T3 India July 2017

The original Bragi The Dash was a bit of a revelation. Gone was the tethering of a conventional wireless headphone, and in its place separate units for each ear. They also offered incredible sound via balanced speakers, passive noise cancelling and up to six hours of play on the move. But Bragi just raised the game. Again. The newly released Dash Pro takes things one step further. While the Dash was designed primarily to enable you to listen to music, the Dash Pro headphones are way smarter. Their killer feature is the ability to translate language in real time using built-in iTranslate. Let’s just make that clear – you can travel almost anywhere in the world (it supports 40 different languages) and have a face-to-face conversation with someone without learning…

Want to know the best of everything? Well, almost everything! Turn to pg 40 to check out the gadgets that will enhance your everyday life. The gadgets we recommend can make your home smarter, elevate your home cinema setup, make you fitter or even entertain for hours. Last month concluded two major technology events – Computex and CES Asia and we’ve got the best tech from the show floor that you can look forward to. Nokia made a re-entry into the Indian market with the new Android phone dubbed Nokia 6 whereas OnePlus wooed everyone with the latest OnePlus 5. Our set of reviews this month includes Panasonic’s latest Lumix GH5 camera, BenQ’s 4K projector, a 4K TV, a retro-looking speaker and more. The action starts from pg 71. Views…

30,00,000, www.lg.com/in Televisions are becoming ridiculously thin now. And how. LG has gone so far as to denote the W in W7 as Wallpaper. Not entirely accurate but it does make sense when you see the lack of mass on the TV. But this comes at the cost of a separate sound bar. A small price to pay for something that could easily pass off as a wall painting or a window though. It’s the polar opposite of the panel when you notice the bulk but they are two peas in a pod as you’ll soon understand. I get that it’s necessary for sound output but what else? The Dolby Atmos sound bar also functions as the central hub of sorts housing the power supply, ports panel and things you’d…

TBA, sony.co.in Woah, quite a camera! The a9 is Sony’s epic new mirrorless camera, packing the world’s first full-frame Exmor RS 24.2MP CMOS sensor, able to shoot up to 20fps bursts. This beauty is built for intense speed thanks to its huge sensor, making it a no-brainer for sports and nature photography… Though that’s if you have the need and the budget, of course. What else is going on here? It’s absolutely packed with cutting-edge tech, starting with that stacked sensor and a high-speed processing circuit and Bionz X image processing engine, with imaging data sent through the sensor rather than around it. The sensor produces a 20 times faster data readout, helping it shoot at 20fps. A blackout-free shooting experience can be enjoyed when viewing the action through the…

51,990, htc.com/in Another new phone, T3 ? I can barely keep up… Don’t worry, this one stands out from the crowd. HTC’s new flagship phone isn’t just packed with the usual high-end specs, it also has a new Edge Sense feature – you can control the phone by squeezing it! …Come again? The sides of the U11 are pressure-sensitive, and since you hold your phone there anyway, HTC has turned a quick squeeze into a shortcut. You can use it to open your most-used apps, or to access one of the two built-in voice assistants (both Google Home and Amazon Alexa are eagerly awaiting to help). When you’re in the camera app, you can just squeeze to take a picture – no fiddly button pressing required. Okay,…

3,10,000, panasonic.com/in Refreshing to see a Panasonic panel but only LED? Just adding a single O to LED jacks up the price considerably which is why you’re still going to see 4K LED panels for the time being. Ah yes, makes sense. So can it match OLED contrast? You can’t really compare their contrast levels but the EX750 still puts up a good fight with Digitally Enhanced Local Dimming. It helps reduce glare from external light sources and is able to display deep blacks. Why is Local Dimming familiar to me? Because it’s mostly associated with edge LED’s. Panasonic has gone a step further and added a new shuttering system which lets external light reach each liquid crystal at the best angle resulting in rich gradation. Moving on, does it…