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YouTube Lets You Create Shorts Out Of The Previously Uploaded Videos: How It Works

YouTube lets you import YouTube videos into Shorts. In other words, it lets you create Shorts from already published videos. You get to select any 60s portion of your video and post it as a new Shorts. If the duration of the clip you are selecting is less than the 60s, you can shoot the rest of the 60s Shorts as well as choose another video from the gallery. So, there’s a lot you can do from the preexisting video. Let’s learn how it all works.

How To Create Shorts From Long YouTube Videos

YouTube Shorts

First thing first, the feature is available on YouTube mobile app for both Android and iOS.

1. Once your YouTube app gets the update, you should see a Create Shorts icon menu bar below the video (that involves Like, Dislike, Share, Download, etc).

Shorts

2. A pop-up appears with the option — Edit Into A Short. Tap on it.

3. Select the 60s portion of the video.

4. On the next screen, you can add text, filters, etc.

YouTube Shorts

5. Finally add a caption, choose the visibility and audience you want, and hit publish.

So, that’s all. YouTube believes this will be a way to leverage the content already you have published. Using it, you can engage with more audiences. The better part is that the Shorts you create this way are linked back to your original long-form video. Thus it could bring interested viewers to your previously uploaded content. 

Shorts

In case you don’t know, the company was already converting vertical videos smaller than 60 seconds into shorts. 

Now, if you happen to have a clip that’s not 60 seconds long, this new feature also lets you shoot the rest of the footage required for the Shorts with your phone camera or use a video clip present in your gallery. 

One final thing to note is that Shorts can be created this way only by the original creator. So, others can’t make Shorts out of your work using YouTube’s built-in tool.

As for other news, reviews, feature stories, buying guides, and everything else tech-related, keep reading Digit.in.



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Krafton, Indian Esports Industry React to BGMI Ban, Govt’s Official Reasons Still Unclear

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) was removed from the Google Play store and App Store, nearly two years after PUBG Mobile was banned in the country.

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Google Pixel 6a Review: For the hardcore Android purists

The Google Pixel 6a provides nothing short of stellar performance in two areas – software and camera. For the price, this is pretty much the best software and camera experience you can get. Add to that a clean and classy design, moderately powerful hardware with Google’s Tensor chip, and great battery life, and you get a phone that proves to be a solid contender in the Indian smartphone market. However, the phone does have some downfalls – what phone doesn’t? You have a dated 60 Hz refresh rate panel, slightly chunky bezels, some heating issues, and meagre 18 W charging owing to which the ₹43,999 price tag may start to feel less than reasonable.

It’s been a hot minute since Google brought one of its beloved Pixel phones to Indian shores. The last Pixel phone fans enjoyed in the Indian market was the Pixel 4a – the company’s then mid-range offering. Now, a couple of years since, we finally have a glistening new Pixel phone in our midst – the Google Pixel 6a. Whether it was Indian fans verbalising their disappointment about Google skipping out on bringing the Pixel 5a to India, or simply Google’s decision it was an opportune time to set its mark in the Indian smartphone market once again – we’re glad the Pixel 6a has arrived. Boy, has it arrived to rife competition though.

The Pixel 6a is priced at ₹43,999, and while it is Google’s mid-range offering, the phone’s price tag evidently competes with the higher-end phones in India. The competition includes formidable options such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, Nothing Phone (1), and iPhone SE 2022. So, will the Pixel 6a make a solid mark in the high-end smartphone segment in India or will it fade into users’ peripheral vision? Let’s find out that and more in our review.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Build and design

The Pixel 6a carries over the same design language as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, so if you were a fan of their aesthetic, you’ll be pleased with the Pixel 6a’s minimalist look as well. The black camera bar on the back of the phone breaks up the coloured area of the Pixel 6a’s rear panel providing a pretty clean look overall. There’s a minimalist G or Google logo on the rear PMMA (plastic) panel that looks deceptively like glass. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Build and design

The back finish, however, is a notorious fingerprint and smudge magnet and we constantly found ourselves wiping off the smears. The camera bar protrudes from the frame slightly which stops the phone from lying flat on a surface. The Charcoal coloured variant we received for review looks a bit dull; we’re bigger fans of the Chalk variant that has a bit more contrast. The gorgeous Sage Green colour that’s available in global markets, unfortunately, hasn’t made its way to Indian shores.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Build and design

The phone carries an IP67 dust and water resistance rating which means it can resist dust ingress and withstand temporary submersion in water up to 1 meter for 30 minutes. A SIM tray sits on the left side with support for one nano SIM while the volume and power buttons are placed on the right. All buttons are easily reachable one-handed and pretty tactile but don’t feel quite as buttery smooth as high-end or flagship phones. The phone also houses stereo speakers and a USB C port but no 3.5mm jack or microSD card slot. The speakers are considerably loud but we’ve heard louder at this price and lower. However, they don’t crackle even at maximum volume, which is a plus. Sadly, the lack of a microSD card slot means that you can’t expand the memory past the 128 GB internal storage capacity you get, which is a shame. 128 GB storage can feel insufficient to many and we would have preferred at least an option for a 256 GB variant.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Build and design

The Pixel 6a is a compact phone with a screen measuring 6.1-inches; putting it against the likes of other compact devices such as the iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone SE 2022 and Samsung Galaxy S22. The front has a small punch hole cutout for the selfie camera and fairly thick bezels with a thicker chin bezel. The display is flat with no curves, which we quite liked, but the chunky bezels do diminish the glamour quotient. The display is topped with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection, which is a bit dated for a 2022 phone costing above ₹40K. The phone comes with an in-display optical fingerprint sensor which was moderately speedy as well. Overall, we’re fans of the Pixel 6a’s clean and classy aesthetic in a sea of pretty garish phones, especially in the mid-range market. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Display

As for the display, the phone sports a 6.1-inch OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution. You also get HDR support and a High Brightness Mode on the device. The display has a fairly commonplace 20:9 aspect ratio with support for 24-bit colour. The panel provides Widevine L1 support as well for HD viewing on streaming platforms. The display's performance impressed us with true blacks, vivid colours, excellent viewing angles, and good sunlight legibility. It is definitely not the brightest display, even at this price, but in most conditions, you won’t have an issue with the screen being too dim. We recorded a maximum brightness of 502 nits, which is pretty decent and the display is capable of going higher on High Brightness Mode.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Display

All is good in the display department so far, but where the display stumbles in comparison to the competition is the refresh rate. The Pixel 6a supports only 60 Hz refresh rate which seems downright comical for a phone pushing ₹40K. Especially since competition provides panels with 90 Hz, 120 Hz and even a whopping 144 Hz refresh rate support. Scrolling and navigation are visibly and painfully slower than what most people would expect in this price bracket. Overall, this is a display that offers a pretty good movie and video watching experience but the lack of a high refresh rate does hurt how responsive the phone feels. 

Google Pixel 6a Performance Review

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

The Pixel 6a houses Google’s in-house developed Tensor chipset paired with 128 GB UFS 3.1 storage and 6 GB LPDDR5 RAM. The phone performs well as a daily driver with barely any hitches when carrying out tasks such as calling, texting, social media surfing, web browsing, and more. While the performance was solid for the most part, there were instances where the phone did heat up considerably (touching 45 degrees Celsius) when clicking photos, shooting videos, and updating apps. This caused some minor lags and stutters which did take away from an otherwise close-to-flagship experience.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

In benchmarks, the Pixel 6a does decently with the phone consistently clocking in higher scores than the Nothing Phone (1) in most tests but it did lose out, in multiple benchmarks, to the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, Motorola Moto Edge 30 Pro, and iPhone SE 2022. The phone clocked in a score of 691272 in AnTuTu which was considerably lower than the iPhone, Samsung and Motorola devices we mentioned above. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

The phone also lagged behind the competition in GeekBench with it scoring 1015 in the Single Core test and 2689 in Multi Core. In PCMark Work, the trend continues with the Pixel 6a even losing out to the cheaper Nothing Phone (1) with a score of 9758. Moreover, in the CPU Throttling Test, we found that after 15 minutes, the phone throttled to 66 per cent of its peak sustained, which shows that the Pixel 6a has issues with maintaining sustained performance during intensive tasks.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

The phone, however, does do slightly better in GPU benchmarks with it beating out the Nothing Phone (1) and the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE in 3D Mark Wild Life but it continues to lag behind the iPhone SE 2022 and the Moto Edge 30 Pro. You can see the pattern repeat in most GFX Bench tests as well. This does hurt the Pixel 6a’s value proposition a bit since these phones are all almost similarly priced. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Performance

However, in gaming tests using GameBench Pro, the Pixel 6a did shine quite a bit. In Call of Duty Mobile, the phone played at average fps of 60 with a whopping 100 per cent stability and in Asphalt 9, we got 59 fps at 98 per cent stability. The gameplay was mostly smooth and jitter-free barring the instances when the phone heated up after longer periods gameplay, which is when we experienced a sliver of stutter. Overall, the Pixel 6a offers solid day-to-day performance but does lag behind some competitors in terms of heat management and smoothness.

The Pixel 6a also comes equipped with Google’s Titan M2 security chip that stores your sensitive data such as passwords and keys within the device. So, you don’t need to store such data on any server, thereby reducing the risk of a security breach. It also handles processes such as encryption and secure transactions within apps. Of course, we couldn’t fully put this chipset to the test during our brief testing period, so we can’t make any claims about how well it works. Nevertheless, it’s good to see Google putting in the work to try and ensure user security and privacy.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Software

This is the bread and butter of a Pixel device – stock Android Pixel experience. Any Android purist will jump with glee experiencing the bloatware-free, clean Android 12 UI that the Pixel so unabashedly provides. And this is where the phone races ahead of most competition. While other devices from OnePlus, Xiaomi, and Oppo are rife with third-party apps and even ads, the Pixel 6a provides a pure Android 12 experience devoid of any of these deterrents. 

The user interface is clean and completely hassle-free and Google’s Material You theming options look fantastic. Apps barely ask for unnecessary permissions and it was a true joy experiencing Stock Android after the barrage of custom UI skins OEMs slap onto their Android devices. Of course, some other phones from companies such as Motorola do provide a near-stock experience but the Pixel provides so much more. You get a fully unlocked Google Photos editing app, numerous Google Assistant features, unique features such as Magic Eraser, Live Translate, and much more.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Software

The phone also provides users with three years of guaranteed software updates and five years of security updates. However, three years is slightly low for a Pixel phone, especially, since many Samsung phones now provide 4 years of OS updates, so it is beating Google at its own game, in a way. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Software

Also note, when testing the phone, we strangely found that our review device was still on the April security patch, which is just odd. We spoke to Google about this and they assured us that the device will get an update in August with the latest security patch. We hope this doesn’t translate to retail units and is just an issue with the review one.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Battery life

Some global reviews of the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro have complained about mediocre battery life. Thankfully, this didn’t translate to the Pixel 6a, in our experience. We got pretty fantastic battery life during our testing period of over a week. The phone routinely lasted a day with ease with normal usage consisting of occasional gaming, clicking photos, social media, web browsing, and editing photos. We got a screen-on time of about 5 hours which is pretty good for a 4,410 mAh battery.  In our video loop test, the phone lasted about 14 hours from 100 per cent to empty, which is pretty good.

GPS navigation for an hour dropped the battery by 5 per cent from 85 to 80 per cent and 15 minutes of COD: Mobile drained the battery by 6 per cent from 79 to 73 per cent. If you’re a power user, you may need to charge the phone towards the evening but if you’re a light to moderate user, you should end the day with about 15-20 per cent battery. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Battery life

Now, while the battery life experience was pretty great on the Pixel 6a, the 18 W fast charging speeds is nothing to write home about. In the age of 67 W, 80 W and 120 W fast charging in mid-range phones, 18 W charging just feels awfully slow and dated. The phone took a whopping 1 hour and 49 minutes to go from zero to full. Also, there’s no wireless charging on the phone, if that’s something you prefer to have on your phone. The company also hasn’t packaged a charging adapter in the box, so you will have to fish for your own USB PD 3.0 compatible charger.

Google Pixel 6a Camera Review

Google Pixel 6a Review: Camera

Two things almost always seem to stand out on a Pixel device. First, the software experience, which we’ve already spoken (raved) about, and second, the camera experience. So, naturally, our expectations were high and the Pixel 6a didn't disappoint. The device houses two rear camera sensors – a 12.2 MP primary sensor – which has been tried and tested since the Pixel 2 days – and a 12 MP ultrawide shooter. The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro got 50 MP sensors, but honestly, there’s not much to complain about even with the older sensor we have got here. Primarily because of Google’s tuning and exceptional computational photography.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Camera Samples

Photos in daylight look nothing short of fantastic with crisp details and realistic colours. The dynamic range is also excellent. In tricky lighting conditions, while the viewfinder showed blown-out highlights sometimes, the end result achieved after some computational photography magic was brilliant. Shadows were rarely crushed and highlights remained perfectly exposed in most shots. The ultrawide camera also shone in a similar fashion but the main sensor definitely had more detail, especially at the edges of the photo.

Google Pixel 6a Review: Camera Samples

In low light, Google’s exceptional Night Mode worked wonders – clicking photos that you could barely tell apart from well-lit ones. If you pixel-peep, you will see some instances of grain but it’s minimal compared to the night mode performance offered by other mid-rangers and even some high-end phones. Human tones are true to life with great colour reproduction, something that we struggle to see on even high-end phones. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Camera Samples

Taken in Low Light with Night Mode active

The 8 MP selfie camera also clicks some good pictures with true-to-life colours and decent detail but they appear softer than the primary sensor. Portrait mode on both the selfie and rear camera provided great photos with solid edge detection, although at times, in harsh lighting, the blurring and edge detection did look a bit aggressive. 

Add to this stellar performance Google’s editing features such as Face Unblur, Magic Eraser and more, and you get a reliable and well-rounded camera performance matched by almost no phone at this price. The closest competitor in regards to photography at this price is the iPhone SE 2022 but the Pixel 6a still clicks slightly more detailed and crisp pictures. Video recording is also pretty good on the Pixel 6a with the phone supporting up to 4K at 60 fps. You even get OIS to keep videos looking smooth. To see all the full resolution camera samples, visit this Drive link. 

Google Pixel 6a Review: Verdict

The Google Pixel 6a provides nothing short of stellar performance in two areas – software and camera. For the price, this is pretty much the best software and camera experience you can get. Add to that a clean and classy design, moderately powerful hardware with Google’s Tensor chip, and great battery life, and you get a phone that proves to be a solid contender in the Indian smartphone market. However, the phone does have some downfalls – what phone doesn’t? You have a dated 60 Hz refresh rate panel, slightly chunky bezels, some heating issues, and meagre 18 W charging. Owing to this, the ₹43,999 price tag may start to feel less than reasonable. 

Google has marketed this phone as a mid-ranger, but its pricing makes it more of a high-end device in the Indian market, and at this price, the competition is ferocious. You have fast-charging monsters such as the OnePlus 10R, uniquely designed phones such as the Nothing Phone (1), and power beasts such as the iPhone SE 2022 or the Motorola Moto Edge 30 Pro. That’s when the Pixel 6a’s value starts to crumble a tad bit. However, this phone isn’t meant for a power user or a feature seeker – it is meant for those who truly enjoy the Pixel experience and want a set of reliable shooters for every occasion. And for those individuals, it is truly a Pixel Perfect smartphone. 



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Nothing Phone 1 Review: Essentially Everything

The Nothing Phone (1) tries its best to be a renegade but some of the early OnePlus DNA still creeps through. It’s rare for a newly founded company to go onto the stage and claim to be an alternative to Apple but that’s exactly what Carl Pei did earlier this year when he teased the Phone 1. Fast forward to the launch of Nothing Phone 1, you cannot ignore its iPhone-like vibe that feels more premium than a whole gamut of mid-range phones.

The Nothing Phone (1) is essentially everything that you expect from a mid-range smartphone that’s out to disrupt the foundations of the smartphone ecosystem. A first-generation product and yet the kind of thought that has gone behind designing some elements make it look a whole lot different in a sea of similar-looking phones. The Nothing Phone 1 caters to the enthusiast crowd more so than anyone else and it's too hard not to draw any parallels between Nothing’s debutant and the OnePlus One from eight years ago. Out to rekindle the fire in the smartphone world, does the Nothing Phone 1 even have enough fireworks to light its own path? Let’s find out in this review of the Nothing Phone 1.

Nothing Phone (1) review: In the box

In the retail box of the Nothing Phone 1, you get a Type-C cable, a SIM tray ejector tool, a pre-applied screen protector and a safety information booklet along with a warranty card.

Nothing Phone (1) review: Key specifications at a glance

Price: Rs 31,999 (8+128) | Rs 37,999 (12+256)

Display: 6.55-inch AMOLED, FHD+, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, Gorilla Glass 5 protection

Thickness: 8.3mm

Weight: 193.5g

Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+

RAM: 8GB/12GB LPDDR5

Built-in storage: 256GB UFS 3.1

Expandable storage: No

5G support: n1/2/3/5/7/8/20/28/38/40/41/77/78

USB-C: Yes

3.5mm jack: No

OS: Nothing OS based on Android 12 

Rear Camera: 50MP (f/1.9), OIS + 50MP ultra-wide (114-degree FOV)

Rear Camera Video: 4K (30FPS), 1080p (30/60FPS)

Front Camera: 16MP (f/2.5)

Speakers: Stereo speakers

Battery and charging: 4,500mAh, 33W wired, 15W wireless charging

Colours: Black, White

Nothing Phone (1) review: Build and Design

The design is one of the most divisive parts of the Nothing Phone 1 because there’s no Android phone out there which matches its subtlety and ingenuity. Right out of the box, the Phone 1 has an unmissable iPhone-esque feel to it as both uses recycled aluminium for the build. The back of the phone is transparent which would mean you can see through the phone and look at the internal components, except you cannot because the components are covered to make for an elegant look.

Then there’s the Glyph interface which is made up of 900+ LED lights which light up perfectly for calls or notification alerts, voice commands with Google Assistant, music visualization and more. There’s a little red LED light which is a recording indicator that lights up whenever a video is being recorded. The brightness of the Glyph lights can also be tuned and you can also assign different ringtones to different contacts to identify who’s calling you. The Glyph interface is pretty bare bones and doesn’t have much room for customization yet but I’m very interested in seeing how Nothing develops it further, maybe even opening it up for third-party developers.

Overall, the Nothing Phone 1 has a solid build quality and it feels very premium to hold in your hands. It’s lightweight and has a wide aspect ratio which lets you enjoy watching movies or shows on that beautiful display with utmost ease.

Nothing Phone (1) review: Display

The display on the Nothing Phone 1 is a stunner offering vibrant colours with good contrast and clarity. The bezels are in perfect symmetry which makes up for an immersive viewing experience while the display itself can get very bright with good sunlight legibility. Nothing claims 500 nits of typical brightness which in our tests peaked at 809 nits and that’s impressive for a phone priced in this segment.

While the display is HDR10+ compliant, Netflix and Prime Video don’t offer HDR capabilities yet. The display supports an adaptive 120Hz refresh rate which automatically changes the refresh rate to fit the content you are watching but there’s no option to keep the Phone 1 running at 120Hz at all times. I enjoyed watching Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness on this and the colours and clarity were really popping throughout the run. Also, there is an option to change the colour profile of the display as per your preference along with a manual colour temperature slider.

Nothing Phone (1) review: Performance

The Snapdragon 778G+ under the hood is capable of driving the Phone 1 to a T offering a balanced and sustained mid-range performance for daily use. Be it multi-tasking or playing intensive games or just going back and forth between calls and WhatsApp, the Nothing Phone 1 will easily power through anything and everything you throw at it. The software is smooth and fluid but not without its share of issues but overall it's a pretty clean, minimal and bloatware-free experience.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Nothing Phone 1 gets good all-round scores which more than makes up for its mid-range pricing. We also ran several instances of the CPU Throttling test to check whether the 778G+ slows down when tackling extreme workloads. Here’s where we see the real performance optimizations come to fruition as the Nothing Phone 1 didn’t get bogged down under pressure and kept the thermals in check while stressing out the CPU.

In our round of gaming tests, the Nothing Phone 1 scored brilliantly as it managed to run games like COD Mobile, BGMI and Asphalt 9 at 60FPS and 100% stability. I did not face any frame drops or janks while playing COD Mobile and it can offer a smooth gaming experience at all times.

The on-screen fingerprint sensor works well and in real-world use, it unlocks the phone in the blink of an eye. There’s a nice diffuse animation on screen whenever it is locked and unlocked which looks pretty cool in real life. As for the speakers, the stereo setup offers good sound quality but the bottom-firing speaker is louder than the front-firing one, giving an impression of an unbalanced sound profile. Another issue we found out with the speakers is the channel positioning when the phone is rotated in landscape mode. Ideally, the right and left channels should switch as the phone is rotated but it doesn’t happen in Nothing’s case. This is nothing that can’t be solved with an OTA update but the question remains when will that happen!

Nothing Phone (1) review: Battery Life

The Nothing Phone (1) has a respectable battery size that will easily last you a day on a full charge. You will be able to get more out of this phone if you’re a casual user but anywhere between medium to high power usage and you’re looking at less than a day’s worth of battery life.

In our video loop test which involves playing a 4K video file locally via VLC, the Nothing Phone 1 lasted for 9 hours and 46 minutes with the brightness set to the maximum with a 120Hz refresh rate enabled at all times, which is pretty good. You can expect longer runtimes if you fine-tune your use case.

Nothing doesn’t provide a charging adapter in the box which is a bummer since it supports 33W fast charging. The company assumes that everyone who buys the Phone 1 will have a PD fast charger or a 33W adapter handy which is quite wrong in my opinion, especially when it's their first phone. To top it up, Nothing is selling a 45W PD-supported charging adapter separately for Rs 2,499 which is an added cost that I won’t recommend anyone to spend.

Nothing Phone (1) Camera review

When I first started testing out the cameras of the Nothing Phone 1, there was a considerable difference between the colour tones of the main and ultra-wide camera and in the overall HDR processing. Since then, Phone 1 has received two OTA updates which improve the camera performance by a big margin and fixed the aforementioned issues. 

The main camera is capable of producing good-looking pictures that have plentiful details with good natural colours. Be it landscape shots or close-ups, the primary camera handles light very well and has greater detail retention than the ultra-wide camera. The portrait mode lends an artificial depth of field effect to the pictures that look good and the camera can accurately detect the edges between background and foreground.

Meanwhile, the ultra-wide camera is able to take wider landscape shots but is unable to preserve details along the edges and four corners. This is something you will notice only when you go pixel-peeping otherwise the pictures from this sensor are decent and nothing extraordinary. That said, recent updates have improved the colour tones of the ultra-wide camera which are now in sync with the colours produced by the main camera. The Phone 1 also uses the ultra-wide sensor to capture macro pictures which lets you go really close to the subject and these are pretty good and usable pictures which is something of a rarity in this budget segment.

After the sun sets, the main camera can give you great low-light shots with good details and accurate colours. The highlights are also in control and the camera tries not to go overboard with noise which is why the pictures have a natural-looking feel. The ultra-wide sensor can go wider with natural-looking colours but lacks details when you zoom in to a 25% or 50% crop ratio. 

Switching to night mode leads to better clarity and textures but there’s also a lot of noise that creeps into the frame which doesn’t bode well for the ultra-wide camera. The main camera is pretty much the star of the show and can give you some great-looking pictures that are Instagrammable right out of the gallery.

The front-facing camera does a decent job of taking selfies so long as there’s ample light falling on your face. Otherwise, it’s a hit-and-miss affair with pictures reeking of low details and noise along the edges. The camera interface is largely simple and it's not cluttered with different modes of shooting or filters and styles which make for a pleasant experience. 

Nothing Phone (1) review: Verdict

The Nothing Phone 1 tries its best to be a renegade but some of the early OnePlus DNA still creeps through. It’s rare for a newly founded company to go onto the stage and claim to be an alternative to Apple but that’s exactly what Carl Pei did earlier this year when he teased the Phone 1. Fast forward to the launch of Nothing Phone 1, you cannot ignore its iPhone-like vibe that feels more premium than a whole gamut of mid-range phones. But what’s missing is the cohesiveness of the iOS ecosystem which I expect Nothing to develop over the years. Still, the Nothing OS is largely a stock Android experience which remains smooth and stable but if iOS is the benchmark they’ve set for themselves, then it's going to be a long road for Carl and Co.

The Nothing Phone 1 is a value-for-money smartphone that doesn’t beat around the bush and offers essentially everything that you’d need in a phone in 2022. What you’re not getting is a charging adapter in the box, a 3.5mm audio jack and support for HDR playback in Netflix and Prime Video apps. If you are someone who’s looking for a vastly different-looking Android phone, the Nothing Phone 1 is right up your alley but if you have other priorities like faster charging, better gaming and camera performance then there are alternatives such as the Pixel 6a, iQOO 9 SE, OnePlus 10R and Xiaomi 11T Pro to name a few.



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New State Mobile to Bring Assassin’s Creed-Themed Content as Krafton, Ubisoft Collaborate

Krafton and Ubisoft have announced a collaboration to bring Assassin’s Creed-themed events and items to New State Mobile. The event will begin in August and last for nearly over a month. As part of the limited-time collaboration event players will get daily login rewards, and along with chances to acquire themed items.

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BSNL And BBNL Merger Sanctioned Along With A 164 Lakh Crore Revival Package

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was once a successful venture, but lately, it has been marred with poor management, lack of even a 4G network, and cut-throat competition from other telecom companies. Yes, while other telecom companies in India and the world are working their way towards a 5G future, BSNL is still to start its 4G service. So, all in all, one could surmise it’s rough times for the PSU. But, things may change now as the government has intervened. A 1.64 lakh crore would be injected into the BSNL revival plan.

Here is what you need to know about this newly approved lifeline for BSNL.

BSNL Revival Plan

BSNL

At a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the BSNL revival plan was authorized. Here’s what that primarily entails:

₹1,64,156 crore support package will be allotted to BSNL. Spectrum allotment for high-speed data (possibly speaking of 4G) BSNL and BBNL merger.

In another important decision, the Union Cabinet chaired by PM Shri @narendramodi Ji approved the revival package of BSNL amounting to ₹1.64 Lakh crores. This will help BSNL to improve the quality of their existing services, roll out 4G services and become financially viable.

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 27, 2022

Other help in terms of raising capital, due settlement, and funding requirements. All this falls in line with the Antyodaya scheme of the government that aims for optimum resource management and utilization.

BSNL

As for the government, this could benefit in things and ways like:

Rural broadband expansion Promote Make In India with BSNL and its surrounding vendor ecosystem.  To keep afloat a company that is deeply rooted in several regions across the country.

BSNL

Now, what’s left to see is how the whole plan actually pans out. We’ll be keeping close tabs.

Thank you Pradhan mantri ji, for supporting BSNL wholeheartedly with the financial package to promote Aatmnirbhar Bharat. @PMOIndia #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #AtmanirbharBharat

— BSNL_Kerala (@BSNL_KL) July 27, 2022

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Google Pixel 6a, Pixel Buds Pros First India Sale Goes Live On Flipkart

Google Pixel 6a and Pixel Buds Pro have gone on sale in India for the first time and are available to purchase from Flipkart. The Pixel 6a went up for pre-orders from July 21 in India and anyone looking to buy it can go on Flipkart and get it with launch offers. We reviewed the Pixel 6a and found it to be a stellar performer, particularly in two areas: Software and Cameras, but it’s not like it doesn’t have some downfalls. Read our Pixel 6a review to find out whether it makes sense to buy the Pixel 6a at Rs 43,999 (Rs 41,999 with the launch offer).

Google Pixel 6a: Pricing, sale and launch offers

The Google Pixel 6a is priced at Rs 43,999 in India with the open sale commencing from July 28 on Flipkart. 

As part of the launch offers, Flipkart is offering a Rs 2,000 instant discount on Axis bank credit and debit card transactions, upto Rs 1500 discount for SBI Credit Cardholders and 5% cashback on Flipkart Axis Bank cards. 

Moreover, everyone who buys the Pixel 6a is also eligible to get the Google Nest Hub at Rs 4,999, Fitbit Inspire 2 at Rs 4,999, and Pixel Buds A-series at Rs 4,999 and Nest mini at Rs 1,999. There’s an exchange offer going on as well which offers upto Rs 19,000 off on the exchange of your old phone and an extra Rs 2,000 off on the exchange of select smartphones.

Google Pixel 6a specifications

The Google Pixel 6a features a 6.1-inch Full HD+ resolution OLED display with a punch-hole notch cutout in the centre and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone has a metal frame with a plastic back. It measures 8.99 mm in thickness and weighs 178 grams. Additionally, it's also IP67 rated making it dust and water resistant.

The Pixel 6a is powered by the Tensor chip and is paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. It runs on Android 12 out of the box.

The Pixel 6a has dual 12MP cameras on the back. The main sensor offers an f/1.7 aperture with OIS while the secondary ultra-wide sensor offers 114-degree FOV. The rear cameras can record in 4K at upto 60FPS and there’s an 8MP selfie camera on the front.

It also features stereo speakers, and an in-display fingerprint reader and is equipped with a 4,410mAh battery that supports 18W charging speeds.



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