line-up. Apple will launch the new range on September 10 at the Apple Park corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California. While the successors to the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max are expected to come in the same black, silver, and gold colours, the successor to the iPhone XR is expected to come in as many as five new colours. All three 2019 models are expected to be powered by Apple’s new A13 chipset and feature a new Taptic engine.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold relaunched, first international sales to begin from September 6

Samsung has announced the launch of the Galaxy Fold today, on September 5. The company was previously speculated to launch the handset by the end of September, but Samsung has reintroduced it today. The foldable smartphone is all set to go on sale from tomorrow onwards in South Korea. The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be made available in select countries including France, Germany, Singapore, U.K., U.S., and more in the coming weeks.

Samsung announced the relaunch of the Galaxy Fold in a blog post and posted a new “Galaxy Fold: Official Introduction” video on its YouTube channel. 

“During the past several months, Samsung has been refining the Galaxy Fold to ensure it delivers the best possible experience. Not only we improved the Galaxy Fold’s design and construction, but also took the time to rethink the entire consumer journey,” Samsung said in a blog post. 

For those unaware of the Samsung Galaxy Fold fiasco, the handset malfunctioned for some reviewers soon after it was launched. This was sometime after the handset was announced at MWC 2019.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold features a  7.3-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED Display (4.2:3) Infinity Flex main display with a resolution of 2152x1536 pixels. The cover display has a 4.6'-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display at 21:9 aspect ratio, and it sports a 1680x720 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 7nm 64-bit octa-core processor, paired with 12GB RAM and 512GB of internal storage.

In the optics department, the Samsung Galaxy Fold features a total of six cameras: a 10MP selfie camera on the cover display, a dual front camera on the main display that consists of a 10MP shooter and an 8MP depth sensor, a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 16MP ultra wide camera + a 12MP wide-angle camera with Super Dual Pixel + a 12MP telephoto camera. The rear camera has features like Dual OIS, 0.5x out and 2x in optical zoom, Up to 10x digital zoom, HDR10+ recording, Tracking AF.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold packs a 4380mAh dual battery, which supports Fast Charging technology on both wired and wireless mediums. The foldable smartphone runs Android 9 Pie. On the connectivity front, the smartphone comes with Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax HE80 MIMO, 1024QAM Bluetooth 5.0, ANT+, USB type-C, NFC, and Location (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou). 

The Samsung Galaxy Fold LTE variant comes with one eSIM and one NAno SIM, whereas the 5G model sports one Nano SIM. The folding phone has a capacitive fingerprint sensor on the side. The sensors on this device include accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, hall sensor, proximity sensor, and a RGB light sensor.

Previously, the Galaxy Fold was announced for EUR 2000 in Europe which converts to Rs 1,55,788 approximately in India. It is priced at $1,980 in the US, which is around Rs 1.37 lakh here. 

The Samsung Galaxy Fold India launch date is tipped to be September 27. However, this is not yet official, and we will have to wait for Samsung to announce the availability of Galaxy Fold in other regions.

Samsung is also rumoured to be working on its next foldable phone, which can be folded onto itself like a clamshell to become squarish in shape.

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OnePlus TV will have a custom Gamma Color Magic processor: CEO Pete Lau

OnePlus TV is all set to launch in India this month. Several details of the phone have already been made official by the listing on Amazon India website. Now, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said that the TV will be powered by a custom, Gamma Color Magic processor made by the company. Earlier, Lau confirmed the presence of a 55-inch OnePlus TV model.

Lau took to Twitter to confirm the presence of the Gamma Color Magic processor in the OnePlus TV. He said, “I am proud to share news about the dedicated picture processor for the #OnePlusTV. We built the Gamma Color Magic processor to bring you best-in-class image quality on our customized #QLED TV panel with widest color gamut. Can't wait for you to experience it!”

Moreover, Eros Now has said that it will be partnering with OnePlus for the upcoming OnePlus TV, which means, the Eros Now app will be officially available with the Dolby support on the OnePlus TV.

Yesterday, the OnePlus TV listing went live on the Amazon India website. The TV is confirmed to have a feature a 55-inch 4K QLED display variant with support for Dolby Vision. Further, OnePlus TV will have 8 speakers with 50W output, which will be powered by Dolby Atmos sound. 

OnePlus TV was confirmed to run Android TV by the CEO last week. He has also mentioned in the past that the TV will receive software updates for at least three years. Hence, the TV will offer features like access to Google Assistant and the Play Store. OnePlus is aiming to offer the same fast and smooth experience of OnePlus phones for the OnePlus TV. 

According to previous rumours, the OnePlus TV could be announced in four different sizes: 43-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch size variants. It is said to come with voice control and interaction, which means it could be equipped with far-field microphones. 

You can read more about the OnePlus TV's expected features here.

I am proud to share news about the dedicated picture processor for the #OnePlusTV. We built the Gamma Color Magic processor to bring you best-in-class image quality on our customized #QLED TV panel with widest color gamut. Can't wait for you to experience it! pic.twitter.com/DlQS8Y8jhn

— Pete Lau (@PeteLau) September 4, 2019

 

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Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro Pearl White colour variant launched in India: Price, sale timings and more

Redmi launched its K20 series of smartphones in India on July 17, which consists of the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro. The two handsets were originally announced in Carbon Black, Flame Red and Glacier Blue variants and they will now be available in a new Pearl White colour model. The new colour option sports a white finish for the rear glass panel and gold coloured aluminium frame, and this new colour option of the Redmi K20 and the K20 Pro is now available for purchase via Mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores at the same prices as the handset’s other colour models. 

Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro specifications

The Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro are quite similar in terms of specifications. Both the phones feature a 6.39-inch Full HD+ display with a 1080x2340p resolution, which is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 and run on MIUI 10 that is based on Android 9 Pie. Backed by a 4000mAh battery, the two phones come equipped with a 20MP front camera, which is housed in their pop-up front camera setup. 

In terms of optics, both the Redmi K20 phones feature a triple rear-camera setup that has a 48MP primary sensor. While the Redmi K20 Pro features a Sony's IMX586 sensor, the Redmi K20 gets the Sony IMX582 sensor. There’s also a 13MP sensor that is paired with a wide-angle lens and an 8MP sensor with an f/2.4 lens. The Redmi K20 Pro runs on the Snapdragon 855 SoC and comes with up to 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. On the other hand, the Redmi K20 is powered by the Snapdragon 730 SoC, which is paired with 6GB RAM and comes with options to select from 64GB and 128GB of onboard storage. 

Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro price

As mentioned above, the Pearl White colour variant of the Redmi K20, K20 Pro will be sold at the same price as the currently available models. Right now, the Redmi K20 is priced starting at Rs 21,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant while its 6GB RAM + 128GB storage option sells for Rs 23,999. The Redmi K20 Pro is priced at Rs 27,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB model and at Rs 30,999 for the 8GB + 256GB variant. 

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