Smartphone Use

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  Smartphone Buyers in India Prioritise AI and Real-World Usage, Flipkart Report Shows

  A new report highlights changing smartphone buying trends in India, with users focusing more on experience, value, and everyday usability. It finds that 89 percent of buyers consider AI features, while performance, camera, and battery life are now standard expectations. Price and value remain key drivers, with many users opting for EMI options. The...

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  Lovable’s Vibe Coding Platform Is Now Available as an Android and iOS App

  Lovable, the popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered full-stack coding platform, launched its mobile app on Monday. Available on both the Play Store and the App Store, the app brings vibe coding capabilities to smartphones and lets users generate websites and apps on the go. While the mobile app does not come with the full functionality of the...

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  Poco C81x 4G vs Lava Bold N2 Pro vs Itel Zeno 100: Price in India, Specifications Compared

  Poco C81x 4G was launched recently in the below Rs. 10,000 price segment in India. It uses an octa-core Unisoc chip and has a single rear camera unit. The new Poco phone will go against the likes of Lava Bold N2 Pro and Itel Zeno 100 in the affordable phone category in India. Here's a comparison of Poco C81x 4G, Lava Bold N2 Pro and Itel Zeno 100 t...

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  Infinix GT 50 Pro Launched With Dimensity 8400 Ultimate, HydroFlow Liquid Cooling, Shoulder Triggers: Price, Features

  Infinix GT 50 Pro launched in global markets with dual rear cameras and a 6.78-inch AMOLED LTPS panel. The new smartphone is equipped with shoulder triggers, and it has a 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate chipset under the hood. It carries a 6,500mAh battery with up to 45W wired fast charging support. It boasts an N1 network management chip for...

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  Vivo X500 Series Tipped to Launch With 144Hz Displays, Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanners

  The Vivo X500 family is expected to be unveiled later this year, but the screen sizes of the smartphones have now leaked on the Internet. The lineup is said to include a model with a 6.37-inch LTPO flat screen with 1.5K resolution. It is also tipped to feature a handset with a 6.83-inch screen and a third model with a 6.59-inch screen. The lineup c...

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  Redmi A7 Pro 4G vs Vivo Y05 4G vs Realme P4 Lite 4G: Price in India, Specifications Compared

  Redmi A7 Pro 4G was launched in India earlier this week with Unisoc T7250 processor, paired with 64GB of onboard storage. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera. The Redmi A7 Pro 4G comopetes with the Vivo Y05 4G and Realme P4 Lite 4G in the entry level Android smartphone market. Here is a comparison of the three phones based on thier pricing in India ...

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  Samsung Details Switchable 2D/3D Display Technology That Could Come to Future Galaxy Phones

  Samsung has published a paper in Nature, the science journal, on the switchable 2D/3D display technology, which uses a metasurface lenticular lens-based solution. The South Korea-based tech conglomerate said that the metasurface lenticular lens-based solution will enable the company to bring 3D displays to future smartphones, tablets, and commercia...

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  Essential Voice: A Useful AI Addition to Nothing’s Intelligence Toolkit?

  With every manufacturer already having a bunch of AI tools for composing text on the fly, Nothing has decided on introducing its own AI tool built specifically for its smartphones and to work within its ecosystem of apps.

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  Qualcomm CEO Reportedly Visits Samsung Foundry in Korea to Discuss Producing 2nm Chips

  Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon reportedly visited South Korea to meet Samsung executives. The company is reportedly in talks with Samsung Foundry for the production of Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite chips, aka Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs, using a 2nm process. The next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series chipsets are likely to b...

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  Apple Working on 200-Megapixel Periscope Telephoto Camera for Future iPhone Models, Tipster Claims

  Apple is said to be testing a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens for its future iPhone models. The first iPhone with a 200-megapixel telephoto camera may not launch until 2028. That would be a massive increase over the 48-megapixel sensors used in the latest iPhone 17 Pro models. Vivo's X series smartphones and Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galax...