Dinosaurs are all around you in Jurassic World Alive! [Game of the Week]

Update June 8, 2018: Collect dino DNA and create your dream team of battling dinosaurs in Jurassic World Alive!

Jurassic World Alive

Two years ago, Pokemon Go was unleashed on the world and became a cultural phenomenon.

This year, in conjunction with the release of the latest Jurassic World movie, Universal Studios teamed up with Ludia Inc. to essentially produce dinosaur version of Pokemon Go. Jurassic World Alive creates an augmented reality where dinosaurs are There are a ton of creatures to collect, upgrade, and evolve, there are supply drops scattered around in public places where you’ll be able to pick up supplies, and it’s absolutely designed to suck as much money from you as possible.

Here are my quick thoughts on Jurassic Park Alive — the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good:

• If you were obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid like I was, the concept of hunting down and collecting dinosaurs is just too cool. Pokemon are cool, but come on — dinosaurs are way better.
• The drone mini-game for collecting dino DNA is way more interesting than the tired Pokeball mechanics from Pokemon Go. A surprisingly organic way to build in the creature collecting aspect of the game.
• There’s PvP battling built right into the game upon release — something that still hasn’t come to Pokemon Go. You need to collect four dinos before you unlock PvP mode.
• I like that there are special events connected to local parks — whereas the game lacks Niantic’s network of crowdsourced public spots from Ingress and Pokemon Go, using public green space is a smart move.
• Games like this encourage you to go outside and walk around your neighborhood, so even if you only play with it for a couple weeks it’ll do you some good versus other sedentary gaming activities.

The bad:

• Just like the new Jurassic World movies, this game is a bit too derivative of the great works that have come before it. It looks better in many ways than what has come before but also lacks some of the charm and heart.
• Following up on that, along with those special events linked to parks which I liked I’ve also seen special events linked to Walmart locations which is — not what I like to see from mobile games.
• If we’re being completely honest, we’d be surprised

The ugly:

• This game goes beyond just having in-app purchase for buying more in-game currency. There’s also a “VIP subscription” where, for $10 a month, you get better supply drop rewards, slightly better equipment for catching dinos, and other in-game offers exclusive to VIP. Is this game worth the same as a subscription to, say, a subscription to Netflix or Spotify? Probably not.

All that said, I think it’s worth checking out Jurassic World Alive if you’ve had some fun with Pokemon Go in the past and are looking for a new take on this genre of AR games. If you didn’t like Pokemon Go, well settle in because we’re expected to get similar games for The Walking Dead, Harry Potter, and Ghostbusters in the near future.

Download: Jurassic Park Alive (Free w/IAPs)

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Samsung Galaxy J3 and J7 mid-rangers coming to the U.S. in early June [Update]

The J3 will cost $209 on AT&T.

We’re just a few short months away from the Galaxy Note 9, but before we can get our hands on Samsung’s latest and greatest, we’re going to be served with two typical and unsurprising mid-range phones. This year, we’re getting updated models of the Galaxy J3 and J7.

Samsung says the two phones “focus on the key features that users love: sharp displays for movies and apps, great-low-light cameras that let them make the most of every moment, expandable memory for more storage, and battery life that powers their phones all day.”

Looking first at the J3, the phone’s outfitted with a 5.0-inch HD display, 8MP rear-facing camera with f/1.9 aperture, and a 5MP f/2.2 selfie camera. With the J7, you’re getting a 5.5-inch HD screen, 13MP f/1.7 rear camera, and 13MP f/1.9 sensor on the front.

Further specs on the J7 are still unavailable, but we know the J3 will tout Samsung’s Exynos 7570 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a 2,600 mAh battery. Android 8.0 Oreo is also present out of the box.

The Galaxy J3 (left) and Galaxy J7 (right).

Samsung notes that pricing for the new models will be similar to the J3 and J7 from 2017, but that carriers selling the phones will be setting their own rates. The J3’s already popped up on AT&T with a price tag of $209 outright or $7/month for 30 months.

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Updated 10:15 AM ET: Added additional specs and pricing details for the J3.

Roku’s Ultra 4K streaming player is down to its lowest price ever

Get the best for less.

Right now you can pick up the Roku Ultra 4K streaming media player for just $79.99, which is $20 lower than it normally sells for. This price is actually the lowest it’s ever sold for, beating the previous low by $5. Roku makes some of the best streaming hardware, so if you’ve cut the cord already or are considering doing so, you’ll want to have one of these attached to your TV.

The interface is easy to navigate, and most popular streaming services have apps available. You can easily access Netflix, Hulu, Sling, and HBO Now from dedicated buttons on the remote. There’s also a voice search feature built into the remote, and a headphone jack. The Roku Ultra streams compatible content in 4K, and the box has a USB port and microSD slot.

If you haven’t cut the cord, you should consider using your savings to check out DIRECTV NOW’s offer that scores you 3 months of service for $30. Not interested in 4K content but still want a Roku device? DIRECTV NOW has another promotion which scores you a free Roku Streaming Stick when you pay for one month of service. This makes it $35 for both the streaming media player and a month of access to DIRECTV NOW’s channel lineup. Odds are this discount won’t stick around for long, so be sure to grab one now, before it’s gone.

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Yahoo Messenger Will Be Discontinued on July 17, 2018 After 20 Years of Service

Yahoo today announced that its Yahoo Messenger service will no longer be supported after July 17, 2018, encompassing the closure of apps for iOS and Android and any web browser clients (via TechCrunch). The service will function normally until then, and after that date users will no longer be able to access their chats and the Messenger service as a whole will be shut down.

The company promised that the discontinuation of Yahoo Messenger will not impact a user’s Yahoo ID, so it will continue to work for products like Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Fantasy. As for a reason, Yahoo said that it is focusing on “building and introducing new, exciting communications tools” that will be a “better fit” for its customers.

We know we have many loyal fans who have used Yahoo Messenger since its beginning as one of the first chat apps of its kind. As the communications landscape continues to change over, we’re focusing on building and introducing new, exciting communications tools that better fit consumer needs.

“There currently isn’t a replacement” for Yahoo Messenger, however, so the company pointed users toward the invite-only group messaging app Yahoo Squirrel. Squirrel is still in the testing phase and allows groups to organize private chats with friends and family members in a style similar to Slack and Discord.

Yahoo originally debuted its Yahoo Messenger app on the iOS App Store [Direct Link] in April 2009, giving users the ability to instant message their contacts when away from their computer. In the years since, messaging apps like Apple’s iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and others have surged in popularity and caused users to leave Yahoo’s platform for ones more popular among their own friend groups. Today, Yahoo Messenger is #167 on the App Store’s most-downloaded Social Networking app list.

Prior to its appearance on the App Store, Yahoo Messenger originally debuted in 1998 (dubbed “Yahoo Pager”) as an instant messaging client that users could download for free to chat with friends. In 2018, Yahoo said that users will be able to download their chat history to a computer or other device for the next six months, and more information can be found in the FAQ section of the announcement page.

Yahoo Messenger’s closure in 2018 follows the sunsetting of AOL Instant Messenger in December 2017, both of which are owned by parent company Oath and lasted for around 20 years online.

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Apple Taking ‘Cautious Approach’ to iPhone Assembly This Year, Lowering Component Orders by 20%

Apple recently asked its iPhone suppliers to build “around 20 percent fewer” components for the line of iPhones debuting in the second half of 2018, according to four sources speaking to Nikkei. The move is Apple’s attempt to take a “cautious approach” to iPhone shipments in 2018 compared to 2017 orders.

Specifically, last year Apple was said to have placed orders for the production of as many as 100 million iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X units. That number is now down to 80 million in 2018, according to the sources. In the wake of Nikkei’s report, Apple shares have fallen in premarket trading this morning.

“Apple is quite conservative in terms of placing new orders for upcoming iPhones this year,” one of the four sources, who is in the supply chain, told the Nikkei Asian Review. “For the three new models specifically, the total planned capacity could be up to 20% fewer than last year’s orders.”

Nikkei’s report corroborates recent claims made by TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, stating that all three new iPhones will ship in September 2018 (two OLED models measuring in at 5.8 and 6.5 inches and a 6.1-inch lower-cost LCD model), despite some reports claiming that the LCD model could launch slightly later.

“The production yield for the LCD model’s ‘touch’ function is not satisfactory at the moment, but it is improving,” one of the supply sources said. “The cost-effective model is viewed as the tool for Apple to boost its total shipment volume this year, and all the suppliers are doing everything they can to make sure the LCD one hits the shelves as soon as possible.”

The sources said that Apple informed its supply chain to “prepare earlier” for this year’s OLED models in a bid to ensure that the smartphones can launch in September, unlike the iPhone X’s delay to November in 2017. Now, components for these smartphones will arrive at assemblers like Foxconn and Pegatron for final assembly in July, while the same will occur for the LCD model in August.

Apple is believed to launch three new iPhones in 2018: a 6.5-inch “iPhone X Plus”, a second generation iPhone X, and a 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, all coming with a full-screen design and Face ID. According to Kuo, the price of the devices will start at $600-$700 for the LCD model, $800-$900 for the new iPhone X, and $900-$1,000 for the iPhone X Plus.

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Apple’s new privacy features are bad for Facebook, but great for everyone else

(in)Secure is a weekly column that dives into the rapidly escalating topic of cybersecurity.

Apple had a lot to say about cybersecurity and privacy at WWDC 2018.

In light of Facebook’s recent data scandal, other data-reliant companies like Google have come under scrutiny for its data policies. Through it all, Apple has come out on top, staying in the good graces of both the public and governing bodies. With its newest updates and policies, has Apple solidified itself as the definitive ecosystem for those concerned about privacy and cybersecurity?

Cookies and trackers

While some of Apple’s software announcements were a bit mild, its cybersecurity and privacy updates were downright aggressive. The headline feature is what Apple calls Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a technology the company has built right into its Safari web browser.

This feature will warn you if a website has implemented something like ‘Like’ buttons, or a Facebook comment field.

“It turns out these [like buttons and comment fields] can be used to track you whether you click on them or not,” said Craig Federighi, Senior VP of Software Engineering at Apple. “And so this year, we are shutting that down.”

Once MacOS Mojave is available to the public, Safari will give you a better idea of when you’re being followed around the internet. When you come across a website that’ll track you, you’ll be warned with a prompt that looks something like below.

Of course, you can accept the terms, but the prompt is sure to dial back the omnipresence of Facebook across the web. At the very least, it should increase awareness about what these Facebook plugins do, and cookies will be automatically deleted from websites that haven’t been visited in the past thirty days.

Apple didn’t stop there. Federighi also detailed how Safari would be making it harder for advertisers to create a ‘fingerprint’ of a person on the internet. Fingerprinting is a way for advertisers to profile you without the use of cookies or trackers. Instead, this method relies on things like web browser, fonts, and other system configuration data to create a profile of you, and your usage.

“With Mojave we’re making it much harder for trackers to create a unique fingerprint. We’re presenting websites with only a simplified system configuration,” said Federighi. “And as a result, your Mac will look more like everyone else’s Mac, and will it be dramatically more difficult for data companies to uniquely identify your device and track you.”

Calling out Facebook, with a wink and a nod

Although this announcement didn’t call out Facebook by name, the social media company has historically had an unrestrained relationship with advertisers, giving them access to the personal data of millions for ad targeting. Pulling back fingerprinting is going to hinder advertisers, and by extension, Facebook as well.

“Less time on Facebook will equate to less ad views, which will mean less ad revenue for the social network.”

Both blocking trackers and fingerprinting are big deals, but there;s another feature announced at WWDC that might hurt Facebook even more — App Limits. This new iOS feature is supposed to empower people to use their devices less, providing access to a breakdown of how much time they spend in individual apps. App Limits also lets you set time restraints on your usage, closing apps when you’ve reached them.

That will certainly hurt the social network. “Less time on Facebook will equate to less ad views which will mean less ad revenue,” Michael Fauscette, Chief Research Officer at G2 Crowd, told Digital Trends. Once you see how many hours you’ve wasted scrolling through the News Feed, setting restrictions on your usage is a natural next step.

From friends to frenemies

Apple hasn’t always been at war with Facebook. Several years back, Apple touted baked-in Facebook features as advantages to MacOS and iOS. They used to be partners and beneficiaries of Facebook’s data empire.

Things are different now. A day before WWDC, the New York Times published a bombshell update to the web of controversy that is Facebook’s data policy. The report stated that Facebook made agreements to share data it had on users with a number of device manufacturers. Apple was at the top of the list.

Hi @SenBlumenthal, You raise an important issue but NYT is wrong on this point. Blackberry, Amazon, Microsoft etc could not integrate people’s FB information with their devices without that person’s permission. https://t.co/IXVTAScpww

— Facebook (@facebook) June 4, 2018

Apple has denied any data-sharing, of course, but the integration it put so much effort into promoting is no longer desirable. Better integration with Facebook was once a must-have feature. For Apple, though, it’s become a liability.

That’s bad news for the social network, but good news for your privacy, even if you don’t use an Apple device. Where Apple goes, others tend to follow. This is likely the first trickle in a flood of companies that turn away from Facebook to boost their own fortunes.

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How to improve your YouTube Music recommendations

YouTube Music is a new-ish music service with a not-so-new history to draw on.

Even if you’ve never used the YouTube Music app or shiny new desktop site before, chances are your profile is already chock-full of recommendations. YouTube Music shares a library and a history with the main YouTube app, and so that means that every video that’s been searched for or watched with your account is being used to calculate what music you’d like to listen to.

Unfortunately, not everything in our YouTube history is something we want affecting our recommendations or Your Mixtape — especially those Disney songs your niece demanded to sing along to while you were babysitting, or that viral video that you’ve been sent too many times to count. Here’s how to clear out the clutter and improve your YouTube Music offerings.

Build a library, don’t wait for one to appear

Yes, Google has said that Play Music will eventually migrate to YouTube Music, but if you’re waiting for your library to magically appear, you’re going to be waiting a while. A long while. Instead, start adding albums, artists, and playlists to your library. The contents of your library will tell YouTube what you like and help start shaping your recommendations beyond your years of mixed-use YouTube history.

Is recreating your library in a new service a complete pain? Yes, it is. Do you need to recreate the whole thing? Absolutely not. I’ve only added 96 albums to my library, and I’ve got about two dozen playlists, half of which were saved from YouTube Music’s recommendations and from YouTube search results for albums that aren’t properly listed yet.

Regularly rate recommendations

Rate songs whether you’re listening on your phone or on Google Home.

While you’re listening to any radio station, don’t just skip past songs you don’t like; thumb them down so they leave and don’t come back to any of your future radio stations. If you’re listening with the screen off or using Google Home to play some music, you can say “OK Google, I don’t like this song.” It takes more time, but it will help start purging songs you’re not a fan of. You can also thumb songs up or down after the listening session in your YouTube Music history on YouTube Music’s site. The YouTube Music app’s History page only gives the option to like a song, not to thumb it down.

If you keep getting recommendations from an artist you hate, thumbs them down every time, then go give YouTube Music feedback that you’d like a “Block artist/album” feature to keep other songs by them from popping up.

If songs you like pop up in your recommendations, thumb them up and add them to your library. It will ensure you get more music like that and less like the songs you thumb down.

Purge your YouTube histories

YouTube Music and YouTube share search history and watch history, so cleaning up one helps you clean up both. Since not all YouTube history appears in YouTube Music, but all YouTube Music appears in YouTube, you should absolutely go to YouTube at least once and do a deep clean.

You can either go to YouTube history on desktop and got through your history category-by-category, or you can go through them on the YouTube app for Android, where you’ll need to go a few different places. These instructions can also help you delete your entire YouTube history, should you wish to start over with a clean slate.

How to pause, clean, and clear your YouTube history

Note: Deleting your watch and search history will drastically alter your YouTube Music recommendations, as they will only have your library, your rated songs, and your liked artists to go off of until you build your history back up.

Know when to pause your history

To keep yourself from having to go purge your histories time and time again, if you know you’re about to listen to music that you don’t want impacting your YouTube Music recommendations, you should pause your history, then un-pause it when you’re done. For instance, if you’re about to let your kids pick the music for the car ride to the lake, or you’re going to use YouTube Music to provide the music at a party and know your partner’s old college cohort is going to request dusty, old country songs every 20 minutes, that would be an excellent time to hit pause.

Here’s how:

Tap your avatar icon in the top right corner of YouTube Music’s Home or Library tabs.

Tap Settings.

Tap Location & privacy.

Tap Pause watch history and/or Pause search history.

Just make sure that at the end of the event, come back to the same screen to unpause it so that your history doesn’t stay frozen in time.

Listen to more music

The more history you have with YouTube Music, the more it will learn about you, your tastes, and your habits. Not to mention, the more music you listen to, the more likely you are to find music you forgot you liked, or albums that you didn’t realize had been released, or remixes that blow the original out of the water.

So listen to YouTube Music and let it get to know you!

Combo an Amazon Echo Dot with TP-Link’s smart plug for just $51 today

Buy more, save more.

As part of its Gold Box deals of the day, Amazon has an Echo Dot and TP-Link Smart Plug combo for just $50.98, a savings of $39 from their regular pricing. These items normally sell for around $50 and $40 respectively, but both are currently on sale for a bit less. Even compared to the discounted pricing, this bundle still saves you an additional $9 off and makes for easily the best Echo Dot combo we’ve seen lately.

The Echo Dot can be used to control the smart plug, and so much more. You can use it to set reminders, do simple conversions, play music, and even make calls. TP-Link’s smart plug can be controlled from anywhere in the world using the free iOS and Android apps, and you can even set a schedule for the times you are away and want it to appear like you’re still home.

If you’ve been wanting to give the whole smart home thing a shot, this is definitely a great way to get started. Keep in mind that this pricing ends when the day does, so you won’t want to wait too long before getting your order in.

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These are the Xiaomi phones that will be updated to MIUI 10

Xiaomi will roll out the MIUI 10 update to over 25 devices.

Xiaomi announced MIUI 10 alongside the Mi 8 at the end of May, and during the Remi Y2 unveil in India the manufacturer detailed the global version of the ROM.

A key addition in MIUI 10 is Xiaomi’s AI camera tweaks, which facilitate portrait mode on devices with a single imaging sensor. The ROM also includes display gestures as standard, a redesigned multitasking pane, new system sounds, and much more.

Xiaomi rolled out the MIUI 9 update to over 40 devices, and the MIUI 10 update will be making its way to over 25 phones over the course of the year. The update is slated to hit newer devices like the Redmi Note 5 Pro, Mi Mix 2, Redmi 5/5A, and the Mi Max 2, as well as older phones — the Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 3, and even the Mi 3.

Here’s the full list of Xiaomi devices that will be updated to MIUI 10:

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 5
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A/5A Prime
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4/4X
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
• Xiaomi Redmi Y1/Y1 Lite
• Xiaomi Redmi Y2
• Xiaomi Redmi 5
• Xiaomi Redmi 5A
• Xiaomi Redmi 4
• Xiaomi Redmi 4A
• Xiaomi Redmi 3S
• Xiaomi Mi Mix 2
• Xiaomi Mi 6
• Xiaomi Mi 5s/5s Plus
• Xiaomi Mi 5
• Xiaomi Mi 4
• Xiaomi Mi 3
• Xiaomi Mi Max 2
• Xiaomi Mi Max
• Xiaomi Mi Note 3
• Xiaomi Mi Note 2

MIUI 10 beta is slated to kick off sometime in mid-June, and the stable build will be arriving in September, making it a longer-than-usual wait for the stable channel to make its way to devices. I’ll delve into what MIUI 10 has to offer once the beta builds start rolling out, so stay tuned for more from Xiaomi’s latest ROM.

Hands on with Redmi Y2: Xiaomi’s selfie-focused budget smartphone

The Xiaomi juggernaut in the budget and mid-range segment in India continues to roll with the company setting new benchmarks in terms of value for money devices as well as sales figures with each offering, really.

In November last year, Xiaomi introduced a new ‘Y’ series as part of its Redmi range of devices with a focus on front-camera setup. The company had ignored the selfie segment before this and saw the likes of Vivo and Oppo capture the mindshare in that category.

So, here we are seven months later with the Redmi Y2 and these are my initial impressions of the Redmi Y2 after a few days of usage.

While the last time, Xiaomi offered two variants of the device – Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite – the company is now going for a single device, with two memory variants… one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and another one with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

Design

The Redmi Y2 sports a plain vanilla, but functional, design. It’s an all plastic build, brushed with a metallic finish. There’s nothing we’ve not seen before, but it is built nicely and the rounded back cover allows the device to sit comfortably on the palm of your hand. Compared to its predecessor, at 170 grams, the Redmi Y2 is a tad heavy but it’s not a showstopper. The design is reminiscent of the Redmi Note 5 Pro, apart from the discreet antenna lines on this one.

The smartphone features a 5.99-inch HD+ (1440 x 720) display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The taller display allows more screen real estate while retaining the dimensions of the Redmi Y1 which had a 5.5-inch display.

In my limited time with the device, the display seemed quite bright under direct sunlight. The colors are a tad muted, but the HD resolution is good enough for a smartphone in this price segment.

Hardware

The Redmi Y2 is powered by Xiaomi’s trusted Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, a chipset that Xiaomi doesn’t let go despite several newer variants – it’s like they picked a bundle of them at Qualcomm’s yard sale.

Jokes apart, the Snapdragon 625 is a reliable processor that combines high performance with exceptional battery efficiency. The chip is manufactured with the 14nm FinFET process, with a top speed of 2.0GHz, and it’s got a good enough punch for a reliable Android experience.

The Redmi Y2 packs in 3080mAh battery which should be good enough for an entire day, even for power users, especially because the Snapdragon 625 is a pretty efficient chipset. The choice of microUSB over USB Type-C is disappointing though.

Camera

Like its predecessor, the Redmi Y2 sports a 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture powered by artificial intelligence (yes, why not!). The company claims that the front camera uses ‘Super Pixel’, a process that refers to the combination of four pixels into one single large 2.0μm pixel. This reduces photo noise, captures more light, and enhances photo quality when shot in low light.

For a budget smartphone, it does take quite good selfies for the usual social media purposes. The LED selfie light helps in dark conditions, but I preferred photos without the light awkwardly washing away the photos.

Xiaomi puts in AI smarts to offer portrait selfies and digital makeovers with its AI Beautify 4.0 technology that simulates makeup. Too much vanity, really. But you’d be buying this phone only if you’re into the trend, so yeah, make yourself look better.

Redmi Y2 also features Face Unlock to conveniently unlock the phone using your facial details.

At the back, there’s a dual camera setup with a 12MP primary sensor with 1.25μm pixel size and a 5MP secondary sensor. The pixel size helps with low-light photography by capturing more light. The dual camera employs AI for separating the foreground and background accurately for those bokeh shots. It’s the same setup as the Redmi Note 5 Pro, and it would be interesting to take it for a whirl in different conditions to see how it fares.

Software

The Redmi Y2 runs MIUI 9.5, the company’s proprietary UI layer, over Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box.

At the launch, the company announced that the device will also get the MIUI 10 upgrade. The beta of MIUI 10 will start rolling out in mid-June while the stable version would arrive in September.

Redmi Y2 offers the option of choosing full-screen gestures to ditch the on-screen buttons, which frankly is the more intuitive option to interface with your smartphone. Big props to Xiaomi for offering the same.

Summary

The lower spec’d variant of the Redmi Y2, the one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, is priced at 9,999 rupees ($148) while the 4GB + 64GB variant is priced at ₹12,999 ($193).

At first glance, the Redmi Y2 looks like a capable phone even though the pricing makes it compete with its own Redmi siblings. The Redmi Y2 is quite basic, apart from the camera shenanigans, but sometimes that is just good enough for a budget smartphone. We’ll find out more in our detailed review.