iPhone SE 2020 Price in India – Rs 42,500 MRP

Apple has officially announced the price of iPhone SE 2020 ( 2nd Gen ) in India. It will be sold for an MRP price of Rs 42,500 for the base model. It comes in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB storage options, and will be available in Product Red, Black and White colors in India.

iPhone SE is now listed online in India on Amazon.in ( Check here ). It will be available to pre-order in the coming weeks.

iPhone SE 2020 Price in the US is $399. In India, when you convert Rs 42,500 INR to US Dollars, the price is around $555. It is considered as an affordable, budget iPhone offering from Apple, but in India, it can’t be considered as one for that big price.

We had a similar experience from Google last year when they launched Pixel 3a. The price in the US was $399 and the price here was much higher at Rs 39,999. Upcoming Pixel 4a will be sold for a similar price as well in India.

Specs Highlights

  • A13 Bionic Chipset
  • 4.7 inch HD IPS display
  • IP67 Water-Resistant
  • 12MP F1.8 main camera with 4K @ 60fps support
  • 7M F2.2 aperture front camera
  • Wireless Charging Support

Apple iPhone SE 2020 vs iPhone XR Specs Comparison

Apple surprised everyone in the tech industry by launching a new iPhone for just $399 US dollars. A lot of Android users would be tempted to jump ship and try one of these now thanks to the aggressive, quite affordable pricing.

iPhone SE 2nd Gen or 2020 Edition is powered by the same exact chipset as the one you see on the expensive iPhone 11 Pro Max. The A13 Bionic chipset is considered as the most powerful processor currently available on a smartphone, so for $399, iPhone SE has a upper hand when it comes to performance. Take any other Android phone in this price range, you would see a mid-range Qualcomm chipset instead of a flagship Snapdragon 865 5G.

In India, iPhone SE is currently listed on Amazon ( check here for the lowest prices ). It will be available to Pre-order in the coming days.

Apple iPhone SE vs iPhone XR Specs Comparisons

iPhone SE is, in fact, competing against Apple’s own previous generation iPhones. Until now, the budget variant available in the market was iPhone XR, which is powered by a generation old A12 Bionic and comes with similar features as the new SE.

iPhone XR has a bigger 6.1 inch IPS Liquid Retina display while the iPhone SE has a 4.7 inch HD display which we have seen in older generation phones like iPhone 8.

Both XR and SE feature a single 12MP F1.8 camera at the back. The usual features like Portrait mode, Auto HDR, etc are supported on both. However, since the newer SE has A13 Bionic chipset on board, it can achieve a few camera features you don’t see on older iPhones. Smart HDR and Computational photography would give pictures from the SE better quality over older iPhones.

Specs both have in Common

  • IPS LCD Screen – HD Resolution
  • 12MP main Camera, 7MP front camera
  • IP67 Water and Dust Resistant
  • iOS updates for years to come
  • 4k at 60fps support

Pros of buying an iPhone SE over iPhones XR

  • Touch ID Sensor part of Home button
  • Fastest chipset – A13 bionic
  • Smart HDR, Better Dynamic Range during Video, Computational Photography
  • Much Lesser Price – $399 only

Amazon India teases OnePlus 8 Series Launch

Amazon.in has put up a promo teaser page for the upcoming OnePlus 8 5G Smartphone. It reads “Lead with Speed”. According to the promo page, OnePlus 8 Series will launch in India on April 14th.

Since India is under lockdown, there is every chance the launch event would be streamed online instead of a physical event somewhere with all the media. It will be available to pre-order from Amazon.in soon after launch, but there is a very high chance for shipping delays.

Even though official specs are not available, since this is a flagship device, we can be sure the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset. OnePlus is also rumored to launch a mid-range smartphone this time around named OnePlus Z.

What to Expect?

  • Quad HD AMOLED displays
  • Quad Cameras – 48MP / 64MP
  • 120hz Refresh Rate
  • IP68 Certified ( First Oneplus smartphone to come with this )
  • Android 10 ( Oxygen OS )
  • Snapdragon 865
  • 5G Support

Official OnePlus 8 MRP price in India and Specs will be announced on April 14th.

Source: Amazon.in

Huawei P40 Pro tops the DxOMark Scores

Recently launched Huawei’s flagship phone P40 Pro is a camera monster. It has a main 50MP sensor with an F1.9 aperture as well as a wide-angle 40MP sensor with an F1.8 lens. Both these sensors are much bigger in size than the ones you normally see on current-day smartphones, resulting in better dynamic range, low light photography as well as better bokeh. It is actually even slightly bigger in size than the mighty 108MP Samsung sensor seen on Galaxy S20 Ultra and Mi 10.

DxOMark Score is often considered as an industry standard for customers to look at and see how good Cameras on a newly launched Smartphone is. Looking at Huawei P40 Pro’s score, we can say without any doubt it is indeed a camera monster. It scores a top score of 128 in DxOMark’s test. Head on to the source link below to see sample images, detail review and test charts to know more about the cameras inside the P40 Pro.

Source : DxOMark

Huawei launches Honor 30s 5G with Kirin 820| Specs and Features

Huawei has officially launched Honor 30s in China. This is a mid-range Android smartphone and supports 5G.

Honor 30s is powered by Kirin 820 Octacore processor and has Mali G57 GPU for Graphics. It comes in two different memory/storage configurations – 8GB ram / 128GB and 8GB ram / 256GB.

The display on the 30s is a 6.5 inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 2400 × 1080 pixels resolution. HDR 10 is supported.

One of the main highlights of this phone is it’s camera system. There are four cameras at the back. The main sensor is a 64MP F1.7 aperture lens. There are two 8MP sensors next to it – one for ultra-wide-angle shots and the other for telephoto shots. The 2MP depth sensor is also there to assist in portrait shots. On the front of the phone, there is a 16MP F2.0 aperture sensor.

The main sensor has a full-frame equivalent focal length of 26mm. The ultra-wide is 17mm wide and the telephoto lens is 80mm equivalent. In software terms, Honor 30s offers 3x optical zoom and 5x hybrid zoom.

Honor 30s comes with 4K at 30fps support with EIS / AIS image stabilization for smoother video. Ultra slow-mo 960fps is available at 720P resolution. The front camera shoots Full HD 1080P videos with AIS / EIS image stabilization.

It comes equipped with a 4000mAh battery. 40W Fast Charging is supported by SuperCharge charger.

Honor 30s Specs

  • Kirin 820 5G Chipset
  • 6.5 inch Full HD+ LCD display
  • 4000mAh battery with 40W fast charging
  • 64MP main camera + 8MP telephoto lens + 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens + 2MP depth sensor
  • 16MP front camera
  • Android 10 operating system

Due to the ongoing Huawei ban, Honor 30s will ship without Google Apps like Play Store. Since this is a mid-range 5G handset, it will be launching Globally as well as in India in the future. Official launch dates will be announced later.

Google Pixel 5 to come with Snapdragon 765G instead of 865

Google Pixel Phones are famous for their computational photography magic. The HDR+ and Night mode Google Camera offers are second to none. They often produce usable, noiseless images in even difficult lighting conditions with often just a click.

In other areas, however, Google pixel phones often fail to achieve high flagship standards.

Let’s take Pixel 4 for an example. When everyone was pushing out phones with an ultra-wide-angle lens, google chose to ship it with a telephoto lens instead. A true flagship phone should have had all 3 focal lengths on boart – telephoto, wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle. Look at iPhone 11 Pro for an example. Pixel 4 also didn’t support 4K at 60fps, which iPhones have been doing for years.

According to many reports and leaks online, Google’s 2020 flagship Pixel 5 would be a mid-range Android smartphone. While everyone else is using Snapdragon 865 on their high-end phones, Google is rumored to be shipping Pixel 5 with Snapdragon 765G instead. Thankfully, this is also a 5G chipset.

Apple is rumored to be planning to launch a mid-range iPhone in 2020, similar to its older iPhone SE. Maybe, Google wants to compete with this upcoming iPhone and had to cut costs. That would be a good reason to go for SD765G instead of SD865.

Google is also planning to launch Pixel 4a soon with mid-range specs and $399 price. It will probably launch in India as well in the upcoming months.

Snapdragon 765G Features

  • 7nm build
  • 64-bit
  • Qualcomm Kryo 475 CPU ( Up to 2.4 GHz )
  • Wi-Fi 6 Ready
  • Up to 3.7 Gbps 5G Speeds
  • Qualcomm Adreno 620 GPU
  • Bluetooth 5.0 support
  • Quick Charge AI Technology

Xiaomi Mi 10 5G India Launch Postponed

Xiaomi and Amazon.in was gearing up to launch Mi 10 5G in India on March 31st, 2020. Xiaomi has now announced on their official twitter page that they are postponing this launch as the whole country is under the lockdown. A future date will be announced once things are back to normal in the country.

Pre-order Offer Previously Announced on Amazon.in
Free Mi Wireless power bank worth Rs 2,499 + up to Rs 2500 OFF with Axis Bank Cards.

Mi 10 Specs and Features

Mi 10 is a flagship smartphone from Xiaomi and will compete against the upcoming OnePlus 8 Series of smartphones. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset.

The display is a 6.67 inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top. The maximum refresh rate supported is 90hz, which should give a fluid UI experience.

One of the main highlights of the Mi 10 is it’s 108MP main camera sensor at the back. This is a Samsung made sensor and is similar to the one we see on the expensive Galaxy S20 Ultra model. It supports PDAF as well as has OIS build in. The aperture of the lens is F1.7.

Currently, on DxOMark Mobile Phone Camera Ratings, Mi 10 shares the top spot along with Oppo Find X2.

Since this has such a high megapixel main camera, and thanks to top-end Snapdragon 865 on board, it can shoot 8K videos. 4K at 60fps as well as Full HD slow-motion videos are supported as well.

Mi 10 also comes with a 13MP F2.4 aperture ultra-wide-angle lens. There are two more sensors at the back. A 2MP sensor is used to capture depth information to use in portrait mode and another 2MP sensor next to it lets you shoot macro shots.

It comes equipped with a 4780mAh battery which supports 30W Fast charging both via adapter as well as wirelessly.

Flipkart and Amazon India suspend Online Shopping Services

Unless you are living under a rock, you would probably be some way affected by the Covid-19 Corona Virus Lockdown being in place all over India. Online shopping giants Amazon.in and Flipkart are affected as well and have suspended their online services until this pendemic is well under control.

Both Flipkart and Amazon have listed all their products except essential products as Not Available or Out of Stock.

Amazon.in Covid-19 page reads “During this time, customers are counting on e-commerce to support their social distancing and self-quarantine efforts. At every level of our company, we’re working to provide the products and services that our customers and communities need at this time.“

March 28 Update : Amazon has now resumed deliveries on some pin codes. Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mohali, Mysuru, Patna, and Raipur are some of the cities they have resumed their delivery services.

Honor Magic Watch 2 46mm India Price, Specs and Features

Huawei is gearing up to launch Honor Magic Watch 2 46mm and Honor Band 5i in India online via Amazon.in. Promo pages for these two Fitness products are already live. MRP price, Launch Offers etc will be announced in coming days.

Honor Magic Watch 2 46mm is powered by Kirin A1 chipset and offer up to 14 days of battery life. This is not an Android Wear OS watch, hence doesn’t come with app support. It has an AMOLED display and supports Always-On screen feature. Notification support is available as well.

It is also available in 42mm size, but only 46mm variant supports Bluetooth Voice Calling feature.

Honor Magic Watch can be controlled using Huawei Health App on both Android and Apple iOS. You can download new watch faces and install them on to your watch via this app. You can also update your Honor Watch to latest firmware via the app.

Like many other Smartwatches, this too supports 24/7 Heart Rate Monitoring, Sleep Monitoring, Step Counts, Calories Burnt etc.

Expected Honor Magic Watch 2 Price in India is Rs 12,999.

Specs and Features

  • Kirin A1 Chipset
  • up to 14 days battery life
  • 15 Goal based fitness modes
  • Bluetooth Calling support
  • 316L Stainless Steel Build
  • AMOLED screen
  • Alwasy-On display support
  • Personalized Watch Faces
  • Huawei Truseen 3.5
  • 50ATM Water Resistant
  • VO2Max Monitor
  • Huawei TruRelax
  • Huawei TruSleep 2.0
  • Wireless Music Playback
  • Built in Speaker and Microphone

Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10 Lite and Galaxy S10 Lite

Samsung has announced two new Lite Android smartphones – Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite.

These two smartphones have a few specs in common. It has the same display and battery capacity. There is an in-display fingerprint scanner on both as well.

Both feature Triple Camera setup at the back. However, the sensors on board are different on both smartphones.

Galaxy S10 Lite features a 48MP F2.0 aperture main camera, along with a 12MP F2.2 ultra wide angle lens and 5MP F2.4 macro lens. Galaxy Note 10 Lite on the other hand comes with 12MP main sensor with F1.7 aperture lens + 12MP F2.2 Ultra wide + 12MP telephoto lens combination. OIS is supported on both phones ( main sensor only ).

The display on S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite is a 6.7 inch Full HD+. Like every other phone in the Galaxy S Series and Note Series, these two also feature a Super AMOLED screen.

The battery on board is a 4500mAh cell with fast charging support. Galaxy Note 10 Lite – since is a Note device – supports S-Pen features.

Galaxy S10 Lite is powered by 7nm Octacore chipset while Note 10 Lite has 10nm Octacore processor on board.

MRP Price and India Launch Date are yet to be Announced by Samsung India. Stay Tuned.