New launches galore

ONEPLUS has announced the OnePlus 3T which is the upgraded version of the OnePlus 3 device which is currently in the market. The 3T features a Snapdragon 821 processor, 6GB of RAM, up to 128GB of storage and a slightly bigger 3400mAh battery. 

The front facing camera has also been upgraded to 16MP. Acer has launched the world’s thinnest laptop — Swift 7 in India for Rs.99,999 and it is just 9.98mm thick. It sports a 13.3 inch Full HD display and is powered by an Intel i5 processor and has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage and runs on Windows 10. The laptop weighs just 1.1 kg and packs enough power to give about 9 hours of usage. Kingston has introduced the Data Traveler 50 USB 3.1 flash drive and it supports up to 110MB/s read speeds on most versions and 30MB/s on a few models. The Kingston DT50 USB will be available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB versions and priced at Rs.375, Rs.500, Rs.850, Rs.1,500 and Rs.2,800 respectively and come with a five-year warranty.

WhatsApp now allows users to make video calls for free. WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging platforms. Chats and voice calling are already very widely used by over 1 billion users worldwide on WhatsApp and Video Calling is going be very useful to have. The new feature is available across Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The best part is that it is completely free. You still need a reasonably fast internet connection though.

Google has released a new app which lets you digitise all your old print photos for free. You can even chose to upload the photos to the Google Photos service and store them without having to worry about losing them. All you need to do is download the Photoscan app for either Android or iOS and scan your photos and save them.