Amazon Diwali Sale: Todays best deals on laptops, smartphones, wearables and earphones

The Amazon Festival sale is not over yet. With Diwali right around the corner, the e-commerce platform is hosting a few more deals. Yes, they may not be as lucrative as before, but for some, the prices are still the lowest we have seen. If you are planning to upgrade your laptop, smartphones or buy a new pair of headphones during Diwali, we got you covered —  Samsung Galaxy Watch (CLICK HERE TO BUY) List Price: Rs 27,490   Deal Price: Rs 17,990   The Samsung Galaxy Watch combines both smartwatch and fitness capabilities to offer a wholesome wearable experience. It runs on Samsung's Tizen platform with support for all the major apps, and you can even insert an e-SIM for 4G connectivity. Sony WF-1000XM3 TWS (CLICK HERE TO BUY) List Price: Rs 19,498   Deal Price: Rs 14,990   The Sony WF-1000XM3 is one of the best TWS earphones you can buy today. And it's also available at its lowest ever price on Amazon for a limited period during the sale. The earphones offer active noise cancellation, wear detection, touch controls and voice assistant capabilities apart from producing one of the best sound signatures in the truly wireless category. OnePlus 7T (CLICK HERE TO BUY) List Price: Rs 37,999   Deal Price: Rs 32,999    The OnePlus 7T is one of the smoothest smartphones to use, and even after a year of release, the smartphone is still going strong in the market. That's primarily because of how well-tuned the smartphone really is, and it's ergonomic shape and size.   SBI Cards get Rs 5000 off instantly.  Mi Notebook 14 Intel Core i5 (CLICK HERE TO BUY) List Price: Rs 43,999   Deal Price: Rs 41,999   The Mi Notebook 14 is powered by the 10th-Gen Intel Core i5 CPU and sports a 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM with Intel onboard graphics.

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Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 with 10th gen Core i3 processor launched in India: Price, specifications & availability

The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition has officially launched in India as the most affordable laptop offered by the company. The 10th generation Intel Core i3 processor is at the helm of affairs powering the sleek and lightweight laptop. The Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition follows the Mi NoteBook 14 (Core i5 variant) and the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition that debuted in June, earlier this year. 

The new Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition is powered by the Intel Core i3 processor and is paired with an SSD storage. It also has an in-built webcam unlike the existing laptops in the Mi NoteBook range that are bundled with an HD webcam. Let’s take a brief look at the pricing, specifications and availability of the Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition in India.

Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition price and availability

The Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition is priced at Rs 34,999 and is offered in a single model with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage. The laptop is available to purchase from Amazon India and Mi India store online. 

As a part of the launch offers, HDFC Bank credit and debit cardholders are eligible for a 10% instant discount along with No Cost EMI offers for up to 9 months.

Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition specifications

The Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition features a 14-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution anti-glare display with narrow bezels on three sides and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The display offers a 178-degree wide-viewing angle and has an in-built HD webcam on top.

The laptop has an all-metal construction that measures 17.9 millimetres at its thickest point and weighs 1.5 kilograms.

The new Mi NoteBook 14 is powered by the 10th generation Intel Core i3-10110U processor with Intel UHD Graphics 620 and is paired with 8GB DDR4 RAM running at 2666MHz speeds and 256GB SSD storage that offers 600MB/s speeds. It runs on Microsoft Windows 10 Home out-of-the-box with two preloaded software, Mi Blaze Unlock and Mi Smart Share. With the Blaze Unlock, users can unlock the laptop with their Mi Band and the Smart Share feature helps users transfer data between the laptop and their smartphones easily.

Xiaomi claims that the new Mi NoteBook 14 has a wider area for air circulation with a large fan that quietly works to keep the laptop running at cool temperatures. Moreover, the laptop comes equipped with a 46Wh battery that Xiaomi claims can offer upto 10 hours worth of battery life on a single charge. Additionally, Xiaomi provides a 65W power adapter with the laptop that it claims can charge it from 0-50% in 35 minutes tops.

The Mi NoteBook 14 e-learning Edition is equipped with stereo speakers and comes pre-loaded with DTS Audio processing software that lets users tune the audio playback according to individual preferences. 

The laptop is fitted with a keyboard that offers 1.3 mm key travel with scissor switches and a dust protection layer. The I/O ports include two USB 3.1 Type-A ports, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI port and a 3.5mm audio jack that doubles up as a microphone-in port.

 

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Nintendo Switch Rides Pandemic Boost to Hike Sales Forecast to 2.4 Crore Units

Nintendo on Thursday hiked the sales forecast for its hit games console Switch to 2.4 crore devices in the year ending March 2021 from 1.9 crore previously, as the COVID-19 pandemic boosts consumer spending on home gaming.

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Sony launches A8H OLED TV in India priced at Rs 2,79,990

Sony’s 2020 OLED TV, the A8H is finally available in India. As of now, only the 65-inch variant is available and is priced at Rs 2,79,990. The OLED TV is a departure from the 2019 A9G OLED TV when it comes to the design. While the A9G (review) had a single tabletop stand which held the TV in the centre, the A8H has two separate feet and the TV can be mounted in two different positions. The feet can be kept so that the TV sits flush with the tabletop or it can be mounted slightly higher, giving users some space to keep a set-top-box or a soundbar.   

Sony A8H features and specifications

Like most of Sony’s flagships, the A8H runs on the Android TV platform. The UI has changed slightly in 2020, adding some elements to help make navigating the settings easier. With Android TV, users also get access to the Google Play Store and all popular streaming services built-in. You also get access to the Google Assistant. The OLED TV supports 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. 

Under the hood, the Sony A8H is powered by the company's X1 Ultimate chipset, the same one we saw on the 8K Z8H (review). The TV also boasts of Pixel Contrast Booster which helps achieve “deep shadow and bright highlights.” The TV also boasts of Sony’s 4K X-Reality Pro for content upscaling. It also brings with it Sony’s Triluminos Display. The TV also boasts of ambient optimization to change the brightness based on the lighting in the room. 

Moving over to Sound, once again we have Sony’s Acoustic Surface Audio where the entire screen vibrates to project sound. The TV has 30W of sound output. 

The TV supports dual-band Wi-Fi along with Ethernet connectivity. It supports Chromecast as well as Apple AirPlay and Apple HomeKit. For connectivity, it has 4 HDMI ports and 3 USB ports. It also has Composite video input. It has 16GB built-in storage. 

The TV does not support HDMI 2.1, but it does support eARC. However, if you are looking for an HDMI 2.1 enabled TV you can check out the Sony X90H (review). LG has also launched its 2020 portfolio of OLED and NanoCell TV in India and you can learn more about them here.  

Sony A8H Price and Availability

As mentioned above, the 65-inch Sony A8H will sell for Rs 2,79,990 starting November 5. 

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Watch Dogs: Legion Source Code Allegedly Leaked, Ubisoft Investigating the Breach

Watch Dogs: Legion, Ubisoft’s latest entry into the ‘hack the world’ Watch Dogs franchise, has reportedly been hacked. The source code for the game has been allegedly leaked by a ransomware group called Egregor, however, it is unclear exactly what data has been leaked.

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Apple Watch Series 6

The Apple Watch Series 6 is powered by the new S6 SiP and offers new hardware and software features. You get a brand new SpO2 sensor for blood oxygenation levels and VO2 MAx readings from workouts. Thanks to the new SiP we also get fast-charging of the Apple Watch for the first time, topping the battery from 5 percent to full in about 90 minutes. The Apple Watch is one accurate device when it comes to tracking different forms of workouts, recording the duration, effort and heart-rate related metrics with great accuracy. As far as the Apple Watch's smart capabilities are concerned, the app ecosystem for the Watch has come a really long way, allowing the watch to be a seamless extension of your iPhone.

The Apple Watch is arguably the most popular smartwatch in the world. Last year, Apple sold more smartwatches than the entire Swiss watch industry combined, moving 31 million units in a year, according to Strategy Analytics. The Apple Watch, in its sixth iteration, is more than just a smartwatch and far surpasses the offerings of a fitness tracker. This review looks at just how well the watch performs its job. We received a 44mm, cellular version of the Apple Watch for review.

Apple Watch Series 6 Features and Specifications

This year, the Apple Watch Series 6 offers a number of new options over and above its usual suite of features. In addition to the ECG, this year’s big addition is the SpO2 sensor, the ability to track more workouts including a host of dance forms, a crazy bright display and more. Being the cellular variant, the Apple Watch Series 6 works with both Airtel and Jio networks, and now, after a few years, with the Vodafone/Idea network too. This year, Apple is also offering two new colours; Product Red and Blue in the aluminium finish. While there are a few new features that come with the Apple Watch Series 6, a host of new capabilities are enabled thanks to WatchOS 7, such as sleep tracking, hand wash detection, app-based complications, and more. Perhaps the most important update to the Apple Watch Series 6 on the hardware front is the fast-charging that’s enabled thanks to S6 System in Package.

Apple Watch Series 6 Fitness Tracking

The Apple Watch Series 6 is one of the best devices you can get for yourself, if you’re at all interested in any kind of fitness goals. This applies to couch potatoes who’ve just discovered the drive to shed some weight, or even to seasoned athletes who want to monitor their training regime. One of the most important additions in that regard is the addition of the SpO2 sensor. While everyone obsesses over this piece of hardware for its importance with respect to COVID-19, its use for fitness is equally critical. The Apple Watch Series 6 finally offers the ability to track VO2 Max, a measure of how much oxygen your body can utilise during a workout. Over a period of time, this number should keep increasing, a sign that you’re improving with respect to your fitness. I used the Apple Watch Series 6 to track the number of my bike rides, evening walks and a few short runs, and here’s what I walked away with.

When it came to tracking my bike rides, baseline data was collected using a Garmin Edge 500 bike computer, paired with a Garmin HR chest strap and Garmin’s Speed and Cadence sensors. This combination allows for incredibly accurate tracking of bike speed, GPS, cadence and also heart-rate. Chest-strap based HR monitors are known to be more accurate than the wrist-worn ones. The data reported by the Apple Watch and the Garmin setup was near identical, with very minor variances that would fall well within the margin or error. The average and peak heart-rates reported by both the devices were the same, although the wrist-worn device did lag behind the chest-based HR sensor by a very minuscule margin. This is not so much a problem, but a result of the fact that the chest-based HR monitor is getting its data right from the heart, while the Apple Watch gets its data off the wrist, so a little time-lag is a given.

For long walks, the watch once again does an admirable job of tracking the number of steps and also your runs. For those of you who prefer to walk as a means of getting some physical activity in, Apple Watch keeps your regular walking separate from the “dedicated walk activity,” so that your activity rings aren’t populated by duplication.

Beyond just Fitness Tracking

While most trackers focus on heart rate and activities, the Apple Watch is able to deliver some very interesting metrics that make this a fitness device like no other. This includes metrics Double Support Time (time spent with both feet on the ground while walking), Walking Asymmetry (the percent of time when the step from one foot is faster than the other), Heart Rate Variability (variation in the time interval between heartbeats). All this is just a small part of the data that was generated based on my limited fitness use, which involved hiking, cycling, running and walking. If you use the Apple Watch Series 6 for any of the myriad of workouts it can track, the metrics generated could be different. Needless to say, if you’re a data nerd and like tracking your workouts based on numbers, the Apple Watch Series 6 offers a whole lot of it.

Apple Watch Series 6 Sleep Tracking

The Apple Watch Series 6, thanks to WatchOS 6, can now track your sleep as well. Surprisingly, the sleep tracking is rather rudimentary and not as detailed as you’d expect from, let’s say, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 or even the Garmin Instinct. However, if you were to use third-party apps like Pillow, they will be able to give you a stage-wise breakdown of your sleep. In terms of accuracy, the Apple Watch does manage to get the number of hours right when it comes to sleeping, but it would have been nicer for the watch to deliver deep-sleep-stats natively. Although, I fear that the biggest hurdle in the way of sleep tracking is the battery life, which we will discuss in a later section.

Apple Watch Series 6 Smart Features

The best way to summarize the Apple Watch Series 6’s smart capabilities is by simply calling it a miniature iPhone on your wrist. With the cellular connectivity, you can legit leave your phone at home during your workouts, and still remain connected to the world. There’s still no WhatsApp for the Apple Watch, but besides that, you can get calls, messages and even emails on your wrist. Most popular fitness apps have an Apple Watch compatible app as well, so you’re not really going to be missing out anything essential. Additionally, the UI of the Apple Watch is perhaps the simplest of all the smartwatches out there. Navigating between apps and screens is done using swipes on the screen and there are no hiccups in the animation. The Raise to Speak feature makes Siri genuinely super helpful, especially if you have to shoot off an urgent text or email while your hands are pre-occupied, let's say, while driving. The microphone built into the watch works decently well to take calls, but only if you lift the watch all the way to your face.

Apple Watch Series 6 Health and Fitness App

All the data collected by your Apple Watch Series 6 goes to the Health app, where its collated and organised into neat little silos. Going through the health app can be a little cumbersome, especially if you’re looking for metrics on a particular workout. For that, you need to head over to the Fitness App, which houses all the data specifically related to your workouts. Sadly, you get only the basic stuff. For my bike rides, I would have liked to see the VO2-Max stats, but sadly, the Fitness app only shows the pace, distance, heart rate and recovery heart-rate, but does not list out important metrics like peak heart-rate or the VO2 Max, which other fitness devices like Garmin’s do. This is a legit bummer for someone who is really trying to build upon their fitness and would like access to the metric. Hopefully, Apple could provide the numbers in a future update, because their devices clearly pick up the data corresponding to it.

Apple Watch Series 6 Battery Life

Apple has managed to squeeze a lot of sensors and features into the Apple Watch. All-day heart-rate tracking with intermittent SpO2 readings, an always-on display that’s incredibly bright and constantly being connected over Bluetooth to the iPhone can take a toll on the battery. In this regard, Apple has still managed to claim 18 hours of battery life, the same as the Series 5. On one hand, you're happy about getting all these new features without a hit on battery life, but then again, you realise that Apple hasn’t managed to increase battery life. I was able to run the watch for about 18 hours easy before having to put it on charge. This, while annoying, has one serious drawback. You’re going to be missing health data from every day, for the duration that the watch is on charge. This could have an impact on the calculation of your “resting” metrics such as resting heart-rate, resting calorie burn etc. If you don’t care for those, it’s still a gap in your daily health data, and it’s not something that I personally like. The silver lining here is that instead of taking hours to charge back up, thanks to the new S6 SiP, the Apple Watch Series 6 goes from Zero to 100 in under 90 minutes.

Should you buy the Apple Watch Series 6

Anyone part of the Apple ecosystem looking for a new smartwatch needs to strongly consider the Apple Watch Series 6. First-time buyers or those looking to swap out their Series 4 (or older) can definitely consider the Series 6 as a very viable option. Those with the Series 5 could do with waiting for the next Apple Watch. If you’re someone who takes their fitness metrics very seriously, the Apple Watch does offer one of the best tracking capabilities across a vast range of metrics, with the downside being the health app, which refuses to divulge granular data. If you go with the LTE edition, then you have the added advantage of being untethered from your phone. The Apple Watch Series 6 continues to offer one of the best smartwatch experiences in the industry and honestly, there’s very little reason to not recommend it. Doesn't hurt that it is the best looking smartwatch in the business as well.

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Airtel offering 3-month YouTube Premium subscription trial to select users

Airtel is offering a free trial of YouTube Premium for three months to select users in India. The telecom operator is running a trial promotion for Airtel users that is valid until April 22 under which users can avail complimentary access to YouTube Premium for three months. The YouTube Premium subscription costs Rs 129 in India but under this offer, Airtel users can get it for free.

As per the guidelines, the YouTube Premium trial offer is not valid for existing YouTube Premium subscribers and users who have opted for YouTube trials previously. Moreover, if the user has previously signed up for YouTube Music Premium or Google Play Music subscriptions or is using it currently, the Airtel offer will only provide non-music features of the YouTube Premium subscription plan.

How can Airtel users get 3-month free YouTube Premium subscription?

The YouTube Premium complimentary subscription offer is running until April 21, 2021, where Airtel users can avail free complimentary subscription to YouTube Premium for a trial duration of three months. Under the YouTube Premium subscription, Airtel users will receive advertisement-free YouTube access along with features like background playback and YouTube Music access. 

Airtel's users can check their eligibility for the offer by logging-in to the Airtel Thanks app available for Android and iOS smartphones. The offer is reportedly being offered to select users but Airtel has also released a form for its subscribers to request a trial code for the complimentary subscription. 

There are two ways for Airtel users to check their eligibility for the free YouTube Premium trial subscription:

Download and log-in to the Airtel Thanks app on Android and iOS devices

Request the trial code by filling-up a Google Form here

Do note however that the Airtel could take “up to 6 months” to send trial codes to users after filling the form. 

Additionally, after the free trial of YouTube Premium ends, users will be charged Rs 129 for continuing the access which is the standard subscription price. So, in case of users not wanting to continue with YouTube Premium after three months, they will have to manually cancel the trial subscription. 

Recently, Airtel expanded its annual Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription to cover more prepaid plans. You can read more about the Airtel prepaid plans with complimentary access to Disney+ Hotstar here.

 

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