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The Lite open beta a free-to-play version of the game designed to work on low-end PCs” There’s finally some good news for us poor peeps – PUBG Corp is testing a Lite version of the popular battle royal game that works effectively on low-end PCs and is free to download and play. The developer has further stated that the Lite version, although built for low-end hardware is just as good as PUBG on Steam. Dubbed PUBG Lite, the game is currently being tested in Thailand and according to a blog post by the developers it will arrive in other markets soon. Last year also PUBG Corp had launched a Lite version of the game for smartphones in Philippines but that too hasn’t made it to India yet. The best part however is that PUBG Lite is free-to-play meaning there’s absolutely no entry barrier, which is exactly why the game is more popular on smartphone than PCs. PUBG Lite was launched in Thailand on 10 th  January, while beta testing began yesterday on 24 th  January. Understandably users o

Share Tweet “As per the CIRP report, the iPhone XS has performed the worst, selling only slightly more than the iPhone 7, which is two generations old” The Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has published a report for  iPhone sales  distribution for the last three months of 2018. As per the data published from its market survey, the  iPhone XR  ( review ) accounted for 39 percent of all iPhones sold in the USA between October and December, 2018. This is significantly higher than what the  iPhone XS  ( review ) and  iPhone XS Max  ( review ) sold in total, during the same period. Among all the  iPhones , the iPhone XR enjoys the best balance of every factor — it is more affordable than the other new iPhones, has a large display, higher native storage and most of the features of the flagship iPhones. On an overall sense, it doesn’t come across as a compromise the way the iPhone 5C did, back when it was launched alongside the iPhone 5s back in 2013. This helped it gar

“The upcoming Nokia smartphones are also expected to be Android One-branded” Nokia’s  Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has  teased  February 24th as the launch date for its devices. The company has once again chosen Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 — world’s biggest tech trade show — to showcase what it has in store. Much like last year, Nokia’s license holder HMD Global may take the wraps off new smartphones, including the rumoured  Nokia 9 PureView ,  Nokia 8.1 Plus , and  Nokia 6.2 . The Nokia 9 PureView is expected to be a flagship offering and the world’s first smartphone with five camera setup. You heard it right! The handset is tipped to feature Penta cameras at the back panel. It’ll most likely flaunt a 5.99-inch display – probably with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 2K resolution, and Nokia’s PureView tech. Under the hood, it may employ Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 chipset accompanied by 6GB of RAM and 128GB native storage. Nokia 8.1 Plus (concept render) The  Nokia 6.2  an

“The APEX 2019 is a flagship phone that has no ports or buttons and is made from a single slab of aluminium” Vivo  recently  announced  its latest concept phone, the APEX 2019, in China. Although the phone won’t be available for purchase anytime soon, a device based on this concept could be launched in the coming months. The  APEX 2019  is the successor to last year’s Vivo APEX, which also brought a new design paradigm to the smartphone industry. The brand’s latest is all metal and glass without any cut-outs, ports and buttons. The entire front of the phone is a display, except for a very thin chin at the bottom.  The Vivo APEX 2019 has a full-screen in-display fingerprint scanner among other cool technologies. The entire front of the screen can be used to unlock the phone and that’s a first. We have seen phones which hid the biometric module under the half portion of the display, but this is the first time that an entire screen is used for this. The ability to unlock the phone

The plan comes with a validity of 28 days and is mandatory to avoid deactivation” As you know, Indian telcos have made it mandatory to have a minimum balance of at least Rs 35 to avoid SIM deactivation in case you’re a prepaid subscriber. This decision has since been backed by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and requires prepaid users to recharge their phones every month with the most basic plan to keep getting incoming calls. Now Vodafone Idea has introduced a new minimum plan that is even cheaper than its Rs 35 plan. The new Rs 24 minimum prepaid recharge tariff comes with a validity of 28 days and requires users to recharge before the expiry date. The same is notified to the users via SMS before the expiry date. Failing which users will be given a time of 15 days in which they can recharge their SIM cards, during which Vodafone Idea will stop outgoing service from their number and suspend data services. If you don’t recharge after these 15 days also, the incoming

“The new Jio Phone recharges priced at Rs 297 and Rs 594 have validities of 84 days and 168 days, respectively” Jio has announced two new recharge packs for the users of its  Jio Phone  4G feature phone. Unlike the Jio Phone recharges that are already available in the market, these new prepaid packs offer long-term validity and, consequently, are priced relatively higher. Both the Jio Phone recharges, priced at Rs 297 and Rs 594, offer the exact same benefits — including the bundled calls and daily data allocations — as the Rs 99 pack for the 4G feature phone. The new Rs 297 Jio Phone recharge has validity of 84 days, while the Rs 594 pack will be valid for 168 days. Both come with 500MB data per day bundled STD and local calls, no charging on calls made while roaming, 300 SMSes per day, and access to Jio apps. This puts the bundled data at 42GB and 84GB for the two packs, respectively. Buyers can purchase the packs from the official website or MyJio app. To recall, the Rs 99

“The Seamless Data Connectivity technology will help most of the apps ranging from mobile payments, KYC, transports and logistics to work properly without an Internet connection.” BSNL has signed a business partnership with Be-Bound, a French mobile network optimisation firm to bring data connectivity through SMS in areas without Internet Connectivity. The deal has been approved by the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of France, Claire Thuaudet. The partnership is aiming to bring Seamless Data Connectivity (SDC) everywhere to keep mobile apps connected without internet or any congested data connection. Be-Bound has developed a technology that can help in bringing SDC to smartphones. After signing the pact, BSNL Chairman and MD, Anup Shrivastava said  “We were trying to get SMS based data service technology on our own but learnt that Be-Bound has already developed this technology and has been given a patent for it. This technology is very good to support operations of apps

“The problem is said to be the thin and fragile flexible cables that connect the display with the controller are integrated to the screen” MacBook Pro models, starting with 2016 family to the latest 2018 versions, have been reported with an uneven lighting issue at the bottom of the screen. The problem, dubbed as ‘flexgate’, arises due to the inferior quality of flex cables that are used to connect the display with the controller. It seems like another controversy for  Apple  months after a CPU throttling problem was spotted on MacBook Pro 2018 models. Repair website iFixit highlighted the issue, claiming that Apple has used thin and fragile flexible ribbon cables in the new models instead of the durable cables that were used in previous generations. The issue is mainly arising in the  MacBook Pro with Touch Bar . Image courtesy: iFixit The cables are subject to the stress with repeated opening and closing of the lid, thus making them prone to be more fragile over time. It co

“iOS 12.1.3 mostly includes bug fixes for your iPhone or iPad” Apple has rolled out a consumer-ready update of watchOS 5.1.3 and iOS 12.1.3 after testing it across four betas in the past few weeks. Along with these, the company also rolled out the tvOS 12.1.2, macOS 10.14.3 updates which largely pertain to bug fixes and security enhancements, similar to the iOS 12.1.3 which is also a minor update. The Cupertino giant has also released notes mentioning the highlights of the update which have been listed below. As per the release notes, the update fixes an annoying bug that prevented scrolling through photos in the Details view on the Messages app. It also fixes a bug that caused audio distortion when using external audio input devices on iPad Pro (2018). The update also squashes a bug that caused disconnection between CarPlay systems and iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max devices. The iOS 12.1.3 update will also be released for HomePod and it fixes two major bugs. The Hom

“The Galaxy M20 is expected to be launched later this month, while the Galaxy S10 series phones could be unveiled in February” Samsung  is all set to unveil its brand new Galaxy M series of phones, which will include the  Galaxy M10 ,  Galaxy M20 , and  Galaxy M30 , in India on January 28th. After unveiling the Galaxy M series, the South Korean tech giant is expected to unleash its latest Galaxy S series flagships at its Unpacked 2019 event on February 20th. Ahead of the unveiling, the upcoming  Galaxy S10  series phones and the Galaxy M20 have already been spotted on various certification agency’s website. Now, all of them have been certified by Indonesia’s  TKDN  certification agency. Three models of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 have been certified by TKDN, namely the SM-970F, SM-973F, and SM-975F. These are expected to be launched as the  Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite , Galaxy S10, and  Galaxy S10+  respectively, as per previous leaks. The Samsung Galaxy M20 has received the cert