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Best apps of 2017

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You will find millions of app in Google Play Store (3.3 million on September, 2017). But this includes some good as well as some not so good apps. I'm going to suggest some apps that you can give a try. Hope those will be useful and fun to use. Socratic: If you ask me which is the best educational app in the Play Store, I'll definitely answer it's Socratic. This app is very useful as you can snap a picture of a math problem, Socratic will analise it with it's own AI & will give you the answer. Yes, it's like the app PhotoMath. But unlike PhotoMath Socratic can help you in various subjects including Science, History, Economics and even English. Just point Socratic over the problem or question and let Socratic answer you. It has already solved over 100 million questions and counting. Holo: Augmented Reality was limited to Google's Project Tango phones before. But now with Holo it's available for any smartphones now. You can capture a phot

Redmi 5 & 5 Plus Expectations

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Xiaomi launched Redmi 5 & 5 Plus in China. It will be launching soon (probably around last week of December, 2017 or first week of January, 2018) in other markets including India. Let's go through the specifications first. Redmi 5: Display: 5.7 inch IPS LCD display with 720×1080 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 282 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. RAM: 2/3 GB. Memory: 16/32 GB internal and expandable upto 128 GB. Camera: 12 MP (f/2.2) & 5 MP front camera. Battery:  3300  mAh. Price: ₹7999- ₹8999. Redmi 5 Plus: Display: 5.99 inch IPS LCD display with 1080×1920 resolution (18:9 aspect ratio & 403 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version). Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. RAM: 3/4 GB. Memory: 32/64 GB internal and expandable upto 128 GB. Camera: 12 MP (f/2.2) & 5 MP front camera. Battery: 4000  mAh. Price: ₹9999- ₹11999. Display: The main attr

Top 3 Innovations in Smartphone Industry, 2017

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Every year the smartphone industry improving with lots of innovation. Probably this is the fastest improving industry area of this decade. Let's discuss about best 3 of them. eSIM: It's really a headache for international travellers for travelling with different physical SIMs while traveling in different countries. But eSIM can be a solution to this. Although it's been invented in 2016 but introduced to consumers with the launch of Google & Apple's Pixel 2 & 2 Plus and iPhone X accordingly in 2017. The can not be removed. But the advantage is that you can switch your carrier with just few taps on your smartphone. Although this technology isn't available that much yet (It's only available for Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 Plus users only if they sign up for Google Fi), you can expect more phones with both Nano SIM and eSIM support in 2018. Display with 18:9 Aspect Ratio: Smartphones with 18.9 aspect ratio got a lot of popularity in 2017. Altho