According to a previous report, the South Korean giant Samsung is planning to start mass production of the upcoming Galaxy M12 smartphone in India. The Samsung Galaxy M12 is going official in India in February.
The reliable tipster Ishan Agarwal reveals the expected specifications of this upcoming Galaxy M12. According to the source, the phone comes with a model number SM-M127, but another source reveals that there will be a rebadged version of this phone named Galaxy F12 could be launched soon. Both phones have been spotted on the Google Play Console listing (@TTecnical).
As I told you that the tipster Ishan Agarwal reveals some expected specifications of this upcoming smartphone, so let’s check out all these specs.
Expected Specifications of Samsung Galaxy M12/F12
The Samsung Galaxy M12/F12 is expected to have a 6.5-inches TFT LCD display with HD+ resolutions. The display will also have an infinity V notch for the selfie camera. The phone will be powered by Exynos 850 SoC, and this phone will run on Android 11 OS.
The phone could have LPPDR4 RAM and eMMC 5.1 storage. The source also reveals that this phone may come with three storage configurations, includes: 3GB+32GB, 4GB+64GB, and 6GB+128GB.
Come to the optics section of this phone. It is expected that the Galaxy M12/F12 may have a quad rear camera, which includes a 48MP main sensor, along with a 5MP ultra-wide lens, and two 2 MP sensors for depth sensor and macro shooter respectively. On the front side, this phone could have an 8 MP selfie shooter.
Apart from these specifications, the phone is expected to have a 6,000 mAh battery backup but there is no information regarding the supportive charging speed. The Galaxy M12/F12 will have a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Unfortunately, we haven’t got any other information about this upcoming Galaxy phone. Hope the company will disclose all the specification of this upcoming handset soon.
The IPL authority has already submitted the deadline for the eight franchises to submit the lists of retained and released players for the upcoming edition of the league, and the teams have submitted the lists, which ended on Wednesday.
The winners of the inaugural edition of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals have astonishingly released their captain Steve Smith, whose contract ended in October 2020.
Under Smith’s captaincy, Rajasthan Royals finished last in the table in the 2020 IPL when the star Aussie batsman played all the 14 league matches by scoring 311 runs at a strike rate of 131, including three half-centuries.
Smith was the only player retained by the Royals for Rs 12.5 crore ahead of the 2018 edition IPL and he was appointed as the captain.
Source-ZeeNews
Sanju Samson, who has been brilliant during the 2020 IPL edition, has been named as the new captain of Rajasthan Royals.
Sanju Samson added, “I am excited about the challenge that lies ahead of me as the leader of the team,” said new captain Samson. The Royals have had some wonderful captains over the years and I’m so grateful for all the time I’ve spent working with and learning from great leaders like Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, and Steve Smith!! I now cannot wait to get started and look forward to the season ahead.”
RR owner Manoj Badale said in a statement: “As the IPL has grown, the captaincy has become a year-round task, and as such strong local Indian leadership has become increasingly important.”
“Sanju made his debut as a Royal, and it has been a joy to watch his development over the last 8 years. He is the ideal person to lead the Royals into the 2021 season.”
A new patent has been filed from the South Korean tech giant Samsung regarding its almost finalized plans for its futuristic under-display camera technology for the upcoming Samsung smartphones and TVs. Samsung has filed the patent with the trademark “Under Panel Camera” or UPC which is clearly indicating that Samsung has come a long way and almost in the final stage of making its under-display camera technology. The patent falls under the “Smartphone/ TV display panel” category.
In 2020, when we were getting a lot of rumors regarding the S21 series of Samsung, there was a lot of news we got saying that the S21 Ultra will feature an under-display selfie camera. But, unfortunately, it didn’t happen. But, from then we had got to know that Samsung is getting ready with its under-panel camera. On the other hand, coming to its Z-Fold series, a lot of rumors predicted that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 could have an under-display camera module. All of those reports are clearly indicating that Samsung has been working on such a design for quite a while.
The trend of having an under-panel camera got started with the ZTE Axon 20 5G, launched in September 2020. This phone features a huge 6.92-inches full HD+ (1,080×2,460 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 20:5:9. The display has a 90Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate.
2020 has definitely been a year with ebbs and flows with all sporting events coming to a halt but, as soon as the sporting events resumed with first the German soccer league, Bundesliga, then La Liga, and then English Premier League followed by the UEFA Champions League.
In India, the sporting events resumed with the Indian Premier League. Unfortunately, the conditions were not suitable in India. It was shifted to Dubai and concluded with another successful edition, followed by the domestic cricket and India Tour of Australia, other sporting events like football also resumed. The Indian Super League and I-league also started and, interestingly, there was no need of shifting ISL outside India, in a meeting with the footballing authority in India it was decided that all the matches will take place at a single venue, which Goa was chosen with its several stadiums and most importantly, it is organized in a bio bubble and a very secured manner. However, all these sporting events are organized with proper COVID measures and the safety of the teams.
But, amidst all these, this season of ISL 2020-21 has seen the rise of many new and young talents and who has a promising future. In India, the Indian Super League along with I-League has provided a perfect stage for many young and new talents to show their brilliance and to be the future of the Indian Football Team.
Let’s have a look at those shinning stars:
Lalengmawia (NorthEast United FC)
Source-IndianSuperLeague
He has been in the limelight in the ISL 2020-21 season as he became the youngest player ever in the ISL to lead a team when he was handed the captain’s armband by Gerard Nus at 20 years and 44 days. Also, the youngster has partnered well in the central midfield with Khassa Camara.
The youngster has passing accuracy of 74% which shows his capability on the ball and, also as an ideal box-to-box midfielder. The best aspect about his game is that with the ball at his feet he always has the aim to forward pass while without it, also he is the first one to drop into the back position and help out in the defence.
Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru FC)
Source-The Hindu
Another youngster who has impressed everyone with his ability to understand the game and maturity is Bengaluru FC’s young Suresh Wangjam. Ever since he was included in the playing XI, he has been a great discovery.
This on-going season has witnessed Wangjam role in the midfield-three role alongside Dimas Delgado and Erik Paartalu, where he has proved to be highly effective. Wangjam clearly has a bright future ahead oh him.
Akash Mishra (Hyderabad FC)
Source-IndianSuperLeague
19-year-old Akash Mishra, the defender from Uttar Pradesh is one among very few players who can slide into any of the four positions in defence. He has impressed in the last two seasons of I-League with the developmental side, Indian Arrows in the Mishra, and was roped in by Hyderabad FC.
His impressive performance became an instant success for him as a left full-back. He always assures on the ball and seems to know when to bomb the ball forward and also keeps an eye for a shot. His crossing from the left flank has been top notch too, and for a young player in his first ISL season, his maturity amongst Hyderabad FC backline is indeed commendable.
Ninthoi Meetei (NorthEast United)
Another youngster who has grabbed the attention is North-East United FC’s Ninthoi, who has impressed everyone with his extremely good understanding of the game and maturity this season.
Coach Gerard Nus has been giving him the freedom to express himself down the right side of NorthEast’s midfield during the match and the 19-year-old did, has grabbed the opportunity with both hands. He features in the list for top tacklers and interceptors in the Indian Super League which is actually once in a blue moon for a winger. His passing and off-the-ball movement have been brilliant and, his ability to make defenders commit to a tackle before dribbling it past them is commendable.
Liston Colaco (Hyderabad FC)
Source-TheBridge
The 22-year-old boy from Goa has always been a great discovery. He first appeared through playing for Salgaocar FC in local age-group tournament, before he got promoted to the AIFF U-18 tournament final in 2016.
FC Goa picked him up in 2017 and he went on to make his ISL debut in the 2017-18 season and got 70 minutes of action in his first two seasons with the club. It was a different scenario at the start of the 2019-20 season under Sergio Lobera, as he made just three appearances and got only 9 minutes of game time. He is definitely the next big thing in Indian football.
Mohamad Rakip (Mumbai City FC)
Source-IndianSuperLeague
The young fullback for Mumbai City FC, Mohamad Rakip had a passing accuracy of 78% besides 77 touches of the ball. Defensively, Rakip has successful tackles, successful interceptions and blocks as well. He has been extraordinaire for the team and also had his name on the ISL’s team of the week several times. He definitely has a bright future ahead of him if given a chance properly.
Deepak Tangri (Chennaiyin FC)
Source-RedBull
Chennaiyin FC’s 21-year-old defensive midfielder has been one of the few bright discoveries for the team so far this season. The product of Chandigarh Football Academy and also was a part of the India U-17 World Cup squad and the was a part of the development side, Indian Arrows and has been ever-present for the Marina Machans this campaign, even he got more after the injury of the key player, Anirudh Thapa. He is a perfect mixture of a combative midfielder and someone with an eye for a pass.
He has more than 80% passing accuracy and is someone who always wants the ball even in tight spaces.
In September 2020, Chinese company Oppo has launched its F17 series smartphones. After that, a source claimed that the company could skip the launching of the F19 series and could launch the F21 in November 2020. However, Oppo hasn’t launched the F21 series in November. Now, Tushar Mehta, an XDA Developer has revealed that Oppo is planning to launch its F19 series in February.
Tushar Mehta confirmed that Oppo will launch another ‘F’ series smartphone, he hasn’t cleared whether the series will be F19 or F21. He also hasn’t shared any further details regarding the upcoming series.
I've learnt that OPPO will launch its next F series — most likely F19 and F19 Pro — in India next month i.e. in February 2021.
However it is 2021, so it is highly expected that the Chinese manufacturer Oppo may introduce its F21 series. It is also expected that the upcoming series will include two smartphones one is vanilla version and another is Pro Version. According to the MSP report, the upcoming F series smartphones will have a sleeker design than its predecessor Oppo F17 series. The Pro version of the upcoming series is expected to have a glass back and its rear pattern will be different from the Oppo F17 Pro.
It is also expected that the company will upgrade many features in this upcoming ‘F’ series smartphones. According to Tushar Mehta, the upcoming F series smartphone may launch in India.
Apart from this above information, the rest remains a mystery. We are expecting that the company will disclose all the information about this phone soon. Hope in the upcoming days, we will have some clearer information regarding this upcoming phone.
Motorola Edge S will launch on January 26 so the Snapdragon 870 powered smartphone is making rounds on the internet in various ways. Some live images of the upcoming Edge S have surfaced where we can see both the sides of the phone in white colour.
From both the images we can see that the phone has a dual-front camera and they are typically separated from each other, just like another Motorola device in the market with a dual-punch hole front camera. At the back, we can see the plastic body and quad-rear cameras. We still do not know the exact megapixels of all the cameras.
Now coming to the best part where we came across the performance of the recently launched sub-flagship Snapdragon 870 chipset on the Motorola Edge S. Chen Jin, Lenovo China’s GM, shared the AnTuTu benchmark score of the upcoming Motorola Edge S on Weibo.
In the screenshot, we can see the overall score to be around 679,860. If we look at the GPU score, it is around 290,268 points whereas a typical gaming smartphone like iQOO 7 with Snapdragon 888 scores around 314,968. The Edge S scores 189,694, 103,322, 96,576 in CPU, Memory, and UX categories respectively.
Vivo has finally launched one of their most awaited smartphones today; Vivo X60 Pro+. This is their first flagship smartphone of 2021. There are two main features that force us to look at the smartphone very closely. First, its powerful and stunning camera setup it possesses. Secondly, the latest chipset it operates as Vivo X60 Pro+ is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC.
Vivo X60 Pro+ has curved edges and has an average ΔE score of 0.506. The backside of the phone is fully high-quality plain leather. You have two variants in the form of Classic Orange and Phantom Blue. The rectangular glass in the backside of the smartphone hosts four cameras. The smartphone comes with two main cameras, thus, swelling the part of the camera surface. These type of devices becomes too dangerous to carry if you are careless about your devices.
Display
Vivo’s new flagship device is 6.56 inches taller and comes with a resolution of 2376 x 108. It has also a refresh rate of 120hX. This is exactly double what Apple’s iPhone Pro Max is offering currently. Apart from this, the touch sampling rate is 240Hz. Vivo X60 Pro+ also comes with HDR10 & HDR10+ and a dual SIM support (Nano only).
The stunning Snapdragon 888 SoC comes along with 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The 12GB LPDDR5 RAM has Memory Fusion Technology which helps them to use 3GB from the storage as additional RAM. In terms of storage, Vivo’s new flagship can be available in 128 GB and 256 GB.
In terms of optics, Vivo X60 Pro+’s primary camera features a 48MP f/2.2 micro pan-tilt Sony IMX598 camera. The camera has a 114° ultrawide angle and 4-axis OIS. The second camera features 50MP Samsung GN1. The size of this sensor is 1/1.3”. The remaining two camera consists of 32MP f/2.08 portrait camera and 8MP f/3.4 periscope camera.
It comes with a centered punch hole which is used for the selfie camera. This sensor features a 32MP f/2.45 sensor.
Price
The 8GB+128GB version is priced at ¥4998 and the 12GB+256GB version is priced at ¥5998. You can start buying the smartphone from 23rd January 2021.
Finally, the Astro Slide 5G has now gone official with a full physical QWERTY keypad. It is said to be the world’s first 5G handset to feature this kind of technology. This phone has a full-sized QWERTY keypad, which sits underneath the display and slides across the base.
Normally, you can’t locate the physical keyboard as it lies underneath the device. When you need it, you can slide it out and use the smartphone in landscape mode. Mainly, the screen will have an inclination upwards and will offer you a better viewing angle, thanks to its hinge mechanism. So, basically, it will work as a tiny laptop or a palmtop. Earlier days, when smartphones were peeping out in the market after the era of normal keypad phones, these types of phones made a big impact in the smartphone world. After that, touch-Android phones started coming into the business and these devices started to go extinct.
Earlier, the company had promised that this phone is going to be launched with the Dimensity 1000 flagship-level chipset. But, it has arrived with a different processor, the MediaTek Dimensity 800 chipset. That too is a pretty good 5G enabled chipset.
As per the other specs of the device, this phone is expected to run on the Android 11 OS and as earlier mentioned, it will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800 chipset. Regarding the display, this device features a 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel. The SoC of this phone is paired with 8GB of RAM and 12GB of internal storage (expandable via an external microSD card). This phone supports a USB-C port for charging supported by Qi-standard wireless charging up to 10W. As per its pricing and availability, the Astro Slide 5G is expected to go on sale in June 2021 at a price tag of around 699 US Dollars.
Stumbling to another away defeat at the hands of Leicester City, the pressure has only mounted further on the shoulders of Frank Lampard, whose team are currently 8th in the Premier League.
Speaking on the situation, and possible future of the Chelsea legend as a manager at the club, here is what Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio said on the Here We Go podcast:
“Chelsea board is not so happy with Lampard. They were considering that Lampard must be given time with the new players and time is needed. They respected his position, but the board is really disappointed in the manager after the poor performances. Anything could happen in the coming hours.”
No further communication has taken place between the powers that be at Chelsea and Frank Lampard as of yet, but history proves that poor management is not tolerated long in the Roman era.
Thomas Tuchel is being linked heavily with the job, and the German-speaking manager has been tipped as a possible successor to Lampard due to his past stints with Dortmund and PSG, especially due to his potential to possibly integrate Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Antonio Rudiger better into the squad. Moreover, the reunion between Thiago Silva and Tuchel could also prove to be beneficial.
The face as the head of the Chelsea dugout could change any time, as has been proven many times in the past. It’s all up to Roman Abramovich to decide whether to stick with the Blues legend and give him time or to pull the trigger right now.
Cristiano Ronaldo feels that the Italian Super Cup win will boost the confidence of Juventus.
Juventus won the Italian Super Cup yesterday. They beat Napoli in the final by 2-0. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace for the Italian champions. Ronaldo’s brace made him the highest official goal scorer of history with 760 goals breaking the record of late Josef Bican’s 758. The Portuguese sensation broke the record in the 66th minute with a close-range finish.
It was the first trophy in the bag for the Italian champions and the first trophy for Andrea Pirlo as the Juventus manager.
Juventus has faced a tough time in the league this season. They are now 5th in the table with 33 points and 10 points behind Milan. Cristiano Ronaldo feels that this win is highly important for the team in the rest of the season. He said, “It was a tough game and the pitch was difficult, but the team stayed focused and we’ve won an important trophy which will give us a confidence boost. We’re very pleased. Now we must use that to win our upcoming fixtures.”
Later he Tweeted, “Very happy with my 4th title in Italy… We are back! This is the Juve we love, this is the team we trust and this is the spirit that will lead to the wins we want! Well done, guys! Fino Alla Fine!”
Juventus will take on Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.
