Spotify is offering its annual subscription plan for Rs 999 for the rest of 2020

Spotify is once again offering discounted annual subscription plans for users in India. While the discount isn’t as hefty as before, you still get to save Rs 429. The usual price of the annual subscription plan is Rs 1,118, but Spotify is offering a 30 percent discount ahead of the Black Friday weekend. You only pay Rs 999 for a 12-month subscription.

The offer can be availed right now and will be available till the end of this year, i.e till December 31. The discount this year is going to remain available for longer. Last year, the discounted annual subscription plan was available for four weeks. This year, it’s open for six weeks.

Spotify is now offering its annual subscription plan for Rs 999 

Needless to say, if you end up listening to music and podcasts on the popular Swedish streaming app, this is the best time to get a subscription. The offer is available for both first-time subscribers and regular users. Spotify also offers an ad-riddled free streaming service, but here's what you get when you go premium.

Sadly though, the discount is only available for the annual plan. Spotify also offers Duo, Family and Student plans on a monthly basis. These plans have no change in their prices. The Duo plan is available for Rs 149 per month, the Family Plan for Rs 179 per month and the Student plan for Rs 59 per month. There’s also a solo plan for Rs 119 per month. First time subscribers will get a 30-day free trial before the subscription starts.

Spotify is not alone in slashing subscription rates for the holiday season. It’s closest rival, Apple Music is offering three months of subscription for the price of one, i.e Rs 99 per month. And in this case, the discount is available only for individual plans and not for family and student plans.

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Gametv announces Season 11 of women-only Free Fire tournament, Diva Scrim War

Game.tv has announced that it will be hosting Season 11 of its Free Fire tournament that is exclusively for women. Called the Diva Scrim Wars, the tournament is aimed at assisting and supporting emerging female players in India’s gaming and esports space. The company notes that the Diva Scrim Wars is one of eight community-based tournaments organised by Game.tv.

The Diva Scrim Wars tournaments will be hosted weekly with prizes ranging from Rs 2,000 to Rs 20,000 each week. These matches will be broadcast on popular female YouTuber channels such as TenQueenGaming, SreesLive, DollyindGaming, BlackQueenArmy and more. The company notes that this will help “further activate and promote female content creators in creating awareness for the tournament.”

Rosen Sharma, CEO Game.tv stated, “Indian mobile esports segment is already set for a massive expansion with rising popularity of mobile esports. We are witnessing increased traction from female casual gamers especially for games such as Free Fire. The tournament allows for improvement in several areas within the gaming ecosystem. Aside from encouraging more female participation in gaming and esports events, it also aims to offer financial support through weekly prizes while allowing opportunities to both male and female shoutcasters. In its 13th season of the tournament, we are well positioned to cater to a larger user base willing to participate from the country.”

Registrations for Diva Scrim Wars will take place a week prior to the tournament. These will be held on the CriticalX Discord Server directly on the Game.tv platform. Further information will be available on the CriticalX Social handles and Discord. The company notes that while all matches will be streamed on YouTube, it will eventually offer multi-platform streaming services. Currently, there are a total of nine events scheduled and the current season started on November 16, which matches starting from November 21 onwards. 

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Nokia 34, Nokia 24 could launch on November 26 as teasers go live

HMD Global has teased the launch of two smartphones on November 26 on social media, and based on the visuals in the 14-second teaser, it seems like the Nokia 2.4 and the Nokia 3.4, that launched in Europe in September. The teaser, however doesn’t reveal the name just yet.

The teaser video traces the outline of two smartphones, especially the camera modules. The first smartphone is shown sporting a circular triple camera module, while the second outline has a vertically aligned dual camera stack. A quick Google Search and some common sense identified them to be the Nokia 3.4 and the Nokia 2.4 respectively. These are the only two smartphones from HMD’s 2020 portfolio that have not been launched in India, except for the Nokia 8.3 5G which is unlikely to be available in the 4G-only Indian market anytime soon.

The countdown has begun. Only 10 days to go for the big reveal. Stay tuned.#OnlyGadgetYouNeed pic.twitter.com/4itc8Xu84z

— Nokia Mobile India (@NokiamobileIN) November 16, 2020 Nokia 3.4, Nokia 2.4 hardware specs and features

Both smartphones are strictly entry-level, according to the spec-sheet. The Nokia 3.4 sports the modern punch-hole camera display while the  Nokia 2.4 sticks to a waterdrop notch. The Nokia 3.4 runs on the Snapdragon 460 while the Nokia 2.4 gets a rusty-old MediaTek Helio P22 SoC under the hood.

In Europe, the Nokia 3.4 is available in three variants — 3+32GB, 3+64GB and 4+64GB. On the other hand, the Nokia 2.4 is available in two variants — 2+32GB, 3+64GB. It remains to be seen if there will be any changes to the Indian variants in this regard.

Both smartphones run on Google’s Android One platform offering seamless security updates and two years of feature updates. There’s also no ads and no bloatware. The Nokia 3.4 and 2.4 run on Android 10 out of the box.

As for the cameras, both smartphones come with a 13MP primary camera and 5MP depth sensors, but the Nokia 3.4 gets an additional 5MP ultrawide lens. On the front, the Nokia 3.4 sports an 8MP selfie shooter while the Nokia 2.4 comes with a 5MP selfie camera.

Nokia 3.4 and Nokia 2.4 expected price in India

The Nokia 3.4 starts at EUR 159 (roughly Rs 14,000) while the Nokia 2.4 starts at EUR 119 (roughly Rs 10,500). In India, Nokia could try to undercut its rival with aggressive pricing, but with the present market conditions prevailing, it’s likely not going to be anything significant.

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Oppo rollable concept smartphone is here, beating LG to the punch

Oppo Inno Day 2020 just concluded where the company gave us a glimpse of three concept products. Oppo hosted its Inno Day event in 2019 where it unveiled a number of new technologies including the under-screen selfie camera, new fast charging technology, 5G plans and more. We saw all of these technologies come to fruition this year with in-screen selfie camera phones and products like the Oppo Watch. 

This year at the Inno Day 2020, Oppo has unveiled a concept rollable smartphone, an AR Glass and the CybeReal AR app. The concept smartphone dubbed Oppo X 2021 is essentially a phone featuring variable OLED display that can go from 6.7-inch to 7.4 inches as per the need. Being a concept, there isn’t much known about the phone at the moment except for some information on how the Oppo R&D was able to make this breakthrough.

We have previously seen rollable TVs by LG and the company has also teased that it is working on bringing that technology to phones under the LG Explorer Project. However, it seems like Oppo has beaten LG to the punch by showcasing its rollable Oppo X 2021.

The #OPPOX2021 is the latest achievement from OPPO’s constant exploration into mobile phone form factors. It is built with a rollable OLED display measuring 6.7 inches which expands to 7.4 inches. #OPPOINNODAY20 pic.twitter.com/T96DOQ8KZm

— OPPO (@oppo) November 17, 2020

The Oppo X 2021 has a rollable design that is made possible by the Roll Motor powertrain, 2-in-1 plate and the proprietary Warp Track high-strength screen laminate. With the combination of these three technologies, Oppo has been able to create a rollable phone that doesn’t leave creases which is an issue with the current generation of foldable phones. The Oppo X 2021 does not have hard folding involved which leaves no room for creases to be formed. 

“Compared with foldable technologies, rollable displays are a lot more adaptable as they are adjustable between minimum and maximum sizes for different use case scenarios,” said Henry Tang, Chief 5G scientist at Oppo.

Oppo X 2021 has a movable top frame that extends to upto 7.4-inch giving way to the rollable nature of the phone and the two-in-one plate design prevents any foldability as it is supported by metal rails. Currently, there’s no word on a commercial roll-out of the Oppo X 2021 and given that it is a concept and is being perfected, it is highly unlikely we will get to hold it in our hands anytime soon.

Apart from this, Oppo also showcased the Oppo AR Glass 2021 that features the fisheye lens, ToF sensor and RGB camera. The new AR Glass also supports gesture and voice recognition and offers increased sharpness, brightness and is 75% lightweight that the previous model. 

Oppo also recommends using the Find X2 Pro with the AR Glass 2021 to boost the CPU and GPU performance by 40%. It also features the new Birdbath optical solution that is able to create a “home-theatre experience” with the new AR theatre feature letting users watch videos and more.

The CybeReal AR app is powered by the real-time spatial calculation technology that allows accurate scene recognition, digital reconstruction of the world to the centimetre and support for Oppo Cloud.

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PUBG Mobile Royale Pass Season 16 goes live today: Heres whats new

PUBG Mobile Royale Pass Season 16 has been released after Season 15 ended on November 15. This comes after the PUBG Mobile India has been announced by PUBG Corp. as a new version being released for the Indian market. While the global version is still owned by Tencent, PUBG Corp has taken the reins of the popular battle royale game’s distribution in its own hands after its ban in India and has revealed the future plans of the game last week.

The apocalypse never looked so good!  Get in-game and check out the newest Metro Royale themed Royale Pass now  https://t.co/969l8xLtDU pic.twitter.com/jBaq67tNEx

— PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) November 17, 2020

PUBG Mobile’s latest update brings Metro Royale theme to the Royale Pass Season 16 after it was released earlier in November. The developers already announced a partnership with the Metro video game series with the version 1.1 update going live. With the new update, the Royale Pass also gets Metro Exodus themed features and events. The PUBG Mobile Elite Pass costs 600 UC and the Elite Pass Plus costs 1800 UC.

Here’s everything that the new Royale Pass Season 16 brings to PUBG Mobile.

The new Royale Pass Season 16 brings a new Metro Royale themed interface to the new season. With the new update, players get the Artyom or Anna outfits at level 1 while the Night Terror set is available at Level 100. Additionally, there are new Metro events for which players will have to obtain badges to proceed with the story mode further.

Players will be able to collect supplies and redeem it for Colonel Miller and other such rewards. There’s a new RP group event that will let players team up with other members for some extra rewards. The new update also brings Royale Pass subscription perks allowing players to redeem Ace Gold (AG) for Royale Pass (RP) points to make it easier for users to purchase items. 

Moreover, as part of the new subscription perk, players are eligible to receive 10% RP points after activating the subscription but it is limited for a single activation. Players will also receive extra RP points when subscribing for the first time.

Another update to the game comes in the form of server selection. Until now, players were able to switch servers according to their preference. However, with the new Season 16 update, players will not be able to switch servers and the feature has been moved to the System settings menu. Moreover, once a player changes the server to another region, they will only be able to change it again after 60 days.

 

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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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