PUBG 8.1 Update Is Live on PC and Consoles With Major Changes to Sanhok Map, Loot Truck, and More

PUBG for PC and consoles has got its 8.1 update that brings a revamped Sanhok map, a loot truck, an updated Survivor Pass, and several other gameplay improvements. The Sanhok map, which is the smallest map in PUBG, has been revamped with terrain changes, reworked areas like Ruins, Gateway (previously Docks), and Airfield (previously Mongnai), along...

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Asus ROG Phone 3 vs Lenovo Legion Phone Duel: specifications and features compared

Asus ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo Legion Phone Duel gaming smartphones were launched just hours apart from each other and are the latest gaming smartphones on the block. While its Lenovo’s debut in the mobile phone gaming segment, the ROG Phone 3 is the company’s third iteration in creating a supreme gaming phone. 

The ROG Phone 3 and Legion Phone Duel are the first two phones to come out packing the latest Snapdragon 865 Plus chip under the hood and features a ton of customizations under the hood to deliver a smooth mobile gaming experience. As both the phones go up against each other, we thought of looking at the differences between the ROG Phone 3 and Legion Phone Duel. So here’s a specification-based comparison between the ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo’s Legion Phone Duel.

Asus ROG Phone 3 vs Lenovo Legion Phone Duel: Design and Display

Both the ROG Phone 3 and Legion Phone Duel are built using a combination of metal and glass sandwiched together neatly. The ROG Phone 3 measures 9.9 millimetres in thickness and weighs 240 grams while the Legion gaming phone is also 9.9 millimetres at its thickest point and weighs 239 grams. 

The two phones are equipped with RGB lighting on the rear panel under the logos and the colours can be customised from a pre-installed app. The phones don’t come with 3.5mm audio jack but have two USB Type-C ports, one for charging and other for attaching accessories. 

The ROG Phone 3 features a 6.59-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED screen with a 144Hz high-refresh-rate and is HDR10+ certified as well. Lenovo’s Legion gaming phone, on the other hand, comes with the same 6.59-inch Full HD+ display with 144Hz refresh rate. The screen on the ROG Phone 3 is topped by a layer of Gorilla Glass 6 for added protection but the Legion Phone Duel misses out on any kind of additional protection.

Overall, both the phones have more or less similar display sizes but the design is a differentiating part. While the Asus ROG Phone 3 goes for a more elegant and clean look, the Legion Phone Duel has two distinct patterns on the rear panel with the Legion logo in between which screams “gaming” from the get-go.

Asus ROG Phone 3 vs Lenovo Legion Phone Duel: Under the Hood

Both the phones are powered by Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset which is the most powerful processor offered by Qualcomm and are paired with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage options. The Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset comes with an overclocked octa-core CPU that is capable of running at 3.1GHz clock speeds and up to 10 percent faster graphics performance. It also comes with a host of Snapdragon Elite Gaming features like support for HDR gameplay, high-refresh rates and more.

While we cannot really determine the actual real-life performance of both the devices just yet, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chip that lies at the heart of both the phones are capable of powering through any and all graphic-intensive games. The ROG Phone 3 runs on the ROG UI which is based on Android 10 while the Legion Phone Duel runs on LegionOS out-of-the-box. 

The gaming experience between both the phones is different on the basis of the optimizations in place to improve the performance of the phone while gaming for long hours at a stretch. 

The ROG Phone 3 features a dedicated Aerodynamic cooling system which ensures faster and efficient heat dissipation but the Legion Phone Duel doesn’t come with any such cooling system. Instead, the battery on the Legion Phone Duel is designed with a dual-cell placement for faster heat dissipation.

We will be testing out the ROG Phone 3 in detail for our full review and the Legion Phone Duel for when it arrives in India sometime later this year. 

Asus ROG Phone 3 vs Lenovo Legion Phone Duel: Cameras

Asus ROG Phone 3 comes with a triple camera setup that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 125-degree field-of-view and a 5MP macro camera. On the front, there is a 24MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.  The rear cameras are capable of recording in 8K UHD at 30FPS and 4K UHD at up to 60FPS with support for OIS and EIS.

The Lenovo Legion Phone Duel has a dual-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture and a 16MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field-of-view. It has a selfie camera on the front but it is side-mounted in a pop-up mechanism. 

We will be testing out the cameras on both the phones in detail for our review and will be sure to pit it against the Legion Phone Duel when it launches in India.

Asus ROG Phone 3 vs Lenovo Legion Phone Duel: Battery

Asus ROG Phone 3 comes equipped with a 6,000mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging out-of-the-box while the Legion Phone Duel comes with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 90W fast charging. However, on the Legion Phone Duel, the user will have to simultaneously plug-in two Type-C to achieve 90W fast charging.

 

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Asus ROG Phone 3 With Snapdragon 865+ SoC, 6,000mAh Battery Launched: Price in India, Specifications

Asus ROG Phone 3 has been launched as the company’s latest gaming smartphone. The new model has almost the same dimensions of last year’s Asus ROG Phone 2.

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Asus ROG Phone 3 with Snapdragon 865 Plus and 6,000mAh battery launched in India: price, specifications and features

Asus ROG Phone 3 has launched in India as the successor to the ROG Phone 2 gaming smartphone with the latest flagship-level internals and a familiar design. Just hours back, Lenovo unveiled its Legion Phone Duel gaming smartphone and now with the ROG Phone 3, there’s another contender on the block.

Being a gaming phone for 2020, the ROG Phone 3 comes with all the latest bells and whistles you would normally expect on a premium gaming smartphone. It’s got RGB lighting, a familiar but polished design, state-of-the-art processor to drive home an exceptional gaming performance and a high-density battery that will last hours during your gaming sessions.

Asus ROG Phone 3 price and availability

Asus ROG Phone 3 is priced starting at Rs 49,999 in India for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The maxed-out variant with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at Rs 57,999. Asus ROG Phone 3 goes on sale for the first time on August 6 on Flipkart.

Asus has also announced a couple of accessories for the ROG Phone 3 that includes the ROG Kunai 3 gamepad priced at Rs 9,999, ROG Lighting Armor Case 3 priced at Rs 2,999, ROG Gaming Clip priced at Rs 1,999 and ROG TwinView Dock 3 priced at Rs 19,999. The ROG Phone 3 also supports the mobile desktop dock priced at Rs 12,999. Asus Cetra in-ear earphones are priced at Rs 7,699 and offers active noise cancellation.

Asus ROG Phone 3 specifications

Asus ROG Phone 3 is built featuring a metal-glass sandwich design and measures 9.8 millimetres in thickness, weighing in at 240 grams. It features a 6.59-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED screen with a 144Hz high refresh rate and HDR10+ certification. The screen has noticeable bezels on the top and bottom but it’s still a bit narrow than the bezels on the ROG Phone 2. It is also embedded with an in-display fingerprint sensor for fast unlock speeds and is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 6.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset lies at the heart of the ROG Phone 3 with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 650 GPU. The Snapdragon 865 Plus processor is the most powerful chipset from the house of Qualcomm as it is overclocked to run at up to 3.1GHz clock speeds with 10 percent graphics boost over the previous generation. This is further paired with upto 12GB RAM LPDDR5 and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage options to choose from. The phone runs on Android 10 based ROG UI out-of-the-box.

The ROG Phone 3 has GameCool 3 aerodynamic cooling system that consists of a larger heatsink than previous geenerations, revamped vapor chamber and a larger graphite film to ensure faster heat dissipation.

The ROG Phone 3 comes with a triple camera setup that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 125-degree field-of-view and a 5MP macro camera. On the front, there is a 24MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.  The rear cameras are capable of recording in 8K UHD at 30FPS and 4K UHD at up to 60FPS with support for OIS and EIS.

It also packs in dual front-facing speakers that are supported by dual smart amplifiers to deliver a loud and punchy sound. The phone comes with ROG GameFX audio system that improves in-game sounds and the AudioWizard lets you configure the sound with preset profiles. The ROG Phone 3 also comes with four microphones that are powered by Asus Noise Reduction technology.

For its highlighting feature, Asus ROG Phone 3 comes with AirTrigger 3 that are essentially the shoulder buttons on the right-side edge of the phone and can be mapped with different game controls. 

The ROG Phone 3 comes with the basic set of connectivity features like Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, dual SIM support and two USB Type-C ports. Unfortunately, the ROG Phone 3 doesn’t come with a 3.5mm audio jack but the company has announced ROG Cetra in-ear gaming earphones that come with active noise cancellation.

Asus ROG Phone 3 comes equipped with a 6,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box. Asus claims that the phone can go from 0-70 percent in 46 minutes from the bundled HyperCharge adapter.

 

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Asus ROG Phone 3 First Impressions

The Asus ROG Phone 3 looks more refined than its predecessors, and packs the lates and fastest gaming hardware including a Snapdragon 865+ SoC and 144hz screen.

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Movies and TV Shows delayed due to the Coronavirus

After the sucess of blockbusters from 2019, 2020 was set to be the year of sci-fi films with movies such as Christopher Nolan’s Tenet getting ready to set a new bar for the genre. This was also going to be Marvel’s make or break year with it starting out a new phase after the Infinity saga came to an end with Avengers: Endgame. Many exciting films were also set to go under production that would release later in 2021 or 2022 but all those plans came to a halt when the world was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This halt has resulted in films getting delayed either because of incomplete production or due to cinemas being closed across the globe. Here we have a list of some of those films and when you can expect to see them in theatres: 

Tenet

Christopher Nolan’s time-twisting thriller was meant to be the summer blockbuster but has already been delayed thrice, originally slated for release on July 12th 2020. Warner Brothers is seemingly against the idea of releasing the movie online as a movie as big as this could rake in big at the box office. The production house might be considering a staggered global release, meaning the film could release at different times in different markets. It could even release in some markets even before the US.

Original Release Date: 12 July 2020 New Release Date: TBA

The New Mutants 

The New Mutants is a horror-superhero movie which is the final instalment of the X-Men franchise. Many expected Disney to release the film as a Disney Plus exclusive but its latest trailer suggests that the movie is still on track for a theatrical release this year. The teen-centric movie stars Maise Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy and is directed by Josh Boone who has added his own twist to the X-Men comic story.

Original Release Date: April 2020 New Release Date: 28 August 2020

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig’s final movie as James Bond was amongst the first major movies to be delayed due to the pandemic. The 007 movie is currently set to release in cinemas in November 2020 but could face further delays to summer of 2021. No time to die is the 25th film in the franchise and picks up five years after its prequel.

Original Release Date: April 2020 New Release Date: 20 November 2020

Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to 1986 Top Gun starring Tom Cruise, who has reprised his role in the film. The movie is about Cruise’s character, a courageous pilot, who is dodging advancement that would ground him. This film is sure to feature some amazing aerial shots and stunts which have little to no CGI. 

Original Release Date: 26 June 2020 New Release Date: 23 December 2020

F9

The 9th instalment in the Fast and Furious Saga sees Vin Diesel reprise his role as racer Dominic Torreto. This film sees John Cena cast as Dom’s long lost brother who seeks some sort of revenge. Most interestingly, actor, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, hinted that the movie might head to space which was the franchise’s last frontier. 

Original Release Date: April 2020 New Release Date: 2 April 2021

Black Widow

Scarlett Johansson’s first solo MCU film, Black Widow, was set to bring millions of Marvel fans together to begin Phase 4. This film is set between the events of Captain America: Winter Soldier and Avengers: Infinity War with Natasha Romanoff revisiting her past, how she was trained to be an international assassin by the Red Cross. Rumours suggest that the film could see Scarlett Johansson pass on the baton of Black Widow to Florence Pugh.

Original Release Date: May 2020 New Release Date: 6 November 2020

The Eternals

The Eternals is a team of celestials created by cosmic powers of the universe and is Marvel’s latest entry into the MCU. The film stars Kit Harrington, Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani who have finished filming for the movie. This suggests that Marvel could soon be releasing posters or teasers of the film to the fans.

Original Release Date: 6 November 2020 New Release Date: 12 February 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Another new entry into the MCU, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ plot revolves around Shangi Chi and the Mandarin. The film stars Simu Liu as Shang Chi and Tony Leung as the Mandarin. 

Original Release Date: 12 February 2021 New Release Date: 7 May 2021

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder is the fourth film in the Thor franchise which will see Chris Hemsworth pass on the baton to Natalie Portman who will reprise her role as Jane Foster. The film will be directed by Taika Watiti who revived the franchise with Thor Ragnarok.

Original Release Date: 5 November 2021 New Release Date: 11 February 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Avengers Endgame was the first movie to bring time travel and the concept of the multiverse to the MCU and the Doctor Strange sequel will explore more into the multiverse. This will also be MCU’s first horror film and will see Benedict Cumberbatch reprise his role as Stephen Strange. 

Original Release Date: May 2021 New Release Date: 22 Mach 2022

Falcon and the Winter Soldier

When Disney Plus launched, Marvel announced that it will be producing shows that will have direct implications on the MCU which will be available on the streaming platform. The first of which is Falcon and the Winter Soldier which would see Falcon aka Sam Wilson take up the mantle of Captain America with Bucky Barnes. This will also see Zemo, from Captain America: Civil War, return in a villainous role

Original Release Date: August 2020 New Release Date: TBA

Wonder Woman 1984

Gal Gadot’s second outing as Wonder Woman has been much awaited by DC fans and it seems like they’ll have to wait a bit longer. The film has already been delayed twice due to the pandemic and it is expected that it will be delayed again. In this movie Wonder Woman will go up against two villains from the comic: Maxwell Lord and Cheetah.

Original Release Date: June 2020 New Release Date: 2 October 2020

The Batman

Matt Reeves' The Batman already has a lot of hype surrounding it with Robert Pattinson donning the cape and cowl for the first time. This film will see Bruce Wayne go up against the Penguin. Actor, Colin Farrel, and Justice League director, Zack Snyder, have publicly come out to show support for the film and have praised the film for being original.

Original Release Date: June 2021 New Release Date: 1 October 2021

Shazam! 2

The sequel to DC’s Shazam was set to go on the floors right about now but has been delayed. The film would be headed by director David F. Sandberg.

Original Release Date: 1 April 2022 New Release Date: 4 November 2022

The Matrix 4

The Matrix 4 is the upcoming addition to the Matrix franchise. The movie will see John Wick actor, Keanu Reeves, reprise his role with Priyanka Chopra and Neil Patrick Harris reportedly joining the cast. As of right now, we know nothing about the plot of the movie.

Original Release Date: 21 May 2021 New Release Date: 1 April 2022

Mission Impossible 7

The seventh film in the Mission Impossible franchise saw delays in production due to COVID-19. The film was set to shoot in Venice, Italy for three weeks but plans had to be rescheduled. Now, the film begins production in Norway as restrictions because of COVID-19 begin to cool down.

Original Release Date: 5 August 2022 New Release Date: 4 November 2022

Morbius

After the massive success of Venom and Into the Spiderverse, Sony was gearing up to make another Spiderman spinoff with Morbius. The film will be centred around spidey’s nemesis and how he develops a rare blood disease which he tries to cure by turning into a vampire.

Original Release Date: 31 July 2020 New Release Date: 5 March 2021

Venom 2: Let there be Carnage

Another Spidey spinoff in the works was Venom 2. The film completed production before the pandemic but has still been delayed to 2021. In the sequel we will see Tom Hardy reprise his role as Venom and go up against Carnage as many expected at the end of the first movie.

Original Release Date: October 2020 New Release Date: 25 June 2021

The Uncharted Movie

The Uncharted Movie is finally set to go under production “soon”. This movie has been cursed by delays not just because of the pandemic but also creative differences and film schedules. We can date the setback and delays back to 2009. Now, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg are set to start filming the video game adaptation.

Original Release Date: 18 December 2020 New Release Date: 16 July 2021

 

John Wick 4

Nobody can deny that Keanu Reeves’ John Wick franchise has been a huge hit. In fact, there were no plans to make a fourth film but the enormous success of the franchise warranted another movie. Currently, the film is in pre-production and has seen delays due to the pandemic.

Original Release Date: 21 May 2021 New Release Date: 27 May 2022

Friends Reunion Special

Friends is one of the biggest TV shows ever and when news broke out that HBO is set to film a one hour long unscripted special with all six actors together, fans went mad. But like so many movies and TV shows, this too has been delayed with filming now beginning in August. So all Friends fans who were asking for a remake will have to wait a little longer.

Original Release Date: May 2020 New Release Date: TBA

Avatar 2 ( plus its sequels)

Avatar released in 2009 and was a phenomenon. It held the record of the highest grossing film ever, till Avengers: Endgame released last year. Fans have awaited a sequel to the original with James Cameron having already scripted 4 so all films can be released back to back. Now, the plan is to release Avatar 2 in 2021, Avatar 3 in 2023 , Avatar 4 in 2025 and Avatar 5 in 2027. The sequels will feature the original core of actors with veteran director James Cameron behind the camera.

Original Release Date: December 2020 New Release Date: 17 December 2021

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Lenovo Legion gaming phone with Snapdragon 865+, 90W fast charging launched: Price, specifications and features

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel has officially launched and marks the company’s entry into the mobile phone gaming segment. It packs in flagship-grade hardware with Snapdragon 865 Plus chip and the RGB lightning puts it in the league of gaming phones out this year.

In fact, Asus ROG Phone 3 is also set to launch in just a few hours from now but unlike the Legion Phone Duel, it is confirmed to arrive in India. There’s currently no word as to whether Lenovo plans to launch its Legion Phone Duel gaming phone in India.

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel pricing

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel starts at CNY 3499 (~Rs 37,000) for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage while the 12GB RAM variant with 128GB storage is priced at CNY 3899 (~Rs 41,500). Both these variants come with a 45W fast charging adapter. 

Other variants with 12GB RAM/256GB storage and 65W fast charger is priced at CNY 4199 (~Rs 44,700) and the maxed-out variant with 16GB RAM/512GB storage and 90W fast charger is priced at CNY 5999 (~Rs 63,900).

The Legion Phone Duel is expected to launch in other countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe in the coming months.

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel specifications

The Legion Phone Duel features a 6.59-inch Full HD+ resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel with a 144Hz high refresh rate. The screen has minimal bezels on the front as the front-facing camera has been repositioned on the side. The display is also home to a fingerprint sensor. The phone has an RGB lighting system underneath the Legion logo on the back which can be customized from the phone. The phone measures 9.9 millimetres in thickness and has a 239 grams weight.

The Legion gaming phone is powered by top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 650 GPU. The Snapdragon 865 Plus is essentially an overclocked Snapdragon 865 with the prime core capable of running at up to 3.1GHz. This is paired with upto 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and upto 512GB UFS 3.1 storage options to choose from. It runs on Android 10-based Legion OS out-of-the-box.

It comes with a dual-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture and a 16MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field-of-view. As for the selfie camera, Lenovo Legion Phone Duel is one of the first phones to come with a side-mounted 20MP selfie camera that’s housed in a pop-up mechanism. With this placement, Lenovo is targeting gamers who also live-stream their matches as the side-mounted selfie camera will help you add a selfie-inlay while streaming online. 

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel is equipped with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 90W fast charging. However, to utilize the full potential of the fast charging compatibility, the user will need to charge it simultaneously by using both the USB Type-C ports. Lenovo claims that by using both the charging ports simultaneously, it takes 10 minutes for the phone to go from 0-50% and 30 minutes to fully charge the battery.

 

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