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1. Document every delicious detail with Portrait Mode From a single current to the perfect drop of icing, Portrait Mode makes it possible to capture the finest details of your food concoctions. Try getting close to the subject—this amplifies the background blur effect to create a striking photo. 2. Use Slow Motion to capture mouthwatering videos Slow Motion shoots a high number of frames per second and you can adjust which parts of the videos to slow down, so a lot less editing is required. I love shooting videos of pouring drinks or chopping fruit—between the high sound quality and slow motion, I can capture enticing food envy footage for Instagram! 3. Shoot in all kinds of lighting If you’re taking photos outdoors on a sunny day, shoot in the shade so that the photo color is more saturated and less overexposed. In overall low-light settings, the wider aperture can allow more light into the camera, making getting a clear photo a breeze. You often don’t even need to use...

It's finally here! The next milestone update for Google's Android operating system is finally available for download. While it may get Android smartphone owners excited, this one's only available for Pixel smartphone owners. Yes, you read it right, an ArsTechnica report confirmed that Android P will not be arriving on the older Nexus devices like the Nexus 5X, 6P, and the Pixel C tablet. Android P comes with a handful of visual changes, and is not the massive Fuchsia revamp that many have been expecting, so for those who own a Pixel smartphone, the changes will be subtle overall. With the bad news about device support out of the way, here comes the rest of the news. This is a "Developer" Preview, so your only take away as consumers are the new features that you will be able to experience in the upcoming Public Beta Preview of the same. The early build did not arrive as an over the air (OTA) update for users who are a part of the Android Beta Program. So i...

New Delhi : Ringing in the new year, Flipkart has announced a 'Mobile Bonanza' sale from January 3 to January 5, 2018, offering discounts on a wide range of smartphones from Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola and other makers. ​In addition to discounts, the e-tailer is offering a BuyBack Guarantee at Rs 149; no cost EMI, and up to Rs 18,000 off on exchange of old phones. The previous two sales- New Pinch Days and Big Shopping Days offered discounts on popular smartphones in different price categories. Google's 2017 flagship, the Pixel 2 will be available at Rs, 39,999 from the earlier price of Rs. 61,000. The smartphone has been consistently rated to have the best camera among flagship devices released this year. Samsung Galaxy S7 , the South Korean maker's 2016 flagship will go on sale at Rs. 26,990 from Rs. 46,000. The smartphone includes internals still capable of running the latest operating system from Google without too many hiccups. Samsung flagship devices a...

Motorola is launching its flagship product, Moto Mods, that was promoted by the brand a while back alongside the Moto Z2 Play. The three new Moto Mods are – JBL SoundBoost 2 speaker Mod, TurboPower Pack battery Mod and GamePad Mod. The three Mods in question are expected to go on sale exclusively on  Flipkart  from December 17 onwards. According to Indian Express, the brand has also thought of renting out the Mods at Rs 399 per week from RentMojo, with whom Motorola has entered into a partnership and the service will be available across top 8 metro cities in India. The Moto Mods can be seen as an extension and are cases of the MotoZ family. Moto Z series phones are a new kind of flagship modular smartphones launched by Motorola in India a while back that can be expanded with the Moto Mods which can snap like a case with a magnetic click onto the back of the phone. JBL SoundBoost 2 speaker Mod is an upgrade of the SoundBoost 1 introduced with the moto Z seri...

China-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus, after coming up with a few affordable flagship devices, has now set a new benchmark by launching two flagships in a year. The company recently launched the OnePlus 5T, a flagship smartphone that breaks away from OnePlus’ 5.5-inch display culture in favour of an ultra-wide 6-inch 18:9 aspect ratio screen. In a way, OnePlus has indeed repeated itself in its upgrade experiement – the company had last year launched the upgraded flagship OnePlus 3T soon after coming up with the OnePlus 3. This time, the OnePlus 5T has come within five months of the OnePlus 5 launch. But how worthy was the OnePlus 5 for an upgrade? And is the OnePlus 5T even a worthy upgrade of the predecessor? Business Standard reviewed the OnePlus 5T and compared its features with the OnePlus 5 to assess the upgrade quotient. Here are our observations: Display OnePlus’ choice of the future-ready ultra-wide 18:9 aspect ratio screen in the OnePlus 5T is a welcome move. Howe...

LG V30 smartphone was launched in August 2017. The phone comes with a 6.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2880 pixels. Qualcomm Snapdragon 835It comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 200GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the LG V30 packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The LG V30 runs Android 7.1.2 and is powered by a 3300mAh non removable battery. It measures 151.70 x 75.40 x 7.30 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 158.00 grams. The LG V30 is a single SIM (GSM) . Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC and Headphones. Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Ambient light sensor. About LG Founded in Seoul in 1958 as GoldStar, LG Electronics today makes home appliances, mobiles, tablets, and televisions. LG launched its first Android smartphone in 2009, and its first Andro...

Airtel on Monday launched its Online Store where it is going to sell smartphones at attractive down payment options that include monthly installments that double up as postpaid plans. To start things off, the company has listed the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with the former being offered for as low as Rs 7,777 for the 32GB variant. Sounds like a great offer. Or does it? If you look into the fine-print, it's not that cool.  Now, here's what you need to know. In the case of the 32GB iPhone 7, customers will need to make a down payment of Rs 7,777 and then pay 24 monthly installments of Rs 2,499. The installments come with built-in postpaid plan that offers 30GB data, unlimited calling (local, STD, national roaming), and Airtel Secure package that covers the device against physical damage and cyber theft. Similarly, the 128GB iPhone 7 can be availed at Rs 16,300, the 32GB iPhone 7 Plus for Rs 17,300, and the 128GB iPhone 7 Plus 26,000, all of which come with the Rs 2,499...

Motorola Moto G5S Plus smartphone was launched in August 2017. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Motorola Moto G5S Plus price in India starts from Rs. 15,990.  The Motorola Moto G5S Plus is powered by 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Motorola Moto G5S Plus packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The Motorola Moto G5S Plus runs Android 7.1 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 153.50 x 76.20 x 9.50 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 168.00 grams. The Motorola Moto G5S Plus is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used ...

Google became the latest entrant into India's already burgeoning digital payments market by launching its own mobile payments app 'Tez.' With this launch, not only the number of mobile payment options have increased, the confusion around choosing a, secure, convenient and cashless payment option has also widened up. Here's a detailed look at various options available to help you make the best decision. Mobile wallets Mobile wallets have been the biggest beneficiary of demonetisation drive carried out by the government last year. In the latter's effort to boost cashless transactions in the country, the mobile wallets witnessed huge surge in traffic. There are number of mobile wallets in the country such as Paytm, Mobiwik, Oxigen, Freecharge etc. The payment via mobile wallets begins with loading money on to your wallet through your bank card (debit or credit) or net banking. You can easily load up to Rs 20,000 with minimum KYC. While wallets also help you pay...

There is early excitement for the iPhones releasing in 2018 and Apple is likely to ditch Touch ID feature and move to Face ID, said reports. Despite initially believing Apple might re-adopt the fingerprint technology -- an identity sensor that makes it easy for the user to get access to the device -- it is now likely that all 2018 iPhones will move to Face ID, 9to5Mac reported. "3D sensing will be a 'key selling point' of all new 2018 iPhone models," Ming-Chi Kuo, KGI Securities analyst was quoted by 9to5Mac. Ming said although Apple currently faces manufacturing difficulties with 3D sensing, 'TrueDepth' cameras and Face ID will help Apple capitalise on its clear lead in 3D sensing design and production for smartphones. However, according to Ming's report in September the company had not entirely moved away from Touch ID. Meanwhile, the company's newly-launched iPhone 8 is facing the problem of swollen batteries and incidents have been reported from...

HMD Global, the Finnishcompany behind the next-generation Nokia smartphones, on September 26 launched the flagship Nokia 8 in India at Rs 36,999. The smartphone will go on sale starting October 14 on Amazon India and at offline retail stores. HMD Global resurrected the Nokia brand by launching the Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 -- the the first batch of Nokia-branded smartphone devices to run on the Android ecosystem. However, there was an absence of a flagship product in the range, somewhat restricting the scope. The Nokia 8 is the first premium flagship device from the stable of HMD Global offering top-of-the-line specifications, coupled with exclusive features reminiscent of Nokia’s heyday. The Nokia 8 is powered by Qualcomm’s premium Snapdragon 835 processor, with a 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal memory. There is a dual camera setup on the back that utilises Carl Zeiss optics and OZO audio solution technology, which allows the phone to capture crisp and cle...