Last year, the Korean electronics giant Samsung introduced Fan Edition of the flagship Galaxy S20 series smartphone. The Galaxy S20 FE was a cheaper version of the standard model, having some minor changes. At the launch event, Samsung promised us to release Fan Editions of its flagship S series smartphones every year. Currently, it seems the company is working on it.
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The Galaxy S21 series smartphones are already hit the global market featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Exynos 2100 processor. Based on the model designs, a media platform LetsGoDigital releases some render images of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 FE.
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As per the platform released renders, the camera bump of the FE variant will be separated from the main body and will be left as normal. The use of colorful back covers made up of plastic is expected.
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It further assumed that Samsung will put a 6.5-inch display, other than 6.2-inch like the S21 or 6.7-inch like the S21+, having a 120Hz refresh rate. Unfortunately, the panel will miss HDR support. In the case of processor, the same processors will be assigned, however, RAM size will be reduced to 6GB and internal memory capacity options will be 128GB and 256GB.
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The arrival of the Galaxy S21 FE is confirmed as Samsung promised us last year. It must be seen that how much similarity there will in the actual Galaxy S21 FE. If we go with LetsGoDigital, the launch should be scheduled at any one time in the second half of 2021.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (“RJIL”) announces that it has successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in all 22 circles across India in the recently concluded spectrum auctions conducted by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.
RJIL has very well balanced spectrum for LTE Services and future upgradation to 5G Technology
Through this acquisition, RJIL’s total owned spectrum footprint has increased significantly, by 55%, to 1,717 MHz (uplink+ downlink).
RJIL has the highest amount of sub-GHz spectrum with 2X10 MHz contiguous spectrum in most circles. It also has at least 2X10 MHz in 1800 MHz band and 40 MHz in 2300 MHz band in each of the 22 circles.
RJIL has achieved complete spectrum derisking, with average life of owned spectrum of 15.5 years.
RJIL’s spectrum has been acquired in the most cost efficient manner with an effective cost of Rs 60.8 crore per MHz.
With the enhanced spectrum footprint, especially contiguous spectrum, and pan-India infrastructure deployed, RJIL has enhanced network capacity to service its existing users as well as hundreds of millions of more subscribers on its network.
The acquired spectrum can be utilised for transition to 5G services at the appropriate time, where Jio has developed its own 5G stack.
Sh. Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, said, “Jio has revolutionised the digital landscape of India with the country becoming the fastest adopter of Digital Life. We want to ensure that we keep on enhancing experiences, not only for our existing customers, but also for the next 300 million users that will move to digital services. With our increased spectrum footprint, we are ready to further expand the digital footprint in India as well as get ourselves ready for the imminent 5G rollout.”
Samsung has already made a good start to 2021 by launching two new & powerful Exynos chips – 2100 and 1080. Now, it seems the South Korean giant will make new chips for its other smartphones, which is expected to be much better than their predecessors.
The 2021 Exynos chips coming include three of them, according to @UniverseIce, and it is very likely to see the entry-level Exynos 850 refreshed as well. Rumors say that chip could be called the Samsung Exynos 851.
Also, recently we heard of the Exynos 2200, which will finally sport AMD Radeon GPU will be launched in its next flagship product. On the other hand, the Samsung Exynos 1080 successor is all set to arrive as the Exynos 1200 chip.
All of these Samsung Exynos chips could end up offering 5G connectivity as more and more companies are offering 5G smartphones at the budget as well as mid-range price points. All of these chipsets should be made out of Samsung’s own manufacturing process and could end up launching in the second half of 2021.
The Egyptian National Football Team U23’s head coach Shawky Gharib has confirmed that Mohamed Salah will be included in the Olympic squad and would be expected to lead his country. Salah will be one of the three senior members of the team.
Shawky Gharib said: “Egypt U-23 team’s preliminary squad will be led by Mohamed Salah and Mohamed El-Shenawy alongside another goalkeeper.”
“Salah is currently one of the most important players in the world and it’s normal to call him for Egypt’s Olympic squad. We will start the official talks with Liverpool after the international break next March.”
However, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp is reluctant to let Salah leave for the Olympics as he will miss the start of the Premier League 2021-22 season, which can be a huge blow for the Reds.
The Olympics is set to be held from 23rd July to 7th August. Meanwhile, the Premier League 2021-22 season will start on 8th August.
So this means Salah will miss the pre-season with the Reds and possibly the opening weeks of the season unless Jurgen Klopp decides to use him right after the Olympics.
The final Olympics team has not been announced yet and it seems Liverpool will definitely have a talk with the Egyptian national football team officials.
Kevin De Bruyne has recently joined an elite team of assist makers in the Premier League. The Belgian’s quality on the ball has never been in doubt, and he has been one of the best Premier League players for the past few seasons. He also won the 2020 PFA Player of the Year.
De Bruyne is now among the highest assist providers in the history of the Premier League, with 77 to his name. So let’s check out the top 10 football players with the highest assists in the Premier League history:
10. Kevin De Bruyne
Country: Belgium Current club: Manchester City (Premier League) Assists: 77
9. David Beckham
Country: England Current club: Retired Assists: 80
8. James Milner
Country: England Current club: Liverpool (Premier League) Assists: 85
7. Steven Gerrard
Country: England Current club: Retired Assists: 92
6. David Silva
Country: Spain Current club: Real Sociedad (La Liga) Assists: 93
5. Dennis Bergkamp
Country: Netherlands Current club: Retired Assists: 94
4. Frank Lampard
Country: England Current club: Retired Assists: 102
3. Wayne Rooney
Country: England Current club: Retired Assists: 103
2. Cesc Fabregas
Country: Spain Current club: AS Monaco (Ligue 1) Assists: 111
Finally, from today, professionals can get their hands-on with the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPUs that are designed to excel in every heavy-end task. These beefier CPUs can handle severe workloads at ease and keep you accelerated, boasting up to 64 Zen 2 cores based on 7nm process.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX, 3975WX, and 3955WX processors pair up to 64 cores, 8 channels of memory, and 128 PCIe Gen 4 lanes with the powerful and reliable AMD PRO Security technologies that workstation users rely on, including AMD Secure Processor and AMD Memory Guard.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro allows users to work with larger datasets due to its expanded memory capacity from 256GB to 2TB. It also allows double the expansion for users who need tons of graphics or networking cards. The memory channels have also been doubled from four to eight along with the PCI-E lanes from 64 to 128.
Product Specification: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO
Model
Cores/ Threads
Boost/Base Frequency (GHz)
TDP (Watts)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
64C/128T
Up to 4.2 / 2.7 GHz
280
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
32C/64T
Up to 4.2 / 3.5 GHz
280
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C/32T
Up to 4.3 / 3.9 GHz
280
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX
12C/24T
Up to 4.3 / 4.0 GHz
280
AMD’s workstation partners, including Supermicro, ASUS & Gigabyte, have also announced their respective WRX80 motherboards, which consumers can buy to run their AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro. These WRX80 motherboards are the ultimate workstation solution as they offer large numbers of I/O and connectivity.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) has confirmed the introduction of the new program, ‘Road to Asian Games’ for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. In addition, the OCA has confirmed again the appointment of the AESF as the only Technical Delegate who will take charge of all the matters of technical conduct for Esports events at the 2022 Asian Games.
The AESF will be the exclusive organizer of ‘Road to Asian Games’, the official qualifier program and competition of esports to the Asian Games final. The AESF is the first Esports federation to introduce a direct pathway, ‘Road to Asian Games,’ whereby event titles selection and confirmation will be decided by AESF and allow publishers to be part of an Olympic event such as the Asian Games. The campaign will begin in Hangzhou 2022, and with AESF to continue the organization of Esports through to Nagoya 2026, Doha 2030 and beyond. This initiative will be the first of its kind to bring fair and equal opportunities to all publishers and advance esports developments not just to Asia, but worldwide.
With Esports making its debut as a medal event at the Asian Games, the AESF ‘Road to Asian Games’ campaign will also extend beyond the competition scenes. This campaign will lay the foundation in bringing the Olympic Spirit to esports and introduce an education program for participating Esports athletes to share the Olympic Movement and Values not just in Asia, but globally. With plans for the promotion, sustainability and legacies underway, the emphasis will be on education and development in Esports. The key area of focus will be grassroots development, inclusion programs, career pathways, health and wellbeing support, as well as athlete’s rights and protection.
The AESF is excited to accelerate the esports movement from competitive video gaming event into official sport event with the participation in the Continental Games. The AESF plans to include virtual and simulating sports to the ‘Road to Asian Games’ and finals competition as a demonstration event, which will further encourage and expand esports scope from traditional titles which are recognised as console, computer or mobile esports game events. This inclusion will also aim to encourage both sports and esports community to engage in physical activity and promote mental wellbeing.
To officialise the partnership for the ‘Road to Asian Games’ campaign and the confirmation on the roles & responsibilities of AESF, an official Signing Ceremony was held with the OCA Director General Dr. Husain A H Z Al-Musallam, OCA Director of Sports Mr. Haider A H E Farman, AESF President Mr. Kenneth Fok, and AESF Director General Mr. Sebastian Lau in attendance.
Announcing the partnership, Director General of OCA Dr. Husain AHZ Al-Musallam said “It is a great pleasure to officially announce our partnership between OCA and AESF for the new Esports program for our Asian Games and OCA will provide full support for successful Esports events at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. We wish the best to our partner AESF on the journey ahead,” he added.
In line with this partnership, the OCA reconfirms that the AESF is the sole official governing body of esports in Asia and will be fully responsible for all technical aspect of esports competitions at Asian Games as well as any other OCA events.
“I would like to express our sincere appreciation for the continuous support and trust from the OCA. I believe that the Asian Games presents the best stage for us to share Olympic Values with Esports community and we aim to make our Esports communities develop further through this opportunity. Also, we look forward to a successful collaboration with OCA as well as LOC.” said Mr. Fok in a speech during the signing.
Disclosing AESF’s role and responsibility, OCA Director of Sports Mr. Haider A H E Farman added, “Leading up to the Asian Games, the Asian Electronic Sports Federation will have the leading role and take full responsibility in the selection of esports titles in collaboration with the OCA. From the qualifying rounds to the grand finals of each esports event, rest assured that the OCA and AESF, together with LOC will work hand-in-hand, ensuring successful esports events for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022.”
Mr. Sebastian Lau of AESF further conveyed his gratitude during the ceremony, “As the Asian Federation, the AESF is honoured to be organizing the esports qualifiers and the Technical Delegate for the upcoming Asian Games. We will start from Hangzhou, and I am looking forward to exploring more opportunities together with all of you and make the evolution of esports further in Nagoya 2026, Doha 2030 and beyond.”
More than just an Esports event, the ‘Road to Asian Games’ and finals at the 19th Asian Games exhibits the growth of Esports from competitive gaming event to an official sport event and the AESF, with the full support of OCA and LOC, will assure the most competitive and extraordinary esports event to date.
Road to Asian Games Partnership Summary
Esports Event Title Selection
AESF will select the esports event titles to be contested for the qualifiers and finals at the 2022 Asian Game and make the final confirmation on the selected titles in collaboration with the OCA.
Eligibility and Participating Teams
Leading up to the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, the AESF is responsible for identifying the finalists for their respective esports event titles through regional qualifiers as part of the ‘Road to Asian Games’ competition campaign which will lead to the Final at 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Qualifiers and Finals
The AESF will form the qualifying and final tournament structure for all esports events and conduct the qualifiers for all participating Asian countries at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in collaboration with the OCA.
Community Outreach Programs
As part of the Asian Games community outreach, AESF will deliver and execute the AESF Experience Program with full support from the OCA. Aiming to connect with the esports community and fans alike, this program also aims to deliver the best Esports experience while also attracting new esports fans.
New Delhi, 02 March 2021: Baazi Games, an exciting platform for fantasy cricket and online-based gaming inclusive of Poker and Rummy have onboarded rising star Divyenndu as an integral part of their latest social media campaign. As a part of this association, Divyenndu will be seen endorsing Baazi Games’ superlative online gaming experiences across their three distinct verticals RummyBaazi.com, PokerBaazi.com and BalleBaazi.com while ravishing the viewers with his ever so charming personality and aura.
With the festival of colours, Holi approaching; and people coming to terms with the norms of the new normal and social distancing, Baazi Games, one of the most popular online gaming platforms, ensures to add some colour to everyone’s time at home.
Speaking on the association, Mr Varun Ganjoo – Co-founder & Marketing Director of Baazi Games, – said, “The online gaming industry has grown manifold as users latched on to online gaming platforms in the absence of other entertainment options. Ever since we started, our aim at Baazi Games has always been to reach out and connect with a larger audience by putting our best foot forward as we widen our product portfolio. Our association with the dedicated and multifaceted actor, Divyenndu is another step in that direction. We are extremely delighted to bring him on board. This collaboration is special because apart from being the latest youth icon which makes him relatable, he has expressed an interest in online gaming. We are happy that our association will drive us to build and maintain a relationship with the audience as we create engaging, entertaining, and relatable content tailored to them.”
Talking about his association,Divyenndu said, “I am really excited to have come across this opportunity to associate with a platform that excites the audience, challenges them and provides more avenues to display their talent alongside offering them rewards for it. We have been experiencing a difficult time because of the pandemic and especially during these times, all the three platforms of Baazi Games were and are continuing to be a complete source of entertainment. The brand ideology resonates perfectly with my passion to connect with more people and play together even in a virtual setting.”
As a youth-oriented platform, Baazi Games keeps the spark alive by engaging with the audience continuously and bringing in interesting campaigns that connect with them. Last year, PokerBaazi.com associated with stand up comedians and young icons such as Sapan Verma, Aakash Gupta and many more for their PokerJokerFaceChallenge to add some light fun to the festive celebrations. Baazi Games as a platform, through its various campaigns, has catered to the passion points of the youth through various genres such as comedy and music. The T20 anthem attributed to the IPL 2020 season capitalized on the attachment and love the youth had for cricket as they encouraged the potential users to engage and join the platform of BalleBaazi.com. The anthem was also added to the Roposo platform in an attempt to build a relationship with the youth as users get an opportunity to showcase their enthusiasm for the IPL by using this feature and the hashtag #DumHaiTohYahanKhel.
Baazi Games has seen a huge upsurge in its user base for FY19-20 and is also projecting similar growth numbers for 2021. It has gradually gained momentum and has cemented its foothold within the industry. The growth in their user base from 1 Million in FY19 skyrocketed to over 7.5 Million in FY20, which is another testament to their success. Baazi Games aims to improve the gaming experience for its users, and its achievements, making it a desirable gaming platform.
With David Alaba and Jerome Boateng set to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season, the German giants will be without two much needed first-team centre backs. The signing of Dayot Upamecano has given fans something new to look forward to next season, and there could be more.
According to Italian news outlet Tuttosport, Bayern Munich are set to move for Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly in the summer and are preparing a bid worth £39 million to sign the Senegalese defender. Koulibaly’s agent and Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis met to discuss the offer made by the sextuple winners.
The centre-back was one of the most sought after players in the transfer windows of yesteryear, and was linked with moves to Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United who were all looking for a reliable defender.
With Niklas Sule struggling with injuries, and Bayern’s defense being shaky this time around, the addition of an experienced player like Koulibaly will make Bayern seemingly unstoppable. The likes of Lucas Hernandez and Niklas Sule are already at the club and will be competing with Upamecano and possibly Koulibaly for game time.
Napoli were previously demanding double the amount that Bayern have placed a bid for, but the team’s performance this season, coupled with the financial situation across the world could possibly force the Azzuri to accept the bid for their best defender.
But with that said, it is also worth noting that if Napoli do end up accepting a bid that low, other teams across Europe will also want to try and sign the player.
Manchester United’s dreadful run against the ‘Big 6’ of the Premier League extended after the draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Sunday. Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane slammed them for their poor form against the top teams in the league.
Manchester United is still to secure a win against the ‘Big 6’ of the Premier League this season. The goalless draw against Chelsea was Manchester United’s 7th game against the traditional ‘Big 6’ of the Premier League. All the matches were low-intensity and low-scoring except the game against Tottenham Hotspurs which the Red Devils lost by 6-1 at Old Trafford.
In the seven games against the top teams of Premier League, Manchester United only secured 5 points and still to register a win against them. They have dropped a total of 16 points in these matches and now 12 points behind the league leaders Manchester City.
Man Utd have not beaten a 'Big Six' rival in the Premier League this season:
(H) 1-6 vs Spurs (H) 0-0 vs Chelsea (H) 0-1 vs Arsenal (H) 0-0 vs Man City (A) 0-0 vs Liverpool (A) 0-0 vs Arsenal (A) 0-0 vs Chelsea
The Red Devils have been highly criticized for their poor form against the top teams of the Premier League. Even their Portuguese talisman Bruno Fernandes has just 1 goal in these seven games without any assists.
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane told Sky Sports, “I think Man Utd are looking at the teams more behind them and trying to keep the distance, instead of saying ‘let’s go and win football matches’. I think that’s why you’re at Man Utd – to win matches and try and chase Man City down.”
“From that second-half performance, yes [they have given up the fight]. I think they’re concentrating on cementing second place and winning a cup. A real lack of quality from United. When you look back at the big games where they’ve not produced, that must be a concern. They have scored the most goals in the league, so they do try to win, but in these games, I think their mindset is ‘let’s not be beaten’.”- he added.
“Maybe they are scarred from the Spurs game. Some of these games have been really boring, considering there are some really good attacking players on the team. The lack of goals from United players might be something to do with their mindset, or just settling for the draw. Their mindset is just not to be beaten in these big games, rather than going for it.”
