Fitbits upcoming wearables leak, shows ECG functionality

Google acquired FitBit for a cool $2.1 Billion back in November last year and since then, both the companies have been fairly silent. Now, a new leak has sprung, revealing three new potential devices carrying the FitBit brand, including an actual smartwatch. The three new devices in question are the FitBit Versa 3, FitBit Inspire 2 and FitBit Sense. The information was first reported by German website WinFuture.

In the leaked renders, the FitBit Sense looks identical to the Fitbit Versa 2, but apparently also packs an EKG sensor. Apple was the first to market an ECG sensor in its wearable device, the Apple Watch Series 4, and now, FitBit seems to be integrating the same into their upcoming device. This is revealed by the iconography etched on the back case as shown in the renders. Besides that, not much is known except for the fact that Fitbit will be positioning the Sense as its top-of-the-line offering.

Fitbit's upcoming wearables leak, shows ECG functionality

The Fitbit Versa 3 looks identical to the Fitbit Sense, but the renders leave out the heart-rate symbol from the back, alluding to the omission of the EKG functionality. Additionally, WinFuture reports that the Fitbit sense will use metal parts and be a more premium device while the Versa 3 will be positioned as a cheaper variant, with slightly lesser quality build materials. The third device in question is the Inspire 2, a simple wrist-band like fitness tracker, turning to a simpler, more rounded design.

While Fitbit is extremely popular with the average consumer, it's been facing exceedingly difficult competition. On the smartwatch front is the Apple Watch and the Samsung Galaxy Watch, while on the fitness tracker front you have Garmin a staple amongst the athletic community. Then we also have other brands like Xiaomi who are releasing very budget-friendly fitness trackers. Fitbit also had the Ionic, another flagship fitness tracker from the last generation which seems to be missing from this entire leak. It is possible that the Ionic will get a refresh later, but for now, this is all we have.

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Motorola Moto G9 Plus and Moto E7 Plus renders leaked

Motorola Moto G9 Plus and Moto E7 Plus renders have leaked online giving us our first look at the upcoming entry-level and mid-range smartphones from the Lenovo-backed company. The renders were posted online by noted leakster Evan Blass, revealing the design of the Moto G9 Plus and E7 Plus along with some key specifications.

According to the renders, the Moto G9 Plus is expected to come in two colours-- Blue and Bronze and features a 64MP quad-camera setup on the back along with LED flash. The camera module is slightly protruded while the power button is recessed as it doubles up as a fingerprint reader. The phone sports a punch-hole notch cutout for the selfie camera and the display is surrounded by narrow bezels. It also seems to come with a stereo speaker arrangement.

As for the Moto E7 Plus, it comes with dual cameras on the back housed in a square shape camera module along with an LED flash. This is followed by a recessed batwing logo that doubles up as a fingerprint reader. The E7 Plus features a waterdrop notch on the front with noticeable bezels on all sides. It has a 3.5mm earphone jack on the top as well.

Motorola Moto G9 Plus and Moto E7 Plus renders leaked

The Moto G9 Plus has been spotted previously in the FCC database and subsequently passed through TUV Rheinland certification, revealing some key specifications. The Moto G9 Plus is rumoured to come with a 4,700mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box. The phone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and has been leaked to come in 4GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. The phone will likely be launched in multiple variants depending on the regions. The G9 Plus runs on Android 10 out-of-the-box.

As per a leaked listing, the G9 Plus could be priced EUR 277 for the 4GB variant in European countries. This roughly translates to Rs 24,700 by direct conversion but it is speculated to be priced under Rs 20,000 when it launches in India.

 

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Apple to roll out Made in India iPhone 12 by 2021: Report

According to a report by Business Standard, Apple is planning to roll out its made in India iPhone 12 by the middle of 2021. The iPhone 12 will be made in India by Wistron, Apple’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer at the Narasapura plant near Bengaluru. According to the report, Rs 2,900 crore will be invested in a plant which will be up and running by October this year. Wistron will also hire 10,000 employees for the new plant. Reportedly, 2,000 locals have already been hired at the plant. 

The new iPhone 12 will be the seventh iPhone to be made in India. Apple has been making the iPhone SE (first generation), iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, iPhone XR, and iPhone 11 in India. The recently launched second-generation iPhone SE is also going to be made in India. 

Apple to roll out Made in India iPhone 12 by 2021

In addition to creating new jobs and helping the growth of local manufacturing, Apple will save the 22 percent import taxes on smartphones which could help Apple price the iPhone 12 competitively in India. 

Speaking of the upcoming iPhone 12, it has been confirmed to be delayed by a few weeks. Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer at Apple said, “Last year we started selling new iPhones in late September, this year we expect supply to be available a few weeks later.” The delay in the availability of the new iPhone lineup can be traced to the Coronavirus pandemic that impacted the production lines as the supply chain was not running at full capacity. You can read more about the delay of the iPhone 12 here. 

The iPhone 12 is also expected to bring with it a new design, will be available in a bunch of different screen sizes and boast of a host of features. You can read everything we know about the iPhone 12 here. 

Since the iPhones are expected to be 5G ready, it is speculated that Apple will launch a cheaper 4G only iPhone 12 in 2021. You can read more about that smartphone here.

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Government launches Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge to promote homegrown computer hardware

The government of India has launched the “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” under the aim of Atmanirbhar Bharat, to promote home-grown microprocessor manufacturing and designing.

The registrations for the challenge started from August 18th on the MyGov website and 100 shortlisted companies will be given a total grant of Rs 1 crore to build a prototype, while 25 finalists will win Rs 1 crore each. The top 10 teams will get a seed fund of total Rs 2.3 crores and 12 months of incubation support, under the Ministry of Information Technology. You can register here.

The challenge will be spread over 10 months with the aim to meet the growing need of homegrown compute hardware that would be a part of all smart devices deployed across various domains including public utility services, surveillance, environmental monitoring and more. The scope of the challenge spreads across a broad spectrum application including space, defense and nuclear energy and to mitigate the costs and dependence on external vendors.

The challenge requires participants to be Indian nationals and they have to make use of Xillinx FPGA Boards. Participants can also make use of microprocessors developed under the previous “Microprocessor Development Programme” — The indigenous “Shakti” and “Vega” microprocessors. Shakti was the first microprocessor designed and fabricated in India.

The contest is open to all Indian students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Engineering disciplines with Indian colleges and universities. Teams cannot have more than 5 students and 2 faculty members.

Launching the challenge, the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad said,“Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge, Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat seeks to invite innovators, startups, and students. This is to use these microprocessors to develop various technology products. This initiative is aimed at meeting India’s future requirements of strategic and industrial sectors. And this also has the potential to mitigate the issues of security, licensing, technology obsolescence, and most crucially cutting dependency on imports.”

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Government launches Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge to promote homegrown computer hardware

The government of India has launched the “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” under the aim of Atmanirbhar Bharat, to promote home-grown microprocessor manufacturing and designing.

The registrations for the challenge started from August 18th on the MyGov website and 100 shortlisted companies will be given a total grant of Rs 1 crore to build a prototype, while 25 finalists will win Rs 1 crore each. The top 10 teams will get a seed fund of total Rs 2.3 crores and 12 months of incubation support, under the Ministry of Information Technology. You can register here.

The challenge will be spread over 10 months with the aim to meet the growing need of homegrown compute hardware that would be a part of all smart devices deployed across various domains including public utility services, surveillance, environmental monitoring and more. The scope of the challenge spreads across a broad spectrum application including space, defense and nuclear energy and to mitigate the costs and dependence on external vendors.

The challenge requires participants to be Indian nationals and they have to make use of Xillinx FPGA Boards. Participants can also make use of microprocessors developed under the previous “Microprocessor Development Programme” — The indigenous “Shakti” and “Vega” microprocessors. Shakti was the first microprocessor designed and fabricated in India.

The contest is open to all Indian students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Engineering disciplines with Indian colleges and universities. Teams cannot have more than 5 students and 2 faculty members.

Launching the challenge, the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad said,“Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge, Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat seeks to invite innovators, startups, and students. This is to use these microprocessors to develop various technology products. This initiative is aimed at meeting India’s future requirements of strategic and industrial sectors. And this also has the potential to mitigate the issues of security, licensing, technology obsolescence, and most crucially cutting dependency on imports.”

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Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro with 120Hz AMOLED display to launch on September 1

Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro have been confirmed as the new and upcoming phones that refreshes the Realme X-series of phones. The Realme X7 series will launch in China on September 1 at 2 PM local time (11:30 AM IST). Realme has said that the new X-series of phones will feature a new look and a revamped design.

Realme has also confirmed that the X7 and X7 Pro features a 120Hz high refresh rate display that uses an AMOLED panel, making it the first phone of its kind from Realme’s stable. Realme shared a bunch of teasers on Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo which also hints that the upcoming phones could come with 125W UltraDart fast charging solution which would also be a first for the company after it unveiled its UltraDart technology last month. 

Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro to launch on September 1

The posts on Weibo also indicate that the Realme X7 series will come equipped with flagship-grade processor along with 5G support. Both the X7 and X7 Pro are expected to be thin and lightweight smartphones from the company and are not the direct successors to phones like the Realme XT, Realme X2 and Realme X3. Moreover, the company has said that it is in the process of simplifying its naming system and the X7 series is a result of the new nomenclature that Realme is adopting going forward.

Notably, Realme recently launched its first phone in the V-series, the Realme V5 with a new design running MediaTek Dimensity 720 chipset. While Realme hasn’t teased the design of its upcoming smartphones, it likely follows the V5 in adopting new design elements.

The Realme X7 series is also expected to feature a curved AMOLED screen as hinted by another post. We will know more about the details of the X7 and X7 Pro as we near the official launch date which is September 1.

 

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Jio Phone users reportedly have access to UPI based Jio Pay, watch the demo here

Information circulating the internet suggests that Jio Phone users have started receiving Jio Pay with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) support. The report says that Jio Pay is available to a handful of users only and has been in testing for over a year. The Jio Phone which launched in 2017 brought with it NFC and Jio has been working with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable proprietary payments on the feature phone. 

At India Mobile Congress 2017, Digit got a chance to experience NFC enabled payment on the Jio Phone. The demo that Jio game us showed how a user could purchase a bus ticket by simply using his/her phone to make the payment for the journey. NFC was used to complete the transaction. You can watch the demo in the video below. 

UPI based Jio Pay on the Jio Phone could let users conduct transactions like tap & pay, send and receive money, recharge, and more. According to BGR India, “Jio Pay for JioPhone has been built over a tokenization platform, and it uses ‘Tap and Pay’ contactless payment through NFC in any NFC enabled POS machine. As of now Jio has onboard Axis, ICICI, HDFC, Standard Chartered, IndusInd, SBI, Kotak, YesBank, RBL Bank. It is also been said that both Credit and Debit cards (Mastercard and VISA) of these banks can be tokenized and used for payment.”   When Jio launched the NFC enabled Jio Phone in 2017, we got our hands on it and you can check out our review of the device here. 

In other Jio news, Reliance has launched the JioMart app for Android and iOS. JioMart is all set to take on online retail giants such as Amazon, Flipkart, Grofers and more and the service is currently live in over 200 cities. The JioMart Android app has been downloaded by over 100,000 users since it went live and on the Apple App Store, it is already the second-most-popular app in the shopping category. You can read more about the app here.

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