Airtel Unlimited Call Offer, Snapdeal Cash Delivery, More Technology News This Week
Zook Edge
Finally the Zuk Edge handset has been launched. The most important features of Zuk Edge are quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, 5.5 inch full-HD TDDI display and U Touch fingerprint sensor. It has two variants. The price of 4 GB RAM variant is around Rs 22,500 and the price of 6 GB RAM is around Rs 24,500.
LG launches midrange smartphone
LG has realized that if it wants to increase its market share in the smartphone market, it will have to focus on the midrange segment. Ahead of next year’s CES show in Las Vegas, the company has announced the launch of 4 new smartphones of the K series and a new Stylus 3 phone. LG K3 (2017), K4 (2017), K8 (2017), K10 (2017) and Stylus 3 have been introduced. The first glimpse of these handsets will be seen at the CES 2017 event. All the specifications of these smartphones have been made public except for the price and availability. You can read about it on our website.
Cool S1 launched
LeEco and Coolpad together have been continuously introducing affordable high-end smartphones. First the Cool 1 in August and then the Cool Changer 1C in November. Now, the two companies have launched their third smartphone Cool S1 in China. The Cool S1 is priced at CNY 2,499 for the 4GB/32GB variant, CNY 2,699 for the 6GB RAM and 64GB storage variant, while the 6GB/128GB variant costs CNY 3,199.
Other news from the mobile world
1. Dual SIM variant of iPhone will also be launched. At present, it seems so… because the company has applied for a patent.
2. Information about a high-end Nokia smartphone has been leaked. It will have 6 GB RAM and Snapdragon 835 processor.
3. Asus has made its Zenfone 3 Max 5.5 (ZC553KL) smartphone available in India. Its price is Rs 17,999. It was launched in the month of November.
The war that started in the telecom industry is coming to an end. Now Airtel has launched two affordable postpaid plans to challenge Jio. The two new plans of ‘MyPlan Infinity’ series are priced at Rs 549 and Rs 799. The only difference in both the plans is internet data, the rest of the facilities are the same. In the Rs 549 plan, customers will get facilities like unlimited voice calls (local + STD), 100 free SMS per day, no charge on incoming calls in roaming and free subscription of Wink Music-Movies. Apart from this, 3G handset users will get 1 GB data. If you have a 4G smartphone then 3 GB data will be given. Whereas, in the Rs 799 plan, 3G users will get 3 GB data and 5 GB data if you have a 4G handset.
On the other hand, BSNL has offered 300 MB data along with unlimited local and STD (BSNL to BSNL) calls. A plan of Rs 99 will have a validity of 28 days. These rates will be for within-network calls in Kolkata TD, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. For other circles, these rates will be Rs 119 to Rs 149.
However, the company has said that it is planning to provide ‘free voice calls’ and some data to its mobile customers on a ‘tariff plan’ of Rs 149 or less per month from next month.
Airtel V-Fiber superfast broadband launched in Mumbai
After Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi-NCR, Airtel has launched V-Fiber superfast broadband service in Mumbai. V-Fiber service will provide customers with internet speeds up to 100 Mbps. Existing broadband customers will not have to pay extra for this service. However, to use the faster V-Fiber broadband, the user will need a new modem.
Before the year changes, new features have been added to many apps…
Call me back feature introduced in Truecaller
Truecaller has introduced a new feature ‘Call Me Back’. It is currently available for Android users. With its help, whenever you call someone and he does not pick up the call for some reason, you will get two options. One of these will be a notification to that person to ‘Ask to Call Back’ and the other will be ‘Call Again’. This feature will not only help the common user but will also make it easier for e-commerce companies to make deliveries. Users will have to update their Truecaller Android app to version 7.82.
Google Toilet Locator
Google has launched the Toilet Locator feature. Google Maps has now started providing information about public toilets to the people of Delhi-NCR and Madhya Pradesh. To use this new feature, Android, iOS and desktop users will have to search ‘public toilet’ in Google Maps. After this, information about toilets located around the user will be available. This information will also include their address and opening time. This feature is also available in Hindi.
Get cash delivered through Snapdeal
Snapdeal on Thursday launched a new feature called Cash@Home. Through this feature, people can order for delivery of up to Rs 2,000. This feature works very easily. For this, the user has to install the Snapdeal app and then check the location data to know if cash is available in his area. According to Snapdeal, if cash is available then the user will get a push notification and an SMS notification. And then the user will be redirected to the order page.
To avail this feature, the user will have to pay a fee of one rupee or use Freecharge or debit card. The next day a Snapdeal executive will come to your house with a POS machine and you can take cash by swiping the card. A user can withdraw up to Rs 2,000 in a day and there is no need to order any other product for this. Currently this service is available in Gurugram and Bangalore and is working only through the app.
Facebook Messenger now has group video calls
Now Facebook Messenger users will be able to see 6 people simultaneously on the screen during a group video call. But up to 50 users can remain connected to the call via voice or camera. The company wrote in a post, “As soon as more than 6 people join the call, only the user who speaks more will be shown on the screen.” Before starting a group video chat, the user will have to go to an old group chat or a new chat. After this, one has to click on the video icon on the top right.
Facility to edit messages can be found on WhatsApp
WhatsApp may soon add a new feature to its iPhone app. With this feature, you will be able to edit and also take back the message sent to a user. It is being said that this feature has not been made available to WhatsApp iPhone beta app users yet. Apart from the edit option, as we told that WhatsApp users will now also get a ‘Revoke’ button. This means that now the message sent can be deleted. However, it is expected that this feature will work only when the receiver has not seen the message. Currently, WhatsApp users can only delete the message in their device but the message remains visible to the receiver.
