Open Source For You — December 2017

16 | DECEMBER 2 017 | OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU | http://www.OpenSourceForU.com

NEW PRODUCTS

Audio equipment manufacturer,
Beyerdynamic, has launched the
Aventho wireless headphones with
sound customisation technology. The
headphones have been developed
by Berlin based Mimi Hearing
Technologies.
These headphones sport touch
based gesture control on the right
ear cup, through which users can
receive and disconnect calls, increase
or decrease volume levels, etc. They
use the Bluetooth 4.2 protocol with
the aptX HD codec from Qualcomm,
which guarantees the best sound even
without wires.
The Aventho wireless headphones
come with the Tesla sound transducers
to offer a great acoustic performance.
The compact size and cushion cups
ensure comfort over long hours.
Additional features include a
frequency response of 32 ohms, a
transmission rate of 48kHz/24 bits, and
a play time of more than 20 hours on a
single charge.
The Beyerdynamic Aventho
headphones are packed in a sturdy
fabric bag and are available in black
and brown, at retail stores.

Google Pixel 2

now available in India

Address: Beyerdynamic India Pvt Ltd,
1, 10th Main Road, Malleshwaram West,
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003

Address: Google Inc., Unitech Signature

Tower-II, Tower-B, Sector-15, Part-II,

Village Silokhera, Gurugram, Haryana

122001; Ph: 91-12-

Search giant Google has launched two

successors to its first smartphone in its

Pixel hardware line—the Pixel 2 and

Pixel 2 XL.

The Pixel 2 comes with an

‘always-on’ display of 12.7cm (

inches) with a full HD (1920 x 1080

pixels) AMOLED at 441ppi, and 2.5D

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The

Pixel 2 XL comes with a full 15.2cm

(6 inches) QHD (2880 x 1440 pixels)

pOLED at 538ppi, with 3D Corning

Gorilla Glass protection.

The Pixel 2 is powered by a 1.9GHz

octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

processor and runs on Android’s latest

8.0.0 Oreo OS version. The Pixel 2 XL

also runs on Android Oreo, and comes

with the Adreno 540 GPU.

On the camera front, both the

variants sport a 12.2 megapixel rear

and an 8 megapixel front camera,

which have optical and electronic

image stabilisation along with

fixed focus.

Both phones offer a RAM of 4GB

and internal storage of 64GB and 128GB

(in two variants), which is not further

Price:

` 24,

expandable. Users can enjoy unlimited

online storage for photos and videos.

With a battery of 2700mAh for

Pixel 2 and 3520mAh for Pixel 2

XL, the smartphones are designed

with stereo front-firing speakers,

and a headphone adaptor to connect

a 3.5mm jack. On the connectivity

and wireless front, the devices offer

Wi-Fi 2.4GHz+5GHz 802.11/a/b/g/n/

ac 2x2 MIMO with Bluetooth

5.0+LE, NFC, GPS, etc.

The feature-packed smartphones

have an aluminium unibody with a

hybrid coating, and IP67 standard

water and dust resistance.

Both the smartphones are available

online and at retail stores in black,

white and blue.

Touch based

gesture control

headphones from

Beyerdynamic

Price:

` 61,000 and ` 70,000 for

the 64GB and 128GB variants of Pixel 2; and

` 73,000 and ` 82,000 for

the 64GB and 128GB variants of Pixel 2 XL.