Articles by Harish Jonnalagadda

With a 120Hz AMOLED panel and 108MP camera at the back, the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max has the upgrades you’re looking for.

The most important phone launch in India isn’t from Samsung, Vivo, Realme, OPPO, or even OnePlus. That particular honor belongs to the Redmi Note lineup. The series has defined the budget category over the last five years, with Xiaomi racking up 200 million sales in that time.

But what’s particularly interesting is just how many phones Xiaomi sold in the last 15 months. It took the brand over three years to hit the 100 million milestone, but just 15 months to sell another 100 million units — averaging sales of 7 million a month around the world. It’s no wonder, then, that the Redmi Note 9 was one of the best-selling phones globally in 2020 and the standard for the best cheap Android phones.

In 2021, Xiaomi is taking things to the next level with the Redmi Note 10 series. The phones now come with AMOLED screens as standard, and the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max has a 108…

Here’s what we know so far about OnePlus’ 2021 flagship.

OnePlus had a lackluster 2020 in the flagship category, and it is looking to bounce back this year with the OnePlus 9 series. The OnePlus 9 series will continue the Chinese manufacturer’s push as the maker of the best Android phones, and we’re likely to see a slew of exciting additions that should make the phones stand out from their 2020 counterparts.

We’ve had a few nuggets of information on the OnePlus 9; there will be three models in the series — OnePlus 9, 9 Pro, and 9R — and they will debut at an earlier-than-usual release window in March 2021. Here’s what you need to know about the OnePlus 9 release date, specs, pricing, and availability.

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OnePlus 9 Announcement and release date

After months of silence, OnePlus finally announced an official OnePlus 9 launch date of March 23, with the official livestream beginning on OnePlus’s website at…

The best solid-state drive (SSD) for home NAS lets you store and access data five times faster than a mechanical hard drive. If you use a lot of I/O-intensive workloads, you can also slot in an NVMe SSD inside the NAS for caching. The obvious choice is the Seagate IronWolf 110 NAS SSD as it’s designed for NAS enclosures, has an unmatched endurance rating, and decades-long reliability.

Unmatched reliability

Seagate IronWolf 110 NAS SSD

Staff Pick

The IronWolf 110 is a new class of SSD that’s designed for NAS enclosures. It’s costlier than most 2.5-inch SSDs, but that’s because of the reliability on offer. With an endurance rating of 435TBW (terabytes written) for the 240GB version, you can write 100GB of data daily to the NAS and it won’t wear out for 12.5 years or more. With data transfers of up to 560MB/s and optimized for 24/7 use, the IronWolf 110 is the best SSD for your home NAS.

$90 at Amazon

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WD Red SA500

Like the IronWolf 110, the Red SA500 is an S…

WhatsApp has a location-sharing feature that makes it as easy as possible to share your current location with your friends or family. There are two options available — you can share your current location, or broadcast your location with select contacts for a set amount of time. Here’s how to get started with sharing your location in WhatsApp.

How to share your location in WhatsApp

Select the contact you’d like to share your location with.
In the conversation window, hit the attach button. It’s the paperclip icon next to the message field.
Tap Location.

Hit Continue to give WhatsApp access to your location. If you’re using a phone with Android 11, you can use the Only this time setting to give the service one-time access.
Select Send your current location to easily share your location with your friends.
You can also share your location in real-time with your friends and family. Select Share live location to broadcast your location info.

Read the details in the text box an…

OnePlus’ upcoming mid-range phone will be its first without a Qualcomm chipset.

What you need to know

The next phone in the Nord series is called the Nord 2, and it will launch be unveiled in Q2 2021.
The Nord 2 is getting a big hardware upgrade in the form of a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 chipset.
The Dimensity 1200 chipset is built on a 6nm node and features Cortex A78 and A55 cores.

The OnePlus 9 is on the horizon, with the series set to make its debut sometime later this month. If the numerous leaks are anything to go by, the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro should offer much better cameras than their predecessors. But the numbered flagship series isn’t the only lineup OnePlus has to care about these days; the introduction of the Nord last year has allowed the Chinese manufacturer to make decent inroads into the mid-range segment.

OnePlus Nord 2 is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200

The OnePlus Nord continues to be one of the best-selling mid-range phones in markets like India, and we now…

You can still find a few phones with pop-up selfie cameras, but don’t hold out for this trend to make a comeback.

Phone manufacturers have waged a war on bezels over the last four years, and the result is that even budget phones these days have ultra-thin bezels on all sides. Thin bezels mean you get a larger screen-to-body ratio, allowing brands to cram a larger screen without increasing the dimensions of the phone. For some context, the Galaxy S9+ had a 6.2-inch panel, and the Galaxy S21 offers the same screen size even though it is 6.4mm shorter.

Xiaomi was the one to kick off this particular trend back in 2016 with the Mi Mix, which offered a 91.3% screen-to-body ratio. Xiaomi achieved this by changing the location of the front camera module to the bottom bezels, leading to an all-screen design. Brands have iterated on this formula; the Galaxy S8 and S9 series featured thin bezels at the top that hid the camera module, the ZenFone 5 and OnePlus 6 went the iPhone route and added…

Here’s what we know so far about OnePlus’ 2021 flagship.

OnePlus had a lackluster 2020 in the flagship category, and it is looking to bounce back this year with the OnePlus 9 series. The OnePlus 9 series will continue the Chinese manufacturer’s push as the maker of the best Android phones, and we’re likely to see a slew of exciting additions that should make the phones stand out from their 2020 counterparts.

We’ve had a few nuggets of information on the OnePlus 9; there will be three models in the series — OnePlus 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Lite — and they will debut at an earlier-than-usual release window in March 2021. Here’s what you need to know about the OnePlus 9 release date, specs, pricing, and availability.

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Announcement and release date
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OnePlus 9 Announcement and release date

OnePlus usually launches its flagships in May, but in 2020, the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro were unveiled on April 14. Here’s when OnePlus released some of its earl…

Nothing teams up with Swedish audio pioneer teenage engineering.

What you need to know

Carl Pei’s audio venture Nothing has announced Swedish-based teenage engineering as a founding partner.
Teenage engineering makes synthesizers and wireless audio products that stand out for their design.
Nothing will leverage teenage engineering’s unique design aesthetic for its upcoming products.

Carl Pei’s audio startup Nothing will unveil its first products over the coming months, and the brand has positioned design as a key differentiator. Now we have a better understanding of the direction Nothing intends to take in the audio category; the brand has announced Swedish audio brand teenage engineering as a founding partner.

Teenage engineering was established back in 2005, and the Swedish brand rolled out its first synthesizer, the OP-1, in 2011. The synthesizer stood out for its unique design and feature-set and gained momentum with musicians (Swedish House Mafia and OK Go used it extens…

Xiaomi has finally created a phone that beats the best that Samsung has to offer.

I’ve used all Xiaomi phones in the Mi numbered series starting with the Mi 3. The Mi 3 and Mi 4 offered outstanding value for money and set up Xiaomi as a viable alternative to established brands in countries like India. The Mi 5 continued that push with a gorgeous metal and glass design, the Mi 5s switched to an all-metal aesthetic, the Mi 6 showcased Xiaomi’s hardware and camera prowess, the Mi 8 saw the introduction of the notch, and the Mi 9 had a great camera but was a letdown in terms of software.

Xiaomi changed its strategy last year, focusing on the high-end segment with the Mi 10 Pro. The regular Mi 10 was aimed at value-focused buyers, with both phones offering outstanding cameras and a gorgeous design that made them hold their own against the Galaxy S20.

Ultimately, it was the software that let down the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. Software issues have been a constant thorn in Xiaomi’s side over t…

With 65W fast charging and a 120Hz display, the OnePlus 8T has the upgrades you’re looking for.

OnePlus has to thread the needle every year with its mid-cycle T refresh. It needs to add enough new features that customers find a compelling enough reason to pick up the new phone, but not too many that it risks overshadowing its numbered flagship series.

OnePlus, therefore, has to strike the ideal balance when it comes to new features. With the OnePlus 8T, it has managed to do just that. The phone has internal hardware that’s similar to the OnePlus 8 series, but it picks up 65W fast charging and a new design for the rear camera housing that makes it stand out. There’s also a 120Hz display, and the screen itself is flat, unlike the OnePlus 8 series.

OnePlus is facing increased competition in this category with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, which includes most of the features from the regular S20 series at a much more affordable $699 price — making it one of the …