A downfall in LG’s smartphone business has left its signature “Best Shops” in South Korea with gaps in shelves. The company plans on filling these gaps with products from a rival company, Apple. This has made Samsung upset. The company claims that the plan contravenes a prior arrangement between the two South Korean tech giants.
LG’s executives are planning to close the smartphone division in the best interests of the company. But this might come with some consequences shortly. One of these concerns is with the OEM’s chain of brick-and-mortar stores in its native South Korea. These stores are known as “LG Best Shops” to its approximate translation.
Now the main purpose of these stores was to stock up LG’s laptops, accessories, and smartphones. With the future looming dark upon all these product lineups, LG plans to fill up the vacant shelf spaces with Apple products, especially the iPhones.
LG to sell iPhones in South Korean LG Best shops
LG’s Gram series are yet in production, so it isn’t easy to see the OEM stock MacBooks or Macs. However, iPhones are bound to be available in their Best Shops. According to recent reports by Korea Herald, Samsung has objected to LG’s plans.
Samsung’s Distaste in LG’s Plans
Samsung is also based in South Korea, and it runs its own Best Shop counterparts. Samsung claims that LG’s plan on stocking iPhones violates a prior agreement between the two OEMs. This agreement states that both OEMs would only stock their own brand products in their stores. This agreement would help them manage competition in the native market.
LG’s Defense
LG has defended its actions asserting that the agreement was subject to “re-negotiation” in an event where there was a major change in circumstances. Now, if LG were to proceed with its new partnership with Apple, Samsung would take a major blow in its home country. This would include a wholesale exit from the smartphone market. This hit will be exclusively in the 5G smartphone market share.
At present, Samsung is ranked 4th globally, whereas Apple firmly grips on to the 1st spot. iPhones have only had 1 generation 5G connectivity enabled models. This new sales market in South Korea would help them gain an even stronger hold by pushing Samsung back in their native country.
Blue Origin, based in Washington, is all set to launch their first-ever outer space trip where Blue Origins chief Jeff Bezos and other crew members will be a part of their maiden venture to outer space.
However, as fascinating as a trip to outer space sounds, there is also the prospect where the world’s richest man might not make it back. For an individual who has a net worth of USD 198 billion, it is nearly impossible to find insurance as the insurance companies cannot yet grasp the pros and cons of providing insurance for an outer space trip and might end up costing any company costing a fortune.
The space flight will take the crew to the end of the Earth’s atmosphere and the insurance companies are not yet confident over the probability making it back safely.
Generally space flights lift off and land in more or less the same location while generally a normal flight takes off from one location and lands onto the other giving it the characteristic of a domestic flight. This difference of nature of travel is the problem Blue Origin’s first space flight crew members will be facing when looking for insurance.
The astronauts participating in Blue Origin’s first ever space flight will receive one-day training for their flight. The objective of the space trip will be to travel till the end of Earth’s atmosphere and then return to surface. The time estimation for this mission will be around an hour.
Also last month, when a seat for the Blue Origin owned Blue Shepard’s space trip was up for sale in an auction it gathered a massive $28 million dollar price, however the identity of the person who has bought the seat has not been disclosed yet.
After 2 long years, Wimbledon is here! The latest edition starts this Monday after it was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Players including Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams are all on the cusp of tennis history. They want to add to their tally and claim the history! Tennis is all about finesse, athleticism, and tradition. Here are 10 very interesting and unique facts about Wimbledon Championships:
#1 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
10 amazing facts every Wimbledon and Tennis fan should know
Most number of Aces in Wimbledon (in a single season)
Gentlemen: 214 – John Isner (USA) in 2018
Ladies: 102 – Serena Williams (USA) in 2012
Fastest Serves (All-Time)
Gentlemen: 148mph – Taylor Dent, USA (2010)
Ladies: 129mph – Venus Williams, USA (2008)
#2 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
10 amazing facts every Wimbledon and Tennis fan should know
The prestigious Wimbledon – Slazenger Partnership dates back to the year 1902. It is the longest-standing partnership ever in the entire history of sports sponsorships. Slazenger officially supplies tennis balls to Wimbledon.
Wimbledon began using yellow balls in 1986. About 53,000 balls have been used to date. These balls are stored at 68℉. New balls are introduced after the first 7 games, and thereafter every 9 games the balls are changed. At the beginning of the day, 48 tins are taken to the Centre and No.1 Courts and 24 tins to all the outside courts.
#3 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
The “almost entirely in white” rule” was brought in in 1995. Even accessories were included in 2014. Competitors must be dressed in an all-white tennis attire from the point of entering the court premises. The decision on the suitability of a players’ clothing is at the discretion of the Referee.
#4 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
10 amazing facts every Wimbledon and Tennis fan should know
Let’s see some facts about the revered Centre Court of Wimbledon.
8 litres/second of fresh air per person is pumped in to manage the whole environment.
9 chiller units are used to cool the air.
The roof takes 10 minutes to close.
The roof is being held by 10 trusses.
It takes a maximum of 30 minutes to start/continue playing after the roof is closed. This time is needed to control and stabilize the internal environment.
The roof can be deployed/retracted against a maximum wind speed of 43mph.
Each one of the 10 trusses weighs 70 tonnes.
The span of moving roof trusses is 77 metres.
100% of the roof’s material (fabric) is recyclable.
1,200 extra seats were installed in 2008.
The combined weight of the roof is 3000 tonnes.
The area of the fully deployed roof is 5200 square metres.
7,500 Wimbledon umbrellas would be needed to cover the area that the retractable roof covers.
The maximum spectator capacity is 15000.
The total amount of conditioned air supplied to the bowl per second is 143,000 litres.
If the roof was closed, 290 million tennis balls could fit into Centre Court.
The playing height of the grass in the Championships is 8mm.
The Court grass is 100% ryegrass.
The ground’s size is 13.5 acres and including car parks is 42 acres.
#5 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
38 courts are used to conduct Wimbledon matches in total. 18 of these are Championship grass courts and the other 20 are practice courts in Aorangi Park and at Southlands College. The Electronic Line Calling system covers Centre Court Nos. 1-3 and Courts 12-18.
#6 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
Wimbledon has about 3000 catering staff serving the single largest annual sporting catering operation in Europe. Here are some interesting insights on the same.
10 amazing facts every Wimbledon and Tennis fan should know
A total of 18,061 fish and chips servings
Total of 6,147 pasta servings for competitors
Total 4,242 sushi servings for competitors
A total of 276,291 glasses of Pimm’s served
64,703 ice cream portions/sticks served in total
191,930 portions of strawberries served in total
234,416 meals have been served in total
#7 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
Let’s discuss the longest match in Wimbledon history.
The longest match was played between John Isner of the USA and Nicolas Mahut of France which lasted 11 Hours 5 Mins
This match took place in 2010 on Court 18 and was played over 3 days.
John Isner ended up beating Nicolas Mahut in probably the most interesting match: 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68
The final set lasted 8hrs and 11mins which was 1hr and 38mins longer than the previous record.
980 points were played in total out of which Mahut won 502 and Isner 478.
Isner ended up serving the most aces in a match: 113
123 balls were used in the match.
#8 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
A Harris Hawk, Rufus, has been trained by Imogen Davis of Avian Control. It visits the Club regularly to provide to make the local regions aware of a predator on the grounds. It flies for an hour on most mornings of The Championships before the gates open.
#9 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
Wimbledon is also famous for boasting the largest TV Screen located just outside the Centre & Main Courts. Thousands of tennis fans come together to watch the Wimbledon matches on this LARGE SCREEN TV. The screen is 40 sq metres in size.
#10 Wimbledon Facts & Figures
The stringing team of The Championships strings an average of over 2,000 rackets. Out of these 60% are for men and 40% for women. This is approximately over 40 miles of string.
In late December 2020, Xiaomi had announced its MIUI 12.5 at the Mi 11 launch event. After that, the company has been rolling out the 12.5 updates for the eligible devices. During this rollout time, Xiaomi has not confirmed anything whether the older devices will get the updates. But in the case of comparatively newer ones, those devices got that update in time. Now, it has been almost six months since the rollout has begun and a huge number of devices have already received the MIUI 12.5 update. At that time, a company executive of Xiaomi had mentioned an older flagship smartphone that will receive the 12.5 updates in the upcoming days.
So, the recent report says that the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G and Mi 8 Lite now get the MIUI 12.5 update. Both the smartphones are lite ones which mean those are the toned-down version of the flagship Mi 11 and Mi 8 respectively. In late March this year, the Mi 11 Lite 4G was launched with MIUI 12 based on Android 11 out of the box. So, after a couple of months f waiting, the Mi 11 Lite 4G has been launched for the Indian market this week.
Apart from these, another report is saying that Xiaomi is expected to launch its MIUI 13 update in the month of August. So, after a few months of the release, the recent smartphones from Xiaomi will also get the MIUI 13 update. But, in terms of the Mi 8 Lite, it will not receive the MIUI 13. The reason is simple, it is a fairly old model, and that’s why the MIUI 12.5 is the last UI update for the Mi 8 Lite. So, starting with MIUI 9 based on Android 8.0 Oreo, the Mi 8 Lite has received a lot of updates.
A few months ago, Redmi had launched its Redmi Note 10 series in India with a minimalistic pricing segment and decent specifications. Among the smartphones of this series, the Redmi Note 10 is the most affordable one, but unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that it will say as the most affordable. Because, it is now only three and a half months after its very first sale, and guess what, the most affordable one currently received its third price hike.
Now, let’s compare the original price of the Redmi Note 10 with the hiked prices. At the time of its debut, the device carries a price tag of ₹11,999 for its 4GB/64GB option and ₹13,999 for its 6GB/128GB option. Now, the rule is that with every price hike, the main price will get increased by Rs. 500.
So, after the first price hike, the pricing was ₹12,499 and ₹14,499 respectively for 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB options. It was the report of last April. Now, last Wednesday, the device got its second price hike by Rs. 500 and made the pricing ₹14,999 of its 6GB/128GB option. The second price hike was only for its 6GB/128GB option.
Now, coming to the latest report, the Redmi Note 10 smartphone got its third price hike today, just a few days later of its second hike. The pricing of the 4GB/64GB model has been increased by Rs. 500, so it now costs ₹12,999. So, within a few months, the pricing has been increased by ₹1,000 which is something not expected from a well-crafted smartphone manufacturer. Now, let’s hope for a price cut-down in the future from Redmi.
An OPPO smartphone with model number PFGM00 got certification from China’s TENAA and 3C at the beginning of this month. We got an idea about the appearance and certain specs of the device but we had no clue as to what oppo was going to release the device as? Today, this very handset appeared in China’s Telecom product library.
It confirmed the name of the device as oppo A93s 5G. This handset appears to feature a 6.5″ LCD FHD+ display with a punch-hole display along with an 8MP front camera.
It appears to have a triple-camera setup with a 48MP main sensor and two, 2MP sensors. The device will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC.
Oppo A93s 5G will come in 8GB RAM and 128GB storage and an 8GB and 256GB variant as well. It comes with a massive 5000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.
Oppo has provided a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for this device. The device will weigh 189g and has a thickness of 8.42mm. It will run on Android 11 out-of-the-box.
The OPPO A93s 5G will be the successor to the OPPO A93 5G which had released with snapdragon 480.
The OPPO A93s 5G will be priced at $310(23,000 INR) and $340(25,300 INR) for the 128GB and 256GB variants respectively.
Oppo came out with their Oppo Reno 6 series in China at the end of May, it consisted of three devices, the Oppo Reno 6 5G, Oppo Reno 6 Pro, and Oppo Reno 6 Pro+ 5G.
Recent reports now indicate that one of these devices will be launching in India in the coming weeks. According to Moneycontrol, Oppo Reno’s India release is just around the corner. The device is expected to release anywhere in the mid of July or towards the end.
The Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G in China had released with a 6.55″ FHD+ 90Hz curved AMOLED display, it was powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC, it had a quad-camera setup that featured a 64MP main sensor along with an 8MP ultra-wide lens and two additional sensors of 2MP for macro and depth shots. It comes with a 32MP front camera.
The device ran on Android 11 based ColorOS 11.3 and had a 4500mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging.
The upcoming Reno 6 Pro 5G will be the successor to the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G that released at the beginning of this year. It is not known if the device released in China will be the same device that will come to India. The Oppo Reno 6 Pro was priced at CNY 3499(40,226 INR) for the 8GB+128GB variant and CNY 3799(43,000 INR) for the 12GB+256GB version in China.
Earlier this month, Realme teased their foray into the tablet market with their anticipated Realme Pad, now it appears as even Vivo is looking to follow them as well. The smartphone brand has recently registered a patent for 3 new devices in China and a tablet.
Vivo registered their NEX Fold, NEX Roll, and NEX slide devices, these are their upcoming foldable series of smartphones. Vivo may release its NEX lineup at the end of the current year. Earlier reports had emerged of Vivo filing a patent for their foldable technology along with iQOO and Realme.
The names speak for themselves, unfortunately not much is known apart from this about the devices.
Vivo has also filed a patent of a Tablet at CNIPA, it appears to feature a single rear camera along with a flash and a standard front camera. Specs-wise nothing much is known about the device.
Vivo’s tablet looks similar to the Realme pad, or at least from the teasers that Realme has been giving us. The tablet will have a slim narrow-bezel display on the front, the rear camera appears to be slightly protruding.
Vivo has not yet hinted at the release of a tablet yet, but it comes as no surprise considering Vivo and Realme have the same parent company.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 has been leaked in an official render. The exclusive renders were leaked by 91Mobiles via a reliable industry source. Moreover, these leaked pictures do not just show the upcoming smartwatch up-close from all angles. They also reveal that the upcoming Samsung smartwatch will actually be called the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4.
The leaked exclusive renders reveal the official branding by Samsung on the smartwatch. Furthermore, a thing to note here is that the Watch 4 looks nothing like the Watch 3. It seems like the South Korean giant decided to take a different road for this one.
Image Credit: 91Mobiles
However, a couple of the design elements are similar to the Galaxy Watch Active 2. This hints at the company attaching the ‘Active’ moniker to its brand new smartwatch series. Additionally, the leaked renders also reveal certain key specifications of the upcoming wearable.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 specifications
Image Credit: 91Mobiles
The Galaxy Watch 4 is expected to go for a new design, which will a lot different from the current Galaxy Watch 3. We do get a circular dial but there won’t be any rounded sides. The bezels are also expected to be minimal and the side buttons’ shape is expected to change too.
This appears like the Galaxy Watch Active 2, except the Active branding will go missing. There are chances that it will happen for future smartwatches too.
Image Credit: 91Mobiles
As you can see in the leaked rendering, some of the key specifications are listed on the back of the watch. The watch is available in two sizes, 40mm and 44mm. It is water-resistant to 5ATM. In addition, the Galaxy Watch 4 is as durable as the MIL-STD 810G. It also has GPS and Gorilla Glass DX + protection. Wearables are available in eye-catching color options such as rose gold, dark green, silver and black.
Previous rumors also suggest that the new Samsung watch is likely to come with a blood oxygen monitor and a body composition monitor to help people measure body mass and muscles. The smartwatch is most likely to adopt WearOS and ditch TizenOS, marking a major change.
The company claims that the new operating system will improve wearable performance and battery life in the future. Details of the Galaxy Watch 4 will be published online before the launch event. The Galaxy Watch 4 is expected to launch on June 28, which is pretty soon. Chances are high that it will launch alone.
The Realme C11 2021 has been launched in India today without much fanfare as the brand did not organize an event to launch the budget smartphone. Instead, the company silently listed the device on its official website for the country. India isn’t the first country to get the Realme C11 2021 though. The phone was launched in Russia last month. Going by the name, the C11 2021 seems to be a successor to the first-generation Realme C11 that was launched in India in July last year. However, we aren’t sure if we can call it a successor because the C11 2021 has an inferior processor and rear camera compared to the Realme C11. Anyway, let us have a look at Realme C11 2021 price in India and its specifications.
Realme C11 2021 specifications
The Realme C11 2021 features a big 6.5-inch LCD with HD+ resolution. Additionally, there is a V-shaped notch at the top on a 60Hz refresh rate display. On the processor front, the entry-level handset is powered by the Unisoc SC9863 SoC. This chipset is paired with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. However, the company has not revealed anything about the Android version the device comes with right out of the box.
For photos and videos, the C11 2021 comes with a single 8-megapixel primary sensor. Additionally, this sensor is also paired with an LED flash and full-HD video recording capabilities. On the front, the handset features a 5-megapixel sensor for selfies and video calls.
This Realme Smartphone packs a massive 5000mAh battery along with 10W charging support. The smartphone also comes with dual SIM card slots, Bluetooth v5.0, WiFi, and a micro-USB port for charging. Additionally, the smartphone also comes with the conventional 3.5mm headphone jack. However, the smartphone does not come with a fingerprint scanner for security. So, users of the device have to fall back on pins, passwords, and patterns for security purposes.
Realme C11 2021 price and availability in India
The Realme C11 2021 price in India is Rs 6,999 for the 2GB RAM + 32GB variant, and it is the only configuration on offer. The Realme phone is currently available to purchase from Realme’s official online store. There is a Rs 200 discount on this Realme phone as an introductory offer. That brings down the price of the device to Rs 6,799. The smartphone is available in Cool Blue and Cool Grey color variants.
Realme’s this C11 2021 was initially spotted on sale in Russia and the Philippines. In the Philippines, it debuted at PHP 4,990 (roughly Rs. 7,600). To give some perspective, the original Realme C11 was launched in India last year at Rs. 7,499 for the same 2GB RAM + 32GB storage configuration. That model is, however, no longer available via the Realme.com site.
