Redmi K30 leaked poster hints at vertical quad rear-camera setup, dual front cameras

We’ve come across multiple reports about the rumoured Redmi K30 smartphone, information about which has leaked quite a few times by now. A previous report revealed the phone’s screen and now, a new image of the handset has surfaced online, which gives us our best look yet at its rear panel and the main camera setup. The Chinese actor Wang Yibo is apparently endorsing the handset and a new promo image of the actor holding the phone seems to have leaked online. As per a Weibo post that has since been removed, via DroidHolic, the images showcase a new design for the camera setup on the Redmi K30. 

It can be seen that the handset sports a centrally placed, vertically stacked quad-camera setup on the back. There’s a circular ring around the camera with a gradient design below which 5G text is placed and no fingerprint sensor is to be spotted on the rear. One would expect Redmi to use an in-display fingerprint sensor on the upcoming handset but as per previously leaked information, the device might come equipped with an LCD screen, which doesn’t support in-display fingerprint sensor. Thus, the fingerprint option is said to move on the right edge of the device. 

Another image of the phone, which shows the device from the front, reveals a dual front camera setup, which is housed in a punch-hole display. There are thin bezels around the screen, which are a bit noticeable. The Redmi K30 is expected to be launched in just over a week’s time but it seems like the usual bout of rumours and leaks will be making the rounds on the internet before the smartphone is officially announced. 

A previous report about the handset suggests that it could be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 or a Snapdragon 730G SoC. It could be equipped with a 6.66-inch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate giving it that smooth interface. Furthermore, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has already confirmed that the device will run on MIUI 11 at launch. 

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Reliance Jio reportedly moving free JioFiber consumers to paid connections

Reliance Jio announced the commercial rollout of its JioFiber home broadband service on September 5. However, the company was testing the service with multiple users across regions in India before the launch, and the participants were using the service for free. Now, the telco is reportedly converting these free connections to paid ones to generate more revenue and hence, these users will need to opt and pay for the JioFiber service. As per a report by The Economic Times, the company has commenced billing free customers of its service and is asking them to select from the available JioFiber broadband packs. 

As per the report, Jio is said to have about half a million users who were a part of the JioFiber trails. A person with knowledge of the matter told ET, “All new JioFiber customers, who’ve put in the Rs. 2,500 refundable deposit, are now being charged in the big metro markets, and commercial billing on a pan-India basis should be operational in a couple of weeks.” Another informant told the publication, “Existing customers who had opted for the trials are being told that free home broadband services will be discontinued shortly and they need to migrate to specific JioFiber plans to stay connected.”

To recall, JioFiber plans are priced starting at Rs 699 per month and offer speeds of up to 100Mbps. Since JioFiber has come into the scenario, rival telcos have upped their respective offerings to retain consumers. Airtel recently rebranded its Home Broadband service to XStream Fiber and announced some new plans. However, it removed the data rollover facility and is instead offering unlimited high speed data at Rs 299 per month. Tata Sky has also revamped its offering and its users can now avail data rollover option on plans starting at Rs 650.

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Samsung plans on releasing not one, but two foldable smartphones in 2020

It looks like foldable smartphones are the next big trend in smartphone design. Earlier this year, Samsung launched their first real foldable smartphone in the Galaxy Fold. There was a ton of hype behind it but it soon fizzled out as a few display issues caused the phone to be delayed. Undeterred, the Korean tech giant plans to release not one, but two foldable smartphones in 2020. 

Both Motorola and Huawei have released their foldable smartphones and more companies are looking at releasing their versions of the device. There have been rumors floating around the internet that state that LG will be launching their own foldable smartphone. It is very clear that this looks to be the next big design change in the smartphone industry.

Analysts and experts have talked about how Samsung plans to release two new foldable smartphones in 2020 and the first of these devices will reportedly come with a clamshell design. Reports state that the cover display will only be used to show users their basic information and features like battery info and such. The new clamshell phone should cost around $845 (Rs 60,500 approx) and could be launched in February 2020 along with the Galaxy S11. 

Experts have also said that the next Galaxy Fold will be announced towards the end of the year. First reported by LetsGoDigital, Samsung looks to have filed a patent with the Hague International Design System in May and only announced it in November. As of now, there have been no official announcements regarding these new devices but as we move into 2020, we expect more companies to experiment with their devices. 

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NASA locates crashed Vikram Lander, credits Chennai Engineer for discovery

It looks like NASA has pinpointed the location of the crashed Vikram Lander from the Chandrayaan-2 mission. The American space agency published photos of the crash site that were taken from an orbiting satellite. The before/after images clearly show the point of impact as well as the scattering of debris.

NASA credits the finding of the Vikram Lander to a Chennai Engineer named Shanmuga Subramanian, who has since posted the letter he got from John Keller, Deputy Project Scientists at the Lunar Orbiter Reconnaissance Mission on Twitter. Subramanian doesn’t seem to be connected to either NASA or ISRO, and simply seems to be someone who was just very interested in the Vikram Lander. 

@NASA has credited me for finding Vikram Lander on Moon's surface#VikramLander #Chandrayaan2@timesofindia @TimesNow @NDTV pic.twitter.com/2LLWq5UFq9

— Shan (@Ramanean) December 2, 2019

To recall, the Vikram Lander was supposed to have made a landing about 600km from the moon’s south pole on September 6. Unfortunately, the lander lost contact shortly before touchdown. The final fate of the lander was unknown until very recently when the Indian government admitted that the lander had crashed. In a statement to the Lok Sabha, Jitendra Singh, the minister of state for the Department of Space admitted that the lander had ‘hard landed’ on the surface of the moon. “The first phase of descent was performed nominally from an altitude of 30 km to 7.4 km above the moon surface. During the second phase of descent, the reduction in velocity was more than the designed value. Due to this deviation, the initial conditions at the start of the fine braking phase were beyond the designed parameters. As a result, Vikram hard landed within 500 m of the designated landing site,” he said.

While the Vikram Lander did not succeed in touching down on the surface of the moon, the folks over at NASA seem to understand how difficult it was. “Despite the loss, getting that close to the surface was an amazing achievement,” the space agency wrote on its page. However, it should be noted that the  Chandrayaan-2 orbiter seems to be working normally. A few weeks ago, ISRO published photographs of the lunar surface taken by the orbiter. You can check out those photos here.

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Huawei Watch GT2 launching in India on December 5

The official Twitter handle of Huawei India has confirmed that the Huawei Watch GT2 will be launching in India on December 5, 2019. The company has also revealed a “notify me” page for those who are interested in getting an alert when the watch goes on sale.

The Huawei Watch GT2 has a number of features that make it an interesting wearable. For starters, the Watch GT2 features Huawei’s own Kirin A1 chip, which the company developed specifically for wearables. The Kirin A1 chip features a dual-chip design along with support for Bluetooth 5.1 and BLE 5.1. With BLE 5.1, the Kirin A1’s power requirements dip to as low as 10mAh per MHz, which Huawei claims is one-third the power consumption of comparable wearables. Besides the Kirin A1 chip, the Watch GT2 will be available in 2 sizes, 42mm and 46mm dials. The 42mm version will sport a 1.2 inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 390x390 while the 46mm version will have a 1.39-inch display with a resolution of 454x454. It packs the usual sensors such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor etc.

Besides offering water resistance of up to 5ATM (50 meters), the Watch GT2 also features 15 workout  modes which include running, swimming, cycling etc. The Huawei Watch GT2 runs on Huawei’s in-house LiteOS and with a 445mAh battery, the company claims the wearable can deliver up to 2 weeks of battery life. With the launch of the Watch GT2 just round the corner, we can expect the final price and the actual shipping date to be made public very soon. What we do know for now is that the watch will be available online on Amazon and FLipkart, along with being available in offline stores as well.

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Lenovo ThinkPad model numbers are getting simpler

What will Lenovo do when it runs out of model numbers in the 300 and 400 series of its ThinkPad line-up of enterprise laptops? It's a question we've often asked ourselves in the Digit office. In fact, just when we thought the company had run out of tens to dole out after the launch of its ThinkPad E490 earlier this year, it launched an AMD Ryzen-powered ThinkPad E495 to our surprise. Now though, the company has officially run out of numbers in the 300 and 400 series. Luckily, we have an idea about which route Lenovo will take with future ThinkPad model numbers.

As seen in these empty product pages for the upcoming ThinkPad X14 and ThinkPad X13, Lenovo will in all likelihood chop off one whole digit from future ThinkPad model numbers and go with a ‘letter plus two digits’ naming scheme that represents the class and size of the display on the laptop. In fact, we've already seen this new style of naming with the ThinkPad E14/E15 and ThinkPad L13 that were launched earlier this year. Though these models still haven't made it to India or Europe, they are selling in parts of Asia, including China and Malaysia.

There most likely won't be any change to the classes of ThinkPad available. The X series will continue to represent the brand's premium thin and light laptops, T series for full-size mainstream laptops, P series for larger and more powerful workstations, L series for affordable mainstream laptops, and E series for entry-level laptops. These ThinkPad series currently sell in India along with the more consumer-friendly ThinkBook line-up. You can read our review of the ThinkBook 14 here.

The outgoing models in the ThinkPad E series in India include the ThinkPad E490 and ThinkPad E495, although the older ThinkPad E480 continues to sell alongside these two. The ThinkPad E series starts at Rs 34,990, making it the cheapest bunch of ThinkPads you can get today. The ThinkPad E490 ships with Intel's 8th Gen Core series of CPUs with up to 32GB of RAM. We have no idea at the moment if Lenovo plans update this series to the ThinkPad E14/E15 anytime in the near future with Intel's latest 10th Gen Core series chips.

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Facebook tool to let users transfer their pictures to Google Photos

Facebook is releasing a new tool today that will let users transfer their photos from Facebook to Google Photos. The tool is only available in Ireland as of now, and will roll out to the rest of the world in 2020. This tool is a part of Facebook’s Data Transfer Project. The Data Transfer Project is a collaborative effort with Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter to build a common way for people to transfer their data between online services. According to Facebook, “The goal of this project has been to make it easier for services of any size to securely make direct transfers for data portability from one service to another and to make the process simpler for the people who use these services.”

The tool is a nice way for people to backup their Facebook photos as a part of the Google Photos Library. If you have photos on Facebook that aren’t a part of your Google Photos Library, the process of adding them to your collection will become easier. As mentioned above, the service is currently available in Ireland only and maybe once the kinks have been ironed out, the tool will be rolled out to other markets. 

With companies like Apple, Microsoft and Twitter also involved in the project, it looks like in the future one will be able to transfer their iPhone photo library to Google and vice versa. If you are interested in understanding the tool in detail, you can do so here.

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