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Millions of users in the UK have left WhatsApp for alternative apps like Telegram and Signal

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After the changes in the privacy policy by Facebook-owned WhatsApp, the company has been criticized a lot and the same has reflected in the number of users worldwide. As per the latest reports, millions of users have already stopped using WhatsApp in the UK and have started using either Telegram or Signal. WhatsApp has been trying to convey the message to global users that the new changes are not going to compromise security and privacy and the changes have only been implemented to make the services better. 

However, it does not seem to affect the users from changing their choice of messaging app, especially when Whatsapp is not giving them any choice to not accept the changes and continue using the app. The UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said that the changes in the privacy policy are the only reason millions of users in the UK have stopped using WhatsApp and the number is going to increase even further. As per the official statement, “Users expect companies to maintain their trust and not to suddenly change the contract that they have with the users.” 

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The backlash against Facebook’s unwelcome privacy policy was already something people were aware of, but the changes in WhatsApp which do not give any other option to the users unless they accept the changes, have lead to the uproar and it seems that the company is going to have a lot of problems in the future. The same issue has also been taken into consideration by many governments and the latest example of the same is the Indian government who has been handling the case through a special committee.

Motorola launches Edge S smartphone with Snapdragon 870 chipset under budget

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When it comes to 5G enabled smartphones, almost all of them have been powered using the premium flagship chipset and have been offered under the premium flagship smartphone by every company. However, Motorola is going to change it now with their newly launched Motorola Edge S smartphone. The phone is the first to be launched with a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC chipset and will have a lot more powerful features under a budget. The smartphone has been officially launched in China and comes with a 6.7-inch FHD+LCD display and a 90Hz refresh rate. 

It also comes with a triple camera setup at the rear and has a 64MP primary sensor on the rear, along with an additional TOF sensor. In the front, the phone gets a dual-camera setup of 16MP and 8MP camera sensors. When it comes to the battery, it comes with a 5,000mAh battery support and 20W fast charging as well. The phone will come in an 8GB RAM variant along with 256GB internal storage. Since it is powered using a new chipset, it will also offer the users 5G connectivity support. The chipset is based on 7nm architecture and will be offering a clock speed of up to 3.2GHz. The phone is certified IP52 splash resistant and also comes with a headphone jack. 

Now the most interesting feature of the smartphone is the price. With so many premium flagship features, the phone will only cost around CNY1,999 in China, which is approximately Rs 22, 500 for the base variant of 6GB/128GB. The 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB will cost CNY2,399 and CNY 2,799 which will close to Rs 27,000 and Rs 31,600 in the Indian market. The prices of the smartphone are very competitive and will definitely offer fierce competition to smartphones in the same category.

Microsoft surpasses $5 billion in gaming revenue for the first time in the quarter with more than 100 million active users on Xbox Live

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Shanmugam
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When it comes to console gaming and gaming platforms, one of the most popular has been Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox. Over the last few years, the Microsoft Xbox team has been trying to push their boundaries to surpass Sony in the console war and it seems that they have made a very big leap this year with the launch of the Xbox series X. After Microsoft announced their quarter ending results which ended in December 2020, it was noticed that they had a revenue of 43.1 billion and operating income was $17.9 billion. 

Although this is a big number for the company, it never got unnoticed that Xbox content and services revenue increased 40% when compared to last year. The company has already crossed $5 billion in gaming revenue for the first time this quarter, thanks to their new generation console which has proved to take on Sony fiercely in terms of performance. The launch of Xbox Series X and Series S was the most successful in its history, with the most consoles ever sold in a launch month. 

The company has also made $2 billion in revenue from third-party titles for the first time in the quarter and has 100 million active users on Xbox Live. with Game Pass users now surpassing 18 million. As per the details, it is expected that in the future, Microsoft’s revenue growth is 40 percent driven by next-generation console sales as well as Xbox content and services revenue in the mid-20 percent range

OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei has started a new company called “Nothing”

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Sajin Vargheese
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After the launch of the OnePlus Nord series from the company, Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus decided to leave the company last year. It has still not been clear as to why he left the company but sources state that as per him, the company has changed the path it was originally built on. At that time, it was rumored that Carl Pei is going to start a new company that is going to be the competitor to OnePlus. Now, Carl Pei has confirmed that his new company is called “Nothing.” 

As per his official statement, “Nothing’s mission is to remove barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.“” When it comes to the offering that the company will be provided to the customer, they have mentioned that their first smart device will launch in the first half of the year. Now Carl Pei has previously stated that the company will be audio tech-related, but it is going to be more than just headphones. He also said that the company would be offering products across various categories and they will be revealing more information about it in the future. 

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What he said was, “The ultimate vision of having everything connected in a seamless way, that can only happen when you have multiple categories of products that are connected, The firm plans to make most of its money from hardware rather than software subscriptions, with earlier speculation pointing to a music service.” Another thing that came to light about the company was that the European head of Nothing is David Sanmartin, who was OnePlus’s European e-commerce director as well. Carl Pei also said that they would not be re-labeling the devices or someone else’s product in the market, clearly stating the production line shared by OnePlus and Oppo.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra to use low power OLED displays

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Ramana Rishi
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After the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series, it was well known that the company has spent a lot of time in the research and development of the Ultra variant. Earlier this week, Samsung also announced a new low powered OLED display for the Ultra variant which will be powering up the Galaxy S21 Ultra and would lead to 16 percent less power consumption. The details that have been related by CNET, says that the new OLED screen has a lower power draw by speeding up electron flows in the screen’s organic layer. 

As per the statement from Jeeho Baek, head of the Mobile Display Sales, Marketing & Product Planning Office of Samsung, “ The constant progression of display technologies has increased demand for lower power consumption to enable features such as larger screens, faster display driving, and greater resolution.“” As per the details provided by them about the new OLED displays, acceleration of the flow of electrons through the display’s layers would increase the brightness of the light produced whilst consuming less power, which raises battery life, as per official Samsung notes. 

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The company has been researching this for a very long time and has agreed to the point that their previous handsets were drawing a lot of power. However, using this new display technology would make sure that the battery lasts a lot longer and the screen does not extract as much power as before. Apart from the display, the company has also made a lot of changes in terms of software to manage the efficient use of display energy.

FAUG mobile game finally launched on Google Play Store

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Alex Infant
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The highly anticipated mobile game FAU-G has now been released on the Android platform as promised by the developers on January 26. nCore Games, who has developed the game has designed it as an alternative to PUBG. Although the initial launch of the game was expected in September, the development of the game delayed it to launch in January 2021. After the pre-registration of the game went live in December last year, it saw over four million pre-registrations on the Google Play Store. 

Those who have already downloaded and installed the game on their mobile device must have noticed that it currently only offers campaign mode, where the player has to follow a story about the Galwan valley. However, the game shows two other modes called the battle royale and PvP mode, labeled as coming soon. The game is currently available to download for free on the Google Play Store, with no confirmation as to when it will appear for iOS devices. 

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The developers nCore have confirmed that the game will be compatible with all the Android handsets running Android version 8 and above. The game has already got a lot of popularity and the developers are all set to bring new weapons and modes in the future through updates. If you have still not tried this game or have not pre-registered for it, you can simply search and download the game on the Google Play store to decide if the game meets the expectation that it was created at the time PUBG was banned.

Samsung reportedly working on a Galaxy Tab S7 Lite version

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Sriram
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After Samsung released the Galaxy S20 series last year, they also came up with the Galaxy S21 FE smartphone which was the lighter version of the premium flagship. Since the phone gained a lot of popularity, the company decided to bring in the light version of the premium devices every year. Now as per the latest reports, Samsung is currently working on a Galaxy Tab S7 Lite, which is the lighter version of the Galaxy Tab S7.

The tablets are expected to bring in most of the elements of the premium tablet S7 and will also be 5G compatible. The company is expected to have two different versions in S7 Lite, which will be Wi-Fi only, and Wi-Fi + LTE and 5G. It has not yet been confirmed by the company, but it is expected that the new tablet is the S7 Lite version. On the other hand, some also expect Samsing to bring out this tablet with a new name and series as Galaxy Tab S8e.

The company has already done the same with Galaxy Tab S6 when they introduced the LIte version for the same last year with a starting price of Rs 27,999 for the Wi-Fi variant.. At that time, the Lite version of the Tab 6 version had some really good and premium specs as well and also had the support for the S Pen. It came with a 10.4-inch screen, Dolby Atmos support, and a 7,040 mAh battery, which shows that the company will pack the lite version with great specs this time as well.

Nokia to launch three new smartphones in Q1 2021

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Shanmugam
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When it comes to the smartphone market, Nokia has been trying to offer a wide range to get more users and increase its market share In the same trend, the company is now preparing to launch three more smartphones in the first quarter of 2021. The three smartphones that are expected to launch in the coming days are Nokia 1.4, Nokia 6.3, and the Nokia 7.3.

Among the three, Nokia 1.4 is the new one to join the list. NokiaPowerUser is a website that keeps a track of smartphones that will be launched in the future by Nokia, and it claims that the first phone to launch among the series will be the Nokia 1.4 that is expected to launch in February. The report also said that the smartphone will come with a 6.51-inch screen and HD+ LCD display. It will be powered using a quad-core processor and will have 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

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It is said to be priced under EUR100, which is approximately Rs 9,000. However, if this remains the price at launch, then this phone might not be as popular in the market because there are much better options in the market at this price range. The Nokia 6.3 is expected to be powered using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SoC and house a 24-megapixel camera. The Nokia 7.3 is expected to be powered using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 SoC. Although these phones are rumored to launch soon, there has been no official confirmation from Nokia on the same.

Vivo to announce Vivo S7t with Dimensity 820 chipset

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Sajin Vargheese
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Vivo has been on a spree of launches when it comes to smartphones and recently another smartphone called the S7t has appeared in the rumors. The information was given by the tipster Digital Chat Station, who confirmed that Vivo is going to bring the third smartphone in the S7 series called the S7t. The phone is expected to be powered using the Mediatek Dimensity 820 SoC. The S7 series started launching in the month of August last month with the S7 5G and the S7e 5G in the month of November.

Now, the third phone in the series will have a 6.44-inch FullHD+ AMOLED display and a 4,000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging support. The phone is expected to be the same as Vivo S7 and will have a total of 5 cameras on the phone. The rear will get a triple camera setup with 64MP as the primary sensor and the front will have a dual-camera setup with 44MP and 8MP camera sensor.

As per the specs, the camera performance and quality in the smartphone is said to surpass the performance of camera sensors in the other two smartphones in the S7 series. The phone is expected to come in an 8GB RAM version where the users will have the option of 128GB or 256GB internal memory space. It is currently unclear as to when the company is expecting to launch the phone in the market, but it is rumored that the phone can be launched in the month of February 2021.

Realme X7 and X7 Pro launching in India on February 4

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Ramana Rishi
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A few days back details started coming in from Realme that they will soon launch the Realme X7 and X7 pro in the Indian market. The smartphone has finally been teased on the e-commerce giant Flipkart and seems like the launch is days away. The launch date was also revealed by the leaks on Twitter which is expected to be February 4. The phone is said to be the next big offering from the company in the mid-range market for smartphones. 

The realm X7 is said to have two variants of 6 and 8 GB, which will be paired with 128GB of inbuilt storage and the option to expand the memory through a microSD card. On the other hand, the X& Pro variant will only come with an 8GB and 128 variant for the users in Fantasy and Mystic Black color version. The CEO Madhav Sheth, of Realme smartphones, has tweeted an image of the new X7 smartphones a while back in Nebula color variant, something very similar to the Realme V15 smartphone that came in the “Koi” color variant. 

Apart from these details, the phone is expected to have a triple camera setup, similar to those of the V15 model. A lot of elements in the X7 smartphones series seems to come from the Realme V15 smartphones as it was also recently spotted on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) site, after its launch in the Chinese market. For now, no official details are available for the smartphone, but it is expected that a lot more details will be teased before its launch.

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