As we reported in a previous article that Realme is going to launch its C17 model in Bangladesh. Now the tipster Mukul Sharma has tweeted the company’s officially promo poster where it is clearly seen that the display of the phone features a 90Hz of refresh rate.
The Realme C17 model is expected to be a lower budget phone from Realme. Let’s check what are the specifications we can expect from it.
This phone features a 6.5 inches (16.51 cm) IPS LCD display (720 x 1600 pixels) with a pixel density of 270 PPI in a hole-punch design and a confirmed refresh rate of 90Hz. This phone will come in two different color variants: Navy Blue and Lake Green.
This dual SIM phone runs on the Android v10 (Q) OS (supported by Realme UI) and is powered by an octa-core (1.8 GHz, quad-core, Kryo 240 + 1.8 GHz, quad-core, Kryo 240) processor that has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 chipset.
The Realme C17 will come with the variant of 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The storage can be expanded via an external microSD card up to 256GB. It has a decent battery backup of 5,000mAH, which supports fast charging (USB Type-C).
The Realme C17 has a rear quad camera setup on its back featuring a 13 MP primary sensor, 8 MP ultra-wide-angle sensor (119 degrees), 2 MP macro sensor, and a 2 MP depth sensor (supported by an LED flash). The rear module has facilities like Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Touch to focus, and so on.
Coming to the selfie section, this phone features a single 8MP selfie shooter in that water-drop notch. This phone supports a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.
The good thing is that this phone has the support of a 3.5mm headphone jack. Apart from it, the Realme C17 has other connectivity features like 4G (supports Indian bands), 3G, 2G, Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11, b/g/n, and so on.
The price range of this phone might be around Rs. 13,000 and it will get launched in Bangladesh on September 21, 2020.
Football is a passing game and good passers of the ball are worth their weight in gold. With FIFA 21 scheduled to hit shelves in under a month, on October 9th, we take a look at the players with the best passing stats in the game.
10. Miralem Pjanic: 87 PAS
Club: Barcelona
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position: CM
Overall: 85
Barca’s newest addition, Pjanic does a lot more than he is given credit for. A good call by EA.
9. Hakim Ziyech: 87 PAS
Club: Chelsea
Country: Morocco
Position: CAM
Overall: 85
Chelsea signed the Morocco international for an absolute steal. The wizard of Amsterdam will be an impressive addition to Lampard’s Chelsea.
8. Bruno Fernandes: 88 PAS
Club: Manchester United
Country: Portugal
Position: CAM
Overall: 87
Fernandes was single-handedly responsible for Manchester United’s third-place finish this season. Among the highest-rated midfielders this season, he also has a great passing stat.
7. David Silva: 88 PAS
Club: Real Sociedad
Country: Spain
Position: CAM
Overall: 86
Despite being well into his thirties, Silva made it into the Team of the Year. Only fitting that he should have a good rating on FIFA.
6. Christian Eriksen: 88 PAS
Club: Inter
Country: Denmark
Position: CAM
Overall: 85
The Dane is a rather surprising name on the list because he hasn’t impressed at Inter. However, his talent is too good to doubt.
5. Luka Modric: 89 PAS
Club: Real Madrid
Country: Croatia
Position: CM
Overall: 87
Even at 35, the Croatian midfielder has enough in the tank to compete in the top flight. An 89 pass stat is justified for him.
4. Danny Parejo: 90 PAS
Club: Villarreal
Country: Spain
Position: CM
Overall: 85
The former Valencia captain has joined Villareal and is a valuable addition to Emery’s new-look yellow submarine.
3. Toni Kroos: 91 PAS
Club: Real Madrid
Country: Germany
Position: CM
Overall: 88
Kroos is one of the best passers in the game. His season ended in another La Liga title and a 91 PAS rating seems only fitting.
2. Lionel Messi: 91 PAS
Club: Barcelona
Country: Argentina
Position: RW
Overall: 93
The best player to ever play the game, Messi has the highest overall this season on the back of another legendary individual season.
1. Kevin de Bruyne: 93 PAS
Club: Manchester City
Country: Belgium
Position: CAM
Overall: 91
The best midfielder in the world right now, the Belgian has been rewarded well with the highest passing stat in the game and the PFA Player of the Year award.
Few can argue with the names on this list. While the stats are subject to debate, EA has done a decent job with the passing stats.
FIFA 21 releases on October 9th for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
This week, Sony and Microsoft both announced the price of their next-generation consoles. Both companies have released all the specs information and the final look of the product. Now, it’s time to decide which console you’ll prefer to buy on its release. But first, check out how the next-gen consoles differ from each other.
Both Xbox Series X and Play Station 5 supports Backward Compatibility. It means that Xbox Series X will support all the games previously released on Xbox One, Xbox, and Xbox 360. The same goes for Play Station 5, it will support all PS4 games but not PS3, PS2, and PS1 games as they have different architecture.
Xbox Series X Gamepad
The controller design of the Xbox Series X is similar to Xbox One. It is a wireless controller with most of the layouts and features the same as previous controllers. Microsoft has redesigned the direction pad by blending a conventional plus shape with the octagonal plate design of the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2’s alternate pad. A new capture button is incorporated on the controller which will let users capture screenshots or record videos with one button press instead of exploring a menu.
PlayStation 5 Gamepad
The PS5 controller will get DualSense that gives haptic feedback in the triggers. The controller is redesigned with the same layout but the overall look is plumper than the DualShock 4 with a rounded design.
The controller is incorporated with a microphone and a speaker to enable voice chat and (presumably) commands. The touchpad is the same as the DualShock 4, but still, it looks quite different.
Hope this guide will let you decide which of the next-gen consoles to buy. The Xbox Series X|S will release on November 10 and the PS5 consoles will release on November 12.
There is good news coming out from the Huawei, as the head of the Consumer Business Group of Huawei, Richard Yu, recently announced at Huawei Developer Conference in China, that they want to introduce its new flagship series of smartphones – Huawei Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro soon. The UK branch of Huawei tweeted that the next generation Huawei Mate series would disclose soon.
According to the source, Huawei may be introduced its new flagship series with the World’s first and only 5G capable SoC on 5 nanometer Scale – it indicates a new Kirin Chip, which Huawei was capable to produce at TSMC as the last line-up before yesterday’s cut-off as part of the US section.
The expected look of Mate 40 series handsets
It is expected that ‘Kirin 9000’ may be traded off the SoC of the upcoming Mate series. This Kirin chipset may also have an onboard 5G modem. But there is no official confirmation about this topic. But it is predicted that Huawei will disclose this series officially in mid-October 2020.
Roland Quandt has posted a picture pointing at the Mate series’s signature circular rear camera bezel evolving into a kind of virtual click wheel that can able to adjust settings such as audio volume. According to the image (posted by Roland), the new flagship series may come with a similar design as its predecessor Mate 30 series smartphones. The Mate 40 series smartphones will feature a dual selfie camera.
According to the rumors, the Mate 40 Pro will be launched with a powerful rear camera, a batter battery life with a high charging speed than the previous series handsets. Also most importantly, the phone will be supported by a 5G network and powered by a 5nm flagship chipset.
We are devoid of any other info about this upcoming Mate 40 series smartphones. Huawei is expected to introduce its new flagship Mate 40 series smartphones in mid-October, but it can clearly be assumed that the smartphones of this series will be there until 2021.
Electronic Arts (EA) has already revealed the launch date of the next series of FIFA franchise. FIFA 21 would release globally on 9th October.
The new FIFA edition has already created a hype among the FIFA fans. It seems EA has finally listened to the fans and have brought in the requested changes to FIFA 21.
EA Sports has now revealed the FIFA 21 player’s rating. Here’s a list of the top 10 best free-kick takers in FIFA 21:
10. Ruslan Malinovskyi
Club: Atalanta (Serie A) Nationality: Ukraine Overall: 79 Position: CM Freekick accuracy: 88
In the gaming world, having a powerful gaming set up determines the level of experience which one gets. However, having a great gaming monitor is as important as playing a game. Acer has always been a key player in providing high-end gaming accessories.
The company has yet again provided the gaming world with one more world defining accessory. Acer has released its latest high-resolution monitor dubbed the Acer XV282K KV. It is part of Acer’s NITRO XV2 Series.
What are the features?
The monitor is the companies first edition which comes with HDMI 2.1 support. HDMI 2.1 will become a standard in the market once Ampere/RDNA2 graphics cards and the Next-Gen consoles get a release.
The 28-inch 4K IPS panel sported by the monitor has a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It is manufactured by Innolux and carries the code name M280DCA AAS.
The panel supports AMD’s FreeSync as well as Adaptive-Sync. Local luminance pulses of 600 cd/m2 are to be expected as this monitor has VESA HDR600 certification. This allows and immersive gaming experience for gamers.
This monitor will appease any game lover. As it sports a high refresh rate which allows for faster reactions. It is a must-have for any gaming set up. The nearly borderless design allows a nearly seamless edge which is perfect for setting up a multi-monitor setup while playing games and other professional activities.
The monitor also comes with a stand that offers four different types of customization and comfort points. The stand can be customized for height adjustment, swivel, tilt, and easy conversion to either landscape or portrait orientation. The height can be adjusted up to 180 mm and tilt ranges from -5° to 35°.
Acer XV282K KV monitor is currently listed for a price of ¥8499.00 which translates to $1246. The company is already taking pre-orders of the monitor. The monitor is expected to be made available for shipping from January 2021.
GoPro has launched its latest action camera namely Hero 9 Black. It features a new design with a front-facing color display. Every aspect of Hero 9 Black has been improved from its previous generation.
Sporting a better resolution for stills and videos along with a larger battery and batter video stabilization, GoPro Hero 9 as surpassed all of its predecessors.
It supports various GoPro mods and as a larger camera sensor then its predeccesors.
Hero 9 black as a 23.6MP sensor that can output 20MP images at 5k/30FPS. The device comes with 1720 mah of battery which is 40% larger then Hero 8 black. Though GoPro promises that Hero 9 black will have long-lasting battery life it majorly depends on the video mode in which you are shooting.
Featuring a 1.4-inch front display and 2.27-inch rare display the camera itself serve s as a live preview when taking selfies. The inclusion of the front display is the biggest change that we have seen in Hero 9 black.
The front display is a full-color panel for previewing shorts. The bigger display and battery also makes the deceive slightly bigger than the previous models.
The device is compatible with several GoPro mods. the Display Mod, Light Mod, and Media Mod all are supported.
The latter will be available in October, which should eventually be joined by the Lens Mod. The upgrades however add an extra $50 from the previous model’s price.
GoPro also has a removable front camera lens cover while also introducing a new mod called “Max Lens” for $99. The mod adds an even wider frame and horizontal leveling no matter the orientation of the camera.
The Hero 9 Black retails for US$449.99, although GoPro is currently offering the camera for US$349.98 with a 1-year subscription to GoPro and a 32 GB micro SD card.
The campaign focuses on MPL’s new T20 season ticket and will be used on TV and digital mediums
Mobile Premier League (MPL), India’s largest esports and mobile gaming platform, has released its Rs 99 Ticket ad campaign ahead of the IPL, featuring renowned actors Manoj Bajpai and Prakash Raj. The ad will run on TV as well as digital mediums during the IPL starting today.
The ads are similar and while Manoj Bajpai’s ad will target the Hindi-speaking markets, Prakash Raj’s version, in multiple southern languages, will target the South Indian markets.
The ad was conceptualised and executed end-to-end by MPL’s creative team. It features Bajpai and Prakash playing themselves and seeks to educate users on MPL’s latest feature, the Rs 99 Ticket, which lets its users play unlimited Fantasy Cricket contests on the app throughout the course of the T20 Cricket season. The ad will run on the Star Sports network during the IPL.
“The concept was to communicate the unique features of the Rs 99 Ticket in a simple yet impactful manner, and Manoj Bajpai and Prakash Raj fit the bill perfectly. We felt the proposition is unique for our users, with a single pass enabling them to play Fantasy for free all season long, and the ad carries that message with some tongue-in-cheek humour,” said Abhishek Madhavan, Senior Vice President, Growth and Marketing, MPL.
Here are the links for the ad –
1. Manoj Bajpai ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojOTHpTVhc
2. Prakash Raj ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KrjBcYPH8
About Mobile Premier League (MPL)
Founded in 2018, MPL is India’s largest Esports and mobile gaming platform. It has grown to over 60 plus games and 6 crore users, including titles like World Cricket Championship. MPL also has multiple gaming studios and developers as partners to publish their games on its platform. MPL’s app is available on both Android and iOS. The company was founded by Sai Srinivas and Shubh Malhotra, who earlier co-founded Creo, a Mobile Phone startup that was acquired. MPL is currently present in India and Indonesia, with offices in Bengaluru, Jakarta, and Pune, and with a personnel strength of over 300.
AnalytIQ Sports Technologies launches India’s first strategy ‘Cricket Manager’ with all gameplay powered by our proprietary AI-driven simulator game, SuperCric. The Bangalore based sports tech start-up has built a proprietary cricket simulator tool based on real historical data from cricket tournaments worldwide (the only one of its kind globally available for fans to explore the likelihood of occurrence of performance for their favourite players and teams), that will enable better choice-making for daily fantasy gamers this IPL season and also give them an opportunity to engage and better their skills all year round.
SuperCric, built with a proprietary simulation tool, is developed as a first of its kind sports engagement tool which will facilitate better decision making for the invested cricket fan. In a new genre of gameplay – fans are putting their cricket intelligence and judgment against the traditional knowledge of teams. Can you outsmart Rohit or MSD on the field is the real question?
SuperCric, a modern-day cricket manager which will now enable Cricket fans to put on their Captain’s hat and see how each choice they make in the game has an implication on the outcome of the match. By testing their choices and gauging the possible outcomes through this tool, fantasy players have an opportunity to widen their chances of winning bigger in their fantasy games this IPL.
SuperCric is not a fantasy platform but an ideal tool for fantasy gamers that is powered by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven proprietary simulation tool that is able to predict the probability of a win for each team with an over 90% accuracy rate. In the immediate future, SuperCric aims to target every fan tuned into this year’s IPL with viewership numbers expected to be in excess of 600million people across India.
This game lets you pick your playing XI from your squad for some legendary tournaments and using only your strategic understanding of the game as a tool can you craft a winning XI or an over by over strategy of who should bowl.
As a cricket fan, you always feel some key moments should have had different decision making. Some team selections have been tricky given the opposition. And you have never had a way to validate this feeling. SuperCric is a unique simulator that lets you simulate a game and its combinations many times over. Soon the game will also let you simulate key games from a certain stage in the match allowing you to validate your judgments.
SuperCric is developed of ex-cricketer and IPL presenter Suhail Chandhok and husband-wife entrepreneurial duo of Arvind Sivdas and Dhanya Param both IIT Madras grads, who also co-own Kabaddi Adda. This platform is the Kabaddi world’s fastest-growing digital content & distribution platform which offers deep insight into the Kabaddi ecosystem with an audience over 28 million+.Suhail being an ex-cricketer and current IPL presenter himself will now take this opportunity to reflect his experience and knowledge gathered over the years in SuperCric.
A former professional sportsman hailing from 3 generations of Sport, Suhail Chandhok is currently one of India’s leading Sports Presenters & Commentators, having been the face & voice of global sporting properties such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pro Kabaddi League, Wimbledon Tennis, among several others. Chandhok played professional Cricket in Australia & the UK and enjoyed a stint with the IPL’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009 & 10.
According to Suhail Chandhok Co-Founder, SuperCric, “The gaming ecosystem is at the cusp of disruption. COVID has pushed the market to explore and embrace games faster. The data economy with more time on hand for users points to an even bigger future for the industry. Investors are recognizing this and lining up to being new genres itself into this market.”
SuperCric recently raised angel funding of an undisclosed amount from a European investor, Pontus Lemberg. They plan to launch the game and expand its user base to 10 million by the end of the upcoming cricket season.
Game visuals
Key features:
Tournaments – In this mode, users can play as their favourite team and play the whole tournament with the same team. This feature allows the user to go through the whole tournament (14 matches in the case of IPL) in a week. Moving forward we will introduce older data and so allow users to play tournaments with their favourite IPL teams from 2008 onwards. Over time new tournaments will be launched on every Saturday and be active till midnight on the following Friday.
Tournament Rewards – Much like real tournaments, awards will be given to the top teams, highest-scoring batsmen, top wicket-takers, highest sixes, most stumpings, and much more. This will allow users to think about their squads over the whole tournament and simulate the experience of having to shuffle their squads if they don’t win and stick to squads that work well.
Weekly Leaderboards – The awards will be given for the large selection of winners for every tournament. All points earned during a live tournament will contribute towards the weekly leaderboard.
MSD quotient – At Super Cric decisions determine your destiny. We created a metric called MSD quotient named after arguably World’s greatest T20 captain. This gives the user a sense of risk they are taking with every decision.
Play by Play Mode – This feature makes the pressures of being on the field more realistic. Decisions need to be made when wickets fall and after every over. Users need to plan and manage their resources wisely.
Cards – Three cards are awarded to every player who enters the tournament. Users can deploy the card to get a pitch report before the match, increase the aggression of play when required and replace one player after the toss. This will add a fun quotient to users’ experience at Super Cric.
Decision Review Screen – At the end of the match, users get machine learning-driven insights into their decisions in their match. This will help them make similar or better decisions in the following matches.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech – Our simulator is built on the back of long-dated historical data. Matchups like player ability/weakness against a specific bowler and a bowling skill type are also reflected. Also leaves flexibility for miracles as only AI can offer. The simulation also does reflect the current form of the player and will constantly keep getting updated as we receive more data in the system.
About Suhail Chandhok:
Hailing from a family of Sport & the Arts dating back three generations, and following in the footsteps of his brother, India’s Formula 1 racing sensation, Karun Chandhok, Suhail was perhaps destined for a life with sport & the camera. Chandhok played professional Cricket in Australia & the UK and enjoyed a stint with the IPL’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009 & 10. Career ending knee surgeries soon followed, however, but what also followed was a transition from the sporting field to a new world of opportunities in the world of media. What transpired was a series of short films on YouTube that translated into a pivotal film debut in the Tamil blockbuster, “Veeram” in 2014 with Ajith Kumar & Tamannah Bhatia.
A move from Madras to Mumbai in 2014 has since seen Suhail become one of India’s leading TV Presenters, Sports Commentators & Analysts. He is currently one of the country’s youngest faces & voices of sport and television, on global sporting properties such as the VIVO IPL, Pro Kabaddi League, the Hero Indian Super League Football, ICC Cricket World Cups, Wimbledon, Rio Olympics, Premier Badminton League, , the Hero Hockey India League, Celebrity Classico Football and the global FIA Formula E Series among several others. Chandhok is also an accredited Cricket Australia Biomechanics & Representative Coach and India’s first recipient of webthe Oxford & Cambridge Half Blue Award in for Sporting Excellence from the University of Adelaide, Australia, for his contribution to Cricket during his time in South Australia.
While a household name in the world of sports media today, Suhail also puts his Business & Marketing hat on as a consultant for a number of sporting ventures across the country & has been invited as a speaker / panelist on numerous platforms on topics ranging from Business & Marketing to Sport, Gaming & Fitness.
Chandhok also often anchors Live events for corporates including the likes of Adidas, Liverpool Football Club, Bayern Munich, MRF, Govt. of Australia, CII, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sport, Standard Chartered, Microsoft, JK Tyres, Puma, NUBIA Smartphones, Golf India & Business Awards, TATA Motors, GQ India, Premier Futsal, KTM Motors & STAR India among a host of others and is also an avid writer/columnist for a number of top media publications across the globe.
Suhail was India’s first recipient of the Oxford & Cambridge Half Blue Award for Sporting Excellence from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, for his contribution to Cricket.
About AnalytIQ Sports Technologies and Supercric:
AnalytIQ Sports Technologies was co-founded in 2019 by Suhail Chandhok and husband-wife duo IIM Graduate Arvind Sivdas and Dhanya Parameshwaran PhD and the lead data scientist for the team. They have teams based out of Bangalore, Mumbai & Trivandrum. The distribution channels of their first product Kabbadi Adda offers a deep insight into the Kabaddi ecosystem. Kabaddi Adda has raised seed funding from the Artha Venture Fund in Mumbai.
About Pontus Lemberg (Nordanvind Gaming):
Pontus Lemberg is known for his investments and services in gaming and comparison websites internationally. The Malta-based entrepreneur also co-owns India’s leading gaming industry-oriented news portal Glaws and the cricket-based forecasting website CricketPrediction.com
Following some steady investment from the Suning group, it has been some time since Inter lifted the title. But even Antonio Conte’s arrival did not help alleviate the fans’ expectations. However, there is hope this season – for a different reason altogether. Rivals elsewhere are not doing any better and this would be Conte’s second season. So with signings made this summer as well, can this finally be Inter’s year?
Transfer Activity
Achraf Hakimi is officially a new Inter player. Contract signed until June 2025. Real Madrid will receive €40M + €5M add ons. 🤝 #Inter#RealMadrid#transfers
Inter managed to wrap up early deals for Achraf Hakimi and Nicolo Barella from Real Madrid and Cagliari respectively. After that, they have secured Kolarov and Alexis Sanchez on a free transfer. With a deal for Arturo Vidal on the way and a Lautaro Martinez contract extension in the pipeline, things have so far been good for Inter in the transfer market – and serves a reminder that Conte has now got sufficient backing.
Strength
It is almost a huge surprise how Inter did not manage to close out the Scudetto last season. They were second in the goals scored tally with 81 in 38 games, whilst also being the best defence having conceded just 36 goals. Influential players such as Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez lead the lines in attack while there was a sense of resilience and toughness at the back. Veteran goalkeeper and captain Handanoic leads the team from the front and is a very composed figure to have in the squad.
Weakness
On closer introspection, it felt like the highs were highs and lows were very low for Inter. Despite dominating possession and creating more chances in the game, losses like Lazio and Napoli really hurt them. It does not help the cause that sometimes Inter also over-committed players forward and leave huge spaces in the defence. A well-organised team able to counter-attack, eventually then finds the goal. Inter also do not do well in pressure situations and big games – versus Juventus and Sevilla in the Europa League final this season, being classic examples.
Key Player
What a rise from the ashes it has been for Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku. Often criticized during his time at Manchester United, the striker really found a rhythm under Conte – who has long adored him. With a tally of 23 goals last season, Lukaku can play according to the situation. With a mighty presence, he has produced some powerful and unstoppable shots at times. The aim for him will be to improve that goal tally this season.
Predicted Table Finish
2nd Place: Inter have almost everything, bar the ability to finish off the hard work they do. The only thing that separates them and Juventus at the moment, is whether they can carry the confidence and go on unbeaten match streaks. Having said that, Inter have a great chance at the title this time and should make the most of it.
