Amazon now has their Echo Dot at their third generation, but Google remains unchanged with Google Home Mini.

The updates have been coming off this Home Mini in every month. The updates of Google Assistant is making the Google Home Mini better speaker at this price range. Mini is a pocket-sized Bluetooth speaker which have voice assistant too.

If we look at the design of this Google Home Mini, we saw that the speaker looks very catchy and there are curved edges with the excellent fabric work on the top which makes the speaker easy to handle.

The LED lights under the fabric can easily be seen. There is a special button for the Google Assistant and also the speaker can charge with the Micro-USB cable. The physical control of this Home Mini is volume and the Google Assistant buttons.

Performance

The Google Home Mini is the most affordable voice assistant enabled speaker and the voice recognition is better than the phones. The speaker can recognize more than 6 people at a single time.

You can also place a call free in the US with this Home Mini. You can manage many apps without using your phones like Spotify, Youtube Music, Youtube app, iHeartRadio, etc. The speaker is called to be the best mini speaker with a comparison of all the speaker making companies.

From the Google Home app, the speaker can do a lot more things like it can connect to your SmartTv if there is built in Google Chromecast, the speaker can connect to any smart things like smart light, smart fan, and much more.

Sound Quality

The sound quality of Google Home Mini is not excellent but at this price range, it is better than Amazon Echo Dot and JBL pocket speaker.

As Google Home Mini is a 360-degree speaker, the bass quality is surprisingly good. But after usage of this Home Mini for sometimes, you came to know that the sound quality is becoming low.

There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack which is used when you don't want to on your Bluetooth or when the battery of your phone is low. 

Verdict

The Home Mini is similar to the Amazon Echo Dot in that it is Google attempt at getting the Assistant into as many homes as possible. At that, the sheer amount of capabilities that the Google Home brings in addition to its chic, premium build and the low price make it an instant star.

If you are in the market for a cheap speaker, the Google Home Mini will be the best option which has Google Assistant too.

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The new GoPro Hero 7 is here with the new live streaming feature and gimbal-like smooth stabilization.

Last year, Hero 6 had launched with common features like other GoPro. After getting a good response from this GoPro Hero 6, the company has now launched this Hero 7.

Design

The GoPro Hero 7 looks as same as the 2017's Hero 6. The company had made some changes in the new GoPro. As it comes with the traditional GoPro black color, which gives premium look to this GoPro Hero 7. The GoPro is as small as it can be easily carried at anyplace.

The Hero 7 has a rubbery finish and with a waterproofing system up to 10 meters. There is a 2-inch touchscreen display, which is slightly bigger than Hero 6. On the side of the camera, there are buttons for turn on and off buttons.


The reality is that the camera is small will always present some issues and this is still much easier to use than other action cameras we have tested till now.

Performance

The new feature in this Hero 7 is the company calls Hypersmooth stabilization. Hero 7 can record 4K/60fps easily. There are four more improvements made in comparison of GoPro Hero 6, that it can capture better quality timelapse 'TimeWrap'. Another feature improved is 'super-auto' auto mode can click best quality photos on this Hero 7.

The microphone of the camera has been improved as mic as the mic is been redesigned in the camera. And lastly, Hero 7 is then you can now live stream via your smartphone to Facebook but you can soon live stream from Youtube, Instagram, etc.

It is really impressive and the best electronic video stabilization (EVS) you will find on an action camera.

Time Warp, Audio & Livestreaming

So here we come about the main new features of this Hero 7. TimeWrap is a new time-lapse shooting mode which feature is an excellent as compare to the Hero 6 time-lapse mode.

Usually, normal cameras can shoot the best camera when it is still but this TimeWrap feature in GoPro Hero 7 can easily speed up the camera and good journey like bike rides. The company is working on to share the timelapse on Instagram stories.

Change in quality improves the voice quality for the person. Now while riding the bike it is not required to use a different microphone to be attached. GoPro Hero 7 newly introduces the live streaming option on Facebook with this Hero 7. You just have to connect GoPro Hero 7 and your phone to the same WiFi. The live streaming will be easily done on 60fps.

Video and Audio Quality

As we come to know the video and image quality of this GoPro Hero 7, the company have launched their best camera for capturing and recording. The photo comes with the rich colors, but sometimes in the summertime, the camera gives the warmer photos.

The camera has 1/2.3-inch sensor cameras for the rich clour photos. Sometimes in low light, the image quality gets down to due to less light. While recording the camera an goes up to 4K quality in 240fps, which is the best quality recording GoPro ever have.

Battery

When we came to the battery life of this GoPro Hero 7 there is the different option of drainage of battery.

If you are recording on 1080p/30fps the camera can last up to 1hr 45mins, which is the good battery life as compared to other action cameras. If you are recording in 4k/60fps then the battery last up to 45mins of usage. But while clicking photographs the battery life will last up to 35mins only and sometimes the camera gets overheated.

Verdict

It can only be a relatively small step forward from its predecessor, but the Hero 7 Black’s excellent video quality, stabilization, usability and range of mounts make it the best all-around action camera you can buy.

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Pros

• Wireless Powershare
• Powerful Performance
• Good battery life

Cons

• No low light camera
• Slippery phone because of curved edges

Display

Design

Camera

Battery

Performance

Verdict

Huawei Mate X

Leaks and rumors been out of the Huawei Mate X. It is said that the phone is fully covered with a screen.

Mate X has also been a new foldable phone in the market. The phone will have a 6.6-inch screen with no front camera.  It is expected that the phone has an in-display fingerprint sensor. It is expected that the phone will have 8GB RAM  with 256GB internal storage.

HTC 2Q7A100

Another leak has been coming out of the new HTC 2Q7A100, as the specs of the phone are been out.

The phone comes in the varient of 6GGB RAM and Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 octa-core chipset at 1.7GHz. As no information is been out, of this phone. The listing shows that the phone runs in the Andriod version 9 Pie operating system. As of now, no other information in specs been out.

Motorola Z4

The leaks and rumors are been out of the upcoming smartphone Motorola Z4. The phone has a 6.0-inch display with a Super AMOLED display.

There is a single rear camera at the back of 48MP with dual LED flash. There is also a fingerprint sensor at the back of the phone. There will be estimates that the phone will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.

Let's see what the Motorola will introduce in this Moto Z4.

OnePlus 7 Pro

The leaks and rumors are coming that this year One Plus will introduce their new phone OnePlus 7 Pro. It is said that this varient of the phone comes with the 5G support. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and a Qualcom X50 modem for 5G. The phone is said to be come in a triple rear camera slots- 48MP, 16MP, 8MP sensors. As of now, there is no information been out about the selfie camera. It is predicted that the phone will have a pop-up selfie camera.

Let's se what OnePlus will introduce in their upcoming event.

Motorola Razr Foldable Phone

The new concept of design is been out about the Motorola Razr foldable phone. The concept of the phone seems to Motorola's new foldable phone.

This patent of Motorola is different from the new upcoming foldable phone of other companies. The phone can fold inwards as well as outwards. It seems to be common like  Huawei Mate X. As the phone has the dual rear camera with will also work for the front camera.

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Pros

• Great battery life
• Intelligent use of the punch hole display
• AI camera

Cons

• No wide and zoomed camera lenses
• No official water resistant

Design

Honor view 20 comes with its unique design. There is a light reactive layer that sits under the top glass. There are three premium colors options- red, black, blue. 

The design of Honor View 20 is so bold and eye-catching. The View 20 is 75.4mm wide and 8.1mm thick, which is similar to Oneplus 6T. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack too, on the top.

The View 20 has a fingerprint sensor at the back. The phone also has an IR blaster, which will treat like a universal remote from the phone. 

Display

The Honor View 20 comes with a6.4-inch 1080x2310 resolution screen. It has an LCD display rather than an OLED display, pixel density is closed to Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

There is a punch hole notch in the screen, as the notch looks quite interesting. There's only a 4.5mm circle been removed from the front of the phone.

Although, Honor had told that View 20 is the next generation gaming phone. There is also an option to get night light also.

Camera

The camera is also a highlighted feature in Honor View 20. The phone comes with the dual rear cameras. But the second camera is a TOF 3D camera, not the zoomed and wide angle camera. But you can shoot 2x zoom photos clearly.

The first rear camera has a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor which provides the information of these shots. The phone is extremely good at optimizing dynamic range, making images clear even when the sun blares at you, right in the center of the image.

The phone also has an AI scene mode, which attempts to recognize the object and settings to get the perfect image. The rear camera has an option to shift 48MP to 12MP.

Here are some of the camera samples of this Honor View 20:

Battery

Performance

Verdict

The new phones are coming days on a large scale. All the mobile phone company is getting better every day. So here are the upcoming phones of the month.

Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung is one of the most trusted brands now. As the sales of the phones of Samsung is increasing day-by-day, they are bringing new phones in the market. Now, the company is bringing their model of Samsung A70 in this month.

The phone is coming with 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, with a resolution of 1800x2400 pixels. The comes with the triple rear camera setup with LED flash and at the front, there is a 32MP camera for the best shot. The phone comes with a 4500 mAh battery which supports Fast Charging.

A70 comes in the varient of 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage. The phones run with OctaCore Snapdragon 675 processor. Samsung is making phones in large quantities to satisfy their customers.

Lenovo Z5s

Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro

Nokia 9

Huawei P30 Lite

Huawei had launched the new phone in P series P30 & P30 Pro. Now in the month of April, they had launched their new phone in P series P30 Lite.

The phone is the smaller version of P30 Pro as there is a 6.15-inch LCD screen with 1080x2312 pixels resolutions. The phone has a triple rear camera of 24MP + 8MP + 2MP and a 32MP front camera. The phone comes with the processor of Octa Core HiSilicon Kirin and comes in the varient of 4GB RAM 64GB internal storage. The phone has fast charging support with USB Type-C port with it. Let's see when Huawei will release this P30 Lite.

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Design

As Vivo every time created a new design, in V15 Pro the phone has an eye-catching design with vibrant colors. The phone has curved edges so it is easy to handle the phone and it feels light.

At the top right there is a triple rear camera with a pop-up front camera, which is the new features of this V15 Pro. The back of the phone looks like glass, but actually, it is made of plastic. As there is no IP rating given, it seems that the phone is not waterproof.

On the right side, there are the power button and volume buttons, while at the left side there is a Google Assistant and a MicroSD card tray. The Google Assistant button is quite impressive because you don't have to click on the home button for a while.

At the top, you will find a microphone and a 3.55mm headphone jack. At the lower, you will see SIM tray and USB Type-C port for charging and transferring data.

Display

The V15 Pro comes with the 6.4-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with 19:5:9 aspect and no notch screen, with a resolution of 1080x2340 pixels. The phone comes with a 91.64% screen-to-body ratio. As there are no bezels on the phone but there is a small chin, which creates an immersive visual experience.

There is also a good quality screen protector on the display with proper smudge resistant oleophobic coating.

In short, the handset won’t give you complains at least in the display department.

Camera

The camera is one of the most highlighted part and marketed features in the Vivo V15 Pro. The front camera comes with a 32MP pop-up camera with f/2.0 aperture and is quick to shoot.

The front camera of the phone gives you a perfect shot, and there is also an option to brighten the face 'Beauty Mode'. The rear camera is said to be the best Vivo camera ever. There is a triple rear camera of 48MP with the f/1.8 aperture for primary use, an 8MP camera for wide-angle shots and last a 12MP camera for depth sensing.

Overall, the camera looks decent and give you the perfect shot you need. Front camera with the pop-up feature is the main highlight of the phone.


Some samples of the camera are given below:

Battery

Vivo V15 Pro is not bad in the battery performance, as there are much phones in this price range which gives the best battery life. There is a 3700mAh of the battery which can last up to 12 hours of extreme use. The battery backup of the phone is impressive, the battery drainage percent is almost 2-3%. 

There is a Micro USB port for charging with the output of 18W. It can charge the phone from 0-70% in just 1 hour. As the fast charging support the phone to charge the phone at very fast speed.

Performance

Vivo V15 Pro is good in overall performance arena as it is in the display arena. The phone runs all the apps, browser and can do much more things. It comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, but we are expecting the new Snapdragon 710 processor.

Although it is not the gaming smartphone, it can give you better gameplay experience in high settings. The phone also has a feature of Game Mode 5.0 which focusses on smooth and better gameplay.

There is also a feature of the in-Display fingerprint sensor. The phone comes with Andriod version 9(Pie).

There is a 6GB Ram with 128GB internal storage. However, on the good side, there is a 3.5mm headphone jack which is not given by some of the mobile phone company.

Verdict

The Vivo V15 Pro gets innovations introduced by previous Vivo smartphones such as an in-display fingerprint sensor and pop-up camera. More importantly, it makes them accessible to a wider audience. These are highly desirable features for a premium smartphone right now, and the Vivo V15 Pro also looks bold and works smoothly.

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Apple iPhone XI

Oppo Reno Lite

LG Foldable Phone

Google Pixel 4

Asus ROG 2

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• First Snapdragon 710 processor
• Good Camera
• Better Performance

• Higher price 
• Comes with Andriod O
• No Headphone Jack

The R17 Pro is available in two colors - Emerald Green and Radiant Mist. The design of the Oppo R17 Pro is minimal and looks great. The phone has curved edges which feels the phone very light.

The volume and power buttons are well within the reach of the finger and thumb. Although, holding a 3,700mAh battery the phone is pretty lightweight. The bottom part of the phone has a speaker grille, a Type-C port, and with a SIM stray which can hold two SIM cards. The phone does not support 3.5mm headphone jack.

Display

The phone comes with the 6.4-inches Waterdrop AMOLED display. Looking at the phone the notch is small and droplet-shaped. The notch is just big enough to fix a selfie camera.

The phone has a 91.5% screen-to-body ratio which looks impressive. The display panel offers an FHD+ with 2340x1080 resolution.

It has a great display to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, and YouTube.

Camera

Oppo R17 comes with `the triple rear camera. There is a 12MP primary camera, 20MP wide-angle camera and other is for TOF 3D depth-sensing camera. The TOF camera can't be used right now, but Oppo will release this update in the coming updates.

The camera has the settings to switch between f/1.5 to f/2.4 aperture that the Company calls the Smart Aperture. It easy to shoot in daylight as well as a nightlight.

The camera on the R17 Pro is quite excellent in, most lighting conditions. The photos captured in daylight are crisp and detailed. Low-light performance is quite stunning.

Some of the samples are given below :

Battery

Oppo R17 Pro supports Oppo's new SuperVOOC flash charge. The phone can charge 0% to 100% is less than 40 minutes. The phone supports 50W fast charging. The battery is of the phone supports 3700 mAh that is of a bi-cell battery which splits into 1850mAh each.

This is so that each battery charges at a 25W output. The terrific fast charging makes the average battery life. The standby time of the phone isn't great, as in the night the battery will reduce to 10%.

Performance

Oppo R17 Pro runs on Qualcomm’s capable of  Snapdragon 710 processor with 8GB of RAM. The phone does heat up after long sessions of use, which is quite common for phones with glass back panels. The SuperVooc fast charger is pretty cool.

The charger adds about 40% of charge in just 10 minutes – making it one of the fastest chargers out there. With light to medium usage, you can get more life from the battery.

Verdict

The Oppo R17 Pro is a very attractive phone not just for its catchy design, but also for its waterdrop notch display, fast performance, great camera, and the SuperVOOC fast charger.

The Oppo R17 is more expensive than the OnePlus 6T that gets a Snapdragon 845 chipset. It is far more expensive than the Nokia 8.1 which gets a similar Snapdragon 710 chipset and offers a better Android experience.

The R17 Pro for all its beauty and power may not be the phone for everyone.

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