Much like every week, even this week, we saw a number of launches, such as LG X Cam, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Karbonn K9 Viraat, Sony Playstation Now, Intex Cloud Tread, and a few power banks by PTron, along many others.

We also saw a number of smartphone manufacturers in India announced their partnership with Reliance Jio wherein they would allows users to avail the much awaited Jio Preview Offer. Along with this, Vodafone and Airtel announced Aadhar e-KYC based connections, HealthifyMe announced a couple of new features, and Apple dropped 'Store' in the past week, thus taking an interesting step towards rebranding itself.

This week, we also witnessed rumours regarding the popular game Mortal Kombat heading towards PC, while Samsung dropped INR 5,000 on its S7 and S7 Edge's price tags. We even reviewed Evidson X88 and Brainwavz M1 earphones this week.

Top Mobile Design Trends In 2016

The world of mobile designing has undergone a sea change. And ten years from now, it will again be completely different. Today, more than just looks and outward representation, there are features and other aspects that are determining the success of the physical product, and also applications in the phones.

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Tech Giants Strike Against Robocall

Major technology giants like Alphabet, AT&T, Apple, and Verizon have joined hands to fight against 'robocalls', automated, pre-recorded phone calls. It seems like these companies have also met the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to discuss their issues. Calling themselves as 'Robocall Strike Force', the group is working hard to bring in and adopt new tools and solutions.

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Evidson X88 Review And Comparison [Video]

Priced at INR 549, once again the company is targeting the budget friendly category while also bringing in classy and retro design for audiophiles. Evidson X88 is engineered to produce high definition sound across all genres of music with great detail and accuracy. It is also capable of producing powerful bass.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 And S7 Edge Prices Drop By INR 5,000

In what might be a surprise move, Samsung has given two of its flagship handsets, a INR 5,000 price cut, namely the S7 and S7 edge. As reported by Gadgets NDTV, the news of the price drop was reported by a Mumbai based retailer, but later confirmed independently. The Samsung Galaxy S7 will now have a dealer price tag of INR 43,400 in India, while the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge will be available at dealers for INR 50,900. The prices quoted here, are those of the 32GB variants of the phone, which were launched at INR 48,900 for the S7 and INR 56,900 for the S7 edge, respectively.

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Here's How You Can Get Your Hands On Android 7.0 Nougat Now

Google recently announced that the latest and final edition of Android 7.0 Nougat is being rolled out for Nexus devices, starting today, Aug 23. If you are a Nexus user, you can soon get it via an OTA update. You can go to 'Settings' menu and tap on 'About', and then select 'System Updates'. You will have to, then, click on 'Check for Updates' and wait if the update actually pops up on your device. This is the simplest way. However, if the update doesn't show up, and you are a type of person who cannot wait until the roll out pops up, you can opt in for a manual update.

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Mortal Kombat XL Heading To Your PC Soon

Mortal Kombat XL fans have one more reason to rejoice, especially if the hints from founder Ed Boone is to be considered anything material; he recently tweeted about possibilities that the Mortal Kombat XL game could well be headed to the desktop computers. According to NDTV, there have been mentions on SteamDB, a third party site that tracks Steam listings, where they mentioned an app named  MKXL Enhanced Online Beta, but the official announcements are yet to arrive from Warner Bros.

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Android Nougat 7.0 To Soon Get Navigation Bar Customizer

Google is now looking at creating a navbar customizer (navigation bar customizer), for the latest Android OS, the 7.0 Nougat. This will allow users to add, move icons, or simply remove icons from the navigation bar of their devices, or in other words, allow tweaking the 'home', 'back', and 'recent' options. As per NDTV quotes, this new feature is supposed to be hidden inside the code for Android Nougat 7.0, but a final revelation of the additional feature is yet to come. Most of the information currently available to the media has been through a network of resources who have leaked details about the new feature.

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Brainwavz M1: Review And First Impression

Brainwavz recently launched its new in-ear headphones called, the M1 in India, and here is a review and its first impressions. While the box certainly looks more like the Brainwavz M5 that we had unboxed and reviewed a couple of weeks ago, features make them apart. Speaking about the specifications of the M1, it comes with a 10.7 mm dynamic driver, with a rated impedance of 32 Ohms and frequency range between 20 Hz and 20 Khz. The earphone comes with a unique silver, oxygen free cable of around a meter length, probably.

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5 Challenges Faced In Android Ecosystem

Google's Android OS is very popular now with over 83 per cent of market share, across the globe. The operating system's open source architecture has been helpful in making it the most accepted mobile OS amongst smartphone brands and consumers. Sometimes, this open source architecture has also allowed brands to play around with the OS by not following the standard guidelines. This ends up in poor user experience and security issues on the user end. Thus, it becomes quite challenging to spread awareness about the true Android experience. In-fact, Google has its very own qualification structure, which is known as a CTS certification, which most brands fail to follow, thereby creating a number of issues.

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Select Lenovo Handsets To Have Office, Skype, And OneDrive Preloaded

Due to the Microsoft licensing programme expansion, now Lenovo has announced to include 3 of it's productivity apps, in some select handsets including those under the brand name of Motorola, which it currently owns. With regards to this development, Nick Parker, the Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft's OEM division said, “The marriage of Microsoft’s apps and Lenovo’s Android-based devices will enable customers around the world to be more productive, more connected and achieve more.”

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