Top Weekly Tech News #21 : BSNL, AMD 5000 series processors, PUBG Mobile return, Exynos 1080, COD: Cold War and more.

 1. BSNL OFFERS THE BEST CALL QUALITY SAYS TRAI REPORTS.

According to TRAI's data collected from MyCall app, BSNL provides the best call quality among all other wireless service providers in India. The report as said is based on MyCall app's data in which users have rated their their telecom operators on a scale of 1-5. In which BSNL scored an average of 3.5 out of 5. It is followed by Jio and Vodafone  both with 3.3 of 5 followed by Airtel with 3.0 ratings. All the dataa were collected fro users submitted in 2014.

2. AMD ZEN 3 RYZEN 5000 SERIES DESKTOP CPUS LAUNCHED IN INDIA.

AMD has unveiled Ryzen 5000 series CPUs which includes Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 9 5950X.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is the cheapest among of the four and is hexa-core CPU with 12 threads, W TDP ( Thermal Design Power ) and peak clock speed of 4.6 GHz. It is priced at ₹22,990 + 18% GST.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is an octa-core CPU with 16 threads and 4.7 GHz peak clock speed. It is priced at ₹34,990 + 18% GST.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU has 12 cores and 24 threads along with 4.75 GHz peak clock speed. It is priced in India at ₹41,990 + 18% GST.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is the most powerful among the four with 16 cores and 32 threads and a peak clock speed of about 4.9 GHz. It is priced at ₹61,990 + 18% GST.

3. PUBG MOBILE TO MAKE A COMEBACK IN INDIA.

PUBG Mobile was barred in India 2 months ago due to the concerns regarding cyber security. Since then they are trying to make a comeback in India and for the same they broke the partnership with Tencent which was a Chinese company. According to several reputed YouTubers and Bloggers it is nearly confirmed that PUBG is making a comeback in India. They are rumoured to tie up with Airtel or PayTM to publish and they will announce it soon. Right  now there is no official confirmation regarding it but we will get to know about it soon.

4. SAMSUNG TO UNVEIL THEIR NEW EXYNOS 1080 MOBILE SOC ON NOVEMBER 12TH.

Samsung's new smartphone chip Exynos 1080 is ready to launch on November 12th. It is expected to replace the Exynos 980 chipset. This chipset is said to be built on 5nm FinFet process. It will be an octa core processor and is supposed to carry ARM Cortex-A78 core and Mali G78 GPU. The first phone to be powered by Exynos 1080 is speculated to be Vivo X60 series smartphone.

5. APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED MAGSAFE DUO WIRELESS CHARGER IN INDIA.

MagSafe can be said as modified wireless charger which attaches magnetically on the rear of the new iPhones and delivers power. The MagSafe charger can charge iPhone 12 smartphones at 15 watts except iPhone 12 mini which charges at 12 watts with the same charger. They had announced the MagSafe Duo at the same event and can charge an iPhone and an Apple Watch at the same time. Well, the same accessory is priced in India at a price tag of about ₹13,900. It is currently not available to but is listed on the online Apple store and you can expect it to go on sale soon.

6. ACTIVISION HAS ANNOUNCED THE MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS  FOR CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR.

New video games are becoming graphically intensive and more realistic. With COD: Cold War you will need 250GB free space on your PC. If you want to play it in 4K then you will need the RTX 3080 GPU otherwise GTX 970 or equivalent is the minimum requirement. Intel core i5- 2500k or equivalent CPU and 12GB RAM is needed to play it in ultra low settings. For multiplayer, you will need GTX 670, 8GB RAM, Intel i3-4340 chip to play it on ultra low settings.

QUICK FLASH NEWS:

1. Vivo 20 SE launched in India for ₹20,990. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor, 6.44 inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 48MP Triple camera setup, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.

2. LG W11, W31 and W31 Plus launched in India at ₹9,490, ₹10,990 and ₹11,990 respectively. All of them share the same specifications and the only visual difference is in the cameras. 

3. Micromax makes a comeback in India with all new IN series smartphones. We have covered them you can read about the by clicking here.

4. Sony A8H TV launched in India for ₹2.8 lakhs. The TV features a 65 inch 4K Ultra HD HDR OLED panel, X1 ultimate picture processor, 120HZ refresh rate at 1080p resolution and 30 watts speakers.