Yes, the Local Level Election is approaching and the Election fever is on. You must have tons of curiosity regarding this election like if you are in the voter list or not, where’s your polling center, who are the final candidates and much more. All these of your curiosities can now be addressed with an app and that’s the ECN App. All the information regarding the Local Level Election can be at your fingertips if you have a smartphone that can be an iOS or Android device. So, you may at any time download the app from the Google PlayStore or Apple Store. But, if you first wanna know what you’ll be getting in the app, let me explain.

ECN App: Explored

ECN App is a free social app from Election Commission, Nepal that is developed by Professional Computer System P. Ltd. The app gives users the relevant information regarding the approaching Local Level Elections. You’ve to have the internet connection for the app to work. What app does is abstract the right information from the server of the Election Commission, Nepal. So, what you can get from the app is still accessible from the ECN’s website. But on the website, the information is kind of scattered. So, I personally preferred the app over the website.

Let’s take a look at the features that this 3.52MB Application (on android) has to offer:

• Election Program: election type, schedule, day
• Send Event SMS: to register for SMS notifications
• Voter no. Search: check if you’re listed in the voter list
• Voter Info: check your voter info using your voter no. and DOB
• Polling Location/Centre: search polling Location/Centre
• Voter Education: Educational Audio, Video regarding the election
• Candidate Info: List of Final Candidates
• Election Result: List of Elected Candidate with Vote Count
• Media: Press Release, Code of Conduct, News, Observer

Verdict:

It’s a neat effort from the Election Commission, Nepal. The app is easy to go through. The app supports two languages: Nepali and English. I personally found the app to be informative enough. It helped me with my curiosity regarding the upcoming Local Level Elections with its schedules, voter information, and polling center information. If the app gets timely updates, it’ll be even cooler to check the final candidates’ list and the information along with the election results as well.

Smartphones are getting bigger by the day. 5-inch used to feel big but now we have giant 5.7 inch and 6-inch phablets in our pocket. Having a larger screen has its benefit but at the same time, their portability bothers a lot of people. If your dream phone is something small, that you can cover in the palm of your hand then wait no further. Unihertz, a China-based company has recently revealed the world’s smallest 4G Android phone called Jelly.

As fun the as the name sounds, the phone looks like a soap bar. The phone comes with a 2.45′ inch(240 x 432) display which is insanely small. The phone is powered by a Quad-Core 1.1Ghz Cortex A53 Processor. Jelly comes in two variants, the based model comes with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM while the Pro model comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM.

For connectivity, Jelly comes with dual nano SIM Card slots and a micro SD Card slot with support for up to 32GB storage. For a small phone, it comes with some interesting set of optics. Up front, it has a 2MP camera and on the back, it has 8MP Camera. This tiny phone also runs on Android 7.0 Nougat. You can use most of the usual apps on this phone.

Backing up the phone is a 950mAh battery which the company claims can last for three days. The base version of the phone is priced at $109 and the Pro version is priced at $125.

Specifications of Jelly:

• 2.45’inch Screen(240*432) @201ppi
• Quad-Core 1.1Ghz Cortex A53 Processor
• 1/G2GB RAM
• 8GB/16GB ROM, Expandable up to 32GB
• Dual Nano SIM
• 8MP Rear Camera, 2MP Front Camera
• 950mAh battery

The next iPhone, the iPhone 8 is expected to be a major hit from the Apple. It surely will be the best iPhone to buy with richer specs and refreshed design. It’ll surely be the most sold iPhone model. If you’ve questions like “How?” and “Why?” then you’ve come to the right place. To understand iPhone sales, we first need to know who buys an iPhone at the first place. The potential buyers of new iPhones are always the one who have been using an older iPhone. So, the iPhone sales are all about upgrades. And, a study suggests that more iPhone users will be upgrading their phones this September/October.

A finding of a research on when people upgrade their phones is found to be somewhere from 18months to 3years. According to the data released by analytics firm Localytics, the largest number of iPhone users are using the iPhone 6 models. These models of iPhones will be 3years old model by this September. Hence, they are likely to upgrade their phones this year resulting in record-breaking sales of iPhone 8 in 2017.

Well, that was just a part of the story. Since this year is the iPhone’s 10th Anniversary, the new iPhone is expected to have refreshed design. Not just the refreshed design, the new iPhone is expected to have the features like OLED displays, fast charging, and wireless charging that the iPhone users have been craving for since long.

That was the theoretical prediction on sales of next iPhone. But in reality, there are other driving factors for the sales of iPhone 8. For the good sales of a phone, being better than its predecessor is not enough. So, the iPhone 8 just not be better than iPhone 7|7 plus but it should be competitive enough to its possible rivals like the Google Pixel 2 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Xiaomi has released a new wearable titled “WeLoop Hey 3S” in its crowdfunding platform Xiaomi MIJIA. The wearable is truly the Apple Watch lookalike. From the design of its watch head to the strap, this new smartwatch resembles Apple Watch Nike+ Edition in many ways.

Xiaomi WeLoop Hey 3S Smartwatch

WeLoop Hey 3S, a new Apple watch clone, comes with 1.28inch square display of resolution 176*176 pixels. The display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The watch comes with a heartbeat sensor, A GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 and 9-axis motion sensor. The motion sensor comprises of Accelerometer, Electronic Compass and Gyroscope. The watch weighs 38gm and is 11.15mm thick.

Like a typical smartwatch, the Hey 3s keeps records of distance traveled by the wearer along with his/her heart rate stats. The watch is waterproof to the depth of up to 50 meters. The company claims the smartwatch to provide a battery life worth 30days. That sounds impressive but how true is it, is something we can find out only after having our hands on it.

This new Smartwatch from Xiaomi is made China Exclusive and is priced at around 80USD. It comes in three color options- Green Youth, Dynamic Black and Bright Red.