Author - Aathif Nihas

OnePlus 6T

November 5, 2018

Electronics, Entertainment, Gadgets, Mobile, News, OS, Uncategorized

3 min read

It has not been a long time since the OnePlus 6 came to market on the 21st of May 2018. Moreover, the OnePlus 6T flagship phone will be in the market from the 6th of November 2018. Knowing that OnePlus 6 was a phone that was low in price, top-notch in trend and absolutely amazing in specifications, what could one expect from the OnePlus 6T?

The all-new OnePlus 6T went public on the 28th of October and will be available in the market pretty soon. The OnePlus 6T has improved from its previous version in bringing out an in-display fingerprint scanner, the “Screen Unlock” and is made almost of Glass with a 3700 mAh Battery and OnePlus followed the Apple Cooperation by removing the headphone jack from the phone.

Let’s see what this phone offers, in detail.

OnePlus 6T Design

The flagship OnePlus 6T is slightly bigger with 6.41 inches display compared to its predecessor which had a 6.28 inches display. Not only does it look bigger when you hold it, but it is also safer from shattering as it has a Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Protection upgrading from the Gorilla Glass 5 in OnePlus 6.

We can also see the notch on the top has come down to a teardrop notch which is a huge development in a bezel-less phone in 2018. The fingerprint scanner is inbuilt and has been removed from the back like in the previous device. Although the inbuilt fingerprint sensor is not a surprise to most of us since the VIVO brought it to the market, this particular technology built into a device which as a result makes it faster and good in performance is a huge plus point.

OnePlus has made the decision to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. OnePlus tells that the handset is “water resistant for everyday use”. The new inbuilt touch fingerprint and the new battery has apparently occupied so much space. OnePlus 6T has the same colors, Mirror Black and Midnight Black.

The Hardware

Although it is true that the device has more improvements in the design area, there are few unnoticeable hardware upgrades to this device. The battery has gone from a 3300 mAh to 3700 mAh. This is a huge upgrade for a fast and efficient smartphone like OnePlus 6T.

The death of the headphone jack and the transition to the type C headphones is another huge hardware upgrade by the OnePlus. Other than these the network connectivity and the camera have no upgrades and same as the OnePlus 6. The device comes with a 128 GB default memory and 6 GB of RAM.

Pricing

There have been no changes in the prices. It is still at $549 for 128GB OnePlus 6T.

The predecessor was priced the same but came with a 64GB internal storage.

The OnePlus 6T will be equipped with Google’s Android Pie OS out of the box, which will come with the firm’s own OxygenOS skin on top.

All in all, the mediocre upgrade of the flagship phone OnePlus6 to OnePlus 6T is definitely an upvote with the new teardrop notch, gorilla glass 6, inbuilt fingerprint, 3700 mAh Battery and a default 128 GB storage with 6GB ram.

Microsoft Surface now to your pockets?

November 1, 2018

Aathif Nihas

Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Mobile, OS

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2 min read

Microsoft has been longing for a pocketable double screen Surface gadget for a considerable amount of time.

Tech giant Microsoft, reinvented the idea of laptop computers when it brought forth the Microsoft surface book. Surface book performance and portability were sufficiently successful to pick up an income in excess of 5 billion US dollars. Microsoft Surface has now advanced to another idea of pocketable double screen surface computer.

This concept device, Andromeda, which was booked to be in the market by October didn’t make it to advertising. Yet the Head of Surface specified that they are currently working on the trend-setting device Microsoft Andromeda with a built andromeda OS – a subversion of the Windows 10.

Microsoft’s Surface Andromeda venture is both a product and equipment exertion. On the product side, Microsoft is building another form of Windows 10 that is intended to convey the OS to another classification of cell phones. This rendition of Windows 10 is codenamed Andromeda OS and is a piece of Microsoft’s Windows Centre OS exertion inside. On the equipment side, Microsoft is building its own Andromeda-based devices as well.

It is broadly anticipated that this would be Microsoft’s comeback into the versatile market. In any case, gossipy propose Microsoft won’t position this gadget like a cell phone. Rather, Microsoft will attempt and cut out another, low-volume advertise for the endeavor, schools, and prosumers/makers. Microsoft completed a comparable thing with the Surface Studio and unique Surface Genius, where it assembled new gadget classes for business sectors that were, at the time, low-volume or non-existent.

The hardware specifications of the Microsoft’s Andromeda

Microsoft is known to bring out innovative ideas to the competitive business market, for example, we can always talk about the new Nokia 3,6,7 and 8 that conquered the Asian market resulted in Microsoft windows phone to reincarnate after long due fall and shutting down of Windows phones. Microsoft Andromeda is another example that could result in a major comeback of Microsoft in the smart device business by potentially competing with the giants of the industry like Apple, Samsung and new trendsetters Google’s pixel.

The concept art is rapidly in the works by the surface engineers in Microsoft. So let us all sit back and wait until a concept phone that could be featured in a sci-fi movie come alive

How did VAR win the worldcup in Russia 2018?

October 31, 2018

Aathif Nihas

Events, Fun, Hardware

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3 min read

It has been more than three months since the sensation, which comes every four years, the FIFA World Cup. This left us giving France the well deserving and history-making victory.

The only thing that was talked about other than Mbappe’s Performance in the world cup was the VAR, the Video Assistant referee, the first ever virtual referee assistance was introduced to the world of football in Moscow.

Before we talk about how the VAR gave chance for a penalty in the finals to score the first goal we shall break down the following.

What is a VAR and Why VAR?

VAR simply stands for Video Assistant Referees. Since the inception of football, the manual refereeing was always the way to go. The Referee would be in the field with the players and carefully spot for foul plays and chances in the game of football. But given the advancement in technology, the FIFA board tried VAR in Moscow and it was a super hit.

“We said we wanted this to be the best World Cup ever and it’s been the best World Cup ever. A crucial role in this achievement was played by the referees who excelled with performances of the highest standard,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

How does VAR work?

An exact dozen of referees have been trained and chosen to be Video Assistant Referees and they are far away from the pitch but watching every single move and breathe taken by the player each second. Every Game will have one main referee with the whistle and two assistants for him and far away behind the screens. There will be four referees glued to high definition camera screens. One video assistant referee (the main VAR) and three assistant video assistant referees (AVAR1, AVAR2 and AVAR3).

The main VAR has one video feed that they watch and underneath this a monitor comprising a split screen showing four feeds. Assistant VAR1 takes the main feed, AVAR2 is in charge of offside challenges and watches two screens for this – they have access to two dedicated cameras that aren’t used anywhere else. AVAR3 is watching the game as we would – they have their eyes on the television feed.

The VAR was centralized and was situated in Moscow. Each of the 12 stadiums’ video feeds is sent to this room (and each stadium has 33 cameras) through fibre optics. It’s also through this system that the on-pitch referee speaks to the VAR team.

When do we use VAR?

VAR is only used in real intense situations. The first is when there’s a goal and a potent offence has happened that lead to the goal. Then there’s a penalty decision: ones that have been awarded and ones that haven’t, but there’s contention that they should have been. The third is to do with red card incidences and the fourth is all about mistaken identity.

Finally,The implementation of VAR might have sound absurd at the beginning of the tournament but eventually, in this age and time with the advancement of technology, getting used to a system like that and producing correct results is a benefit for humanity and for the game of Soccer Thus Video Assistant Referees will play a huge role in the coming 21st century for Soccer.

France could have won the world cup. But clear VAR won the game of football in Moscow 2018.