Red Bull Campus Clutch tournament announced for Valorant

Red Bull has announced a new gaming tournament for Valorant players called the Red Bull Campus Clutch. The global tournament is open to university students from around the world and will include students from India. The tournament will be launched via ‘Frag-Out’, an exhibition match on February 13. This exhibition match will be played between two teams consisting of the top streamers in India.

Red Bull Campus Clutch Valorant tournament: Registration and rules

Registration for the tournament will be live from February 13 onwards. Those who are interested in signing up can do so here. Each team needs to have five members. All members should be above 18 years of age and enrolled in a university in India.

The Red Bull Campus Clutch will feature 12 online and four offline qualifiers. Followed by the National Finals and the World Finals.

Format and dates

The first online qualifier for the Red Bull Campus Clutch will take place on February 20 and the last of the online qualifiers on April 10. The offline qualifiers will happen across four major cities in India. The Bangalore qualifier will happen on March 13. The Mumbai qualifier is on March 20. The Kolkata and Delhi qualifiers are on March 27 and April 3, respectively.

Qualified teams will then advance to the online Semi Finals on April 14. The National Finals will be on April 24. The winners of the National Finals will then advance to the World Finals where they will face off against some of the best Valorant players across the globe.

Prize

At the World Finals, players will face off for the EUR 20,000 (approx Rs 17,66,000). Furthermore, the teams will also get a chance to some top Valorant players in the world to compete at the Valorant Masters tournament.

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Infinix Smart 5 with 6,000mAh battery launched in India at Rs 8,999

The Infinix Smart 5 has launched in India with a large battery and is made for people on a budget. The Infinix Smart 5 was launched globally in 2020 but the Indian version of the phone is based on Hot 10 Play. The company announced the phone virtually, and it will be available to purchase exclusively from Flipkart.

Meet the new #InfinixSMART5. Time to go Bigger.Better.Faster with this smartphones ka master blaster. First sale starts on 18th Feb, 12:00 noon on Flipkart. Link: https://ift.tt/2Ni3b8I #SMART5 pic.twitter.com/cclVNWP3jX

— InfinixIndia (@InfinixIndia) February 11, 2021

The Infinix Smart 5 is priced at Rs 8,999, but the company is offering a launch discount of 20% bringing down its effective price to Rs 7,199. The Smart 5 will go on its first sale on February 18 on Flipkart.

Infinix Smart 5 specifications

The Infinix Smart 5 features a 6.82-inch HD+ (1640 x 720 pixels) resolution display with a waterdrop notch cutout for the selfie camera. Being a budget smartphone, it is made of plastic measuring 8.9 millimetres in thickness and weighs 207 grams. The phone is being offered in four colours: Aegean Blue, Morandi Green, Obsidian Black and Purple.

The phone is powered by the MediaTek Helio G25 processor with an octa-core CPU and Mali-G52 graphics. This is paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage with an option to expand the storage further by upto 256GB. It runs on XOS 7.0 which is based on Android 10 out-of-the-box.

The Smart 5 has dual cameras on the back that consists of a primary 13MP camera and a depth sensor. On the front, there is an 8MP selfie camera and both cameras can record in 1080p at 30FPS.

The Infinix Smart 5 also has a fingerprint reader on the back and is equipped with a 6,000mAh battery that supports 10W charging.

 

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Huawei is looking at developing a next-gen gaming console and gaming laptop, according to leakster on Weibo

The video game industry is one of the largest in the world. It regularly brings in more revenue than movies, music and other media combined. So, it is natural that companies want in on the action. Which is why it isn’t at all surprising that Huawei is looking at making a splash in the gaming market. According to a tipster called @Tomato Prince on Weibo, Huawei is looking at releasing a full-fledged gaming console. It will allegedly go up against the likes of the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. The leakster also suggested that Huawei is also looking at releasing a gaming laptop.

The company is seriously considering taking on the likes of Sony and Microsoft with its console. There is no official word on what the specs will be or if it even exists. But, it is interesting that Huawei is looking at developing a console that is at par with market leaders like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. According to a report on Gizmochina, Huawei did jump into the gaming laptop market with the Honor V700 gaming laptop. But the sub-brand has since been sold, leaving Huawei without a gaming laptop of its own. This move seems to mark Huawei’s first steps into the gaming world. And, it will be interesting to see how the Chinese mobile giant fares.

Again, do take this news with a grain of salt as there has been no official word on either the gaming console or the laptop. If you are interested in next-gen gaming, check out our guide on the first 5 things you should do when you first turn on your PS5. Also, we’ve got a sweet list of all the games you should check out if you’ve bought yourself a brand-new PS5.

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Vivo X50 Pro+ with Snapdragon 865 could launch alongside X60 series in India

Vivo X50 Pro+ could launch alongside the Vivo X60 series in India, according to the latest leak. The X50 Pro+ was launched back in June 2020 but it did not arrive in India. However, the phone could launch soon in India with Snapdragon 865 processor, high-refresh-rate AMOLED display, quad cameras on the back and more.

According to a report by 91Mobiles that cites a company official, Vivo is planning to launch the X50 Pro+ with the X60 and X60 Pro. The new phones are rumoured to launch by March-end or April, however, Vivo is yet to share official details of the launch in India. It is also likely that the company will not announce the X60 Pro+ with its sibling and will instead launch it at a later date, if at all.

Vivo X50 Pro+ specifications

Vivo X50 Pro+ features a 6.56-inch Full HD+ (2376 x 1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED screen that supports 120Hz refresh rate and is certified from HDR10+ playback. The screen has a punch-hole notch cutout for the selfie camera and is also home to an in-display fingerprint sensor. The phone measures 8.8 millimetres in thickness and weighs 192 grams.

It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 650 GPU. This is paired with upto 12GB RAM and 256GB storage options to choose from. It runs on Android 10 but will likely receive an update to OriginOS.

The X50 Pro+ has quad cameras on the back headlined by a 50MP primary camera with f/1.9 aperture, 13MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom, 32MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera. The rear cameras can record in 8K UHD at 30FPS, 4K UHD at upto 60FPS with support for OIS and EIS. On the front, there’s a 32MP selfie camera.

Vivo X50 Pro+ is equipped with a 4,350mAh battery that supports 44W fast charging out-of-the-box.

 

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Nothing to kickstart its journey with wireless earbuds launching this summer

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei announced his new company called Nothing earlier this year. Now, Carl has confirmed that the first product to launch out of Nothing’s stable is a pair of wireless earbuds. The company has previously revealed that it will launch smart devices in the first half of 2021. 

According to a report by Bloomberg, Carl has confirmed that wireless earbuds will be the first product to launch by Nothing sometime by summer. “We’re building an ecosystem of smart devices. We’ll start with simpler products, wireless earbuds. We’re going to have multiple products throughout the year, not just audio products, and eventually, we want to build it so these devices talk to each other,” Carl said.

Welcome to GV. @nothing is building an ecosystem of smart consumer devices — https://t.co/poQNgO5QRF

— GV (@GVteam) February 9, 2021

Carl left OnePlus in October 2020 to work on a new consumer electronics brand. Since then, he has secured investments to the tune of $22 million from key players including Steve Huffman (Reddit), Kevin Lin (Twitch), Tony Fadell (inventor of iPod), Youtuber Casey Neistat and Kunal Shah (CRED). Earlier this week, Nothing raised $15 million in Series A round funding led by GV which is Alphabet’s venture capital arm.

There is a surge of new TWS earbuds around the world with smartphone and audio companies taking a shot at making wireless earphones more accessible and affordable. Are Nothing's earbuds just another OnePlus Buds competitor or will it take on the giants with superior audio performance? It remains to be seen how Nothing plans to put a dent in this particular product category. You can read more about Carl Pei's Nothing here.

 

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Asus ROG Strix GA35, Asus ROG Strix GT35 Laptops Refreshed With Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 Series GPUs in India

Asus ROG Strix GA35 and Asus ROG Strix GT35 gaming desktop models have been refreshed in India. They are powered by AMD Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and latest Nvidia GPUs in India.

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Xiaomi to unveil new audio products on February 22 in India

Xiaomi will launch new audio products on February 22 in India. The company has sent out invites to the media for the upcoming announcement which is scheduled for February 22 at 12 PM. Xiaomi has not exactly revealed which audio products it is going to launch but we should start hearing about them in the heads up to the launch.

Xiaomi is sending out invites with a teaser poster titled “The Mi Sound Unveil”. Interestingly, we can notice two wired earphones placed at the top-left and bottom-right corners hinting at the possibility that a new pair of earphones may arrive soon.

Did you hear that? A new sound wave, coming soon. The #MiSoundUnveil | 12 PM on 22.02.2021 Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/6wZTUNnZBl

— Mi India #Mi10i is Here! (@XiaomiIndia) February 11, 2021

We also get to see a grille mesh design in the middle which is likely a speaker though it remains unclear how it will actually look like. Xiaomi has been expanding its audio catalogue from a while now, and it currently offers a wide range of audio products to choose from. There’s the Mi Soundbar for televisions, Mi and Redmi branded wired/wireless earphones, Wireless headphones, TWS earphones Bluetooth speakers, smart speakers and more.

For once, the rumour mill is silent on what products Xiaomi is planning to launch on February 22. Having said that, Xiaomi India MD, Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed that they will announce two new audio products in the coming weeks. It remains to be seen which audio products Xiaomi plans to launch but given that there are ten days between now and the launch date, Xiaomi could start releasing teasers officially next week onwards.

Xiaomi has also teased the launch of the Redmi Note 10 series in India sometime in March. You can read more about that here.

 

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