OnePlus introduces Education Benefits offering students and teachers discount on its products: How to avail

OnePlus has introduced Educational Benefits by which students can avail a discount on OnePlus products. On its forum, OnePlus says, “OnePlus Education Benefits is designed to make your purchases with OnePlus lighter on your pocket. When you purchase a new OnePlus smartphone or OnePlus TV and avail the benefits, you get an instant Rs. 1000/- off on your purchase. That’s not all. We are also offering a 5% discount on any OnePlus accessories exclusively for all College/University goers”.

The OnePlus Education Benefits covers 760 universities and 38,498 colleges across India. 

How much discount does the OnePlus Education Benefits bring?

A student or teacher can get Rs 1000 off on a OnePlus Phone or OnePlus TV (review).  For other OnePlus accessories, students and teachers can get 5 percent discount. 

How to avail OnePlus Education Benefits To begin with, a student or teacher needs to verify via Student bean. You can do so by clicking here.  Log onto OnePlus’ website and purchase your device. You will see the voucher option when you check out. 

Once you're verified, your verification is valid for 1 year. So, if in the next year, you decide to avail the discount, you will need to be verified again. 

Each student or teacher can use their discount once per year on one product and the discount is non-transferable to a friend or family member. 

OnePlus’ discount is an initiative to add a little more benefit to young customers. While customers look to avail cashback and EMI, the discount of Rs 1000 could be an added incentive to consider a OnePlus device over the competition. 

Speaking of OnePlus, rumours about the upcoming OnePlus 9 are already making the rounds of the internet. You can learn more about the rumours here.    Speaking of student offers, Apple is one brand that has offered student discounts on its products for a long time. You can learn more about getting apple products with a student discount here.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Fixes Incoming With Season 1; Players May Be Playing PS4 Version on PS5

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season 1 will bring some changes and balancing to the weapons in the game, as shared by Treyarch’s Lead Designer Tony Flame on Twitter. Additionally, Activision has shared steps to make sure you play the PS5 version of the game.

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Fortnite Developer Epic May Bring Hypermeet 3D Facial Expression Technology to the Game

Fortnite developer Epic is looking to give creators more control over expressing their vision through its acquisition of Hyprsense. As of now, the company has not officially shared plans for bringing it to Fortnite.

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Microsoft Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3 now available in India: Price, specifications and availability

Microsoft has announced that the Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3 are now available in India. It must be noted that while Surface Go 2 is generally available, Surface Book 3 is available only for commercial customers in India. The Surface Go 2 can be acquired via commercial authorised resellers, authorised retailers and online partners. The Surface Go 2 starts at Rs 42,999 while the Surface Book 3 starts at Rs 1,56,299. 

“As the way we work and learn continue to evolve, the need for devices that keep us productive and connected has never been greater. The new Surface line-up offers incredible versatility, greater performance, and productivity-focused capabilities to help people do what they need to accomplish their goals. With the introduction of Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3, we are excited to offer an expanded range of innovative Surface devices that can fulfil different needs as we focus on supporting our customers during this time of unprecedented change,” said Rajiv Sodhi, Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft India.

Microsoft Surface Go 2 specifications

Microsoft Surface Go 2 comes with a 10.5-inch display just like its predecessor, but this time, with slimmer bezels. Microsoft is offering the Surface Go 2 with two options of Intel processors - Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y and Intel Core m3-8100Y. The RAM options are between 4GB and 8GB. For storage, we have the option of 64GB eMMC and 128GB SSD. 

Microsoft Surface Go 2 price

The Microsoft Surface Go 2 will be available in 4 configurations. 

The Pentium Gold 4425Y variant with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs 42,999 while the 8GB RAM 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 57,999.

The Intel Core m3-8100Y variant with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs 47,599 while the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage is priced at Rs 63,499.

Microsoft SurfaceBook 3 Specifications

Microsoft’s third-generation SurfaceBook 3 comes in 13.5-inch and 15-inch screen sizes. The new SurfaceBook 3 sports a 10th generation Intel processor. The display size and resolution remain the same as SurfaceBook 2. For graphics cards, users have the option of an NVIDIA GPU. Two of the 15-inch variants come with an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 GPU. Both variants sport Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 and come with an IR camera to support Windows Hello biometric authentication.

Microsoft SurfaceBook 3 Price

The 13-inch variant of the Microsoft SurfaceBook 3 is available in 4 configurations. 

13.5-inch display with an i5 CPU, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at Rs 156,299. 13.5-inch display with an i7 CPU, 16GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at Rs 195,899. 13.5-inch display with an i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and 512GB storage is priced at Rs 237,199. 13.5-inch display with an i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and 1TB storage is priced at Rs 259,299.

Moving over to the 15-inch variants, we have 5 configurations available. 

15-inch display with i7 CPU, 16GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at Rs 2,20,399. 15-inch display with i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and 512GB storage is priced at Rs 2,66,499. 15-inch display with i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and 1TB storage is priced at Rs 2,86,199. 15-inch display with i7 CPU, 32GB RAM, 512GB storage and Quadro GPU is priced at Rs 3,21,899. 15-inch display with i7 CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB storage and Quadro GPU is priced at Rs 3,40,399.

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Xbox Series X Stock in Short Supply Until April 2021 at the Least, CFO Tim Stuart Says

Planning to buy Xbox Series X in India? Stock will be in short supply until April 2021 at the least, Xbox chief financial officer Tim Stuart has revealed.

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PUBG Mobile India website and teaser go live, hinting at the inevitable return of the Chicken Dinner

A new website for PUBG Mobile India along with a teaser featuring some of the top players of the battle royale sensation has been released. PUBG Corporation announced last week that a new version of PUBG Mobile was being specifically prepared for the Indian market. The new version that is being called PUBG Mobile India is expected to be released in the coming weeks, two months after the game was banned by the Indian government along with 118 other apps. 

While the government has reportedly cleared its stand and wants the company to address the issues for the game’s revival, PUBG has released a new teaser for the game featuring three of the top PUBG Mobile players in India. The ad released across PUBG Mobile India’s social media handles features Aaditya ‘Dynamo’ Sawant, Jonathan Amaral and Chetan ‘Kronten’ Chandgude. 

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The ad does not reveal new details about the impending launch of the game and depicts the players waiting for the game to be released. Apart from this, PUBG Corp. has also gone live with a website that you can check out here. However, the website does not reveal anything new about the game and feature embedded social media posts. The new website does list out the official social media handles of PUBG Mobile India including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. 

PUBG Mobile is coming back to India as a new version and the developers have revealed that it will feature customised content that is in-line with the Indian players. The parent company Krafton Inc. has also inked a deal with Microsoft for using its Azure cloud to store user data in order to address the government’s concern regarding privacy and security of the players. 

PUBG Corp. has also revealed that it is establishing an Indian subsidiary and will hire over 100 employees to boost the esports ecosystem and game development in India. The company also plans to engage more with PUBG Mobile players in the country and esports organizations to collaborate and increase its presence.

Moreover, the revival of PUBG Mobile will also see the company host exclusive events and esports tournaments in India as PUBG Corp. is investing over 100 million USD in India to amplify the Indian esports ecosystem.

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MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini powered by Apple M1 chip now available in India: Price, how to order

Last week Apple held its ‘One More Thing’ event where the company showed off the much-anticipated Apple Silicon for the Mac. The new Apple M1 chip was touted to bring with it some impressive performance and leaks corroborated the expectations set by Apple. If you were holding off picking up a new Mac in anticipation of the new Apple Silicon, then you will be happy to know that the new Macs are now on sale. The new Apple M1 chip will power the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac Mini. The design of the laptop hasn’t changed. The only change is the new chip powering the device. 

Where can I buy the new M1 powered Macs?

All the three Macs powered by the M1 are available on Apple’s India website and a user interested in purchasing it can simply log onto the website and purchase them. But there is a catch. While you can order the new Macs on Apple’s website, you will get delivery of the laptop or Mini only in the first week of December. Checking with a variety of popular pin codes, we got delivery dates that fluctuate between the 1st of December and the 7th of December. So, if you are looking to pick up the Mac, know that you’ll be waiting a few days before you get your hands on it.

What are the new M1 powered Macs priced at?

The Apple M1 powered MacBook Air starts at Rs 92,900 for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant, however, you do have the option to customize it with more RAM and more storage if you like. You can get up to 16GB RAM and up to 2TB storage.

The Apple M1 powered MacBook Pro is currently available only in the 13-inch variant. It starts at Rs 1,22,900 for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant configurable once again with 16GB RAM and up to 2TB storage. 

The M1 powered Mac Mini starts at Rs 64,900 for the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant with customization options of 16GB RAM and up to 2TB storage.

One thing to note is that all the variants come with the same M1 chip. There is no option of different clock speeds or frequencies.  

How to order the new M1 powered Mac Log on to Apple India website by visiting https://www.apple.com/in/.  In the top navigation bar, click on Mac.  You should see the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini highlighted as “new”.  Click on the Mac you want.  On the top right, click on the blue buy button.  Select the variant you want.  Choose any customization options if you like, else click add to bag. You will see a delivery date when you enter your address and other information. Make the payment and your new Mac will be on the way.

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