Gadgets Weekly: Nothing Ear(3) and more

Technology companies Samsung, Nothing Inc, Amazfit, Vivo and others launched smartphones, earphones, accessories and more this week (September 15-21, 2025).

DH's Gadgets Weekly edition lists the latest personal technology products and related events to keep you abreast of everything happening in consumer electronics.

Nothing Ear(3)

Nothing Ear(3).

Nothing Inc earlier this week launched the premium True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds-- Ear (3).

It retains the signature design elements of the Nothing products including the see-through design language showing intricate inner acoustic structure. And, it is complemented by polished metal accents on the top.

The big upgrade we will see in the Ear(3) is the Super Mic. Housed within the charging case, this dual-microphone system driven by ambient-filtering technology, focuses on the user's voice and cuts through surrounding noise up to 95 dB, ensuring crystal-clear calls in any environment.

Super Mic can be activated by pressing the talk button on the case, offering clarity for quick conversations or extended discussions.

To offer improved call clarity, each earbud houses three directional microphones combined with a bone-conduction Voice Pick-up Unit. The VPU detects micro-vibrations from the jaw and ear canal, converting them into electrical signals for precise voice pickup. This system, less affected by environmental noise, works alongside a multi-channel AI environmental noise-cancellation system, trained on over 20 million hours of real-world audio, to isolate your voice and suppress wind noise, achieving wind noise reduction levels of over 25dB, says the company.

It also promises enhanced Real-time Adaptive Noise Cancellation, up to 45 dB in the buds. They can adjust to the user's surrounding every 600 milliseconds and monitors fit-related leakage every 1,875 milliseconds.

With Bluetooth 5.4, Ear(3) promises to offer stable, detailed audio, while a low-latency mode reduces end-to-end delay to under 120 milliseconds for gaming and video. Ear (3) supports pairing with Android (Google Fast Pair), iOS, and Windows (Microsoft Swift Pair) devices.

Each bud houses a 55mAh battery and deliver up to 10 hours of listening, and can extend to 38 hours with the case. A rapid 10-minute USB-C charge provides up to 10 hours of playback and built-in wireless charging offers added convenience. It costs $179 (approx. Rs 15,775)

Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro

Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro.

It features scratch-resistant sapphire glass display with Grade 5 titanium alloy bezel and buttons—a material stronger than stainless steel and more durable than standard titanium. And, the device is designed to endure extreme temperatures, operating reliably even at -30°C.

It is available in two case sizes, 48 mm and 44 mm. The 48mm model sports 1.5-inch AMOLED display with 3000 nits of peak brightness for optimal visibility even in harsh sunlight.

The 44mm model features same display panel and comes with 1.32-inch display.

They come with a built-in speaker and microphone to enable Bluetooth calling and hands-free communication via Zepp Flow, for connection without pulling out a phone.

Its dual-color LED flashlight offers multiple modes including Boost for high brightness, red light for low-interference visibility, SOS flash, and safety alerts—ensuring visibility and security in any condition.

It supports 180 sport modes includinch trail running, recreational scuba diving, strength training with auto rep detection, and official HYROX training and race modes. The exclusive BioCharge energy monitoring system provides a dynamic score based on workouts, recovery, and stress, helping users optimise performance day after day. With a full charge, it can deliver close to 25 days of battery life on the 48 mm model and 17 days on the 44 mm variant. The price starts at Rs 34,999.

Google launches Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)

Google launches Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Google in collaboration with industry leaders has introduced Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms.

The partnership include 60 organisations -- Adyen, American Express, Ant International, Coinbase, Etsy, Forter, Intuit, JCB, Mastercard, Mysten Labs, Paypal, Revolut, Salesforce, ServiceNow, UnionPay International, Worldpay, and more.

While humans are increasingly using agentic artificial intellingence (AI) tools to improve their productivity, there is growing need among corporate companies on automating transactions.

Here where Google's AP2 comes in to play. It will be capable of transacting on behalf of users, which creates a need to establish a common foundation to securely authenticate, validate, and convey an agent’s authority to transact.

" It also supports different payment types–from credit and debit cards to stablecoins and real-time bank transfers. This helps ensure a consistent, secure, and scalable experience for users and merchants, while also providing financial institutions with the clarity they need to effectively manage risk," Google Cloud team said.

Google is offering access to independent software developers to view technical specification, documentation, and reference implementations of the new AP2 on GitHub repository (here) and share feedback to the company.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon ranked top mobile chipset in India

A Qualcomm logo appears in this illustration.

CyberMedia Research (CMR) India earlier this week released a report on mobile chipset market share in India.

With more than 40 per cent market share, US-based Qualcomm's Snapdragon has emerged has the number one chipset brand for premium smartphones (above Rs 25,000) in the subcontinent.

CMR report also highlighted that the consumers are looking for three key aspects in their smartphones-- 1) Performance 2) Gaming experience and 3) future-ready for new generative AI features.

"When it comes to android smartphone market, smartphone brands that deliver on overall performance, design aesthetics and on-device AI stand to benefit. From a consumer experience perspective, premium chipsets such as Snapdragon are seen as enabling high-performance devices that support seamless multitasking, advanced gaming, pro-grade camera functionality, and, increasingly, AI and GenAI capabilities.” said Prabhu Ram, VP – Industry Research Group (IRG), CMR.

Samsung to bring Galaxy AI features to 400 million devices worldwide

A woman walks past a Galaxy AI sign during the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Samsung first introduced the generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI)-powered Galaxy AI features with the flagship Galaxy S24 series in 2024. Since, the company has expanded the availability beyond the Galaxy S series to Galaxy A, M and F series.

Some of the most used Galaxy AI features on Samsung phones include Photo Assist & Audio Eraser. With the Photo Assist usage nearly doubling among Galaxy S25 users, compared to Galaxy S24, Samsung noted.

The Photo assist offers various AI features to help users edit photos in the Gallery app, while the Audio eraser feature lets the users adjust or remove distracting background sounds from the videos.

Now, the company has announced that the Galaxy AI will be made available on more than 400 million Galaxy devices worldwide by the end of 2025.

It should be noted that Samsung R&D Institute (SRI)-Bengaluru, Samsung's largest R&D centre outside Korea, has made meaningful contributions to popular Galaxy AI features such as Photo Assist, Audio eraser, Interpreter, Live Translate and Now Brief. Galaxy AI currently supports 30 languages and dialects, including Hindi.

Vivo Y31 series

Vivo Y31 series.

The new Vivo phone comes in two variants-- Y31, Y31 Pro.

The standard Y31 sports a 6.68-inch HD+ (1608 × 720p) LCD screen, 120Hz refresh rate, up to 1,000 nits peak brightness and comes with Guardian Glass shield in addition to MIL-STD-810H compliant, and IP68+IP69 dust and water resistant certification.

It also features a Type-C port, dual-SIM slots with microSD card option, side-mounted fingerprint sensor and stereo speakers.

It comes with 6nm class MediaTek Dimensity 6300 octa-core processor Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB eMMC 5.1 storage (expandable up to 2TB), dual-camera module-- main 50MP (f/1.8) camera with 0.08MP (f/3.0) secondary camera and LED flash on the back, an 8MP (f/2.0) front camera and a 6,500mAh battery with 44W charger.

The top-end Y31 Pro features a 6.72-inch full HD+ (2408×1080p) screen with 120Hz refresh rate, and offer up to 1050 nits peak brightness.

It also comes with dual-SIM slots, a type-c port, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, stereo speakers, MIL-STD-810H compliant, and IP64 dust and water resistant certification.

It houses a 4nm class MediaTek Dimensity 7300 4nm processor with Mali-G615 MC2 GPU, Android 15-based FuntouchOS 15, 8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB / 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage, dual-camera module-- main 50MP (f/1.8) with a 2MP (f/2.4) depth sensor with LED flash on the back an 8MP (f/2.05) front camera, and a 6,500mAh battery with 44W charger.

The Y31 5G will be offered in two colours-- diamond green and rose red. It comes in two variants- 4GB RAM + 128GB storage and 6GB RAM + 128GB storage-- for Rs 14,999 and Rs 16,499, respectively.

The Y31 Pro 5G is available in two colours-- dreamy white and mocha brown. It comes in two configurations-- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage--Rs 18,999 and Rs 20,999, respectively.

OnePlus announces festive offers on phones, tablets and earphones in India

OnePlus announces festive offers in India.

OnePlus 13 series

Customers can now purchase the OnePlus 13R at an effective price of Rs 35,749 with temporary price drop of Rs 5,000. There is also an instant bank discount of up to Rs 2,250 on select cards with attractive no cost EMI options as well.

The OnePlus 13s will be available at an effective price of Rs 47,749 with a temporary price drop of Rs 4,000. There is also an instant bank discount of Rs 3,250 along with no-cost EMI options up to 6 months on select cards.

OnePlus 13 is available for as low as Rs 57,749, along with a temporary price drop of Rs 8,000 and an additional Rs 4,250 instant bank discount on select cards and a no-cost EMI option of up to 6 months.

OnePlus Nord series

Customers can now purchase the newly launched OnePlus Nord CE5 for Rs 21,499. Further, they are entitled to avail an Rs 1,500 temporary price drop and extra Rs 2,000 instant bank discount on select bank card transactions with 3-months no cost EMI.

The newly launched OnePlus Nord 5 is now available for Rs 28,499. It includes Rs 1,500 temporary price drop as well as up to Rs 2000 instant bank discount on select credit cards with 3-months no cost EMI while purchasing the products.

OnePlus tablets

On OnePlus Pad 3, customers can avail an instant bank discount of Rs 5,250, along with a complimentary stylus (first three days of sale) for all variants.

OnePlus Pad Go is available starting at Rs 13,749 and OnePlus Pad 2 is available starting at Rs 29,749. OnePlus Pad Lite will be available for Rs 11,749.

OnePlus earphones

OnePlus Buds 4 which was available for Rs 5,999 at the launch, can now be grabbed for Rs 4,799.

OnePlus Buds Pro 3 is also available for purchase at Rs 7,999 after attractive instant bank discounts and temporary price drops.

Samsung announces festive offers premium phones and smart wearables

The logo of Samsung.

South Korean consumer electronics major Samsung has announced big price cuts on premium Galaxy phones and smart wearables in India.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra, which was previously available for Rs 1,29,999 can now be purchased for Rs 71,999 in India.

The compact premium phone Galaxy S24 (with Snapdragong chipset) can be purchased for as low as Rs 39,999 against the Rs 74,999 (MRP).

The Galaxy S24 FE, which was launched with the price tag of Rs 59,999 is now available for Rs 29,999 in India.

The Galaxy A55 and A35 are now available for Rs 23,999 and Rs 17,999 against the launch price of Rs 39,999 and Rs 30,999, respectively.

The Galaxy A06 5G will be also available for Rs 9,899 as part of a limited-period offer.

The Galaxy M36, M16 and M06 are available for Rs 13,999 (MRP: 19,999), Rs 10,499 (MRP: 13,499) and Rs 7,499 (MRP: Rs 9,999), respectively.

Whereas the Galaxy F36 and F06 are available with 30 per cent discount. They can be purchased for Rs 13,999 and Rs 7,499 against MRP: Rs 19,999 and Rs 9,999, respectively.

Samsung announces big discounts on smart wearables

Samsung is offering big discounts on Galaxy Ring. It can now be purchased for Rs 23,999 against Rs 38,999 (MRP).

The Galaxy Buds3 FE is available for Rs 8,999 (MRP: Rs 12,999). The Galaxy Watch Ultra and Watch8 Series can be purchased for as low as Rs 41,999 and Rs 22,999 against MRP: Rs 59,999 and Rs 32,999, respectively.

Nothing announces big festive discounts on its products in Flipkart

Nothing and CMF festive offers on devices exclusively on Flipkart

Nothing Phone (3) can be grabbed for as low as Rs 59,999. And, existing Nothing users/legacy users can upgrade from their Phone (1) or Phone (2) at just Rs 34,999

The Phone (3a) will be available from Rs 20,999 while Phone (3a) Pro will be available at Rs 24,999 onwards on Flipkart.

The CMF Phone (2) Pro becomes even more lucrative, starting at just Rs 14,999.

Nothing Ear to be available at Rs7,499, Ear (a) at Rs 4,499, and Ear (Open) at Rs 9,999

And, CMF Buds Pro 2 can be purchased for Rs 3,199 and Watch Pro 2 for Rs 3,999 on Flipkart.

Flipkart Big Billion Days sale: Vivo announces festive offers in India

Vivo announces festive offers in India.

The company is offering big discounts in the upcoming Big Billions Days sale on Flipkart on September 23 in India.

Vivo's T4 and T4R will be available for as low as Rs 18,999 and Rs 17,499 against MRP: Rs25,999 and Rs 23,499, respectively.

Also, T4 Pro and T4 Ultra too are getting big discounts and will be available for as low as Rs 25,499 and Rs 33,999, respectively.

And, the T4x and T4 Lite can be grabbed for as low as Rs 12,249 and Rs 8,999, respectively.

Poco announces festive offers in India

Poco X7 series.

Poco is offering big discounts several smartphone models in India.

The Poco C71 (Airtel) and the regular C71 can be grabbed for as low as Rs 5,595, Rs 6,295, respectively against Rs 6,499 (MRP).

The Poco M7 5G (Airtel) and the regular M7 can be grabbed for Rs 7,999, Rs 8,699, respectively against Rs 10,499 (MRP).

The Poco M7 Plus 5G, M7 Pro 5G and C75 are available for as low as Rs 10,999, Rs 11,499 and Rs 7,399, against MRP: Rs 12,999, Rs 14,999 and Rs 8,499, respectively.

The Poco X7 Pro 5G and the flagship Poco F7 can be purchased for as low as 19,999 and Rs 28,999 against MRP: Rs 27,999 and Rs 31,999, respectively.

iQOO announces festive offers in India

iQOO Neo 10 5G.

Ahead of Dasara and Deepavali festivals, iQOO has announced promotional sale offers in India.

iQOO Z10 Lite, Z10X, Z10R and Z10 are available for purchase as low as Rs 8,999, Rs 11,999, Rs Rs 17,499 and Rs 18,999, respectively.

iQOO Neo 10R and Neo10 can be grabbed for as low as Rs 23,999 and Rs 29,999, respectively.

The flagship iQOO 13 is available for as low as Rs 50,999 in India.

Samsung launches disaster relief and care programme in Punjab

Samsung sets up relief tents in Punjab.

With Punjab reeling under the devasting heavy rains and floods, Samsung has announced support the affected customers in Gurdaspur.

Samsung has set up dedicated service camps to offers free repairs for flood-damaged appliances and on-ground access to essential electronics like washing machines, refrigerators, and microwaves, helping restore basic household functionality.

The program also provides clean drinking water, hygiene kits, and mobile infrastructure to ensure quick response and care delivery.

Besides Punjab, Samsung has pre-positioned large tents and essential relief kits at four major locations — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. These mobile care centers will be activated in disaster-affected regions to offer:

1) Clothes washing facilities with Samsung Washing Machines

2) Safe food storage and medicine cooling using Samsung Refrigerators

3) Hot meals and instant food heating with Samsung Microwave Ovens

4) Drinking water access with tanks, pumps, and generators to support continuous water supply

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