PS5 console design revealed: Heres how it compares to Xbox Series X

At last night's PlayStation reveal event, Sony showed off a lot of games including some heavy hitters like Gran Turismo, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon 2: Forbidden West and many many more. But the showstopper of the event has to be the reveal of the PS5 console itself. Sony showed off two variants of the PS5 which will be available at launch - the PS5 and the PS5 Digital Edition. The only difference between the 2 is the absence of the Blu-ray drive from the Digital Edition. Although it isn’t clear whether we will be getting different storage options of the console. 

PS5 Console Design

The PS5 Console design is in line with the DualSense Controller. It has the same black and white colour scheme and from some angles looks like a router. The console has one USB-A port upfront and one USB-C port. We don't know the layout of the ports at the back of the console yet. The PS5 can be kept horizontally or vertically but it looks like the vertical stand could be a separate accessory, just like we have with the PS4. Whether you like the design or not is entirely a personal opinion, but you can’t deny the fact that it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. 

PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Design compared

We know the specs of the Xbox Series X and the PS5 and you can check out the comparison here. This one is going to be purely about design. We have seen a teardown and deep dive into the Xbox Series X, and we know that cooling is a big deal for the console. It has an industrial design, is completely black and the vents on top have a green coloured underlying sheet giving it the green halo we see in the teaser videos. It is a simple-looking console and there is nothing wrong with that. It can be kept horizontally or vertically and you don't need an external stand for that. 

The PS5, on the other hand, has a traditional rectangular design with curves instead of edges and will be available in 2 variants. One with a disk drive and one without. The one with the disc drive has more curves where the disk drive is located and the one without the disc drive is flatter. The biggest downside to the PS4’s design is that it sounds like a jet engine when playing games and Sony has said they are addressing the issue in the PS5. The PS5 can be placed both horizontally and vertically, although to place it vertically, one will need a stand. 

Considering the symmetrical design of the Xbox Series X and the rectangular one of the PS5, how it fits in the aesthetic of your entertainment centre depends on the setup. One thing to note is that the Series X will blend into a home entertainment setup considering its design but the PS5 might draw attention to itself. 

Twitter is abuzz comparing the sizes of the two consoles, and if the images reproduced on twitter are to be believed, then the PS5 may be taller than the Series X. Whether it will be wider in-depth as well is something to be seen. We would, however, suggest that you wait to see both consoles side by side before drawing conclusions as these are just mockups from images. 

Fast Simple Size Comparison #PS5 #PS4 #XboxSeriesX #XboxOneS pic.twitter.com/T8y3yPdRcO

— Ziagl (@AndreasZiagl) June 11, 2020

Sony also announced a slew of accessories alongside the PS5 and this includes a headset (possibly optimized for the PS5’s 3D audio capabilities), an HD camera, controller charging dock and a media remote control. 

There is a lot more to talk about in terms of console exclusives, services, UI, release date and above all, price. We will get to those topics in the coming days. However, one thing is certain - this is the best time to be a gamer!

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Motorola One Fusion+ to launch in India soon

Motorola One Fusion+ is set to launch in India in the coming weeks as has been confirmed by the company. The One Fusion+ was announced earlier this week on June 8 in Europe as Motorola’s mid-range offering. It is priced at EUR 299 and is available in a single variant. The One Fusion+ was earlier rumoured to launch sometime in June in India and it's likely the phone arrives before the end of the month.

The Motorola One Fusion+ features four rear cameras, a pop-up selfie camera and is powered by Snapdragon 730 chipset and 5,000mAh battery to boot. Motorola’s official Twitter handle posted a picture teasing the launch on the Motorola One Fusion+ in India. We expect to know the exact schedule of the launch in the coming weeks. Let’s take a brief look at the specifications of the Motorola One Fusion+.

Motorola One Fusion+ specifications

Motorola One Fusion+ features a 6.5-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The phone has a polycarbonate chassis and is 9.6 millimetres thin, weighing in at 210 grams.

It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 processor with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 618 GPU. This is paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage with an option to expand the storage via microSD card. Being a Motorola smartphone, it runs on Android 10 out-of-the-box with some pre-installed apps and features like Moto Actions.

The One Fusion+ comes with a quad-camera setup that uses a 64MP as it’s the primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens with 118-degree field-of-view, a 5MP macro lens and a 2MP depth sensor. There’s a 16MP pop-up selfie camera on the front housed within a motorized module. The rear cameras can shoot in 4K UHD at upto 30FPS supported by electronic image stabilization.

Motorola One Fusion+ comes fitted with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging out-of-the-box. 

The Motorola One Fusion+ is rumoured to be priced around Rs 25,600 in India by direct conversion from European price but the company could go aggressive and launch it at a lower price.

 

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Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition first impressions: A serious threat to the competition

Laptops aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Xiaomi, but as it so happens, the company has been making laptops for some time now. If you have had a friend travel to China or seen our coverage from CES, you would have seen photos of these laptops and there’s no denying that they’re good. The Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition is the company’s first laptop to be launched in India, and as per the company, it’s been designed specifically for India and is being launched in the country before anywhere else in the world. Xiaomi sent over their Made-for-India Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition for us to review. While the laptop is still under review, just two days of using it have definitely left us with some impressions

Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Specifications

The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition comes with some very impressive specs. The unit we have runs off the 10th generation Intel Core i7-10510U. This is a quad-core processor with 4 cores, 8 threads and has a base clock speed of 1.8GHz and a boost clock of 4.90GHz. Accompanying the Comet Lake processor is Nvidia’s GeForce MX350 graphics with 2GB VRAM. This is the first laptop to launch in India with this GPU. There’s 8GB of DDR4 memory clocked at 2666MHz. Last but not the least, we also get a 512GB NVMe drive, which operates at PCIe 3.0 x4. The display used by Xiaomi is a 14-inch full HD display with a matte coating. The Horizon Edition means that the display is surrounded by slim bezels on three sides, measuring a measly 3mm.

Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Special Features

The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition doesn’t feel like a laptop that’s “just been put together by using available parts.” It is a laptop that feels purpose-built. After you take the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition out of its very standard cardboard box, you realise that you’re holding a laptop that feels almost as premium as a Lenovo or Dell machine. The whole thing is made using magnesium alloy but does not give off a “MacBook” vibe, which is great. There really is no way to iterate the high quality of the build, but you can definitely see the very minimal nature of the design. There’s no branding anywhere, except the mi logo on the bottom bezel of the display and an Intel Core i7 sticker on the bottom right corner of the keyboard island. I like minimal and I’m sure you will too. The narrow bezel display is definitely appreciated, but in terms of its peak brightness and colour accuracy, that’s a matter for the in-depth review that will come later. Saving the best for last is the Nvidia GeForce MX350, which has been often claimed to almost match the performance of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. There are definitely more things to talk about, but we also want to leave some things for our longer review that comes out in a few days.

Using the Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition

While I’ve only had the Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition fore two days, I have been using it to do most of my work like writing and even light photo editing (RAW files from a Sony A7 Mark3). The laptop has been chugging along mostly just fine, without throwing any serious performance issues my way. What stands out is the incredibly thin and light design, without compromising on the rigidity of the body. However, there is one glaring omission from the laptop and that’s the webcam. Xiaomi prioritized the slim bezels on this machine, so there’s no built-in webcam. Instead, the company provides an external USB-webcam in the box which slides neatly onto the display. This is actually also quite great if you’re the paranoid kind who has his/her webcam taped up like me.

Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition First Impressions

Honestly, I was expecting a flimsy laptop, built using plastic parts. I expected the lid to have a lot of flex and the overall build to feel cheap. I have no shame in admitting how wrong I was. The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition is built extremely well. Their choice of features and specifications also allude to a well thought out machine, choosing the performance-oriented Comet Lake processor over Ice Lake. The fact that we get a 512GB NVMe drive operating at a full PCIe 3.0 x4 interface is also super impressive. You get all this at an incredibly competitive price, with Xiaomi claiming that the models that the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition competes against, coming in at the Rs 80,000-85,000 range, while this fully spec'd machine costs only Rs. 59,999. Early benchmarks of the processor do tell a favourable story, but the laptop still has a very long way to go in terms of testing. The initial impressions of the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition are highly favourable, but we will reserve our verdict on the laptop’s value proposition for our full review, which comes out June 16 2020.

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PS5 Event: Watch Trailers for 27 Games, From New Spider-Man to Gran Turismo

Sony announced over two dozen games at its PS5 event, including Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Gran Turismo 7, Resident Evil Village, Hitman 3, Horizon Forbidden West, GTA 5, and NBA 2K21.

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PS5 Design Revealed, PS5 Digital Edition Announced

We finally know what the PS5 looks like. At the end of its online PS5 event, Sony unveiled its next-generation console — the PlayStation 5 — in all its glory. Sony also announced PS5 Digital Edition, which will be available at launch and will come without the 4K Blu-ray disc drive.

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GTA 5 on PS5 in 2021, ‘Expanded and Enhanced’, With Limited Free GTA Online

GTA 5 will release on the PS5 in the second half of 2021. Additionally, a new standalone GTA Online will be available for free on the PS5 exclusively. PS4 GTA 5 owners can get $1 million in-game cash every month until launch.

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS5 Game Announced, Sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man

Spider-Man is coming to PS5. At the online PS5 event, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a launch title for the PS5 in “Holiday 2020” and the next entry in the Spider-Man series.

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