Lenovo on Tuesday unveiled a new laptop, ThinkBook Plus Gen 3, which is available at a price of Rs 1,94,990 in the country.
The laptop can be purchased online from the company’s official website or ordered through local Lenovo channel partners.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 comes equipped with an industry-first 17.3-inch ultra-wide 21:10 aspect ratio primary display along with an 8-inch secondary touch-enabled display, which comes available with a bundled digital pen.
Ashish Sikka, Director of Commercial 4P Strategy, Lenovo India, said: “The latest ThinkBooks are built with premium materials, are committed to ensuring security, and feature sophisticated and sustainable designs customized for the next generation of fearless business owners.”
The company said that the laptop greatly complements the hybrid work requirements of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by helping them increase productivity, and ensuring effective collaboration and multitasking.
With its auxiliary display and digital pen, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 achieves a balance between application sub-tools and document editing.
The stylus with PANTONE digital colour, allows colour capturing through ColorKing and provides the user with multiple possibilities to create presentations and designs, the company said.
The new laptop also offers a CO2 offset service that helps customers seamlessly offset carbon emissions for the new device at the point of purchase.
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Apple is expanding its “Communication Safety” feature for children to six more countries, the media reported.
In the coming weeks, the feature will be expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Japan, South Korea and Brazil, reports MacRumors.
Communication Safety is an opt-in feature in the Messages application across Apple’s platforms, and is designed to alert children when they receive or send pictures that contain nudity.
According to the tech giant, when the feature is enabled, pictures containing nudity are blurred and the children will be warned and presented with helpful resources.
Moreover, children will also have the option to message someone they trust for help if they want.
Photos are only scanned on-device, keeping messages end-to-end encrypted and avoiding Apple from seeing any of the data.
In 2021, the US was the sole country where the Communication Safety feature was made available. However, a few months later, it was also made available in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Also, it has recently grown further to include France, Germany, Italy and Spain, the report said.
–IANS
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The iQOO Neo 7 5G smartphone is a fresh entrant in the midrange smartphone segment in India. It ticks right boxed for a performance-centric smartphone with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 system-on-chip, up to 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage, AMOLED screen of 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, and 120W fast wired charging. But is it an all-rounder? Let’s find out:
Design
The iQOO Neo 7 5G looks modest in interstellar black (review unit) colour variant. It lacks the flare of a premium smartphone, but has a thin-and-lightweight construction to compensate for it. Made of plastic, the phone has a flat profile on the front and two-side curved profile on the back. The phone may not look good aesthetically, but it has a good in-hand feel.
Display and audio
The iQOO Neo 7 5G sports a HDR10+ certified 6.78-inch fullHD+ AMOLED screen of 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. It is a flat screen covering the entire front with minimum bezels on sides. The bezels on top and sides are even, but the bottom bezel is slightly pronounced. Yet, the bezels are thinner than most other smartphones in its segment.
As for the quality, the screen is bright, vivid and responsive. It looks sharp and works well in everyday use. The screen supports adaptive refresh rate, which shifts between 60Hz, 90Hz, and 120Hz based on on-screen content requirements. The shift in refresh rate is barely noticeable and the experience is overall smooth. Yet, if you feel the need, there is an option in the display settings to fix the refresh rate at either 60Hz or 120Hz.
Coming to audio, the stereo speakers are loud and clear but lack balance. It is because the phone’s earpiece doubles up as a secondary speaker and its loudness and quality is no match in comparison to the dedicated loudspeaker, which is available on the bottom side of the frame.
Camera
Performance-centric smartphones, especially those aimed at gamers, generally cut corners on imaging front, and the iQOO Neo 7 5G is no different. It has a triple-camera set-up on the back, featuring an optical image stabilisation-backed 64-megapixel primary sensor paired with 2MP depth sensor and another 2MP macro lens.
Of the three, it is just the primary sensor worth writing about because the other two sensors are supplementary and barely usable. The primary sensor is good, but there are phones with better primary camera sensors in the midrange segment.
Nevertheless, it takes detailed shots in good lighting conditions. It is not quick in fixing focus, but gets it right most of the time. In low-light conditions, the camera struggles in finding the right balance between shutter speed and light sensitivity (ISO), resulting in inconsistent experience. Coming to the 16MP front camera, it is good for basic everyday use. Like the other cameras, there is nothing special about it to write home about.
Performance
This is the area where the iQOO Neo 7 5G shines. From smooth user interface transitions to quick app loading time, the smartphone impresses with swift performance. It handles routine day-to-day tasks with ease and shows no restraint while handling power-and-graphic intensive tasks. It is as good for gaming with no visible lag or drop in performance after extended usage. On top, there are a few gaming titles such as PUBG: New State and Call of Duty: Mobile that run at 90 frame rate setting with ease.
Complementing the performance is the Funtouch OS 13 interface, which is based on Android 13 operating system. It is not perfect, but the inconsistencies are neither major nor centered around core utilities. For example, there is bloatware in the system, screen-scaling setting is not optimised for all apps, and widgets have improper sizes.
Keeping the show going is the 5,000 mAh battery, which is good for a day of mixed usage. Constantly pushing the phone to its limit by playing graphic intensive games and shooting 4K resolution videos drains the battery quickly, but that is natural for every other phone. Thankfully, the iQOO Neo 7 5G comes with a 120W charger that takes about 35 min to refill the completely drained battery.
Verdict
At Rs 29,999 onwards, the iQOO Neo 7 5G is a performance-centric smartphone good for mobile gaming experience. It has a thin-and-lightweight construction, which is a plus from a usability perspective. It has a good screen and loud speakers that add to the good multimedia experience besides gaming experience. It could have been an all-rounder if it had the cameras to match the price.
With investments worth Rs 1.5 trillion in the pipeline, the data centre (DC) capacity in India is expected to jump six-fold by 2028, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. Mumbai, Hyderabad and the National Capital Region (NCR) will account for 70-75 per cent of the installed DC capacity.
The agency said that corporations like the Hiranandani Group, the Adani Group, the Reliance Group and foreign investors like Blackstone, CapitaLand, and Princeton Digital Group have started investing in the DCs. Along with these, captive consumers like Amazon and Microsoft are also investing in this field. The DC capacity is expected to rise to 4,900-5,000 MW by 2028.
“ICRA expects the sector to witness a six-fold increase in capacities in the next six years, with Mumbai, Hyderabad and NCR to account for 70-75 per cent of the installed DC capacity. The presence of landing stations, fibre connectivity, uninterrupted power supply, proximity to tenant’s headquarters and a high score on disaster proofing are some of the key parameters a DC operator would look for in a location. Mumbai and Chennai have maximum landing stations, with the former being the preferred location for a DC operator,” said Anupama Reddy, vice president and co-group head of corporate ratings at ICRA.
The main reasons for the rise are expanding digital infrastructure in India as well as favourable regulatory policies.
“The key triggers for the digital explosion in India are the increasing internet and mobile penetration, the Government’s thrust on e-governance/digital India, adoption of new technologies (cloud computing, IoT, 5G etc), growing user base for social media, gaming, e-commerce and OTT platforms. This, coupled with favourable regulatory policies viz. the draft Digital Data Protection Bill 2022, providing infrastructure status to data centres, special incentives from Central and state governments like land at a subsidised cost, power subsidies, exemptions on stamp duty, discounts on the usage of renewable energy and procurement of IT components made locally, and other concessions are expected to boost DC investments in the country,” Reddy added.
The report said that the industry revenues are expected to increase at a compound growth rate of around 17-19 per cent between 2022-23 and 2024-25. Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, this rate was 24.5 per cent. Despite the fall in growth rate, the operating margins are expected to improve in the next three years, ICRA said.
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has signed a business agreement with Naver Financial to promote the mobile payment experience.
With this agreement, both the companies “started collaborating in the payment and wallet sector, promising to continue working together for a more convenient digital life for users”, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Monday.
Through the collaboration, Samsung Pay users will be able to enjoy an enhanced online payment experience, and users of Naver Pay will enjoy a better offline payment experience.
“With the cooperation with Samsung Electronics, 31.5 million Naver Pay users can now experience convenient usability and benefits online as well as at most offline merchants through Samsung Pay,” said Park Sang-jin, Naver Financial, CEO.
Naver Pay users will be able to make Naver Pay’s offline payments through Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Security Transport (MST) payment method at all offline merchants where payments can be made with Samsung Pay.
The tech giant further mentioned that the two companies plan to accelerate their cooperation so that each service can be implemented in the first half of this year.
“In the future, we plan to continue to seek various ways to cooperate to provide a better digital life to users,” it added.
Meanwhile, SamMobile reported that Samsung’s next-generation foldable smartphones are expected to feature BOE displays.
Samsung Electronics has so far only used foldable panels from Samsung Display, and if the company adds BOE to the supply chain, it could lead to fewer sales of its Display arm.
–IANS
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Global technology brand OnePlus on Tuesday said that users in India can pre-order the latest performance flagship OnePlus 11R 5G starting at Rs 39,999, from February 21 at 12 p.m.
The company recently unveiled the latest addition to the OnePlus 11 Series — the OnePlus 11R 5G, an ultimate powerhouse that comes equipped with a powerful chipset, an efficient cooling system, super-fast charging, intelligent software, and much more.
For high-performance gamers, OnePlus has added a limited-time bundle offer with the device, where users will also receive the OnePlus Buds Z2, worth Rs 5,999, at no additional cost during the pre-order phase. This offer is valid till stocks last, said the company.
Users can click ‘Notify me’ on OnePlus.in or Amazon.in to stay updated, according to the company.
The OnePlus 11R 5G will be available for Rs 39,999 for the 8+128GB variant and Rs 44,999 for the 16+256GB variant.
The company is offering an instant discount of Rs 1,000 on the OnePlus 11R, on purchase through ICICI Bank Credit Cards, Debit Cards and EMI transactions on OnePlus.in, OnePlus Store App, OnePlus Experience Stores, and amazon.in
Citibank users can also avail instant discount of Rs 1,000 on the OnePlus 11R through Citibank Credit Cards and EMI transactions on OnePlus.in, OnePlus Store App, OnePlus Experience Stores, and Amazon.in.
There is also up to 9 months no-cost EMI on the device, on purchase using major credit cards on OnePlus.in, OnePlus Store App, OnePlus Experience Stores, and amazon.in, said the company.
The Red Cable Club (RCC) members can avail up to Rs 2,000 discount exclusively on Red Cable Club linked devices, on OnePlus.in and OnePlus Store App.
The OnePlus R Series brings the perfect combination of top-of-the-line hardware and software at a more accessible price point for tech enthusiasts and gamers, and the OnePlus 11R 5G is the latest extension of that vision, said the company.
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