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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Best Offers on Laptops Today
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2021 sale – Best offers on laptops
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (Rs. 35,490)
This variant of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 is available with a Rs. 20,400 discount, as per Amazon. It is equipped with a 15.6-inch HD (1366×768 pixels) display. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i3 10th generation processor, which is paired with 8GB of RAM (upgradable to 12GB) and 256GB SSD. It features a fixed focus HD camera with privacy shutter, and a dual array microphone. There are two 1.5W speakers with Dolby Audio. HP says that the laptop offers up to 8 hours of runtime on a single charge. It comes with Rapid Charge technology.
Buy now at: Rs. 35,490 (MRP Rs. 55,890)
Dell 14 (2021) (Rs. 55,490)
The Dell 14 (2021) is available at a discount of Rs. 25,220, as listed by Amazon. It comes with a 14-inch full-HD display, and is powered by an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor. The processor is complemented by 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. The laptop is a lightweight offering with a weight of about 1.4 kg.
Buy now at: Rs. 55,490 (MRP Rs. 80,710)
Mi Notebook Pro (Rs. 56,490)
Available with a discount of Rs. 13,509, as per Amazon, the Mi Notebook Pro comes equipped with a 14-inch QHD+ (2560×1600 pixels) display that has 16:10 aspect ratio, and TUV certification for low blue light emission. Under the hood, the laptop has an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor. Customers get 8GB of RAM and 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. Other features include fingerprint sensor, and lightweight build (1.4 kg).
Buy now at: Rs. 56,490 (MRP Rs. 69,999)
Asus TUF Gaming F15 (Rs. 58,990)
Asus TUF Gaming F15 is a gaming laptop that sports 15.6-inch LED-backlit full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) display with 16:9 aspect ratio, and 144Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, it gets an Intel Core i5 10th generation processor, which is paired with 8GB DDR4 RAM (upgradeable up to 32GB) and 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD. There is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GDDR6 graphics card with 4GB VRAM. Other features include one-zone RGB backlighting, Wi-Fi 6 support, Bluetooth v5.1, HD web camera and MIL-STD-810H standard strength. Customers will get a one-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass.
Buy now at: Rs. 58,990 (MRP Rs. 83,990)
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (Rs. 64,990)
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is available with a massive Rs. 36,400 discount, as per Amazon. It is equipped with a 15.6-inch full-HD display. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor, which is paired with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. It features a fixed focus HD camera with privacy shutter, and an integrated dual array microphone. There are two 2W speakers with Dolby Audio. HP says that the laptops offers up to 8 hours of runtime on a single charge. It comes with Rapid Charge technology, and a fingerprint reader.
Buy now at: Rs. 64,990 (MRP Rs. 101,390)
Lenovo Legion 5 (AMD) (Rs. 65,990)
Lenovo Legion 5 is available with Rs. 29,100 discount, as per Amazon. It is equipped with a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080) display that has 120Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an AMD Ryzen 4 (4600H) processor, and bundled with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 graphics card with 4GB VRAM. There is 16GB of RAM and a hybrid storage which consists of a 512GB SSD and 1TB HDD. It features a fixed focus HD camera with privacy shutter, and an integrated dual array microphone. There are two 2W Harman speakers with Dolby Audio. It has Coldfront 2.0 cooling technology with Dual Channel thermal mechanism.
Buy now at: Rs. 65,990 (MRP Rs. 95,090)
Lenovo ThinkBook 15 (Rs. 67,990)
Lenovo ThinkBook 15 gets Rs. 47,177 discount, as per Amazon The laptop features a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080) display that has 120Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor, which is paired with 8GB of RAM (upgradable up to 40GB) and a 512GB SSD. It features an HD camera with ThinkShutter, and a dual array microphone. There are two 2W Dolby Audio speakers. Other features include Wi-Fi 6 support, Bluetooth v5.1, and fingerprint reader.
Buy now at: Rs. 67,990 (MRP Rs. 1,15,167)
Acer Nitro 5 (Rs. 72,990)
Acer Nitro 5 is a gaming laptop, and it features a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) display with 16:9 aspect ratio, and 144Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the laptop gets an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor. The processor gets 8GB of DDR4 RAM (upgradeable up to 32GB) and a hybrid storage of 256GB NVMe SSD, and 1TB HDD. There is an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GDDR6 graphics card with 4GB VRAM. As per Acer, the laptop delivers up to 8 hours of battery life, and features an RGB backlit keyboard.
Buy now at: Rs. 72,990 (MRP Rs. 1,00,000)
LG Gram 17 (Rs. 82,990)
A lightweight offering, the LG Gram 17 is available at a massive discount of Rs. 47,010, as per Amazon. It comes with a 17-inch WQXGA (2560×1600 pixels) display with 16:10 aspect ratio. It is powered by an Intel Core i5 11th generation processor, which is complemented by 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. The laptop weighs 1.35 kg, and is claimed to offer up to 15 hours of battery life.
Buy now at: Rs. 82,990 (MRP Rs. 1,30,000)
Apple MacBook Air 2020 (Rs. 1,02,990)
Apple MacBook Air 2020 gets a Rs. 14,910 discount during this festive sale, Amazon lists. It features a 13.3-inch Retina display with P3 wide colour for great detail. The laptop is powered by Apple’s M1 chip which is claimed to deliver fast performance and great graphics. There is 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The laptop has a fanless design for silent operation, and FaceTime HD camera. Apple MacBook Air 2020 is claimed to offer up to 18 hours of battery life.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,02,990 (MRP Rs. 1,17,900)
Lenovo Legion 5 (Intel) (Rs. 1,09,990)
This variant of the Lenovo Legion 5 is available with Rs. 43,500 discount, according to the Amazon listing. It is equipped with a 15.6-inch full-HD (1920×1080) display that has 120Hz refresh rate. The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i7 11th generation processor, and bundled with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GDDR6 graphics card with 4GB VRAM. There is 16GB of RAM (upgradable up to 32GB) and 512GB storage. There are two 2W speakers with Nahimic Audio with surround sound. It has Legion Coldfront 3.0 cooling technology with Dual Channel thermal mechanism. The laptop features a fixed focus HD camera with E-camera shutter, and an integrated dual array microphone.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,09,990 (MRP Rs. 1,53,490)
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Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Xbox
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
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BSNL Offers Free 4G SIM Upgrade: Here’s How to Get It
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
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Realme GT 5 Pro Teased to Feature 3,000 Nits Display; More Details Revealed
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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