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Samsung Galaxy C8 Unveiled, Galaxy Note 8 India Launch Date, Flipkart Big Billion Days Dates, and More: Your 360 Daily

Samsung Galaxy C8 Unveiled, Galaxy Note 8 India Launch Date, Flipkart Big Billion Days Dates, and More: Your 360 Daily u2a2m

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 8 September 2017 22:53 IST

Highlights

The next Big Billion Days sale will kick off on September 20
Samsung's new Galaxy C8 brings flagship features to a lower price point
WhatsApp now allows s to multitask while on a video call

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Flipkart has Flipkart has not yet released teasers or promotions about specific products that are to be discounted, but we do know that offers for the fashion, appliances, home and furniture categories will begin on September 20 while mobile phones, electronics and accessories will go on sale starting the next day. 163s46

Flipkart's announcement features its own brands Metronaut, Divastree, Smartbuy and Perfect Homes, quite prominently. The Big Billion Days event has been held a number of times just before major festivals over the past few years.

Samsung Galaxy C8 with facial recognition and dual cameras announced
Samsung has not yet announced details of its pricing and availability.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 India launch on September 12
unveiled globally only a short while ago, and pre-orders have been open for a while already. The new Galaxy Note 8 is much like the Samsung Galaxy S8+, but has a larger 6.3-inch screen with more pronounced curves on the sides. It also features Samsung's S-Pen, which has been a staple of the Note series since the beginning. It also has an Exynos 8895 SoC, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, dual rear cameras, and hybrid dual-SIM slots. The Indian price is not yet known, but we can expect it to be quite high based on what we know of the international price.

Those who are considering buying this phone will be happy to know that it did very well in a durability test performed by popular YouTube channel JerryRigEverything. The phone was subjected to scratching, bending and even fire, and came out looking quite good. Most of its surfaces survived scratching with extremely sharp objects, and there was no damage from bending at all. It even made it through 10 seconds of fire exposure before the display was damaged.

In related news, Samsung Pay Samsung Pay-enabled points of sale without needing to swipe their physical credit cards. YES Bank customers also get Rs. 1,500 in cashback benefits as part of a promotion.

WhatsApp gets picture-in-picture, text status updates
a new picture-in-picture mode and text-based status messages across its iOS and Android clients. The PiP mode lets s run video calls in a small window so that they can use the app without interrupting a call. WhatsApp s can message other people or do anything else within the app, while the video call keeps running. The second feature allows s to type text and choose a background colour to display a slide in their update streams, in addition to photos and video clips. The status updates are visible to s for 24 hours.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Mi Note 3 likely to launch next week
Xiaomi has begun Mi Mix 2, but while its front is obscured, the blue back is clearly visible.

Previous rumours have pointed to a large borderless screen like the one on the original Mi Mix, and there is the possibility that it will use an unannounced Snapdragon 836 SoC and run Android 8.0 when it releases. Interestingly, Xiaomi could also use the event to launch another phone, the expected Mi Note 3, according to cryptic social media posts by company president Lin Bin.

Google Feed rolls out in Hindi on Android and iOS
Google Feed is Google Now on Android, and as part of the Google search app on iOS. Feed items appear based on relevance to a , not chronological order as with most social media sites. Google is hoping that s will spend a lot more time on Google rather than using it as a jumping-off point to content on the Web.

iPhone 8 supplies might be limited at launch time
It's all but confirmed that a fresh report backs up rumours from earlier this year that supply will be heavily constrained thanks to manufacturing difficulties and delays. All eyes will be on the launch announcement next week.

Facebook beefs up suicide prevention efforts
Facebook is Facebook will be adding tools to its Safety Centre that will help people reach out to friends who seem to be expressing suicidal thoughts, or report them to Facebook so that helpful material can be sent to them.

Android 8.0 Oreo beta released to OnePlus 3 s
will roll out in 2017. Beta s are reporting plenty of bugs, so there's still time to go before a final public release.

Google rumoured to be in talks to acquire HTC
Google's ownership of Motorola was Pixel 2 models.

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