The Cupertino giant has been making iPhone for almost over a decade now and finally it seems the company has reached the magic number of 1 billion active iPhone users. Apple continues to enjoy about 13-14% global market smartphone market share enjoying the third spot in the world.
Although Apple never makes any sacrifice on its iPhones, making it more costly over time, still it remains to be the most profitable smartphones, thanks to the industry high margins. Well, the 1 billion mark is not to be confused as how many of the iPhones sold rather than we have taken into account the total number of active iPhone users in the world.
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This estimate comes from Apple analyst Neil Cybart, who believes his estimate has been calculated by combining the figures of new sales as well as sales through second-hand retailers or passed down through a family. As per the analyst, Apple is adding almost 20 million to 30 million new iPhone users every year.
This more the active number of users, more will Apple’s revenue grow as people will avail Apple’s services as well as helping to drive sales of other Apple accessories including the Apple Watch and AirPods,etc. Cybart even predicts that new iPhone users may adopt to other Apple products including the iPad and Mac to sync up totally with the Apple ecosystem.
There are two latest smartphones from Google in the market: Google Pixel 5 and the Google Pixel 4a. Both of them are mid-rangers from Google, but the Pixel 4a looks more affordable. The Pixel 4a carries a price tag of around $349.99. Verizon marked that up to $379.99.
But a piece of news just came out that Google Pixel 4a currently has a pretty nice deal going on. It is nothing but an installment plan service to purchase this phone. By this plan, one can grab the Pixel 4a for just $5 per month. If we calculate this with Verizon math, it is adding up to just $119.99. It is a two-year monthly payment period.
So if you are in the US, you can easily grab this deal and it is not at all expensive, to begin with. This Google Pixel 4a is only available in just Black color and in 6GB RAM/128GB of non-expandable storage. So, if you are interested, then you should grab this deal right now. Let’s just call out the specifications of this Google Pixel 4a once again.
Google Pixel 4a features a 5.81-inch FHD+ (1,080×2,340 pixels) OLED display which is a very compact size for a smartphone but the 19.5:9 aspect ratio gives a premium look with a decent screen-to-body ratio.
The phone comes with a 12MP rear camera housed in a square camera layout with a flash. The rear camera supports HDR+ with dual exposure controls, Portrait Mode, Top Shot, Night Sight with astrophotography capabilities, and fused video stabilization. There is also optical image stabilization (OIS) to reduce the impact of usual jerks. The 8MP front camera is housed in the punch-hole cut on the display.
Pixel 4a features Snapdragon 730G and comes in both 4G and 5G variant. The phone runs on Android 11 with the latest Google Assistant configurations and all the latest google app support. The phone is available in 6GB LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB storage that can also be expanded externally via micro-SD card. The phone is powered by a 3,140mAh battery and supports 18W fast charging.
ZTE has recently launched its Yahoo themed affordable smartphone for just $49, named the ZTE Blade A3Y. Yahoo has teamed up with ZTE and has made this beautiful affordable smartphone with a combination of them. The main highlight of this phone is its low budget and in this budget, you will get everything including ad-free Yahoo Mail Pro, news, sports, weather, and unlimited mobile hotspots. Now, Let’s get into the specifications of this phone.
The ZTE Blade A3Y smartphone runs on the Android 10 OS and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6761 SoC chipset. Regarding the display, this phone offers a 5.45-inch TFT HD+ (1440 x 720 pixels) display. This phone has a rear-mounted physical fingerprint scanner.
The MT6761 SoC of this phone is paired with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The storage is expandable up to 2TB via an external microSD card. In terms of the camera specifications, this phone offers an 8MP rear camera with dual rear flash (1080p FHD (30 FPS)), and for the selfies, it has a 5MP (720p HD (30 FPS)) selfie snapper at the front.
Regarding the battery, this phone is fueled up by a 2,660 mAh Removable battery. In terms of connectivity, you will get the support of Wi-Fi b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz & 5GHz, Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type-C, 3.5mm jack, VoLTE + HD Voice, Wi-Fi Calling, and many more. In terms of dimension, this phone measures 146 mm x 71 mm x 9.7 mm and weighs around 162 grams.
Regarding the price and availability, the ZTE Blade A3Y smartphone carries a price tag of just $49.
The Red team has made some bold announcements yesterday with its new RX 6000 series graphics cards based on the RDNA 2 architecture. Their first announcement was the new Radeon RX 6800 XT which AMD had been teasing for quite sometime now.
While people including me, were quite sceptical about AMD’s graphics performance because they never really matched NVIDIA’s top-of-the-line GPUs and this time when NVIDIA almost doubled its GPU performance, we thought AMD could never match NVIDIA.
While the Big NAVI or the Radeon RX 6900 XT matches the might RTX 3090 in performance numbers, its more popular brother RX 6800 XT brings the competitor RTX 3080 to its knees costing $50 less. Well, this on paper is pretty amazing and unimaginable, but however, as per AMD’s new Radeon logo their leadership in high-end GPUs takes a new road.
Obviously here we will talk about the new RTX 3080 killer that promises to bring Ray tracing and all other shading and reflective in-game features that NVIDIA bragged until now. Previously, Dr Lisa Su told they will bring new GPUs at the right time and yes the time is 2020 when AMD goes head-to-head with NVIDIA.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT – Navi 21 XT
The Radeon RX 6800 XT will feature 72 Compute Units 4608 Stream Processors, and units will be paired along-side 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The card will feature a 256-bit memory bus and is said to have a clock speed of above 2.0 GHz. The game clock will be 2015 MHz while attaining a healthy 2250 MHz for the boost clock.
The 128MB infinity cache helps to further leverage better 4K gaming performance and being built upon 7nm process, the total board power remains 300W.
RTX 3080 gives best 4K gaming experience being the flagship gaming GPU and so you can expect the same from Radeon RX 6800 XT. As we see in the graphs, the GPU goes head to head with NVIDIA consuming low power and even without using AMD’s features like Rage Boost or Smart Access Memory.
When it comes to 1440p thing look even better for AMD as the RX 6800 XT performs better in almost all games from NVIDIA. The numbers look great on paper, however, it will be interesting to see how the GPU handles advanced features like Ray tracing and AMD’s Fidelity FX.
Both the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 will be available on shelves from November 18th onwards while the Big NAVI delayed to December 8th.
As per the reports, Apple is in the works to make its own search engine that will replace Google. As per the reason, the relation between Apple and Google isn’t that good right now. At this time, Google pays Apple between $10B and $12B a year to be the main search engine of Apple. But soon the deal will expire as Apple has reported an antitrust case against Google by the US Department as well. This the main reason behind the working on a new search engine by Apple.
It is not the first time this kind of problem arrives. That’s why Apple has been working in this search engine tech for a long time ago. Back in 2014, Applebot was first reported and right now, it has increased its rate substantially. In terms of Apple’s latest iOS 14, it’s home screen search technology has begun to link directly to websites (bypassing Google).
As of now, we do not have much information that on what type of search engine Apple is working currently, like what will be its shape or facilities. If this search engine from Apple can serve as brilliantly as Google.com, then it will a huge technological advancement by Apple. Moreover, Apple’s own assistant Siri is also there. So, the assistant will not be a problem at all.
And the last thing is privacy. If one company is making a search engine, then it should give a proper commitment to its users in terms of privacy. Keeping this in mind, Apple CEO Tim Cook once said to its customers:
“Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products. We don’t build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to advertisers. We don’t “monetize” the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud. And we don’t read your email or your messages to get information to market to you.”
As per reports, Oppo is about to introduce a new smartphone in its K series, named the Oppo K7x. This phone is set to launch on November 4 this year. Oppo has also launched the official teaser regarding this phone, which shows that the Oppo K7x will come with 5G connectivity. Though most of the specifications are not confirmed right now, we will definitely check out what are the specs we can expect from the upcoming Oppo K7x.
As per the listing on TENAA’s website, the Oppo K7x runs on the Android 10 OS and is powered by an octa-core SoC chipset (the name is unknown). Regarding the display, this phone features a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) display. This phone is expected to have an in-display or a side-mounted fingerprint scanner (not confirmed).
The octa-core SoC of this phone is paired with 6GB/8GB of RAM & 64GB/128GB/256GB of internal storage. In terms of the camera section, the TENAA listing has shown that this phone features a rectangular quad rear camera setup which includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, 8-megapixel secondary sensor, and two 2-megapixel sensors. For the selfies, this phone offers a 16MP selfie snapper at the front.
Coming to the battery part, the Oppo K7x is expected to be fueled up by a 4,910mAH battery (not sure about the fast charging support). In terms of dimension, this phone measure 162.2mm x 75.1mm x 9.1mm and weighs 194 grams.
Regarding the availability, the Oppo K7x will get launched on November 4 and will be available for sale on the Singles; Dya festival of China which will take place on November 11.
Finally, LG has launched its LG Velvet in India yesterday and the Dual Screen accessory variant is also there that features an extra screen and it looks like the LG G8X ThinQ. So, let’s get into the specifications of both the variants of the LG Velvet.
The LG Velvet runs on the Android 10 OS and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC chipset. Regarding the display, this phone offers a 6.8-inch Full HD+ POLED (1080 x 2460 Pixels) display with 395 ppi pixel density. In terms of the dual-screen, it offers an additional 6.8-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2.460 pixels) Cinema FullVision POLED display with an aspect ratio of 20.5:9.
The SD 865 SoC of this phone is paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage (expandable up to 2TB). Coming to the camera section, this phone offers a triple rear camera setup which includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens, an additional 8-megapixel secondary sensor with a wide-angle f/2.2 lens, and a 5-megapixel depth sensor with an f/2.4 lens. For the selfies, this phone sports a 16MP selfie snapper at the front. This phone has an in-display fingerprint scanner.
Now coming to the battery section, the LG Velvet is fueled up by a decent 4,000mAH battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ support. Regarding connectivity, this phone has everything such as WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Volte, NFC, and more. In terms of weight and dimension, the LG Velvet measures 167.2 mm x 74.1 mm x 7.9 mm and weighs 180 grams. This phone has IP68 and MIL-STD-810G certifications.
Coming to the pricing and availability, the 6GB/128GB single screen variant carries a price tag of Rs. 36,990 whereas the dual Screen combo is priced starting at Rs. 49,990. The LG Velvet comes in two different color variants: Aurora Silver and New Black. This phone will go on sale starting on October 30.
Acer has launched its new series of Swift and Aspire laptops in India. Among the released laptops is the Acer Swift 5, Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59), Swift 3 (SF313-53), Acer Swift 3X, and Acer Aspire 5. All of these machines are powered by the 11th generation Intel Core processors (Tiger Lake).
Acer Swift 5 (SF514-55T)
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The laptop is priced starting at Rs. 79,999. It features a 14-inch full-HD display and peak brightness of 340 nits, covers 100 percent of the sRGB color gamut, and sports 90 percent of screen to body ratio. The show has an anti-microbial Corning Gorilla Glass coating for additional protection. The machine is powered by the latest 11th-generation Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 processors along with Intel Iris Xe graphics.
Battery life will reportedly last up to 17 hours on a single charge. Ports of the laptop include USB-Type C, Thunderbolt 4, and USB3.2 Gen 2
Acer Swift 3x
The laptop is also priced at Rs. 79,999, the same as Acer Swift 5. The Swift 3x features a 14-inch full-HD IPS screen and has 72 percent of the NTSC color gamut and 84 percent screen-to-body ratio. The display, however, comes integrated with Acer ExaColor and Acer Color Intelligence that reduces eye strain. The laptop is powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core processor, accompanied by the new Intel Iris Xe MAX discrete graphics.
The machine claims a battery life of up to 17.5 hours, touting to provide 4-hours of use with just 30 minutes of charge time. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.1, 2×2 MU-MIMO, USB Type-C, Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.0, and USB 3.2 Gen 2 port.
Acer Swift 3
There are two swift three models, the SF313-53 and SF314-59, both devices are priced at Rs. 67,999. The SF313-53 features a 13.5-inch display with 2,256×1,504 pixels resolution along with 3:2 aspect ratio. The device offers a peak brightness of 400 nits and covers 100 percent of the sRGB color gamut. The device can last up to 18 hours on a single charge.
The Acer SF314-59 model, on the other hand, comes with a 14-inch full-HD display along with an 82.73 percent screen to body ratio.
Both devices are powered by the 11th-generation Intel Core i7 and Core i5 processors and integrated with the latest Intel Iris Xe graphics. Both models sport a backlit keyboard and develop up to 1TB PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSD memory. Connectivity options include Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6.
Acer Aspire 5
The Aspire 5 price starts at Rs. 54,999, and it features a 14-inch full-HD IPS display. The display is powered with Acer’s Color Intelligence and eye care technology called Acer BlueLightShield. The machine is powered by the latest 11th Gen Intel Core processors, paired along with NVIDIA GeForce MX350. Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi 6. It has up to1TB M.2 PCIe SSD along with up to 2TB HDD.
Finally, LG has launched its LG Wing in India yesterday. This LG Wing has made its global debut in October this year. But now, it is only for India. This LG Wing offers a swivel screen by which you can turn this phone into a T-shaped smartphone with two screens. So, without wasting any time, let’s get into the specifications of this phone.
The LG Wing runs on the Android 10 OS and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset. This phone offers a 6.8-inch Full HD+ POLED (1080 x 2440 Pixels) display with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio.
The SD 765G SoC of this phone is paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of internal storage. Coming to the camera section, this phone offers a triple rear camera setup which includes a 64 MP f/1.8, Wide Angle Primary Camera, 13 MP f/1.9, Wide Angle, Ultra-Wide Angle Camera, 12 MP f/2.2, Wide Angle, Ultra-Wide Angle Camera. For the selfies, this phone sports a 32MP selfie snapper at the front. This phone has an in-display fingerprint scanner.
Now coming to the battery section, the LG Wing is fueled up by a decent 4,000mAH battery. This phone has everything, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Volte, NFC, and more regarding connectivity. In terms of weight and dimension, the LG Wing measures 169.5 mm x 74.5 mm x 10.9 mm and weighs 260 grams.
Coming to the pricing and availability, the 8GB/128GB variant carries a price tag of Rs 69,990, and the 8GB/256GB variant’s availability is unknown. The LG Wing comes in two different color variants: Aurora Gray, Illusion Sky.
Matchday 2 of the Champions League played out over the course of the last two days, and the group tables have started taking shape.
As many as seven penalties were conceded on day 2 as the elite European competition played out another set of fixtures with surprises and thrills.
Results
Lokomotiv Moscow 1-2 Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Inter
Atletico Madrid 3-2 RB Salzburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2 Real Madrid
Marseille 0-3 Manchester City
FC Porto 2-0 Olympiacos
Atalanta 2-2 Ajax
Kransodar 0-4 Chelsea
Liverpool 2-0 Mitjylland
Istanbul Basaksehir 0-2 PSG
Sevilla 1-0 Rennes
Dortmund 2-0 Zenit St Petersburg
Club Brugge 1-1 Lazio
Ferencvaros 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Manchester United 5-0 RB Leipzig
Juventus 0-2 Barcelona
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2 Real Madrid
Marcus Thuram scored two goals to put the German club in the lead, and up until the 87th minute, it looked as if the foals had secured all three points. However, late goals from Benzema and Casemiro managed to save a point for Los Blancos.
Karim Benzema tells Ferland Mendy not to pass to Vinicius Jr at half-time during last night’s game between Gladbach & Real Madrid: “Brother don’t play to him. On my mother’s life. He is playing against us.” pic.twitter.com/zmpciQRgAV
Benzema was also caught up in the drama of telling Ferland Mendy that Vinicius Jr was playing for Gladbach instead. The Frenchman did not pass the ball to Vinicius once.
Marseille 0-3 Manchester City
The Cityzens managed to come away with an easy victory against Marseille, who never stood much of a chance against Pep Guardiola’s side.
Ferran Torres opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Raheem Sterling assisted a goal for Gundogan in the 76th minute and scored one himself to bury the match in favour of the Sky Blues.
Manchester United 5-0 RB Leipzig
United managed to get their first home victory of the season in glorious fashion as the Red Devils cruised to a 5-0 victory against the team at the top of the Bundesliga.
Only 2️⃣ players have come off the bench to score a hat-trick for #MUFC.
Mason Greenwood opened the scoring in the first half as he shot the ball across Gulacsi, scoring his first Champions League goal. However, Marcus Rashford was the hero of the match as he scored a hat-trick off the bench in 27 minutes. A feat that would surely make Ole Gunnar Solskjaer proud of the Englishman.
Juventus 0-2 Barcelona
It’s an absolute shame that a lot of starters were missing from Juventus. Gerard Pique’s absence went almost unnoticed as Barcelona managed to shut the opposition out while scoring two.
13 – Álvaro Morata, who has had three goals ruled out for offside tonight against Barcelona, has been caught offside 13 times in the Champions League since the start of last season – only Timo Werner (also 13) can match his tally. ÁlVARo. pic.twitter.com/C2FD1aQcZ5
Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi scored for Barcelona. Alvaro Morata could have made the scoreline read 3-2, but each and every goal was ruled out for offside. An awfully unlucky night for the Juventus striker.
