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1. Review: Huawei Honor 8 Has Almost Everything You Need in a Phone
Huawei’s Honor has launched its Honor 8 phone in India, which is also their third phone with similar dual camera specced features.
And unlike the iPhone 7 Plus (priced Rs 72,000 onwards), you get the Honor 8 at Rs 29,999 for less than half of what you pay for the Apple’s dual-camera phone.
Read The Quint review here to find out if it matches up to the hype.
2. Congrats on Your New iPhone 7, Now Let’s Protect It
Congratulations on buying your new iPhone 7. With the new cameras, beautiful screen and upgraded processors and battery, there's a lot you can do with it, as long you look after it.
Smartphones are annoyingly fragile. But there are workarounds. Try not being absent-minded about leaving that gorgeous jet black or matte black iPhone 7 on top of a table or bar, you'd be surprised how quickly it'll get flicked.
Read the full story here.
3. Watch: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Fills up House With Smoke
4. It’s Not Just You, Reliance Jio 4G Speeds Have Totally Gone Down
Reliance Jio claims to have notched 16 million users in the first month, much quicker than WhatsApp and Facebook managed. But if things aren’t resolved soon, they risk losing those 16 million users in quick time.
The best and supposedly most reliable speed test provider, Speedtest by Ookla, has publicly stated that Jio 4G speeds over the past month have drastically come down.
Read the story here.
5. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Up in Flames, Can Google Pixel Win It Now?
Samsung is yet to figure out the root cause which has led to the early demise of Galaxy Note 7 this year. But there is a lot more that the South Korean company needs to fix before entering the mobile fray yet again anytime soon.
The brand occupies a major chunk of the premium smartphone market in India. But with the Galaxy Note 7 going up in flames, and Apple already in the market with its iPhone 7 series, it’s easy to see Google create an opening for its Pixel phones.
Read the story here.
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