Top Weekly Tech News #18.

 1. SONY PLAYSTATION 5 INDIAN PRICING REVEALED.





Sony PlayStation 5 pricing was earlier announced for global markets and Indian pricing was still left to be out. And finally Sony has announced the price: the digital edition of PS5 is priced at ₹39,990 and PS5 is priced at ₹49,990. Along with the PS they have also announced the pricing of the accessories which include DualSense wireless controller at ₹5,990, HD Camera at ₹5,190, PULSE 3D wireless headset at ₹8,590, Media Remote at ₹2,590 and DualSense charging station at ₹2,590. They have also revealed the pricing of some games like Demon's Souls at ₹4,999, Spider-Man Miles Morales: Ultimate Edition at ₹4,999, Destruction AllStars at ₹4,999, SackBoy A Big Adventure at ₹3,999 and Spider-Man Miles Morales at ₹3,999. Sony is facing trademark issue in India but they have accidentally revealed the launch date of PS5 which was listed as November 19th on PlayStation website.

2. NOKIA TO BRING 4G NETWORK TO MOON.





Nokia is partnering with NASA to bring 4G network to the Moon for better and faster communication on Lunar surface. They will be the first to build a 4G network outside Earth in space. NASA and Nokia will try to build it for making better communication with Lunar Rovers, Astronauts, Spacecrafts, etc. Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA's Space Technology said, “With NASA funding, Nokia will look at how terrestrial technology could be modified for the lunar environment to support reliable, high-rate communications”.

3. SAMSUNG OVERTAKES XIAOMI TO BECOME TOP INDIAN SMARTPHONE BRAND. 





Xiaomi was India's top smartphone brand in India since last two years and now after a long time of domination Samsung has taken over their spot. According to Counter Point research due to anti-China mentality Xiaomi has lost the market and Samsung has taken over it after two years. Samsung on August had market sharer of about 25% whereas Xiaomi has 21% share pushing Samsung upwards. According to Counter Point Samsung online exclusive M series has helped to reach it's goal.

4. MICROMAX TO MAKE A COMEBACK IN INDIA.





Micromax has announced that they are officially making their comeback in India in November. They have officially released a teaser video on YouTube and Twitter about their return. In an interview with Technical Guruji, Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax mobiles, stated that they are about to launch smartphones under the branding 'IN' and will be performance oriented devices especially for gamers from ₹7,000 - ₹15,000. Moreover the software will be ads and bloatware and will close to stock Android experience.

5. ONEPLUS 8T LAUNCHED IN INDIA.





OnePlus has officially launched their successor the ONEPLUS 8T in India at ₹42,990. OnePlus 8T brings in Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor with 8GB + 128GB and 12GB + 256GB storage models, 48MP+16MP+5MP+2MP quad rear camera sensor and a 16MP selfie camera, 6.55 inch FHD+ sAMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 4500 mAh battery with 65 watt Warp charging 65 support and new Android 11 support. It is officially available on amazon.in.

6. CORONAVIRUS CAN LIVE UPTO 28 DAYS ON A SMARTPHONE SCREEN.





According to a study by Australian researchers Coronavirus can live upto 28 days on glass, stainless steel and banknotes at 20°€€C and 50% relative humidity. They conduct the research on 20°C, 30°C, and 40°C respectively in dark and found that it can survive upto 28, 7 and 2 days in these temperature respectively. The report further states that touchscreen devices may provide a potential source of transmission and should regularly be disinfected especially in multi-user environment. You can read the detailed report here

QUICK FLASH NEWS

1. Carl Pei, OnePlus co-founder, has officially left OnePlus. In a post on OnePlus forums on Friday Pei said that decision to leave the company after so long was difficult and that he had take some time off to catch up with his family and friends.
 
2. Apple iPhone 12 series launched globally. Prices in India starts from ₹69,990. You can read further about it here

3. Apple has discontinued iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max in India and has reduced the price of iPhone 11 and iPhone Xr after the launch of iPhone 12 series . Now the pricing of iPhone 11 starts at ₹54,990 whereas iPhone xr now starts at ₹47,990.

4. After the launch of iPhone 12 series it was confirmed that they won't be supplying chargers and earphones in the box. But it doesn't ends in iPhone 12 as from now new iPhone 11, Xr and iPhone SE 2020 will not ship with Chargers and earphones.

5. Vivo V20 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, 44MP selfie camera and 64MP quad rear camera setup launched in India for ₹24,990. It will be available with Android 11 out-of-the-box.

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