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What OnePlus did to the likes of Samsung and HTC, Xioami's sub-brand Poco is doing to OnePlus. A few years ago, OnePlus disrupted the premium smartphone market by launching phones with similar specifications at half the price. Although still competitive, the pricing of OnePlus smartphones has gone up in the recent years. The recently launched OnePlus 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, has been priced at Rs 34,999. The first offering under Poco by Xiaomi focuses on speed, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, and is priced at Rs 20,999. But can Poco F1 give OnePlus 6 and other flagship devices a run for their money? Why Poco? Xiaomi has been the undisputed king in sub Rs 15,000 smartphone segment but struggled in the Rs 20,000 segment and above. Even with flagship launches such as the Mi 5 and Mi Mix 2 in the country, it could not compete with OnePlus and aggressively priced devices from Honor, Nokia and Vivo. But Xiaomi seems to have b

Along with the Poco F1 smartphone, the MIUI for Poco was also announced and now the Poco launcher app been listed on Google Play store. Here's how to download the Poco launcher app on all Xiaomi phones. The Poco F1 has become the cheapest smartphone to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, however, the MIUI for Poco has been in the news as well. Xiaomi has launched its first ever app launcher named as the Poco launcher app which is now available to download from the Google Play store. With the Poco launcher app all Xiaomi phone users won't need to install any third-party app to avail app launcher features. The tweaked version of MIUI has been customised for speed and comes with a new app drawer. All Xiaomi devices are compatible for MIUI for Poco while the company has made Poco F1 launcher available for download on the Google Play Store. Xiaomi users won’t need to download and install any third-party launchers on their smartphones in order to access an ap

Redmi 6 ,  Redmi 6 Pro , and  Redmi 6A  all may see a launch in India soon. Manu Kumar Jain,  Xiaomi  Global VP and Xiaomi India Managing Director, on Thursday shared a tweet that hinted at the imminent launch of these smartphones. To recall, all three smartphones in the Redmi 6-Series were launched in June in China, with the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A  launched  by Xiaomi  side-by-side , and the Redmi 6 Pro being unveiled a couple of weeks later. The  Redmi 5  and  Redmi 5A , the predecessors of the smartphones, were both very popular models in India, and the arrival of the new series is sure to be hotly anticipated. A separate invite was also shared, confirming the September 5 launchd ate. In his  tweet  on Thursday, Jain said, "#DeshKeNayeSmartphones! Mi fans! We've got more than one for you! Coming very soon." While this does not imply the launch of the Redmi 6-Series of smartphones, the tweet contains a video that shows the number 6, with three smartphone outlines b

Sir Donald George Bradman needed only four runs from his final innings to have a Test batting average of exactly 100, but he failed to score, bowled for a duck. Google  is celebrating what would have been the 110th birthday of legendary Sir Donald George “The Don” Bradman. The doodle features an animated Bradman playing a stroke. Born on August 27, 1908, in Cootamundra, Australia, Bradman is regarded as the finest of batsman of all time. In only his third innings, Bradman reached 50 and since then the Australian went on to cement his legacy as the greatest of all time. In his stellar career, Bradman made 12 Test double-hundreds with a highest score of 334 against England. In domestic cricket, Bradman scored an astonishing 28,067 runs at an average of 95.14. He also smashed 117 centuries with a highest score of 452 (not out). Don Bradman needed only four runs in his final innings to have a Test batting average of exactly 100, but he failed to score, bowled for a

With its new aspirational premium sub-brand POCO, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi seeks to disrupt the Indian market by redefining the premium segment. The “POCO F1” smartphone, launched this week in India, comes with all the specifications that a “premium smartphone” boasts of, at a price unheard of. The question lingers: Has POCO played safe with its pricing? According to the data from “CMR Mobile Handset India Market Review”, since it made its debut in India in 2014, Xiaomi has grown tremendously, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the smartphone shipments. It has aggressively competed with Samsung for the pole position in the India smartphone market. Xiaomi has gained a reputation for selling smartphones at aggressive price points, and is enjoying mass market appeal. Xiaomi has sold low-end and mid-range smartphones with specs comparable to the competition, but at cut-throat prices. Its early success came through e-commerce platforms as well as its

After a lengthy, exhausting chase of Brock Lesnar culminated at SummerSlam, Roman Reigns is finally WWE Universal Champion. The question now is – who will be first to take a swipe at the new man at the top of the mountain on Monday Night Raw? Lesnar’s controversial reign began all the way back at Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando in 2017 and, almost ever since, Reigns had made no secret of wanting to be the main to bring The Beast to his knees. Seth Rollins:: This one may be a little way off now thanks to Rollins’ Intercontential championship win in the Big Apple, but champion versus champion matches are hardly rare, so WWE may well decide to reward The Architect for the hottest streak of his career for a main event programme on Raw against his former Shield brother. The two have been sworn enemies and the best of pals in the past, so this would be a great way to blur that line once again with Raw’s biggest prize at stake. Bobby Lashley: L