To help stabilise Pakistan’s worsening balance of payments, the government is considering doubling the regulatory tariff on mobile phone imports. According to sources, the increased charges on a single device will range from Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 44,000. The duty structure is divided into five tax slabs.

The Rs. 3000 mobile phone is valued at $ 30-100. The duty is proposed at Rs. 6ooo, the mobile set at Rs. 7500, based on a $ 101-200 worth. On a mobile phone worth Rs. 11000 and valued at $ 201-350, a levy of Rs. 15ooo is recommended. The suggested duty is Rs. 22000 on a Rs. 15000 mobile phone with a $ 351-500 valuation The duty is recommended at Rs. 30,000 on a mobile set for Rs. 22000, and Rs. 44,ooo on a mobile set worth more than $ 500.

It is also considering raising regulatory duties on a variety of other items in order to avoid the financial collapse feared by many experts. The regulatory duty on machinery will be raised by 10%, while the duty on household appliances will be raised to 50%.

Additionally, a 30 percent rise would be placed on the import of power generation apparatus, a ten percent increase on the import of steel products, and a 40 percent increase in the regulatory tax on ceramics.

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This September, Samsung is coming up with its Galaxy Note 8. This is a really good news for the mobile phone lovers as the South Korean manufacturer is going to launch the most advanced phone of its company. With its advancement, it definitely has a good price in the bag. It is going to be most expensive phone of all times under the Samsung tag.

Evan Blass, the famous leaker, revealed in a report that approximately the Samsung Note 8 is going to be launched with the price tag of €999 that is more than $900 in the US market.

The note comes with the advanced features of all times. According to the buzz, the phone posses a 6.3inch large curved display and has the latest 835 chipset of Smartdragon. The phone features 6GBs of RAM.

The news went viral as soon it was leaked. According to the leaker, Samsung has made overt choice and placed fingerprint sensor on the same plane as the camera lens which will now have a dual camera setup.

Each of them will feature a 12-megapixel sensor along with independent optical image stabilization.

Samsung plans to add some old features from its S8. The S8 was recently released and its wonder features like DeX capability and Virtual Assistant Bixby are going to be added in the new release.

The price is touching the sky. It is the most expensive note of Samsung Series ever. The launch of the phone is planned to be in this coming September.

Galaxy Note 8 will cost you a worth of  €999 or $900, given that the €799 Galaxy S8 and €899 S8+ initially sold unlocked for about $725 or $825.

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Jazz and Nokia have joined hands for launching the Nokia Smartphones and Nokia 331, officially in Pakistan. The partnership was done between the Jazz and HMD Global. HMD Global is the new manufacturers of the Nokia phones.

The distribution of Nokia 3310 is going to be started just in a day or two and people can get their hands on the device after 2 to 3 days.

As per the partnership, Jazz will promote the Nokia phones. Kamran Khan who is working as the Country Head of HMD Pakistan said,

“This partnership will go a long way to help us in providing a seamless experience to the mobile phone users in Pakistan.”

He further added,

“We have partnered with Jazz – Pakistan’s largest mobile network to build up on the excitement & the anticipation we’ve seen from Pakistani consumers following the announcement of Nokia phones at the Mobile World Congress in February this year. We are working closely with Jazz to bring the Nokia phones into the hands of fans and ensure we’re accessible to everyone.”

On the other hand CEO of Jazz, Amir Ibrahim said,

“The partnership between Jazz and HMD Global will be an excellent experience for fans of the Nokia phones. As the leader in digital telecommunication in Pakistan, Jazz believes such enterprises will reap stimulating benefits for our customers.”

Nokia 3310 Features:

Nokia 3310 has been famous over the years because of its long lasting battery and its resistibility to damage. Previously, 126 million units of the phone were sold across the world.

With the new designs ad features the mobile is surely going to make place in market. The mobile now features a much sleek look. It also has VGA camera. In addition to that Nokia’s Series 30+ software has been installed. It comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA display. It also has 2-megapixel camera and a microSD card slot.

It comes with a 1,200 mAh battery that can last 31 days standby time according to Nokia.

The legendary snake game has been already installed in the phone. The phone costs you EUR 49 in Europe (around Rs. 5,700).

Affordable and legendary is the best combo.

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New TV Commercial reveals the launch date of Samsung Galaxy S8

Perhaps the most awaited Samsung Model is Galaxy S8. So hold your breaths because the glimpse of beauty has been unveiled on the TV in an advertisement. The South Korean TV advertisement featured the Galaxy S8.

Since Samsung announced to launch its amazing model people have been guessing the release date and thus there have been so many rumors in the air that it is difficult to believe one.

The advertisement tried to clear some air and at the end of the advertisement the launch date o Galaxy S8 will be released at end of March this year on 30th March 2017.

Note: Another rumor says that March 29 is confirmed launch date and likely April 21 is release date.

Here is TV Commercial by Samsung

During the Mobile World Congress 2017, the company had announced that it plans to launch the mobile phone on 29th March this year. After sometime it was rumored that the launch date of the mobile is delayed and now it will launch in April. The new advertisement says that the mobile will launch on 30 March, 2017.

The mobile phone comes with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 and is hoped to be a high end Smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy S8 is powered by the battery of 4000 mAh. The mobile has secondary camera of 16 MP

Price: Its just costs you roughly around  $850 USD .

Samsung Galaxy S8 Specifications:

• Screen: 5.1-inch screen, 4K Display with 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution
• RAM: 6GB
• Processor: Snapdragon 821
• OS: Android 7.0 Nougat
• Memory: 64/128 GB
• Battery: 4000mAh Li-ion Not Removable
• Camera: 20MP (Expected) Rear, 8MP Front Camera

I know many of you can’t wait to hold the beauty in your hand but still there is some time to its launch so let’s wait and then explore the features.

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BlackBerry Aurora to be launched very soon. That is why recently BlackBerry’s partner in Inodnesia, BB Merhah Putih has been trying hard to utilize its licensing agreement to launch the black beauty very soon.

Black Berry over the years has made its name in the smartphone giants and plans to continue to do so. Indonesia is one of the few countries that is greatly influenced by BlackBerry smartphones and this is the reason the new Aurora is expected to bag some real money, success and become famous.

The news has already gone viral and has become a really hot topic in smartphone’s market. BlackBerry is launching the Aurora with the addition of dual sim for the first time in BlackBerry smartphones.

Low-Midrange Phone:

A BlackBerry phone and that too without a class, isn’t it impossible? The Aurora maintains the tradition of looking elegant and beautiful. It comes with a 5.5′ screen and is 8.5mm thick, weighs only 178 grams. It has built-in primary and secondary cameras of 13 Mp and 8 MP respectively.

The both cameras have LED flash. Talking about its hardware, it had a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, quad-core processor that is at 1.4 GHz. It has a 4GB RAM and a total of 32 GB internal storage. Further it supports microSD card of 2456 GB.

It features 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. The phone works on Android 7.0 Nougat. BlackBerry Hub is pre-installed. $260, is all what it costs you. Not too much for a BlackBerry fan and not to less to cause the harm to the name of BlackBerry.

Blackberry Aurora Specifications:

CPU: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, GPU: Adreno 308,

OS: Android 7.0 Nougat, customized, Supported Networks: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE; Dual-SIM support,

Design

Dimensions: 152 x 76.8 x 8.5 mm,

Weight: 178 g,

Display: 5.5-inch with 720p (1280 x 720) resolution,

Memory

RAM: 4 GB,

Internal: 32 GB,

Card slot: yes, supports up to 256 GB of expandable storage,

Camera

Primary: 13 MP, dual LED flash, Phase-detection autofocus,

Secondary: 8 MP, with LED flash,

Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS Colors: Black, Silver and Gold,

Battery: 3000 mAh,

Price: $260.

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Launch of the most awaited iPhone 7 is very near. The date is not far when the pearl is going to be in your hands! The date announced by authorities is 11 of November, 2016. The phone is believed to be a total new version of iPhone. There are many prominent features like the iPhone 7 is now fully water-resistant (it can take a shallow dunking).

The camera takes notably better photos, especially in low light, and adds the optical image stabilization feature previously restricted to the 5.5-inch Plus model.

The battery lasts longer — probably a couple of hours or more a day, under normal usage. The processor is faster, although you might only notice the speed on some intensive games and the video and photo-editing apps.

So its definitely a mobile everyone will love to have but as Future Tech us only authorized seller of Apple products in Pakistan, the pre-bookings have already started.

If you want to buy apple phone you can pre book it by visiting the website of Future Tech (only authorized Apple re-seller in Pakistan). Early customers will be given rewards, benefits and will become part of luxury club of Future Tech. So won’t wait and buy iPhone soon if you are interested.

To buy a mobile it is important to know its price we are listing down the prices of iPhone 7 for convenience of our readers:

The iPhone 7 Plus:

Rs.100, 899 for 32GB

Rs.113, 799 for 128GB

Rs.126, 799 for 256GB

The iPhone 7:

Rs.85, 499 for 32GB

Rs.98, 399 for 128GB

Rs.111, 299 for 256GB

Grab the new model listen to music, click selfies, enjoy its speedy system and enjoy life till a new model comes.

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