Many people say 2019 was a great year for smartphones, on the other hand, some people don’t share the same opinion. The question is, will 2019 be much better? Well, upon what’s coming, that might be possible. Let’s take a look at the best 5 smartphones set to launch in 2019.

OnePlus 7

Leaks are quick to come out with teasers of the OnePlus phones before its official release scheduled as we already have a fair idea about the next OnePlus phone, which is the OnePlus 7. According to rumors the OnePlus 7 will have a 5G mobile internet (although some it is not the phone with the 5G-ready device OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has promised, as that’s going to be another release entirely) and may use a pop-up front camera to free up even more screen space.

We are anticipating an incredible experience with the OnePlus as it is set to be launched in spring.  OnePlus 7 is likely to be priced at $300 more than the previous OnePlus phone’.

Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus

The Galaxy S10 it will set the tone for Samsung’s 2019 phones as it is set to launch in March. According to analysts, the Galaxy F might be the future of smartphones phones one day, but until then the Galaxy S10 and S10 plus will be the phones to beat. However, rumors have it that Samsung 10^th generation flagships have three to choose from this year.

Stories also have it that, there could even be 5G connectivity. Samsung S10 and S10 plus are said to have rear cameras as well as Snapdragon 855 power and in-display fingerprint sensors, and it is also supposed to be the two most expensive models. We hope all rumors are true as Samsung debut the S10 on February 20 at their event in San Francisco.

iPhone 11 and 11 Max

iPhone lovers are expecting a fantastic thing from iPhone 11 as the iPhone XS, and XS Max were significant upgrades. Apple likes to surprise their customer as they keep things covered until probably September.  The leaks and renders going around seems too good to be true, but if the iPhone 11 indeed includes a pop-up camera module, a TouchBar display on its side and an iPad Pro-like stylus, then we are in for a thriller.

Ming-Chi Kuo who is an analyst stated that the future phones may still have the dual-camera lens setup and probably ditch 3D Touch. According to him, that will keep the price down. Reports have it that Apple could grab advanced 3D cameras from Sony to obtain gesture control in games, sophisticated room scanning capability and more.

Sony Xperia XZ4

Sony announced to launch its Sony Xperia XZ4 in March as the company still felt far behind its competitors in 2018. The company is determined to overcome every struggle in staying as an essential brand in the phone industry. However, Sony was not bad last year with an OLED screen and a price far less expensive than some of its competition, in the Sony Xperia XZ3.

The Sony Xperia XZ4 is said to be bold with its screen tech again, and use a 21:9 aspect display without a notch making the phone debatably the most “cinematic” phone to date, as it is close to the 2.39:1 anamorphic standard.

LG G8 ThinQ

LG’s G7 ThinQ was a good smartphone and was very solid, but it lacked some extraordinary features. Therefore, everyone is anticipating the G8 ThinQ to be the flagship that will turn-heads and standout. The LG G7 ThinQ had an ultra-wide rear camera which was good, but recently several phones have both a zoom and a wide camera.

Is entirely unclear what the G8 ThinQ which is supposed to be launched in May has or is but a Korean report suggest a foldable phone, others also believe it has a double screen where the second screen is attached to the phone. The render shows a more conventional approach, though that version could incorporate a Sound on Display feature that removes a visible earpiece from the phone’s display.

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Reports on Microsoft from unknown sources rumored last year a cloud game streaming service which is to be called ‘Xbox Scarlett Cloud’ and stories about a next console for the company which will be made mainly for the cloud game streaming service.

According to stories around the console may have basic hardware inside which can enable streaming of games from the cloud servers and do other duties. Also, it was believed that the console might feature front-line silicon. However, there are now new rumors of Microsoft to present separate CPU and GPU parts for the Xbox Scarlett.

The console is supposed to use an Arcturus 12 GPU featuring 64 ‘Arcturus Engines’ and a total of 4,096 GPU cores, as told by a Reddit take on the rumored Microsoft Xbox Scarlett console. If this is true then, we are in for a killer graphics chip contrasted with Xbox One X powered Scorpio graphics processor’s 2,560 GPU cores.

Moreover, others like PCGamesN says that Microsoft may be distinct graphics part of the Xbox Scarlett because of the total size and the believe that chip will be compound. Other theories going around shows that the new Xbox may present 7nm Zen 2 CPU cores and may even be seen with the making of a system-on-a-chip that integrates both a 7nm processor and all these powerful graphics that most of the times are complicated in making and extremely expensive. This bodes well looking at what competitors often.

Anyway, these are all just rumors that are just going around but, reports say, indeed, Microsoft will release a conventional dedicated Xbox console together with the entire graphics and processing hardware inside the box though and not heard concerning the both. All the same, with much patience, we await the exciting news about precisely the Xbox Scarlett at E3 2019

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The 2019 Motorola Razr foldable phone according to the leaked phone design will be one competitor for many phone brands especially for Samsung who has to release Samsung Galaxy X very soon. Explicitly, Motorola has affirmed the foldable phone in the making and from clear official images, which is yet the best look on the beautiful smartphone, this could be the future phone of Motorola we await.

If you follow smartphone development news, then you may by chance be aware that this story about Motorola Razr started back in 2016 and had many anticipate a next-generation Razr. However, the story continued when in the early stage of 2018, CEO of Lenovo who is also the owner of Motorola, Yang Yuanqing made mention that the company is planning on reviving the Razr design. It was further revealed that there was a patent gathered in line for a foldable phone by the company, and also leaks of the phone.

A year after, we now have a real look and recent development at what Motorola was preparing which is the fascinating 2019 Motorola Razr. S. Sheth, a designer, created a beautiful render from the official images from the company showing angles of the Motorola Razr folding phone with the opened screen also shown.

The Wall Street Journal; recently confirmed that the phone could debut this month. Many people are also expecting to see the phone at the MWC 2019. This year might see a lot of foldable phones such as LG Bendi and the Xiaomi’s Flex, but 2019 Motorola Razr is the foldable phone you should look out for this year.

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Based on rumors, some people expected a GTX 1160, but that became dead tales as Nvidia announced at its press conference at CES 2019 the RTX 2060. Nevertheless, that has sparked up other stories about a 1660 and a 1660 Ti.

This might be true as with more significant competition from AMD’s aging Polaris RX 500 GPUs, Nvidia’s are pushed to replace its last-generation GTX 1060 and other entry-level GPUs.

Nvidia’s next-generation of graphics cards lean toward a market segment above their predecessors which turns out to be a mutual aspect. The GTX 1660 can be close in competences to a GTX 1070, as the new RTX 2060 outdo the GTX 1070 Ti and explicitly, a GTX 1060 appearing similar to a speculated GTX 1650, etc.

Many stories going around tells that, the performance of GTX 1660 might be weaker than that of the RTX 2060 and if the rumors of it prices are correct then, a card that is 25% faster than a GTX 1060 would make a lot of sense.

Videocardz’s assumed performance figures supports this notion, although as limited to the notoriously difficult-to-compare Ashes of the Singularity benchmark, it seems not a solid stand to hold all the graphics cards.

It is quite clear that Nvidia’s GTX 16-series will be designed to canter AMD’s existing RX 500 series if Nvidia don not put RTX cards below that of the RTX 2060 and everything that Navi may be able to do. In any case, we are anticipating a similar performance to ensure the GTX 1660 Ti is still a workable substitute.

In spite of reports from the latter part of 2018, which proposed an argue of CES 2019 for a new-generation of non-RTX Turing graphics cards, yet, the said date has past and nothing happened. Therefore, we look to what’s to come. According to HardOCP’s sources, the GTX 1660 Ti will be launched on February 15 this year, priced at $279. They likewise trust that the rumored GTX 1660 will make a big appearance toward the beginning of March with a cost of $229 and after a $179 GTX 1650 later that month. GTX 1660 is expected to be priced well below that a $349 floor on the RTX 2060

Anyway, a $279 bodes well as that sets the 1660 Ti well within the price range of the AMD RX 590 which is the best mid-range card AMD currently offers. That additionally prevents Nvidia from quickly taking out its residual overstock of GTX 1060s, caused by the so-called, “crypto-hangover” from 2017’s major shortages.

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The web is recently seen as very unsafe as there are a lot of stories of phishing attacks, email scams, and malware. Eventually, Google has thought of its users and has made an effort to save users from such issues as according to a report from ZDNet, it has included a feature to their popular web browser, Chrome which is aimed to caution users about replicated misspelled URLs that can imitate real websites. A member of Google’s usable security team, Emily Stark also showed the feature during a recent presentation focused on web security.

The reports reveal the feature is at present in beta testing with Google Chrome Canary 70, yet can be enabled with the chrome://flags/#enable-lookalike-url-navigation-suggestions flag. Chrome will display a caution message when the feature is selected, the message is under the Ombnibar, and if the user types in a URL of a website that has false determines or seem to steal login credentials, the feature will bring out new suggestions.

An instant by ZDNet is that websites like paypall.com or coịnbạse.com are examples of fake websites, but, as per the test results, standard versions of Google Chrome will auto redirects to the official websites.

Google Chrome has a similar flag on standard non-beta. However, it does not seem to operate like in the Canary ring.  This makes it clear that the feature might not be ready yet and looking at how things are going might officially be released in the future.

Google has many security-themed features as this is not the first that the company has introduced to their Chrome browser. Google recently tried to battle sites that takeover users back button and tab history to generate views on ads. The company recently brought a quiz aimed to inform the user on how to avoid attacks.

It is quite exciting to see Google Chrome with attempts to provide auto supports. Nevertheless, I think web users must be careful and should try checking URLs they visit on the web. An indicator of a secure connection, site certificates, and other web settings is a green lock next to the URL; users are always advised to check that.

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An Xbox Live issue made many gamers who use the Microsoft’s console have it nearly out of function prompting the owner of Xbox One to manage this serious issue. Some users reported that a black screen appears not long after their console boots up and that the black screen prevents them from doing anything on the console. On the other hand, some found it very difficult accessing their save data.

Initial thoughts of some gamers were that their console might have been broken, but it turns out that the issue was solely an Xbox Live and software error, though an alarming issue that had made Xbox One quite useless for some time. On Wednesday, Microsoft tweeted that it knew about the “Xbox One console startup, title update, and sign-in errors” and also declared they would give updates on that very soon.

A tweet from the official Xbox Support account admitted the current issues with both the console and the Xbox Live service, and it says it’s working to solve the problems. Head of the Xbox Insider program, Brad Rossetti, stated that the team traced the black screen problems to a service change on Microsoft’s end.

However, as time went on, some users announced that unplugging from Ethernet can allow the console to work normally as that takes away Live connection, yet, the problem was still going on as consoles set up for a Wi-Fi network couldn’t use that solution. Fortunately, the company identified the source of the issue shortly after it started and got to resolve it.

According to Microsoft, people might face some issues getting some support but all the same advice that you can follow the current status of Xbox Live through the respective support page. We will update you on further happenings as the company is working to address all of these issues.

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Plans have solidified as it seems so likely that Samsung may use the unpacked event set on February 20 to unveil its first foldable phone.  This phone might be called the Galaxy X, Galaxy Fold or perhaps Galaxy F. The Wall Street Journal states that the company will release a fully functional foldable phone. This might help Samsung step ahead of its competitors such as Huawei who also in February will disclose its foldable phone at the Mobile World Congress, but only if the report is right.

Samsung has much showjumping on the Galaxy S10 whether or not the foldable phones arrive, however, looking at the rumors going around and the facts presented, the company might well bring the excitement to reality.

There have been a regular flow of leaks and rendered plus a rumor of an amount that differences of the phone hole-punch camera. Samsung is also set to display a 5G prototype phone capable networking the next-generation cellular network as CES speculated. Leaks again show a fascinating Snapdragon 855 chipset which will power Samsung’s next Galaxy series and propose a speedy performance that beat its previous series.

Furthermore, analysts and leakers have illustrated a Galaxy S10 jam-packed with exceptional features, such as an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, Face ID and an Infinity-O display. Also, supposedly, Galaxy S10 is to come in three configurations that are, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, Galaxy S10 Lite.

I hope all these facts and rumors precise and live to its expectations, as the company could use that to make headlines and take the top of the smartphone ladder. But, if this doesn’t happen then the path ahead could get even tougher as the Galaxy S9, and S9 Plus had quite bad sales due to quite slow sales for all phone brands last year.

The company declared that the foldable phone together with all their future phones would make use of the recently unveiled the new One UI interface, which is design to cleans up the current Samsung Experience and attempts to set icons in one group for a convince use.

This design is configured to work with Google’s 9^th version mobile software and Android Pie but not previous versions of Android.

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Seagate recently announced the launch of a new licensed Seagate Game Drive for PS4, which will be an external hard drive where users can store their files. Explicitly, the branded and unbranded Seagate PS4 external hard disk will be available in retail stores and online very soon, and it is priced at $90.

The introduction of a larger storage external hard disk has brought much excitement as PS4’s initially had to store files in fixed internal storage which had no easy way to upgrade it, therefore, if users want a better experience they had to purchase a new console that may have a larger storage capacity. The branded game drive is colored with a PlayStation logo which helps it blend with the console.

“We have thoroughly tried our new external game drive for Sony PS4, and these tests have proved the drive is enhanced for PS4 systems. The game drive has silky design feature and branding that works well with your PS4. The better part is the storage capacity that is how it has a massive increase. This gives you a chance to hold onto your most loved titles and add-ons and also making space for new games.” According to Seagate

Furthermore, the Seagate Game Drive is said to present up to an extra 2TB of storage expected to let users store up to 50 new games and can connect directly into the console via USB. Seagate brags of a game drive that will offer fast speeds which according to them, will make it seem similarly like playing on the Sony PS4’s internal drive. Also, the game drive is said to pair well with all the previously released models of the PS4 till date as long as it runs version 4.50 or higher.

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Smartphone cameras have become favorites for many people as it gets better with the introduction of new technologies and upgrades. It is therefore not shocking the camera market has greatly decreased with unstable sales in recent times. However, smartphone cameras lack one crucial feature that is usually found in cameras which is the optical zoom.

As taking technology advances, 2019 could see smartphones have such modification as reports show that Samsung has almost finalized talks with the Israeli company, Corephotonics to buy the company this year. Corephotonics is a company that specializes in optical designs and news buzzing around indicates that there might be a 25x optical zoom in the pipeline.

Looking back to 2012’s Galaxy Camera, trailed by the 2014 continuation, neither of which appeared well and made sense – yet it’s in the Samsung’s Galaxy phones that the company has genuinely begun to succeed. For instance, Galaxy S9 plus has an excellent camera unit. Admittedly, the company has a long history with cameras and phones, together with different attempts to merge the two into one.

Phone companies normally digitalize zoom in their phones which is in the form of just cropping into the image to provide a zoom impression. But then, the digitalized zoom is limited with how it works as it is quite impossible to resolve distant detail without an optical resolution. Some companies have tried in a small way to solve this issues example is the 3x zoom in the Huawei P20 Pro, which is currently seen as the best solution.

It appears a lot more is yet to come. Recently, Oppo mentioned that they are working on a 5x optical zoom module, with a 10x zoom projected after. One uncertain thing is whether Oppo is getting these optical designs from Corephotonics or not. Nevertheless, if Samsung which is one of the largest and most respected phone brands in the world, can step ahead of Oppo with a 25x optical zoom module then that would make the headlines and set the company top of its competitors. Also, Samsung can use that feature to beat the camera market in general.

We all await the outcomes of the deal and its possibility regarding what it really for your future handset as there have been no verifications on the reports yet. In any case, it will be so great to see a 25x optical zoom for the next Galaxy phone.

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With a lot of countries in view, Microsoft seems to continually see India as the key market for its next-generation Surface devices. The software giant, Microsoft, made mention yesterday the availability for its latest-generation Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 in India. Microsoft also declared that the two devices could be bought via e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and retail outlets like Reliance, Croma and other outlets.

The power of Surface devices together with Windows and Office connected through the cloud, users have the ability and are inspired by their choice of Surface device. Microsoft believes that the readiness of these next-generation Surface devices will provide amazing use, and improve productivity for its users.

According to Country General Manager – Consumer & Devices, Microsoft India, Priyadarshi Mohapatra, “The use of Surface is a great assistance for its users to develop their vision and dreams. The attractive and stylish device cords together our finest solutions to set free users’ creativity and to perfect their focus on enhancing their craft. He added that Surface will be the best buddy to users looking for discovery in 2019 and will bring their innovative ideas to existence.”

The Price of Surface Pro 6

Model              Configuration              Price             Platform

LGP-00015 Intel Core i5/8/128 ₹83,999             Online and offline

KJT-00015 Intel Core i5/8/256 ₹110,999 Online and offline

KJV-00015 Intel Core i7/16/512 ₹176,999 Offline

KJU-00015 Intel Core i7/8/256 ₹139,999 Online and offline

The Price of Surface Laptop 2 in India

Model             Configuration              Price              Platform

LQL-00023 Intel Core i5/8/128 ₹91,999             Online and offline

LQN-00023 Intel Core i5/8/256 ₹119,999 Online and offline

LQS-00023 Intel Core i7/16/512 ₹203,999 Online and offline

LQQ-00023 Intel Core i7/8/256 ₹148,999 Offline

A quick review of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop 2

Surface Pro 6 features a redesigned architecture under its cover that distributes astounding power, though the refined exterior may seem a bit familiar. The Surface Pro 6 is designed as an instrument of versatility, portability, and power and it is said to be twice faster than its antecedent.

Surface Laptop 2 remains a favorite as it provides exceptional performance for users looking for a stylish but conventional device. The Surface Laptop 2 is sleek and light, with good speed and performance. Microsoft brags Surface Laptop 2 as not just a mainstay but a style statement.

Initial reports showed a refrain of Microsoft to bring its early generation of the Surface listing to India, but in 2015, the company decided to explore the Indian market, with a declaration that it would introduce its Surface devices to the country. The India market was opened to Microsoft as the company in October 2018 made mention the launch of its latest Surface devices in the country.

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