IDC: India's PC market continues to slide, shrinks by 15 year-over-year

According to the latest PC market analysis from IDC, the PC market has declined in the second quarter this year by 15.3% year-over-year. The silver lining is that it actually grew compared to Q1 2023 by 5.9%. All PC market categories saw a decline, though, with the notebook segment declining by 18.5% YoY, while the desktop segment had a smoother sailing with a 7% YoY decline. Looking at the PC market as commercial and consumer, things aren't that great either. The consumer segment fell by 17% while the commercial slid by 13.8% YoY. There's a good trend in the educational and...

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Realme Buds Air 5 series will go global on August 23

The Realme 11 series arrived back in May, and they shared the stage with the Buds Air 5 Pro earphones. Today, we learned the audio wearables will reach their first international market on August 23 - it will be launched in India, alongside the Realme 11 5G and Realme 11x 5G. In just two days, Realme first revealed the Buds Air 5 Pro would arrive in India, and today we saw another case with a different size, LED placement, and fancy blue color - surely this is the vanilla Buds Air 5, a likely successor of the Buds Air 3. The Buds Air 5 Pro has 11 mm woofers and 6 mm planar drivers,...

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Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 in for review

The Chinese foldable market is booming with competition which in turn offers users a wider array of choice and the latest folding phone to launch is Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 3. We received a review unit and its time to take a quick look at the latest addition to the Mix Fold lineup before we bring you our detailed review. Mix Fold 3 is a premium device through and through with a premium aluminum frame, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 cover screen, quad cameras with Leica optics and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. Mix Fold 3 is still one of the slimmest and lightest vertical folding devices out...

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vivo V29e set to debut on August 28

We finally have an official launch date for the vivo V29e – the upcoming midranger is set to debut on August 28 in India at 12PM local time. The teasers on the phone’s launch page also confirmed a few key specs including a cured display, a 50MP front-facing camera with autofocus and a 64MP main cam with OIS on the back. vivo V29e launch poster The V29e will arrive with an “Artistic Design” boasting a catchy dual-tone back with large camera rings and a color-matched frame. The device is confirmed to measure just 7.6 mm thick while weighing 180 grams. Based on speculation the phone...

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vivo Y77t arrives with Dimensity 7020 and 256 GB base storage

The vivo Y77t was launched today in China, and the company has already listed the device for sale. It comes with Dimensity 7020 chipset, a 50 MP main camera and a big battery, and if those specs look familiar, this is because this is exactly the same device as the vivo Y78 with only one difference - the base storage is 256 GB. The screen of the Y77t is a 6.64” LCD with Full HD+ resolution and up to 120 Hz refresh rate. There is a punch hole in the center for the 8 MP camera, while the dual shooters on the back are 50 MP main + 2 MP. The battery is 5,000 mAh with 44W fast...

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