Chinese technology company Vivo launched their latest V9 flagship smartphone’s modified variant, Vivo V9 Youth. The customized model has been released to meet the increasing demands of their growing young and dynamic consumer base. Priced at Rs. 18,900, the device will be available in black and gold colors across all offline stores from 20th April 2018. It will also be available online on Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm Mall and Vivo E-store from 24th April 2018.
The Cupertino-based company Apple is expected to not just launch its successors to the three existing iPhone models but also some iPhone dual-SIM variants. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who is known for his accurate predictions about upcoming Apple products (based on industry sources), believes that the tech giant will launch its rumored 6.1-inch LCD model later this year with a dual-SIM option.
It was pretty surprising for the Indian Android geeks last year when Chinese electronics and software company Xiaomi released the Mi A1 in India– a stock Android smartphone. Earlier, the company had launched it in China, with the Mi 5X namesake. The device set expectations high, and now the Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X) will be launched in China, on 25th April 2018. Android and Xiaomi fans are excited about this upcoming device and have been treated to a teaser by a leaked promotional video.
Shenzen-based Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has revealed a tie-up with Marvel for the upcoming movie Avengers: Infinity War. The announcement has come just ahead of the launch of its flagship smartphone OnePlus 6. The announcement has led to speculations that a OnePlus 6 Marvel Edition will also soon be released.
American rivals Amazon and Best Buy have tied-up to sell smart television sets built on Amazon’s very own Fire TV operating system. The partnership was announced on 18th April 2018 via an official blog post by Amazon. Amazon has revealed that they will launch more than 10 Fire TV Edition models (from Toshiba and Insignia) this year. The televisions will be available exclusively through Best Buy’s own store, Amazon’s store and its retail outlets.
American e-commerce and cloud company Amazon has quietly released a new lite web browser for Android smartphones, called the Internet. In Google Play Store, it has been described as “lighter than the competition”. The app has been designed to consume less space on a device. It comes under 2MB in size and covers up to just 26MB of storage space in a device. The company claims, that the browser offers private user experience by not asking any additional permissions like other browsers to collect data. The browser is available for download via Google Play. It is compatible with smartphones running Android 5.0 Marshmallow and above.
A newly leaked information has appeared on the internet, that American multinational technology company Apple will release an iPhone SE 2 in the upcoming future. The smartphone will be an upgrade to 2016’s iPhone SE. The past few months have indicated that the company will make an announcement regarding the upcoming device soon. In the latest rumor, French website Consomac reported that Apple has recently registered several unreleased iPhone model numbers with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), a Russian-language regulatory organization.
