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➤Itel S42 review: Good design, but this budget phone is not for power users

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Itel S42 comes with a Full View display and a 13MP rear camera at a price of Rs 8,499. Here is our review of the Itel S42 smartphone.

Itel S42 specifications:    5.65-inch HD+ display | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor | Android 8.0 Oreo | 3,000mAh battery | 13MP rear camera | 13MP front camera | 3GB RAM + 16GB internal memory | expandable memory up to 128GB | 4G LTE.

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New 9.7-Inch iPad Model Will Likely Support Apple Pencil: KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo

 

• The upcoming 9.7-inch iPad model is said to cost $259 (about Rs. 17,000)
• It is now rumored to support Apple Pencil stylus
• Apple will likely be targeting schools with this new iPad model
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  Huawei P20 Leak Suggests No

  Triple Camera Setup, EUR 680 Price Tag

                                                                                
Huawei P20 specifications surfaced online
The smartphone won't include Huawei  P20 Pro's hybrid zoom
it is said to have 18.7: aspect ratio
• Huawei P20 specifications have surfaced online just days ahead of its March 27 launch. The smartphone has so far been rumored as a cheaper version of the Huawei P20 Pro that appeared in some leaked renders recently with three camera sensors. Unlike the top-end model, the Huawei P20 is claimed to come without the premium hybrid zoom support but with AI features to enhance selfie shots. The smartphone is also expected to include a notch on the front.
  The Huawei P20 Pro is rumored to sport a whopping, 40-megapixel primary image sensor that is likely to sit alongside a dual rear camera setup. However, this 40-megapixel image sensor will not be a part of the Huawei P20, as per a report by WinFuture. The absence of the third sensor is reported to result in a drop in the optical zoom, from the hybrid 5x zoom on the Huawei P20 Pro to 2x zoom on the Huawei P20. Having said that, the camera on the Huawei P20 is claimed to retain the slow-mo video recording, which is 960fps at 720p resolution, that was originally rumored on the flagship model.
  In addition to the identical video recording functionality, the Huawei P20 is said to sport the same 24-megapixel selfie camera that was previously reported on the Huawei P20 Pro. The front camera system is also claimed to utilize Kirin 970's NPU to enable 'Light Fusion', which is a feature to enhance selfies.
  As far as the display is concerned, it has already been spotted that the Huawei P20 will come with a 5.8-inch LCD panel. However, it is now reported that the panel will come with an odd, 18.7:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is also said to come with 4GB of RAM instead of the 6GB RAM on its Pro version and includes 128GB of UFS storage. It will measure 7.65mm of thickness and weight 165 grams with a 3400mAh battery that will support a SuperCharge technology. This will use the USB Type-C on the handset to offer fast charging. Further, it is said to come with no headphone jack and will not have an IP67-certified build. Besides, the Huawei P20 is expected to go on sale at EUR 680 (approximately Rs. 54,600). This is significantly lesser than the Huawei P20 Pro price that is rumored as EUR 899 (roughly Rs 72,100)

• ➤OPPO takes their display game a notch higher with the OPPO F7!

March 26th is the day every selfie fanatic has been waiting for a long time because this day marks the launch of OPPO’s latest selfie expert the OPPO F7 in the Indian market. OPPO F7 will sport a massive 25-megapixel selfie camera with sensor high dynamic range and the groundbreaking AI technology which was first introduced in the OPPO F5 to deliver flawless selfies.
Besides taking brilliant selfies as usual OPPO has done something different with the OPPO F7. And it’s pretty evident when you look at the display which has a NOTCH. Yep, OPPO has embraced the notch trend with the OPPO F7 and things just got serious. Just take a look at this beauty!
While the display looks stunning, it also lights the spec sheet on fire. OPPO F7 has a full HD 6.23-inch display with a density 405 PPI that enables it to render extremely high-quality videos and images. Also, you can forget about the 18:9 aspect ratio because OPPO F7 has a 19:9 aspect ratio!
Now some of you might be thinking that while the display is amazing, it might be a little too big for one hand usage. And that’s when the OPPO F7 pulls its trump card in the form of 88% body-to-screen ratio which gives you more display in less body.

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• ➤UIDAI dismisses report of a data leak, says Aadhaar remains safe

Aadhaar card

NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday refuted reports about a fresh data leak of Aadhaar holders, and asserted that there has been "absolutely no breach" of its database.The statement comes after a technology news portal cited a security researcher's claim to state that a system of state-owned utility firm was allegedly leaking information on Aadhaar holders.

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In a statement issued here, UIDAI, the Aadhaar-issuing body, said: "there is no truth in this story as there has been absolutely no breach of UIDAIs Aadhaar database. Aadhaar remains safe and secure".

It termed the data breach claims as "totally baseless, false and irresponsible".

"UIDAI today has refuted reports in a certain section of media sourced from the news website ZDNet which has quoted a person purportedly claiming to be a security researcher that a state-owned utility company has a vulnerability which can be used to access a huge amount of Aadhaar data including banking details," UIDAI said in its statement.

The UIDAI has argued that even if the report claims were taken to be true, the security-related concerns should be around the database of a utility company in question.

It has "nothing to do with the security of UIDAIs Aadhaar database", it said.

Going by the logic of the report, since the utility company's database also had bank account numbers of its customers, would bank databases also be considered to have been breached, UIDAI questioned.

"The answer would obviously be in negative," it added.

UIDAI argued that mere availability of Aadhaar number with a third person "will not be a security threat to the Aadhaar holder" nor will it lead to financial or other fraud. This is because a transaction is contingent upon a successful authentication through fingerprint, Iris or OTP of the Aadhaar holder, UIDAI said.

The ZDNet report had claimed that "a data leak on a system run by a state-owned utility company can allow anyone to download private information on all Aadhaar holders, exposing their names, their unique 12-digit identity numbers, and information about services they are connected to, such as their bank details and other private information."

The report of the alleged security lapse comes at a time when a Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court is hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar Act and the use of a biometric identifier in various government and non-government services.

Earlier this week, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey had made a powerpoint presentation in the Supreme Court to defend the government's ambitious Aadhaar scheme. He had said that breaking Aadhaar encryption may take "more than the age of the universe for the fastest computer on earth."

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• ➤Reliance Jio Prime subscription ends on March 31: whats next for Jio users



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Reliance Jio has had a fairytale ride in India’s telecom segment since it commenced its service in September 2016. The company started the service by offering free data and unlimited voice calls over its VoLTE enabled network for the first six months. The move allowed it to garner over 100 million subscribers even before the start of a formal paid model.

With the launch of its paid model in April 2017, Reliance Jio also introduced its own Prime membership which gives additional data and calling benefits as opposed to regular users. The Jio Prime membership was priced at Rs 99 and the company claimed to have over 100 million users subscribed to the membership. However, the Jio Prime subscription is set to expire on March 31, 2018, and the question is what’s next for the operator.

• The most obvious choice seems like that Jio will ask its Jio Prime subscribers to continue their subscription with another annual payment of Rs 99 and avail additional data, voice calling and access to Jio Apps. The company has not divulged its plans as to what it plans to do at the end of Prime subscription on March 31.

Following factors need to be taken into account that Jio Prime did not garner a lot of traction when it was first announced and Jio had to extend the free subscription from the initial three months to another three months until March 31, 2017, to bring more customers on board. The service had a standard validity until March 31, 2018, regardless of when customers subscribed to the service.

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  In the last few quarters, Jio’s subscriber growth has stalled and most users still retain their Jio number as a data network and not as their primary number. Most incumbent players have taken to Jio’s own game and have ramified their plans to match or offer data than Jio.

Reliance Jio claims to offer 20 percent more data than rivals to its Prime subscribers and so far, it has stayed true to its words. By extending Jio Prime subscription for another year with the same fixed annual rate of Rs 99, Jio can turn a lot of non-Prime subscribers into Prime users. As we have seen in the past year, Jio is full of surprises and it might come up with a new plan before the end of March 31, 2018. It will be only a matter of time before we know whether it is another game changer.

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