Xiaomi launches Redmi 4A, a phone priced for low budget spenders who aim for decent specs

Xiaomi launches Redmi 4A, a phone priced for low budget spenders who aim for decent specs

xiaomi Unknown   11:02 PM

Xiaomi, Chinese brand is finally launching a low budget phone in Indian market. Xiaomi is enjoying the number three position in Indian market. The company success secrets lie mainly on high-end smartphones that are offered at a low price.

Now, Xiaomi is launching yet another low-end phone by LTE with VoLTE smartphone called Xiaomi Redmi 4A. It is the low end of smartphone that is priced at 5,999. The phones ar available in Dark gray, Gold and Rose color options.

The phones will be available on Amazon and will officially go for sale on 23rd March 2017. In India, Amazon has announced launch offers. Idea network provides bundle data for Redmi 4A users.

28Gb data offer on Xiaomi Redmi 4A

Idea prepaid users by buying Xiaomi Redmi 4A from Amazon India will get 28GB of 4G data by recharging with Rs.343. The daily data consumption limit with this pack is 1GB. Along with the data, Redmi 4A users will also get 300 minutes of free calls per day and 3000 local and STD SMS  per month.The validity of this recharge pack is 28 days. The offer will expire on June 30, 2017.

Xiaomi Redmi 4A launch offers on Amazon

The Amazon website will be provided launch offers include a Rs.50 on official Mi cases for the smartphones the price of cases Rs.399 to Rs.349. and Rs 200 promotional discount for the store.the store credit will be provided only to the first 1000,000 customers; the eligible members to credit within 90 days of alleging the offer.

Specifications of Xiaomi Redmi 4A

- The smartphone has a polycarbonate body, hybrid dual sim card slot runs MIUI 8 based on Android    6.0 marshmallow.the smartphone 5-inch HD.

- The Display (720X1280),1.4Gz quad-core Snapdragon 425 SOC coupled with Adreno 308 GPU and 2GB RAM.it comes with 16GB internal storage, supports micro SD card up to 128GB and has IR blaster.

- The rear camera has a 13-megapixel sensor with PDAF, a 5-lens system, a f/2.2 aperture and is backed by a LED flash.The front camera bears a 5-megapixel sensor with a f/2.2 aperture and 3120mAh battery with fast charging support.

Causes for Galaxy note 7 explosions will be revealed by Samsung on Monday

Causes for Galaxy note 7 explosions will be revealed by Samsung on Monday

Technology Praveen Penugonda   8:21 AM

Samsung will hold a press conference on Monday i.e January 23 at 10 am KST(Korean standard time)/ on January 22 at 8 pm ET(Eastern time) , where it will reveal the cause of Galaxy Note 7 explosions. It will also clarify the steps it has taken to further prevent the repetition of such incidents in the future. 

According to analysts and investors, it is very important for Samsung to come up with a satisfying and detailed explanation about the possible causes of the explosion and the measures they have taken to prevent such incidents in the future, as this will facilitate regain consumers trust. Earlier in October, Samsung has said that, they will probe every aspect of the phone including the hardware and software and will also hire third party firms to investigate the matter.

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Following several months of comprehensive investigations, Samsung executives will announce the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents and quality enhancement plan during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on January 23, 2017, at 10 am(KST).

Samsung Electronics, as well as independent expert organizations who conducted their own investigations into various aspects of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, will share their findings. In addition, Samsung will discuss the new measures the company has implemented in response to the incidents.

The full press conference will be available via live-stream globally and can be accessed through www.samsung.com and Samsung Newsroom.

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Premeir Badminton League(PBL); PV Sindhu loses to Carolina Marin in the tournament opener

Premeir Badminton League(PBL); PV Sindhu loses to Carolina Marin in the tournament opener

PV Sindhu Praveen Penugonda   8:31 PM

The much-anticipated clash of the Premier Badminton League  (PBL)  came to a rather disappointing end as PV Sindhu loses to Carolina Marin 8-11, 14-12, 2-11 in the tournament opener held in Hyderabad on Sunday. This is not an ideal start for Sindhu's New Year as she starts the PBL season with a defeat.The expectations were sky high as the duo recently played against each other in Dubai series finals where Sindhu emerged victorious.  

Sindhu represented the Chennai team While Marin represented Hyderabad. Marin won the first game 11-8, however, Sindhu fought back aggressively in the second and even saved three match points and eventually the second set 14-12. But in the third set Carolina clearly dominated her opponent and eventually won the game 11-2  to seal the match.Marin played some top notch game and deceived Sindhu with accurate drops and fired in the smashes when required and won. Sindhu committed a lot of unforced errors and that did not help the cause and she eventually lost the contest to Olympic Gold medalist.

Source:Indian Express

2 killed and 11 hurt in Explosion inside Cracker manufacturing unit in Nellore, Andhrapradesh

2 killed and 11 hurt in Explosion inside Cracker manufacturing unit in Nellore, Andhrapradesh

SP Gunni Praveen Penugonda   2:55 PM

Police said that 2 people were killed and 11 are injured in an explosion that took in crackers manufacturing unit at porlukatta on the outskirts of Nellore town, Andhra Pradesh.

District Superintendent of Police Vishal Gunni said that the source of the explosion is not known.

SPS Nellore district Collector Revu Mutyala Raju and SP Gunni rushed to the spot to carry out the rescue operation.

Mean while, deputy CM Nimmakayala Chinarajappa telephoned SP and enquired the situation.He directed the SP to ensure proper medication to the injured.He further asked the SP to carry an inquiry into the incident and submit the report immediately.

The Deputy CM also asked the administration to locate and crackdown illegal cracker manufacturing units if found any. According to sources the death toll is likely to increase as many of them suffered severe burns in the incident.

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with 34 perent share, Chinese Smartphones lead the Indian and Global brands

with 34 perent share, Chinese Smartphones lead the Indian and Global brands

Smartphone Praveen Penugonda   10:13 PM

Chinese smartphones recorded 34 percent share and lead Indian markets in Q3 to become largest bloc in India, according to India smartphone Q3 monitor by Counterpoint Research. While Indian smartphone brands lead Indian markets with 41.5% share in the beginning of the year they slump to 33.8 per cent in Q3. 

The shares of Global brands have also declined from 35.9 per cent in Q1 to 32.2 per cent in Q3 and that indicated chinese smartphones makers estabilished  a strong foothold in Indian and Global counterparts.

One important reason is the agresssive prices coupled with  features  these chinese smartphones come up with when compared with the same features in estabilished brands the price difference is clearly higher. So following this statergy the chinese brands were able to garner the attention of middle class, which occupy major chunk in India.

Senior analyst Tarun Pathak, said that association of chinese brands like OPPO nad Vivo during Indian premeir league facilitated these brands to garner large public attention and in way boosted their market share. Lenovo and Motorola lead the pack of chinese brands with combined market share of 9.6%, followed by Xiaomi with 6.45%,Vivo with 4.88 ,Oppo (4.18) and Gionee recorded 4.14% share completing the Top 5.

Shashin Devsare, official chief of Karbonn Mobiles said that while hardware specifications are getting commoditised, it becomes very important to provide simplified user experience to consumers and that is where Indian brands hold the key. Karbonn mobiles recorded 3.08 percent of smartphone share in Q3.

Image credits & source: ET Times

Sasikala Unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party

Sasikala Unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party

Sasikala Praveen Penugonda   12:03 PM

Sasikala famously called chinnamma has been unanimously elected as the General secretary of AIADMK party. She succeeds late chief minister Jayalalithaa who held the post for 3 decades. The resolution was passed by chief minister O. Pannerselvam along with 23 members that included ministers MLA s MPs at a meeting held in Chennai. AIADMK announced through its official twitter handle @AIADMKOfficial.

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AIADMK adopts resolution to work under the leadership of Chinnamma.

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) December 29, 2016

There were no opponents in AIADMK to challenge the decision made as many district secretaries and leaders of various wings have already endorsed to work under Sasikala. As many as 14 resolutions were passed in the meeting that included a resolution to celebrate  Jayalalithaa's  birthday as "National Farmer's day".

The meeting was attended by AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madhusudhanan, Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambidurai, veteran leader Panruti S Ramachandran, State Ministers, party MLAs and MPs.

After the meeting, chief minister O. Pannerselvam along with MLAs went to Poes garden to meet Sasikala and hand over the copies of resolution. Sasikala accepted the resolution and took over the copies.


Source: Indian express

IDFC Bank Launches "Aadhaar Pay" App to help Citizens transact even with out Smartphone

IDFC Bank Launches "Aadhaar Pay" App to help Citizens transact even with out Smartphone

Smartphone Praveen Penugonda   4:31 PM

IDFC bank announced "Aadhaar Pay" app to help citizens without a smartphone to pay digitally with the help of fingerprint. Aadhaar Pay,was launched by the government on Sunday and developed by IDFC banking association with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

The government is thinking to unify all bank accounts with Aadhaar .Currently over 1 billion people in India own Aadhaar card Out of which 400  million bank accounts are linked with Aadhaar.

Although Smartphone usage has seen a surge in recent times due to the competitive price war among companies only 268 million people own smartphone at the end of Q32016 according to counterpoint. Another advantage with Aadhaar Pay is that there is no transaction fee levied on either the consumer or the merchant. 

How it works?

Merchants have to download the app on their android phones.The phone is attached to a fingerprint scanner

The consumers have to input the details of the bank name Aadhaar number and scan their fingerprint.

Fingerprint acts a password. Once authenticated merchant receives payment from the bank

However, it works only with Aadhaar linked bank account

The app is already available at over 100 merchant outlets in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Bihar.