Green Gaming: Video Game Firms Make Climate Promises at UN

Gaming is going green — and some of the biggest game companies hope players will, too.

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Google Play Pass App and Game Subscription Service Launched to Take on Apple Arcade

Google Play Pass will cost $5 a month and give subscribers access to 350 games and apps.

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Vivo U10 specifications listed online ahead of official launch

Vivo just launched the Vivo V17Pro handset in India and is gearing up to introduce a new series of smartphones in the country. Its U-series of handsets will be announced in the country on September 24, which Vivo says is aimed at the price conscious consumer. While some features of the upcoming phone were announced officially, Vivo has now revealed the handset in its entirety ahead of the launch. There is now a dedicated webpage up on the company’s website that shows off the phone’s design and the rear panel, which houses a triple rear-camera setup and comes with a waterdrop notch display design. 

Vivo U10 specifications

The Vivo U10 will come equipped with a 6.35-inch HD+ display and will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. Vivo’s choice of processor for the device suggests that it’s a mid-range handset that will most likely go up against the Xiaomi Mi A3, Oppo A9 2020 and others. It will feature up to 4GB RAM and internal memory that can be expanded up to 256GB. The phone is backed by a 5000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging and is touted to deliver up to 12 hours of video streaming from YouTube. 

In terms of optics, the Vivo U10 will come equipped with a triple rear-camera setup. It consists of an 8MP super wide angle camera, a 12MP main sensor and a 2MP depth sensor. We already know that the handset will be available via Amazon since there is a Notify Me option up on the online retailer’s platform. The Vivo U10 will be announced in Electric Blue and Thunder Black colour models. 

While we don’t know about the device’s pricing, we can expect it to be priced similarly to other Snapdragon 665 powered smartphones. However, we find out more about the device’s pricing and some additional info at the official launch, on September 24. Stay tuned to Digit.in for the latest updates.

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Asus ROG Phone II with 120Hz HDR display, Snapdragon 855 launched in India: All you need to know

Back in July, Asus launched its second gaming phone in China and has now introduced the Asus ROG Phone II in India as well. The device joins a growing list of gaming handsets and the company is aiming at mobile gamers by offering high refresh rate display, Snapdragon 855+ processor, a number of gaming accessories and more. The ROG Phone II will go up against the likes of OnePlus 7, Asus Zenfone 6Z and other upper mid-range range handsets. The company has also announced a slew of accessories for the device.

Asus ROG Phone II specifications 

Asus ROG Phone II offers an amalgam of metal and glass design with an RGB-lit ROG logo at the back. It comes equipped with a 6.59-inch AMOLED display that has a 1080 x 2340p resolution with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 10-bit HDR support. The display refresh rate can go up to 120Hz and is said to have 1ms latency, which is aimed at enhancing the gaming experience on the device. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor, and it comes in two variants, one with 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage and another with 12GB RAM and 512GB of internal space. While pricing of the latter variant is announced, it will be made available for purchase in India at a later date. 

The ROG Phone II also gets a spec bump over its predecessor in terms of camera. It comes equipped with a 48MP Quad Bayer sensor for the main camera and it is supplemented with a 13MP sensor that has 125 degree ultra-wide-angle lens. It is backed by a 6000mAh battery that supports 30W ROG HyperCharge technology, along with Quick Charge 4.0 support. On the front is a 24MP sensor. 

Alongside the ROG Phone II, Asus has announced a slew of new gaming accessories that are compatible with the handset. There’s the ROG TwinView II, which is a second 120Hz display that has a 1ms response time and its own 5000mAh battery. It charges via a Type C, features Turbo fan cooling, RGB lighting, and a 3.5mm audio jack. While it reminds us of the Nintendo DS, the TwinView II accessory can be used in games to either view a map or even play two games at once. 

Asus is also bringing its ROG Kunai gamepad to India, which offers 25-key control, features a USB Type C port and supports Bluetooth wireless connectivity. The modular controller is quite similar to the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons, which also detach from the device. Moving on, there’s the ROG Mobile Desktop Dock and Asus Professional Dock, along with the ROG AeroCooler II. 

Asus has also announced the ROG Aero Case that is TwinView II and AeroCooler II compatible. Finally, there’s the Asus Lightning Armour Case for the ROG Phone II that supports RGB customisation, and is said to offer rugged protection for the handset.  Read our first impressions of the ROG Phone II here. 

Asus ROG Phone II price, availability and launch offers

The 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant of the Asus ROG Phone II is priced at Rs 37,999. The 12GB RAM + 512GB storage variant of the handset will be made available soon at a price of Rs 59,999. The handset will be available during the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale and it will go up for sale at 12PM on September 30. The 8GB RAM variant of the device will get an 18W QC 4 charger and AeroCase in-the-box. The 12GB RAM model will come with the company’s 30W fast charger, AeroActive Cooler and an AeroCase in-the-box. 

Asus has also announced the prices of respective ROG Phone II accessories. The ROG 30W charger is priced at Rs 1,999 while the AeroActive Cooler II will be sold at Rs 3,999. The Professional Dock’s price set at Rs 5,499, and one will need to shell out Rs 2,999 for the Lightning Armour Case for the ROG Phone II. in addition, the TwinView Dock II is priced at Rs 19,999, while the Mobile Desktop Dock costs Rs 12,999. Finally, the ROG Kunai gamepad is priced at Rs 9,999. 

Those who use Axis bank debit and credit cards or ICICI credit cards to buy the ROG Phone II will get a 10 percent discount. There’s also a no-cost EMI of up to six months on the handset. 

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Oppo Reno Aces design revealed in promotional poster, confirmed to feature Snapdragon 855+ processor

It seems like Oppo is on a smartphone launching spree. It recently launched its Reno2 series of phones in India and later introduced them in China and is now gearing up to launch the Reno Ace in China. We already know a lot about the handset since Oppo, like most phone companies, keeps revealing its upcoming launches in bits and pieces. Now, the company has posted a promo image of the handset on Weibo, which confirms a few more of its features. It is now confirmed that the Oppo Reno Ace will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor. In addition, the poster reveals the design of the handset. 

As evident from the promo poster, the Oppo Reno Ace will feature a dewdrop notch display design. It comes with a display panel has a 90Hz refresh rate and it gets a 64MP sensor on the back, which will be supplemented by three other cameras. The poster also reveals a vertically stacked quad-camera setup on the back but there’s no official info on the other three sensors. On the front, the handset comes with a 16MP camera that is housed in the dewdrop notch. The poster also reiterates that the device will support 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charging technology. 

While there’s no additional information about the upcoming handset, it was recently spotted on TENAA. The listing suggests that the device is equipped with a 6.5-inch AMOLED display that supports 2400 x 1080p resolution and might be announced with 12GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. In the rear-camera department, the Oppo Reno Ace might feature a 13MP sensor with periscope zoom lens, an 8MP ultra-wide angle camera, and a 2MP sensor, alongside the 48MP main sensor. It is most likely to feature an in-display fingerprint sensor and is expected to launch running on Android 9 Pie. The handset will go official on October 10 in China. 

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Rumor: Sony may release PS5 Pro along with base PS5

Even though release of next-gen consoles like the PS5 are still about a year or two away, this hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from speculating about everything from the design to the specs of the new consoles. In the life cycle of the PS4, the PS4 Pro was released a few years after the original console. This time around, there have been rumblings that Sony will release the PS5 Pro along with the base PS5 console. This would be a big surprise as it would be an unexpected move from Sony. 

Just last year, Sony president and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida talked about the new Playstation in development and that chief architect Mark Cerny was hard at work on the next gen Playstation console. First reported on Wccftech, Zenji Nishikawa, a Japanese games journalist, claimed that Sony would be releasing the PS5 pro along with the base model. Usually, we’d take these rumors and claims with a pinch of salt, but Nishikawa has been rather accurate in the past so we’ll be waiting for more news on this development. 

He also went on to say that the new PS5 Pro will be priced at $100 to $150 more than the base PS5. To be fair, what can we truly expect from the Pro version of the PS5? The base system was already revealed to boast of 8K Tv support, SSD storage, an 8-core AMD chipset based on third generation Ryzen architecture, a GPU based on the Radeon Navi family, ray-tracing capability, an SSD storage system and backwards compatibility with PS4 games and PSVR hardware. 

Just recently, it was reported that the developer version of the PS5 was already out. A leaked image also showed off what the developer kit looked like, which was confirmed by a few game developers as well. 

We will just have to wait and see what the future holds for the PS5 and PS5 Pro. 

 

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Moto E6s is now on sale on Flipkart for Rs 7,999

If you’ve been meaning to get your hands on the new Moto E6s, here’s your chance. The Moto E6s is currently on sale on Flipkart for a price of Rs 7,999. The sale went live today at noon. Motorola’s latest entry-level smartphone is essentially a rebranded Moto E6 Plus. It offers 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage space. In addition, the Moto E6s features a dual camera setup and a fingerprint sensor on its back panel.

Motorola announced the Moto E6 Plus at IFA 2019 in Berlin earlier this year as something of a successor to the original Moto E6. The Moto E6s is basically the same phone with a slightly different name. Compared to the Moto E6, it is a slightly larger handset with a significantly larger screen. It sports narrower bezels around its 6.1-inch HD IPS LCD screen and employs a U-shaped notch to accommodate the selfie camera.

Powering the Moto E6s is a Mediatek Helio P22 chipset with up to 4GB of RAM. Internal storage goes all the way up to 64GB with a provision to expand it up to 512GB using a microSD card. There are two cameras on the back panel of the Moto E6s: a 13MP primary sensor with an f/2.0 aperture and a 2MP depth sensor. The latter sensor was not present on the original Moto E6. The selfie camera is a single 8MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, which is an upgrade over the Moto E6's 5MP unit.

The battery on the Moto E6s remains the same user-removable 3000mAh unit but is now complemented by a 10W rapid charger. At 149.7g, the Moto E6s is roughly 10g lighter than the Moto E6. The handset runs Android 9 Pie out of the box. Currently available on Flipkart for Rs 7,999, the Moto E6s is available in two colour options: Polished Graphite and Rich Cranberry.

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