Mostly people play heavy game on there smartphone.But Now  ZTE brand Nubia has launched the Red Magic gaming smartphone, as it had announced earlier this week. A company known for gaming laptops, keyboards and mice – launched its very first smartphone last year called Razer Phone. The Razer Phone is a gaming smartphone aimed at mobile gamers. Well soon after the launch of Razer Phone, we are seeing a market for gaming smartphones. Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi announced its Black Shark gaming smartphone exactly a week ago, and now Nubia, yet another Chinese smartphone brand, has launched a gaming smartphone that’s called Nubia Red Magic.The Nubia Red Magic is a looker. One glance at it, and you will be able to tell it’s a gaming smartphone. It is made out of anodized aluminium and has four grilles at the back. Well, these aren’t speakers. Three of these are actually vents for heat dissipation, and the fourth one is a dummy, to maintain the look you know.

The Nubia Red Magic is a looker. One glance at it, and you will be able to tell it’s a gaming smartphone. It is made out of anodized aluminium and has four grilles at the back. Well, these aren’t speakers. Three of these are actually vents for heat dissipation, and the fourth one is a dummy, to maintain the look you know.

While Xiaomi’s Black Shark relies on liquid cooling, Nubia’s Red Magic relies on air cooling, and that’s what those vents are for. Having said that, the smartphone also comes coated with three layers of graphite that improve heat dissipation by 117%.

That being said, another element that adds to the looks of this gaming smartphone is the glowing strip of RGB LED lights on the back of this phone. I mean just look at it. And, what’s much more interesting about it is that you can customize it to your liking.

Nubia Red Magic specifications

Moving on, the Nubia Red Magic sports a 6-inch 18:9 display, but it has a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels, and, it also doesn’t come with the 120 Hz refresh rate that’s found on the Razer Phone. However, it has a pixel density of 403 ppi, and most of the users may not have much complaints about the display.


The Nubia Red Magic comes in 6 GB and 8 GB RAM variants. The 6 GB RAM variant comes with 64 GB of internal storage whereas the 8 GB RAM variant comes with 128 GB of internal storage. Besides, the smartphone also comes with a slider at the top on its right side. Well, this slider isn’t for adjusting sound settings, but is to enable Gaming Mode for better gaming performance, and you can also choose to block message and call notifications if you don’t want interruptions while gaming.

Nubia Red Magic price, availability

OnePlus 6, the upcoming flagship from OnePlus is expected to launch in the coming few weeks. Possibly before the end of Q2 2018. As always the Chinese phone maker hasn’t left much to the imagination with numerous teasers being release. The most of these reveal that the iconic hardware Alert Slider on the smartphone is set to get a cool new feature: users will be able to be “Slide to focus with the Alert Slider” on the OnePlus 6.

On Thursday, In a tweet on company’s official Twitter handle on Thursday, OnePlus has released a camera related teaser that suggests the Alert Slider will get capabilities to adjust focus in the phone’s camera. The tweet also shows a teaser hinting the OnePlus 6 naming scheme, similar to the one we saw earlier.  However, it is not clear that the new feature will be available in both rear camera and front camera or just in rear camera. As OnePlus’s OxygenOS is known for its highly customizable thing. Users might be able to disable this feature.

On OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T, the Alert Slider has been used to change the user profiles. It was named as ‘Do Not Disturb, Ring, and Silent.’ The Company could possibly roll new Alert Slider capabilities to older phones through future software updates.

Key Specification – OnePlus 6:

According to leaks up till now, OnePlus has confirmed that its next flagship will sport a front-facing notch, which according to them will help in increasing user experience and help them in taking more better selfies. It might also include Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and up to 256GB inbuilt storage. Also, rumors suggest the phone will get up to 8GB of RAM, will run  OxygenOS on top of Android Oreo out-of-the-box, and might get a battery upgrade over the 3300mAh unit in the OnePlus 5T.

Pricing – OnePlus 6:

If we talk about pricing, a recent leak has suggested that the OnePlus  6 will be slightly more expensive than the OnePlus 5T. The price of the 64GB variant will be  CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs. 34,200), the 128GB variant at CNY 3,799 (roughly Rs. 39,300), and, finally, the 256GB top-end model at CNY 4,399 (roughly Rs. 45,600).

Xiaomi’s BlackShark Gaming Smartphone Listed Online

It comes with a metal unibody design with chamfered edges and is covered by a 2.5D curved glass on the top. Talking about the specifications, the first smartphone from BlackShark will be coming with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 630 GPU. It also includes 8GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. We expect the device to be made available in different storage options.

As we reported earlier, the device might come with the aviation-class cooling system. Since its a gaming-centric device, we expect the company to make even more tweaks. However, we don’t expect the device to be slim or sleek like other flagship devices. While Xiaomi recently launched the MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, the upcoming BlackShark smartphone is listed to come with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.

Let’s wait and see whether it comes with MIUI skin or not. Talking about the display, it offers 18:9 aspect ratio and Full HD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels) resolution. Te BlackShark with 270680 Antutu score has crossed other Snapdragon 845 powered devices including Samsung Galaxy S9 and Asus Zenfone 5z. The BlackShark will be competing with the Snapdragon 835 powered RazerPhone. The RazerPhone came with a 120Hz display and 4000mAh battery.

Latest: BlackShark SKR-A0 Spotted on Geekbench with Snapdragon 845 & 8GB RAM

Last month, we exclusively reported about the possible launch of a gaming smartphone from Xiaomi in China. Laster, we also found the Antutu listing of the BlackShark smartphone revealing all the key specifications. Even the company also teased the design of the device by listing it on their official website. Now, the same BlackShark smartphone is spotted on Geekbench with the model number SKR-A0. The device specifications from the Geekbench are similar to the details we found on Antutu.

Based on the listing, the Xiaomi’s first gaming-centric smartphone has scored 2481 on the single core test and 8595 on the multi-core test. Earlier this week, another Xiaomi smartphone with the codename Dipper is found on Geekbench. It is mentioned to come with Snapdragon 845 SoC and 6GB of RAM. The Xiaomi Dipper has scored 2449 on the single core test and 8309 on the multi-core test.

Xiaomi Rumored to Launch Mi MIX 2S Bezel-less Smartphone Ahead of MWC 2018

As of now, there is not much information about this new Mi MIX 2S smartphone. Compared to the original Mi MIX 2, the upcoming Mi MIX 2 might not get many changes. We might get more details about this upcoming device in the coming days. Talking about the Mi MIX 2, it was launched in October in India for Rs. 35,999 and it is now retailing for Rs. 32,999. It comes with a metal frame and ceramic back body.

On the front is the 5.99-inch edge-to-edge display with Full HD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels) resolution and 18:9 aspect ratio. It packs a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 540 GPU. The variant launched in India came with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal 2.1 storage. There is a circular fingerprint sensor on the rear for unlocking the device with ease.

In the camera department, the Mi MIX 2 sports a 12MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, and 4-axis OIS. For selfies, there is a  5MP front-facing camera that comes with facial recognition technology. As seen on the Mi MIX, the Mi MIX 2 also sports a front-facing camera beneath the display. The Mi MIX 2 lacks the 3.5mm audio jack, and the users need to connect the charging cable or the headphones via a single USB Type-C port.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S to Launch on March 27th in China

Xiaomi is long rumored to launch the Mi MIX 2S as an upgrade to the Mi MIX 2 smartphone. While it is expected to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, the company has now officially confirmed to unveil the Mi MIX 2S smartphone on March 27th in China. While the Mi MIX 2 came with Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, the upcoming Mi MIX 2S will be coming with Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform.

Xiaomi in collaboration with the French Designer Philippe Starck had launched two bezel-less smartphones under the Mi MIX lineup. Now in 2018, the company launches an upgraded version of the last year’s Mi MIX 2 called as Mi MIX 2s. Xiaomi might launch the Mi MIX 3 as the successor to last year’s Mi MIX in the latter half of this year. The Mi MIX 2S was first expected to be unveiled at the MWC 2018 event in February 2018.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S to Launch on March 27th in China

Xiaomi is long rumored to launch the Mi MIX 2S as an upgrade to the Mi MIX 2 smartphone. While it is expected to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, the company has now officially confirmed to unveil the Mi MIX 2S smartphone on March 27th in China. While the Mi MIX 2 came with Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, the upcoming Mi MIX 2S will be coming with Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform.
The teaser image posted by Xiaomi on Weibo also revealed the AnTuTu score of Mi MIX 2S as 2,73,741. This score is higher than Xiaomi’s BlackShark gaming smartphone which is leaked to sport the Snapdragon 845 SoC and 8GB of RAM. With the Mi MIX 2S, Xiaomi is rumored to introduce the dual camera setup for the first time in MIX series. Even the rear-facing fingerprint sensor will be replaced by an under display fingerprint sensor

Latest: Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S Goes Official in China

Today in China, Xiaomi has officially unveiled the Mi MIX 2S as an upgrade to the Mi MIX 2. The device comes in Ceramic White and Black color options. Xiami is also including the 18K gold plated ring around the rear camera sensor on the Black variant. Compared to the Mi MIX 2, the new Mi MIX 2s comes with narrower bezels and dual rear cameras. The device comes with a curved ceramic body with Aluminum frame.

Talking about the dual rear cameras, there is a 12MP wide-angle sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a 12MP telephoto sensor with f/2.0 aperture. It comes with dual pixel autofocus, portrait mode, and 4-axis OIS. As seen on the other 2018 flagship devices, Xiaomi is also offering new AI features like scene detection, dynamic bokeh, and few others. On the rear, we can also spot the circular fingerprint sensor.

Under the hood, the Mi MIX 2S is powered by the 10nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform and comes coupled with Adreno 630 GPU and up to 8GB of RAM. The Mi MIX 2S is also the first smartphone in China to come with ARCore support. There is also 64GB/256GB of onboard storage that cannot be further expandable. The device also supports 7.5W Qi wireless charging along with quick charging.

K188 Specifications:-

• Screen Size-1.44 inch (3.56 cm)
• DisplayType-TFT
• Screen Resolution-128 x 96 Pixels
• Pixel Density-129PPI
• CPU speed-1.1 MHz
• Dimension-96X40X12mm
• Weight-41GM
• Micro Single Sim Card Supported
• 2G Bands: GSM 850/1800 / or 900/1900 MHz
• RAM 32MB + ROM 32MB
• MicroSD up to 8GB
• 280MAh Li-ion battery
• USB Supports

As we already told that you can pair this phone with Bluetooth headphones to listen to music or with other android phones to use the K188 phone as a secondary phone to make and receive the calls of another mobile. You can store around 500 number in the phonebook and 200 recent SMSs. This Phone supports Audio-MP3 and Video-3GP & MP4 formats.

In other features, you can get Calculator, Stopwatch, Calendar, Alarm, and multi-languages. In ringtones, you can choose MP3, WAV ringtones, and Vibration. In calling features you will get Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, and Loudspeaker. A different helping feature in this mobile is Chilli Zone where you can see State & Country-wise Chilli service center’s contact details.

This phone has been launched in India on 9 Oct 2017 with the price range of Rs.800 to 1200/-. This mobile is available in Gold, Rose Gold, Black, Blue, and Red colors. You can purchase it Online through Amazon, eBay & Flipkart etc and it is also available in offline stores.

Do you think this is an ideal phone or just a toy? What do you guys think about this fidget spinner cum Bluetooth dialer cum feature mobile phone? Let us know through comments below.

The largest search engine company, Google is now in a full Desi mode. Google has announced that it will be providing the Google Assistant in Hindi. The latest Google Assistant update will be available for version 6.0(Marshmallow) and above. Also, it will soon be available for Android 5.0(Lollipop), Android Oreo and iPhone as well. In 2017, Google launched the Assistant in Hindi the instant-messaging platform Allo.



Google Assistance was basically made to assist you in your daily life like it tells you about the day, show the fastest route to reach your destination, set your alarm, etc.



Giving Statement on this, Purvi Shah, Technical Program Manager, Assistant said that The Google Assistant is truly Indian, it's your helpful dost that speaks our language and understands the things to care about, from finding biryani recipes to lastest cricket score, or finding directions to the nearest ATM. In order to make it even more useful to Indians over time, developers and businesses can now build actions for the Hindi Assistant through the developer platform Actions on Google. Once an action is built, you can just say "OK Google, talk to" and access the service or content straight through your Google Assistant.



To try the new Google Assistant user can update the Google search engine from play store and then go to the setting of Google search engine, and the language from English to Hindi.



Google's rival, iPhone smartphone producer Apple co. has also made an intelligent- Assistance, Siri. Which works on iPhone 4S and above models.

Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in three popular VPN services that could leak users' real IP addresses and other sensitive data.
VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a great way to protect your daily online activities that work by encrypting your data and boosting security, as well as useful to obscure your actual IP address.
While some choose VPN services for online anonymity and data security, one major reason many people use VPN is to hide their real IP addresses to bypass online censorship and access websites that are blocked by their ISPs.


But what if when the VPN you thought is protecting your privacy is actually leaking your sensitive data and real location?
A team of three ethical hackers hired by privacy advocate firm VPN Mentor revealed that three popular VPN service providers—HotSpot Shield, PureVPN, and Zenmate—with millions of customers worldwide were found vulnerable to flaws that could compromise user's privacy.
The team includes application security researcher Paulos Yibelo, an ethical hacker known by his alias 'File Descriptor' and works for Cure53, and whereas, the identity of third one has not been revealed on demand.
PureVPN is the same company who lied to have a 'no log' policy, but a few months ago helped the FBI with logs that lead to the arrest of a Massachusetts man in a cyberstalking case.
After a series of privacy tests on the three VPN services, the team found that all three VPN services are leaking their users' real IP addresses, which can be used to identify individual users and their actual location.
Concerning consequences for end users, VPN Mentor explains that the vulnerabilities could "allow governments, hostile organizations [sic], or individuals to identify the actual IP address of a user, even with the use of the VPNs."
The issues in ZenMate and PureVPN have not been disclosed since they haven't yet patched, while VPN Mentor says the issues discovered in ZenMate VPN were less severe than HotSpot Shield and PureVPN.



The team found three separate vulnerabilities in AnchorFree's HotSpot Shield, which have been fixed by the company. Here's the list:

• Hijack all traffic (CVE-2018-7879) — This vulnerability resided in Hotspot Shield’s Chrome extension and could have allowed remote hackers to hijack and redirect victim's web traffic to a malicious site.
• DNS leak (CVE-2018-7878) — DNS leak flaw in Hotspot Shield exposed users' original IP address to the DNS server, allowing ISPs to monitor and record their online activities.
• Real IP Address leak (CVE-2018-7880) — This flaw poses a privacy threat to users since hackers can track user's real location and the ISP. the issue occurred because the extension had a loose whitelist for "direct connection." Researchers found that any domain with localhost, e.g., localhost.foo.bar.com, and 'type=a1fproxyspeedtest' in the URL bypass the proxy and leaks real IP address.

The researchers also reported similar vulnerabilities in the Chrome plugins of Zenmate and PureVPN, but for now, the details of the bugs are being kept under wraps since both the manufacturers have not yet fixed them.
Researchers believe that most other VPN services also suffer from similar issues.

According to Check Point Mobile Security Team, who uncovered this campaign, RottenSys is an advanced piece of malware that doesn't provide any secure Wi-Fi related service but takes almost all sensitive Android permissions to enable its malicious activities.

"According to our findings, the RottenSys malware began propagating in September 2016. By March 12, 2018, 4,964,460 devices were infected by RottenSys," researchers said.

Instead, RottenSys has been designed to communicate with its command-and-control servers to get the list of required components, which contain the actual malicious code.
RottenSys then downloads and installs each of them accordingly, using the "DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION" permission that does not require any user interaction.

Hackers Earned $115,000 in Just Last 10 Days

"RottenSys is an extremely aggressive ad network. In the past 10 days alone, it popped aggressive ads 13,250,756 times (called impressions in the ad industry), and 548,822 of which were translated into ad clicks," researchers said.

How to Detect and Remove Android Malware?

To check if your device is being infected with this malware, go to Android system settings→ App Manager, and then look for the following possible malware package names:
com.android.yellowcalendarz (每日黄历)
com.changmi.launcher (畅米桌面)
com.android.services.securewifi (系统WIFI服务)
com.system.service.zdsgt
If any of above is in the list of your installed apps, simply uninstall it.

Last year, HTC launched a flagship high-end smartphone that appeared to be worth the money. The reviews were generally positive, especially when it came time to point out how eye-catching the handset was thanks to those striking color choices. But, as has been the case with a lot of HTC-branded smartphones, the U11 faded out of the limelight pretty quickly.

Here one day, gone the next.

This happens to a lot of phones, of course. A lot of phones see the light of day every year, and there's only so much room in the news cycle for so many. Samsung's Galaxy S9 will rake in most of the attention throughout the beginning of this year, but even it, too, will eventually just slip out of the news cycle.

Except when it comes to comparisons. The Galaxy S9 is one of those smartphones that is so good that it will inevitably be compared to all future handsets launched this year, both from Android manufacturers and the inevitable iPhone X successor that arrives later this year.

But, just like last year, and the year before that, HTC is going to try and win over a few new potential customers, and hopefully keep the loyalists around for another extended stretch of time. That handset looks to be the U12+, which was leaked out not too long ago. It has all of the specifications that we'd expect in 2018 from a high-end flagship, including the powerful processor, the big display and minimal bezels, and more cameras than we probably need.

The image that leaked out recently shows off the back and front of the rumored handset, but the overall quality of the image isn't great. We can see all of the things mentioned above: Two cameras on the back, the fingerprint sensor, the pair of cameras on the front, and the minimized bezels. But the handset itself isn't that appealing to me. Especially that camera system on the back. I'm not a fan of that aesthetic at all. The silver stands out, and not in a good way.

But, like I said the quality of the image isn't great and maybe whatever color options HTC has in store for us this year can make that silver pop-out less unappealing.

The leak of the U12+'s specs and design got me wondering early this morning if this is going to be the handset that catapults HTC to the top of the heap again. There is a lot of competition out there, and HTC has a hard road ahead of it. And now I'm wondering what, exactly, HTC might be able to do to sway you over to their brand this year.

What, if anything, do you think HTC could do in 2018 --whether with their first high-end flagship phone of the year or some other device later on-- to convince you to either switch to an HTC smartphone, or stick with them for a little longer? Or have you completely moved on from the HTC brand? 

a massive deal in its homeland thanks to its range of well-made smartphones which deliver a polished user experience at a low cost.

Times are perhaps changing for the company, however; its Mi Mix and Mi Mix 2 phones are premium propositions and it has been eyeing up a move into western markets for quite some time.

Even so, it hasn't forgotten its budget roots, and with that in mind we're taking a look at the Redmi 5, Xiaomi's attempt to bring 16:9 screens to the masses.

It's available from online resellers such as GearBest for around £130 – making it one of the most attractive low-cost Android phones on the market right now.

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New Nokia 8110 with 4G capabilities

Microsoft and Xiaomi to extend their partnership

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Statements by both the companies
According to Harry Shun, the executive vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Research Group of Microsoft, Xiaomi is the most innovative companies of China which is growing and becoming popular in the global market. He further expanded his statement as, “Microsoft’s unique strengths and experience in AI, as well as our products like Azure, will enable Xiaomi to develop more cutting-edge technology for everyone around the world.”

In a Press release, Xiaomi also said, “Microsoft’s globally leading technologies in cloud computing and AI.”

As per the estimates of last year, Xiaomi is the fifth largest selling company. It shipped about 92.4 million phones giving a competition to Apple, Samsung and Huawei.

Although, these companies had a partnership earlier, but this one would serve to deliver more benefits. Xiaomi would get more technical benefits and supports from Microsoft if it tries to expand its market all over the world. Microsoft’s AI and cloud service would also expand with a “growing hardware partner”.

In the upcoming time, we can expect more such companies pairing up to bring something better. Yesterday, Tencent and Samsung announced its partnership and stated that their joint investment in AI and games. This partnership was much talked about in CES last month.

The new Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones will be made official at Mobile World Congress this Sunday and now the Galaxy S9 has been leaked again.

These new photos of the Galaxy S9 have a ‘Secured by Knox’ wording on the handset when it is booting up, it is not clear as yet on whether the new flagships will get additional Knox features over normal Galaxy devices.

We already know what the new Galaxy S9 and S9 will come with a similar design and similar display sizes to the S8 and S8 Plus. Processing will differ by region, a Snapdragon 845 for the US and some other countries and a Samsung Exynos 9810 for some other countries.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 is said to come with 4GB of RAM and the S9 Plus 6GB of RAM, storage will apparently start at 64GB and may go all the way up to 512GB. Both handsets will use Samsung's new flagship mobile camera. The Galaxy S9 will feature a single camera and the S9 Plus a dual lens camera.

The Nokia 8 Pro's penta-lens camera could be much more than just a mere gimmick

With the new rumour going round that Nokia (well, HMD Global) will be launching a new Nokia 8 Pro in the tail end of 2018 which will be equipped with a penta-lens camera, there is, somewhat understandably, a certain amount of confusion over what this entails.

It doesn't help that the information we actually have on the new camera hardware is extremely limited; next to nothing has been revealed so far.

Some of this seems to be manifesting as cynicism or even outright disbelief, I've seen a lot of negative comments in the blogosphere on the subject - which is fine of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it seems to me this is largely driven by some key misunderstandings.

Consumers and reviewers, it seems, get quite irritated when firms appear to "pile on more of the same", we've seen this with processor cores, we've seen it with camera megapixel ratings, we've even seen it to some degree with display sizes and resolutions.

More for, apparently, the sake of more, isn't met with much enthusiasm, as it is seen as a rather shameless arms race and cash grab. Perhaps it is seen as representing a lack of imagination and a preference to just add "more" of the same rather than truly innovate.

Now with dual-sensor cameras becoming a prominent feature of many flagships, the idea of someone coming in and throwing five on the back of a new phone does seem rather nuts.

But this is where I find myself having to defend HMD/Nokia. For starters, there is a difference with what is apparently being proposed here from the dual-sensor trend. Note the use of the word "lens" in describing a penta-lens setup, as opposed to sensor.



It's also thought to be running the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, which actually has built-in support for up to seven cameras up to a 32MP rating, with 4K video support and dual-pixel phase-detection autofocus.

According to a report from NPU, which sourced a patent by camera firm and Nokia partner Carl rotating zoom mechanism. The patent is dubbed a "miniature zoom camera".
Zeiss, this will likley facilitate a

"These multiple lenses can rotate and come in focal path of a fixed primary lens and detector. This by design will help in changing the focal length and providing with a large zoom range. The patent does mention that this is meant especially for Mobile Phones," said the report.

So it would appear this setup has five lenses, not five sensors, at most it seems to have just one or two sensors, like a current flagship dual-camera phone.

The report then went on to quote its original source:

"The invention relates to a miniature zoom camera which can be used especially in mobile phones. The invention is based on the object to provide a zoom camera, which realizes at a low depth in the direction of the optical axis of the optical system, sufficiently good image quality and a comparatively large zoom range."

"According to the invention it is provided that the miniature zoom camera having a miniaturized zoom system, which lens group and a plurality of interchangeable second lens groups is constructed (as seen in the direction of light) from a fixed first, each of the second lens group has a different focal length and is arranged on a common lens wearers and wherein the lens carrier is supported and movable, that each one of the second lens groups is positioned in a beam path between the first lens group and the detector."



Incidentally, this also fits rather well with a promo  video from Carl Zeiss and Nokia announcing their cooperation last year.

What we're looking at here, though not yet confirmed, appears to be the first true mechanical optical zoom camera in a smartphone, one which will rotate various zoom lenses in front of a main camera sensor.

Zeiss and Nokia seem to be trying to actually innovate, rather than simply adding more sensors for the sake of it - the dual-sensor trend so far has offered some limited zoom capabilities, but quite often at the cost of overall image quality.

This penta-lens tech may well be a no-compromise solution, and would also go some way to genuinely closing the gap between smartphone cameras and traditional cameras with changeable lenses.

After launching the Alcatel POP4 10 4G tablet last week, the company now launched a new tablet in the Indian market — the Alcatel A3 10. Priced at Rs. 6,999 (approx. $109), the tablet will be available for purchase exclusively through online retailer Flipkart.

The tablet features an ergonomic design and measures just 9.5mm in thickness. The Alcatel A3 10 comes with a 10-inch HD IPS display having screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

• Messenger Kids lets kids under 13 chat with friends and family, and has no ads
• Parents are able to approve who their kids can message through the app
• But, experts say it could lure kids into harmful social media practices
• And, a report claims half of safety advisory board has financial ties to the firm 

Just a few years ago, I vividly remember some of the free gifts being given away with some of the less-popular phones. Usually these would be in the back of newspapers, and you’d find some Nokia B7 Lite (I made up that name) on offer with a “free” TV. Sure, you’d spend quite a bit per month (and you’d end up with a phone you probably didn’t really want), but hey.. a TV!

Now the boys at Sky Mobile are rolling our a new offer for customers buying selected Xperia handsets. Get the handsets on Swap24 and Swap12 plans and you’ll get yourself a PlayStation 4 at no additional cost. Not only that, but they’ll also chuck in Gran Turismo Sport for you to play on your new gadget too! Oh, and if that isn’t enough, anyone purchasing an Xperia phone will also receive a Sky Store voucher, so you can watch a movie for free!

The Sony PlayStation and Xperia bundle is available on the Xperia XA2 and also includes the flagship XZ range of phones. That means you can get the XZ Premium, XZ1 and XZ1 Compact. Prices start from £25 a month for the Xperia XA2, which includes 500MB of data and Unlimited Calls & Texts for Sky TV customers on Swap24.

Sky Mobile uses the O2 masts. They include features such as…

Roll – This lets you roll over unused data into a Sky Piggybank each month. You can then use this whenever you need – for up to three years.
Mix – Create a plan of calls, texts and data that suits you. Change every month.
Save – Sky TV customers get Unlimited Calls & Texts for free.
Swap – The Swap12 and Swap24 contracts let you upgrade your phone every 1 or two years respectively. No need to change contract!

The Samsung Galaxy X will be a revolutionary device, but it won't be amazing