OnePlus 7 Pro Experience Pop-Up on happen May 17 in New Delhi and on May 15 in seven Indian cities: All you need to know

OnePlus is all set to launch its OnePlus 7 lineup of handsets on May 14. The smartphone maker has been hosting pop-up events for some of its offerings and the same will be organised for the OnePlus 7 series as well. OnePlus has announced that it will host pop-up events in seven Indian cities on May 15 and a “one-of-a-kind OnePlus Experience Pop-Up” on May 17 in New Delhi. At 7 PM on May 15, the company will host regular pop-up stores in Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and Ahmedabad. Additionally, the ‘OnePlus Experience Pop-Up’ that will happen at 7 PM on May 17 at Amphitheatre, Select City Walk, New Delhi, will feature an “experiential zone” to enable consumers to check out the OnePlus 7 Pro.

Consumers will get to buy the OnePlus 7 Pro at the regular and at the Experience Pop-Up store. The company says the smartphone will be available in limited quantities but those who purchase the phone at these pop-ups could win some additional merch as well. The exclusive goodies early buyers of the phone can get includes the OnePlus Type-C Bullets earphones, which performs rather well for their price, and Netflix and Amazon Vouchers. They can also win OnePlus tote bags, OnePlus back cases, and OnePlus ‘Never Settle’ T-shirts.

As for the upcoming OnePlus 7 series, the OnePlus 7 Pro has leaked numerous times and except for the official confirmation, there’s hardly anything left to know about it. The smartphone is reported to come equipped with a 6.67-inch display that might feature a 90Hz refresh rate. It is expected to run on the Snapdragon 855 SoC and might be launched with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB of storage space versions. Almost all renders of the phone till now suggest the presence of a nearly bezel-less display and a pop-up front camera. On the back, reports suggest a triple camera setup with a 48MP + 16MP + 8P sensor configuration. 

You can read our rumour roundup of the OnePlus 7 Pro here to know almost everything that’s leaked about the phone till now. 

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Apple Releases Its Second iPhone Game Ever, Featuring Warren Buffett

Apple has launched a new iPhone game starring billionaire Warren Buffett. The game is now available as a free download on the App Store.

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Pokemon Go Celebrating Detective Pikachu’s Release With 10-Day Event: Here Are the Details

Niantic has announced a limited-time event for Pokemon Go to celebrate the release of Ryan Reynolds-starrer Detective Pikachu movie.

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'Fortnite' Competitor 'Apex Legends' Is Losing Steam, Highlighting Questions of Content and Crunch

Those latest tweaks, as well as previous patches, have reportedly come at a steep cost in terms of a gruelling work schedule for the game's developers at Epic/

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Microsoft Teases Minecraft AR Game at Build 2019, to Rival Pokemon Go

Minecraft AR will receive formal details on May 17.

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Android 9 Pie is now installed on over 10 of devices: Google

Google has updated the Android distribution numbers and the data shows that the latest stable version of Android, Android 9 Pie is installed in 10.4 percent devices. According to Google, adoption of Android Pie is ahead of schedule as compared to past releases. Android Pie was announced at Google I/O last year, and was first rolled out to Pixel devices in August. In October, the OS failed to make a cut in the distribution numbers apparently because Google does not include any versions with less than 0.1 percent distribution.

According to the company, these numbers are compiled from Android devices that accessed the Play Store during a seven-day period that ended on May 7. According to these numbers, Oreo is the most installed Android OS with a total of 28.3 percent share. It is followed by Android Nougat with 19.2 percent share and Android Marshmallow is installed on 16.9 percent of all the devices running on Android OS. Lollipop is at 14.5 percent, KitKat at 6.9 percent and Jelly Bean at 3.2 percent. Bothe Ice Cream Sandwich and Gingerbread are installed on 0.3 percent.

In related news, Google also announced an update on the total number of devices running on Android OS. During the Google I/O keynote, the company confirmed that a total of 2.5 billion devices are currently running on the platform as monthly active devices. Two years ago, 2 billion devices were reported to be running on the Android OS.

10 years and now over 2.5 billion active devices. Thanks for joining us on this journey. #io19 pic.twitter.com/wC2VcVgEBS

— Android (@Android) 7 May 2019

Last month, Google released its Android Security and Privacy 2018 Year In Review report, in which it claimed that the overall health of Android ecosystem improved as compared to last year. The company's report claimed that in the fourth quarter of 2018, 84 percent more devices received a security update as compared to the devices in the same quarter last year.

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PUBG Mobile replaced in China with a more patriotic alternative called Game for Peace

While PUBG Mobile is one of the most famous battle royale games out there, it’s faced a fair share of controversy. The game was recently banned in Iraq, along with Nepal, however, ban on it in the latter country was reversed as the supreme court said banning it would impinge on citizen’s freedom of expression. Reuters now reports that Tencent has pulled down the test version of the game from its servers in China after the country’s government rejected the game developer's appeal to monetise it. Players of the title are reportedly being migrated to another title developed by Tencent called “Game for Peace,” which received monetisation approval in April. 

The new game that PUBG players are being migrated to is described as a tactical shooter. The company says it “pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard our country’s airspace,” which is said to be a reference to the Chinese air force. The decision to shut down PUBG in China comes after the game’s developers waited for a year to get monetisation approval for the game. “With PUBG Mobile having around 70 million average daily active users in China now, we expect Game for Peace could potentially generate 8 billion yuan to 10 billion yuan ($1.18 billion to $1.48 billion) in annual revenue,” Reuter quotes China Renaissance analysts.

Banning gory games is not surprising news coming from China. Back in December 2018, a list of games banned in China surfaced on Reddit, which included multiple well-known titles like Fortnite, H1Z1, Ring of Elysium, among others. The games were apparently banned on the grounds of featuring “Blood and Gore, Vulgar content, and Overly revealing female characters.” 

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