Coming back to the renders, the YouTube channel designers at Science and Knowledge have created renders of Nokia 7 Plus based on the images of the Nokia 7 Plus device, which was leaked from China. These images have much to tell about the handset specifications.

Nokia 7 Plus specifications

If one may recall, the Nokia 7 was unveiled in October of the last year and was made exclusively available for the Chinese market. Interestingly, this is the only handset from HMD Global owned Nokia brand to house glass chassis. One may expect the same for the Nokia 7 Plus that it will retain the glass chassis. It is believed that this will be the first device from Nokia to be accompanied with a full-screen design and glass panels, both on the front and the back of the handset and in between, there will be an aluminium frame. It is also said that the device will run on Android 8.0 Oreo pre-installed and will be IP54 certified.

The Nokia 7 Plus will be sporting a 6-inch IPS LCD display with a FHD+ screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The fingerprint scanner will be placed at the back side of the device and will be powered by Snapdragon 660 processor, as per the Geekbench listing of the smartphone. The phone is expected to come in 6GB of RAM option similar to its predecessor and 64GB of inbuilt memory with microSD card slot for additional storage.

Nokia 7 Plus camera

As far as the camera is concerned, the handset Nokia 7 Plus will sport Carl Zeiss certified dual rear camera setup of 12-megapixel primary sensor and 13-megapixel secondary sensor. The camera will also be supported with OIS and 2x optical zoom. The selfie snapper will be a 16-megapixel camera and the handset will be packed by a 3,450mAh battery with fast charging support. In terms of connectivity, the device Nokia 7 Plus will include a 3.5mm audio jack and USB-C port.

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OnePlus X2 Specifications

As far as the features are concerned, not much is known, but one may expect that apart from the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, the device will also be coupled with 4GB of RAM with an internal memory of 32GB or 64GB with respect to the variant chosen by the users. the variant that you will choose to buy. Furthermore, it is also rumored that the device X2 will house a classic 5.5-inch display with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

OnePlus X2 Camera

The most important part of any smartphone in today’s world is its camera. Therefore, coming to the photography, the device X2 is expected to be accompanied by a 16MP rear camera. The selfie snapper is believed to have an 8-megapixel camera sensor with Face Unlock system. The handset is supported by a 3000mAh battery and is alleged to carry a starting price tag of Rs. 15,000 and might go up to Rs. 17,000. As far as the release date of this mid-range flagship device is concerned, it is said that it will be unveiled after the rolling out of the OnePlus 6 smartphone.

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Although, the dropping of the X series appeared quite a prudent decision from the Chinese company, as the successors of X series, i.e. the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T tasted the flavour of success. Still, it would be interesting to see OnePlus coming back with the X series handsets. However, it will be too soon to say with confirmation anything substantial about OnePlus X2. Nonetheless, one can’t keep a blind eye to all the rumors, especially when most of them have turned true.

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This appears to be a prudent step from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer to let the users become aware of their advanced service in order to raise their support requests. If one may recall, the WhatsApp service has been introduced in India in January 2018 and globally it was unraveled in 2017 only. Xiaomi seems to be quick in taking up the opportunity and trying something new.

How To Use Xiaomi Mi Bunny

All those users who are interested in this service could easily avail with Xiaomi WhatsApp Mi Bunny service by sending WhatsApp message “Xiaomi” to +91-7760944500 with their name and their respective city. After receiving this message, Xiaomi will send the customers to welcome message and instantly make them posted to all the Mi events scheduled for the city of the user. In case of any customer support requests, users just need to send “Support” on the same +91-7760944500 number and they will be provided some the on-screen instructions, which they must follow to receive support service. Xiaomi has made it clear in a forum post while announcing the unraveling of this new service that it won’t be sharing the details of the users to any “third party services”.

It is not the first time that Xiaomi is trying something to remain close to users. In the starting of this month only, Xiaomi has partnered with Smartbox to offer deliveries on orders made through Mi Store app and Mi.com. This delivery will be made via automated parcel terminal centers present all across the country. As of now, this Mi Bunny service is undergoing beta tests. In future, Xiaomi might include more functionalities in its WhatsApp service.

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The video uploaded by MobileFun shows official smart cases for the Galaxy S9. The feature of the cases named S-View and Clear View will be same as that of the Galaxy S8 and S8+.

The video shows a Galaxy S8 comfortably sitting in the case which suggests that the size and dimension of both the phone will be identical. The features of the case are completely identical to that of Galaxy S8 which include checking the clock, notifications and answering calls.

The covers seem to support the phone to make it stand horizontally in order to watch videos without having to hold it in your hand. One interesting thing that can be seen in the video is that the new Galaxy S9 will also come in Purple colour variant along with the standard Blue, Black and Rose Gold colour variant. The phones are due to launch at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018.

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Nokia 1 Android Go device specifications

With the help of the FCC documentation, it is clear that the smartphone will be measuring small in terms of height and weight – 133 x 68mm and will also carry a smaller footprint in comparison to the 143.5 x 71.3 measurements of Nokia 2. This means that the handset will carry the traditional 16:9 display sporting approximately 4.5 inches. Definitely, the HMD Global is not going to give up its conventional 3.5mm audio jack on this device as well and will carry a removable battery. The FCC database also reveals that the device with the model number TA-1056 from Nokia will be supporting Cat.4 LTE coupled with dual SIM. The device will not be carrying 5GHz Wi-Fi and the presence of basic LTE makes it highly probable that this handset is the same Nokia 1 Android Go (Android Oreo) edition, which is making the rounds in the smartphone world these days.

Coming to the images that were leaked lastly of this entry-level handset, it appears that the smartphone is accompanied by a metal frame and is wrapped under a polycarbonate body. Furthermore, the camera set up at the back is packed with LED flash will be powered by a Snapdragon 212 processor just like the Nokia 2. The memory configuration is expected to be 1GB RAM and 16GB internal memory.

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Now, let’s see what happens at the MWC, 2018 tech show, where HMD Global is expected to unravel Nokia 9 flagship device with the Nokia 6 (2018) and Nokia 7 global variants. Only time will tell how far the Finnish Company is able in making the impact on the users with its smartphones when its counterparts are ready to give it a stiff challenge.

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If one may recall, a few months back PayTM introduced its Payments bank. With the help of this bank, users were given a free virtual debit card through which they got allowed to make online transactions with zero charges and no minimum balance was required. This virtual debit card works just similar to a credit card, where the details of the account holder such as the name, 16-digit number, expiry date and CVV number are present. Moving forward, now on request users may avail physical debit card. For this users need to follow these steps:

• Go to the ‘Bank’ icon present on the bottom right corner of the Paytm app and tap on it.
• Here many options are present such as the virtual debit card, Balance, Savings account details, etc. including Debit&ATC card option. Tap on this option.
• Now, with the other options like virtual debit card and option to block your card, users may find “request for card” option and then tap on this.
• After this a page with the users delivery address and card details open up. Those users who want to change the address may tap on ‘Add New’ option.
• After reading all the information, the user need to tap on “Proceed to Pay Rs. 120”.

Once all these things are done, users will receive the physical debit card on their respective delivery address within a few days.

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Interestingly, this update will introduce Face Unlock feature in the device with other intriguing features such as AR Lens to the selfie camera, Google’s Android security patch (released in January), optimizations for the Weather App, and many more such interesting things. In fact, Honor had promised face unlock feature a few weeks back and now the Chinese company has fulfilled it.

How To Activate Face Unlock Feature

The Face Unlock feature was first introduced with the Honor View 10 and now the Chinese users may activate it easily by following these steps:

• First, go to the Settings
• Go to the Security and Privacy
• Now use Face Unlock

It must be remembered that the handset already has fingerprint sensor placed at the rear side of the device and is technically a biometric authentication tool , which can unlock the Honor 7X smartphone by identifying the users face via front camera.

How To Use AR Lens

Now, users may manage the AR Lens available in the selfie camera, which will add effects to the snaps and can bring changes in the backgrounds while taking selfies. The users need to follow these steps:

• First, go to the Camera
• Go to the Modes
• Now use the AR Lens

How To Manage Lock Screen Notifications

With the help of this feature, the users can easily hide the content shown in the notifications. Follow these steps to use this feature:

• First, go to the Settings
• Go to the Security and Privacy section
• Then, go to the Face Unlock
• Now, use the Smart lock screen notifications

As of now, there is no official information when this update will be available for Indian Honor 7X users. The device sports a 5.93-inch full-HD+ IPS display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. Unveiled in the Indian market in December last year, the handset is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor with a memory configuration of 4GB RAM and 32GB/ 64GB onboard storage capacity. Packed with 3340mAh battery the Honor 7X smartphone is sold under the model numbers L21, L22, and L24, respectively all across the globe –

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During the event, the chipmaker confirmed that its latest SoCs – MT6739 and MT6580 come with Android Go support. The partnership between the chipmaker and Google was announced last month where MediaTek confirmed that Android Go smartphones powered by MediaTek SoCs will be launched by the end of first quarter of 2018. Speculations are that Reliance Jio Android Go smartphone will be launched during this period itself.

Google launched the Android Go as a lightweight version of its latest Android Oreo OS. The Android Go OS is designed keeping in mind the entry-level smartphones that come with very low RAM. The MediaTek MT6739 showcased at the New Delhi event comes with features including dual camera, face unlocks and dual 4G VoLTE support.

To recall, Nokia 1 is expected to come running on Android Go while Micromax has already proclaimed that its Bharat Go smartphone will run on this new platform out of the box.

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Interestingly, the partnership of Xiaomi and Qualcomm was announced last month on the Snapdragon 845 chipset and now since Mi 7 is not going to make it to the market, so Mi Mix 2S is likely to debut at MWC 2018 event. It is important to point out that this new model will sport an upgraded camera in comparison to the Mi Mix 2. As per the Chinese source claims Xiaomi will be using the camera sensor – new Sony IMX363, which is expected to be equipped with a dual-pixel autofocus technology for improved night image results.

It is also speculated that the device will be embracing the design of iPhone X. Hence, one may believe that the handset will carry a notch on the front and will retain the original bezel-less design pattern of the first smartphone of Mi series – Mi Mix, which was launched in 2016. It is also rumored that the handset will carry a price tag of at CNY 4,000 (roughly Rs. 40,200) when it goes on sale in China.

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Powered with artificial intelligence (AI) functionality, the Snapdragon 845 processor would enable the new Mi Mix model to feature specifications like facial recognition. Strikingly, Samsung is also going to release its handsets powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC on the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ and will be releasing these smartphones at MWC, 2018 event. Let’s see who wins the heart of the users, whether Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S or Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+.

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Apart from Nokia 2, HMD has also entered the Nokia 3 in Beta Labs and Juho Sarvikas tweets that the device will receive the update soon. One can expect that before the Mobile World Congress 2018 tech event, which will be held in Barcelona and is scheduled between February 25 to March 1, all these devices from Nokia will receive Oreo update.

If one may recall, the original Nokia 6, which was unveiled in 2017, also appears to have received the update of stable Android Oreo 8.0. Initially, the smartphone was sent for beta testing and after a few weeks, the Chinese version of the handset Nokia 6 ultimately received the stable Oreo update having a size of 1.5GB. According to a Chinese publication, this update in Nokia 6 has brought improvement in User Interface settings, better camera quality in low light, scrolling screenshot, improved power saving, screen wake for notifications, pedometer card on screen, Nokia cloud account service, background activity manager, and screen record functionality.

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Earlier, when the Android 8.1 Oreo update was rolled out to the Nokia 8, then the smartphone received several latest features such as system optimizations, performance improvements as well as a fix to the hamburger emoji with cheese on top of the patty. Only time will show how much Nokia 2 and Nokia 3 improves after receiving Android updates.

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