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ASUS added two new members in their Zenfone line-up. Let's take a look. Zenfone 3 Max Display:  5.2 inch HD display with 720×1080 resolution. Processor:  MediaTek MT3737M quad-core processor at clock speed of 1.25 GHz. RAM:  2/3 GB. Memory:  16/32 GB internal. Camera:  13 MP rear camera (f/2.2) & 5 MP front camera (f/2.0). Battery: 410 0  mAh. Zenfone 3S Max Display:  5.2 inch HD display with 720×1080 resolution. Processor: MediaTek MT6750 octa-core processor at clock speed of 1.5 GHz. RAM:  3 GB. Memory:  32 GB internal. Camera:  13 MP rear camera (f/2.0) & 8 MP front camera. Battery: 500 0  mAh. Yes, a bit change between the two phones, where 3S Max looks a bit more powerful on the specification department, but the cameras of 3 Max is better, it looks better as well. Nothing to say more, both phones are good. You can go with anyone of them according to your needs.

The world has been developed & with it now it's possible to control a insect. We can control them like they can't move their eyebrows also. Such human controlled insects are called cyborg insects. Draper Labs &  Howard Hughes Medical Institute is working on such a cyborg insect, the 'DragonflEye'. How they will control a Dragonfly? There are interneurons (a kind of messenger neurons, not sensory, not motor) inside Dragonflies which carry high-level steering commands to the wings. By tapping over them the wings are controlled. But as this process is a bit of crude, a gene that adds light sensitive protein (Opsin) to the neurons is added. With this and some other genetical modifications the neurons became activated when light of suitable wavelengths is sent by the interference called Optrode. For the genetical modifications the neurons get lighted up when activated. Thus the Optrode influences the neurons & helps to monitor as well. The

CyanogenMod is dead at the end of last year. But it wasn't the end of the world's most popular Android custom ROM. It's the Cyanogen team again working on the continuation of the open source custom ROM project. Linage OS, it's a pheonix coming out of the ashes of CyanogenMod. So, the OS will continue now to make it popular again. But there will be some basic differences with the CyanogenMod. 1. You can't access root files by default. It will show as a flashble zip file & will require a one time application to gain the elevated permissions. 2. You can't upgrade to Linage OS directly from CyanogenMod. Means you have to wipe your phone first & then have to install Lineage OS freshly. So, that was the differences. Linage haven't launched any official build yet. But they said they'll be launching it very soon. But an unofficial build has been released, having already 50k+ downloads (WOW!). For now this is for 80 phones & running Ma

It's Huawei which company launched the second mid-rannged dual camera phone in India. First one was from LeEco & Coolpad. The phone is overall great along with its dual camera feature. Let's go through the specifications. Display:  5.5 inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 resolution & ~401 ppi. Processor:  HiSilicon Kirin 655. RAM:  3 / 4 GB. Memory:  32 / 64 GB internal. Camera:  Dual rear cameras (12 MP & 2 MP) & 8 MP front camera. Battery: 3340  mAh. Price: <₹15000 Design: Design wise it looks great. Metal finish, speakers in buttom & the beautiful 2.5D display. Yes, the phone looks great. Performance: Yes, it's neither Snapdragon nor MediaTek, it's Huawei's own HiSilicon. Yes, Huawei has a great name already for their processor & in Kirin 655 it's again brighted up. No issues with the RAM. So, performance will be pretty good. Camera: The main attraction about the phone is it's camera. It sports dual cameras

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 today in New Delhi. The phone is just a small upgrade over the previous Note 3. Let's go through the specifications. Display:  5.5 inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 resolution. Processor:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. RAM:  2/3/4 GB. Memory:  32/64 GB internal. Camera:  13 MP rear camera (f/2.0) & 5 MP front camera. Battery: 410 0  mAh. Looking at the specifications it seems that it just a upgrade. But it's relavent. Because Xiaomi is focusing to sell it's phones  offline rather than selling those only online. They will start this step in China first, then globally as well as India. The main upgrades in Redmi 4 are: 1. The 2.5D display which looks great. 2. Snapdragon 625 over 650, so you get extra two cores, means a octacore CPU over a decacore one. But somebody thinking it's a downgrade as Snapdragon 650 is more powerful. But no doubt the 14 nm 625 is energy efficient & has better optimisation. 3. It's the

Blackberry is working on its new phone, Mercury. TCL has taken over the hardware department of Blackberry in 2016, so they will be manufacturing the phone over the actual Blackberry. However the Canadian & Chinese companies will be contributing the same. Let's take a look on the specifications. Display:  4.5 inch Full HD display with 1620×1080 resolution. Processor:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 or 625. RAM:  4 GB. Memory:  64 GB internal. Camera:  18 or 13 MP rear camera & 8 MP front camera. Battery:  3140  mAh. All the specifications are of idea. Because TCL announced the phone at CES through a 22 s video, not talking more about it. But some hands on set was there. Looking at the specifications it's OK. But the phone is coming with a physical qwerty keyboard and the famous security features of a Blackberry, that's the awesome fact for Blackberry fans. The keyboard will support swipe scrolling as Blackberry Priv. When TCL took over Blackberry & la

After a long time, Nokia is back. HMD is doing the job to manufacture NOKIA branded phones. It's with the Android this time. As you know Nokia has a great brand name once. But with time the name gone, now it's back again. Let's see if Nokia gets their king place again. The phone that has been launched in China is Nokia 6. The specifications as follows: Display:  5.5 inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 resolution & ~401 ppi. Processor:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 430. RAM:  4 GB. Memory:  64 GB internal. Camera:  16 MP rear camera & 8 MP front camera. Battery: 3000  mAh. Price: £206.77 (~₹16999) Let's get through some details. Design: It's made of plastic, but the build quality is premium. It sports a 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protected display which looks great. The back side isn't well attractive but ofcourse good. The fingerprint scanner is in front. Performance: With the Snapdragon 430 & 4 GB RAM, the phone will perform quite well