Soundcore has introduced the V30i True Wireless Earbuds to the Nepali market, offering a blend of performance and affordability. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what it offers, exploring its key features, specifications, battery life, and official price in Nepal.
Soundcore by Anker V30i Overview
Design and Audio
The Soundcore V30i is designed for ultimate comfort to keep you connected. Talking about the form factor, it has an open-ear design combined with soft and flexible ear hooks that wrap around the back of the ear. This lets you stay aware of your surroundings —perfect for outdoor activities, public transit, or driving. Moreover, it also features an IPX5 water resistance rating for protection against water and sweat splashes.
Soundcore V30i has a 14.2mm bio-material diaphragm that delivers deep, “Robust Bass” and well-balanced audio. Furthermore, these earbuds also enhance your listening experience with features like volume boost, reading mode, and custom EQ settings.
One of the standout features of the Soundcore V30i is its impressive battery performance. These earbuds provide up to 12 hours of playtime on a single charge. Also, with the included charging case, you can extend your listening time to an incredible 36 hours. And what’s more? if you are in a rush, a quick 10-minute charge offers an additional 3 hours of playback, so there is no worrying about running out of battery in the middle of something.
Soundcore V30i Specifications:
Design: Open ear with IPX5 Dust and Water-Resistant
Sound Driver: 14.2 mm drivers
Noise Canceling: No
Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3
Battery Life: 12H (single charge), 36H (with the charging case)
Charging: via USB- C Cable
Features: Sweat Guard, Lightweight Design, App control
Soundcore is an Anker subbrand that deals with quality audio products like TWS, headphones, speakers, and such. And we have a wave of Soundcore TWS coming in like the Life Note 3i, V30i, P3, and Liberty 4NC. This article will focus on the Anker Soundcore Life Note 3i, its specs, features, and its official price in Nepal.
Anker Souncore Life Note 3i Overview:
Design and Build
Beginning with the design, the Note 3i boasts a long stem design with a plastic build all around. For navigation, you get a tactile button on both the right and left buds. Meanwhile, the charging case is also made up of plastic and has a single charging indicator in the middle. In terms of ingress protection, there is an IPX5 rating ensuring protection against water splashes, sweat, and light rain.
Audio and Drivers
Blasting the audio here are 10mm drivers, with which Anker claims a powerful bass and crisp treble. In my usage period, I found the bass to be on the medium side but turning on the BassUP option on the app can satisfy those bassheads. Plus, you can also play with 22 EQ profile modes to suit your listening needs.
Besides that, the app also lets you customize the touch controls for volume control, next track, previous track, or play/pause. Sadly, the Souncore Note 30i doesn’t have any gaming mode.
Hybrid ANC
The Note 3i also gets Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation support, which works just fine in my testing period. It’s not that super strong while you are outdoors but it can do its work indoors. Meanwhile, the transparency mode tends to work with a bit of noise suppression, which is common across the Soundcore TWS.
Battery and Charging
In terms of battery life, Anker claims a solid battery life of up to 9 hours from a single charge which can get up to 36 hours combined with the charging case. And when the fuel runs out, you can quickly charge the thing which will provide you with 2 hours of usage time. To note, the charging case charges via a USB-C port.
Anker launched the Liberty 4NC in June and it is now officially available in Nepal for purchase. Featuring 11nm drivers and LDAC codecs, the latest Liberty 4 NC is one to look out for. In this article, we will discuss everything about the latest Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC, including its expected price in Nepal.
Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC Overview
Design and Durability
Available in Black, Cosmic Blue, Earth Blue, Pink, or White, the earphones feature capacitive touch panels for controls and are rated IPX4 for resistance to light rain and sweat.
Audio and Connectivity
The Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC earphones feature 11mm dynamic drivers and support Bluetooth 5.3 with AAC, LDAC, and SBC codecs. It also comes with 6 microphones.
Equipped with active noise cancellation (ANC), including Adaptive Noise Cancelling and Manual mode, users can customize sound profiles using the Soundcore app’s 22 EQ presets and volume controls.
Offering up to 10 hours of playback per charge with ANC off, supplemented by an additional 40 hours from the charging case, these earphones support USB-C and Qi wireless charging.
Anker Soundcore Liberty 4 NC Specifications
Drivers: 11mm dynamic drivers
Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, supports AAC, LDAC, and SBC codecs
Noise Cancellation: Active Noise Cancelling with Adaptive and Manual modes
Sound Customization: Soundcore app with 22 EQ presets
Battery Life: Up to 10 hours per charge (ANC off), additional 40 hours with charging case
Charging: USB-C and Qi wireless charging
Color: Black, Cosmic Blue, Earth Blue, Pink, White
GoPro’s newest Hero 11 Black action camera is here. Available in a vanilla option and a Creator Edition, these cameras flaunt a 27MP sensor and a larger battery than their predecessor. And in this article, we will look at the specs, features, availability, and latest price of the GoPro Hero 11 Black in Nepal.
GoPro Hero 11 Black Overview:
GoPro has not introduced any changes to the Hero 11 Black in terms of design. It shares an identical chassis with the GoPro Hero 10 Black, alongside the same GP2 processor. However, changes can be found in other departments.
First off, the GoPro Hero 11 Black has a new 1/1.9″ 27MP image sensor with an 8:7 aspect ratio. And it can film at up to 5.3K videos at 60fps. Besides, it also supports 4K 120fps and 2.7K 240fps recordings for the slow-mo freaks out there. While it brings the same TimeWarp 3.0 technology for stabilized time-lapses, GoPro has further improved video stabilization with HyperSmooth 5.0.
GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition
Additionally, users can opt for the Creator Edition as well. The GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition includes a Volta Hand Grip, Light Mod, Media Mod, and Enduro Battery.
Moving on, the GoPro Hero 11 Black also supports 10-bit and 8-bit recording. The aforementioned “Enduro battery” has a capacity of 1,720mAh, which GoPro claims improves the recording time by up to 38% on the Hero 11 Black. Obviously, these action cameras are also waterproof. Up to 33 feet, to be precise. And they also arrive with a sturdy build quality that can handle different environmental conditions.
The Hero 11 Black is also available with an accessories bundle. The bundle provides an additional battery, a head strap, a Handler, a quick clip, and a 32GB microSD card.
GoPro Hero 11 Black Specifications:
Camera: 27MP sensor (1/1.9″, 8:7 aspect ratio)
Processor: GP2
Videos: 5.3K @ up to 60fps, 4K @ 120fps, 2.7K @ 240 fps
Stabilization: HyperSmooth 5.0
Durability: Rugged design, Waterproof up to 33 feet
Connectivity: Bluetooth + Wi-Fi, GPS-enabled, USB-C port
GoPro Hero 11 Black Price in Nepal and Availability
The GoPro Hero 11 Black was initially launched at Rs. 81,500 in Nepal. However, it is now available at a discounted price of Rs. 50,000. You can buy the GoPro Hero 11 Black from Hukut and other gadget stores in Nepal.
Action Camera
Price in Nepal (Official)
Availability
GoPro Hero Black 11 (Standard Edition)
NPR 50,000
Hukut
Meanwhile, check out our review of the Insta360 One R.
Honor recently launched two new foldable — Magic V3 and Magic Vs3, with varying hardware. In a similar fashion, the company launched two flavours of tablets as well — that too on the same day! In this article, we will blitz through both the Honor MagicPad 2 and Pad 9 Pro while also discussing their potential price in Nepal. So, here is what these tablets bring to the table.
Honor MagicPad 2 Overview
Design and Display
The Honor MagicPad 2 is the more premium option of the two and it is pretty evident from their designs too. This tablet is thinner and lighter and also has a more pronounced finish. The circular camera dial with an ovular inner cutout appears kind of weird, but different nonetheless. The Moon White colour option even has marble-like patterns running across it.
The display on the Honor MagicPad 2 is slightly larger too, at 12.3-inches. It is an OLED panel capable of four levels of refresh rate, starting at 60Hz and going all the way to 144Hz. Additionally, you are looking at a 3K display with 1,600 nits of peak brightness and 4,320Hz PWM dimming in here.
Performance and the rest
The performance of the Honor MagicPad 2 is led by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor that led the world by storm. This chip can pump out flagship numbers without actually being one. It comes with an architecture similar to Qualcomm’s top offering for 2024 and is the best semi-flagship silicon in the world. Hence, it will surely be appreciated by those looking for absolute power from their tablets.
In terms of configurations, it comes in four: 8GB + 256GB, 12GB + 256GB, 16GB + 512GB, and 16GB + 1TB. The optics on this thing include a 13-megapixel shooter and a 9MP one on the front. Similarly, it has a 10,050 mAh cell for power with 66W charging support. Despite being the more premium option, it skips a cellular variant as well. Regardless, you get dual-band WiFi 6 and Bluetooth v5.3 support on the Honor MagicPad 2.
Moving on to the Honor Pad 9 Pro, we get a pretty basic design with it. Though made out of metal, it has a washed-out tone to it. As a result, it doesn’t look all that compelling aesthetically unlike its higher-end compatriots. The plain ovular camera island doesn’t help its case either.
On the front, you are looking at a 12.1-inch display with seven levels of refresh rate from 24Hz to 144Hz. Though it boasts a wider level of screen fluidity, it is an IPS LCD panel. When looking at the Honor Pad 9 Pro as an independent product, the panel choice isn’t bad by any means. However, when comparing it to the Honor MagicPad 2, its screen will lack the rich colour contrast OLED screens offer.
Performance and the rest
The chipset of choice makes the gaping difference between the Honor Pad 9 Pro and the Honor MagicPad 2 very clear. It packs the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 as its primary driver. Once again, not a bad choice individually, but falls when greatly in comparison to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. Though a semi-flagship offering too, it is over two years old at this point. However, it still delivers adequate power to handle demanding tasks just fine.
In the meantime, you get two memory and a single storage option on this thing. It comes with either 8 or 12 gigs of RAM coupled with 256GB storage. The primary shooter on the Honor Pad 9 Pro is a 13MP unit as well, but, the selfie camera has been cut down to 5MP. Its tank is filled with a 10,050 mAh battery and the charging speed is limited to just 35W. It obviously does not have a cellular option and wireless connectivity is delivered via WiFi 6 and Bluetooth v5.2.
Both these tablets were launched alongside the Honor’s latest foldable offerings on 12 July 2024. The higher-end option starts at CNY 2,999 while the lesser one goes for a starting price of CNY 2,299. If these tablets go international and arrive here, we expect the starting price of the Honor MagicPad 2 and Pad 9 Pro in Nepal to be NPR 66,149 and NPR 50,999 respectively.
Despite being one of the youngest companies in the tech market, London based Nothing has achieved remarkable progress with its unique looking smartphones and accessories. The company’s latest product under its CMF sub-brand, also saw chart topping success, selling over 100,000 units within just 3 hours of launch. Too good to be true, innit? In this article, we will discuss how well the product is doing on the market.
CMF Phone 1 flies out of shelves!
Launched on July 12, the (CMF) Phone 1 is the first smartphone from Nothing’s sub-brand, CMF. And a quick look at the spec sheet reveals that it is one of the best value propositions in the smartphone market right now which is also reflected in its strong sales achievement.
The company launched this sub brand focusing on a more budget-friendly audience with accessories featuring unique designs. This new device has gathered attention for its eye-catching looks and competitive pricing.
CMF Phone 1 set a new record selling a whopping 100,000 units in just 3 hours. This performance even outpaces the 24 hours it took for the Nothing Phone (2a) to reach that milestone.
Here’s more
In a statement to GSMArena, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangeldis expressed enthusiasm about the device’s reception. He emphasized that the CMF Phone 1 is meant to shake up the budget-friendly smartphone market, which he thinks has been ignored for a while.
The CMF Phone 1 is a compelling budget mid-range smartphone with compelling features. It offers a unique blend of customization, performance, and affordability. Some of its additional features are:
Customizable design: Users can change the phone’s appearance with interchangeable covers in various colours and finishes.
Versatile accessories: The device can be used with extra items like lanyards, card holders, and stands to make it more useful and to personalize it to your taste.
Affordable pricing: Starting at ₹15,999 for the base model (6/128GB) in India, it offers premium features at a competitive price point.
Performance: Powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 5G chip, with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, running Nothing OS 2.6.0 based on Android 14.
Software support: CMF commits to two years of OS updates and three years of security patches.
To learn more, check out our dedicated article on the CMF Phone 1.
Initial Hurdles of CMF Phone 1 in Nepal
In the context of Nepal, the initial market response to the CMF Phone 1 wasn’t very promising due to its inflated price (NPR 36,999). However, the company was quick to address this issue. While the phone is still selling at the same price, Nothing is offering a complimentary pair of CMF Buds worth NPR 8,000 that effectively brings down the price to a more digestible 29,000.
Honor collaborated with the independent Chinese company Haylou to bring a smartwatch rich in features. That watch arrived near the end of last year in China and made its way to the international market including Nepal a few months later. Now the company has brought a more affordable variant of that watch. In this article, we will look into the Honor Choice Haylou Watch Vitality Edition including its price in Nepal.
The design of this watch is pretty much the same as the regular variant. It comes in a squircle body with a single dial on the right. In the meantime, the dial colours appear to either be black or silver. Meanwhile, you can put on a strap with a colour as per your liking. However, it ships with the neutral Black, and White one in the box.
The Honor Choice Haylou Watch Vitality Edition comes with a 1.95-inch display with decent enough bezel thickness. The panel here is an AMOLED with 550 nits of peak brightness.
Talking of the features, this smartwatch offers all the fitness and vitals tracking. This includes all-time heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring as well as sleep tracking. You get 120+ sports modes on this watch wherein it can auto-detect five types of activities. Furthermore, the Honor Haylou Watch Vitality Edition is equipped with a five-way navigation system to increase the accuracy of outdoor fitness tracking.
Moreover, it comes with Bluetooth to maintain a wireless connection with your smartphone and offers a calling feature straight from the watch. It also comes with NFC allowing for contactless payments. In terms of endurance, this watch is water-tight up to depths of 50 metres and can last you up to 12 days on a single charge.
Design: Rounded rectangle with a single button on the right
Display: 1.95″ AMOLED, 550 nits peak brightness
Durability: 5 ATM water resistance
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS
Battery: Up to 12 days
Features: 120+ sports modes, auto recognition and tracking of five types of activities, Bluetooth calling, NFC support
Colour Options: Starry White, Night Black
Honor Choice Haylou Watch Vitality Edition Price in Nepal and Availability
The watch was unveiled in China and is available to purchase on JD.com at a price tag of CNY 369. While the regular version of the watch did make it international, this one might just be reserved for the locals. However, if it does arrive here, we expect the Honor Choice Haylou Watch Vitality Edition price in Nepal to be NPR 8,199.
Honor Smartwatch
Price in China (Official)
Price in Nepal (Expected)
Honor Choice Haylou Watch Vitality Edition
CNY 369
NPR 8,199
Meanwhile, check out our video list for the best fitness trackers you can get in 2024:
OnePlus Nord series of phones are divided into two parts. Here the regular Nord serves as the midrange offering, while the Nord N series occupies a more affordable price bracket. The Oppo subsidiary just announced a new addition to their budget offering in the form of the OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G! And we have a price drop for this guy. Let’s discuss further about this phone along with its official price and full features in this article.
OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G Overview:
Design and Display
The OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G comes in a flat frame design with a rounded-rectangular camera island on the back housing two cutouts and an LED flash. Meanwhile, this phone ships in two colorways. The first of which is “Cyan Sparkle” with unique feathery patterns on the back. In contrast, the “Black Satin” variant comes in a single-tone glossy finish.
Up front, you get an LTPS LCD panel that measures 6.72 inches diagonally. The display here is surrounded by a sizable amount of bezels. However, it does come with an FHD+ resolution spanning 1,080 x 2,400 pixels. The company shies from mentioning the refresh rate of the phone, which would suggest that it just runs on a minimal 60Hz. Other than that, it supports Sunshine Screen, Dark Mode, Eye Comfort, and DC Dimming.
Meanwhile, check out all the prices and specs of OnePlus products here
Performance
Under the hood, the OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G packs the MediaTek Dimensity 6020 chipset that launched back in March 2023. Talking of this silicone, it has eight cores, is built on 7nm technology, and peaks at 2.2 GHz.
Moving on to the RAM-ROM combo, this phone comes in a single 4GB + 128GB configuration. Moreover, you have to make do with what internal storage you get as you don’t have an SD card slot on this phone. On the software front, the OnePlus Nord N20 SE 5G runs on the OxygenOS 13.1 based on Android 13.
In the camera department, this phone leads with the 50MP primary shooter on the back with a 1/2.76” sensor size. It is coupled with a 2MP depth camera helping out with portrait shots. Meanwhile, on the front, we are getting an 8MP snapper for selfies and facial recognition.
You also get a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for added security. In the meantime, the OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G draws its power from a 5,000 mAh battery that accepts 33W SUPERVOOC charging. Additionally, this phone offers wireless connectivity via dual SIM, 5G cellular, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.3, and NFC support. On the other hand, you only get a USB 2.0 Type-C for a wired connection.
OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G Specificaitons
Design: Flat design with feathered patterns or glossy finish on the back
Dimensions: 165.60 mm x 76.00 mm x 7.99 mm
Weight: 193 grams
Display: 6.72” LTPS LCD Panel, 391PPI, 60Hz refresh rate*, DC Dimming support
Resolution: FHD+ (1,080 x 2,400)
Chipset: Octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6020 (7nm)
RAM & ROM: 4GB + 128GB
OS & UI: Android 13 with OxygenOS 13.1 on top
Rear Camera: Dual Camera (50MP Primary + 2MP Depth Sensor)
Front Camera: 8MP Camera (Centre-aligned hole-punch cutout)
Security: Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, Face Unlock
OnePlus launched its 2023 mid-range smartphone, the Nord CE 3 Lite 5G in Nepal a year ago. It brings a big 6.72-inch screen, Android 13, and a 108MP camera at a midrange price. And the device has gotten a price drop. Let’s learn more about the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G, including its full specifications and the latest official price in Nepal.
OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G:
Design and Display
In terms of design, the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite goes with an all-plastic build. Unlike its predecessor the CE 2 Lite with curved frames, this guy boasts flat frames and a cleaner minimalist camera module. Likewise, the phone measures 8.3mm thick and weighs around 195 grams. As for the color options, OnePlus offers it in Pastel Lime and Chromatic Gray.
Up front, the phone brings a 6.72″ FHD screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling. The screen is still LCD as its predecessor and the support for sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamut carries along here as well. However, the punch hole cutout has moved in the middle from the left side on the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G.
Performance
Under the hood, the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite is powered by the same old Snapdragon 695 5G (6nm) processors as Nord CE 2 Lite. This chipset is paired with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, which is further expandable thanks to the phone’s hybrid microSD card slot. As for the software, it boots on Android 13-based OxygenOS 13.
On the optics side, the phone houses a triple camera setup at the back. For the first time ever on a Nord series phone, the CE 3 Lite 5G brings a 108MP sensor. It’s a 1/1.67” ISOCELL HM6 sensor that is capable of capturing 3X lossless zoom images, sufficing in the absence of a telephoto unit. Accompanying the primary camera is a 2MP + 2MP macro and depth combo. No ultrawide sensor this time as well.
Moving to the front, you get a 16MP selfie shooter inside the hole-punch cutout on the display. As expected from a midrange phone, the Nord CE 3 Lite is limited to shooting 1080p videos only from both primary and front cameras.
Meanwhile, check out all the prices and specs of OnePlus products here
Rest of the specs
In terms of battery, the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite gets its fuel from a 5000mAh cell with support for 67W SuperVOOC charging. For wireless connectivity, there is 5G, dual-band WiFi 5, GPS, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, a USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Other specs include a side-mounted fingerprint reader and dual stereo speakers.
The latest OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite price in Nepal is NPR 34,599 from the previous price of NPR 45,999 as the part of OnePlus Monsson Bonanza offer. Oneplus Nepal is offering 1 year of free breakage insurance on the Nord CE 3 Lite.
Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is developing a new feature that allows users to downvote replies. The possibility of this feature being a “dislike” button is high. Let’s get deeper into this.
X is getting a ‘Dislike’ feature but …
According to recent findings, the representation by a broken heart icon (probably a dislike button), is designed by X as its added feature. This will enhance the ranking of responses in comment threads. While the company hasn’t officially announced anything, the increasing number of sightings suggests public testing may be on the horizon.
Interestingly, this is not a completely new idea. In July 2021 X came up with the idea of upvote and downvote, which later didn’t come into use. The company had named the test as a “small research experiment” so maybe the feature was designed to gather data and insights rather than to roll out a permanent function immediately.
For now, the rumors suggest that the company is considering only the downvote feature, which may resemble a dislike button. Earlier this month, a reverse engineer Aaron Perris, found clues about a downvote feature in X’s iOS app.
Here’s an image from Aaron Perris shared on X showing what the downvote button might look like as a broken heart. We can also see some details about the feature. This suggests that the platform is working on adding a way for users to dislike or downvote replies.
How it Works
The test indicates the downvoting system is only for replies, not for all posts. Its goal is to highlight better replies and move less popular or negative ones lower in the conversation. However, some findings hint at the possibility of extending this feature to all posts on the platform.
As X keeps changing, we think this new “dislike” button could shake things up on the platform. This represents another significant shift in how users interact with content online. It could serve as a tool for community moderation and potentially discouraging posts designed solely to provoke negative reactions.
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