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New Delhi: After launching OPPO F17 series that has several industry-first features created by the Hyderabad R&D team, the smartphone brand OPPO is planning to launch a Diwali limited edition smartphone in the country. The device will be crafted specifically for the desi consumers and will have a localised user interface (UI), Tasleem Arif, Vice President and R&D Head, OPPO India, told IANS on Thursday.

"Festivals are an important part of Indian culture and we have always sought to celebrate the joyous occasions with our consumers," Arif said. Last year, we announced unique offers for our users across our product portfolio and we are "committed to bringing in a similar experience for our users this year as well".

OPPO's latest offering F17 Pro comes packed with innovative features. The OPPO R&D team at Hyderabad has worked around camera features to introduce beauty solutions and imaging effects, specifically designed and tuned for the Indian skin tone, using the algorithms of the AI Beautification 2.0. "We have worked closely with IIT Hyderabad and other premier institutes to make these localised camera solutions, which address the requirements of the Indian customers particularly," Arif said.

Poco X3's major camera detail has been confirmed ahead of its expected launch in September. The new 64MP camera has been confirmed by Poco's Product Marketing Manager and Global Spokesperson, Angus Kai Ho Ng on Twitter. The camera of Poco X2's successor will be using a pixel binning technique that will help provide 64MP results to images of 16MP resolution.

Poco X3 teasers

In the tweet posted by the Chinese smartphone company's executive, there are two photos side by side. In the first image, someone can be seen holding the phone and clicking a photo of two buildings. In the second image, the actual photo taken by the device has been unveiled. The camera interface in the photo also shows features like Pro mode with options to adjust aperture, exposure value, ISO sensitivity, white balance, and others. In the photo of Poco X3, it is clearly visible that it will have a side-mounted fingerprint sensor instead of an in-screen one.

New Delhi: Apple is likely to announce the iPhone 12 series in October and a new report has claimed that as soon as the new iPhones get released, the company would discontinue older models. Apple may discontinue the iPhone XR after the iPhone 12 launches.

"They cite the availability of the more powerful iPhone SE 2020 as a better alternative rather than reducing the price of the XR again", reports iAppleTimes. iPhone XR has been a hot-selling device like iPhone 11. Apple will not discontinue iPhone 11 as it has broken several records to date, and may announce further price drop on this device.

In addition, Apple may also discontinue the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max as they now have successors. Apple took a similar decision last year when it launched the iPhone 11 series as it discontinued the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max.

Gionee is back in the Indian smartphone with its new launch. The entry-level Gionee MAX goes official in the country with a price of Rs 5,999. The smartphone will go on sale from August 31 onwards on Flipkart.com. The last device that Gionee launched in the country was Gionee F9 Plus.

The Gionee MAX comes packed with a 6.1-inch HD+ screen with Full View Dew Drop Display. One of the key features of the Gionee phone packs a 5,000 mAh battery. The smartphone manufacturer claims to offer up to 28 days standby time, 24 hours music, 9+ hours movie time, 42 hours of call time and 12 hours of gaming. The smartphone features a 2.5D curved glass.

On the camera front the Gionee MAX comes with a dual rear camera setup that includes a 13MP primary sensor and a bokeh lens. For selfies the phone includes a 5MP sensor inside of the water drop notch. Despite being an entry level device the Gionee MAX comes with features like Face Unlock, octa core processor (up to 1.6 GHz), 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 256GB storage.

New Delhi: Struggling to tame the spread of misinformation on its platform, Facebook can better reduce the extent to which their users fall for and spread fake news articles by deploying a better designed fake news flag. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found that although Facebook users may be too quick to believe or share misinformation, flagging fake news can also make a significant difference.

The new paper published in Information Systems Research, studied what tools would help Facebook users spot fake news. Lead author Tricia Moravec, an assistant professor in the McCombs School of Business, and co-authors, Antino Kim and Alan R Dennis of Indiana University, found that two simple interventions, especially when combined, had a strong effect on helping people discern reality from fake news.