Monday, October 1, 2018

Nokia 5.1 Plus goes on sale for the first time in India: Price, offers and more

HMD Global, the firm behind ‘Nokia’ smartphones, last month introduced the budget Nokia 5.1 Plus smartphone in India alongside the Nokia 6.1 Plus. The device is now going on sale in the country for the first time. It comes as a successor to the Nokia 5.1 that too made a debut in India few months ago. Like the Nokia 6.1 Plus, this too has a notch on top of the screen and shares some of the specifications but is a less powerful device nonetheless.

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Import duty made zero on 35 capital goods to boost mobile phone manufacturing in India

The government has exempted 35 machine parts used for manufacturing mobile phone components from the basic customs duty to promote handset production in the country, according to an official notification.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk to pay $40 million and more for this tweet

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Saturday that car-maker Tesla and Chief Executive Elon Musk had agreed to pay $20 million each under a settlement that will also see the billionaire step down as chairman after a tumultuous two months for the company.

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14 reasons to buy and not buy the new iPhones



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After Huawei, it is Oppo now that allegedly tampers the benchmarks scores

An independent research was conducted by the TECH2 team on smartphones from across brands that included Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, Samsung Galaxy Note 9, OnePlus 6, Realme 1, Realme 2, Nokia 7 Plus among others.

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Samsung targets 'Appel' by pulling a marketing stunt

Ever since the new iPhones have launched, Android OEMs have been making fun of them. We saw Xiaomi launching offer bundles using the ‘XS’, ‘XS Max’ and ‘XR’ monikers, followed by Huawei tweeting and thanking Apple for keeping things the ‘same’. The Chinese firm also distributed free power banks to those standing in the queue to buy the new iPhones. Now, Samsung too has joined the bandwagon by posting a small video wherein some Samsung executives visit a place called ‘Appel’ and distribute their smartphones.

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Why an ex-employee who always had a job "available for him" is suing Apple

The ex-engineer wants patent credit and monetary damages

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