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Following over a year of anticipation, it appears that pricing and release date information has finally been revealed for Microsoft's Xbox Series X, along with the company's most poorly kept secret, the Xbox Series S.

As divulged by sources close to Windows Central, both the Xbox Series X and Series S will reportedly release on November 10, 2020, priced at US$499 (around £380 / AU$686) and US$299 (around £227 / AU$410) respectively.

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Based on the alleged pricing above, that puts the Xbox Series X at the exact same price point as the Xbox One when it launched in the US back in 2013.

Additionally, trusted Microsoft leaker Brad Sams has offered our first look at the Xbox Series S's design via leaked renders posted to his Twitter account and Thurrott.com.

Hello Xbox Series S https://t.co/hQoDBRHt7d pic.twitter.com/2MIF5I6YHOSeptember 8, 2020

Xbox Series S's slim design shows a console closer in appearance to the current-gen Xbox One S All-Digital Edition than the upcoming Series X (especially when laid horizontally), and reveals a large circular vent on its white outer shell, along with the complete lack of any disc slot.

Interestingly, the Series S appears to be quite small, with a separate video snippet from Twitter user @_h0x0d_ showing a console that would fit inside the Series X twice with room to spare.

pic.twitter.com/VMkQY9271KSeptember 8, 2020

Of course, the Xbox Series X and Series S pricing and release date information above should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has yet to be confirmed by Microsoft. 

That said, it's the best we have to go on for the time being, and given the reliability of the sources in question, we'd say that both seem like a safe bet – we expect Microsoft to make an official announcement in the coming days. 

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Following the launch of Realme 7 series last week, the company has dropped the price of Realme 6 and Realme 6i smartphones here in India. The new pricing is currently reflecting on both Flipkart and Realme.com. 

All the variants of the Realme 6 have now received a price cut of Rs 1,000 while the top-end variant of the fairly new Realme 6i is also down by Rs 1,000. The Realme 6 now starts at Rs 13,999 instead of Rs 14,999 for the 4GB+64GB variant, the 6GB+64GB variant is now priced at Rs 14,999, the 6GB+128GB is now dropped to Rs 15,999, and the top of the line 8GB+128GB variant is now available for Rs 16,999. 

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The Realme 6i which was launched in July as the cheapest 90Hz smartphone is now available for Rs 13,999 for the 6GB+64GB variant while the 4GB+64GB variant is still listed for Rs 12,999, which is same as the launch price.  

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New pricing of Realme 6 and Realme 6i

Device	Configuration	New price	Previous price
Realme 6	4GB+64GB	Rs 13,999	Rs 16,999
Realme 6	6GB+64GB	Rs 14,999	Rs 15,999
Realme 6	6GB+128GB	Rs 15,999	Rs 16,999
Realme 6	8GB+128GB	Rs 16,999	Rs 17,999
Realme 6i	6GB+64GB	Rs 13,999	Rs 14,999

(Image credit: Realme 6i)

Realme 6i specs

You get a 6.5-inch Full HD+ screen with 90Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass protection. Under the hood, the device comes with MediaTek G90T chipset clocked at 2.05 GHz and for graphics, you get ARM G76 GPU. It comes with two configurations 4+64GB and 6+64GB with microSD card support.

On to the optics, there is a 48MP quad-camera array with a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide shooter, a 2MP portrait lens, and a 2MP macro lens. You get a 16MP punch-hole selfie camera. The Realme 6i comes with a 4,300mAh battery with 30W flash charge via Type-C port. However, this time around Realme will be bundling a 20W charger inbox and the 30W charge can be bought separately from Realme e-store. It runs on Android 10 based on Realme UI out of the box. Other key features of the device include a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual SIM, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Realme 6 specs

The Realme 6 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G90T.  On the front, it has a 6.5-inch display with a hole-punch display at a Full HD+ resolution and 90Hz refresh rate with Gorilla Glass protection. 

You get a 64MP quad-camera setup, consisting of a 64MP primary camera implementing the Samsung GW1 image sensor, followed by an 8MP ultra-wide shooter, a 2MP black and white portrait lens and a macro shooter. The selfie camera is a 16MP shooter.

The battery is rated at 4,300mAh with 30W  flash charge via Type-C interface which can be charged from 0 to full in about 60 minutes. Splash resistance also makes a debut. And as with all new Realme smartphones it runs on Realme UI out-of-the-box based on Android 10. The fingerprint scanner is placed ta the side of the device.

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Head over to Micro Center to discover the most affordable PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 M.2 internal SSD one that is almost as low as the cheapest SATA 2.5-inch solid state drive on the market, which incidentally is Micro Center’s own inhouse brand.

The Inland Professional 099580 is a 1TB model that delivers significantly faster read/write speeds compared to its SATA counterpart (1.9GBps/1.1GBps) with the all important random IOPS read/write numbers at 90,000 and 240,000 respectively.

Note that the 2TB model is exactly twice as expensive and represents excellent value for money should you want to squeeze even more storage. You can use one of these award winning disk cloning software to bring your existing system to your new SSD.

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A number of users have tested the 099580 using CrystalDiskMark at 2GBps/1.2GBps. The drive has an unknown controller and a three-year warranty. We don’t know what is the endurance (measured in drive or TB written per day) but we do know that it has an M.2 2280 (M Key) form actor.

A number of reports dating from 2018 show that this family of SSD is likely to use a Phison E8 controller paired with Nanya DDR3 DRAM, Kioxia NAND chips and up to 800TBW.

At just under $90 per TB, it is 11% more expensive than the cheapest 1TB solid state drive. Like most of the entry level solid state drives, it uses 3D QLC NAND and will fit slim and light laptops that tend to eschew 2.5-inch slots

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