Asus ROG Phone 3 price officially slashed by Rs 3,000 in India

Asus ROG Phone 3 has received a price cut bringing down its price by Rs 3,000 in India. The gaming phone was launched on July 22 at a starting price of Rs 49,999 in India but now the company has officially slashed the price and it now starts at Rs 46,999 for the base variant.

The ROG Phone 3 is the third iteration in the series of gaming phones by Asus that features all the bells and whistles that one would expect from a gaming phone. It’s powered by a flagship Snapdragon processor with a high refresh rate screen and a high-capacity battery to boot.

Asus ROG Phone 3 price cut details

Asus has discounted the prices of the ROG Phone 3 across the three variants it currently sells in India. The base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage now starts at Rs 46,999 down from its original price of Rs 49,999 while the 12GB+128GB variant now retails at Rs 49,999 down from Rs 52,999 followed by the 12GB+256GB variant retailing at Rs 54,999 over its original price of Rs 57,999.

Asus has revealed that the price cut is now reflected on Flipkart. Moreover, Axis Bank debit and credit card users can purchase the ROG Phone 3 at an additional 10% discount during the Big Diwali Sale on Flipkart that’s being held between October 29 and November 4. 

In our extensive review of the ROG Phone 3 that you can read here, we noted that “Every element of the smartphone has been decided with gaming in mind. An insanely responsive display, cutting-edge hardware, AirTriggers, and loud audio, offers an unfair advantage against other players using vanilla smartphones. It’s not that you will get better frame rates from the popular games from this phone, but aiming, shooting and moving is the most responsive on the ROG Phone 3.”

Asus ROG Phone 3 specifications

Asus ROG Phone 3 is built featuring a metal-glass sandwich design and measures 9.8 millimetres in thickness, weighing in at 240 grams. It features a 6.59-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED screen with a 144Hz high refresh rate and HDR10+ certification. It is embedded with an in-display fingerprint sensor for fast unlock speeds and is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 6.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset lies at the heart of the ROG Phone 3 with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 650 GPU. This is further paired with upto 12GB RAM LPDDR5 and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage options to choose from, with the phone running on Android 10 based ROG UI out-of-the-box.

The ROG Phone 3 comes with a triple camera setup that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 125-degree field-of-view and a 5MP macro camera. On the front, there is a 24MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.  The rear cameras are capable of recording in 8K UHD at 30FPS and 4K UHD at up to 60FPS with support for OIS and EIS.

Asus ROG Phone 3 comes equipped with a 6,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box.

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OnePlus CEO Pete Lau teases OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition on Weibo

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has teased the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition smartphone on Weibo. It's not the first teaser from the company, the announcement was first made at the OnePlus 8T launch event in China. The company announced that it has partnered with Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red on a special edition of the OnePlus 8T.

The phone is dubbed as the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition. The pre-orders for the phone will start on November 4. The latest teaser image of the phone shows a lime-yellow, grey and black accent, which is what we've seen on official Cyberpunk 2077 posters as well. We can also make out a different textured finish on the grey coloured back that could either be just a print or a different material altogether. The teaser also shows the top part of the rectangular camera bump of the 8T which has the Cyberpunk 2077 logo printed on it. It's all that the new teaser reveals.

Going by the previous teaser, OnePlus might use the hint of yellow on power/volume buttons. 

That's all the information we have of the upcoming limited edition OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk Edition. Although going by OnePlus' track record, users are likely to see a Cyberpunk 2077 theme pre-installed on the phone with a special retail box and accessories like covers and accent coloured charging cable with adapter. 

OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition rumoured specifications

Weibo has been the active source of all updates about the limited edition model. A few days ago, a tipster shared on the Chinese social networking site that the limited edition OnePlus 8T may come with 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and may be priced at CNY 3,999 (approx Rs. 43,600). 

Since it's just another iteration of the OnePlus 8T, it's pretty likely to have the same basic specs. It should run Android 11 with OxygenOS 11. The screen size on the 8T is 6.55-inch with AMOLED display having full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) resolution with 120Hz refresh rate. The phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 865 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM. Just like the other specs, it's likely to have the same camera module as the regular OnePlus 8T and a 4,500mAh battery with Warp Charge 65 fast charging support.

OnePlus has kept mum on its availability in India at this point. So it's unlikely to make its entry at the same time as in the Chinese market, but take it with a pinch of salt. There's no official information on its availability in other regions.

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3 Indian teams to feature in Garenas Free Fire Continental Series: Asia tournament

The teams, format and schedule for Garena’s Free Fire Continental Series have been announced and Indian will be represented by three teams in the Asia series of the tournament. The other two series will be held in the Americas and EMEA. India will be represented by Total Gaming Esports, who won the Free Fire Indian Championship 2020 that was held a few months back. They will be joined by Team CRX Elite and XTZ Esports (previously known as Stalwart Esports) who placed second and third in that competition.

Participating countries and prizes

The Asia series will include India, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Americas series will include Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The EMEA series will feature Europe, Russia, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)  

Each of the three series will have prize money of $300,000 for a total of $900,000 in total. 

Schedule and seeding

Each of the series will be held simultaneously and will consist of two stages. The Play-ins and the Grand Finals. While the exact date is yet to be confirmed, Garena has revealed that Play-ins will take place on either November 21 or 21, while the Grand Finals will be held on either November 28 or 29. 

The top-seeded teams from each local-level tournament will earn direct entry to each series’ respective Grand Finals. The rest will earn their place in the Grand Finals defeating other teams in the region. 

Format

Teams will battle over six rounds across three maps, namely Bermuda, Purgatory and Kalahari. Points will be awarded based on the round ranking and number of kills. All three series will follow the same format. 

Details such as final line-ups and broadcast schedules will be announced over the coming weeks.

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PlayStation India website lists November 19 launch for PS5 once again and then removes it

We’re less than a month away from the release of the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S and as we’ve said a million times before, the hype is literally unreal. It's the same in India as well. Fans of both consoles have been waiting for them to drop. Microsoft essentially dropped the mic and have confirmed that both the Xbox Series X and the Series S will launch on November 10 in India, keeping in line with the global release date. PlayStation, on the other hand, have been playing coy with the Indian release date of the PS5. Sure, Sony had a few issues to iron out with the whole trademark controversy and according to a report on Detectivegaming.com, seem to have solved that problem for now, but we still haven’t got a confirmation of when it’ll be hitting Indian shores as yet!

Sony did update the Indian PS5 webpage with the November 19th launch date but have now taken down it down with just a plain PlayStation 5 logo replacing the launch date. As you can see from the screenshot above, Sony did goof up and post the launch date as 19 November but took it down soon after. We’re not sure when the PS5 will actually launch in India, but we’re hoping that it’ll be available at last this year and not in 2021. 

Sony has already announced the price of the PS5 in India with the disc version being priced at Rs 49,999 and the Digital Edition coming in at Rs 39,999. You can read more about that here. If you want to know how much more we in India have to shell out for the PS5, here's a quick and helpful comparison of how much the PS5 costs in other countries.  

 

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Crash Bandicoot is getting a new Mobile Runner game next year

The game developer behind the famous Candy Crush Saga, King (owned by Activision), has announced Crash Bandicoot: On The Run!, a mobile runner game featuring the lovable Crash Bandicoot.

The game is expected to arrive on March 25, 2021, according to its App Store listing. The game is supposed to have more than 100 hours of gameplay across 12 lands at launch, featuring battles against 50 bosses pulled from Crash Bandicoot's history. The bosses included are Neo Cortex, Nina, and Fake Crash among many more.

From the trailer, it looks like a lane based endless runner game similar to Subway Surfers with some Crash storyline features such as spinning through obstacles, bouncing around everywhere and more. The game will have crafting and base-building elements, so you can work towards goals outside the levels. Asynchronous multiplayer will let you run alongside recordings of your friends and give you an opportunity to show off your very own customized Bandicoot hero.

You can pre-register on Android and iOS now, which will unlock a Blue Hyena skin  in the game when it launches.

If you are a console gamer, then you can check out our review of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time here. 

In other mobile gaming news, Garena Free Fire is celebrating Halloween with Pumpkin Exchange, new weapons and more. You can learn how to participate and everything about the Halloween event here. 

If you are looking to check out FAU-G, then know that the game doesn't come out for a couple of weeks. There are a lot of fake FAU-G apps available on the play store. You can learn more about the fake apps and how to avoid them here.   

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Amazon Happiness Upgrade Sale: Best deals on high-end and premium smartphones

With Diwali just around the corner, e-commerce websites are giving daily discounts on smartphones and other accessories. Now, with premium and high-end smartphones usually remaining quite expensive throughout the year, it is during the festive season that the price comes down, and quite naturally, now is the best time to buy a high-end flagship. Amazon's Great India Festival is presently hosting the Happiness Upgrade Sale and these are the best high-end and premium smartphones on discount — iPhone 11 (64GB) Selling Price: Rs 64,990   Deal Price: Rs 49,999

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The iPhone 11 is available at one of its lowest ever prices, making it a great entry into the Apple iOS ecosystem.

Xiaomi Mi 10  Selling Price: Rs 49,999   Deal Price: Rs 41,999   Click here to buy   With a 108MP camera and a curved AMOLED with 90Hz refresh rate, the Mi 10 is a formidable flagship for taking photos and watching content. OnePlus 7T Selling Price: Rs 37,999   Deal Price: Rs Rs 32,999   The OnePlus 7T is a wholesome flagship powered by the Snapdragon 855+, and comes with a 48MP triple camera setup along with a 90Hz AMOLED display.   Click here to buy Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Selling Price: Rs 49,999   Deal Price: Rs 44,990   The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE runs on a flagship Exynos processor, and rocks a bright and vivid AMOLED display and a triple camera setup.   Click here to buy Samsung Galaxy S10+ Selling Price: Rs 52,999   Deal Price: Rs 44,999   Click here to buy   The Galaxy S10+ offers a curved AMOLED display, and a capable triple camera setup at the back, along with two cameras on the front drilled into the display.

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