TechInfoNewsUpdate #07: Big guns of nokia and Huawei, Miko 2 a sweet companion bot

Overview:

TechInfoNewsUpdate is back online with a new series of news on your favourite gadgets, robots! in this news update and new phone launches. Highlights of todays news updates are:

1. Launch news of Nokia 7.1 and a Huawei triple lens camera smartphone!
2. Jio Celebrations offer
3. Miko 2 A fun companion robot

1) Good news for Nokia smartphone lovers: 

Recently Nokia 7.1 has obtained the Android 9.0 update making it one of Nokia's fourth stable android smartphone. Nokia has plans to launch the Nokia 7.1 across Europe within this week with certainly high hopes. 

This flagship phone is available in two variants: 4GB RAM, 64GB memory and a 3GB RAM with 32GB memory. The upcoming phone possess a 12MP/5MP rear camera and a 8MP front facing camera with a f2.0 capable of delivering really good depth of field for photography. Furthermore, this wonderful phone is priced at EUR 299 approximately Rs.25,200/-

2) A Huawei with triple lens rear camera: 

The Huawei Mate 20 pro becomes on of the high end smartphones in India after its launch at a starting price of Rs.69,990/- Let us look into what makes this phone a beast and what's worth paying a fortune.

      The Mate 20 pro comes with a stock android 9.0 and has the latest 7nm Kirin 980 SoC which is a dedicated neural processing unit to enhance and improve the functionalities of Artificial Intelligence (Do check out this article on AI). The device is said to be so powerful that it is capable of competing with the heavy weights like Samsung Note series and the Apple's latest X series smartphones. On a personal note, with the advent and growth of AI, I believe that our devices also need an upgrade in terms of hardware for it to support the functionalities. Furthermore, the device comes in a 6GB RAM and a 128GB storage model.

3) Watch out for the Jio offer!: 

The telecom giant Jio has offered some of its users 2GB additional data per day as a part of extended Jio celebrations offer. 

The Jio celebrations pack usually comes with a validity of 4days and a person can get up to 10GB of additional data; although the assignment of data pack is random, you do get an additional data added to your account.

4) Robot Companion for children: 

The Indian robotics company Emotix has announced Miko 2 as a continued series of companion robots for children. Miko 2 is said to have advanced parental controls, a set of better microphones and front facing camera along with Emotional Intelligence! Yes! you read it right;

 Miko 2 comes with an Emotional Intelligence to help children handle their own emotions and feelings that they go through with their constantly changing life. This neat little bot is available in 3 colours - Martian Red, Pixie Blue and Goblin green and is priced at Rs. 24,999/-