In the latest video shared by @oneplus.nord and YouTube, OnePlus has showcased the latest design of the upcoming OnePlus Nord. At around the 1-minute mark, we get a close up of the phone’s front which shows the display with its dual punch holes and also reveals the right-hand-side which features the alert slider and power button. After a few seconds, we saw that the back of the smartphone and it comes with a triple rear camera setup.
The smartphone will be powered with the Snapdragon 765G and will also support 5G. It has been said by the CEO in an interview and has also been confirmed by Amazon’s Nord landing page.
Recently the Instagram account has shared another IGTV video where they are showing the New Beginning episode 1 and there discussed the various hurdles and processes of making this smartphone. First off, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the upcoming phone will come with a sub $500 price tag.
Suddenly, the full-back role has gained more importance in world football. The full-backs offer a lot more dynamism to the attacks. Their main job is to defend, but these days it is equally important to have a full-back with an attacking mind.
The best example of this is how Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has used his two full-backs to completely change their style of play. Liverpool are the reigning European champions as well as have lifted the Premier League trophy this season.
Here’s a list of the top 10 best attacking full-backs in football in 2020:
10. Marcelo
After Roberto Carlos, everyone thought that Real Madrid’s left-back role can’t be replaced in the near future. But the Brazilian has proved everyone wrong.
Everyone would agree that Marcelo’s skill on the ball is out of the world for a full-back. He is extremely skilful to glide past defenders and provide inch-perfect crosses. He lacks a bit of defending but he makes up with the attacking threat he poses.
Marcelo is past his prime and doesn’t have the fitness to play every match but he is still good enough to make the top 10 list.
9. Benjamin Pavard
The French international is the most versatile defender currently. He can play as left-back or right-back and also as a centre-back. His defensive technical abilities are second to none.
His pace and threat down the flanks are a little less compared to the ones in the list, but his reading of the game covers for all of that. And don’t forget he can score tremendous goals. I guess you remember his thunderous strike against Argentina in the 2018 World Cup!
8. Alphonso Davies
Davies has burst onto the scene with Bayern Munich this season and already looks certain to go down in history as one of the best left-back.
The potential of this 19-year-old kid is so high that he has already made into the top 10 list. He will definitely form a deadly pair in the left flank with newly signed Manchester City winger Leroy Sane next season.
Leicester City has been among the top 6 spots in the Premier League in recent times. Apart from Jamie Vardy, Caglar Soyuncu and Maddison, the player who really stands out for them is their right-back, Pereira.
He has been extremely consistent for the Foxes this season, missing out just only one game. The Portuguese international can easily play for one of the big European clubs.
6. Achraf Hakimi
Hakimi is a Real Madrid academy product, who was loaned out to Borussia Dortmund for two seasons. The 2019-20 season has seen him develop into one of the best in his position.
Hakimi was deployed as a right-wing-back and he has proved to be an asset providing assists and goals at will. His recent form has earned him a permanent transfer to Inter Milan.
The Real Madrid right-back is one of the best in the business. He has helped Madrid to win a record 3 back-to-back Champions League titles between 2016-2018.
The Spanish international is one of the most feared fullbacks and is a constant threat to the opposition in the right flank.
4. Jordi Alba
The Barcelona man has been in the top list for quite some time now. The chemistry he shares with Lionel Messi is commendable. The inch-perfect passes between Alba and Messi have many times bailed Barcelona out in tough matches.
Alba is like a wine, he grows better with age. If he manages to stay fit he will probably lay a claim to the No. 1 spot but in recent times he has been pulled back by injuries.
3. Kyle Walker
The England international has been very good for Manchester City. He has played a vital role in City’s dominance in the Premier League in the last two seasons.
Pep Guardiola has used him so well that he takes his place in the top 3 fullbacks in the world right now, quite deservingly.
2. Andrew Robertson
Robertson and Alexander-Arnold form the deadliest attacking-fullbacks duo in world football right now. His energy to go up and down the field is tremendous.
Liverpool only paid around 8 Million pounds for this world-class left-back. It was an outright win for Liverpool’s transfer team to bring the Scotsman to Anfield.
1. Trent Alexander-Arnold
The 21-year-old has been a revelation at the right-back role in Anfield. He has redefined the full-back role with his physics-defying cross-field passes along with footballing intelligence.
The standout moment of his career was in the Champions League match against Barcelona. He used his wit to quickly take a corner for Origi to score and take the game away from Barcelona and stage a memorable comeback.
Alexander-Arnold is one of the main reasons behind Liverpool’s current success and he deserves to be in the No. 1 spot!
Previously we have discussed Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and have seen the design of the Tab S7. Recently some news surfaced about this Galaxy Tab has passed the Geekbench and some information about its storage and processor has been revealed. The Galaxy Tab S7 is the upcoming successor of the Tab S series after Tab S6.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 has surfaced in Geekbench and it reveals that the Tab has a processor coded named “kona” which is the codename of Snapdragon 865, all thanks to Notebookcheck, we have been able to come across these informations.
The SM-T875 is thought to be the 5G version of the Galaxy Tab S7, which is believed to be joining the Galaxy Note 20 series at next month’s rumored Galaxy UNPACKED event. Recently a colour variant has been leaked by the company and this Note 20 series will be the top of the smartphone series from the company.
Additionally Geekbench also reveals, all the listings have 8GB of RAM and run Android 10. The facets seem to be quite thin and have a completely metallic case, also, there are antenna lines around both the top and bottom of the back of the tablet. Apart from design, some technical details have also been revealed including an 11-inch display and a huge 7,760 mAh battery.
As per the leaked renders, the Galaxy Tab S7 will be around 253.7 mm long, 165.3 mm in width and 6.3 mm thick. This tablet is slightly larger than the 2020 iPad Pro and also thicker than Apple’s flagship tablet, also if you do notice the overall design and aesthetics look very similar to that of the Samsung’s previous tablets.
Recently, Indian Govt. blocked about 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, CamScanner, UC Browser, ShareIt and others as part of the recent clash between India and China in the Himalyan borders.
Now, it has been reported that the Indian government is also currently blocking shipments coming into the nation from China. Basically, additional scrutiny is being made on imports from China which ultimately has disrupted operations at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn.
The Customs officers at Indian ports have held back shipments from China and sought additional clearances, which is a part of the Anti-Chinese movement going on in the country. It is reported that more than 150 Foxconn shipments containing smartphone and electronic parts were stuck at the port of Chennai.
This will, in turn, affect the iPhone production done by Foxconn in India at two of its plants in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. A lobby group representing US-based companies in India has written to India’s trade minister that blocking of deliveries is barring companies to conduct business in the nation.
With this, hundreds of workers have been abandoned with no work this week and might severely affect the company in the event if the matter isn’t addressed. Apple started manufacturing iPhones in the Indian market with the original iPhone SE and is also manufacturing the iPhone XR in the nation.
This helps Apple from implying a hefty import tax and might offer its phones at a lower price, saving $100-200 on import tax. Also, sentiments about boycotting Chinese products have been rising in India due to the COVID-19 pandemic which originates from China. Nevertheless, the latest escalation of tension between India and China is taking this to another level.
A piece of news which is suddenly trending among all the football fans is whether Lionel Messi is really going to leave Barcelona in 2021. This is massive news and there are every hint to suggest that this is not just a mere rumour.
Lionel Messi has only 1 year left on his current Barcelona contract. It will expire in July 2021. Barcelona has offered him a contract extension but he has currently put a stop to all the contract negotiations.
So, could we see Messi leaving Barcelona in 2021? Or, there is a deeper meaning to this thing?
Josep Maria Bartomeu, the current Barcelona president clearly doesn’t have a good relationship with Messi. The Barcelona board has been accused of paying ‘i3ventures’ for leaking negative news about the club captain and blaming him.
Messi is like the leader of the club. He usually used to stay quiet on the board matters but this board has handled the matters wrongly. The club conversations shouldn’t be leaked to the media, leave alone negative false claims. This thing has hurt Messi.
But, the most important reason for Messi wanting to leave Barcelona, is that he is not convinced with the future project of the club. He is arguably the best player on the planet. So, naturally, he always wants to win and end each season with silverware.
Although Barcelona has won the last two LaLiga titles, it was mainly due to Real Madrid’s lacklustre form and the absence of not too many quality clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid in LaLiga. They have failed miserably in the European competitions since 2015.
The transfer market strategy has also been shocking. Messi and the other big lads in the club clearly wanted Neymar back at Barcelona but the board hasn’t been able to bring the Brazilian back. Barcelona clearly lacks wingers but they have repeatedly signed more strikers and midfielders, the current example being Braithwaite and Pjanic.
Messi has also contacted the other presidential candidate to know about his plans and objectives about the club. It seems Messi is frustrated with Bartomeu and would only want to continue at Barcelona if he is replaced.
If Messi decides to leave Barcelona, all the blame will be on Bartomeu and he would definitely be sacked by the socios (the club fans who vote in the club’s matters). So, this report of Messi wanting to leave Barcelona may also have a deeper and hidden message for Bartomeu.
Messi seems not to speak too many words but indirectly wants to warn Bartomeu to step down in the coming election. He is also clearly unhappy with Barcelona manager Quique Setien, who seems to have no new ideas if the opposition nullifies Barcelona’s initial tactics.
I, personally, think the little magician is not going to leave Barcelona in 2021. The real motive behind this is to take action against the board cause the club is clearly in wrong hands and Messi being a one-club man, it’s difficult for him to see his beloved club in this state. It’s better for everyone if Bartomeu steps down and a new and able president is elected who will guide Barcelona to greater heights in the future.
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Who can forget the legacy of Nokia in mobile devices for decades? It all started in Finland and after being owned by HMD Global, Nokia returns back its home country after acquiring the assets of Valona Labs and launching a brand-new Centre of Excellence in Tampere.
By acquiring Valona Labs, Nokia wants to utilize Valona Labs’ expertise in mobile, enterprise and cybersecurity software. The new R&D centre in Tampere will specialise in software, security and services, propelling HMD Global’s transition from a purely hardware business, to a combined hardware and services company.
It will concentrate on developing this service further and begin work on other services such as remote device locking, enterprise mobility management, mobile device software security, secure network communication and black box testing.
Nokia will be recruiting new technical talent in the region and will be led by Ari Heikkinen, Head of Unit for Valona Labs. HMD Global also wants to improve its HMD Connect, which is a global data roaming service that enables people around the world to benefit from a hassle-free data SIM. The R&D team in Tampere will also be working on it as well.
This new R&D centre by HMD Global will help them to provide a better experience with Nokia smartphones which already delivers secure and up-to-date software.
You probably know about Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) Team that developed so many apps for different fields and different purposes. As the name of this team suggests, their work results are ‘experimental’. Some of their apps currently running in the market are Venue, Collab, CatchUp, Whale, Kit, and Tuned. There is also Hobbi that is similar to Pinterest. As per TechCrunch’s report, the NPE team is going to close this app in a few days.
Hobbi was introduced back in February this year. And now, it is sending notifications to its active users saying the app will stop functioning on 10th July. Users can export their data and the option is available at the App settings.
The app has around 7,000 downloads in its five months life. One of the reasons for this less number of downloads is the availability limitations. Its access is limited to the US, Colombia, Belgium, Spain, and Ukraine. Besides, it only supports iOS platforms only.
If you belong to one of the previously mentioned regions and want to try this app, you definitely can. There are few more days of time for that. If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPad touch with iOS 11.0 or later, then you are good to go.
The most popular mobile game has just made a new record in terms of revenue this time, earning a lifetime revenue of a whopping 3 Billion US Dollars. The figure isn’t surprising at all considering the fact that the game is ultra-popular across the globe for quite some time now but the interesting fact is that it doubled its lifetime revenue in the last 7 months.
According to the data by Sensor Tower, the major bump in its revenue comes from its revamped Game For Peace mobile game in China. The two games have accumulated $1.3 billion in 2020 alone, with a revenue peak of $270 million in March 2020 when actually the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns totally brought everyone to their homes.
When compared to other battle royal games, in the first half of 2020, PUBG Mobile gained revenue more than four times than its competitor Garena Free Fire which earned $300 million so far this year. Even Call of Duty: Mobile made only $220 million in revenue to date in 2020. So, it’s pretty clear how PUBG Mobile has engaged its users and knows how to generate revenue from users.
This major revenue is achieved with the Chinese version of the game i.e. Game For Peace which alone gained $1.6 billion on China’s App Store alone or 52% of the total. The United States ranks No. 2 in terms of revenue with about 14% of revenue, while Japan comes third with 5.6%.
The China’s App Store has made up chunks of revenue, accounting for 79% of all player spending, on the other hand, the Google Play Store accounts for just 21% of the lifetime revenue. Although, Google Play Stire accounts occupy a huge share of downloads at 65% of all installs, while the App Store represents just 35% of the total. This shows how popular the game is in China and why Tencent rebranded it to make Billions of Dollars in a year or so.
If the number of downloads / installs are to be taken, both PUBG Mobile and Game For Peace have made a combined total of 734 million downloads globally. Unsurprisingly, India holds the crown with most number of downloads accounting to 175 million or 24% of the total, followed by China with 16.7% of all downloads, and the U.S. ranking third with just 6.4% of all downloads.
Previously, there were reports that MediaTek’s new flagship Smart TV SoC is ready to be shipped and now it is available. The new Smart TV Chip S900 will be powering the next-gen 8K Smart TVs and brings interesting AI and connectivity features as well.
The MediaTek S900 chip uses ARM Cortex A-73 cores and Mali G-52 GPU. The chip supports 8K video decoding along with HDR10+ support as well using HDMI 2.1A. It also offers a maximum bandwidth of 48GB/s, which, in turn, allows you to stream 4K at 120 FPS and 8K at 60 FPS.
The chip also features MediaTek’s proprietary AI PQ (AI Picture Quality) that uses machine learning to upscale video content, ultimately improving image quality automatically. The S900 chip integrates intelligent voice assistant technology that allows users to interact directly with Smart TVs and control their capabilities while manipulating other home IoT devices as a control hub for home AIoT systems.
Besides support for HDR standards, including HDR10/10+, Dolby Vision, and HLG. The chip provides AI enhancements through high-performance AI processing units that automatically adjust color saturation, brightness, clarity, image noise, and dynamic motion compensation for smarter, better picture quality settings in the video stream, automatically adjusting color saturation, brightness, clarity, image noise, and dynamic motion compensation.
This new S900 chip will be seen powering the Samsung 8K QLED TV, which will be the world’s first Wi-Fi 6 8K TV. MediaTek’s new S900 chip (MediaTek 8K smart TV processor series) will be the first among its 8K smart TV chip series.
Recently, Realme launched its much-awaited Realme Buds Q TWS earbuds in India alongside Realme X3 series. This is a budget TWS earbuds series as its price at ₹1,999 and brings a lot of unique features which its sole competitor Xiaomi lacks in its Redmi Earbuds S which costs ₹1,799. In design perspective also the Realme Buds Q looks premium and has better audio.
So naturally, amidst, the #BoyottChina movement, people seem to have jumped upon these new TWS earbuds, which are really selling like candies in India. On July 1st, the Realme Buds Q went on sale for the first time on Amazon India and Realme’s online store. After a day, Realme came out to social media to share that it has sold over 25,000 units on the first day of sale.
Record breaking sales opening day for #realmeBudsQ! 25K+ users turned for a new true wireless experience, a new Lifestyle. #QuietStylishTrueWireless One more step closer in our journey towards becoming the most popular tech-lifestyle brand. pic.twitter.com/Q2OEFYVE9s
This is a huge number for the first sale and it seems these new TWS earbuds will be a huge success in the country even though its country of origin remains Chinese.
Realme Buds Q comes with a 10mm driver said to be largest in an audio device at this price range. It is very much safe from the water and dust splashes because of the IPX4 rating. It features Bluetooth 5.0 support and provides a long 20 hours of continuous music playback time in one single charge.
The case has 30W fast charging support via micro USB port and the ‘Quick Control’ ability lets user to navigate the currently playing music. There are double, single, and dual touch controls available that allow users to have a smooth touch control over the music play, pause, and skip.
It is lightweight earbuds weighing just 3.6 grams and with the case, it becomes 35.3 grams in total. Also, it comes in a lot of colour variants including Quite Black, Quite White, and Quite Yellow. If you are judging to buy one for you, do check our review on the Realme Buds Q which is coming soon, keep an eye on this space for it. Buy it from here: https://amzn.to/3iiZ6Mn
