iPhone 8 and 8 Plus now available in India

iPhone 8 and 8 Plus now available in India

Apple has launched the and in India today, alongside 8 other countries, including Andorra, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Jersey, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia and Slovenia. In India, the device is priced at INR 64,000 ($975) and INR 77,000 ($1179) for the 64GB and 256GB iPhone 8. The iPhone 8 Plus is priced at INR 73,000 ($1117) and INR 86,000 ($1317) for the same capacities. What's important here is Apple's partnership with Reliance Jio, that has come up with some impressive launch day offers to Jio subscribers. Customers purchasing the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus from Reliance will get 70% of the amount they spend back as buyback after one year of using and returning the phone. This offer is unprecedented, and takes a major chunk out of the hefty Indian pricing. Users will be able to upgrade to the new model next year as part of the scheme. There will also be a new tariff plans specifically for iPhone customers. Both, postpaid and prepaid users, can get the new 799 plan that gives them 90GB 4G data every month, which is on top of the already free voice calls, SMS and also Jio's range of multimedia services. To avail of this offer, you will have to head over to your nearest Reliance Digital or Jio stores. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus can also be purchased from other retailers and carriers across the country without this offer.

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Huawei silently launches the Nova 2i

Huawei silently launches the Nova 2i

Another day, another Huawei smartphone appears. This time is the Huawei Nova 2i that appeared on the Malaysian department of Vmall, the manufacturers official online retail store. It comes with FullView display and four cameras and just barely resembles the already launched 2 and . The phone might look familiar from images this is actually the international version of the Huawei Maimang 6 that got . Huawei Nova 2i has a Kirin 659 chipset with octa-core CPU. The RAM is 4 GB, while internal memory is 64 GB. The screen is with 18:9 ratio but Huawei is silent about the resolution. The front panel sports minuscular bezels that are not left empty below is the Huawei logo, while on the top two cameras can be seen. They are in 13 MP + 2 MP setup for additional effects of snapped selfies. On the back, there are also two cameras, but the sensors are 16 MP + 2 MP for the very same reason. The back also has a fingerprint scanner below the vertical camera setup, while an LED flash is integrated into the antenna band. There is 3340 mAh battery to power the setup. The Nova 2i runs EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat Huawei Nova 2i offers various gestures that should make the phone experience a bit more interactive. Drawing an S with the knuckle captures a long screenshot like an article from top to bottom. Tapping twice with one finger takes a screenshot while tapping twice with two fingers starts screen recording. The colors of the phone are Blue, Black, and Gold but Huawei does not reveal much about its pricing.

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HMD official confirms Nokia phones will get Oreo by the end of 2017

HMD official confirms Nokia phones will get Oreo by the end of 2017

HMD Global GM for Australia and New Zealand confirmed that , and would get an Android Oreo update. Although this is not the first time we hear about the upgrade, the official said the company would push it before the end of the year. The three mid-range Nokia phones came with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and are receiving monthly software and security updates. There is a slight modification of the UI, but the OS is mostly the stock version of Android. will also receive Android Oreo, as Juho Sarvikas, Chief Production Officer at HMD Global, confirmed the update on Twitter and even . Now we just play the waiting game to see when will the Finnish company push the actual upgrade.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 wins Gadget of the Year at the India Mobile Congress

Samsung Galaxy Note8 wins Gadget of the Year at the India Mobile Congress

The first India Mobile Congress 2017 wrapped up this week, and the results are in won the Gadget of the Year award. According to judges, the phone got the prize mostly because of the Make for India Bixby optimization that allows the assistant to understand various Indian accents. The Galaxy Note8 is the top Samsung device of the year, in our review. The phone has a great dual camera with 2x Optical Zoom and OIS. It has 6.3 Infinity Display and Exynos 8895 chipset. The Samsung phablet is on sale in India since September 12 and costs INR67,900 ($1,038) on the companys website.

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Oppo F5 appears on posters in the Philippines

Oppo F5 appears on posters in the Philippines

, but Oppo already decided to launch a successor to the phone, dubbed selfie master. Its name is Oppo F5, and it already started popping up on various advert places. We got a tip that the phone appeared on two posters with celebrities Alden Richards and Sarah Geronimo. The Oppo F5 will have one camera on the back and will also appear to be the first Oppo F-series device with a fingerprint scanner on the back, shaped in an oval form. The poster does not reveal much about the design, but it comes with a slogan Capture the real you and a Selfie Expert moniker below. This most likely means the Oppo F5 will have dual cameras on the front. Sources also reveal that an Oppo store is about to be opened in a shopping mall in the suburbs of the Filipino capital Manila. Probably it will coincide with the launch of the F5, but we are yet to hear more about the phone. The handset is rumored to come with 6 display with an FHD+ resolution of 2880x1440 pixels in an 18:9 ratio.

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