iPhone 7 news and features - The smartest of all phones

Tim Cook took to the stage at the Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco and told us: "We have created the world's most advanced smartphone - the best iPhone we have ever created. This is iPhone 7."

IPhone 7 shipping starts from Sept 16, 2016
It Costs starts at ($649 ,£599, AU$1,079) for 32 GB variant. Other Variants costs as below:

128GB - $749, £699, AU$1,229
256GB - $849, £799, AU$1,379

Few new features are like

- Dust and water resistance
- Two new black colors: 'Jet Black' and 'Black'
- No headphone jack
- Lightning EarPods in the box
- Adaptor for standard headphones in the box
- Wireless AirPods available at extra cost
- A larger, single-lens 12MP rear sensor
- Raw support, 50% more light, 60% faster, 30% more power efficient
- Front camera now at 7MP

The iPhone 7 is just as sleek as its predecessors, with the iconic rounded design returning for a third instalment with the same 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1mm frame as the iPhone 6S. It's lighter though at 138g, down from 143g on the 6S.

One of the big new talking points is its water and dust resistance, with IP67 protection bringing the new iPhone into line with the Samsung Galaxy S7 - and giving you peace of mind when you're in the bath or out in the rain.

Anyone hoping for a flush rear to the new iPhone will be disappointed though, as the iPhone 7 has a very noticeable camera bump.

Something else Apple has built into the design of the iPhone 7 is stereo speakers, with one at the top and one at the base of the handset. That gives you louder, clearer audio, which will be great for movies and gaming.

Apple has removed the standard headphone jack.You get a set of Lightning EarPods in the box, meaning you'll be able to plug in right away, while an adaptor is also included, so you can continue to use your current headphones if you wish - although it's certainly not the most elegant implementation.

The new airpods comes at a price ($159, £159, AU$229 to be exact).They offer five hours of listening on a single charge, dual microphones enabling you to take calls and interact with Siri, and touch response, so you can answer calls and launch Siri.

Xiaomi Redmi 3x featuring 13 MP camera and 4,100 mAh battery launched

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 3X smartphone alongside the Redmi 3s. The Redmi 3X has the same set of specifications as that of the Redmi 3s (2GB) variant. However the only difference is that the Redmi 3s (2GB) variant comes with a 4,000mAh battery, while the Redmi 3X (2GB) comes with a slightly bigger 4,100mAh battery. The Redmi 3X is priced at 899 Yuan (Rs 9,100 approximately).

Xiaomi Redmi 3X specifications and features: The smartphone offers a 5-inch IPS display with a 1280×720 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 64-bit octa-core processor along with 2GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card.

On the camera front, the smartphone comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and a 5-megapixel camera on the front. Both front and back cameras support full HD video recording. The smartphone is equipped with a 4,100mAh battery.

On the connectivity front, the smartphone offers 4G support, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), GPS with AGS/GLONASS and micro-USB 2.0. On the software front, the smartphone runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 wrapped under MIUI 7.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3X isn’t likely to be available outside China, but we expect the Redmi 3s to hit the Indian shores soon. When launched, the smartphone will face tough competition from the likes of Intex Aqua Shine 4G, Lava V2s and Gionee P5L to name a few.

Iron Man's ‘Jarvis’ will be built by Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg wants to have an artificially intelligent assistant like Jarvis in the blockbuster sci-fi flick 'Iron Man' .He wants this to help run his home and assist him at work.

Mark, who commits to a new personal challenge every year, said in a post that this Virtual Assistant would look like Jarvis from the Hollywood film. He said he would start to build the AI with available technology and teach it to understand his voice to control everything in his home from music and lights to temperature.

"This should be a fun intellectual challenge to code this for myself. I'll teach it to let friends in by looking at their faces when they ring the doorbell," Zuckerberg posted. "I'll teach it to let me know if anything is going on in Max's (his daughter's) room that I need to check on when I'm not with her," he wrote.


The tech billionaire said a part of the motivation behind this year's challenge was the reward of building things yourself.
Zuckerberg's previous personal challenges have included learning Mandarin, reading two books a month and meeting a new person everyday. "Every year, I take on a personal challenge to learn new things and grow outside my work at Facebook. The theme for his challenge this year is invention," he posted.