OnePlus Type-C Bullets earphones with new DAC unveiled, will launch alongside OnePlus 6T

OnePlus has officially unveiled Type-C Bullets earphones. The earphones incorporate several improvements over the original OnePlus Bullets earphones. However, the most notable change is that the headphone has done away with the traditional 3.5mm audio jack for a Type-C connector, as the name suggests.

These will cost Rs 1,499 and will be launched along with the upcoming flagship smartphone, OnePlus 6T, which is expected to be launched soon.

According to the company, the earphones are designed to deliver ‘a crisp and powerful sound’ without compromising on comfort level of the user.

“A great soundscape with clear highs and booming lows starts with the right design. The shape and material used to craft the speaker housing plays a big role in how a pair of earphones sound,” Jaden C, Accessories Product Manager at OnePlus, stated in the media release.

The earphones come with new DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter), powered by Ciruss Logic, which enables it to deliver higher dynamic range, higher signal-to-noise ratio and low noise floor as compared to the older earphones with 3.5mm jack.

The announcement was made by the company on its official forum page and comes on the back of the company confirming that the OnePlus 6T will be ditching the 3.5mm audio jack.

Interestingly, though Type-C connectors are technologically superior to the 3.5mm audio jack, the latter is still the more popular and widely-used connector. In fact, OnePlus has been one of the last few companies which continued using the traditional audio jack since Apple discontinued it first way back in 2016.

So, what made OnePlus, which once boasted about the feature in its previous versions, drop it now? “By removing the jack, we’ve freed up more space, allowing us to put more new technology into the product,” Carl Pei, OnePlus co-founder, recently said in an interview to TechRadar.

“One of the big things is something our users have asked us for, improved battery life,” he added.

According to Pei, the company recently found out that about 59 percent of its users use wireless earphones, which led them to take such a bold decision.

“We also had to think about the negative side [of removing the headphone jack] for our users. We found 59 percent of our community already owned wireless earphones earlier this year — and that was before we launched our Bullets Wireless earphones. If we were to do that [remove the jack] two years ago, the percentage [of wireless earphones owners] would have been much lower and it would have caused a lot of friction for our users,” he said.

The company’s decision possibly also reflects general acceptance among users who were previously hesitant to move on to this newer technology.

“We’re not doing it for the sake of doing it and because everyone else is. We believe now is the right time, as it’ll benefit the majority of our users while keeping the downside low,” Pei told TechRadar.

“We knew this was an option for a very long time, we were just waiting for the right time,” he added.

Apple iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR launched:

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• Ending months of rumours and leaks, Apple today unveiled new iPhones at an event held in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, California, US. As widely expected, the line-up has three new models – iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR — all of which sport the same design as the current iPhone X but with different features that make them fall in different price points.

• Naturally, the 2018 iPhone handsets are a step-up in terms of specifications. With this, the Cupertino-based technology firm has also let go of the smartphone design that was carried by the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

  

India price and availability

• The iPhone Xs Max will be available in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB storage capacities. The smartphone will come in three colour options — Space Grey, Silver and a new Gold finish starting at Rs 109,900. The 5.8-inch iPhone Xs will also come in same storage capacities as iPhone X Max. The colour options too are same. As for the price, iPhone Xs will start at Rs 99,900. Both iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will be available in India starting September 28 in the country

• The most affordable of the latest iPhones is the iPhone XR. The iPhone XR will be available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB storage options in White, Black, Blue, Yellow and Coral starting at Rs 76,900. There will be the (PRODUCT) RED version of the iPhone XR as well at the same price. Buyers will be able to pre-order iPhone XR beginning October 19.

Apple iPhone Xs and Xs Max features and specifications
One of the key features of the new iPhone handsets is the support for Dual SIM Dual Standby. The smartphone will support eSIM cards. The list of carriers supporting e-SIM shared by Apple on stage includes Airtel and Reliance Jio. More details on this are expected to be out soon.
The iPhone Xs and the iPhone Xs Max boast of OLED screens that are more battery efficient and more saturated. They also feature dual rear cameras. Powering the processing side of this is the Apple A12 Bionic processor. The chipset’s GPU, ISP and Neural engine work in tandem to bring better augmented reality experience.

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Why Indian Railways passengers may soon have to bid goodbye to IRCTC

At a recent event, Piyush Goyal said that he finds it difficult to remember IRCTC’s name and has asked officials to come up with a new and interesting name that is also easy to remember.

• Say goodbye to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)! Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is of the view that IRCTC is not a ‘catchy’ name for the e-ticketing organisation of Indian Railways. He has therefore asked IRCTC to come up with a new name for the organisation! At a recent event, Piyush Goyal said that he finds it difficult to remember IRCTC’s name and has asked officials to come up with a new and interesting name that is also easy to remember! Confirming the same to Financial Express Online, an IRCTC official said, “The Minister has asked us to suggest alternative names to IRCTC. We are awaiting directions from the Railway Board on how to go about renaming the organisation. It will be a long-drawn process as the new name will have to be registered as well.”

• Incidentally, a few months ago a contest on Narendra Modi government’s mygov.in portal had run a contest to rename IRCTC. The contest, which is now closed, invited people to participate in ‘COIN A NEW NAME’ on the mygov.in website. The competition also offered a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh for the selected entry. According to the mygov.in website, as many as 1,852 people across the country participated in the competition and submitted their responses. The competition was only opened for Indian Nationals and results in only English and Hindi language were accepted. The deadline to submit the responses was 31 March, 2018, however, the results for the competition have not been announced IRCTC till now. The IRCTC official that FE Online spoke to said that no directions have been received on whether the new name will be decided from these entries or users.

• The official website of IRCTC, irctc.co.in, is used by lakhs of railway passengers to book tickets. Earlier this year, the next-generation e-ticketing website underwent a significant revamp, with several new passenger-friendly measures being introduced. Data suggests that the official IRCTC website has nearly 3 crore registered users.

• What remains to be seen is that after the name change, will the IRCTC e-ticketing website and other websites associated with the catering and tourism arm also get a new domain name.