Redmi K20 Pro and Redmi K20 India Price, Realme X in India, Xiaomi Mi A3 Launch, and More Tech News This Week

Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro India launch, Realme X price in India, and Xiaomi Mi A3 debut grabbed the headlines. Everything that made the news in the world of tech over the week.

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Nokia 62 and 72 could launch in August: Report

If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then Nokia is launching two smartphones in August - the Nokia 6.2 and the Nokia 7.2. Starting with the specs of the Nokia 6.2 it is speculated that the device will be powered by the Snapdragon 660 SoC and will come with 4 and 6GB RAM variants along with 64 and 128GB storage. It is also expected to have a hybrid SIM card slot for either a second SIM or expandable storage. The smartphone is touted to have a 6.18-inch 18.7:9 IPS LCD display with a 2340×1080 pixel resolution. The rear of the smartphone is speculated to have a 48MP camera. A 3500mAh battery with support for Qualcomm quick change is expected to power the device. 

Moving to the Nokia 7.2 the smartphone is speculated to be powered by either the Snapdragon 660 SoC or the Snapdragon 710 SoC. It too will come with 4 and 6GB RAM variants along with 64 and 128GB storage. It is also expected to have a hybrid SIM card slot for either a second SIM or expandable storage. The smartphone is touted to have a 6.18-inch 18.7:9 IPS LCD display with a 2340×1080 pixel resolution. The display on the 7.2 is expected to support HDR 10. The rear of the smartphone is speculated to have a 48MP camera. A 3500mAh battery with support for Qualcomm quick change is expected to power the device. 

There is no information on the pricing of the two devices, but it is expected to be priced along the lines of the Nokia 6.1 and 7.1. 

HMD Global had a soft launch for the Nokia 9 Pureview in India. The Nokia 9 Pureview is one of Nokia’s most interesting handsets in a long time, thanks to five camera sensors on the back. The handset was under development for years. The five cameras on the phone’s back work simultaneously to capture 12.8 stops of dynamic range. The smartphone is priced at Rs 49,999 in India and you can read more about it here. 

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Google’s Stadia Controller Won’t Work Support Bluetooth Headsets at Launch

Googles Stadia controllers would not work with Bluetooth headsets at launch, and the users will have to plug in a set of wired headphones into the controller’s 3.5mm jack.

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Microsoft Cloud Growth, Surface Revenue Beat Expectations as Xbox Sales Disappoint

Microsoft on Thursday posted quarterly earnings that trounced expectations, citing growth in partnerships with companies on technology and cloud computing services.

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Marvel’s Avengers Beta to First Hit PS4, Gameplay Video Out in August — San Diego Comic-Con 2019

At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, we got another look at Marvel’s Avengers, including beta info and PS4 priority, Heroic abilities, and when gameplay footage will drop — after Gamescom in August.

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50 years after Apollo missions, Moon rocks continue to drive science

On July 20, 1969, the Eagle landed on the Moon, carrying two astronauts on board. One of the primary objectives of the mission was to return samples of Moon rocks to Earth. The two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, collected samples of lunar rock and soil, using hammers, tongs and scoops. The subsequent Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17 were also used to collect samples. In all, the missions collected over 380 kg of lunar samples, with nearly 90 kg from the Apollo 17 mission alone.  Plaques containing Moon rocks were given away to countries around the world as goodwill gestures from the then US President, Richard Nixon. India received a commemorative Moon sample plaque as well, which is at the Parliament Museum in New Delhi. Most of the samples, were however used for science.    The samples were studied and led to a better understanding of the Moon. For example, before the Apollo missions, scientists really did not know how old the Moon was. Dating the rocks and soil allowed researchers to date the Moon as 4.5 billion years ago. The current theory is that the Moon was formed from the material ejected after a body roughly the size of Mars, collided with the Earth. Researchers also figured out that the Moon had gone through a period of global melting, and that some of the material on the Moon was older than the Earth itself. Scientists also discovered a whole new set of minerals that do not exist on Earth. These understandings were possible because of the lunar samples returned from the Apollo missions.   The samples returned from the Moon also serve as unequivocal proof that the Moon missions in fact took place, and are the best evidence to debunk conspiracy theories. The process required to artificially manufacture the lunar samples is more expensive than the actual missions. Professor Trevor Ireland from ANU explains, “Any attempt to make Moon rocks in a laboratory would be a monumental failure and likely cost more money than it took NASA to get to the Moon and back. The lunar soil is like nothing we have seen before on Earth. It is the result of eons of bombardment on the surface of the Moon. The rocks have compositions that are unique to the Moon.” The recovered samples continued to be studied by researchers around the world. “That six of the missions landed on the Moon, and brought samples back to Earth, is one of the greatest achievements in history. To this day, we continue to analyse the Apollo lunar rocks and they still have surprises for us,” Ireland says.  Not all of these returned samples were studied immediately. NASA stored away some of the samples, in vacuum sealed containers. For fifty years, these samples have never been exposed to the atmosphere of the Earth. The idea was to keep the samples stored in an isolated environment, till there were more advanced technologies to better study them. Lori Glaze, acting director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division explains, “Returned samples are an investment in the future. These samples were deliberately saved so we can take advantage of today’s more advanced and sophisticated technology to answer questions we didn’t know we needed to ask”. NASA is now releasing some of these stored samples from the Apollo 17 mission to educational and research institutions, where scientists can better study them. As far as the researchers are concerned, it is as if there has been a new sample return mission to the Moon. The science based on the Apollo mission continues, even after half a century. There are still questions that need to be answered, for example researchers do not know if the Moon is still geologically active.   Each of the nine teams will study different aspects of the geology of the Moon, and understand how it evolved over time. Various research organisations associated with NASA will study how water is trapped on the Moon despite it having no atmosphere for protection, the process of space weathering, or how exposure to space affects the geology of the Moon, how prebiotic molecules such as amino acids are preserved within the lunar soil, and estimate the age of the samples by studying the amount of noble gases in them. Researchers from the University of California Berkeley will study how the lunar surface was affected by meteorite impacts. University of Arizona researchers will be studying minerals as well as water retention. Researchers from the University of New Mexico will study a special sample retrieved from what is known as a cold trap. The region from which the sample was collected from was cold enough for water to remain in a frozen state. This will be the first time that such a sample has been made available for study. Researchers from the Mount Holyoke College will study ancient volcanic activity on the Moon, with a focus on tiny glass beads associated with lunar volcanism. While NASA has announced that these samples will be made available to the research institutions, the scientists will not get their hands on them till 2020. The NASA scientists will have to first process the samples, and prepare them for the studies. During this process, the considerations are that all the teams will be able to perform the studies that they intend to, and that the samples are not contaminated by exposure. 

Sources: NASA, ANU, UNL, CU Boulder

 

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Reliance Jio surpases Airtel to become the second largest telecom operator in India

Reliance Jio has edged past Bharti Airtel to become the second largest telecom service provider in India by subscriber count. Jio disrupted the telecom industry in India when it was launched in 2016, offering cheap bundles and prompting shutdowns. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), as of the end of May, Jio had added 8.2 million users since April to end the month with 323 million wireless customers. 

TRAI’s data shows that both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost users over the month. The latter was the top operator with 387.6 million customers. In the month of May, apart from Jio, BSNL added subscribers too - about 24,276 of them. As per TRAI, Jio ended May with 322.98 million users, while Airtel had 320.38 million users, hence earning Jio the second position. 

The overall data shows Vodafone Idea has 33.36 percent of the market share, followed by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio with 27.80 percent. Bharti Airtel fell down to number three with 27.58 percent market share, followed by  BSNL and Tata Tele to round off the top-five with 9.98 percent and 0.30 percent market share, respectively.

The data also showed marginal decline in wireless subscribers from 1,162.30 million to 1,161.86 million. TRAI also revealed that as of May 31, the state-owned BSNL and MTNL had a 10.28 percent market share, whereas private operators accounted for 89.72 percent of the total cellular subscribers in the country.

Reliance Jio’s aggressive pricing strategy has brought fast internet connectivity and true unlimited voice calls to millions of users in India. The company has been a massive disruptive force in the Indian telecom market ever since it launched its commercial service back in 2016. It built up a customer base across the country by dirt-cheap recharges, super-fast 4G connections and massive data allocations from the biggest of metros to the smallest of villages.

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