Vivo APEX 2020 concept phone is set to debut next month. This time Vivo’s APEX 2020 concept phone appeared in several promotional materials. The first one gives us a tour of the device, showcasing its waterfall screen and innovative camera setup. From the small glimpse, we can see the APEX 2020 comes with a periscope capable of 5-7.5X zoom while the bottom 48MP sensor is dubbed as a gimbal camera that is rumored to offer unprecedented image stabilization.
Next up we get a clue about the phone’s wireless charging capabilities which will top up at a blazing 60W. We also get a teaser for the gimbal camera which will come with super steady micro PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom). This development should provide ultimate stabilization for images and videos as a clear step over existing optical image stabilization solutions.
Vivo has been introducing these Apex concept phones since 2018, and the first one had a nearly bezel-less screen and a half screen fingerprint sensor. The Apex 2019 variant had an in-display fingerprint scanner that worked from anywhere on the screen, and it sported a body sans the holes. The Apex 2020 is teased to be all about the display, and more details should be unveiled at launch next month.
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Realme is launching one after another smartphone in a line. This year they launched the Realme X50 Pro 5G which is India’s first-ever 5G device launched and the launch took place a few days back on 24th February, on that day CEO Madhav has declared date the next launch event of Realme. The brand is prepared to launch a Fitband and the Realme 6 series on 5th March.
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Realme 6 buyers will receive a Realme Buds 2 as a gift. This will be delivered along with the phone and Realme 6 Pro buyers will receive an Rs.1,000 off coupon on Realme Buds Wireless which will be credited to the account on 16th March.
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More notably, the Realme 6 series will pack a quad rear camera setup headlined by a 64-megapixel main camera. It will be assisted by an ultra-wide-angle shooter to let users capture a wider panorama, a telephoto lens for long-range shots, and a dedicated macro camera to click close-up photos. Realme is yet to reveal the megapixel count of the remaining sensors and even the specification or which type of sensor is used in the 64MP camera.
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Huawei has refreshed its premium MateBook X Pro as well as it’s more budget-friendly MateBook D 14 and MateBook D 15 laptops. Like its premium brother, both of the laptops have got a decent upgrade notably on the hardware front, with 10th Intel Comet Lake and also AMD Ryzen 3000U processors.
These laptops are the refreshed ones with not much difference physically and the MateBook D 14 and MateBook D 15 having 14-inch and 15.6-inch displays respectively. They feature 1920 x 1080px screens and have slightly higher weights of 1.38kg and 1.62 kg for the 14-inch and 15-inch variants, respectively.
The displays come with a screen-to-body ratio of up to 87% and an aspect ratio of 16:9 which makes it look even better. Huawei has sacrificed the webcam on the top to get the most out of the frame for the display and shifted the webcam into the keys like in the Honor MagicBook.
Also, there’s a fingerprint recognition power button that was previously only found on high-end notebooks. The 15.6-inch model has a smaller 42Wh battery while a bigger 56Wh battery goes inside the 14-inch one which gives a good overall battery life.
You can configure the laptops up to 10th Intel Core i7-10510U Comet Lake CPUs and you also get cheaper AMD options up to Ryzen 7 3700U processors. For heat dissipation, we have the latest shark fin 2.0 silent fan and there’s 65W USB-C charging support also.
If you are opting for Intel then you can get a discrete NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM while the AMD version only has the powerful Vega iGPU.
You can configure the RAM up to 8GB and SSD storage up to 512GB for the 14-inch version while the 15.6-inch version can hold an additional HDD as well. Both the laptops look similar to the MacBook Air along with a full-size backlit keyboard and a large trackpad.
Even though both the Huawei MateBook D 14 & D 15 has a premium feel to it but they are a lot cheaper as the 14-inch has a starting price tag of €699 for the Ryzen variants while the Intel variant begins at €949 since it features a discrete Nvidia MX250 GPU. The MateBook D 15 starts at €649 for the AMD models and €949 for the Intel Core i5 version coupled with MX250.
Premier League has announced its plans on Thursday regarding the launch of the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame will be introduced next month which will recognise the legends of the Premier League. They confirmed that two players will be the first inductees in the Hall of Fame.
Premier League released a statement on their official website: “Membership of the Premier League Hall of Fame will be the highest individual honour awarded to players by the League. The first two inductees to have their careers commemorated in the Premier League Hall of Fame will be revealed on Thursday 19 March.”
“The Hall of Fame will recognise and celebrate the exceptional skill and talent of players who have graced the competition since its inception in 1992”
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: “Since 1992, the Premier League has been home to world-class players who have defined generations and provided us with compelling football season after season.”
“A place in the Premier League Hall of Fame is reserved for the very best. It will be an occasion for our fans around the world to look back over the years and help us celebrate some truly exceptional playing careers.”
A shortlist will be released shortly which will allow the fans to vote for their favourite legends and include them in the Hall of Fame. The retired players who have played in the Premier League are only eligible.
The players will only be considered based on their Premier League careers. The accolades which they have won abroad or in the continental competitions and also in the old First Division won’t be taken into account for selecting a player for the Hall of Fame.
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Huawei has recently launched a lot of products and among them, Huawei has even launched its new premium range of laptops or rather upgraded from last-gen to the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2020 with the latest 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs.
There hasn’t been much change since the last-gen model in terms of design and also you have the same 13.9-inch 3K LTPS FullView display with a 91% screen-to-body ratio along with a pop-up webcam and 14.6mm sleek metal body.
The biggest change is on the hardware perspective, now you get 10th gen Intel Core processors along with discrete NVIDIA GeForce MX250 GPU but not the newer MX350 GPU and there’s the new Emerald Green colour.
1.6GHz 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10210U Processor (Turbo up to 4.2 GHz) / 1.8GHz 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10510U Processor (Turbo up to 4.9 GHz)
Intel UHD Graphics/ NVIDIA GeForce MX250 GPU
8GB / 16GB LPDDR3 2133MHz RAM
512GB / 1 TB NVMe PCIe SSD
Windows 10 Home
1MP HD pop-up webcam
A fingerprint scanner on the power button
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11ac 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC
Ports: USB-C x 2 (support data, charging and DisplayPort), USB-A 3.0 x 1, 3.5 mm headset and microphone jack x 1
Quad digital microphones and Quad speakers with Dolby Atmos support
Dimensions: 304 x 217mm x 14.6mm
Weight: 1.33kg
56Wh battery with up to 13 hours of local video playback
It’s disappointing to see Huawei using the Comet Lake CPUs rather than the Ice Lake ones, so you get options of Core i7-10510U and Core i5-10510U CPUs based on Intel’s age-old 14nm++ manufacturing process and 15W TDP.
Both of them are four hyper-threaded cores with a base frequency of 1.8 GHz for i7-10510U/ 1.6GHz for i5-10510U going up to 4.9 GHz/ 4.2 GHz with Turbo Boost respectively. Huawei gives you the option to opt for up to Nvidia GeForce MX250 discrete GPU with 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM.
The laptop has a huge battery rated at 57.4Wh which according to Huawei will last up to 13hrs which indeed is pretty good enough for a premium laptop and the whole thing weighs only 1.33 kg. It also features a full size backlit chiclet keyboard along with a fingerprint scanner on the power button.
The HUAWEI MateBook X Pro 2020 comes in four colour options: Emerald Green, Space Gray and Mystic Silver. The laptop is priced at 1499 Euros (US$ 1627 / Rs.1,17,080 approx) for the i5+16GB RAM+512GB SSD version, 1699 Euros (US$ 1844 / Rs.1,32,900 approx) for the same variant with MX250 GPU.
The top-end variant with Core i7+16GB RAM+1TBGB SSD+MX250 SSD version will cost 1999 Euros (US$ 2170 / Rs.1,56,370 approx) and the laptop will be available in Europe, Asia Pacific, Russia, Japan, Middle East and Latin America from April 2020 onwards.
Real Madrid under Zinedine Zidane were great this season. It seemed that Zizou has once again reinstated motivation in the team. Real Madrid was on course for the quadruple. They have already won the Spanish Super Cup.
But things have taken a dramatic turn recently. Real Madrid lost to Real Sociedad and got knocked out of Copa Del Rey. Two weeks ago, Madrid were leading the LaLiga table. Then a draw and a loss in the last two games saw them surrendering the lead to Barcelona.
Once again, the 13-times Champions League winner slumped to a home defeat against Manchester City in the 1st leg of the Round of 16. Real Madrid were leading in the match till the 75th-minute courtesy Isco’s goal. But a lack of concentration in the last 15 minutes saw them conceding two goals and their captain Sergio Ramos getting a red card.
It was the 26th red card of Ramos’ career and 4th in the Champions League. He has now joined Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edgar Davids on a record four red cards in the Champions League. The Real Madrid captain will miss the second leg at Etihad.
Zidane told reporters after the match: “We’re gutted to have lost, but we know the tie is over 180 minutes and no matter what happens that’s the way it is. Even if we’d won. We did the hard work scoring, and then in 10 minutes they scored two.”
“That’s football. We can’t change it. We need to focus on the positives. In a result like that there aren’t many positive things, we played well but for the last 10 or 15 minutes. Now we need to go there and win if we want to go through.”
“They are mistakes and you pay when you make mistakes. That’s it. But mistakes are a part of football and that’s the way it is. We gave everything on the pitch, we lacked 10 minutes of concentration more. It was a very physical, even game and at the end, we paid for it.”
Pep Guardiola also broke a record as his side beat Madrid. It was his 28th win in the Champions League knockout stage, moving him past Ferguson, Mourinho and Ancelotti, who all have 27 wins. Guardiola also became the manager with the most wins (10) against Madrid in all competitions in the 21st century, surpassing Ernesto Valverde and Diego Simeone.
Guardiola said: “I’m happy for the victory – the performance as well to try to play against this team with a good personality. The first 10, 15 minutes it was very difficult, but we played really good. We conceded a goal we shouldn’t have conceded.”
“After scoring we found our rhythm and we scored the second. Today we are happy but it’s still not over. For our people hopefully, we can do a good performance.”
“This club has only been to semi-final. To win at the Bernabeu is brilliant and we hope it will help us in the future to believe in ourselves.”
Pep Guardiola praised Gabriel Jesus: “There is not in the world one striker to have the intensity like Gabriel. He is so fast and so good – we decide to play without a proper striker because of the way they defend.”
“You have to make the pitch wide – they’re so aggressive and in the first minutes we suffered, but after that, we had more fluidity. Zidane is going to look at what we’ve done and will adapt for the second leg.”
He further added: “We tried to come here to win the game and we did. This is just the first part. If one team can overcome this situation, it’s this club.”
“When we were better, we conceded a goal. When they were better, we scored a goal. That’s football. I remember the quarter-final a few seasons ago at Anfield when we played incredibly well and they scored all their shots on target.”
Real Madrid’s midfield mainstay Casemiro told Movistar: “The explanation is obvious. We did 75 minutes really well and then we didn’t have any intensity, we lost control of the game, we sat back and they are a great rival, they attacked twice and scored.”
“There’s no excuse. At the weekend we’ve got a tough game against Barcelona. We need to start thinking about that.”
“If there’s one team capable of turning this around it’s Real Madrid.”
“But I think what’s important is that we played really well for 75 minutes, against a great side, and for 15 minutes we didn’t do what we had to. And they came back to win. It’s not over, but there’s a lot of work ahead.”
Real Madrid quickly need to pick themselves up as it’s El Clasico time in LaLiga. Barcelona lead Real Madrid by 2 points, so the upcoming match will probably be the title decider. They need to reassess themselves and get back to winning ways to make sure their season is kept alive.
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After much speculations regarding Apple’s offline presence in India, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has made it puclic about their own offline as well as online availability in the country. The Cupertino giant is slowly and steadily making a good progress in the world’s second largest smartphone market.
Knowing the potential of Indian smartphone market, Apple already has started making iPhones in the country, in an effort to reduce the costs so that more people can afford them. Their stratergy has paid off as the iPhone XR is now one of the best selling premium smartphones in the country and the best one in the world in 2019.
Even though Apple is creating availability for its products in India via authorised retailers and major eCommerce giants like Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm Mall but they are getting to the selling this time and the Cupertino giant has confirmed its plans.
Yesterday at its annual shareholders meeting at the Steve Jobs Theater, Tim Cook himself confirmed that Apple will open its first retail store in India in 2021. Cook has also confirmed that Apple will start selling its products on its own online store starting this year.
But you may doubt why not this year? To answer that, Tim Cook said that the company had to seek special approval for this because the Indian government wanted it to work with a partner. “We wouldn’t be a very good partner in retail. We like to do things our way,” he clarified.
This will increase the trust of the brand in the country and cut down the dominance shown by the authorised resellers and bring an end to the deep discounts provided by the eCommerce giants off lately. Also it will pave way for better economic growth and newer products for India.
It is said that Apple has chosen Mumbai’s Maker Maximity Mall in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) as the venue for its very first Indian outlet. Apple has repordely leased aroud 20,000-25,000 sq ft space for its outlet spread over three floors in the Maker Maximity Mall.
This will be the largest Apple Store in India and will be three times to that of Apple Flagship Premium Reseller’s 8000 sq.ft outlet in Mumbai which opened back in August 2019. Apple also will be planning to open 2-3 retail offline retail stores in India in the coming years.
Lenovo has already launched a bunch of ThinkPad laptops including its new ThinkPad X13 series and has got a new name like its T-series brothers. The Lenovo ThinkPad X13 is the successor to the ThinkPad X390 and the ThinkPad X395, while the ThinkPad X13 Yoga is the successor of the ThinkPad X390 Yoga.
The regular ThinkPad X13 will feature both the 10th gen Intel Comet Lake series CPUs with vPro and you’ll have AMD Ryzen Pro 4000 processor options as well, on the other hand, the convertible ThinkPad X13 Yoga will be an Intel exclusive.
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga
These laptops can be configured with an FHD 500 nit PrivacyGuard ePrivacy display with PrivacyAlert while the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga will feature up to 13.3 inch 4K UHD OLED panel with Dolby Vision.
Among other features, the Lenovo ThinkPad X13 laptop will be available with up to 32GB DDR4 RAM and the ThinkPad Yoga X13 will be available with up to 16GB DDR4 RAM. On the storage front, the normal X13 will have storage up to 1TB PCIe SSD while the X13 Yoga gives you up to 2TB PCIe SSD storage options.
Lenovo ThinkPad X13
On the battery front, the ThinkPad X13 gives up to 17.5 hours of battery life while the X13 Yoga gives 15.5 hours of battery (on the lower res panel). Then you get Windows 10 Pro pre-installed along with Backlit keyboard and up to HD+ IR webcam support.
Also, the laptops have optional CAT 9 WWAN capabilities, WiFi 6, rapid access unified communications functions keys, on-cell touch displays, fingerprint reader support with Windows Hello, Dolby Audio, RapidCharge support, Thunderbolt 3 support and much more.
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 (AMD) specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 (Intel) specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga specifications
The Intel-powered laptops do enjoy the benefit of NFC support and also the ThinkPad X13 series weighs light, only around 1.2Kg and does have Backlit keyboard as well. With the ThinkPad X13 Yoga, you also get the ThinkPad Pen Pro to increase productivity.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X13 is clearly the more affordable option, as it has a starting price tag of $849 (approx. Rs.60,888) and the X13 Yoga starts at $1099 (approx. Rs.78,798). Both of them will be available in the second quarter of 2020 along with the other ThinkPad laptops.
Lenovo has launched an entire range of new ThinkPad laptops and also updated its budget-oriented L-series of laptops along with its new T series. The new Lenovo ThinkPad L14 will replace last year’s Lenovo ThinkPad L490 and the L15 will replace the L590.
The new budget enterprise series doesn’t look that much premium as it’s targeted towards enterprise, government and education users. This is the first time ever in the history of the ThinkPad L series, that both ThinkPad L14 and L15 will feature AMD CPUs in the form of the new AMD Ryzen Pro 4000 line of processors.
All the 2020 models of ThinkPad series will include the 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake processors with vPro. All of the laptops come with Wi-Fi 6 support along with 64GB DDR4 RAM support and 1TB PCIe SSD storage. You get support for FHD IPS On-Cell touch displays with 300nits of peak brightness.
Although the L-series also offers the same business options including LTE support, mechanical docking and smartcard reader) as the more expensive T series but coming in a less expensive plastic package and being a bit thicker.
Both the Intel and Ryzen variants offer up to 11 hours of battery life which is quite impressive. Then you get Windows 10 Pro pre-installed along with Backlit keyboard and up to HD+ IR webcam support.
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 (AMD) specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 (Intel) specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad L15 (AMD) specifications
Lenovo ThinkPad L15 (Intel) specifications
Also, the laptops have optional CAT 9 WWAN capabilities, rapid access unified communications functions keys, on-cell touch displays, fingerprint reader support with Windows Hello, Dolby Audio, RapidCharge support and much more.
Both the Lenovo ThinkPad L14 and ThinkPad L15 will be available in the second quarter of 2020 along with the other ThinkPad laptops along with a starting price of $649 (Approx. Rs.46,532) which indeed is cheap, thanks to AMD.
Lenovo is expanding its ever-popular ThinkPad series of business laptops, now being equipped with even secured chips i.e. the Pro CPUs especially designed for business use. Now you get options to either choose from the 10th Gen Intel Core vPro processors or the AMD’s latest Ryzen 4000 PRO Mobile processors.
Named as the Lenovo T series you get two options of 14-inch and 15.6-inch variants. Other important features include Wi-Fi 6 and optional CAT 16 WWAN support, Wake on Voice, Dolby Audio Speaker System and more.
The ThinkPad T14 and T14 laptops are the successors to the ThinkPad T495 and ThinkPad T495s and the bigger 15.6-inch model ThinkPad T15 stays as Intel exclusive while the two smaller 14 inch T series ThinkPads will be available with AMD Ryzen Pro 4000 CPUs as well.
The Intel CPU powered new ThinkPad T series laptops are optionally available with a 4K UHD screen with Dolby Vision HDR. All the specs are given as follows:
ThinkPad T14 (AMD) specficiations
ThinkPad T14 (Intel) specficiations
ThinkPad T14s (AMD) specficiations
ThinkPad T14s (Intel) specficiations
ThinkPad T15 specficiations
All the three new T series ThinkPads will be available in the Q2 2020 and the ThinkPad T14 will be the most affordable one with a starting price of $849 (approx. Rs.60,888). The ThinkPad T14s will cost a minimum of $1,029 (approx. Rs.73,789), while the bigger ThinkPad T15 has a starting price tag of $1,079 (approx. Rs.77,364).
