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MSI Bravo 15 Gaming Laptops with Ryzen 4000 APUs launched

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In the recent days, we have seen quite a few laptops featuring the Ryzen 4000 APUs and this is expected to increase with days. So, MSI, who has been a strong partner of AMD, has released a new gaming laptop lineup name MSI Bravo with the latest Ryzen 4000H gaming processors and AMD graphics.

Asus was the first one to bring the new AMD powered gaming laptops and now MSI is here with its Bravo gaming laptops. It’s surprising to see, even though the world is struck with the coronavirus pandemic, new laptops are starting to pop up for pre-order at various online retailers.

MSI Bravo 15 Gaming Laptops with Ryzen 4000 APUs launched

Similarly, the new MSI Bravo 15 gaming laptops, which are more budget-friendly models as priced under US$1,000, are already up for pre-orders at Newegg. Even though these laptops aren’t that much fascinating as Asus but at its price, these laptops are great ‘value-for-money’ options.

The laptop features a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS display with a high 120Hz refresh rate and its Free-Sync compatible as well. The design of the laptop is quite similar to MSI’s Alpha 15 gaming laptop and also integrates with the Radeon RX 5500M discrete GPU with 4 GB of GDDR6 VRAM.

MSI Bravo 15 Gaming Laptops with Ryzen 4000 APUs launched

The more expensive variant includes the Ryzen 7 4800H, an 8-core / 16-thread APU coupled with 16 GB of DDR4-2666 RAM. On the other hand, the other model features the Ryzen 5 4600H, a 6-core / 12-thread APU coupled with 8 GB of RAM (expandable up to 64 GB via 2 slots).

MSI Bravo 15 Gaming laptop Specs

  • Display: 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 IPS-Level 120 Hz 45% NTSC Thin Bezel, Free-Sync support
  • GPU: Radeon RX 5500M 4 GB GDDR6
  • Processor: Up to AMD Ryzen 7 3rd Gen 4800H (2.90 GHz)
  • RAM: Up to 16 GB DDR4 RAM
  • Storage: 512 GB NVMe SSD
  • 720p webcam
MSI Bravo 15 Gaming Laptops with Ryzen 4000 APUs launched
  • Red backlit keyboard
  • 3-cell 51 Wh battery
  • 4.1 lbs weight
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0 + GbE jack
  • Ports: 1 x HDMI (4K @ 30Hz), 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 & dual audio jacks

The Ryzen 5 4600H powered variant is available for pre-order at $929 only, while the Ryzen 7 4800H variant is only $70 more expensive but the shipping of these laptops will start from April 29 and there is a limit of 1 laptop per account. Buy from here: MSI Bravo 15 Ryzen 7 4800H model & MSI Bravo 15 Ryzen 5 4600H model

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Xiaomi increases smartphone prices to counter 50% GST hike

It was coming, and now finally on April 1st smartphone companies have started to increase the prices of the smartphones because the goods and services tax (GST) on mobile phones was hiked from 12% to 18% in India in March. The first brand to increase the smartphone price is Xiaomi, the handset maker has announced a price hike for its entire portfolio.

This will be a huge blow for smartphone lovers because from now on you have to pay even more taxes for your new smartphones. Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain last night announced this news on Twitter.

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The caption of his tweet says – “After much deliberation & in keeping with #Xiaomi policy of maintaining <5% margin on our hardware products, we will be increasing prices of our products.”

The GST rate hike comes in effect from today and Xiaomi has now taken the necessary measures to counter the effect on its business. The main reasons for the price hike are cited in the open letter in which Jain mentions that both the GST rate hike along with depreciation in Rupee vs US Dollar rates has led to this major decision.

Xiaomi also clarified that they are determined to stick to less than 5% profit margin on all of its products. As the Chinese giant tries offer its devices at the so-called “honest prices.” So there wasn’t much choice left for Xiaomi but to increase the retail prices of its smartphones.

All the Mi, Redmi and Poco devices will get price hikes and the newer prices for some of the smartphones have already gone into effect on the e-commerce platforms. 

The new Redmi Note 9 Pro which was launched at a starting price of Rs.12,999 in March now starts at Rs.14,999 for the 4GB+64GB base variant which is damn expensive now but the Poco X2 has received a minor price hike as its Rs.15,999 starting price has been incresed Rs. 16,999 on Flipkart.

Xiaomi increases smartphone prices to counter 50% GST hike

The Redmi K20 series, on the other hand, has received a huge price hike as well. The Redmi K20 and K20 Pro now start at Rs. 21,999 and Rs. 26,999 respectively which was previously Rs.19,999 and Rs.24,999 just for the base variants.

This increased tax rate on smartphones will pose a serious danger in the economy of the country which is already is affected and getting the revenue by imposing more taxes on smartphones will affect the whole industry and all those attached to it.

Apart from Xiaomi, Oppo is rumoured to increase the smartphone prices by 5% to balance the effects of the new GST rate. Surely, the new increased GST rate will pose a negative impact on buyers and will make devices even more costly which in fact bring a huge impact towards the fast paced digital revolution in India.

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ZTE Axon 11 5G first sale goes live starting from $379

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About a week ago ZTE launched the all-new ZTE Axon 11 5G and it became available online as the first sale starts yesterday in China. The Axon 11 5G goes on its first sale CNY 2,698, which roughly translates into $379 or €344 at current conversion. As we predicted that this will be a budget-friendly smartphone with all the necessary specs.

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Specifications:

  • 6.47″ FHD+ AMOLED display
  • 64MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP rear camera
  • 20MP front camera
  • Snapdragon 765G processor
  • 6/8 GB RAM
  • 128/256GB internal storage
  • MiFavor 10 based on Android 10
  • 4,000 mAh battery
  • Quick Charge 4.0+
  • In-Display fingerprint scanner
ZTE Axon 11 5G: 6.47-inch AMOLED smartphone with Snapdragon 765G ...

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The ZTE Axon 11 5G features a 6.47-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with and waterdrop notch for the 20MP selfie camera. The panel also comes with a built-in fingerprint scanner and sports a 19.5:9 aspect ratio with a 92% screen-to-body ratio. The front display panel is curved at the sides like some top-of-the-line Samsung flagship devices. At the back the device packs in the 64MP main shooter which is accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide snapper. The other two modules are 2MP macro cam and a 2MP depth helper.

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor chipset is paired with 6/8 GB RAM and 128/256GB storage which can be expanded through the microSD slot. The 4,000 mAh battery supports Quick Charge 4.0+ for fast top-ups. The software front is covered by ZTE’s own MiFavor 10 based on Android 10.

The 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage variant is priced at CNY 2,698 (roughly$379), the 8GB + 128GB model costs up to CNY 2,998 ($422, €382), and the 8GB + 256GB the price is CNY 3,398 ($478, €433).

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Recharge your Jio number from the nearest ATM | Here is how?

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) break down in India recently the government has declared a nationwide lockdown till 14th April. Honouring the decision all the services are shut down for avoiding the gathering of people so that the chain of the virus can be broken. In this situation, Jio thought about their customers who have a monthly package and have to recharge from the local stored to keep the number active. Due to lockdown, all these kinds of recharging stores are shut down for safety purpose and people are left with no option left to recharge online.

Here Jio came up with another innovative idea, it enabled used the ATMs as their recharging centres. In their twitter post, Jio announced this innovative support with all the steps to be followed.

Here are the steps to be followed:

  1. Find the nearest ATM
  2. Insert your card in the ATM
  3. Choose “Recharge” option from the menu
  4. Enter your Mobile Number
  5. Enter your ATM pin code
  6. Enter the specific recharge amount
  7. Confirm your entry (Press ENTER)
  8. A recharged message will be displayed on the ATM machine’s screen. The specific amount will be debited from your account.
  9. You will receive a Jio Recharged message in your phone

This system will come handy for customers who believe in offline recharge. Now everyone can access this catch offered from Jio to help its customers. Just find a nearest ATM machine and you are good to go. Even it will work on those working ATM machines which do not have money in them.

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Office 365 is going to get a new name Microsoft 365 & new AI features

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Yesterday, Microsoft revealed that on the upcoming 21st April its commonly known Office 365 will become Microsoft 365. Not only the name will be new, but some extra features also will be there. The new features are already started rolling out from yesterday and will reach all the 38 million current Office 365 users by a few months.

The reason behind this change is Microsoft’s mission to “empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more”. They added new AI features, rich content and templates, and the cloud facility as well. They are basically trying to reduce the time users spend on their product finding how to do.

As per them, life and work shouldn’t interrupt each other, which is absolutely correct. They recently launched a website for families that can help to discover Microsoft tools and resources as per the need.

Along with this, Microsoft unveiled its upcoming Microsoft Family Safty app, a new feature of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Edge update. The Microsoft Edge will be able to provide more protection to the user on the web by Password Monitoring.

This new look and features will be available on the Web, on Android, iOS, and definitely on Windows. All the popular tools like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Skype, Outlook, OneDrive, etc will receive these features. Users will get more help to create, share, connect and collaborate with their friends and families for it. Microsoft of very confident about it.

Source – Microsoft Blog

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AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 sold 3x more than all of Intel’s chips put together in latest Mindfactory CPU sales data

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The German retailer’s latest sales data has been spotted online, and it seems to be a great week for AMD. Already the Red team has been dominating Intel since last year in terms of desktop CPU sales and now the latest sales figures make the thing much more humiliating for Intel.

The budget-end Ryzen 5 3600 has always been the best seller for AMD and the latest Mindfactory CPU sales show 2,030 units were sold in comparison the top seller for Intel was the Core i7-9700K with just 130 sales. Both the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Ryzen 7 3700X has topped the charts for AMD.

AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 sold 3x more than all of Intel's chips put together in latest Mindfactory CPU sales data

Team Blue got only 740 units sold for the week, whereas the Ryzen 5 3600 only managed 2,030 units and the Ryzen 7 3700X with 1,040 units. A total of 5,890 AMD CPUs were sold, equivalent to 88.84% of the share of the total sales and this is just amazing for team Red, totally shutting Intel out of the competition and now humiliating as well.

In the top 10 places of the sales data, AMD’s six Ryzen 3000 series chips occupying the top spots and all the 10 places are occupied by AMD.

The Mindfactory sales information is indicative of the fact that the CPU market as a whole is totally shifting to AMD, and even though Intel thinks to regain its spot with 10th gen Comet Lake desktop CPUs, AMD is on track with the Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs based on Zen 3 architecture.

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Huawei’s Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU launched

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At the Honor 30S launch event, Huawei announced the Kirin 820 SoC which is the successor to last year’s Kirin 810. It is the same 7nm process featuring one ARM Cortex-A76 prime core clocked at 2.36GHz along with three ARM Cortex-A76 larger core clocked at 2.22GHz.

Huawei's Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU launched

On the other hand, it uses four smaller ARM Cortex-A55 cores are clocked at 1.84GHz which handles all the daily usual tasks, overall, the SoC promises 27% CPU performance improvement compared to last-gen.

For the GPU, the SoC comes with the new ARM Mali-G57 MP6 which has a 38% gaming performance improvement over the previous generation and also supports Huawei’s Kirin Gaming+ 2.0 technology.

Huawei's Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU launched

Huawei has also upgraded the NPU with 1.33 TFLOPS computing power offering 73% improvements over last-gen. The Kirin 820 uses the same Kirin ISP 5.0 as the Kirin 990, and also supports BM3D SLR image noise reduction and video dual-domain noise reduction along with support for 4K video capture at 60fps.

Obviously, the Kirin 820 is a 5G SoC that supports 5G dual-mode, five frequencies, multi-dimensional search, such as network search, uplink / down link speed, and dual SIM experience.

Huawei's Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU launched

As per our previous leaks, the Kirin 820 is a truly powerful SoC and even though Huawei did never compare it with other chips, but there’s an AnTuTu benchmark leak. 

Huawei’s Kirin 820 delivers better CPU and GPU performance than the Snapdragon 765G and is on par with the previous generation: Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 855. Overall the SoC is a truly powerful one along with 5G support, especially being featured in mid-range devices from Honor and Huawei.

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OnePlus 8 series is coming on April 14

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OnePlus is going to unveil the most awaited OnePlus 8 series on April 14. A few weeks back we have seen that the brand ambassador of OnePlus was spotted with a new device which we guessed to be the new OnePlus 8 Pro. The official OnePlus Twitter account set the record straight as the big event will be live-streamed on YouTube and OnePlus’ official website starting at 3 PM UTC and 8:30 PM IST time. The tagline for this year is “Lead with Speed”.

The OnePlus 8 series will come with three variants namely, the Lite, normal and the Pro version. The Light version may pack in MediaTek chipset and can be called OnePlus Z. Whereas, the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro will pack in the Snapdragon 865 SoC with a 5G module. Both the devices will come with a 90Hz to 120Hz refresh rate display.

Nothing much is known about the pricing of these devices but we may see a price hike than the previous ones. The company may also launch a Smart TV with the devices that day.

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Honor Play 9A launched with dual rear camera, 5000mAh battery: Specifications and Price

Honor Play 9A is launched on 30th March with a lot of heavy specs. The device packs in the dual-rear camera, a huge 5000mAh battery at a very reasonable price. Only the 48MP camera sensor is missing in the Honor Play 9A comparing to the Honor 9X and Honor Play 3.

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Specifications:

  • Display- 6.30-inch HD+
  • Processor- MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765)
  • Front Camera- 8MP
  • Rear Camera- 13MP + 2MP
  • RAM- 4GB
  • Storage- 64GB / 128GB
  • Battery- 5000mAh
  • OS- Magic UI 3.0.1 basd on Android 10

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The Honor Play 9A features a 13MP main camera (f/1.8 aperture) that also shoots video in 1080p and a 2MP depth sensor for portrait shots. The front-facing camera is an 8MP shooter. The Honor Play 9A is powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 chipset (eight Cortex-A53 CPU cores + PowerVR GE8320 GPU). It’s hooked to 4GB of RAM and storage option between 64GB and 128GB. A standard microSD card can be placed in the dedicated slot to add up to 512GB more. The 5000mAh battery of the device can be charged by a micro USB port which supports up to 10W of charging power.

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Honor Play 9A will be offered in two different variants i.e. 4GB + 64GB and 4GB + 128GB. The 64GB version is priced at CNY 899 (roughly Rs.9,500) while the 128GB version is priced at CNY 1,199 (roughly Rs.12,700). Both variants will be available in Night Black, Blue Water Emerald, and Jasper Green colours.

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Acer’s new laptops to feature AMD Ryzen 4000U mobile processors

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The new Acer Swift 3 & Acer Aspire 5 series to feature the latest Ryzen 4000U mobile processor, will start from as low as $519

When AMD launched the Ryzen 4000U mobile processors at CES 2020, a lot of OEMs did pledge to use the new exciting APUs in their laptops and one of them included Acer as well. Acer’s Swift 3 and Aspire 5 series are the best selling laptop series for the company as they target the mid-range and budget audience respectively.

CES 2020: 7nm Zen 2 AMD Ryzen 4000U Mobile processors launched

Already from various leaked benchmarks on our site, you’ll probably know the power these new APUs posses both on the CPU as well as on the graphics front. Acer tries to provide slim laptops at attractive price points in the market with these two laptop series and it will be a just choice to upgrade both of them with the latest Ryzen processors.

These Renoir APUs draw lesser power at a TDP of 15W only, these processors provide incredible performance, thanks to AMD’s Zen 2 architecture. The 7nm goodness is prevalent when we see a much better graphical performance from the Vega iGPU even though featuring lesser CUs than last-gen.

The new Acer Swift 3 & Acer Aspire 5 series to feature the latest Ryzen 4000U mobile processor, will start from as low as $519

Acer Swift 3 

The 14-inch Swift 3 features up to a 15W Ryzen 7 4700U, with eight cores, eight threads, along with 2.0 GHz base clock speed and boost up to 4.1 GHz. The laptop is comprised of an aluminium chassis and a magnesium-aluminium lid which the company describes it as “svelte and stylish.”

It also packs up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of SSD storage and does comprise of a 1080p display with narrow bezels. The efficiency of the Ryzen 4000 processors along with Acer’s tweaks promises a massive 11.5 hours of battery life. The new Ryzen powered Acer Swift 3 series will have a starting price of $629 and will be available from April.

The new Acer Swift 3 & Acer Aspire 5 series to feature the latest Ryzen 4000U mobile processor, will start from as low as $519

Acer Aspire 5 

The Aspire 5 has always been on the budget-end and delivers extraordinary value in terms of its cheap price and incredible performance. The new 15.6-inch Aspire 5 features up to 24GB of RAM and an SSD of up to 1TB along with the 15W AMD Ryzen 5 4500U while we assume there will also be a Ryzen 3 variant as well.

If you think the Ryzen 5 4500U is weak then you are mistaken, as this time it features up to six cores and six threads along with 2.3 GHz base clock speed and boosts up to 4.0 GHz. Obviously this laptop series is intended as a budget option towards families and small businesses. The new Aspire 5’s AMD Ryzen 4000U configuration starts at $519 and will be available from June.

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