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Xiaomi hit the headlines this week with the launch of the Redmi 6 series in India. The company has brought three smartphones to the country, the Redmi 6, the Redmi 6 Pro and the Redmi 6A. The smartphones will also be available for purchase in this order – the Redmi 6 will go on sale Monday, September 10, the Redmi 6 Pro will go on sale on Tuesday, September 11, while the budget Redmi 6A will go on sale on the 19th September, to remind, smartphones were launched in China in June and replaced the smartphones Redmi 5 and Redmi 5A in India, launched respectively in March and November of last year.
The Chinese smartphone maker said the announced prices for the entire Redmi 6 series are introductory in nature, valid for only two months and can be revised later based on the performance of the rupee against the dollar. The Redmi 6 price in India starts at Rs. 7,999 for the integrated storage variant of 3 GB of RAM / 32 GB, up to Rs. 9,499 for the high-end model of 3 GB / 64 GB – exclusive to Flipkart. The Redmi 6 Pro price in India starts at Rs. 10,999 for the 3GB / 32GB model, going up to Rs. 12,999 for the 4GB / 64GB model – it will be exclusive to Amazon India. Finally, the Redmi 6A price in India starts at Rs. 5,999 for the 2GB / 16GB model, going up to Rs. 6,999 for the 2GB / 32GB model – it will also be exclusive to Amazon India, although all three are also available for purchase via Mi.com.
First impressions on Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 Pro
In terms of specifications, the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A are quite similar, with similar weights. the same dimensions, the same 3000mAh battery capacity, the same HD + 5.45-inch screens, and the same blue, gold, pink and black gold color variants. However, there are differences in optics with the Redmi 6A, with a smaller 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera, while the Redmi 6 has a dual rear camera 12 megapixel camera + best 5 megapixel front camera. The first is powered by an Octa-core MediaTek Helio A22 SoC, while the second is powered by an Octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 SoC.
Xiaomi Redmi 6 vs Redmi 6A vs Redmi 6 Pro: here's how the 3 Xiaomi phones stand out
The Redmi 6 Pro, meanwhile, sports a full HD + 5.84-inch screen with a notch and is powered by a SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. It sports the same camera configuration as the Redmi 6, a larger battery of 4000 mAh, available in red, black, gold and blue variants. The three smartphones are running MIUI 9.6 based on Android Oreo. Xiaomi at the launch of Redmi 6, and later in a tweet, announced that the three smartphones would soon receive MIUI 10, based on Android 8.1 Oreo.
This week also saw the launch of the red color variant of the smartphone Redmi Note 5 Pro in India. It offers the same prices, at Rs. 14,999 for the model of 4 GB of RAM, and Rs. 16,999 for the model of RAM of 6 GB.
Vivo also made headlines this week with the launch of a new smartphone, the Vivo V11 Pro, which is the most affordable in the country. At a price of Rs. 25,990, it will go on sale from September 12 in the country, via online and offline stores in the country, with pre-orders already open. Several introductory offers were also detailed.
The Vivo V11 Pro runs FunTouch OS 4.5 on Android Oreo, and sports a 6.41-inch Full HD + Super AMOLED display with a water-drop display and a screen-to-body ratio of 91, 27%. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, coupled with 6GB of RAM. It has two rear cameras with a configuration of 12 megapixels and 5 megapixels, with the exception of a 25-megapixel front camera. It comes with 64GB of built-in storage, expandable via a microSD card (up to 256GB). It runs on a 3,400 mAh battery with dual-engine (18 W) fast charge support.
The Chinese smartphone maker Vivo also made headlines this week with the launch of the Vivo V11 and Vivo V11i in Thailand, as well as the launch of the Vivo X23. Like the Vivo V11 Pro, both smartphones feature a "Waterdrop" notch and an integrated fingerprint sensor. The Vivo V11 price was fixed at 9 999 THB (around 21 800 rupees) in Thailand, and the Vivo V11i at 13 999 THB (around 30 600 rupees). In terms of specifications, the V11 is identical to the V11 Pro in India, except that it has 128GB of built-in storage. On the other hand, the V11i is a more basic version of the handset, and is powered by a MediaTek Helio P60 SoC in comparison, while wearing a smaller 6.3-inch Full HD + Super AMOLED display, and only 4 GB of RAM. Its dual rear camera configuration includes a 16 megapixel sensor and a 5 megapixel sensor, with a similar 25 megapixel front camera. Comes with 128GB of built-in storage, it runs on a 3,315mAh battery with 18W fast charge support. FunTouch OS 4.5 is based on Android 8.1 Oreo.
Vivo V11 Pro vs. Oppo F9 Pro vs. Poco F1 vs. Nokia 7 Plus
Coming from the Vivo X23, the smartphone is a premium high-end smartphone of the company, with a 6.41-inch Full HD + Super AMOLED screen, a Snapdragon 67-SoC Qualcomm, 8 GB of RAM, a dual camera sensor rear with 12-megapixel primary sensor and 13-megapixel secondary sensor, with the exception of a 12-megapixel front camera. Like the V11 and V11 Pro, it also runs on a 3400 mAh battery, with a fast charge of 22.5 W. The Vivo X23 price was set at 3,498 CNY (about 36,700 rupees).
The Huawei Honor brand was also not silent this week and launched a new economic smartphone in the country, the Honor 7S. The highlights of the smartphone include its 18: 9 screen and selfie flash module. It will go on sale for the first time this week – September 14, exclusively through Flipkart as well as by the company's own HiHonorStore.
The Honor 7S award in India was set at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone runs EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo, and has a 5.45-inch HD + screen, a MediaTek MT6739 SoC four-core, 2GB RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, a unique 13-megapixel rear camera camera with soft flash, face unlocking capabilities and a 3,020 mAh battery.
Vivo V11 Pro First Impressions
The Honor brand has had more revelations this week and has launched the Honor 8X and the Honor 8X Max in China. Both smartphones feature different display notch designs and different aspect ratios, apart from the rear glass panels and dual rear camera configurations, as well as Dolby Atmos audio support. Besides the similarities described so far, both smartphones differ significantly in terms of specifications. The Honor 8X price starts at 1,399 CNY (around 14,700 rupees) for its integrated storage variant of 4GB RAM / 64GB, rising to 1,599 CNY (around 16,800 rupees) for its 6GB / 64GB variant and 1,899 CNY (about 20,000 rupees). for its 6GB / 128GB variant. The Honor 8X Max price starts at 1,499 CNY (around 15,700 rupees) for its 64GB storage variant, rising to 1,799 CNY (around 19,000 rupees) for its storage variant 128 GB.
In other news this week, the Lenovo brand Motorola has unveiled the launch date of the Moto G6 Plus in India, and it's Monday, Sept. 10. As a reminder, the Moto G6 Plus was unveiled in April in Brazil Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play, which have already made their debut in the country. The strengths of the Moto G6 Plus are its 18: 9 screen, two rear cameras, Snapdragon 630 SoC, 4 GB of RAM, face unlocking and TurboPower quick charging. It was launched at a suggested retail price of 299 euros (about 24,400 rupees) and is expected to be available at a slightly lower price in India.
In other Motorola news, the company also launched this week the Motorola P30 Note in China. The smartphone seems to be almost identical to the Motorola One Power launched at the end of last month at the IFA 2018, with the exception of the Motorola P30 Note which also includes a 6GB variant of RAM. The Motorola P30 Note price has been set at 1,999 CNY (around 20,700 rupees) for the 4GB RAM variant and 2,292 CNY (around 23,800 rupees) for the 6GB RAM variant.
The company also announced the launch of the Android 8.1 Oreo update for Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus smartphones launched with Android 7.0 Nougat in April and March, respectively, last year.
Speaking of updates, the Taiwanese electronics giant Asus announced this week the launch of a firmware update of its popular smartphone Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1. The update brings improvements to the smartphone's selfie camera, as well as to its fingerprint sensor. Users should expect deployment to progress in stages.
OnePlus, which released an Android 9.0 Pie version as OxygenOS Open Beta 1 for users of OnePlus 6, also brought a major update this week. As a reminder, the OnePlus 6 was among the smartphones that were part of Google's Android P Beta program, and a relatively early launch of the latest version of Android is not a surprise.
Realme 2 went on sale for the first time in India this week, following its launch last month. The Realme 2 price in India starts at Rs. 8,990 for the integrated storage variant of 3GB RAM / 32GB, with its 4GB / 64GB variant priced at Rs. Rs. 10,990. The smartphone is exclusively available via Flipkart. It is powered by a SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, and features a fingerprint sensor unlike the company's first model – the Realme 1.
The Xiaomi Poco F1 Armored Edition was launched for the first time in India this week, while the smartphone also received an update bringing camera optimizations, improvements in image processing and fixes for system problems. The company also decided to reduce the time it takes to unlock the 3-day boot loader from its initial 2-month turnaround time.
Subsequently, Samsung has again announced that its foldable smartphone, long awaited, would actually be launched this year and could be launched in November at the conference of Samsung developers to be held in San Francisco. Samsung mobile manager DJ Koh made the announcement in an interview with CNBC. As a reminder, the company had included a smartphone in its 2018 roadmap earlier this year.
Now let's move on to this week's major leaks and teasers. With the launch of the 2018 iPhone scheduled for next week – Sept. 12 – it would be a good time to discuss what the latest leaks have to say. While at the beginning of last month we had heard that the 5.8-inch OLED variant would call iPhone Xs, this week the 6.5-inch high-end model will only be called not iPhone Xs Plus, but iPhone Xs Max. The week also saw the prices of all three models – including the less expensive 6.1-inch LCD iPhone 9 – being leaked. A conceptual video of the iPhone Xs, the iPhone Xs Max and their new announced Gold finish variant is also available on the Internet.
Google has announced that it will hold an event in New York on October 9 and that over the past years, as well as current rumors, the company is expected to launch the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones at the event. The event should also see the launch of the first Pixel brand smartwatch.
Another major leak this week was the Motorola P30 Play, which would have been briefly listed on the company's Chinese site. The Motorola P30 Play price included 1,899 CNY (around 20,000 Rs.). For its only integrated storage variant of 4GB RAM / 64GB, while it would work with the Lenovo ZUI 4.0, a HD + 5 screen , 88-inch Snapdragon SoC 6 dual rear camera configuration, an 8-megapixel front camera and a 3000 mAh battery.
HMD Global announced this week the launch of a new Nokia smartphone in Taiwan, which is expected to be the Nokia X7, which could be launched on the global markets as Nokia 7.1 Plus. As a reminder, a smartphone called Phoenix with a Snapdragon 710 SoC would have been launched in autumn / winter, and this could be the case. The company may launch the Nokia 5.1 Plus in the country.
Another series of leaks from the Nokia brand took place this week around the Nokia 9, the initial report on a delusional five-lens camera configuration, which will soon translate into a live image and then a rendering of concept.
Separately, Xiaomi said its Mi Mix 3 – confirmed for the first time with a camera slider and launched in October at the end of August – was this week rather sport for 5G connectivity. However, at this point, it is unclear whether this connectivity would be supported at launch or activated at any given time.
Jio celebrated this year its two-year anniversary and announced a new offer for its subscribers – they would receive 2 GB of additional free data each day from September 7 to September 11 – offering 10 GB of free data in total. The Jio Celebrations pack can be used via the My Plans section of the MyJio app. This week, the company also unveiled a new offer in collaboration with Cadbury, offering 1GB of free data to users who scan the barcode of a Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, ranging from Rs. 5 to Rs. 100.
Uber announced this week that its "Elevate" air taxi concept will reduce travel time in a city like Mumbai by 90 percent. As a reminder, at the end of last month, Uber had said that India was one of five preselected countries to host the world's third largest city after Dallas and Los Angeles in the United States. The other four countries were Australia, Brazil, France and Japan. Uber this week also announced new security features for pilots and pilots, in addition to revealing that it was in the process of making an IPO in 2019 and that it did not plan to sell its standalone technical division.
Lenovo unveiled this week its new entry-level ThinkPad notebook in India – the Lenovo ThinkPad E480, whose starting price was Rs. 32,999 in the country. The professional notebook has a military version, a 14-inch Full HD display, eighth-generation Intel Core i7 processors, up to 32GB of RAM and dedicated graphics to provide users.
Canon unveiled this week its latest full-frame mirrorless camera – the EOS R – with a 30.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, an ISO range of 100 to 40,000, a continuous shooting of 8 images / sec and video recording up to 30 frames per second. Its price is set at $ 2,299 (about 1.57,700 rupees) for the body only, with a kit announced at $ 3,399 (about 2.33,300 rupees), including a 24-105mm F4 L USM RF lens.
Finally, this week WhatsApp released an update for iPhone users, which included several new features, including a notification extension feature (a way to display images directly in the notification pane), an option Suspicious link indicator that was deployed on beta users of Android in July. The company also began this week its second phase of radio advertising campaigns in the country to prevent the spread of false information.
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