Since some smartphone brands removed 3.5mm audio jack from some of their handsets, the market of Bluetooth earphones is growing rapidly. All the manufacturers of Bluetooth earphones become more active to upgrade their products.
They need to lead in the market, after all, so the product designers are trying to design more stylish, attractive, optimized and easy to wear earphones. This designing part somewhat is dependent on the hardware parts too. Especially for small is size gadgets like TWS earphones.
TWS earbuds present elevated listening experiences for more users and the trend is rapidly expanding the mobile accessory market, creating new opportunities for device manufacturers. Samsung’s industry-first, all-in-one power management solutions optimized for TWS devices will allow manufacturers to craft new applications with greater flexibility.
Dong-ho Shin, senior vice president of System LSI marketing at Samsung Electronics
Samsung recently introduced two PMICs (Power Management Integrated Circuits) MUA01 and MUB01. The first one is designed for the charging cases and MUB01, the second one is designed for the earbuds. As per the company, these two ICs are the replacement of up to ten individual hardware components. This optimization can be responsible for longer battery life, as well as bigger battery usability.
The company is manufacturing these two ICs, MUA01, and MUB01, in mass amounts and using in recently announced Galaxy Buds+ TWS earbuds.
Facebook is in talks with Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio to buy their 10% stake according to a report in the Financial Times citing sources. The exact dealing amount is not outlined but it is said to be a multi-billion dollar deal. The report also added that aside from the social media giant Facebook, Reliance Jio was also in separate talks with Google.
Facebook and Reliance Jio had been in talks which only halted recently owing to global travel bans because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar with the matter. According to a report published in November, Jio’s valuation is somewhere between $65-70 billion (or approximately between Rs.49,43,41.25 crore and Rs 5,32367.50 crore), so a 10% stake would be somewhere between $6.5 — 7 billion (or approximately between Rs 49,434 crore and Rs 53,236 crore).
Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio has been in operation for only about four years but has overtaken other telecom operators such as Airtel and Vodafone-Idea in the number of subscribers it has. It was launched in 2015 but was available to the consumers from 2016 and it has become the largest telecom operator in India with over 370 million subscribers, and created a huge disruption in the market, offering free calls and extremely cheap data, which has continued to have lasting effects in the telecom business to this date.
More news is on the way regarding this 10% stake deal between reliance and Jio.
In today’s world, the amount of money football players get is quite a large amount. The clubs have very wealthy owners who invest a large sum of money to see their club get all the success.
In order to make their club successful, they bring in all the top players of the game. The top players come with a hefty price tag and along with that a large salary.
The players not only earn from the salaries given by their clubs but also command a very large sum of money from the advertisements and bonuses.
France Football has released the top 10 football players who earn the highest amount of money. Let’s have a look:
10. Kylian Mbappe – €27m
The 2018 World Cup winner is the youngest player to be on this list. He is just 21-years-old but has won everything in France’s domestic football and most importantly the World Cup. There’s a long way to go for this young French international and probably he will rule the football world after Ronaldo and Messi.
9. Robert Lewandowski – €29m
The Bayern Munich stalwart is one of the best No. 9 of the game. He is deadly in the opponent’s penalty box. He is the only player from the Bundesliga on this list.
8. Raheem Sterling – €33m
Sterling is one of the main attacking players for Manchester City. City had great success in the last couple of seasons and Sterling is one of the reasons for their success. The Englishman is the only player from the Premier League on this list.
7. Andres Iniesta – €34m
The 2010 World Cup winner, who scored the solitary goal in the final is still the seventh highest-paid player in the world. The 35-year-old former Barcelona man currently plays in Japan for Vissel Kobe.
6. Eden Hazard – €38m
Hazard moved to Real Madrid this season to bring the old Galactico status back in Madrid. Following the departure of Ronaldo, he is expected to lead the Real Madrid attack but his injuries haven’t allowed him to do so till now.
5. Antoine Griezmann – €38m
Barcelona bought Griezmann to partner Messi and Suarez in the attack. He had a huge pay-rise following the move. But he hasn’t quite found his feet in the Camp Nou yet.
4. Gareth Bale – €38m
Bale has gone way below Zidane’s pecking order in Real Madrid but still, he is the highest earner in Real Madrid. The fourth highest-paid player in the world has scored only 3 goals in 18 matches for Real Madrid this season.
3. Neymar – €95m
The PSG superstar hasn’t yet delivered them the Champions League but he commands a massive salary. There’s a massive €57m gap from Bale in 4th position to Neymar in 3rd.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – €118m
One of the best players of this generation definitely deserves a top 3 place on this list. The 5 time Ballon d’Or winner has moved to Juventus in 2018 after 9 very successful seasons in Real Madrid. Even at the age of 35 Ronaldo earns over €100m per-year. So, you can guess what an invaluable talent he is!
1. Lionel Messi – €131m
Everyone could have guessed who’s the No. 1 on this list. The little magician has won everything for Barcelona. The 6 time Ballon d’Or winner is regarded as the best by many. So, the best player also deserves the highest salary.
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Yesterday Vivo declared that they have suspended the launch of V19 indefinitely. Now Realme India has also declared that they are going to hold the launch of the new Narzo 10 series as well as other products due to the nationwide lockdown declared by our honorable PM yesterday.
Realme India CEO Madhav Seth has tweeted talking about the suspension of their upcoming launch events respecting the decision of nationwide lockdown made by our honorable Prime Minister. He also added that everyone’s health should be their first priority and everyone should stay at home being safe.
With respect to the announcement made by our Honourable Prime Minister yesterday, we have decided to suspend all upcoming launches including #realmeNarzo series.
Time for us to focus on our family & ourselves. Stay at home, stay safe & cooperate with local authorities. pic.twitter.com/4FmdanvgHL
Before the lockdown was announced, Realme said that it will delay the sales of the Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A in India until further notice, and will proceed to launch the Narzo 10 duo on March 26 through a pre-recorded video.
With Vivo and Realme postponing their individual launches there remains only one launch left in this month which is from Xiaomi India for the Mi 10 series. It is most likely to be postponed as well due to the nationwide lockdown and honouring the decision taken by our PM to break the chain of COVID-19 spreading.
Samsung is known to be the world’s best selling smartphone brand and it also develops its own chips but until now it was behind Apple but thanks to the sales in India and the US, Samsung has finally managed to beat Apple and become the world’s third-largest mobile chipmaker.
The South Korean giant not only makes smartphones but also it sells TVs, home appliances, smart devices, computer peripherals and much more. So, naturally, it makes a lot of money but has been subdued by Apple in the mobile chip department.
Until a few years ago, the company totally relied on other chip manufacturers like Qualcomm and MediaTek but the new Exynos chips totally changed the game for the company. It then made better Exynos chips with fast CPU and GPU that is comparable to Qualcomm and Apple chips.
It already started growing when the majority of its smartphones started using its own chips and in 2019 they even made the 7nm SoCs as well and started shipping its SoCs to companies like Motorola as well.
The latest smartphone SoC report by Counterpoint Research says that Samsung captured the third position from Apple by a minor margin. The Cupertino giant got a market share of 13.1% while Samsung managed to get 14.1% which is a narrow margin but can be expected to increase with months as Samsung ships more smartphones than Apple.
But both of them are way behind the market leader Qualcomm (33.4%) and MediaTek (24.6%). Samsung’s growth is all due to its increasing sales in both India and the US but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there’s no doubt that everyone’s sales will get affected this year.
Xiaomi has launched quite a few products yesterday and among them, Redmi Smart Display is a new device in their IoT device lineup. It is quite familiar to Lenovo Smart Display or the Amazon Echo Show with its motto to enhance the productivity of a smart speaker with a display.
So the Redmi Smart Display comes with 8-inch HD display with 178° ultra-wide viewing angle along with a built-in camera for video calls. It also features third-generation Xiao AI assistant that helps you command your assistant and does all your smart jobs like any other smart assistant.
This smart diaply as a hub to IoT products to control smart home devices such as security camera with touch screen, voice command, or even hand gestures. It also comes with built-in Bluetooth Mesh gateway to connect Bluetooth-equipped devices with just a simple click.
1.75 inch 5W full-range speaker with U-shaped bass duct
Control 2000+ smart devices with voice and touch screen
Third generation Xiao AI assistant
HD front camera
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz, Bluetooth 5.0 with support for A2DP music playback
The Redmi Smart Display 8-inch has been priced at 349 yuan (around US$ 49 / Rs.3,754) and which is quite cheap and will be available for crowdfunding on Xiaomi official channels in China from March 27th onwards.
Amazon India and Flipkart have made most of their online e-commerce product listings out of stock due to the total lockdown situation in India till 14th April.
The online e-commerce giants are closing all their less important listings from their website as the Indian Government has requested all the citizens to follow the lockdown strictly in order to break the chain of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Amazon India and Flipkart’s official landing page
Amazon India is reaching out to all their customers who have their order pending and asking then to cancel their orders and a refund is also generated if prepaid. Only a few essential commodities are available on the e-commerce site. No other unimportant commodities at this site are available right now, because Amazon is stopping most of this delivery chains all over India due to lockdown and keeping in mind the safety of all those delivery executives.
Amazon is also caring about their sellers and is helping them in every way. Amazon is also guiding its sellers all over India how to channel their business at this time of pandemic and total lockdown.
Flipkart, on the other hand, is for the first time ever in 13 years has suspended all its services in India. Needless to say here everyone in this country and as well as all over the world is fighting against a pandemic so in order to keep everyone’s’ safety at this time the total service is being suspended until further notice over the lockdown.
Apart from launching its Redmi K30 Pro series, Xiaomi did launch a new TV to be included in the entire Smart TV lineup. It has launched a humongous Smart TV with a display size of 98 inches which can even be longer than your own bed.
This is a 4K display with HDR support and this will be the next Xiaomi Smart TV after its 40-inch and 70-inch smart TV variants. Now you might think about how big is 98-inches? The official description is 13.6% larger than a single bed of 1.2 meters, flat and the size of a table tennis table.
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2
Ports: 3 x HDMI (one has ARC), 2 x USB, S/PDIF, Ethernet
Supports H.264, Real, MPEG1/2/4, etc.
2 × 8W speaker, DTS audio, Dolby Audio support
Talking of this 4K display, it covers 85% NTSC colour gamut and supports 192-partition direct-type dynamic backlight along with 140000: 1 dynamic contrast ratio. It features a 9th gen image quality engine that supports MEMC motion compensation that resolves any ghosting issues and more than 20 image quality tuning technologies.
The screen has minimal bezels and it comes with the dark black stainless steel frame of the metal drawing process. The width of the four frames remains the same just 12.8mm, and the screen-to-body ratio is as high as 98.8%.
The 98-inch Redmi Smart TV Max is powered by the new Amologic 12nm T972 chip that has been jointly developed by Xiaomi and Amlogic. The chip has four Cortex-A55 cores with up to 1.9GHz clock speed which promises 63% better performance and up to 55% improved power efficiency.
Then there’s Xiaomi’s proprietory PatchWall content engine along with Artificial Intelligence voice and Bluetooth voice remote control. It supports Dolby + DTS, 4 unit large cavity speaker design for delicate treble and punchy bass for the best audiovisual at home.
Coming to the pricing, the Redmi Smart TV MAX 98-inch has been priced at 19,999 yuan which is around US$2,832 but it is lesser, in fact, it’s 1/5 of the average price of similar-sized products on the market. It will be first sold via Xiaomi Mall and Xiaomi Home on April 9 in China, the TV will give a cinematic TV experience and gaming at home at much less price.
Opera News app is quite new in the market with respect to the other NEWS apps available right now. It got a lot of popularity over so many regions within this short time period. As there are soo many people who are using entry-level phones still now, Opera developer releases a Lite version of Opera News.
It released in the last month. The Opera News Lite is just 1.03 MB in size which helps it to fit and run smoothly on any chip. If it’s a low budget cheap with low storage capacity, it doesn’t matter. additionally, this app can also run in areas with low internet speed. So, users of this lite version will get the news any time and almost anywhere.
To reduce the connection latency, Opera is focusing on African countries by opening data centres there. The Opera News Lite app is available in more than 40 countries worldwide including India, the US, South Africa, etc. To download it from PlayStore click on this line.
Last year, Intel did launch its entire 10nm based Ice Lake lineup for laptops and we do have a number of laptops in the market with the SoC. Intel did tease the Core i7-1068G7 last year as the crown jewel of the Ice Lake series but it did never appear on any laptop or mini PCs.
The Intel Ice Lake family consists of at least 5 different Y-series CPUs and 6 different U-series CPUs. We see the highest-end variant of the U-series is the Intel Core i7-1068G7 operating at 28W TDP followed by the most commonly seen Core i7-1065G7 operating at 15W to 25W TDP.
The Core i7-1065G7 is mostly seen in ultrabooks including the Razer Blade Stealth, HP Spectre x360, and the Dell XPS 13 while the Core i7-1068G7 is seen nowhere being used. Already AMD has launched the revolutionary Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors and Intel is wary of the fact.
The Intel Core i7-1068G7 is a quad-core CPU like its brothers and has a base clock speed of 2.3GHz and a boost of up to 4.1GHz and features the same Intel Iris Plus graphics with 1.1GHz graphics frequency.
Intel is expected to make the CPU available to OEMs before the end of Q1 2020 for a launch in Q2 to give competition to the Ryzen 4000 APU laptops. Both the Ryzen 7 4700U & 4800U can be a tough competitor to Intel as the 7nm architecture plays a key role in AMD’s performance and efficiency to that to Intel 14nm process.
It is also worth noting that 28 W Core i7-1068G7 will draw more power than a Ryzen 7 4700U/ 4800U which have 15W TDP.
Obviously, Intel had no answer but cracking up the TDP to maximize the performance from the chip as they have to worthy competitor to the Ryzen 4000U mobile APUs currently until they launch their Tige Lake-U series whose availability seems questionable till now.
