The TV market, once dominated by established electronics brands like Samsung and LG, is now a level playing field. Companies that were traditionally known for smartphones have also jumped on the bandwagon. Among the latest in the fray is home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart, which has become an official brand licensee for manufacturing and servicing Nokia-branded smart televisions in India.

The Nokia Smart TV 55 is the first product under the Flipkart-Nokia partnership. The TV offers a comprehensive list of features: Google Android 9 operating system, built-in Chromecast and a JBL sound system. Here’s how they come together.

Design 3/5

The Nokia Smart TV 55 might not be the most compact television in its segment, but its design is a marvel in terms of looks and utility. It has a minimal profile, especially on the front, which goes well with most indoors. The thin bezels (borders) around its screen accentuate its overall design, even when the screen is turned off. The television supports wall-mount and table-top installations. Unlike most TVs, the Nokia Smart TV 55 has a sleek centre stand, fitting the TV on narrow tables.

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Eight years back, Samsung became the leader in the mobile phone industry in India with the roll out of “Galaxy S3” from its Noida facility.

Today, as the Indian smartphone market witnessed a modest 8 per cent (Year-on-Year) growth in 2019, the South Korean giant registered declining shipments among the top five brands.

The last eight years or so have seen Chinese invasion like never before (Chinese smartphone brands captured 72 per cent of the Indian market in 2019 compared to 60 per cent in 2018), launching devices with top-notch features while taking the average selling point (ASP) further down.

A premium player from the very beginning, Samsung faced the heat as smartphones became more affordable with each passing year, and players like Xiaomi and Vivo captured the affordable to mid-premium segments, forcing the company to launch online exclusive M-series in the budget segment and revamping the ‘A’ series in the mid-segment, which have so far been successful attempts.

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The final voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls was 62.59 per cent, five per cent less than 2015, the Election Commission announced on Sunday evening nearly 24 hours after the polling ended, while the Aam Aadmi Party questioned the “delay”.

Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh, however, said there was no unusual delay in announcing the final voter turnout as the returning officers were busy with scrutiny of data to ensure its accuracy.

After elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly were held on Saturday, poll officials had said that there was a turnout of 61.46 per cent, subject to revision.

However, as there was no final word from the EC till 4 pm on Sunday, AAP chief and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter saying it was “absolutely shocking” that the poll panel was not coming out with the voting figures.

“What is EC doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling?” Kejriwal tweeted.

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Chinese smartphone brand Realme recently launched the Realme C3 budget smartphone, with some notable software and hardware upgrades when compared with the Realme C2. At a starting price of Rs 6,999 for the 3GB+32GB storage configuration, and Rs 7,999 for the 4GB + 64GB variant, the Realme C3 comes with MediaTek’s Helio G70 Processor chipset, 6.5-inch mini-drop full screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, and a whopping 5,000-mAh battery.

Realme C3 runs the new Realme UI on top of the Android 10-based ColorOS 7.

ALSO READ: Realme refreshes its budget smartphone lineup with C3 in India

The phone has a dual-camera module at the back, with a 12MP primary camera and a 2MP depth sensor. The phone also has a 5MP selfie camera with features like Chroma Boost, slow motion video, HDR mode, and Panorama selfie.

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Although Tinder is a platform facilitating casual dating, some of the app’s nearly 50 million users around the world are employing it for multilevel marketing, political campaigning, and promoting local gigs, a new study says.

The study, published in the journal The Information Society, found that Tinder’s off-label use — a term borrowed from pharmacology describing when people use a product for something other than what the package says — appropriates its infrastructure, and sociocultural meanings.

“When people encounter a new technology, whether it’s a hammer or a computer, they use it in ways that fit their needs and lifestyle,” said study co-author Stefanie Duguay from Concordia University.

“However, once you buy a hammer, it doesn’t undergo regular updates or develop new features — apps do. They come with their own marketing, vision for use and sets of features, which they regularly update and often change in response to user activity,” Duguay explained.

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The Budget session of the Parliament continues today, with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to speak the Lok Sabha regarding about the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in China.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and Congress leader of House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will present the thirteenth report of the Business Advisory Committee. The List of Business also includes the general discussion on the Union Budget for 2020-2021, amendments in the Prohibition to Child Marriage Act, and the Private Member’s Business.

On Thursday, replying Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Motion of Thanks for President’s Address in the Lok Sabha. He highlighted the achievements of his government such as decisions on Article 370, triple talaq and Ram Janmabhoomi, Bodo deal and India-Bangladesh land agreement.

“It was a mix of fairy tale and mediocrity. There are no numbers in the budget or in his speech, there is only qualitative grand standing,” said TMC MP Mahua Moitra on PM Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha.

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On the penultimate day of campaigning for the Delhi polls on Wednesday, the AAP, the Congress and the BJP slugged it out over issues ranging from citizenship law, appeasement politics and unemployment.

The Congress fielded its leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to attack the AAP and the BJP, even as war of words escalated between the BJP and the AAP which traded barbs over the Shaheen Bagh shooter.

On Tuesday, police had said that Kapil Baisala, the man who opened fire at Shaheen Bagh protest site last week, was an AAP worker.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that if Baisala was even remotely connected to the his party then he should be given a “double punishment”.

“I am not aware of his (Baisala’s ties) with the any political party. If he is even remotely connected to the AAP, he should be given double punishment. There should be no compromise on national security,” he said. Read Complete Article

The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent — a 10-year low in its last policy review of the financial year 2019-20 (FY20).

Consequently, the reverse repo rate stands unchanged at 4.90 per cent.

Further, the bank said it will maintain ‘accommodative’ policy stance as long as it is necessary to revive growth, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target.

The committee voted 6-0 in favour of the status quo of the interest rates.

GDP growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21 (FY21) is projected at 6 per cent and in the range of 5.5-6.0 per cent in the first half of the next fiscal and 6.2 per cent in Q3 (October-December period). GDP growth for FY 2019-20 is seen at 5.0 per cent. Read Complete Article

The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has finally released its manifesto for the Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday. Just 4 days before the voting begins.

AAP’s competitors in these elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress had released their manifestos on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

So here’s a quick brief of what political parties are offering to win the electoral battle, whose results will be announced on February 11.

Starting with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, which has mentioned 11,000 buses and 500-km metro network for better transportation, doorstep delivery of ration, some commercial areas to remain open 24X7 on a pilot basis, amnesty for old VAT cases, no raid raj, and legal protection to street vendors and hawkers within six months

They have also promised pucca houses for slum dwellers, free travel for students, besides women in DTC Buses. Read Complete Article

Hyundai Motor India is not planning to hike prices of electric model Kona, despite expectations of a rise in the cost of the vehicle with the government proposing to increase customs duty on imported EVs, a top company official said.

The automaker, which is looking to drive in a mass market electric vehicle (EV) over the next two-three years, said it will look to increase localisation to keep the price of the model under check to offset impact of increased customs duty.

“Currently we are are importing some parts of the Kona Electric from South Korea. As per the new Budget announcement, the import duty will go up by 5 per cent… We understand the government’s push is towards Make in India so we will do more towards localisation of the product here,” Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) Managing Director and CEO SS Kim told PTI.

He admitted that the import duty increase will lead to rise in cost of the vehicle but “we will not pass it over to the customer and try to mitigate the impact by localising more and optimising our processes”.

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