The 10 Best Video Games of 2019

In a year without industry-shaking trends, this year’s best games list leans toward the titles with forward-thinking aesthetics, challenges to convention or a sheer ability to dazzle.

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Amazon launches Echo Input Portable smart speaker at Rs 4,999

It hasn’t even been a month since the launch of the wall-mountable Echo Flex and already Amazon is back with yet another smart speaker. This one’s name may sound familiar but it can do something that all the other Echo devices in Amazon’s stable can’t: work when there’s a power cut at home. Called Amazon Echo Input Portable, it’s an Amazon Alexa-powered smart speaker that comes with an inbuilt 4800mAh battery. Priced at Rs 4,999, the Echo Input Portable starts shipping from December 18 on Amazon.in—just in time for Christmas.

The Echo Input Portable is the first Echo smart speaker in India to feature an inbuilt rechargeable battery, which means you can take it with you on short outings. According to Amazon India, the 4800mAh battery inside the speaker is good for up to ten hours of continuous music playback or up to eleven hours of standby. The speaker is equipped with a 1.5-inch speaker driver and a four-microphone array. Like any other Echo device, it’s got the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant for voice commands.

“Customers in India love Alexa, and told us that they want to carry their Echo device from room to room so that they can have an uninterrupted hands-free Alexa experience,” commented Parag Gupta, Head of Amazon Devices India, on Twitter. The Echo Input Portable comes bundled with a 5W power adaptor and a microUSB cable for charging. The portable speaker appears to be no bigger than the size of a small coffee cup and weighs 448g in the hand. Unlike the third-gen Echo Dot, it does not sport a multi-colour light ring for showing activity, but it does come with a set of tiny LED lights to show battery level and Alexa’s listening status.

“For best experience, keep the device plugged in when you don't need to carry it. You know that the device is fully charged when all the 4 LEDs turn off,” Amazon advises on its product page even though the device sports a battery. Unlike the third-gen Echo Dot and the recently launched Echo Flex, the Echo Input Portable does not come with a 3.5mm jack for audio output. There are, however, the Action Button and Microphone Off button on the device’s top face. You can pre-order the Amazon Echo Input Portable from here.

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Reliance Jio Vs Airtel Vs Vodafone: Updated prepaid plans compared

The telecom industry is in a bit of a pickle as most of the major telecom players are in debt and struggling to generate revenue amidst the cutthroat competition. In order to not lose their footing in the market, the telcos have announced that they are increasing their tariff prices. Vodafone-Idea and Airtel have already unveiled their new prices and Reliance Jio has also introduced its new prepaid plan options. So, it’s high time to compare the offerings from all three telcos to get a better idea of where one can find the best-unlimited recharge options that suits their needs. 

Prepaid plans under Rs 300 

Starting with Reliance Jio, the telecom operator has three plans under this price range, both of which offer 1000 minutes of IUC free calling. The Rs 199 recharge plan by Jio comes with 1.5GB data per day, along with 100 daily free SMS's. There’s also the Rs 249 prepaid option that credits 2GB high-speed daily data, along with 100 free SMS per day. Both the recharge options by Jio come with a 28-day validity. There’s also a Rs 129 prepaid option that credits 2GB data and 1000 call minutes for 28 days.

Airtel offers three recharge options in this price range, starting with the Rs 148 prepaid plan, which credits a total of 2GB data for 28 days, along with 1000 minutes of FUP on calling and 100 daily SMS. Next up are the Rs 248 and Rs 298 prepaid options that credit 1.5GB and 2GB of data per day, along with the same 1000 minutes of FUP on calling and 100 SMS per day. These two plans come with a 28-day validity. 

Vodafone has listed three plans in this price range. The Rs 149 prepaid plan credits 2GB data with 300SMS, while there’s another option priced at Rs 249 that comes with 1.5GB data and 100 SMS per day. Another pack priced at Rs 299 credits 2GB daily data and 100SMS per day. Do note that these three Vodafone plans come with 1000 FUP minutes and are valid for 28 days. 

Prepaid plans under Rs 500 

Jio has four prepaid options in this price range with the first one priced at Rs 349. The plan credits 3GB daily data, along with 1000 call minutes, 100 daily SMS and is valid for 28 days. Then, there's Rs 399 and Rs 444 recharge plans that come with 1.5GB and 2GB of data per day, credit 2000 call minutes and have a validity of 56 days. Finally, there's Rs 329 plan that comes with 6GB data for 84 days, along with 3000 call minutes.

In this segment, Airtel has no prepaid plans but Vodafone has two options to choose from. Vodafone has a prepaid plan priced at Rs 399 that credits 3GB daily data, 1000 call minutes and 100 SMS per day for 28 days. There’s also another option priced at Rs 379 that comes with 84 days of validity and offers 6GB data at once, along with 3000 call minutes, and 1000 SMS.

Prepaid plans under Rs 700 

Jio has two plans in this price range, both of which have an 84 day validity and come with 3000 free call minutes. The Rs 555 plan comes with 1.5GB daily data, while the Rs 599 option will credit 2GB data data per day. Both the options get 100 free daily SMS options. 

Airtel has two plans in this segment, which are priced at Rs 598 and Rs 698. Both the plans offer 3000 call minutes and come with an 84 day validity. The Rs 598 plan credits 1.5GB data per day, while one will get 2GB daily high speed data with Rs 698 prepaid option. 

Coming to Vodafone, the telecom operator has two plans in this price segment and the two come with 3000 call minutes, 100 SMS per day and an 84 day validity. The Rs 599 prepaid option credits 1.5GB data per day while the Rs 699 option comes with 2GB daily high speed data. 

Prepaid plans over Rs 1,000

All telecom operators have come up with some new long-term recharge options. Jio users can go for the Rs 2,199 prepaid recharge that has a 365 day validity and credits 1.5GB per day in your account, along with 12000 call minutes. There’s also the Rs 1,299 plan that comes with 24GB data and 12,000 call minutes for 365 days. 

Airtel has two plans in this segment that feature a 365 day validity. Priced at Rs 1,498 and Rs 2,398, the plans come with 24GB and 1.5GB daily data respectively. They both offer 12000 minutes for calling users on rival network and offer 3600 and 100 daily SMS respectively. 

Vodafone also has two plans in this range that cost Rs 1,499 and Rs 2,399, and come with a 365 day validity. The Rs 1,499 prepaid option comes with 24GB of high speed data, 3600 SMS and 12000 call minutes. The Rs 2,399 plan offers 12000 minutes, 1.5GB per day and 100 daily SMS. 

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PUBG Mobile to Soon Get 90fps, True 10-Bit HDR Support; PUBG Lands on PlayStation Now

PUBG Mobile will soon get support for 90fps gaming and true 10-bit HDR support, while PUBG has arrived on PlayStation Now.

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MG officially announces ZS EV in India with 340km range

After weeks of teasing its second car launch in India, MG Motor has officially announced the ZS EV at an event in New Delhi. The MG ZS EV is an all-electric SUV with a claimed range of 340 kilometres on a single charge. Even though the British marque has not yet announced the price and availability of its new EV, it is expected to price the car at around Rs 22 lakh. This should put the ZS EV in direct competition with the Hyundai Kona all-electric SUV, which was launched earlier this year at Rs 25.30 lakh.

To make the ZS EV ownership experience hassle-free, MG Motor has tied up with multiple power solution providers (Fortum, Exicom, eChargeBays, to name a few) in India to bring as many as five different charging solutions to the ZS EV. The fastest charging option is a 50kW public charger for Fortum, which should juice up the car from near zero to 80 per cent in under an hour. The slowest charging option is the AC home/office wall charger, which should take between six and eight hours for a full charge. MG Motor hopes to set up one public charging station for every five kilometres in major cities and twenty-five kilometres in major highways.

MG Motor says the ZS EV’s 44.5 kWh lithium-ion battery is good for a driving range of up to 340 kilometres on a single charge. The IP67-rated battery pack is resistant to dust and water (up to 1 metre). The motor, which churns out 143 horsepower, can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in 8.5 seconds. In addition, the car is equipped with an inbuilt air purifier (for PM 2.5 particles) and a panoramic sunroof (MG calls it the ‘Skyroof’). The MG ZS EV’s dashboard is home to an 8-inch colour touchscreen head unit, which, in addition to delivering infotainment, displays driving data, including the amount of carbon dioxide saved after a drive.

The MG Hector was introduced in India earlier this year with MG Motor's proprietary iSMART mobile connectivity system. The system on the MG ZS EV is called iSMART EV 2.0, and it comes with a few model-specific enhancements. For example, it will show battery charging information and available driving range. The on-board infotainment unit comes with support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay along with the latest pre-loaded entertainment content. Like the unit on the MG Hector, it can receive over-the-air software updates. We expect the MG ZS EV to go on sale in January 2020 at around Rs 22 lakh. We expect to learn more about MG Motor’s new offering in the coming weeks.

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Pablo Escobars brother launches Escobar Fold 1 foldable phone starting at Rs 25,000

Foldable phones seem like the future of smartphones and many companies are jumping on the bandwagon to announce their own offerings. Royole was the first company to beat everyone to the punch and announced a foldable device called FlexPai but we know that there are other companies like Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and more that have their own devices in the works. One surprising new entrant in the field is Pablo Escobar’s brother, Roberto Escobar, who has launched the Escobar Fold 1 foldable phone via Escobar Inc, which is the official holding company for Pablo Escobar that manages the assets of the Escobar family.

Going by the statement Roberto Escobar shared with Digital Trends, it seems like the phone is to be taken seriously. "I have told many people that I would beat Apple and I will. I cut the networks and retailers, to sell to customers phones that can fold for only $349, phones which in stores cost thousands of dollars by Samsung and others. This is my goal, to beat Apple, and by doing it myself like I always have," says Roberto. The Escobar Fold 1 is priced starting at $349 (Rs 25,000 approx) and is currently the cheapest foldable phone available. 

Escobar Fold 1 specifications

In terms of specifications, the Escobar Fold 1 sports top of the line hardware as it runs on the Snapdragon 855 chipset that is paired with up to 8GB RAM and 512GB of storage. It is equipped with a 7.8-inch flexible AMOLED display that can fold outwards in half, similar to the Huawei Mate X, and has a resolution of 1920 x 1444 pixels. Equipped with a 4000mAh battery, the handset runs on Android 9 OS. 

In terms of optics, the Escobar Fold 1 comes equipped with a 16 MP f/1.8 + 20 MP f/1.8 sensor. The dual-camera configuration works both as a main camera and as a selfie camera. It sports dual LED Flash and comes with Optical Image Stabilisation. The device is carrier unlocked and touted to work anywhere in the world. The company is also providing free shipping and it can be pre-ordered from Escobar Inc's website. 

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Samsung launches The Wall, a 146-inch, 219-inch, 292-inch MicroLED displays

Samsung has launched The Wall MicroLED display that comes in a variety of sizes and ratios from 146-inch (370.8 cm) in 4K definition, 219-inch (556.3 cm) in 6K definition to 292-inch (741.7 cm) in 8K definition. The Wall comes with 0.8mm pixel pitch technology. The display has a depth less than 30mm. It comes equipped with Samsung’s AI picture enhancement, high brightness, and high contrast. 

The Wall MicroLED display has AI up-scaling, Quantum HDR technology, peak brightness of 2,000 nits and 120Hz video rate. The Wall comes equipped with Quantum Processor Flex enabled with the AI picture quality engine. The company claims it delivers optimized picture quality scene-by-scene, regardless of the original source resolution. 

Quantum Processor Flex is a machine learning-based picture quality engine that analyzes millions of image data to automatically calibrate the original low-resolution image according to the display. It can get connected to any OS through a physical HDMI input, thus, providing ease of usage to the customers.

The Wall also comes in a Professional version that is geared toward high-end businesses and retail spaces, and, like The Wall Luxury, is completely customizable.   The Wall Luxury is made for home cinema and gaming with Ambient & Entertainment Mode and has all the relevant smart TV features. It comes with a display controller. The screen is said to be able to adapt to serve different purposes, such as creating a wall-size display for multiple spaces.

The Wall Pro is geared towards high-end businesses and retail spaces, and, like The Wall Luxury, it is completely customizable. The display controller, supplied with The Wall Pro, has all relevant business features that are required by an enterprise.

The price of Samsung’s The Wall range from INR 3.5 crore to INR 12 crore (exclusive of taxes) for 146-inch, 219-inch and 292-inch variants and will be available in India from today, December 5.

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