Nintendo Switch Sales Crossed 735,000 Units in October, Second-Highest October Sales Across All Consoles

Nintendo Switch sales crossed 735,000 units in the US. The figures include both the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite consoles. The company said these are the second highest October sales numbers ever across all consoles.

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OnePlus Nord N10 and Nord N100 to receive only one Android version update

OnePlus Nord N10 and Nord N100 were launched late in October after the OnePlus 8T, for the US and European markets. The new phones are aimed at the budget and lower mid-range segments and are the company’s attempt in bringing the OnePlus experience to affordable price ranges. Both phones run on OxygenOS 10 out-of-the-box but will be receiving just one version update instead of two.

According to a report by Android Central, a OnePlus spokesperson has confirmed that the Nord N10 and Nord N100 will only receive one major Android update and two years of security update. OnePlus and other smartphone manufacturers generally boast of offering two to three years of version updates along with three years of security patch updates. 

In the case of the Nord N10 and Nord N100 that already come running on Android 10 as opposed to OnePlus 8T with Android 11 out-of-the-box, this change in policy means that the N10 and N100 will only get updated to Android 11. Not only does it send across a wrong message to its community members that OnePlus swears by, but it also limits the shelf-life of the phone the company has just put out. 

A OnePlus spokesperson told Android Central that “The plan for these two devices aligns with industry standards for smartphones in more affordable price ranges. As always, we will continue listening to feedback from our users and looking for ways to improve the software experience for all OnePlus devices.”

There’s no reason for OnePlus not to provide regular software updates and follow a general update cycle policy across all its phones. It is something that the company is known to do and has been able to attract more users to its products. Now it seems the users of Nord N10 and N100 will have to make do with single Android version update and no more.

OnePlus Nord N10 specifications

OnePlus Nord N10 features a 6.49-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display with a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner for the selfie camera. The display supports 90Hz refresh rate and is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 3. There’s a fingerprint reader on the back as well and the phone measures 8.95 millimetres in thickness and weighs 190 grams.

The N10 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 processor with an octa-core CPU clocked at upto 2.0GHz and Adreno 619L GPU. This is paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage with an option to expand the storage by upto 512GB using microSD card. It runs on Android 10-based OxygenOS 10 out-of-the-box. 

The OnePlus Nord N10 5G is the first phone by the company to have a 64MP primary camera on the back with an f/1.79 aperture. This is followed by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 119-degree field-of-view, a 2MP macro camera and a 5MP depth sensor. On the front, there’s a 16MP selfie camera housed within the notch cutout upfront.

The phone comes equipped with a 4,300mAh battery with support for Warp Charge 30T fast-charging standard.

OnePlus Nord N100 specifications

OnePlus Nord N100 features a 6.52-inch display with HD+ (1600 x 720 pixels) resolution and a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. The screen is further topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 3 for added protection and measures 8.49 millimetres in thickness and weighs 188 grams.

OnePlus Nord N100 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 processor with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 610 GPU. This is paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage with an option to expand the storage by upto 256GB using microSD card. It runs on Android 10-based OxygenOS 10 out-of-the-box.

The N100 has a triple camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 13MP camera with an f/2.2 aperture, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there’s an 8MP selfie camera with features like face unlock. The rear cameras can record 1080p videos at 30FPS but don’t support EIS.

It is equipped with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging out-of-the-box.

 

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PlayStation India confirms there is no official PS5 launch date yet

The Xbox Series X and Series S have hit global markets and a lot of gamers are spending this weekend gaming on their new console. But you know who won’t be gaming on their new consoles this weekend? Sony PlayStation 5 fans in India, that’s who. As of writing this article, Sony has not yet announced the launch date for the PS5 in India. In fact, the Sony PlayStation India page posted a message that you can read below. 

Well, what can we say? The PS5 has already launched in the US and a few other countries with a global launch scheduled for November 19. But again, there is no word on the Indian launch date. Sony has revealed the Indian pricing for the PS5 but there’s no release date on the horizon yet. 

If you do read the comments on the post, you’ll see that a lot of PlayStation fans in India re incredibly upset at the situation. Some commenters even accused Sony treating Indian gamers like ‘second class citizens’. That’s a bit rough, if you ask us. Sony has had issues in India with the copyright of the PS5 name being one of the major hurdles. As of now, no reason has been given for the delay, but we will let you guys know how this proceeds as soon as we get any info. 

In the meantime, if you’re interested, Sony has released a full FAQ for the PS5 which you can read here. And, if you’re more of Xbox kind of guy and are still thinking about buying the console, check this article out first. 

 

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Plague Inc: The Cure Game Expansion Lets You Save the World from Global Pandemic, Free Till COVID-19 Is Under Control

Plague Inc. has added an expansion called The Cure which is free to play till COVID-19 comes under control. This game mode involves saving the world from a global pandemic, and not infecting it as the game was originally imagined.

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Borrowing from Snapchat, Facebook adds Vanish Mode for messages in Messenger and Instagram

Facebook is adding a new feature to Messenger and Instagram. Called “Vanish Mode” the feature is similar to what we’ve seen on Snapchat. As the name suggests, a message will be deleted once a user has read it and exited the chat window. According to the messenger news blog post, “Sometimes a message is just spontaneous – something you want to say in the moment without worrying about it sticking around. That’s why we’re excited to introduce vanish mode on Messenger, which lets you send messages that disappear automatically. How it works is simple—messages disappear after they’re seen and you leave the chat”.

On Messenger and Instagram, the feature can be enabled by simply swiping up on the smartphone in an existing chat thread. This will bring the user to vanish mode.

According to the blogpost this feature is “Safety by design”. Only people a user is connected to can use vanish mode in a chat. The feature is also opt-in. So, a user can choose whether to enter vanish mode with someone or not. In addition to entering vanish mode with another user, if one of the users takes a screenshot of the chat while using vanish mode, the other will be notified. Users can also block someone and report a conversation if they feel unsafe.

Since vanishing mode is a new feature, users will see a screen explaining the new feature when they use it for the first time. It can be activated by simply swiping up in an active chat window. 

Messenger and Instagram Vanish Mode rollout and release date

Facebook says it is slowly rolling out vanish mode on Messenger and Instagram. Vanish mode is now available on Messenger in the US and a handful of other countries. It will come to more countries soon. Vanish mode on Instagram will be coming to the US and other countries soon. As of writing this article, the feature isn't available to us in India.

Messenger and Instagram are not the only services getting a Vanish mode. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has also seen an inflow of new features one of which is Disappearing Messages. With this new feature, WhatsApp users can choose to erase all messages exchanged in a chat. Once enabled on a chat, all messages exchanged between two users will disappear after seven days. Other new features that have made their way to WhatsApp include the ability to make payments via UPI, better storage management, the addition of a shopping button, and more. You can learn about the new features available on WhatsApp in detail here.

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PUBG Mobile India pre-registration is not official yet: Report

Ever since PUBG Corporation announced that PUBG Mobile was coming back to India in a new avatar, players have been waiting with bated breath for the game to show up on the Play Store or App Store. Some reports have indicated that pre-registrations for PUBG Mobile India have gone live on the TapTap app store. This comes after reports which highlight that the government is steadfast in its decision of keeping the ban until the privacy and security issues are not addressed.

According to several reports online as well as posts on social media platforms like Twitter, pre-registration listing for the new avatar of PUBG Mobile has gone live on TapTap which is a “game recommendation” platform. The listing has amassed over 90,000 pre-registrations at the time of publishing this report with a 9.9 rating. Having said that, while the listing does mention the developer to be PUBG Corporation, the company has not officially revealed any pre-registration links for the upcoming game yet.

We have reached out to PUBG Corp to determine the authenticity of the TapTap listing and will update the report with an official statement as we receive it.

PUBG has not revealed details about the launch yet

The official statement from PUBG Corp. still says that “More information on the launch of PUBG MOBILE INDIA will be released at a later date.” This means that the company has not initiated any pre-registration links for the game on Play Store or the App Store, let alone TapTap. 

This is similar to how a listing for the much-awaited FAU-G game went live on TapTap. While the listing shows the developer to be nCore Games, there is no official word from the company about the pre-registration listing.

FAU-G Pre-registration Is Now Live On TapTap App. Link For Pre-registration  https://t.co/EnPtW2OieV pic.twitter.com/DTegjQpLRo

— Abhishek Yadav (@yabhishekhd) November 8, 2020

In all likelihood, PUBG Mobile India listing on TapTap is rather premature and doesn’t shed light on when the game will be available officially.

At this point, there’s much to be known about the revival of PUBG Mobile in India and how PUBG Corp. plans to release the new version of the game. That said, we would urge our readers and fans of the game to be patient and avoid jumping the gun as there’s no official word from the company on the actual launch date yet.

Pehle trailer aaega, fir movie..... chalo happy choti diwali btw 

— ocean (@lameboredghini) November 13, 2020

Moreover, as per a tweet from esports announcer Ocean Sharma, PUBG Corp could be looking to drop a trailer for PUBG Mobile India before the game is formally released. 

To recap, PUBG Corp has announced that it is preparing a special version of the popular battle royale game for the Indian players and it is called PUBG Mobile India. The company has also revealed its plans for setting up a subsidiary in India and invest 100 million USD to promote and boost esports in the country. You can know more about it from the official announcement here.

 

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Apple MacBook Air powered by M1 SoC outperforms 16-inch MacBook Pro

After months of waiting, Apple Silicon powered Macs have finally been announced and there’s a trio of them for consumers to choose from. Three machines, all with identical base configurations, available at different price points might seem confusing at first, but once you consider the kind of performance you’re getting out of them, you might not care. Early benchmark numbers from the MacBook Air powered by Apple’s M1 silicon seem to outperform the top-of-the-line 16-inch MacBook Pro.

During the ‘One More Thing’ event where Apple unveiled the new chip and corresponding hardware, the company threw some very obscure comparison points, leaving a lot of people to believe that this was nothing more than clever marketing. However, GeekBench 5 numbers of the M1 chip running off of a MacBook Air have popped up, adding serious credibility to many of Apple’s claims. The GeekBench 5 single and multi-core scores for the M1 powered MacBook Air are 1687 and 7433 respectively. In comparison, Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro powered by the Intel Core i9-9989HK (8-core chip) and 64GB on-board DDR4 memory scores 1097 and 7014 respectively. Intel has traditionally always been proud of being a leader in single-threaded performance, but it would appear that Apple’s M1 silicon beats it with a large margin. When you take into account that the MacBook Air in question only sports 8GB of memory on-board, then you’ve got something significant to consider.

Apple’s A-series processors have always led in terms of performance when it came to the mobile side of things, despite significantly lower RAM on board. While Android phones have jumped up to 12GB RAM on their phones, Apple’ iPhone 12 Pro series still limits itself to just 6GB of RAM, with the iPhone 12 still sporting only 4GB memory and still outperforming most Android devices. The Apple iPad has also significantly made headway as a powerful tool for content creators, with the iPad Pro being a favoured device for editing photos and 4K video on the go. We recently reviewed the 8th generation iPad Air with the new A14 processor, which we noted was also capable of editing 8K video in LumaFusion. The iPad Air was also able to edit 45MP RAW files shot from a Canon EOS R5 in Adobe Lightroom with significant ease. We’ve got a video showcasing all of this coming up really soon, so do stay tuned to our YouTube Channel for it.

What might perplex many is how Apple is charging different amounts for money for identical configurations on three different machines, with the MacBook Pro 13” being the most expensive of the lot. The MacBook Air is now completely fanless, meaning that performance under sustained loads might be lower than that delivered by the MacBook Pro and the Mac Mini, given that these two systems come with fans onboard, potentially allowing them to run at their peak clock speeds for longer. You can read all about the pricing, specs and availability of the new Macs in India here.

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