Xbox App for iOS to Soon Let You Stream Your Console's Games to Your iPhone: Report

Microsoft is reportedly developing an Xbox app update for iOS that would bring the ability to let you stream Xbox One games directly to your iPhone. The new update, which is said to debut soon for download via Apple App Store, seems to mimic the experience that Microsoft recently offered to Android devices through the last beta version of its Xbox app.

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Average selling price of smartphones globally increased in Q2 2020: Counterpoint Research

2020 has been a pretty terrible year all things considered, but it was also pretty bad for smartphone buyers. According to a report by Counterpoint Research the average selling price (ASP) of smartphones globally increased by 10% YoY in Q2 2020. This came in the face of the highest ever decline in smartphone shipments YoY at 23%. The report notes that the overall smartphone industry is expected to decline at 15% YoY. 

The report notes that prices for smartphones increased in almost all regions except in Latin America where prices decreased by 5% YoY. The APAC region, that includes India, saw an increase of 11% YoY. However, the highest increase was in China where it increased by 13% YoY. 

CounterPoint Research’s report also revealed that there was an increase in smartphone dependency during the lockdown with an increase in downloads of work from home, study at home, productivity, gaming, entertainment and other content consumption applications. 

There was also an increase in shipments of 5G smartphones. Q2 2020 saw 5G smartphones contribute 10% to total global handset shipment and 20% to the total handset revenue. Interestingly 72%of the global 5G handset revenue came from China, with a majority of the 5G smartphones released by Huawei.

In terms of global smartphone shipment revenue share, Apple got the biggest slice of the pie with 34%. Interestingly though, Huawei took the number two sport with a revenue share of 20%, more than Samsung who had a revenue share of 17%. It should be noted that Huawei is currently banned from using Android in any of its newer smartphones. The company is also tipped to unveil its new HarmonyOS soon and is expected to be available in phones from 2021 onwards.  

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PUBG Mobile Ban Said to Be Unlikely to Be Revoked Despite Tencent Licence Withdrawal

India is unlikely to revoke a ban on the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw the mobile game's publishing rights in the country from China's Tencent, a senior government official said on Friday.

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Ather 450x special edition is called Series 1 and you cant have it

Indian electric scooter manufacturer Ather today has unveiled the Ather 450x special edition, called Series 1. The company had announced the electric scooter at an even in January earlier this year and had promised that the new electric scooter would start shipping in November. At the time, the company had bet big on consumers having faith in the brand, and expected people to lock in pre-orders before even seeing the final design of the Ather 450X. Today, Tarun Mehta, CO-Founder, Ather Energy has revealed that those who pre-ordered the Ather 450X will receive a very limited edition version of the electric scooter called Series 1.

The idea behind Series 1 was to do something special for the people who pre-ordered the scooter before its official reveal. The Scooter has a custom paint job, coming in a high-gloss black finish with a red stripe placed on the side panel with the number 1 emblazoned on it. Additionally, Mehta also revealed that the company has been working hard on developing a translucent body panel for the scooter, which will be made available to owners of the Series 1 later next year. The upgrade would be handled by Ather themselves and shouldn’t be too complex.

During the reveal, the company also clarified that the Series 1 will be a very limited edition version of the Ather 450X, and will only be sold to those who had pre-ordered the scooter originally. Mehta insisted that neither the high gloss black finish nor the translucent panels will be made available later in another model. For those wondering if Series 1 will come with any performance tweaks, Mehta clarified that besides the cosmetic tweaks, there’s absolutely nothing different performance wise on the Series 1 in comparison to the Ather 450X. Besides the custom paint-job and translucent body panels, owners of Series 1 will also get 1 year of free service as well.

Mehta said that the Series 1 scooter should be available to consumers by November in some markets, and December for some others.

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Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and Mi Watch Revolve prices tipped ahead of launch on September 29

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and Mi Watch Revolve expected prices have leaked ahead of their launch on September 29 in India during the company’s Smarter Living event. The Mi Band 5 was announced back in June in China while the Mi Watch Revolve is the successor to the Mi Watch Color that was launched globally. 

As per a tweet posted by popular tipster Ishan Agarwal, the Mi Band 5 could be priced under Rs 2,999 in India and is likely to be launched at Rs 2,499 on September 29. The Mi Watch Revolve is expected to be priced under Rs 10,999 and could launch at Rs 9,999, according to Agarwal. Xiaomi is also expected to launch a new smart speaker under its IoT portfolio of devices.

Mi Band 5 MRP: INR ₹2,999 What it means: Sale price will be below this. Perhaps ₹2,499e ven? Mi Watch Revolve MRP: INR ₹10,999 What it means: Sale price will be below this. Perhaps lesser than ₹9,999? What you think? No idea about the upcoming Mi's Smart AI Speaker.

— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) September 25, 2020 Xiaomi Mi Watch Revolve features

The Mi Watch Revolve has a stainless steel casing and features 1.39-inch AMOLED screen. The Watch Revolve is equipped with a heart-rate monitoring system, sleep tracking, air pressure sensor and is certified for use by upto 5ATM waterproof levels. It comes with a 420mAh battery that Xiaomi claims can provide a 14-day backup.

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 features

Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 5 features a 1.1-inch AMOLED display which is 20% larger than the previous generation Mi Band 4. The fitness trackers come preloaded with more than 65 watch faces and can be paired with up six different coloured straps. The screen also has a one-touch button which can be used to wake up the screen, otherwise, it serves as the back button.

The Mi Smart Band 5 comes with a magnetic charging dock so users will no longer have to take out the tracker from the rubber straps to charge it up every time. The fitness tracker claims to provide 14-day battery life and can be recharged from 0-100% in under 2 hours. In battery saving mode, the tracker can last for upto 20 days on a single charge.

It features 11 professional sports modes including outdoor running, treadmill, cycling, walking, freestyle, pool swimming, elliptical, rowing machine, jump rope, indoor cycling and Yoga. The tracker is also able to monitor running and walking automatically along with data points on pacing, kilometres alerts and heart-rate alerts.

The Mi Band 5 comes with a 5 ATM certification which means that it can survive 50 meters underwater for 10 minutes easily. The fitness tracker also supports 24-hour smart heart rate monitoring by up to 50% increased accuracy and also vibrates alerting wearer of irregular heart-rate.

The Mi Band 5 also comes with 24-hour sleep monitoring which offers 40% improved accuracy over the Mi Band 4 and can monitor your sleeping patterns to create data points that will help you improve your sleeping habits. It can also come in handy for music playback, finding your phone, incoming calls, SMS alerts and more.

 

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Nokia 73 shown off in leaked renders online

Nokia 7.3 has been revealed in leaked renders that show off its design, circular camera module, quad cameras and punch-hole cutout on the front. The Nokia 7.3 is much awaited mid-range smartphone from the house of HMD Global, but there is no official word on the phone yet. Except for some chatter that indicates that the phone could launch sometime in the next couple of months. 

The renders were posted online by OnLeaks in collaboration with ipeeworld that reveals the Nokia 7.3 in its entirety along with details about the key specifications of the phone. From the images posted online, the phone has a circular camera module on the back that houses four cameras, followed by a fingerprint reader just below it. 

Here comes your first look at the #NOKIA 7.3! As usual, 360° video + gorgeous official looking 5K renders + dimensions, on behalf of new Partner @IpeeWorld -> https://t.co/TfkknG9FjM pic.twitter.com/SzVWk4IbCN

— Steve H.McFly (@OnLeaks) September 24, 2020

On the front, there’s a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner and the screen is surrounded by minimal bezels. Let’s take a look at the leaked specifications of the Nokia 7.3.

Nokia 7.3 leaked specifications

Nokia 7.3 is rumoured to feature a 6.5-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. This gives the screen a 20:9 aspect ratio with the display being HDR10 certified. The display is also topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 3 for added protection against regular drops.

The phone is made using polycarbonate shell and it measures 8.2 millimetres. The rear panel is made from glass and has a Gorilla Glass 3 protection as well.

Nokia 7.3 is expected to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G chipset with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 619 GPU. This could be paired with 6GB RAM and upto 128GB storage options to choose from. The phone also supports microSD card for storage expansion.

The Nokia 7.3 has a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 48MP camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 5MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. The rear cameras are fine-tuned by Zeiss optics and the phone can record 4K at 30FPS. On the front, there is rumoured to be a 24MP selfie camera housed within the notch.

The 7.3 has a rear-mounted fingerprint reader and is equipped with a 4,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging.

 

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Reliance Jio starts offering in-flight mobile services, prices start at Rs 499

Reliance Jio has partnered with Panasonic Avionics Corporation subsidiary, AeroMobile to allow in-flight services for JioPostpaid Plus subscribers. The company touts it as the first such service in India. Jio notes that currently, the services will be available to Indians when they travel abroad. Once the services are available in Indian airspace, All Jio customers will get access to then when on flights in India.

Mr. Akash Ambani, Director, Jio, “JioPostpaid Plus brings with it industry-defining and highest-quality user experience, and through our partnership with AeroMobile we will now offer in-flight roaming services at an attractive price. We are delighted to bring this new service to our customers, who will be able to enjoy seamless, high-quality and secure roaming at 20,000 feet, keeping every JioPostpaid Plus user connected, always.”

Costs

The services will be valid for 24 hours and will be available in three packs. The first pack is priced at Rs 499, and will offer 250M of data. The second pack is priced at Rs 699 and will offer 500MB of data. The final pack is priced at Rs 999 and will offer 1GB of data. All three packs will offer 100 minutes of outgoing calls and 100 SMSs.

How to use

In order to use one of the packs, subscribers will have to wait till the plane reaches an altitude of 20,000 feet. They will then have to turn on their smartphones and turn off Airplane Mode. Their phone will then automatically connect to the AeroMobile Network. In case this does not happen, users will have to manually select ‘AeroMoile’ by going into the carrier setting in their phone. 

Once this is done, they need to ensure that their phone allows for Data Roaming. The option for this can once again be found in Settings. Once connected, users will get a welcome message along with some relevant information. Then can then continue to use the internet. 

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