Harish Jonnalagadda is the Regional Editor at Android Central. A reformed hardware modder, he now spends his time writing about India's burgeoning handset market. Previously, he used to ponder the meaning of life at IBM. Contact him on Twitter at @chunkynerd.
Roh Tae-moon was pivotal to the development of the Galaxy brand, and he's now overseeing Samsung's mobile efforts.
Got a new Wear OS smartwatch? Here's how you can set it up with your phone and mirror notifications, calls, and texts to your wrist.
A year and a half after its debut, the POCO F1 continues to be a great product. The hardware still has a lot of grunt left, the battery easily lasts a day, and MIUI 11 brings a host of new features on the software front.
For the last five years, Xiaomi flooded the Indian market with a wave of entry-level and budget phones, allowing it to rise up the ranks and become the country's largest phone manufacturer. Xiaomi is now focusing its attention on the premium segment in India with the Mi label, and is looking to launch high-end products in the country this year.
Samsung rolled out two variants of the Note 10 at launch — a standard Note 10 and a Note 10+ — and the manufacturer is now adding to the series with the Note 10 Lite. As the name suggests, the Note 10 Lite is targeted at the mid-range segment, designed to deliver key features from the Note 10 and Note 10+ to a wider audience
The Galaxy Note 10+ has all the features you care about. The large AMOLED panel sets the standard for the industry, the internal hardware is rock-solid, and you get reliable cameras, all-day battery life, and 45W fast charging. Here's how the phone holds up after four months of use.
Samsung has unveiled two mid-rangers in the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite. Both phones are aimed at Asian markets, and are set to go on sale in the coming weeks. Let's take a look at some of the similarities, and the areas where they differ.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau revealed on Weibo that the company has completed research and development of 120Hz display tech, with the panel set to make its way onto the OnePlus 8.
Synology has introduced a new 4-bay model in the J series, the $300 DiskStation DS420j. The NAS is now powered by a quad-core Realtek RTD1296 chipset that goes up to 1.4GHz, making it that much more versatile when it comes to handling multimedia tasks.
The Note 10 Lite comes with the same S Pen that you get with the full-fledged Note 10 series, and what's even more interesting is that the device has a 3.5mm jack. There's also a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen, 6GB/8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and three 12MP cameras at the back as well as a 4500mAh battery.
In spite of the Lite moniker, the Galaxy S10 Lite has robust hardware in the form of the Snapdragon 855 chipset, 128GB of internal storage, 6 or 8GB of RAM, and a massive 4500mAh battery with fast charging.
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has started teasing the Galaxy S10 Lite in the country, hinting at an imminent launch. A related rumor suggests the phone will debut at ₹40,000 ($562).
At CES 2020, Amazfit is making its foray into a new wearable category: rugged smartwatches. This particular segment has been dominated by brands like Garmin, Casio, and Suunto, and Amazfit believes that with the T-Rex, its value-focused strategy will allow it to gain momentum.
Swedish audio brand Dirac is launching an audio optimization app that's designed to improve the sound quality of your headphones. Leveraging custom algorithms that "boost every detail of the music," the audio app works with over 40 headphones models and is available as a public beta starting this week.
Amazfit made a name for itself in the wearable segment with the likes of the Verge, and the brand is now getting ready to launch a rugged smartwatch that goes up against the likes of the Garmin's Instinct. The Amazfit T-Rex is all set to make a debut next week at CES, and we now know what it'll look like.
With class-leading hardware and continual software updates, the Shield TV Pro (2019) stands tall over other streaming media players. I used it) for just over two months, and in that time, it has become my favorite purchase of 2019.
The Mijia Quartz Watch doesn't look like your average fitness tracker, but it is hiding a lot of smarts.
Duo has largely flown under the radar, but in the last three years it has picked up a host of updates that make it an excellent video and audio messaging platform.
Cloud game streaming has gotten a lot of attention in recent months thanks to Google's foray into this category with Stadia, and Microsoft is also set to introduce its take with Project xCloud. However, NVIDIA has been offering a robust solution in GeForce Now for some time now, and while it's still in beta, it is the best take yet on cloud gaming.
Dual-SIM phones are slowly gaining momentum in Western markets. Here's a rundown of some of the best phones currently available with two SIM card slots.