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The Elder Scrolls: Blades Android Game

The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the first Elder Scrolls game made for mobile, was first revealed Bethesda’s 2018 E3 showcase. The beta version has been available on both iOS and Android for a while now. Some players have already completed the quests and maxed out their characters.

Fans are happy since Bethesda has delivered on its promise of a first-person RPG Elder Scrolls game that boasts console-quality graphics on that you can play on your phone. However, the combat is repetitive, and your progress has a stark reliance on in-app purchases.

The most recent update has addressed some of the most significant issues that hold the player back, including the removal of loot chests that were time-locked and the introduction of proper multiplayer features.

If you’re an Elder Scrolls fan, now’s a great time to dive in and see what the game has to offer.

The Elder Scrolls: Blades – Overview

‘Blades’ in the title of the game refers to the Imperial empire’s secret service, and in the game, you play a Blade agent who returns to their hometown only to find it burnt down to rubble.

Part of the quest of the game is learning what destroyed your town, rebuild statues and buildings to restore the town’s original glory, and attract townsfolk who fled during the chaos back to the town.

Your adventure in TES: Blades will include many quests and side jobs where you battle with goblins, skeletons, and other enemies of all kinds that Elder Scrolls fans will surely recognize and appreciate.

If you own a newer phone like the Samsung Galaxy S10, the free-to-play game should run just fine even though Bethesda hasn’t added the phone to the official supported list yet.

The game itself runs well on all the devices we’ve tested it out. Also, it looks fantastic for a smartphone game. The game’s combat system is simple enough to play with one hand for hack and slash warriors.

However, there are also magic skill trees to unlock and upgrade for those who prefer sorcery over brawn. The combat does feel repetitive at the start; however, it facilitates learning how to block attacks and link combos that will help beat tougher quests.

A significant portion of the game is dedicated to city building, which makes use of all the gold and supplies. You can collect it when you complete quests to rebuild your town. You’ll spend the loot you collect from chests and quests to build new buildings, fun decorations, and more. Also, you can buy gems with in-app purchases and buy a whole new town.

In the latest update, the developers have removed the controversial time-based chest system, enabling players to collect more loot with less waiting.

Besides the quests and side jobs, there is also an ‘Abyss mode’ where you spawn in an endless, procedurally-created dungeon that you must battle your way through and collect loot and XP along the way.

There are no secret chests or health power-ups in this mode. Therefore, your character is pushed to the limit. It is a great place to practice and level-up before you head to the Arena, which is unlocked at level 5.

January 27, 2020
How Google Assistant Can Help You Stay On Top Of Your Stock Portfolio
Whether you have a retirement account set up that you’ve forgotten about, or are an active investor and make orders at your coffee table, checking up on your portfolio and getting things done right from your smart speaker will be super handy.

Google has now made it easy to do with its Google Assistant, and new brokerage services are listed in the Google Account settings!!

Firms like E*TRADE and TD Ameritrade already have Google Assistant integrations. Also, with the recent release of Fidelity’s integration in Google Assistant, all three of these firms have been listed in the Google Account settings under the ‘Services’ tab in the Stocks & Brokerages menu.

If you wish to implement any of these integrations, you will need to link your portfolio account information for each trading house. After connecting your account, it will retrieve specific pieces of information by giving Google Assistant commands.

Each of these services works when different commands are issued.

To use Fidelity using Google Assistant, you can say:
1. “How’s my portfolio doing?”
2. “Ask Fidelity for my tax forms.”
3. “Ask Fidelity when will I get my dividends.”
4. “Ask Fidelity for today’s top stocks.”
5. “Ask Fidelity to play podcasts” (Fidelity produces several podcasts series)
To use E*Trade using Google Assistant, you can say:
1. “Check my E*TRADE portfolio.”
2. “Check my stock plan account.”
3. “Check my Netflix stock at E*TRADE.”
4. “How’s my E*TRADE portfolio doing?”
Finally, to use TD Ameritrade using Google Assistant, you can say:
1. “Ask TD Ameritrade how the IT sector is doing.”
2. “Ask TD Ameritrade to check financial markets.”
3. “Ask TD Ameritrade for a portfolio update.”
4. “Ask TD Ameritrade for my account balance.”
Using these commands, you will be able to get a summary of your portfolio. Also, you can play a market news podcast through your speaker.

You may also find summaries or short pieces of news on your phone within the Assistant app.

If you’re wondering if you can check individual stock directly through Google Assistant, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like you can do so from the Stocks & Brokerages menu.

Tapping on the Stocks section takes you to the Stocks subsection of the ‘Your Interests’ menu. Also, there are no recommendations and any other offerings to the users of any interesting and matching stocks.

If you do not like to dig through your Google accounts settings, you can access the integration pages directly by clicking on these links – E*TRADE, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade.

Bottom Line

The integration of these services is making it super easy. Therefore, you can get the stock market or portfolio information quickly. However, having the ability to check individual stocks directly through Google Assistant would have made for better convenience. Hence, we hope to see that feature added with an update in the future.
January 27, 2020
Infinix S5 Lite: Complete Review and Detailed Specs

There is an evergreen high-demand for budget smartphones and therefore, manufacturers are putting their best efforts to conquer this market. In this article, I am going to drop an absolutely detailed review of the newly launched budget segment smartphone— Infinix S5 Lite. According to our sources, there is a wide range of audiences searching for a complete Infinix S5 Lite Review to know the reality of various features offered by the brand.

Infinix S5 Lite

If you are looking for a budget segment phone and confused between so many potential choices, then refer to this comprehensive article and get everything cleared. Before moving further, know your needs/requirements and then check if it satisfies all your requirements or not. Let us not waste any more of our time in the introduction and move further to the main subject.

Infinix S5 Lite Review

I have covered all the aspects (design, performance, and other features) to help you understand the offering of Infinix S5 Lite. There might be some aspects that did not attract our attention, so if you have any doubts regarding anything, then feel free to comment below.

Design

It is impossible to resist the punch hole body design of Infinix S5 Lite, and that is one of the factors that appeal to the mid-segment users. The front camera is situated at the top left corner, which is rare & astounding because the centre notch is now too common. The design of S5 Lite is similar to Infinix S5 to an extent where a regular person cannot differentiate between the two. 6.6-inch screen size & display resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels with HD+ blows all the other competitors.

You are not getting any light sensor to determine notification or charge status, which is sure trouble for the users. Although the height of the unit is comparatively more, a user can access the volume (-/+) buttons easily. Contrary to the volume controls, the Nano SIM tray is located on the left and drops a bright shine on the edges of the unit. The backspace has a triple camera with a flash that looks fantastic on matt colour, and besides it, you get a broad fingerprint sensor.

Performance

Performance is the most crucial aspect to almost all smartphone users because body design is not just enough for anyone. After using this smartphone for a week, I can say that it does not lack any performance bid.

S5 Lite Overview

It has adapted the Android 9 Pie fantastically that drops smooth touch & delivers a premium experience to the user. This model has a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) processor and 4GB of RAM that lets the processor functions at all levels quickly. The fingerprint & face unlock as fast as a flash, and the load time is superbly less for regular applications.

Applications with big databases took more time to load compared to the other regular apps. Games like PUBG & Fortnite were smooth but only at low-level graphics. Playing games on low-level graphics might not be premium, but it eventually saves a lot of battery consumption. For me, 4000mAh battery is a two-day dose, and I do not need to worry about battery life because of it. Considering everything, Infinix S5 Lite delivers an astounding experience on the aspect of performance.

Other Features Of Infinix S5 Lite

Infinix S5 Lite does not offer many unique features because all the competitive models are putting everything that is possible. I will summarize everything good that I got from this phone.

Camera

Infinix S5 Lite features a triple rear camera of 16MP x 2MP that also has a low light sensor, which brightens the picture even in low light. The front camera features 16 megapixels and captures the natural tone of the skin. At this value, it is impossible to find these amusing camera quality in the mainstream market.

Infinix S5 Lite Camera

Storage

The phone is available at an unbelievable price and has a single variant only that offers 64GB of in-built ROM. The storage capacity is expandable to 256GB by inserting an external SD-card.

Note: We recommend not pushing the storage unnecessary because high storage capacity slows down the performance of the unit.

Petty Information

It offers a dual SIM tray that supports Nano card and features 3.5mm headphone jack for pervasive connection. The display aspect ratio is 90.5% to the whole body structure that drops enough space for the user to experience HD+ videos on the IPS display.

Conclusion

Infinix S5 Lite is killing the competition by offering so much at an affordable & economic value. I have mentioned almost everything about the handset, and therefore, you do not require any other Infinix S5 Lite review.

The mid or budget segment of smartphones are highly in demand because the economy of our country is already down, and 65% of the wealth is held by 1% of the people. Therefore, companies are devoting more time to improving the budget segment of smartphones.

Today, I described everything about the recently launched Infinix S5 Lite (a super budget smartphone.) Undoubtedly, you can try your hands on it if you are on a tight budget by demand a durable & futuristic phone. Also, share this piece of information with your friends who are looking to buy mid-segment smartphones.

January 25, 2020
MediaTek Says: High Power Gaming Chips on Cheaper Phones

We know that when it comes to gaming smartphones, the prices are somewhere higher than we expect. It usually depends upon the brand we are going to purchase and the processor of gaming chipset. However, if you are looking for something cheaper, then I might suggest you wait for the new gaming chipset by MediaTek which is being planned to be made available even on the lower and less expensive smartphone models.

The gaming branded chipsets have become a thing in the few years, and this could be a modern requirement in the upcoming years. We should thank the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G and MediaTek Helio G90T. It is because both of the processors target the mid-range to upper range smartphone these days. But it looks like MediaTek is even planning something big and cheaper to bring all-new chipset for the lower and less expensive priced smartphone models.

MediaTek

The new chipset will be below the G90 series in terms of capability but not too much said by Yenchi Lee from MediaTek to Android Authority. The company yet has not disclosed any specifications related to this announcement. Hopefully, it will not make any significant difference in terms of performance.

However, the leak points often report that the new chipset from the MediaTek will be running on octa-core CPU design (two Cortex-A75 and six Cortex-A55) and a Mali-G52 MC2 GPU.

GPU Updates and Tri-cluster Tech

The company also pioneered the Triple power domain CPU, which is currently in the trend and available in most of the flagship’s chipsets models. It mainly divides the CPU cores into the big, medium, and small cores. However, we have not seen this in Density 1000 or 800 models, though, but according to the reports, MediaTek won’t be giving up on this technology.

The lee said, “We will continue using the triple CPU technology, and that will be available to see in the latest release.“

If we look at the Qualcomm, then it does deliver very cool features in its latest released processors of Snapdragon 865, and 765, and the reports show that using the chipsets, the user does not need to wait for the system update for updating graphics drivers.

It is because the Google Play store itself could do the update. This question has also been raised during the recent event to Lee from MediaTek. Lee said, “We will try to achieve this in future, and we don’t have any timeline or surety that it would be available in near upcoming 2020”.

The latest chipset from the MediaTek would be called Helios G70, and it will be available in the cheaper smartphones under the 200$ budget from the first half of 2020.

January 25, 2020
OnePlus 8 Series Challenges Galaxy S20 with patent 120Hz Fluid Display

OnePlus is currently competing with every smartphone brand, and on the recent announcement, OnePlus revealed the new specifications and features for its display technology on the event held in Shenzhen, China. The company has developed a new QHD+ OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate that will debut in the next OnePlus 8 series.

The use of a 120Hz display is only to fast the display refresh rate. The content on the screen is now refreshed 120 times per second. This makes a smoother playback and also the overall OS fluid experience. To be an instance, we have previously seen the 120Hz display on the phones like Asus ROG Phone 2 and Razer Phone 2.

OnePlus 120Hz Fluid Display specs

According to the sources and information that is trending on twitter and other websites like Weibo. The display of the OnePlus 8 series will feature a 10-bit colour depth. It means the 120Hz screen will be able to produce a palette of 1.07 billion colours, and this can be opposed to the 8-bit panel, which can display 16.7 million colours.

The recent report from the verge that OnePlus brand works with the Samsung company to develop the new and better display among other models. The publications also report that the company has worked for improving the gestures and other features of the Android.

OnePlus 8 Series

Additionally, the company aims to have 0.8 JNCD (Just Noticeable Color Differences) ratings for every display it produces. JNCD is a measurement of the bare minimum colours that a human eye can spot. If I make a comparison with Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, then It has a JNCD rating of 0.4, which is near to perfect.

The recent machine translation of the company’s presentation slides suggests that the new display of the OnePlus 8 series will use a dedicated MEMC (Motion Estimation and Motion Compensation) chip. This is the technology usually available in the televisions only. Basically, it inserts the new frames between the existing video to increase the motion blur.

The latest MEMC technology in OnePlus series can upscale the low frame rate videos and make it smoother and even better using a 120 frame rate per second. If this exactly works as intended, then this could be a massive achievement in the gaming industry.

Further, It has a touch sample rate of 240Hz and can apparently hit 1000 nits peak brightness. The smooth chain technology often optimizes it. The details are scarce at the moment, and we should thank the official information that is only available in Chinese.

Will the OnePlus 8 get a 120Hz Display?

CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the company’s next phone would feature the new display tech and probably the best display phone for the year 2020. It would be best if you also remembered that Samsung is also planning to launch its new S20 series with a 120Hz display.

We can only hope the new display rate would be optimized through the current battery consumption and should be able to provide a good backup. OnePlus is soon expected to detail its tech and other specifications of its new display, and we will let you know quickly as possible as soon we will get the latest.

January 25, 2020
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro Launch Discloses Removable Batteries & More Control

Samsung has officially announced that it is bringing its latest smartphone: Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro along with removable batteries to the US in a partnership with Verizon and Microsoft. Removable batteries were a thing of the past and have been seldom seen in models in the last decade and their relaunch may open a can of worms full of good or bad news!

Samsung says, “Microsoft is the first company and the partner to leverage the push-to-talk feature in their latest smartphone.” This Sunday, the company has disclosed the information that the new mid-range smartphone will be available in the market during the first half of 2020, and It will cost something near about 499$, the company said.

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro

The latest smartphone from the Samsung is not yet designed to rival the flagships models like the S10, S10+, and the Note 10 series of Samsung. It is primarily made for the enterprise market, including the retail, manufacturing, and also, the health care industries.

The company also claims to sell this smartphone to the individual customers – According to Tech Crunch.

Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro Specifications

Unlike the past XCover series of Samsung. The company decided to make XCover pro more fluent and according to the modern-day design. It gets a 6.3 Inch LCD along with a 20:9 ratio. The screen can also be operated using the wet hands and with the gloves as well.

The latest smartphone from Samsung will run on it’s latest Samsung’s octa-core Exynos 9611 silicon processor. Additionally, 4GB ram along with 64GB inbuilt storage. It also gets a 4050 Mah battery with 15W charging.

The new Samsung XCover Pro also gets the dual primary camera setup that includes a 25MP wide lens and 8MP ultra-wide lens. You will also be getting a 13MP lens on the front camera for more explicit selfies.

The only difference in this smartphone is that it comes with a removable battery option, unlike the other smartphones or Samsung series. It also has IP68 water and dust resistance that is powered by US military standard certification (MIL-STD-810) for more durability – Samsung said.

The new Samsung Galaxy XCover pro also has the new two programmable buttons apart from the volume and power button. The two programmable buttons is mainly for the voiceover and also to turn the flashlight on or off.

The phone is currently running on the Android 10 program, and that is eventually on the testing series. The report said that the smartphone would be eligible for the latest Android 10 update as the security part is ideally handheld by the Samsung Knox program.

Microsoft and Samsung have a deep history of developing better software and hardware smartphone togeather. This statement has been said by Satya Nadella, chief executive at Microsoft, during the recent announcement on Sunday. The powerful combination and the partnership of Microsoft Teams and Samsung engineers will make perfect technology, and they only have to more productive and collaborative.

January 25, 2020
Pokémon Go’s New Buddy Adventure Feature Rolled Out: All You Need to Know

Most of us grew up watching a lot of Pokémon cartoons and they shaped up a better part of our childhood. Back then if anyone would’ve told me that someday this simple cartoon would become the physically interactive game that it has today, I wouldn’t have believed it (well let’s be honest I was a kid I would’ve believed it of course).

But the amount of progress that the franchise has put into its legacy is undoubtedly admirable and there is just so much that has been introduced off of the original cartoons. From games to even a standalone movie, the Pokémon franchise has done a good job of standing on its own.

A number of players were excited over the Pokémon Go game back when it made its great debut in early July 2016. A lot of fans were clouding online app stores to grab hold of the game and have their own personalized copies. But their excitement couldn’t be matched to how they were when the new buddy adventure feature rolled out late last year.

The Levels Of New Buddy Adventure

Niantic announced that the rollout would be available for trainers above level 2. The new feature lets the player experience their Pokémon characters in a more life-like manner.

In short words, this mode allows the player’s character to be his/her virtual Artificial Intelligence-based buddy. The character can walk around and explore the map, express feelings and be more interactive.

Each Pokémon character has its own unique way of expressing itself that players are bound to find entertaining to learn. Players will be able to level up by earning affection from their character which is denoted by hearts.

The Pokémon Go app went out of its way to make sure that all of its users are given a more personalized experience. This app is just a good show of how well AI can be used to blend with the physical environment.

It takes a lot of guts above fear to take something that has been such an old franchise and merge it with modern technology to bring something new off of an old concept such as the Pokémon franchise.

The developers have not been sloppy and are obviously well aware of what the franchise means to the public hence their frequent and even their most recent update.

Wrapping Up

Though this is just a game, there is so much more. This program helps establish and a direct bridge between the artificial world of technology and the physical world. With such technology being out there, there is no telling if what is to be expected of the near future.

All we can say that the future of Artificial Intelligence has never been more descriptive and definite as it is now. Hence, we hopefully wish to see a future generation that doesn’t depend so much on video calls but rather virtual representations of callers and a more personalized form of communication.

January 24, 2020
Samsung Galaxy A50 Review

Samsung launched as many as nine Galaxy phones last year. This includes the Galaxy A50, Note 10 and Note 10 Plus, along with the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10E, S10 5G and the Galaxy Fold. Out of them all, the A50 device seems to be the most affordable one. It is a great competitor to the Motorola Moto G7 model which is an all-time favourite budget phone. While the A50 cannot shoot 4K videos, it does offer an excellent camera, a long battery life, and a trendy design. While the A50 can obviously not compare with the flagship Galaxy S phones like the Galaxy S10 and S10+, it is actually great if you consider it on its own merits.

Design and Display

The Galaxy A50 features a sleek design. The rear supports a flatter camera, thanks to which you will not have any noticeable bump. The phone comes with an on-screen camera notch for the front-facing camera. It is considerably smaller making less obstructive when you are using the device. The A50 has an in-screen fingerprint scanner, which means no outwards scanner, leading to a seamless look. The design of the Galaxy A50 is quite perfect, but it doesn’t come with water protection if that sort of thing is important to you. The Galaxy A50 has an AMOLED display. The screen is reported to be brighter, featuring rich colours and more details. The colour shift is not very severe with the A50 which means the screen will not appear dimmer at particular angles.

Samsung Galaxy A50 Review

A Quick Look at the Specs

The Samsung Galaxy A50 has an in-display fingerprint reader, but no water-resistance or stereo speakers. Designed as a budget smartphone, the A50 has all the features necessary to capture this market. Besides the must-have features, it also has a couple of things that most phones in this range don’t have. This includes the in-display fingerprint reader and the dual rear cameras. Look-wise, the Galaxy A50 looks pretty similar to Motorola’s G7 model. Both phones are known to have a selfie camera that nestles at the central notch. The screen has a bezel-less and rounded display.

The A50 is especially known for its slim bezels, slimmer chin, and a 6.4-inch 2340 x 1080 OLED screen. This means that the A50 has a larger screen featuring colourful and brighter content. The phone comes with microSD card slots for expandable storage and headphone jacks. With regards to the material used here, it is mainly plastic. However, Samsung calls it glasstic, since it looks and feels like glass, but is, in fact, plastic.

The Galaxy A50 has mono speakers, which offer decent quality audio. While the in-screen fingerprint sensor could do with an update, the phone comes with plenty of awesome specs. The issue with the fingerprint sensor is that it is not very accurate, although the company deserves credit for adding it even in a budget phone like this. An improvement update for the fingerprint sensor would be an excellent upgrade.

Samsung Galaxy A50

Performance and Battery

With regards to performance, the Galaxy A50 has a 64GB of internal storage. It is expandable up to 512GB using a MicroSD card. While it doesn’t feature wireless charging, it does come with fast charging capabilities. The phone will be powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 9610 processor. There is not a lot of difference between this and the Snapdragon 600 series chips. The phone has a 4GB RAM which is enough to give it stable performance, even if it is not particularly swift. The Exynos 9610 can easily handle lightweight tasks including multitasking and switching between apps. The device runs on Samsung’s Android Pie-based One UI.

The OS features gesture navigation, a nice UI, and of course, better speed and optimization. You might like to see the live icons for the Clock and Calendar icons and mess around with the dark mode as well. However, these are still not as great upgrades as better speed. Thanks to this, the graphics and animations load fast and hardly feel like its loading. The gesture navigation takes no time either. These are great additions for a device at this price. Coming to the battery, the Samsung Galaxy A50 will have a 4,000mAh battery which is large enough to accommodate a day’s use and more. You can improve its capacity by making use of One UI’s adaptive power saving. The phone also has 15W fast charging capabilities so charging it is no issue either.

Camera Review

The Galaxy A50 features a nice enough camera for this price range. As discussed earlier, the camera bump on the A50 is less prominent when compared to other models. If you don’t mind losing out on 4K video, you might actually enjoy using the higher-quality A50 camera. In an ideal situation, the camera can take clear, bright, and detailed images. Sharper pictures point out other details in the fine print. Even in low light, the camera tends to pick out the details and brighten up the colours. Most phones in this range have a camera that produces hazy photos in low light surroundings.

Samsung Galaxy A50 Camera

The A50 has a wider dynamic range as well. While the HDR effect may look unrealistic at times, it is not really that bad. The smartphone also comes with a second wide-angle camera that works out well for capturing landscapes and scenery. The consistent camera quality of the smartphone offers colour saturation, better sharpness, and excellent low-light performance. Unfortunately, the A50 doesn’t have a dedicated night mode which makes the night images taken on this phone not as great as the others.

Verdict

The Galaxy A50 is a wonderful budget flagship by Samsung. Besides the fingerprint scanner that could do with some improvement, there is very little that the lacks. With a huge battery, a competent camera, and decent performance, the A50 is a perfect budget model. If you are looking for phones that can last you through the day as you click superior photos, this is the one for you.

January 23, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date, Price, Trailers, Gameplay And News

Cyberpunk 2077’s teasers and trailers give us a peek into the gameplay. Looking at all that, it would be a miracle if we can wait until CD Projekt Red’s dystopian RPG is actually released. The game is expected to make its way to Xbox One, PC, and PS4. Cyberpunk 2077 is set to be a vast open-world game, rich in colour, vibrant with futuristic gadgets, and tons of branching storylines. The extended trailer let us get a peek into a metropolis of the future where body modification is the major trend. Players will have the role of an outlaw moving about in the sleazy parts of the city. Check out all that we know here about Cyberpunk 2077 including trailers, announcements, and more. The trailer comes ahead of its anticipated 2020 release.

Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt Red

Cyberpunk 2077

The release date of Cyberpunk 2077 has not yet been confirmed, but it is to be sometime soon. Interestingly, tabletop RPG called Cyberpunk 2020 by the company which is the base of the upcoming game was set in 2020! Developer CD Projekt Red is expected to give us more looks into the game as the arrival date rolls closer. Since the game will not be working on Sony or Microsoft’s new consoles, chances of a next-gen model are pretty negative.

With the new screenshots that make it our way, we do see that the game has some active combat, a stunning car for cruising along the Night City, and we have even had a sneak peek into the dialogue system. Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Google Stadia. As of now, the release date for the game is set to be September 2017, 2020. Previously, the date was 16 April, but there a delay which pushed back the date.

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer

While the multiplayer possibility is something that has not yet been confirmed, we can be sure that it is coming. The multiplayer was on and off depending Polish government grant applications and so on. In September last year, its status turned to “confirmed but not scheduled”. The developers mentioned that they do plan to add some multiplayer angle to the game, but it would only be after they have some DLC and other single-player content. While this means we will have to wait for some time, but at least, we do know that they are going to bring in multiplayer games.

The Gameplay

The game is played in the first person. Players would be in the role of a gun-for-hire roaming on the streets of the Night City. This is where you get introduced to the game’s fast-paced gunplay. Cyberpunk 2077 blends together different aspect of the game, such as dialogue, the backstory, and some hacking and engineering skills. At some places, you will notice the third-person aspect in some driving and in-between scenes. The dystopian future is shown in colourful, vibrant colours and detailed backgrounds. While the game promises hours of fun, do keep in mind that the release is several months away. This means that anything could change.

January 23, 2020
Huawei 5G Smartphones: Sold Over 6.9 Million In 2019

Huawei recently announced that it had managed to sell nearly 6.9 million 5G smartphones in the last year alone. This figure includes HONOR’s devices as well. In comparison with other OEMs, Huawei announced more 5G smartphones in 2019 than anyone else. For instance, some of them include Mate 30 5G, Mate 20 X 5G, Mate X 5G, Nova 6 5G, and of course, the HONOR V30 5G series. The Chinese manufacturing company shared information regarding this. It looks like a large percentage of the 5G devices manufactured by the company was sold within China itself.

Huawei Mate X 5G

Having control of about 25.8% of the market in China, Huawei and HONOR are leading the industry. Huawei, on its own, claims about 15.4% of the smartphone market. While HONOR has not yet quite caught up with Huawei, it does boast of a 10.5% market share. It is interesting to note this since HONOR is Huawei’s sub-brand, even if it working as a separate entity right now. With regard to the smartphone market, China has the largest one across the globe. While India’s smartphone market grew in leaps and bounds last year, it has still to catch up with China. While 2019 introduced 5G to the world, 2020 is the year of spreading this tech. Huawei plans to ship more 5G devices than the last year. As of now, Huawei sells six 5G phones under its name and two more under HONOR.

Sale of 6.9 million 5G handsets

It is stunning that Huawei managed to sell about 6.9 million 5G devices in 2019 alone, especially considering the fact that we have simply not seen that many 5G phones on the market. It looks like 2020 is heading a completely different direction more OEMs than ever are working to release 5G smartphones and more. While 5G has been introduced to the world successfully and it has been accepted equally enthusiastically by the users, the rollout is quite slow. This means that it will take about a couple of years for the entire world to truly run on 5G. On the other hand, 4G is the standard across the globe. While we are sure that 5G will phase out 4G when the time comes, when will it come?

Huawei 5G

Overall, Huawei sold about 240 million smartphones last year, of which only about 6.9 million were 5G devices. The impressive fact here is that the company managed to sell these many devices despite the US ban. For comparison, Huawei sold about 206 million smartphones in 2018. This means that with the US ban, the sells only increased for the Chinese giant. Although the US ban is still in place, Huawei is not backing off. IN fact, the company has been working on HMS or its own set of apps since Google’s services cannot be made available on its phones. Although the work has been going ahead perfectly, there is still time before this can be achieved. One of the major challenges faced by Huawei is to replace the Google Play Store. We are yet to see what Huawei is planning for this.

January 23, 2020