The much-awaited smartphone OnePlus 10T is all set to reveal its features and tech in front of everyone with its launch event today. As per the Indian standard time, the event will happen at 7:30 PM It will also be live-streamed from Gotham Hall, New York. Viewers who are keen on watching the event can visit the OnePlus’s social media handles or YouTube page to get all the live updates virtually.
More about the handset is confirmed, the handset will use a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip and will come in two new color options viz, Moonstone Black and Jade Green. It is expected to bring a 6.7-inch AMOLED display too.
Other features of the 5G device include a 4,800mAh battery with super fast charging speed. It will also have 150W SuperVOOC charging support similar to the OnePlus 10R.
Additionally, the OnePlus 10T comes with a triple camera system on the back panel. It will also have a widely used 50 MP Sony IMX766 sensor. The OnePlus 10T 5G is speculated to cost between Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000. The final price will be revealed at the event today.
Other details are being updated on the company’s social media pages and stories. You can also check out the OnePlus website and opt-in for the notification when the event kicks off
The Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 is all set to begin on August 6 in India. On the occasion of the Indian Independence Day 2022, Amazon is kickstarting the shopping festivities a bit early. The Great Freedom Festival sale which will be held from August 6-10 on amazon.in. Recently, Amazon hosted its Prime Day sale in India and the shopping extravaganza continues with the Great Freedom Festival where you can expect tons of deals and offers on popular products across different categories like mobile phones, laptops, TVs, audio, and home appliances and more. There will be new product launches during the sale and there’s a special cashback offer for SBI credit cardholders as well. Here’s everything you need to know about the Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022.
What is the Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022? Amazon’s six-day shopping fiesta with lots of deals and discounts
Amazon is hosting the Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 in India to celebrate the 75th independence day which is on August 15. During this six-day shopping fiesta, shoppers who couldn’t make the most of the Prime Day sale held in July can have another go at some of the most enticing deals on products across multiple categories. So if you have been holding off on getting a new smartphone or laptop for yourself or a TV for your home, the Great Freedom Festival that begins on August 6 could just be the right time to get the most value out of the deals.
When does the Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 start? Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 from August 6-10 Early access for Prime Members from August 5
The Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 starts on August 6 and will go on until August 10. All Amazon Prime members, however, will get early access to the sale from August 5. In case you are not a Prime member, the subscription is priced at Rs 179/month, Rs 459/3 months or Rs 1,499/annually.
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Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022: Bank Offers 10% discount for SBI Credit Cardholders Upto Rs 1,500 off on EMI transactions Extra Rs 500 off on large appliances and electronics worth over Rs 30,000
Amazon has partnered with SBI (State Bank of India) for the Great Freedom Festival sale 2022 and is offering a 10% instant discount to SBI Credit Cardholders. If you read the fine print, Amazon and SBI will offer upto Rs 1,500 discount on Credit Card EMI orders and Rs 1,250 off on Non-EMI transactions.
Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2022: Best deals and offers Over 40% off on mobiles and accessories Upto 75% off on laptops, audio, smartwatches and more
Amazon is offering upto 40% off on smartphones and accessories. While the deals have not been revealed yet, you can expect discounts on popular phones like the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G, Redmi Note 11, Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G, iQOO Neo 6, Samsung Galaxy M33, Samsung Galaxy A73 and more.
Likewise, there’s upto 75% off on laptops, smartwatches, headphones and more electronic products. If you wanted to purchase a home appliance, Amazon is offering upto 50% off on TVs, Washing Machines, Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Air Conditioners, Chimneys, Microwave and more.
Amazon Alexa, Fire TV and Kindle devices are getting upto 45% discount while you can watch out for Amazon brands with upto 70% savings. Moreover, 60+ products are launching during the Freedom Festival on amazon.in including phones like the OnePlus 10T, iQOO 9T and more.
You can check out the Amazon Great Freedom Festival Deals here
Contrary to popular belief, a new study has found that smartphones and other digital devices could help improve memory skills rather than causing people to become lazy or forgetful.
The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, showed that digital devices help people store and remember important information. This, in turn, frees up their memory to recall additional less important things.
Smartphones help improve memory skills
"We wanted to explore how storing information in a digital device could influence memory abilities," said researcher Sam Gilbert from the University College London.
"We found that when people were allowed to use external memory, the device helped them to remember the information they had saved into it. This was hardly surprising, but we also found that the device improved people's memory for unsaved information as well," he added.
Neuroscientists have previously expressed concerns that the overuse of technology could result in the breakdown of cognitive abilities and cause "digital dementia".
However, the findings show that using a digital device as external memory not only helps people to remember the information saved on the device, but it also helps them to remember unsaved information too.
For the study, researchers developed a memory task to be played on a touchscreen digital tablet or computer. The test was undertaken by 158 volunteers aged between 18 and 71.
Participants were shown up to 12 numbered circles on the screen, and had to remember to drag some of these to the left and some to the right.
The number of circles they remembered dragging to the correct side determined their pay at the end of the experiment.
One side was designated 'high value,' meaning that remembering to drag a circle to this side was worth 10 times as much money as remembering to drag a circle to the other 'low value' side.
Participants performed this task 16 times. They had to use their own memory to remember half of the trials and they were allowed to set reminders on the digital device for the other half.
The results found that participants tended to use digital devices to store the details of the high-value circles. And, when they did so, their memory for those circles was improved by 18 per cent.
Their memory for low-value circles was also improved by 27 per cent, even in people who had never set any reminders for low-value circles. However, results also showed a potential cost of using reminders.
When they were taken away, the participants remembered the low-value circles better than the high-value ones, indicating that they had entrusted the high-value circles to their devices and then forgotten about them.
(Except the headline, the rest of this IANS article is un-edited)
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Infinix India has introduced a new budget smartphone in the market called Hot 12 Pro. It is engined by a Unisoc T616 chip with Android 12 OS on top. The phone also rocks a 90Hz screen which is HD+ only in resolution. Let’s check out the rest of the repertoire followed by how much the device costs and where can you buy it.
Infinix Hot 12 Pro Specs and Features
Infinix Hot 12 Pro sports a 6.6-inch HD+ IPS LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, and a waterdrop notch. Within the notch resides an 8MP selfie snapper backed by an LED flash.
The back cameras, meanwhile, are a 50MP+ 2MP (depth sensor) duo. The camera island is flanked by a fingerprint reader.
Unlock the phone and inside, you get Android 12-based XOS 10.6.0 UI. This is laid on top of Unisoc T616 SoC. The internal machinery also comprises up to 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 5000mAh battery. The supported charging speed is 18 watts.
Among other things, you also get Panda MN228 glass protection, DTS Surround Sound, a dedicated memory card slot, dual SIM 4G slot, and 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C port, WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS.
Infinix Hot 12 Pro Price And Availability
Infinix Hot 12 Pro is priced at ₹10,999 for the 6+64GB model and ₹12,999 for the 8+128GB variant. For a limited introductory period though, you can purchase the bigger model for ₹1,999. You can grab a unit from Flipkart starting August 8. The available color options are Lightsaber and Electric Blue.
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With India successfully ending its mega 5G spectrum auction with bids worth Rs 1,50,173 crore for 71 per cent of total 5G airwaves.
Here is the overall breakup of the amount as well as various bands, including the super-expensive 700 MHz band that has a 5-10 km range which gives good base coverage for densely-populated areas.
India 5G auction: Selling price for each band
If we look band-wise, the pricey 700 MHz band saw bids worth Rs 39,270 crore.
Also Read: India 5G Spectrum Explained: Why 700MHz Band Matters For Best 5G Coverage
The most popular 3300MHz band saw bids worth 80,590 crore and the 1800MHz band received bids worth Rs 10,376 crore in India’s 5G spectrum auction.
The 26MHz band got bids worth Rs 14,709 crore while 800 MHz band received bids worth Rs 1,050 crore.
Around Rs 650 crore went to the 2500 MHz band while Rs 349 crore went to the 900 MHz band. The 2100 MHz airwaves got bids worth Rs 3,180 crore.
India’s 5G spectrum: Jio vs Airtel vs Vi
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio emerged as the top bidder in India's 5G spectrum auction, acquiring 24,740 MHz spectrum worth Rs 88,078 crore. Reliance Jio took the more expensive 700MHz in all 22 circles. The band has a range from 5-10 km which gives good base coverage.
Also Read: Day 7 Of 5G Spectrum Auction: 5G Services To Go Live In October, Says IT Minister
Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel was the second-highest bidder with 19,867 MHz spectrum in various bands worth Rs 43,084 crore. Airtel acquired 19,867.8 MHz spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100MHz, 3300 MHz and 26 GHz frequency bands for Rs 43,084 crore.
Vodafone Idea, at third place, received 2,668 MHz worth Rs 18,784 crore while a unit of Adani Group acquired 400 MHz spectrum in 26 GHz band worth Rs 212 crore.
Also Read: Jio Is Ready To Roll Out Pan-India 5G: Here Is What You Need To Know
Overall, the country saw bids worth Rs 1,50,173 crore for 71 per cent of total 5G airwaves spectrum in this latest auction.
About 72,098 MHz of spectrum was offered for auction and out of that, 51,236 MHz has been sold.
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The Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are all set to launch later this year and today a popular tipster has shed some light on the launch details of both these phones. Google teased the Pixel 7 series during its Google I/O 2022 presentation alongside the Pixel 6a. The Pixel 6a (review) was recently launched in India priced at Rs 43,999 and is powered by the Tensor chip featuring a 6.1-inch OLED display, dual rear cameras and more.
According to a report by Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will launch on October 6 in the US and will go up for pre-orders on the same day. As per the report, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will go on sale from October 13 in the US. While we will advise our readers to take this with a pinch of salt, Prosser has been accurate in the past with his leaks on the Pixel 6 series launch details.
Google revealed the design of the rear panel of the upcoming Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill from dishing out some of the specs of the upcoming Pixel phones. As per the leaks, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro could be powered by the second-generation 4nm Tensor processor and will likely run on Android 13 out-of-the-box.
The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are also rumoured to get a 50MP camera that uses Samsung’s GN1 sensor. As per the teaser, the Pixel 7 has dual cameras on the back while the Pixel 7 Pro has three cameras on the rear, just like the Pixel 6 lineup.
We’ll know more about the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro launch as we near the expected release date. Though, there’s no word on Google’s plans to launch the Pixel 7 series in India anytime soon.
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Activision Blizzard reported Q2 2022 revenue that beat analysts’ estimates, but adjusted sales declined 15 percent from a year ago due to a soft Call of Duty launch last fall and a slow year for the gaming industry overall.
