Realme 5 Pro, Realme C2, Realme 3 Pro, and Others Get Discounts During Realme Winter Sale

Realme 5 Pro, Realme C2, Realme X, Realme 3 Pro, and Realme 3 have received discounts during the Realme Winter Sale that is live until Thursday, December 5. Realme is also providing coupons worth up to Rs. 1,000 to customers purchasing the Realme 5 Pro and Realme 3, and Realme 3i under the ongoing sale. Further, there are up to 10 percent MobiKwik SuperCash worth Rs. 1,000 on various Realme phones. The company also offers no-cost EMI options through Bajaj Finserv for customers purchasing a new handset through its online store in the country. Moreover, the Realme sale brings an additional Rs. 500 discount through Cashify.

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Under the Realme Winter Sale that is live through the Realme online store in India, the Realme 5 Pro is available with a starting price of Rs. 12,999. This shows a discount of Rs. 1,000 from the launch price of the smartphone that was set at Rs. 13,999.

Similar to the Realme 5 Pro, the Realme C2 price in India has been discounted from Rs. 6,999 to Rs. 5,999 for the base 2GB RAM + 32GB storage variant under the ongoing Realme sale. The Realme X has also received a discount of Rs. 1,000 and is available with a price starting at Rs. 15,999.

The Realme sale also brings the Realme 3 Pro with an initial price of Rs. 9,999, down from Rs. 12,999. Similarly, the Realme 3 price has been slashed to as low as Rs. 7,999. The smartphone normally retails with a starting price of Rs. 8,999.

Realme also offers a Rs. 1,000 coupon on the purchase of the Realme 5 Pro, while customers buying the Realme 3 or Realme 3i are eligible to receive a coupon worth Rs. 500. These coupons can be used to purchase products from the Realme online store.

Additionally, there is an additional Rs. 500 exchange discount via Cashify. Customers are also provided with no-cost EMI options through Bajaj Finserv.

The new Realme sale comes just days after the company concluded its Black Friday Sale in the country. It also recently launched the Realme X2 Pro as its answer to the likes of Redmi K20 Pro and OnePlus 7T. The smartphone carries an initial price of Rs. 29,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage configuration and comes with Oppo’s proprietary 50W SuperVOOC fast charging technology.

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Genuine UM08B71 Battery For Gateway LT1000 LT 1000u LT1004 LT KAV10 LT KAV60 Series

  • Specifications:
  • Primary OEM Brand: gateway
  • Capacity:4400mAh
  • Voltage: 11.1V
  • Chemistry: Li-ion
  • Item Number: EPGA037

Part Numbers:

UM08A71

UM08A72

UM08A73

UM08A74

UM08B71

UM08B72

UM08B73

UM08B74

Compatible Model Numbers:

LT KAV10
LT KAV60
LT1000, LT1000u, LT 1000, LT 1000u
LT1001, LT1001u, LT 1001, LT 1001u
LT1004, LT1004u, LT 1004, LT 1004u
LT1005, LT1005u, LT 1005, LT 1005u
LT2001, LT2001u, LT 2001, LT 2001u
LT2021, LT2021u, LT 2021, LT 2021u

Acer Aspire one 8GB 8.9′ laptop series

ACER Aspire One A110-AB
ACER Aspire One A110-1295
ACER Aspire One A110X
ACER Aspire One A110L

ACER Aspire One A150-Aw
ACER Aspire One A150-Bb
ACER Aspire One A150-Bb1
ACER Aspire One A150-1006
ACER Aspire One A150-1049
ACER Aspire One A150-1126
ACER Aspire One A150-1249
ACER Aspire One A150-1447
ACER Aspire One A150-1890
ACER Aspire One A150L
ACER Aspire One A150X

ACER Aspire One AOA110-1283
ACER Aspire One AOA110-1295
ACER Aspire One AOA110-1722
ACER Aspire One AOA110-1982

ACER Aspire One AOA150-Ab
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1001
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1126
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1140
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1405
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1435
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1570
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1649
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1672
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1777
ACER Aspire One AOA150-1840

ACER Aspire One ZG5 (Linux)

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Genuine FPCBP434 Battery For Fujitsu LifeBook AH544 E733 E734 S904 Series

  • Specifications:
  • Primary OEM Brand: FUJITSU
  • Capacity:24wh/2250mah
  • Voltage: 10.8V
  • Chemistry: Li-ion
  • Item Number: FUJ2796

Part Numbers:

BPS229

BPS231

FMVNBP229A

FMVNBP231

FMVNBP234

FPB0300S

FPBO300S

FPBO311S

FPCBP405

FPCBP416

FPCBP426

FPCBP434

Compatible Model Numbers:

Acer Fujitsu LifeBook AH544 E733 E734 S904 Series…
E5460M75AODE, E5460M851ODE, E5460M85CODE, E5460M85DODE, E7340M37B1DE, E7360M85DBDE, E7360M87APDE, E7360M87BPDE, E7440M751BDE ,E7440MXP21DE, E7540M35A1DE, E7540M75ABDE, E7540MXC51DE, E7540MXC51DE/B1, E7540MXEC1DE, E7540MXP11DE, E7540MXP21DE, E7540MXU21DE, E7560M85BBDE, E7560MP5DBDE, LifeBook A514, LifeBook A544, Lifebook A555, LifeBook A557, Lifebook A564, LIFEBOOK E736, LifeBook E743, LifeBook E743(M55A1DE), LifeBook E743(MXE11DE), LifeBook E743(MXP41DE), Lifebook E744, LifeBook E744(M8501DE), LifeBook E744(MXEA1DE), LifeBook E744(MXP11DE), Lifebook E751, LifeBook E751(MXG01DE), LifeBook E751(MXP01DE), LifeBook E751(MXS01DE), LifeBook E753, LifeBook E753(M55A1DE), LifeBook E753(MXDEMDE), LifeBook E753(MXE11DE), LifeBook E753(MXP41DE), LifeBook E754, LifeBook E756, LifeBook S904, Lifeboook E546

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Genuine BAT30N3L Battery For 270XV 272

  • Specifications:
  • Primary OEM Brand: FUJITSU
  • Capacity:4300.00mAh
  • Voltage: 14.80 V
  • Chemistry: Li-ion
  • Item Number: EPFU017

Part Numbers:

BTP-550

BTP-550P

BAT-30N

BAT30N

BAT30N3L

BATBY27L

HBT.0186.001

HBT.186.002

BT.A0101.001

BT.A0101.002

CGR-B1840AE

BT.T3404.001

BTP-30N3L

B-5539

CGR-B/840AE

B5539

BTP1400

BTP550P

HBT0186001

HBT0186002

BTA0101001

BTA0101002

B5539

MCY23

MCY25

MCY27

Compatible Model Numbers:

ACER:
Aspire 1200 1203XV Series
TraveIMate 270 Series
TraveIMate 270XV Series
TraveIMate 272LC Series
TraveIMate 272 Series
TraveIMate 272X Series
TraveIMate 272XVi Series
TraveIMate 272XV Series
TraveIMate 273 Series
TraveIMate 273X Series
TraveIMate 273XV Series
TraveIMate 275LC Series
TraveIMate 275 Series
TraveIMate 530 Series
TraveIMate 533XCi
TraveIMate 550 Series

Aristo:
Vega FX N-30N3

COMPAL:
N-30N3 ,CY20, CY23, CY25

Fujitsu Siemens
Amilo A-Serie CY26,
Amilo A-Serie A6600,
Amilo A-Serie A7600,
Amilo A-Serie A8600,
Amilo D-Serie CY20,
Amilo D-Serie CY23,
Amilo D-Serie CY25,
Amilo D-Serie D5100,
Amilo D-Serie D5500,
Amilo D-Serie D6100,
Amilo D-Serie D6500,
Amilo D-Serie D7100,
Amilo D-Serie D7500
LifeBook 30N3C,
LifeBook A-4170,
LifeBook A-4187,
LifeBook A-4190

WINBOOK : N3 Series

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Genuine AS09A31 Battery For EMACHINES E627-5019

  • Specifications:
  • Primary OEM Brand: emachines
  • Capacity:4400mAh
  • Voltage: 11.1V
  • Chemistry: Li-ion
  • Item Number: EPEM004

Part Numbers:

AS09A31

AS09A41

AS09A56

AS09A70

AS09A73

AS09A75

AS09A90

MS2274

BT-00603-076

BT.00603.076

BT.00605.036

AS07A51

Compatible Model Numbers:

Fit for:

Acer Aspire 4732 all Series

Aspire 4732Z, 4732Z-432G25MN, 4732Z-431G16Mn

Acer Aspire 5332 all Series

Aspire 5332-312G32Mn

Acer Aspire 5335 all Series

Acer 5335-2257, 5335-2238, 5335-2553

Acer Aspire 5516 all Series

Aspire 5516-5063, 5516-5128, 5516-5196, 5516-5474, 5516-5640

Acer Aspire 5517 all Series

Aspire 5517-1127, 5517-1208, 5517-1216, 5517-1643, 5517-5136,5517-5535, 5517-5661, 5517-5671, 5517-5078, 5517-5086, 5517-5700, 5517-5997

Acer Aspire 5532 all Series

Aspire 5532-5535

Acer eMachines E525, E627, E725, D525, D725, D620, G620, G627,G725

Acer Packard Bell EasyNote TJ66 Series (Model MS2273)

TJ66-CU-006 (LX.B770X.001), TJ66-CU-224A (LX.B7702.001),TJ66-DT-572SP (LX.BFH02.002)

Gateway NV52 Series

NV5207U NV5211U NV5212U NV5213U NV5214U NV5215U NV5216U

Gateway NV53 Series

NV5302U NV5331U NV5332U NV5333U NV5334U NV5335U NV5336U NV5337UNV5356U NV5362U NV5369ZU NV5370U NV5373U NV5376U NV5378U NV5380U NV5381U NV5383UNV5384U NV5385U NV5386U NV5387U NV5388U NV5389U NV5390U

Gateway NV54 Series

NV5421U NV5423U NV5425U NV5435U NV5453U NV5462U NV5465U NV5468UNV5469ZU NV5470U NV5471U NV5473U NV5474U NV5478U

Gateway NV56 Series

NV5602U NV5606U NV5610U NV5613U NV5614U

Gateway NV58 Series

NV5807U NV5810U NV5814U NV5815U NV5820U

Gateway NV59 Series

NV5911U NV5913U NV5915U NV5917U NV5918U NV5921U NV5922U NV5923UNV5925U NV5926U NV5927U NV5928U NV5929U NV5930U NV5931U NV5932U NV5933U NV5934UNV5935U NV5936U NV5937U

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✔ Longer lifespan – thanks to modern Lithium technology without memory effect.

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✔ 100% compatible in replacing your original battery

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Genuine UM08A75 Battery For E-Machines 250 EM250 EM250-1915

  • Primary OEM Brand: e- machinese
  • Capacity:4400mAh,6 cells
  • Voltage: 11.1V(compatible with 10.8V)
  • Chemistry: Li-ion
  • Item Number: EPEM005

Part Numbers:

UM08B41

UM08A31

UM08A51

UM08B51

UM08B52

UM08B64

UM08A71

UM08A72

UM08A73

UM08A74

UM08B31

UM08B71

UM08B72

UM08B73

UM08B74

UM08A75

UM08A32

UM08A41

934T2780F

BT.00607.042

LC.BTP00.017

LC.BTP00.018

Compatible Model Numbers:

Acer Aspire One
Acer Aspire One A110
Acer Aspire One A 110L

Acer Aspire One A150
Acer Aspire One A 150L
Acer Aspire One A150X

Acer Aspire One AoA110-1295
Acer Aspire One AoA110-1722
Acer Aspire One AoA150-1006

Acer Aspire One A110-AB
Acer Aspire One A110-1295
Acer Aspire One A110X
Acer Aspire One A 110L

Acer Aspire One A150-Aw
Acer Aspire One A150-Bb
Acer Aspire One A150-Bb1
Acer Aspire One A150-1006
Acer Aspire One A150-1049
Acer Aspire One A150-1126
Acer Aspire One A150-1249
Acer Aspire One A150-1447
Acer Aspire One A150-1890

Acer Aspire One A 150L
Acer Aspire One A150X

Acer Aspire One AOA110-1283
Acer Aspire One AOA110-1295
Acer Aspire One AOA110-1722
Acer Aspire One AOA110-1982

Acer Aspire One AOA150-Ab
Acer Aspire One AOA150- BW
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1001
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1126
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1140
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1405
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1435
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1570
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1649
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1672
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1777
Acer Aspire One AOA150-1840

Acer Aspire One D150
Acer Aspire One D250


Acer Aspire One P531h-1766
Acer Aspire One P531h-1791

Acer Aspire One ZG5 (Linux)

Acer Aspire One 8.9″ mini laptop Series

Gateway LT1000 Series
LT KAV10, LT KAV60,
LT1000, LT1000u, LT 1000, LT 1000u,
LT1001, LT1001u, LT 1001, LT 1001u,
LT1004, LT1004u, LT 1004, LT 1004u,
LT1005, LT1005u, LT 1005, LT 1005u

LT2001, LT2001u, LT2005u, LT2016u,
LT2021u, LT2022u, LT2023u, LT2024u,
LT2030u, LT2032u, LT2033u, LT2036u,
LT2041u, LT2044u

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✔ 100% compatible in replacing your original battery

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Samsung Galaxy Fold Hands-On: How Samsung ‘Fixed’ Its Foldable Phone

Samsung is finally ready to relaunch its ambitious Galaxy Fold, nearly five months after catastrophic problems encountered by early reviewers forced the company to cancel the launch of its most ambitious smartphone ever. Thanks to fundamental design flaws and the sheer amount of hype surrounding the Galaxy Fold’s introduction, the company has had to deal with some very high-profile embarrassment. All of this means that the stakes are incredibly high for Samsung, but the company is confident enough to let attendees at the IFA 2019 exhibition touch and use the phone themselves. We braved long lines and massive crowds in order to spend some hands-on time with the new re-engineered Samsung Galaxy Fold, and here are our thoughts.

Nearly all flagship smartphones today rely on the same increasingly generic design, no matter how slick they are. That makes it pretty hard to be impressed when something new comes up. The Samsung Galaxy Fold does not suffer from that problem at all – it is on an entirely new level. Holding it and flipping it open to reveal its internal screen for the first time is immensely satisfying.

The entire outer surface of the Galaxy Fold is glossy and highly reflective. This does make it feel a little futuristic, but it picks up fingerprints pretty much everywhere. The device we were able to use was constantly being wiped by an attendant in white gloves, and that makes us feel that this would be a high-maintenance phone to live with, especially since everyone you meet will want to play with it.

That said, the build quality is absolutely top-notch and this does feel like a luxury device. There is still a gap between the two halves when the device is folded but nothing about the mechanism feels loose or imprecise. We tried lightly bending and flexing the device when open, and it didn’t seem like it would be damaged easily.

So what exactly has Samsung done to fix the issues with the original design? We were told that first of all, there’s a rim around the interior surface protecting the large, folding screen and covering the edges of the outermost layer that people previously tried peeling off. The outer surface of the hinge has also been reinforced, and there are now protective stoppers at the top and bottom of the hinge barrel to prevent small particles from making their way into the mechanism.

We couldn’t help but be reminded of Nokia’s iconic 9000-series Communicator devices. The Galaxy Fold can be used when closed, but it’s obviously not the ideal shape or size for a smartphone. The 4.6-inch 21:9 outer screen is extremely tall and narrow, and fills nowhere near the entire surface. There are cameras on the front and back as well as the inside – a total of six of them, so you can use the phone as usual when folded or unfolded.

There are speakers on the top and bottom, which means you can get stereo sound if you rotate the device – the internal screen is almost square shaped with a 4.2:3 aspect ratio, so there isn’t much other distinction between portrait and landscape. There’s also a USB Type-C port but no 3.5mm audio socket. You’ll find the power and volume buttons on the right, along with a fingerprint sensor that doubles as a Bixby button.

Samsung has worked hard on customising Android to support multiple screens. You can open an app while the phone is closed and it will seamlessly transition to the bigger screen when you flip the device open. You can tile up to three apps and drag the borders between them to resize them, or swap them between panels. This really gives multitasking on a smartphone new meaning.

The hinge feels like it’s spring-loaded, and pops open immediately when you push the two halves apart with even one finger. One-handed use is awkward, since you have to push the two halves a little to make them lie fully flat. We also accidentally got our palm pinched between the outer hinge panels more than once in our very brief time with this phone, which was the only unpleasant part of our experience.

So how is it to actually use the Samsung Galaxy Fold? We were most curious to see how the crease in the centre of the big screen would affect us, and unfortunately, it is very visible most of the time. You might try using the tablet in portrait or landscape, depending on what you’re doing, which could help avoid this. However, there were also times, such as when reading websites with white backgrounds, when we couldn’t really see the seam at all.

The corner notch on the inside definitely does make its presence felt, and like with most smartphones, you’ll notice that software is used cleverly in some places, such as making the title bars of apps very thick. We would really have liked an S-Pen, and the use cases for it are obvious, but sadly there isn’t space for one.

Overall, the Samsung Galaxy Fold is very much a first-generation device. For the price you’d have to pay for one if you choose to, you’d be getting a completely unique experience and the undeniable appeal of a 7.3-inch tablet in your pocket, but we can’t yet weigh in on how practical this device will be for everyday use. We weren’t able to feel how it fits into a pocket, but at 17.1mm thick folded, it won’t be convenient. At 276g, it is also far heavier than your average smartphone.

Had this product launch gone smoothly, Samsung would have earned tremendous credit for its foldable OLED panels, its engineering and design skill, and simply for its imagination, not to mention outdoing Apple when it comes to truly innovative and inventive products. Still, people should be excited about the Galaxy Fold and there will undoubtedly be many early adopters and enthusiasts who buy one. With no solid news of Huawei’s Mate X, the Galaxy Fold is for now the ultimate device for those who want to show off or just enjoy something incredibly cool.

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iOS 14: Apple Changing How It Develops Its Software After Buggy iOS 13 Debut

Apple is overhauling how it tests software after a swarm of bugs marred the latest iPhone and iPad operating systems, according to people familiar with the shift. Software chief Craig Federighi and lieutenants including Stacey Lysik announced the changes at a recent internal “kickoff” meeting with the company’s software developers. The new approach calls for Apple’s development teams to ensure that test versions, known as “daily builds,” of future software updates disable unfinished or buggy features by default. Testers will then have the option to selectively enable those features, via a new internal process and settings menu dubbed Flags, allowing them to isolate the impact of each individual addition on the system.

When the company’s iOS 13 was released alongside the iPhone 11 in September, iPhone owners and app developers were confronted with a litany of software glitches. Apps crashed or launched slowly. Cellular signal was inconsistent. There were user interface errors in apps like Messages, system-wide search issues and problems loading emails. Some new features, such as sharing file folders over iCloud and streaming music to multiple sets of AirPods, were either delayed or are still missing. This amounted to one of the most troubled and unpolished operating system updates in Apple’s history.

“iOS 13 continues to destroy my morale,” Marco Arment, a well known developer, wrote on Twitter. “Same,” replied Jason Marr, co-creator of grocery list app AnyList. “Apple’s really shown a lack of respect for both its developers and its customers with iOS 13.”

The issues show how complex iPhones have become and how easily users can be disappointed by a company known for the smooth integration of hardware and software. Annual software updates timed for release with the latest iPhones are a critical way for Apple to add new capabilities and keep users from defecting to archrival Android. Refreshed operating systems also give developers more tools for app creation, catalyzing more revenue for Apple from its App Store.

Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined to comment.

The new development process will help early internal iOS versions to be more usable, or “livable,” in Apple parlance. Prior to iOS 14’s development, some teams would add features every day that weren’t fully tested, while other teams would contribute changes weekly. “Daily builds were like a recipe with lots of cooks adding ingredients,” a person with knowledge of the process said.

Test software got so crammed with changes at different stages of development that the devices often became difficult to use. Because of this, some “testers would go days without a livable build, so they wouldn’t really have a handle on what’s working and not working,” the person said. This defeated the main goal of the testing process as Apple engineers struggled to check how the operating system was reacting to many of the new features, leading to some of iOS 13’s problems.

Apple measures and ranks the quality of its software using a scale of 1 to 100 that’s based on what’s known internally as a “white glove” test. Buggy releases might get a score in the low 60s whereas more stable software would be above 80. iOS 13 scored lower on that scale than the more polished iOS 12 that preceded it. Apple teams also assign green, yellow and red color codes to features to indicate their quality during development. A priority scale of 0 through 5, with 0 being a critical issue and 5 being minor, is used to determine the gravity of individual bugs.

The new strategy is already being applied to the development of iOS 14, codenamed “Azul” internally, ahead of its debut next year. Apple has also considered delaying some iOS 14 features until 2021 – in an update called “Azul +1” internally that will likely become known as iOS 15 externally – to give the company more time to focus on performance. Still, iOS 14 is expected to rival iOS 13 in the breadth of its new capabilities, the people familiar with Apple’s plans said.

The testing shift will apply to all of Apple’s operating systems, including iPadOS, watchOS, macOS and tvOS. The latest Mac computer operating system, macOS Catalina, has also manifested bugs such as incompatibility with many apps and missing messages in Mail. Some HomePod speakers, which run an iOS-based operating system, stopped working after a recent iOS 13 update, leading Apple to temporarily pull the upgrade. The latest Apple Watch and Apple TV updates, on the other hand, have gone more smoothly.

Apple executives hope that the overhauled testing approach will improve the quality of the company’s software over the long term. But this isn’t the first time that Apple engineers have heard this from management.

Last year, Apple delayed several iOS 12 features – including redesigns for CarPlay and the iPad home screen – specifically so it could focus on reliability and performance. At an all-hands meeting in January 2018, Federighi said the company had prioritized new features too much and should return to giving consumers the quality and stability that they wanted first.

Apple then established so-called Tiger Teams to address performance issues in specific parts of iOS. The company reassigned engineers from across the software division to focus on tasks such as speeding up app launch times, improving network connectivity and boosting battery life. When iOS 12 came out in the fall of 2018, it was a stable release that required just two updates in the first two months.

That success didn’t carry over to this year. The initial version of iOS 13 was so buggy that Apple has had to rush out several patches. In the first two months of iOS 13, there have been eight updates, the most since 2012 when Federighi took over Apple’s iOS software engineering group. The company is currently testing another new version, iOS 13.3, and there’s already a follow-up in the works for the spring.

About a month before Apple’s 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the company’s software engineers started to realize that iOS 13, then known internally as “Yukon,” wasn’t performing as well as previous versions. Some people who worked on the project said development was a “mess.”

By August, realizing that the initial iOS 13.0 set to ship with new iPhones a few weeks later wouldn’t hit quality standards, Apple engineers decided to mostly abandon that work and focus on improving iOS 13.1, the first update. Apple privately considered iOS 13.1 the “actual public release” with a quality level matching iOS 12. The company expected only die-hard Apple fans to load iOS 13.0 onto their phones.

The timing of the iOS 13.1 update was moved up by a week to Sept. 24, compressing the time that iOS 13.0 was Apple’s flagship OS release. New iPhones are so tightly integrated with Apple software that it would have been technically impossible to launch the iPhone 11 with iOS 12, and since 13.1 wasn’t ready in time, Apple’s only choice was to ship with 13.0 and update everyone to 13.1 as quickly as it could.

While the iOS 13 issues did upset iPhone owners, they still updated fairly quickly. As of mid-October, half of all Apple device users were running a version of iOS 13, according to Apple. That upgrade pace is still far ahead of Google’s Android.

Once iOS 13.1 was released, Apple’s software engineering division pivoted to iOS 13.2 with a quality goal of being better than iOS 12. This update has had fewer complaints than its predecessors in the iOS 13 family but did introduce a short-lived bug around apps closing in the background when they shouldn’t.

“iOS 13 has felt like a super-messy release, something we haven’t seen this bad since iOS 8 or so,” Steve Troughton-Smith, a veteran developer of Apple apps, wrote on Twitter.

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Apple Supplier to Buy Nokia’s Chennai Plant, Will Invest $279 Million

Finland’s Salcomp, a supplier to US tech group Apple, is to invest Rs. 2,000 crores in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components from March 2020, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. Salcomp has reached an agreement to take over a facility, formerly owned by Nokia, in Chennai and will begin operations at the site by March, Ravi Shankar Prasad told a news conference. Salcomp, a major supplier of chargers to Apple for its iPhones, has reached an agreement to take over the entire facility of Nokia handsets lying closed for the past so many years, Prasad said.

“I can tell you apart from chargers and other equipment it will lead to a diversified product portfolio,” Prasad said, adding that Salcomp would invest the Rs. 2,000 crores at the site over the next five years.

The move is expected to generate jobs for about 10,000 people, he said.

Nokia, in a statement, confirmed that it had reached an agreement with Salcomp for the sale of the facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai.

The widening of Apple’s supplier base in India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, is a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” drive.

India has been trying to take advantage of the trade war between Beijing and Washington, which has disrupted supply chains and forced companies to look for alternative manufacturing locations.

New Delhi cut corporate tax rates in September to woo manufacturers and revive private investment. It is also making plans to attract companies such as Apple, Foxconn, and Wistron to expand locally, Reuters reported previously.

Apple last month started selling its iPhone XR model assembled in India by the local unit of Foxconn It also assembles the iPhone 7 model in India through Wistron’s local unit in the tech hub of Bengaluru.

On Monday, Prasad, showing a locally-assembled iPhone XR, said he expected Apple to expand its manufacturing operations further in India.

Apple’s Indian-made phones will also be exported, Prasad said, adding that exports of mobile phones and components from the country would be worth $1.6 billion (roughly Rs. 11,500 crores) each in the financial year to end-March 2020.

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Huawei MatePad Pro With 10.8-Inch QHD+ Display, 7,250mAh Battery Launched; 5G Version Expected in Q1 2020

Huawei has officially launched the MatePad Pro, its brand new tablet deigned for creators. The tablet has been launched in China in multiple colours, along with different RAM and storage configurations. The MatePad Pro bears a striking resemblance to the Apple iPad Pro, with the rounded corners and slim bezels. One of the highlight features is that it supports wireless and reverse wireless charging, making it the first of its kind for a tablet. While the current models on offer only support LTE, Huawei has confirmed that a 5G version will arrive in Q1 2020.

Huawei MatePad Pro pricing, availability
The Huawei MatePad Pro is up for pre-orders on Vmall, with a starting price of CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs. 33,600) for 6GB + 128GB model (Wi-Fi only). Other prices are as follows: CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 40,700) 8GB + 256GB model (Wi-Fi only); CNY 3,799 (roughly Rs. 38,700) for 6GB + 128GB model (LTE); and CNY 4,499 (roughly Rs. 45,800) for 8GB + 256GB (LTE).

Huawei will also have a host of accessories to go with the MatePad Pro. The optional keyboard cover will cost an additional CNY 699 (roughly Rs. 7,100), while the M-Pencil will cost CNY 499 (roughly Rs. 5,000).

Huawei MatePad Pro specifications
Going by the translated Chinese text from Huawei’s product page, the MatePad Pro measures about 7.2mm in thickness and weighs 460g. It has a screen size of 10.8 inches diagonally, with DCI-P3 colour gamut and a QHD+ (1600×2560) pixel resolution. It is powered by a Huawei Kirin 990 SoC that is the company’s flagship processor. The tablet supports expandable storage but uses Huawei’s proprietary NM standard and not microSD. You also get four Harman Kardon-tuned speakers, two on each side of the tablet, which promises 3D stereo sound.

It packs a 13-megapixel rear camera sensor, with an f/1.8 aperture and phase detection autofocus (PDAF). The tablet can record up to 4K resolution videos. In the front, there is an 8-megapixel camera with support for up to 1080p video recording. The MatePad Pro features shooting modes such as slow-motion, timelapse, subject tracking and lots more.

In terms of software, the MatePad Pro runs on EMUI 10 that features a new visual design, split-screen multitasking and support for controlling your Huawei smartphone’s functions through a virtual window within the tablet. It also has a “computer mode,” which lets you get a desktop like interface on the tablet, similar to Samsung’s DeX. The M-Pencil can be used for drawing or sketching and charges when clipped onto the top of the MatePad Pro, magnetically. An hour of charge is said to offer around 10 hours of continuous usage.

It packs in a 7,250mAh battery, with support for fast charging up to 40W. The MatePad Pro is also capable of charging wirelessly up to 15W and can do reverse wireless charging up to 7.5W.

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