Well, that is where Prisma comes in. Yes, we have add apps that attempt to convert images into sketches and even works of art (we reviewed Waterlogue way back in 2014, remember?), these efforts have largely been gimmicky – you could see that it was a photograph that had been tweaked, and the options were generally restricted. Prisma, now, is a very different kettle of fish. It not only allows you to convert your photographs into art work, but actually lets you pick the styles that you want....

Online Shopping: How Good Can It Be? Considering the fact that people today depend on man-made objects (clothes, electrics, electronics, mechanic equipments), there is no surprise that the shopping industry is the biggest in the history of mankind. And how can’t it be, when every single object on the planet is a potential new article for selling and buying? Because that is what shopping means after all: buying an object from someone who is selling it....

Modern, mainstream design The Realme 6 ticks all the design boxes a smartphone in this price range is expected to tick. The smartphone comes with a tall, punch hole display, surrounded by thin bezels on three sides and a slightly thicker chin. A glass-like plastic back with color gradient and light patterns and a long capsule-shaped camera unit. The design of the Realme 6 is pretty routine apart from the power/lock button placed on the right side of the phone....

Realme X2 Pro: When the battery leads the charge When was the last time that the first thing you noticed about a flagship phone was how fast its battery charged? Well, perhaps in the early days of OnePlus and its much talked about Dash Charge. But even then, there was a lot to talk about and the battery was just one of the topics that caught one’s attention. Well, that’s not quite the case with the Realme X2 Pro....

Well, there is good news for those waiting for the Poco F2 – the phone has been released in India. Only under a different name. Xiaomi has chosen to call it the Redmi K50i 5G. Yes, it is being marketed as the return of the Redmi K series to India, but make no mistake about it, this is a phone with a Poco F1 soul. It has been almost four years since the Poco F1 was released, but it is amazing how similar the K50i is to it in terms of core philosophy....

Bigger than a band, smaller than a watch Xiaomi has been using the term “Redmi Smart Band Pro SportsWatch” to refer to the Redmi Smart Band Pro, clearly revealing its watch aspirations. In design terms, it is definitely closer to a fitness band, but its extra width does give a slight watch-like look. There are no navigation buttons on it at all, although the bezels around the display are not very slim....

We reckon the Nexus 5X would understand the sentiment that underlies those famous lines from Rudyard Kipling. Seldom has opinion about a phone swung so radically in a matter of weeks. Launched as the spiritual successor of the very successful Nexus 5, it was greeted at its launch with shock and disbelief at its price – Rs 31,900 – which many (us included, check our first impressions) considered a tad on the high side for a device that was not exactly a spec barnstormer....

Samsung Galaxy A21s: Design and Display In terms of design, the Galaxy A21s comes with a 3D glastic design on the rear and comes in three colorways: Black, White, and Blue. Towards the front, it features a 6.5-inch Infinity-O TFT display with a cutout on the top left to house the front-facing camera. The panel offers an HD+ resolution and comes in with a 20:9 aspect ratio. It’s little baffling to find an HD+ TFT display at this price range in 2020....

Unlike the Huawei P20 Pro, Samsung’s three-camera arrangement won’t set a new benchmark in the industry which is expected considering the price. It consists of a regular 24-megapixel f/1.7 lens, an 8-megapixel wide-angle sensor, and a third 5-megapixel f/2.2 snapper for depth-sensing. On the front too, the Galaxy A7 offers a high-res 24-megapixel selfie camera which the company says is capable of letting in more light by pixel binning. Apart from that, though, the Galaxy A7 is your usual mid-range smartphone....

Samsung Galaxy A71: Design and Display In terms of design, the Galaxy A71 features a diamond-cut design on the rear with a gloss finish and multiple shades of color, giving it a unique touch. Towards the front, it flaunts a 6.7-inch Infinity-O Super AMOLED display, which offers a 2400 x 1080 screen resolution and comes with a hole-punch cutout to house the front-facing camera. The A71 comes in four color options: Prism Crush Black, Silver, Blue, and Pink....

All three S20 models, the S20 5G, S20 Plus 5G, and the S20 Ultra 5G share a lot of similarities, such as the 120Hz refresh rate display, the 7nm chipset, and the Android 10 OS with Samsung’s OneUI 2.0 running on top. That said, let’s dive in and look at the specifications for each of these devices in detail. Samsung Galaxy S20 5G To start off, the Samsung S20 5G is the standard S20 variant, which features a 6....

Samsung claims that the new processor will bring in a drastic improvements in performance characteristics and will also be more efficient than its predecessor. The Exynos 8 Octa will be the first application processor to integrate the company’s CPU cores based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture which will result in a 30 percent improvement in performance and 10 percent in power efficiency when compared with its predecessor the Exynos 7 Octa....

Sound for everything and everyone For, notwithstanding its array of features, the Sennheiser HD 458BT is mainly about its sound quality. It delivers the clear, warm sound that is a Sennheiser trademark. There is slight stress on the bass but never do the beats and other instruments overwhelm the vocals and other instruments. We would call it somewhere between the very warm and carefully tuned sound of Bose and the slightly more bass-heavy sound of Sony – and that is a very good place to be....

How does Smart Stay Ex help you? The screen would shut off every few minutes ruining your experience. On the other hand, if you had an app with that feature and you paused from reading for awhile, the screen would keep active all the time. This would have an enormous impact on your battery life. What the Smart Stay feature allows you to do, is to better conserve your battery by keeping active the screen only when you need it and also enhancing your reading and browsing experience....

The new Xperia Z4 features a 5.2-inch Full HD (1080p) display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa core processor along with 3GB of RAM. There’s a 32GB onboard storage, with a microSD slot which can extend storage by up to 128GB. The rear camera stays at the same 20.7MP as on Xperia Z3, while the front camera is a wide-angle 5.1MP snapper for videos chat and selfies....

Interestingly, this is the third time that T-Mobile and Sprint have talked about merging. Both the companies want to combat the hypercompetitive market as a single entity. The merger of operations is expected to help both the companies to save billions and also tackle the regulatory environment in a much better way. T-Mobile is pegged at a market value of $55 Billion while the sprint is pegged at $60 billion....

Tagg Sports Plus Bluetooth Earphone Review Since I am using a Sports model here, the review is around my experience with the workout, run, and walk. It can be used as a casual earphone as well. Design and Workout Experience My first impressions of the Tagg Sports Plus wasn’t great. When you look at it, it’s just a thin wire with earphones attached at two ends. I thought, how will this hold up when I get out for a walk....

The offer comes on the heels of Microsoft discontinuing the Surface 3 lineup, a device that would have otherwise appealed to the student buyers budget. It is still unclear if the Surface 3 will have an immediate successor or if Microsoft will continue piggybacking on the more expensive Surface 4 Pro lineup. Microsoft is expected to focus on refreshing the Surface Pro and the Surface Book line up next year....

That was the question asked at a Nokia press briefing in 2008 in India. The two phones involved were the Nokia N96 and the Apple iPhone. The interesting part? The reporter asking the question was raising the issue as to why anyone would buy the Nokia N96 at Rs 34,990 when the iPhone was available (albeit unofficially) at a lower price (around Rs 27,000 in the grey market). Yep, the iPhone was available at a lower price than a Nokia flagship....

To ensure you have better security on the internet, irrespective of the operating system your smartphone is running and that your data stays protected, you should use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) for all your online communications. In fact, not just smartphones, you should have a VPN client on all your devices, be it tablets, computers, or even smart TVs. But what exactly is a VPN, how does it protect your data, and which is the best VPN service for your iPhone?...