While we are all excited to see Intel’s upcoming 11th Gen core processors in action, MSI’s official account on South Korean Danawa forums has confirmed that the existing 400 series motherboards will support the upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs.
However, the higher-end Z490 motherboards will be the first to receive the updates, in the same month of the launch. However, it is rumoured that Intel will be allowing the OEMs to sell the 500 series motherboards even before the availability of these processors.
The recent leaks of these new Intel Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs suggest that Intel has juiced everything out of the 14nm die. The Core i9-11900K has even managed to break the 700 points barrier in CPU-Z and is quite competitive to the new AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors.
We expect Intel to give some insights of its upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake and Tiger Lake-H processors at CES 2021, both expected to provide higher performance gains over their predecessors.
The South Korean tech giant has finally released a piece of official information, stating that the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked 2021 launch event will take place at 10 AM EST on Jan. 14. From the last couple of months, a huge number of rumors are roaming around the smartphone world saying that Samsung is going to launch its upcoming S21 series on January 14, 2021.
So, the puzzle is solving steadily as Samsung has confirmed its upcoming launch event on January 14, by which we are almost sure that on 14th January Samsung is going to unveil its Galaxy S21 series. Apart from it, Indian online retailer Flipkart has already listed the upcoming S21 series on its website, stating the date and time: “January 14, 2021, at 8 PM”.
Earlier reports have confirmed that there will be three smartphones in the Galaxy S21 series: Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra. As of now, the company has not revealed any of its confirmed specifications. Though, a big number of leaked renders have been coming out for a couple of months describing the specifications of them, revealing the fused-in-frame rear camera setup of the S21 series, and many more. So, let’s check out once again the rumored specifications of the upcoming three models of the S21 series.
Realme had confirmed its Koi series in December 2020. Right now, we’ve got some reports regarding this Koi series of Realme, suggesting that it could be called the Realme V15. Xu Qi, Realme China’s President has recently revealed that the company is going to announce the Realme V15 smartphone on January 7 at 2 PM (local time). Xu Qi has revealed a few posters of this upcoming Realme V15, showing that it has a beautiful rear design, inspired by Koi ornamental fish that are typically found in Japan.
In terms of the camera, the Realme V15 will feature a triple rear camera setup that includes a 64-megapixel primary shooter, and two other lenses supported by an LED flash. As of now, Realme China’s President has not revealed the specifications of this phone. But we’ve already got several leaks about the device last month, showing that it will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800U chipset. Also, it will feature a punch-hole display with a slightly thick chin and in terms of battery, it will get supported by 50W of rapid charging technology. As per its dimension, the V15 weighs around 176 grams. Also, Realme V15 has recently got listed on JingDong, showing that it will have an AMOLED panel with a single punch-hole.
Apart from it, recently, two new Realme phones have got appeared on the Geekbench website with model numbers: RMX3092 and RMX3093. As of now, it is not confirmed whether there will be two new smartphones or a single one with different model numbers. The Geekbench listing shows that it runs on the Android 11 OS and is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 720 chipset, paired with 8GB of RAM. We hope, in the upcoming days, Realme will surely share something more about these devices.
In December 2020, Xiaomi had launched Xiaomi Mi 11 in China, the first-ever flagship smartphone to get powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. As of now, Xiaomi has not confirmed anything regarding the global launch of this device, but recently teased about it sharing a teaser poster with a text that says “Mi 11 Series Global Launch Coming Soon.” So, this is absolutely confirmed that the other countries in the world will soon have the taste of this powerful phone, but no exact date as of now.
In terms of the Chinese market, the Mi 11 has received a good response from it. At the time of its first sale in China, the company had managed to sell around 350,000 units in just five minutes. The craze of the Mi 11 was too high that prior to its sale, the pre-orders of this phone exceeded 850,000 registrations on JD.com. Apart from the standard variant, Xiaomi is all gearing up for the launch of its Pro variant as well, the Mi 11 Pro, and is expected to get launched in the upcoming months (exact date unconfirmed).
This Mi 11 runs the MIUI 12 based on the Android 11 OS and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. This phone offers a 6.81-inch 2K (3200 x 1440 Pixels) display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, and Gorilla Glass Victus protection. This phone features an in-display fingerprint scanner as well as a heart-rate scanner.
The SD 888 SoC of this phone is paired with 8GB/12GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of internal storage. Coming to the camera section, this phone offers a triple rear camera setup that includes a 108MP primary sensor with f/1.85 aperture, a 13MP super wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view, and a 5MP telephoto-macro lens. For the selfies, this phone sports a 20MP selfie snapper at the front.
Now coming to the battery section, the Mi 11 is fueled up by a decent 4,600mAH battery that supports three types of charging: 55W fast wired charging, 50W fast wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.
The thickness and weight of the smartphone are 8.06mm and 196 grams. The leather version has thickness and weight of 8.56mm and 194 grams respectively. 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6E, NFC, Infrared (IR), Bluetooth v5.2, and USB Type-C port are the connectivity options for the new smartphone.
The smartphone runs the Android 11 operating system out-of-the-box with the MIUI 12 on top, although the company has officially released the MIUI 12.5 custom interface. It is powered by a 4,600mAh battery that supports 55W fast wired charging, 50W fast wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.
Xiaomi Mi 11 comes under three price categories. Firstly, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage options have a cost of CNY 3,999 or roughly Rs. 45,000. Secondly, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant cost CNY 4,299 or roughly Rs. 48,300. Lastly, the most expensive variant is priced at CNY 4,699 or roughly Rs. 52,800 which offers 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.
Apple has been a leader in innovations in the smartphone industry. That tag is slowly being shared by a few Chinese OEMs but one cannot forget the innovative contributions made by Apple in this sector. When you bring new things to the customer’s desk, other companies will try to copy those so that they are not left behind. Today, we look at five features that were copied by others from Apple smartphones.
1. Metal and Glass design
One of the most popular designs which every company is trying to bring in their flagships is metal and glass designs. But, who brought that to smartphones first? It was Apple. The US tech giant launched iPhone 4 with the glass back cover. Since then, glass design has been one of the most attractive features for people.
2. Dual-tone flash
How many smartphones do you see without a dual-tone flash in the camera? Surely, very few. Apple was behind the debut of this feature. It helped the users by offering the right mix of warm and cool light. This dual-tone flash provided a perfect white balance to the images. Soon, every Android smartphone started to bring dual-tone flash in their phones.
3. 3D touch
Many of the smartphones from the Chinese company, Huawei, comes with a pressure sensitivity feature called Force Touch. This feature was actually first launched by the US tech giant in its Apple Watches. This pressure sensitivity feature detects different levels of pressure and operates accordingly.
4. Removing the headphone jack
Apple became the first manufacturer in the world to launch a smartphone without a headphone jack. This trend started with the iPhone 7. Soon, Android manufacturers such as Sony, Nokia, Google, and others started manufacturing smartphones without a headphone jack.
5. True Face Unlock
Nowadays, hardly any smartphone comes without a face unlock sensor. But where this technology came from? Who brought this amazing idea? Again, it was none other than Apple. Apple’s Face ID gave users another dimension with they can unlock their devices. This Face ID uses a 3D depth sensor which unlocks the phone.
2021 starts with the biggest story of the gaming industry – Microsoft obtaining Bethesda for seven and a half-billion dollars. This deal is still under the regulatory phase. But recently Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of gaming, stated that everything going as per the plan to complete this year. Spencer hinted that he is also very excited about this deal.
In the brief interview he said, “When it came time when they were looking at potentially becoming part of a bigger company, getting sold, I was glad that we were part of the conversation that they were willing to have and it really means something to me that they would sign up to become part of Xbox. 2021 is when we’ll get final approval, I feel really good about that, everything is on track. We’ll start then really getting some of the planning that we can do with them, right now we’re very hands off as they continue to do the work that they’re doing as we don’t own them yet.”
Spencer then told, “I mean, just the fact that we would go through an acquisition of this size. That Monday we were announcing I couldn’t sleep on Sunday night, I was nervous, I was anxious, I was excited, I had all the emotions. Then we we kept it quiet, it was so cool to see the reactions from Xbox fans and probably more importantly to me now the Bethesda teams, because those teams will be very, very critical to our progress going forward.”
“Exciting, exciting news. I can’t wait to get it closed so we can start working like one company. I’m incredibly excited about Starfield and a lot of the other things, some announced and some unannounced, that they’re working on. Exciting, exciting news. I can’t wait to get it closed so we can start working like one company. I’m incredibly excited about Starfield and a lot of the other things, some announced and some unannounced, that they’re working on,” he added.
As per the rumors, Starfield is gonna be Bethesda’s biggest new title of 2021 and it will be the first brand new IP of BGS in 25 years, having a new Sci-Fi setting. It’s not sure that Bethesda is releasing Starfield this year, but seeing their 3 years of development and some resources are suggesting that the game might release in the upcoming Fall season.
We have entered 2021 with a massive debate on our hands. The title of this article tells you about all that are we going to talk about here. Xiaomi’s recently launched Mi 11 lock horns with Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro max. Who wins this epic battle? Let’s decode it here!
Display
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, the largest iPhone yet, comes with a 6.7-inch OLED Super Retina XDR OLED panel with a resolution of 1,284×2,778 pixels. Xiaomi Mi 11 has a 6.81-inch 2K WQHD (1,440×3,200 pixels) AMOLED display.
Mi 11
Here Xiaomi beats Apple in the pixels but it is has a slightly bigger screen than the latter which sometimes is not preferred by the customers. When it comes to the refresh rate, Mi 11 comfortably beats iPhone 12 Pro Max. It has a refresh rate of 120Hz as compared to iPhone 12 Pro Max’s refresh rate of just 60Hz. Both smartphones have the same aspect ratio of 19.5:9.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Camera
In terms of optics, Xiaomi Mi 11 features a marvelous 108-megapixel primary sensor with a 13-megapixel secondary sensor (ultrawide) and a 5-megapixel tertiary camera sensor. It offers a 20-megapixel front camera
Mi 11
Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max houses pro-grade 12-megapixel triple rear cameras. Talking about the selfie camera, Apple has a 12-megapixel front camera.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
But the important difference is that Mi 11 has HDR type whereas iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with SL 3D Depth Sensor with 2160p@60fps. Mi 11 comes at half a rate; 1080p@30fps. It is a fierce battle in this aspect and quite tough to declare a winner.
Processor
There is not much to separate the two smartphones when it comes to GPU and CPU. Mi 11 and iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with Adreno 660 and Apple GPU. One area in which we can call out a winner is system-on-a-chip (SoC). Xiaomi Mi 11 is powered by Qualcomm’s latest octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC in comparison to iPhone 12 Pro Max’s A14 Bionic chipset.
Mi 11 offers you 8GB and 12GB RAM which is better than iPhone 12 Pro Max’s 6 GB RAM. But Apple wins the battle in storage with its three variants of 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. Mi 11 offers only two variants of 128GB and 256GB. Also, note that none of the devices has an external slot card.
Battery
Like in storage we had a clear winner, we have an unchallenged winner in the battery aspect. But this time it is Xiaomi’s Mi 11 which comes with a 4600 mAh battery pack with a 55W fast charging option. iPhone 12 Pro Max offers a 3687 mAh battery pack and is paired with 20W fast charging support.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Mi 11
Price
Everyone is aware that Apple smartphones are quite expensive. The same is the case here as well. Xiaomi’s offers three variants which are 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB and 12GB + 256 GB at a price of $611, $657 and $718. iPhone 12 Pro Max’s three variant comes for $1099 (6GB + 128GB), $1199 (6GB + 256GB) and $1399 (6GB + 512GB). Mi 11’s most expensive varant cost $300 lesser than iPhone 12 Pro Max’s cheapest variant.
Xiaomi’s Mi 11 beats iPhone 12 Pro Max in three aspects which are display, price, and battery where iPhone 12 Pro Max just edges out Xiaomi Mi 11 in the camera but when it comes to the processor, we believe that the A14 Bionic chipset will dominate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 SoC. This is because, in Geekbench, which is a CPU benchmark tool, Qualcomm’s SoC broke the 1000 mark for the very first time by accumulating 1139 points. Whereas, A14 was flying high with 1591 points. Even A13 had a higher score than what Snapdragon 888 had in this test. Apple’s A14 chipset has 77 frames-per-second (FPS) sustained and 102 peak performance in comparison to Snapdragon 888 SoC’s 86 peak performance. This shows how powerful and robust the A14 Bionic chipset is in comparison to current Android’s best SoC. If budget is not an issue for you, iPhone 12 Pro Max might be the best option.
Yesterday nCore Games has revealed the launch date of the FAU-G: Fearless and United Guards game. It was mentioned by film-star Akshay Kumar last year and the CEO of nCore Games had also mentioned the in-progress work of the game at that time. In the meanwhile, PUBG got banned due to some security reasons in India, and this FAU-G game is speculated to be a potential rival of the most famous battle royal game PUBG Mobile.
If you look back, the first teaser of FAU-G had revealed on 25th October and after around 45 days the pre-registration link became active on app stores. Alongside, the best part of this game is, nCore games will donate 20% of its net revenue to the Bharat Ke Veer trust. Now the launch date has been revealed by the company on 26th January on India’s Republic Day.
Now, let’s talk about the game. From the very first look of the game teaser the first thing we noticed that the graphics is not so good, rather it looks medium. Comparing it with other leading battle royal games it seems a bit off-beat due to the character’s movement and the graphics as well. The game will be focused on the Himalayan cold and snowy region of Ladakh at the India-China border.
Enemies landing in Ladakh, India from Helicopter using parachute
In the video, we saw enemies coming down from the helicopter using parachutes and when they landed they already had guns on their back. After landing they took the guns from the back and started shooting in that case Indian army also started shooting. The guns used mainly were AK-47 similar to AKM used in PUBG. As shown in a scene you can see four Indian soldiers were holding guns and shooting. This indicates that you can play in a 4-man squad.
4 Indian solders using AK-47/AKM
We have also witnessed nails patted logs as weapons and severe one on one fights without any weapons between the Indian army and the enemy. From the video, we witnessed all the fighting skills that include using fists, legs, guns, and weapons.
Weapons:
AK-47 / AKM
Wooden Log covered with sharp Nails and others
Bombs
Knife
We are expecting more weapons and fighting skills to be introduced in the final game. So we have to wait for the final release date of the game to witness the epic battle royal game.
Indian Premier League (IPL) is often called the cash rich T20 League in the world, even some players earn more money than what they get from their respective country’s cricket board.
Let’s have a look at the Top 10 Highest paid bowlers in the IPL 2020:
10. Mohammed Shami (Kings XI Punjab)
Source-DNA India
IPL 2020 Salary – 4.8 crore
Shami became the holder of the IPL 2020 Purple Cap with eight wickets from four matches with his unique and superfast bowling performance, who’s also one of the major players for Punjab to lead their bowling attack.
9. Karn Sharma (Chennai Super Kings)
Source-IPL
IPL 2020 Salary -5 crore
Leg Spinner, Karn Sharma had a not so okay season this edition of IPL as he managed to pick up only 5 wickets in five matches.
8. Kuldeep Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
IPL 2020 Salary – 5.8 crore
For Kuldeep, it was not a great season for him as he only managed to pick up one wicket in five matches with an average of 92, and an economy rate of 7.66 and was benched for many matches.
7. Yuzvendra Chahal (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
IPL 2020 Salary – 6 crore
Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been one of the reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore has been able to put up an impressive performance and reach the playoffs. Chahal has picked up 14 wickets in 20 matches for RCB.
6. Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
IPL 2020 Salary – 7 crore
Yorker machine, Jasprit Bumrah with his excellent performance wrecked all other team’s batting lineup with his super fast speed and played an important role in the team’s winning the fifth title.
5. Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai Indians)
IPL 2020 Salary – 8 crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile was bought for Rs 8 crore by Mumbai Indians to strengthen their bowling line-up. However, when Lasith Malinga was injured, James Pattinson was included. When Coulter-Nile suffered an injury, James Pattinson made some of the opportunities and bowled well for Mumbai Indians but he struggled in the first two games and gave away over 50 runs, and picking up just one wicket in the next game.
4. Sheldon Cottrell (Kings XI Punjab)
IPL 2020 Salary – 8.5 crore
West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell who was bagged by the Punjab franchise for a whopping 8.5 cr in the auction has the ability to pick up wickets at any stage of the game. He was a key player for Punjab.
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
IPL 2020 Salary – 8.5 crore
Being the third highest-paid player, Bhuvneshwar Kumar after an impressive performance, unfortunately, missed more than half of the IPL2020 due to thigh injury which he picked up after a match against Chennai Super Kings.
2. Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
IPL 2020 Salary – 12.5 crore
Sunil Narine being the second-highest-paid player in IPL, was a key player for Kolkata Knight Riders to help winning the matches, this season he took time to return to his form but later he returned to his form and delivered his best performance of the Indian Premier League (2020).
1. Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders)
IPL 2020 Salary – 15.5 crore
Pat Cummins was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs. 15.5 crore in the IPL 2020 auction, which became the most expensive buy. But Cummins was all worth it, with a super-impressive performance he helped KKR with picking up wickets to win the matches.
The Barcelona presidential elections take place later this month, and businessman Victor Font is among the favourites to inherit the leadership of the club following the dismissal of Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Font has commented that he intends on having Lionel Messi stay beyond 2021, despite the drama in the summer which involved the Argentinian handing in a transfer request via fax. Considering that Font has the credentials to bring back stability into the team, his appointment could be what Leo Messi needs to believe in a future at the club that he loves.
When asked about the goals that the candidate had for the club should he be appointed as President, here is what Font had to say:
“Maintain the ownership model and keep winning titles. That is, to be competitive by having the club owned by the members when this winning generation no longer exists.”
And when asked the question about planning for a Messi-less Barcelona:
“Not at all. In fact, our goal is for Leo to continue to be and continue to lead the team on the field as long as he wants to continue playing. When we were talking about Barca post-Messi, surely the best way to define it is Barca post-unique generation of footballers. And that does not happen from one day to the next. “
He concluded, “There were Xavi, [Andres] Iniesta, [Carles] Puyol, [Gerard] Pique, [Sergio] Busquets… and this transition is not from one day to the next, it happens in time. That is why it is essential to have a project and be clear about how to do it. This is what Messi told us in August, there is no project here, they are lurching, patches are put on. That was his frustration.”
