HIGHLIGHTS The Pixel 4a is the only Pixel phone Google has for India this year. The Pixel 4a does everything well enough but no extra sauce. The Pixel 4a sells in India at a special price of Rs 29,999 but it has MRP of Rs 31,999. Those who have used or use a Google Pixel phone rarely like anything else. Not even the latest iPhones appeal to them. And there are many in India who are fans of Pixel phones. Unfortunately, Google has its own weird launch schedule for India. With Pixel 4 last year, the company skipped India. Then the Pixel 4a got delayed, likely because of the COVID-19 that hit the world early in 2020. At last, the wait is over. The Pixel 4a is in India now, though as this review finds, it may not appeal to all those who were waiting for a Pixel phone. This is because the Pixel 4a is a simple phone. So, simple that it seems to belong to 2014. It is like one of those Nexus phones that Google once sold, the devices that were without any frills and frivolities. Instead, they
HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus' new flagship brings support for 65W fast charging. The new OnePlus 8T is powered by a Snapdragon 865 SoC. The OnePlus 8T also gets a quad camera set-up. It's that time of the year when we have with us a new OnePlus smartphone to review, and no matter how frequent this occurrence becomes, it still does not stop feeling special. We're in the second week of October, and in for review today is the latest upper-midrange warrior from the phone maker, the OnePlus 8T. Over the past few years, OnePlus has made a habit of launching two new smartphones during its second big launch event of the year. But this time around there is only one. OnePlus says there is not much to upgrade in OnePlus 8 Pro because that is already so good. So, only OnePlus 8T this year. As a mid-year upgrade, the OnePlus 8T improves on the OnePlus 8 in a number of ways. And since it's the only phone being launched right now, it also brings in a few features that are an upgrade on the mo