Explore Amazing Deals on New Launches: Samsung Galaxy S24 Series, OnePlus 12 Series and More

Check Croma's latest showcase, featuring the eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S24 Series, OnePlus 12 Series, and the Redmi Note 13 Series. Each series brings its unique set of innovations, from groundbreaking camera technologies to unparalleled processing power, wrapped in sleek designs. Whether you're in search of a device that keeps up with your fast-paced lifestyle, captures every detail with stunning clarity, or offers the ultimate gaming experience, Croma's selection promises something for every tech enthusiast. With special offers and unmatched prices, now is the perfect time to upgrade your gadget collection. Explore these amazing deals on new launches:

Samsung Galaxy S24 Series

Dive into the future with Samsung's Galaxy S24 Series, now available at Croma. The series kicks off with the compact yet powerful Galaxy S24 5G, priced at Rs. 79,999, featuring a vivid 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display and triple rear cameras for stunning photography. For those who want more, the Galaxy S24 Plus 5G offers a larger 6.7-inch screen and a robust 4,900mAh battery at Rs. 99,999. The pinnacle, Galaxy S24 Ultra 5G, at Rs. 1,29,999, showcases a groundbreaking 200-megapixel quad-camera setup and a great 6.8-inch display, making it a tech enthusiast's dream. With each model, enjoy cutting-edge technology, the amazing Galaxy AI, IP68 water resistance and top-tier processors. There's a perfect match for everyone.

Samsung Galaxy S24 5G: Buy now at Rs. 79,999

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus 5G: Buy now at Rs. 99,999

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 5G: Buy now at Rs. 1,29,999

OnePlus 12 Series

Unveil the power of innovation with the OnePlus 12 Series, now up on Croma's shelves. The flagship OnePlus 12 5G, priced at Rs. 64,999, dazzles with its 6.82-inch quad-HD+ LTPO 4.0 AMOLED  display and a robust 5400mAh battery, featuring 100W SuperVOOC charging. It's equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and a stunning triple camera array for unparalleled clarity. For those seeking exceptional value, the OnePlus 12R 5G at Rs. 39,999 offers a compelling package with its 6.78-inch display, 5000mAh battery with 100W SuperVOOC fast charging, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, ensuring a seamless experience for gaming and multitasking. Both models boast unique features like Aqua Touch Technology and an advanced cooling system.

OnePlus 12 5G: Buy now at Rs. 64,999

OnePlus 12R 5G: Buy now at Rs. 39,999

Redmi Note 13 series

Discover the vibrant Redmi Note 13 Series at Croma, offering top-tier features without breaking the bank. Starting at Rs. 17,999, the Redmi Note 13 5G features a 6.67-inch AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Dimensity 6080 processor, and a triple camera setup led by a 108-megapixel sensor, ensuring crisp images and smooth performance. Step up to the Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G for enhanced visuals on an AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 7S Gen 2 chipset, and a 200-megapixel primary camera at a surprising price of Rs. 25,999. For the ultimate experience, the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G at Rs. 31,999 offers an AMOLED display, the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra processor, 256GB storage, a 200-megapixel triple camera, and a 5,000mAh battery with 120W charging support.

Redmi Note 13 5G: Buy now at Rs. 17,999 (MRP: Rs. 20,999)

Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G: Buy now at Rs. 25,999 (MRP: Rs. 28,999)

Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G: Buy now at Rs. 31,999 (MRP: Rs. 37,999)

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New Jio Phone Reportedly Spotted on BIS Site; Said to Debut as Jio Bharat B2

Jio Bharat B2 may launch in India soon. Although the company has not confirmed the handset, the phone was reportedly spotted on a certification site. Not much is known about the purported feature phone. The moniker is also being speculated. It is expected to come with upgrades over the Jio Bharat B1 which was unveiled in October last year. The older model comes with 4G connectivity and a pre-installed UPI payment feature. The phone supports multiple Indian regional languages and is offered in two colour options.

A 91Mobiles Hindi report states that a new Jio Phone with the model number JBB121B1 on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website. The listing does not reveal any details about this handset, and it does not indicate a moniker for the model. The report claims that the phone could debut as the Jio Bharat B2, with more specifications and expected features which may be revealed by the company in the future.

Notably, the Jio Bharat B1 comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA rectangular display and ‎Threadx RTOS. It is equipped with ‎50MB of RAM, Bluetooth, 4G, Wi-Fi, and USB connectivity options and can hold a single nano SIM card.

The Jio Bharat B1 is backed by a 2,000mAh battery, and the company claims that it can offer a standby battery life of up to ‎343 hours. It also comes with an unspecified rear camera unit. The phone is pre-installed with JioCinema and JioSaavn for entertainment, while JioPay allows users to make UPI transactions.

Offered in black and blue colour options the Jio Bharat B1 4G is priced at Rs. 1,299. The feature phone supports 23 languages including multiple Indian regional languages. The handset also has a ‎3.5mm headphone jack. It weighs 110g and measures ‎125mm x 52mm x 17mm in size.

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Xiaomi 14 Ultra Price, Front Panel Design Leaked; Tipped to Get MIIT Certification

Xiaomi 14 Ultra may be unveiled on February 25 during the global launch of the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro. The purported top-of-the-line handset has surfaced online multiple times over the past few weeks. The company has not yet confirmed the model but several leaks and reports have suggested details about the phone. Some key specifications of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra have been tipped previously. Leaked design renders of the model have also shown the back panel design. Now the front panel design of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra and the price of the handset have leaked. It was also reportedly spotted on a certification site.

A MySmartPrice report shared leaked renders of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, which showed the front panel of the handset. It appears with a flat display with very slight curves near the edges and very slim bezels and chin. The report claimed that the phone may come with a 2.5D quad micro curved screen. It also is seen with a centred hole-punch slot at the top to house the front camera. An earlier report from the same publisher leaked the rear panel renders of the handset previously. 

Xiaomi 14 Ultra leaked design renders
Photo Credit: MySmartPrice

Another report by Dealabs (via 9to5Google) suggested that the Xiaomi 14 Ultra may be priced at EUR 1,499 (roughly Rs. 1,33,600) for its 16GB + 512GB RAM and storage option. Although this report claims that the model will be available in a single configuration, it was previously tipped to come in 12GB + 256GB, 16GB + 512GB, and 16GB + 1TB variants.

A Xiaomi handset with the model number 24031PN0DC has also been spotted on China's MIIT certification site and tipster Digital Chat Station has claimed that this is the purported Xiaomi 14 Ultra model. The phone is said to support 5G and satellite connectivity, although it is still unclear if it supports two-way calling or allows only satellite messaging.

Previous leaks have also suggested that the Xiaomi 14 Ultra could get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and ship with Android 14-based HyperOS. It may also sport a 6.7-inch 2K AMOLED display, a 50-megapixel quad rear camera unit and a 5,180mAh battery with 90W wired and 50W wireless charging support.

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Is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 the best foldable phone you can buy in India right now? We discuss the company's new clamshell-style foldable handset on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Android 15 Developer Preview 1 Released By Google: All You Need to Know

Android 15 is currently in development and Google on Friday released the first Android 15 Developer Preview to give software developers and companies an idea of what to expect from the next version of its open source mobile operating system. According to Google, Android 15 will improve device security while allowing apps to take advantage of flagship hardware including advanced cameras, GPUs, displays, and AI. Other components like Privacy Sandbox, Health Connect, File Integrity are also set to receive upgrades when the update rolls out to users later this year.

In a blog post on Friday, Google revealed that the first Android 15 Developer Preview is now available for Pixel smartphones. These builds are unlikely to contain new user-facing features or changes to the interface — they are intended for developers to test their apps on the latest version of Android that is still in development and are expected to contain bugs.

With Android 15, applications will be able to boost the camera preview's brightness via new low light enhancements, and control flash intensity precisely thanks to advanced flash strength adjustments, according to Google. It will also enable the use of a smartphone as a virtual MIDI 2.0 device using a composition app to control a synthesizer app. 

Android 15 beta releases are expected to begin in April
Photo Credit: Google

 

Privacy Sandbox — Google's new system to enable developers to show targeted ads that claims to preserve user privacy — is also getting an upgrade with Android 15. Health Connect will also support "new data types across fitness, nutrition, and more", the company states.

Android 15 also contains new application programming interfaces (APIs) that can protect users from malware or changes to their files, by tapping into a powerful feature in the Linux kernel. Meanwhile, the next version of Android will enable support for partial screen sharing, allowing users to only record one app window instead of their whole screen.

The company says another developer preview is coming in March, and Android 15 beta releases will begin in April. Users who want to try out the upcoming version of Android can try out the public beta versions, but these are generally recommended to be installed on a secondary smartphone. Platform stability is expected to be achieved by June, which means that no new features or major changes will be made to the operating system beyond that milestone, according to Google.

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Google, Meta, OpenAI and More Firms Sign Tech Accord to Fight AI Election Interference Globally

A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year.

The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text, images and video in seconds in response to prompts, has heightened fears that the new technology could be used to sway major elections this year, as more than half of the world's population is set to head to the polls.

Signatories of the tech accord, which was announced at the Munich Security Conference, include companies that are building generative AI models used to create content, including OpenAI, Microsoft and Adobe. Other signatories include social media platforms that will face the challenge of keeping harmful content off their sites, such as Meta Platforms, TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter.

The agreement includes commitments to collaborate on developing tools for detecting misleading AI-generated images, video and audio, creating public awareness campaigns to educate voters on deceptive content and taking action on such content on their services.

Technology to identify AI-generated content or certify its origin could include watermarking or embedding metadata, the companies said.

The accord did not specify a timeline for meeting the commitments or how each company would implement them.

“I think the utility of this (accord) is the breadth of the companies signing up to it,” said Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta Platforms.

“It's all good and well if individual platforms develop new policies of detection, provenance, labeling, watermarking and so on, but unless there is a wider commitment to do so in a shared interoperable way, we're going to be stuck with a hodgepodge of different commitments,” Clegg said.

Generative AI is already being used to influence politics and even convince people not to vote.

In January, a robocall using fake audio of U.S. President Joe Biden circulated to New Hampshire voters, urging them to stay home during the state's presidential primary election.

Despite the popularity of text-generation tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT, the tech companies will focus on preventing harmful effects of AI photos, videos and audio, partly because people tend to have more skepticism with text, said Dana Rao, Adobe's chief trust officer, in an interview.

"There's an emotional connection to audio, video and images," he said. "Your brain is wired to believe that kind of media."

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From Dunki to Love Storiyaan: Here Are the Top 5 OTT Releases of the Week

The weekend is here and so are our binge-watch recommendations for the top OTT releases of the week. If you were expecting a lot of romance-themed releases for Valentine's week like us, be prepared to be disappointed. There is only one major Indian original release for the week – Karan Johar's Love Storiyaan, which is about six unique love stories, where love breaks free from the shackles of societal and cultural norms. Shah Rukh Khan's box-office hit Dunki made its OTT premiere on Netflix on January 15, without much of a pre-buzz. It's a heartwarming comedy by Rajkumar Hirani, which revolves around the subject of “donkey” path to entering a country illegally. Since the process is quite prevalent in the Indian state of Punjab, Hirani has rightly centred the film there. The Kerala Story has also finally been released on Zee5 after weeks of speculation. The controversial film chronicles alleged mass religious conversion of Hindu and Christian women in Kerala.

Among other post-theatrical releases are Prabhas starrer action-drama Salaar (Hindi dubbed version) and the Sci-Fi adventure film Dune, which follows a noble family that becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most prized asset. The sequel, Dune Part Two, is slated for release on March 1, by the way.

If you want to give new international releases a try, you could go for Polish comedy Kill Me If You Dare, German heartfelt drama The Heartbreak Agency, Japanese suspense show House of Ninjas, or the second season of the Jordanian teenage drama AlRawabi School for Girls.

For those looking for fresh comic content, Taylor Tomlinson's third Netflix Special Have It All is now out. Here, Taylor speaks of her life post-breakup and addresses the age-old question: Can you have it all? However, I feel her previous two specials were way more entertaining than this one, which fails to recreate her previous style (or it's probably because I was fangirling a lot on her prior stand-ups and had way too high expectations from her next endeavours).

For documentary enthusiasts, Netflix's Einstein and the Bomb should do it. This docu-drama will take you inside the tortured mind of Einstein after he fled Germany. Get ready for a lot of archival footage and tonnes of melodrama.

Well, that's all folks. Happy binge-watching!

The Kerala Story

Where: Zee5

When: Now Streaming

One of the most controversial releases of 2023, The Kerala Story, is now available to stream on Zeee5. Here, you'll see Adah Sharma playing a nursing student brainwashed into converting to Islam, along with two of her friends. How she ends up joining the Islamic State, becomes an ISIS terrorist and lands up in an Afghanistan jail makes the crux of the story.

The film initially received a lot of backlash after it claimed that around 32,000 Hindu and Christian girls were involuntarily mass converted to Islam between 2016 and 2018, without solid proof. The promotional material was later taken down when the claims could not be backed by facts. The film stirred a lot of debates in the newsrooms, though.

Dunki

Where: Netflix

When: Now Streaming

Four old Indians in London who are terribly homesick and want to revisit their homeland but aren't having any luck with the British Embassy. Desperate to get back, they seek help from Hardy Singh (Shah Rukh Khan), an ex-army man who helped them arrive in London in the first place via the illegal “Donkey” route – a phenomenon where people enter a foreign country illegally via multiple stops in other countries.

In Dunki, you'll find funny scenes of people parroting English speeches to IELTS exam centres, emotional highs, and a sweet yet incomplete love story. Dunki made its Netflix debut on February 15, without much of a pre-buzz. The film marks Rajkumar Hirani's (3 Idiots, Sanju) first collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan.

Love Storiyaan

Where: Prime Video

When: Now Streaming

Karan Johar's Love Storiyaan was released on Prime Video on Valentine's Day. The series brings to the platter six unique love stories, where romance triumphs over all socio-political odds.

Here you'll meet a trans couple, cross-border lovers, the brimming romance of a Dalit activist and an Adivasi advocate, a love saga from Bangladesh's Liberation Movement in 1971, two radio jockeys from rival stations falling for each other, and an unlikely couple facing opposition from their daughters.

The anthology series is inspired by stories from the Instagram handle India Love Project, where you'll find love stories “outside the shackles of faith, caste, ethnicity & gender.”

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (Hindi version)

Where: Hotstar

When: Now Streaming

While the Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and English dubbed versions of this Prabhas starrer are already streaming on Netflix, the Hindi dubbed version made its OTT debut on Hotstar just now. In Salaar you'll see a gang leader vowing to fulfil a dying friend's wish by battling rival gangs. If you are a fan of South Indian action flicks, Salaar is a good choice to consider for your weekly binge-watch – packed with violence.

This is me... Now: A love story

Where: Prime Video

When: Now Streaming

If you have an appetite for Hollywood gossip, chances are that you are aware of Jennifer Lopez's controversial love life. The American actress has been married four times. She is currently married to Ben Affleck, whom she remarried in 2022, almost two decades after their breakup.

In this one-of-its-kind documentary, you'll walk through Lopez's love life through her eyes. This is Me... Now is releasing alongside her first studio album in a decade, which has been titled the same.

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Samsung Galaxy A35 5G Design, Key Specifications Leak Via Google Play Console Listing

Samsung Galaxy A35 5G is expected to launch soon as the successor to the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G, introduced in March last year. The phone has surfaced online multiple times over the past few weeks. It has now reportedly been spotted on Google Play Console, with the listing detailing the design of the purported handset and some key specifications, including processor and operating system details. Previous leaks of the smartphone have also shown the design and even suggested the colour options it may arrive in.

A MySmartPrice report claims to have spotted the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G with the model number SM-A356E on Google Play Console. The listing suggests that the handset may be powered by an in-house Exynos 1380 SoC paired with an ARM Mali G68 GPU and 8GB of RAM. It also suggests that the phone may ship with Android 14-based OneUI.

Samsung Galaxy A35 5G render and Google Play Console listing
Photo Credit: MySmartPrice

The listing also shows the design of the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G model which is seen with a flat display with slim bezels and a centred hole-punch slot at the top to house the front camera sensor. The screen is expected to have a 1,080 x 2,340 pixels resolution and 450 dpi. The key island bump seen in earlier leaks is also seen in this render. 

Previous leaks have suggested that the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G may launch in Awesome Iceblue, Awesome Lilac, and Awesome Navy colour options. It is expected to measure 161.6mm x 77.9mm x 8.2mm in size and be 78.5mm wide around the key island bump. 

The Samsung Galaxy A35 5G is also likely to sport a 6.6-inch 120Hz full-HD+ display and carry a 5,000mAh battery with support for 25W wired charging. For optics, the triple rear camera is likely to include a 50-megapixel primary sensor, alongside an 8-megapixel and a 5-megapixel sensor, while the front camera could house a 13-megapixel sensor.

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