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The new Poco F2 Pro which came into existence just a couple of weeks ago is now set for the launch next week. It looks like Poco has confirmed the launch of Poco F2 Pro officially for the Spanish market and sent out the invites.

The Poco F2 will be unveiled on May 12 in Spain, according to a report from 91mobiles. The report also reveals many more details of the device including the price, storage options, and colours of the Poco F2 Pro. 

The Poco F2 Pro will come in four colour options - white, blue, grey, and purple. These are the same colours that the Redmi K30 Pro comes in China, which gives us a little hint that the Poco F2 Pro will be rebadged Redmi K30 Pro for the global market, as suggested previously. 

Poco F2 Pro expected price

The Poco F2 Pro is suggested to be priced at EUR 570, which is approximately Rs 46,800 for the 128GB variant. There is no word on the other variants as of now.

The Poco F2 Pro was already listed at a Chinese retailer a few days back. The listing stated a notch-less “true full screen” display, which is an indication that it will have a pop-up selfie camera instead of a punch-hole. As per the listing, the Poco F2 Pro is expected to feature a 6.67-inch Super AMOLED display with a Full HD+ resolution. 

The listing also said the device will feature “most powerful chipset” alongside a Snapdragon logo, implying that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset. In China, the Redmi K30 Pro also brought UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM, along with 5G support. 

If the listing details and the current report turn out to be true, then the Poco F2 Pro will be same as the Redmi K30 Pro. 

Also, one thing we can clearly notice is that there is no mention of the vanilla Poco F2. C Manmohan from Poco India has gone on record to confirm that the Poco F2 will not be a rebranded Redmi K30 Pro in India. 

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Tencent Games has kicked off the PUBG Mobile India Series 2020 tournament with a prize pool of Rs 50 lakh. Registrations for the esports competition start today and will continue till May 17. Interested players can register for the tournament through this link. 

This is the second edition of the tournament. The first one that took place in 2019 was hugely successful and recorded a massive viewership of 50 million. With the lockdown still underway, this number is only expected to increase.

Talking about the 2020 tournament, a registered squad will have to compete for in-game qualifiers. Each squad will play 15 matches out of which “10  best games will be taken into consideration for qualification,” suggests the official blog post. 

If a team passes this phase, the next stage will be online qualifiers where 256 teams will battle against each other. Out of these, 8 teams will receive a direct entry from in-game qualifiers.  These teams will play 2 matches in groups of 16 and the top 3 teams with the best cumulative score in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.

For quarterfinals, there will be 64 teams. 56 qualified teams from online qualifiers and 8 new invited teams wil battle it out in 4 groups across 4 days to proceed to semi-finals. Out of these, the top 32 teams will progress to the semi finals and 16 to the finals.

The date of the final round has not been announced yet but it will be an 18-match affair of intense action played over 3 days.  Check out the tournament's introduction in this official PUBG Mobile video.   

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Samsung Electronics, like most companies around the world, has seen its business being hit because of the global pandemic and subsequent lockdown.

But the company is ready to bounce back the moment things ease up a bit.

In India, Samsung has already announced that it is reopening its exclusive brand stores in orange and green zones across the country, in conformity with government regulations and the zonal guidelines and safety norms. 

Samsung is reopening its Smart Cafes and Smart Plaza --- its exclusive smartphone and accessories stores and its exclusive stores for consumer electronics as well as smartphones.

"All Samsung Smart Cafes and Smart Plazas will follow social distancing and sanitsation guidelines to safeguard the health and safety of our customers, employees, vendors and partners," the company said.

Of course, the Samsung brand stores will first open in the orange and green zone districts classified by the government. 

Taking the health advisories seriously, Samsung staff are also being trained to follow hygiene and safety protocols and they will be provided with hand gloves. Where ever possible, the company will encourage digital contactless payments and swiping machines will be sanitized before being given to the customers.

The company is also taking efforts to avoid crowds at the shops. 

Meanwhile, keeping its eye on the Mother's Day, Samsung India has announced a bunch of attractive offers for customers buying its most powerful range of smartphones - Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy S20.

Plenty of offers

Those buying the foldable Galaxy Z Flip smartphone will get Galaxy Buds+ True Wireless Earphones at a discounted price of Rs 3,999 (original price Rs 11,990). Also for Galaxy S20 series customers, the company is offering Samsung Care+ benefits worth Rs 3,999 at Rs 1,999.

As an impetus to sales, Samsung India is offering additional offers for walk-in customers, and those who buy Galaxy Z Flip can avail upgrade offer of Rs 5,000 by trading in their old device. 

Samsung India also announced that the offer on Galaxy Z Flip will be valid till May 11 and customers can redeem these offers till May 25. Consumers can avail the offer on Galaxy S20 smartphone till May 11 and redeem it till May 15.

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In recent years, we've come across two devices from niche tablet manufacturer Gole. The first was a diminutive tablet called the Gole Gole1 and the second the Gole1 Plus- both of which run on Windows 10 and target niche markets.

The firm has now teamed up with tech publication ARMdevices.net to launch an Indiegogo campaign for a new product: the Gole11. In a nutshell, it's a tablet without a battery - a pint-sized all-in-one personal computer.

One might argue the audience for this sort of device is very limited, but we're inclined to disagree. The hospitality industry, for example, could use it as the perfect platform for a point-of-sales (POS) system.

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The device ships with four serial/RS232 ports - great for connecting peripherals such as barcode scanners, mobile tills and printers.

The Gole11 is powered by Windows 10 Pro (rather than Home), but the rest of the hardware is resolutely entry level. It features an Intel Celeron N3450, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, 11.6-inch full HD touchscreen display, small speaker, card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a GbE LAN port, four USB ports and an HDMI connector.

The Gole11's early-bird price currently sits at $119 (roughly £95/AUD$185) but will rise to $169 and then $199, before reverting to its normal price tag of $249 at the end of May.

Since this is an Indiegogo crowdfunding project, there are a few strings attached. The current campaign has 26 days left and has only managed to gather a fraction of its fixed goal of $100,000. If the goal is not reached, a full refund will be issued to anyone that makes a purchase.

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While Samsung has launched a new wave of handsets (the Galaxy S20 lineup) The Galaxy S10e might still offer great value for those seeking a flagship smartphone on the more affordable end of the spectrum.

At this point, telcos aren't offering it up with plans any more, but you're still able to buy it outright from a number of places and, by all rights, it's still a plenty capable phone.

You can check out our Samsung Galaxy S10e review for more deep info on the specs and looks of the budget offering, but for those chasing down a way to save even more on the handset, then here's the best outright offers available.

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