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Xiaomi Mi 6X (Mi A2) and Zenfone Max Pro M1 Launched, OnePlus 6 Leaks, New Gmail, and More News This Week

Xiaomi Mi 6X (Mi A2) and Zenfone Max Pro M1 Launched, OnePlus 6 Leaks, New Gmail, and More News This Week 1v1e4r

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 29 April 2018 11:22 IST

Highlights

The Xiaomi Mi 6X launched in China - it's expected in India as the Mi A2
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 Is here to take on Redmi Note 5 Pro
Gmail now has a new look and features like self-destructing messages

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In the tech news that you can use this week, we got to see one of the highly anticipated launches - the Xiao Ai. x6hm

There are three variants of the Xiaomi Mi 6X - one with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, which is priced at CNY 1,599 (roughly Rs. 16,900). The next model has 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, and costs CNY 1,799 (approximately Rs. 19,000). Finally, there's the top-end Mi 6X variant, with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage, the price tag is CNY 1,999 (around Rs. 21,000). The India prices should be relatively close to these - for comparison, the launched at CNY 1,499 - roughly Rs. 14,200 at the time.

The Xiaomi Mi 6X has a 5.99-inch display, with an 18:9 aspect ratio, full-HD+ resolution. It is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 660 SoC, with the aforementioned RAM and storage options. There's a dual-camera setup on the back, with a 12-megapixel primary sensor and a 20-megapixel secondary sensor, while there's a 20 megapixel front camera. According to Xiaomi, there's a lot of AI being used for taking the best photographs, along with features such as text-translation, currency conversion, and so on. The Mi 6X packs in a 3010mAh battery, and in keeping with Xiaomi tradition, holds on to the IR emitter.

Meanwhile, the other phone that's got everyone's attention is the glass back, which could enable wireless charging. In the post, he mentions that the glass back will feature a five-layer nanotech coating, and also hinted at a purple colour variant of the OnePlus 6.

We already knew that the handset after its debut in China, with both events scheduled for May 17. Before that though, the phone will be unveiled in London on May 16.

Ahead of the May 17 launch of the OnePlus 6, the working unit of the OnePlus 6 was also spotted, which lines up perfectly with previous leaks, so the design at least can be taken as confirmed.

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The week kicked off with one more launch, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, which comes with the same Snapdragon 636 SoC.

The Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 has been launched in three different variants, starting at 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage, for which it's charging Rs. 10,999. The middle variant has 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, and is priced at Rs. 12,999. The top-end variant of the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, hasn't been made available yet, but it will be priced at Rs. 14,999, which sounds pretty competitive.

Mi 6X (Mi A2) vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro vs Zenfone Max Pro M1

The Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 has a 5.99-inch full-HD+ display, with an 18:9 aspect ratio, and as mentioned before, it's powered by the octa-core Snapdragon 636 SoC. It has a dual-camera setup on the back, with a 13-megapixel primary sensor, and a 5-megapixel depth sensor, while there's an 8-megapixel selfie-camera. The top-end model, with 6GB RAM, has a 16-megapixel and 5-megapixel camera setup on the back, but the rest remains the same. Along with the storage and RAM variants as mentioned above, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 has a huge 5000mAh battery, and comes with a 10W charger for quick charging.

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It was a surprisingly quiet week from telcos, who have been launching offers and plans with great regularity, but this week it was only new Rs. 219 recharge, which nets you 1.4GB data per day, and Hello Tunes, for 28 days - a total of 39.2GB of data.

Aside from this, start at Rs. 39,080 - a Rs. 6,700 for the 38mm Cellular variant.

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The new Gmail beings a as a standalone app, and also integrated into the new Gmail.

Another big launch this week was the India launch of the Huawei P20 Lite, just about a month after the global unveiling. The P20 Pro and P20 Lite prices in India are Rs. 64,999 and Rs. 19,999 respectively.

The Huawei P20 Pro comes with a 6.1-inch full-HD+ display, and it's powered by the company's own octa-core Kirin 970 SoC, which has a dedicated Neural Processing Unit for AI computations. It comes with 6GB of RAM, 128GB storage, and as mentioned, a three-camera setup on the rear, with an 8-megapixel sensor that has 3x soon, a 40-megapixel RGB sensor, and a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor. The Huawei P20 Pro also has a 4000mAh battery to power all this. The P20 Lite, on the other hand, has a 5.84-inch full-HD+ display, 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage, the Kirin 659 SoC, and a dual-camera setup with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor, as well as a 3000mAh battery.

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The phone itself is a fairly basic budget phone, with a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 425 SoC, and 2GB of RAM, a 5-inch qHD display, 8-megapixel and 5-megapixel rear and front cameras, 16GB storage, and a 2600mAh battery.

Oppo launched a Oppo A3. The phone, which is already available to buy at CNY 2,099 (roughly Rs. 22,100), has a 19:9 display aspect ratio, and an iPhone X-like notch. The screen is 6.2-inches at a full-HD+ resolution. There's a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera, 4GB of RAM, and a 3400mAh battery.

We also got the Gionee S11 Lite. Both phones are budget-friendly phones aimed at selfie-lovers, and are priced at Rs. 8,999 and Rs. 13,999 respectively.

We also Samsung Galaxy S9 Active, which is likely to be unveiled in the next couple of weeks. Much like previous generations, the Galaxy S9 Active will evidently be a more durable and rugged variant of the Galaxy S9 series. It's expected to have a 5.8-inch display at QHD+ resolution (1440x2960 pixels), with a 12-megapixel camera on the back, and an 8-megapixel front camera. The phone will also reportedly have a 4000mAh battery.

We also got to know a little bit about an "notched Nokia", the Nokia N8-00 smartphone.

There were also some leaks from Xiaomi. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 has also reportedly been spotted in the wild with a possible Snapdragon 660 SoC.

The Alexa-powered smart speakers up to four. The Spot is a round speaker with a small circular display, that is still mostly a voice-based device, but can also be used for video news briefings, or showing movie trailers, and Alexa-to-Alexa video calls.

Amazon Publishing also announced a could launch Audible soon, insiders say, although the company is not willing to comment on the matter at present. However, it's been hiring for the Audible India team for over a year now, and according to sources, getting Chetan Bhagat's books on the service was considered a priority from the start.

Also, if you've been tracking exchange in India - has launched a crypto-to-crypto trading exchange, to allow people to move between various tokens without having to send funds to - or from - a bank.

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