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Specs comparison: RealMe U1 vs Honor 8C

The RealMe has finally launched its first phone in the U series, which is also the world’s first smartphone to feature a MediaTek Helio P70 chipset “RealMe U1”. The smartphone is priced at Rs 11,999 in India for its 3GB/32Gb variant. On the other side, we have the Honor 8C, which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor and also priced at Rs 11,999. So let’s do a quick specs comparison to see which one would be the right pick for you?  The RealMe U1 comes with a 6.3-inch display that offers a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, while the Honor 8C sports a slightly smaller 6.2-inch display that offers a resolution of 720 x 1520 pixels. In terms of display, the RealMe U1 has a bigger and better display than the Honor 8C as it looks like on paper. When it comes to the processor, the RealMe U1 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P70 processor, while the Honor 8C is backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor.  As far as the cameras are concerned, the RealMe U1 has a 25MP front c...

Game Awards 2018 expected to have more than 10 reveals, including Rocksteady Studios rumoured Superman Game

The annual Game Awards will take place on December 6, 2018 and will be broadcast live on YouTube, Twitch and Mixer. The event will take place at 5:30 pm PST on December 6, which translates to December 7, 7 am India time. If you have a 4K TV, you can enjoy the game awards in 4K on YouTube. One of the biggest highlights of the Game Awards each year are the game announcements that take place. Sometimes we see new trailers or footage for upcoming games and at other times, games are announced for the first time during the show. In the past we have seen announcements for titles Like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain at the game awards, so we can expect some AAA announcements this year as well. If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then we can expect more than 10 announcements at this years show. Some information points to the reveal of the much-rumoured Superman game by Rocksteady Studios. For those that aren’t aware, Rocksteady is the studio that broke...

Meizu plans fresh innings in India, may pit smartphones against Xiaomi and OnePlus: Report

Meizu went silent in India last year and after a sabbatical it is reportedly preparing to bounce back with the launch of three smartphones in different segments in the country. If the report making rounds on the internet is to be believed, the company will unveil these smartphone as early as next month and pit them against OnePlus and Xiaomi. Not only these devices, the report says that Meizu is also planning to launch two devices at an event sometime in January next year. Citing industry sources, BGR India reports that one of these three smartphones with the codename ‘M16-TH’ will launch taking on the current ‘flagship killer’ and Indian premium segment market leader (Counterpoint Research) the OnePlus 6T. The other two smartphones are said to be affordable devices that are expected to rival Xiaomi’s Redmi series of smartphones. The launch will further congest the smartphone market which is already crowded with multiple Chinese smartphone makers. Like other Chinese players includ...

Apple says iPhone XR is outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max

“Apple iPhone XR has been the most popular and best-selling iPhone” and is outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max since it hit the markets last month, Greg Joswiak, Apple Vice President of Product Marketing has claimed during an interview with CNET. The executive, however, did not give any numbers and declined to comment on the recent Wall Street Journal article that reported lukewarm reception of the Apple iPhone XR demand in most markets. Apple has been on a sticky wicket since it launched the three new iPhones in mid-September - at least for analysts. Apple priced the iPhone XS for $999, iPhone XS Max $1,099 and the iPhone XR for $749. In India, the price of the iPhone XS has touched the Rs 1-lakh mark and goes all the way up to Rs 1.45 lakhs for the iPhone XS Max. We wrote in our iPhone XR review that although the handset inherits some of the good things from previous generations of devices, minor things like the lack of an HD display, no dual camera and a terribly limited por...