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Phones with 120Hz Refresh Rate Displays are Coming Soon

In 2019, we saw a lot of flagship Android smartphones adopting a display with 90Hz refresh rate. These phones offered a great fluid experience thanks to it's higher frame rates. OnePlus had it on their 7T series and a lot of reviewers around the planet were impressed by the display quality. Google Pixel 4 too had a similar display on board. Samsung on the other hand, didn't release any such higher refresh rate in 2019. It was quite surprising to see that as almost all 90Hz AMOLED screens seen on other phones were made by Samsung. In 2020, Samsung is going to skip 90hz and jump straight in to 120Hz screens on their upcoming Galaxy S20 Series of smartphones. This should allow some, very butter smooth UI experience on these upcoming flagship phones. OnePlus 8 Series will also come with a 120Hz display. One other smartphone currently expected to come with a similar screen is Oppo Find X2. Oppo's Vice President Brian Shen has this to say about the display on the Find X...

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460 Chipsets

Qualcomm has today announced three new Snapdragon chipsets/processors for the Mobile platform. They are Snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460. All of these feature Octa core processors and do not come with 5G support. All these chipsets come with support for India’s NavIC satellite system. Many of the upcoming budget and mid-range Android smartphones from various OEMS will feature these new Qualcomm Chipsets.  Out of the three, Snapdragon 460 is the cheapest one and is replacing older Snapdragon 450. Many budget smartphones with around Rs 6,000 price tag in India will ship with this processor on board in 2020.  Snapdragon 720G is a 8nm mid-range processor and comes with Adreno 618 on board. It has Snapdragon X15 LTE offering 800Mbps download and 300Mbps upload speeds. Snapdragon 662 is a 11nm mid-range processor and has Adreno 610 onboard. It comes with Snapdragon X11 LTE offering 390Mbps download and 150Mbps upload speeds. Snapdragon 720G Features Smooth HDR ...

Flipkart Republic Day Sale 2020 Offers [ Jan 19-22 ]

Flipkart Republic Day Sale 2020 Offers are now Live. This sale will be available on Jan 19,20,21 and 22.  Flipkart has a lot of Mobiles, Laptops, Headphones, Electronics, Fashion, Home Furnishing, TVs and Appliances etc on Offer during this Republic Day Sale.  Check out the Top Offers page here. You can also get extra 10% instant discount with ICICI Bank Credit cards and Kotak Mahindra Bank Debit & Credit Cards. Terms and Conditions apply. Best Blockbuster Mobile Offers Flipkart has great Discount offers on Flagship Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. The Deal price is Rs 22,999 - this is the lowest price ever for Galaxy S9. ( check here ) Flagship Apple iPhone XS 64GB Price Drop offer - Get it for the Lowest price of Rs 49,999 Huawei has just launched Honor 9X in India. As a Launch Day offer, you can get it for Rs 1000 OFF @ Rs 12,999   Poco F1 8GB ram, 256GB storage, powered by Snapdragon 845 Octacor processor now sells for just Rs 16,999 ( check her...

Frequently Asked Questions about Ubuntu Linux Installation

If you have just heard about Ubuntu Linux and want to try it out, chances are you are all confused about a lot of things. This post will explain some of those FAQ - Frequently asked questions often asked about Ubuntu Linux. 1) What partition should i install  Ubuntu Linux  ? Ubuntu Linux uses EXT4 formatted partition. So, you can't directly install it on to your regular NTFS or FAT32 partitions. The mount point the operating system install on to is denoted as '/' ( root partition ). 2) I see two different versions on Ubuntu Download website. Which one should i download and Install ? LTS ( 18.04 currently ) or the other one ( 19.10 currently ) ? Generally, there are two versions of Ubuntu available to download - LTS version and a regular version with latest software and kernel. LTS means long term support - Five Years of updates will be provided. Regular version with latest software comes with Nine Months of support only. However, you can always upgrade it to the n...

Jan 19 2020 Republic Day Deals | Flipkart, Amazon India

Check out the Best Deals and Offers valid for Jan 19 2020 online in India on Flipkart and Amazon.in below.  2020 Republic Day Sale offers are now live on both Amazon.in and Flipkart. This sale will be live from Jan 19-22.  Check out the Best Deals here - Flipkart | Amazon.in Mobiles : https://amzn.to/2R4W8Q4 Electronics : https://amzn.to/38kujJ8 Fashion : https://amzn.to/374YQuB Home & Kitchen : https://amzn.to/38mntTt Republic Day 2020 Deal on  Samsung Galaxy S9  on Flipkart -  Rs 22,999  Top Deals on Echo, Fire TV, Kindle & Alexa devices ( Check here ) Home & Kitchen Products Blockbuster Deals - Up to 70% off   Books, Gaming & Software -  Up to 70% off  Deal on Nike, Skechers, New Balance, ASICs & more | Sports Shoes and Sandals - Min 40% off  Lowest Price for  Mi Band 3  - now down to  Rs 1,499   Lowest Price Ever for Sony WH-1000XM3 Premium Headphones @ Rs 20,490   ...

[ Jan 18 ] Get Early Access to Republic Day 2020 Sale on Flipkart and Amazon

As you might already know, both Flipkart and Amazon.in have announced their Republic Day 2020 Sale . Instead of having sale on seperate days, this time they both have decided to slash prices on the same dates - Jan 19-22 2020. There are plenty of Great Deals and offers coming up on Electronics , Mobiles , Fashion, TVs & Appliances, Furniture, Home Furnishing, Games etc. Check out the Early Access Sale Deal Pages here :  Flipkart  |  Amazon.in   How to get Early Access to this sale on Jan 18th ? Even though the sale goes live on 19th 12 AM, loyal customers of these platforms can get early access to this sale a day early on Jan 18th.  On Flipkart, if you have a Flipkart Plus membership, you can avail all Deals on Jan 18th at 8PM. On Amazon.in, if you are a Prime Member , you can get some of the Best Deals on Jan 18th at 12 Noon. Amazon also give Early Access to new launches before regular customers get to purchase them. Honor Magic Watch 2 42mm ...

Microsoft Edge Chromium now Available to Download for Windows and Mac

Remember Internet Explorer 6 ? During the Windows XP and Vista era, We all have used it mainly to download Chromium based Google Chrome OS on our Windows machines. Fast forward to 2020, Microsoft have themselves launched a brand new Internet Browser based on the Chromium project . World-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse. Download the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium for Windows from here and Apple Mac OS from here . Currently it is not available to download for Ubuntu Linux platform - a .deb file is expected to release sometime in the future. It is also available for Android and Apple iOS. You can install this on older Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well, even though the Windows 7 is no longer officially supported by Microsoft.  This Chromium based browser will eventually replace the current Microsoft Edge browser that ships by default with Windows 10. The update will be done automatically via Windows...