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Lahore (Nut Desk)

realme’s New Budget-Friendly realme 9i with Premium Specs is Setting the Market Ablaze

The mid-range smartphone is packed with attractive features without being a strain on your finances.

Since its launch in Pakistan, the realme 9i has really shaken up the smartphone market. The mid-range smartphone is popular with users who value performance at an economical price. realme has held activities and giveaways around the country to allow people to drop by and experience realme 9i or participate in the activities and have a chance to win the new smartphone. The realme 9i continues to carry the torch of innovation and tech democratization, which is the backbone of realme’s Number series.

With an attractive price tag of just PKR 36,999/-, realme 9i brings incredible performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and design to the price conscious consumer. Curious minds may wonder what exactly allows the realme 9i to deliver on all of these fronts so flawlessly so let’s take a deeper look inside the smartphone to get an understanding.

In order to deliver superior power, the realme 9i comes fitted with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset featuring transistors that are 6nm in size. This size of transistors allows for higher transistor density than its 12nm counterparts would allow. This effectively leads to the system draining less power and the performance of the phone being boosted. The Snapdragon 680 processor on the realme 9i consumes 62% less power than a 12nm processor would which regulates the phone’s temperature, extends your battery life, and even stabilizes your frame rate. The Adreno 610 GPU found in the realme 9i’s Snapdragon processor provides support for the smartphone’s smooth 90Hz refresh rate. This greatly improves the general user experience by reducing blur in animation, scrolling and gaming so that your display is crystal clear regardless of the activity you are performing on your phone.

While on the surface 6GB RAM doesn’t seem like a lot that is not an accurate reflection of the realme 9i’s RAM capabilities as the handset comes with realme’s Dynamic RAM Expansion (DRE) technology which allows for an additional 5GB of virtual RAM. This allows users to take advantage of the smooth experience of a handset with up to 11GB RAM depending on their preferences.

The realme 9i isn’t just practical it’s also beautifully designed. It introduces a unique Stereo Prism Design, which presents a dynamic effect of three-dimensional light and shadow transformation across the back of the smartphone making it seem as if light is trapped inside the design and moving through it as you move the phone. realme gives you the choice between two eye-catching color variants for the 9i – Prism Black and Prism Blue. The uniqueness of the design is aided by the use of industry-leading, 8-layer optical coating on the phone’s back side providing layering and transparency. Light is refracted through multiple layers of nanoscale film and the glare is superimposed with high color saturation. This creates a stunning visual effect of light flowing through the smartphone.

One of the most sought-after features in a smartphone these days is a good camera. realme understands the needs of its consumers which is why the new realme 9i features an impressive 50 MP AI Triple Camera to fulfill all of your photography desires. For close-up photography of smaller subjects, the macro lens on the realme 9i can really help as it captures high amounts of detail of miniscule subjects. For more artistic shots, there is also a black and white portrait lens included so you can flex your creativity. You also get access to a range of different photography modes such as night mode, panoramic view, expert mode, time-lapse, portrait mode, HDR, ultra-macro, AI beauty, filter, super text, and slow-motion mode. The front camera of the realme 9i is also no joke. Boasting a 16MP HD selfie camera, the realme 9i allows you to take crisper, clearer, and more vibrant selfies.

Smartphones these days need to be able to keep up with the fast pace of life and its stringent demands that require heavy usage of phones. This is why the realme 9i comes equipped with 33W Dart Charge technology which can fully charge the handset’s massive 5000mAh battery in an astonishingly fast 70 minutes. This massive battery will also take its time to drain allowing you to use your phone without worries. With regular performance, the realme 9i can give you 995 hours of standby time, 48.4 hours of talk time, 20.7 hours of WhatsApp usage, or 116.3 hours of music playback. However, even when the realme 9i is in super power saving mode you can still get decent hours of usage. At 5% battery with super power saving mode enabled, you can still get 49.9 hours of standby time, 2.46 hours of talk time, 1.49 hours of WhatsApp usage, and 5.91 hours of music playback.

realme understands its consumers which is why every phone is created with the customer’s preferences and constraints in mind. The brand new realme 9i is available now in the 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM variant for just PKR 36,999/-. Grab yours today from any local mobile store around you before stock runs out.

• Ericsson unlocks new 5G edge use cases with the launch of the Local Packet Gateway as a pre-integrated solution, providing easier and faster time-to-service for communication service providers (CSPs) to deploy new enterprise services.
• New Ericsson solution provides optimized dual-mode user plane footprint designed for on-premises and edge applications.
• For CSPs it means lower cost for infrastructure deployment and a lifecycle management highly optimized for the edge.

 

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) launches the Ericsson Local Packet Gateway, enabling CSPs to unlock innovative edge opportunities in both hybrid private networks segments and on the network edge, to support high-data bandwidth and low-latency use cases. The Ericsson Local Packet Gateway is an all-in-one appliance – including hardware, Container-as-a-Service (CaaS), software and lifecycle management – that makes edge applications easy to deploy and manage.

The optimized cloud-native user plane and service functions will enable new 5G edge use cases. It has a very compact deployment in a one-server low footprint, with integrated lifecycle management enabling fast time-to-service for new edge use cases.

The Ericsson Local Packet Gateway brings dual-mode 5G Core user plane and network slicing to the edge, enabling both mobile broadband and enterprise use cases, from small user plane deployment in a CSP core network, to routing to local applications. Examples of CSP enterprise use cases include sport events applications, virtual reality (VR) gaming and augmented reality (AR) for inspecting factory quality.

Laurent Leboucher, Orange group CTO & Senior Vice President Orange Innovation Networks  says: “At Orange, we continue developing meaningful networks to adapt to the needs and uses all over the world. According to enterprise customers’ needs, a first option is to create a virtual private network on Orange’s public network. A second solution is to create a hybrid private network relying on shared equipment in the Orange network and dedicated equipment at the customer’s site for critical flows and data. Ericsson’s 5G Core for standalone, including the Local Packet Gateway help us meet both these enterprise customers’ needs.”   

Monica Zethzon, Head of Solution Area Packet Core, Ericsson, says: “With the launch of the Ericsson Local Packet Gateway we have taken yet another step in supporting our CSP customers to address the enterprise market, by providing a powerful, slimmed-down user plane that’s easy to deploy at the edge, using an integrated lifecycle management making it easy to scale.”

Caroline Chappell, Research Director, AnalysysMason, says: “CSPs want flexibility in deploying 5G private networks and delivering network slices and will therefore need a user plane solution that is fast and easy to install and manage on customer premises. Ericsson Local Packet Gateway, with its pre-integrated, appliance-based solution including in-built lifecycle management and a form factor optimized for the enterprise edge, will be familiar from a management perspective and help with time-to-service for new enterprise use cases.”

Faysal Islami is offering complete Shariah compliant banking solutions and investment opportunities in Pakistan under the RDA umbrella

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Faysal Bank Limited successfully hosted an interactive seminar on Roshan Digital Account with overseas Pakistanis residing in the UAE at the Pakistan Pavilion of Dubai Expo.

The seminar was graced by the presence of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Afzaal Mahmood, Mr. Yousaf Hussain President & CEO of Faysal Bank, prominent Pakistani community members and other senior officials.

The speakers engaged with the Pakistani community members and briefed them about the salient product features and benefits of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) led RDA initiative. What interested the attendees most was that Faysal Islami was offering complete Shariah compliant banking solutions and investment opportunities in Pakistan under the RDA umbrella. The efforts of SBP to increase foreign remittances in Pakistan and digitization of the economy through Roshan Digital Account initiative were greatly appreciated. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Afzaal Mahmood encouraged all Pakistani’s residing in UAE and across the globe to open their Roshan Digital Accounts through Faysal Bank and to benefit from the best Islamic Banking services being offered by the Bank.

Senior officials of Faysal Bank were present to answer all the Roshan Digital investment related queries of the participants. Faysal Bank with its state of art digital platform and 24/7 support is making continuous efforts to promote this national cause and is committed to conducting more such events in the future also for awareness of this initiative in overseas Pakistani communities globally.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Infinix today proudly announced its release of the world’s first Future Light-Painting Leather. The technology works when UV light interacts with the smartphone’s back cover, adding innovative and flexible color options to Infinix users’ smartphones to express their style and mood. This world’s first innovation marks a huge step forward in technological breakthroughs for Infinix and sets a new standard for leather back covers on smartphones.

The layers of the leather. “Infinix seeks to improve the aesthetic experience of the modern-day smartphone through the use of innovative materials and fresh new colors. With Future Light-Painting Leather technology, users can experience satisfying color-changing as well as custom patterns created by shading light on the back cover of their smartphone.

It introduces a unique way for our customers to interact with their smartphone and to express themselves,” said Manfred Hong, Senior Product Director of Infinix. Next-Level Smartphone Technology Future Light-Painting Leather technology is a reversible color change technology that occurs when exposed to UV light. Infinix integrated photochromic polymers into the leather, where the molecular structure changes in the presence of UV light which causes the color changes. When users take their device back indoors the leather reverts back to the original color. This is a passive color-changing technology that does not require additional energy from the smartphone to produce color changes. It breaks the limitations of traditional leather with a single color and will bring a new look to smartphones with two or multiple color switches.

Light Paint Your Smartphone The Future Light-Painting Leather is not only about the aesthetics, but also about the expression of the user’s personality. With this creative new feature, users are able to use light to paint their smartphone and create different patterns on the back cover giving users endless possibilities to customize their device. Before & after light painting. Built to Last The Future Light-Painting leather technology is a result of Infinix’s deep understanding of their target consumers’ lifestyle, needs and preferences. The development process lasted six months and the engineers tested the leather hundreds of times to achieve the desired effect.

Infinix overcame the common issue of leather yellowing by adjusting the leather structure, ensuring the leather’s color remained vibrant after extended use. Additionally, the back cover maintains a thin profile in a complex structure, providing a comfortable grip for the user along with strong protection against knocks and drops.

The Future Light-Painting Leather back cover will be available with future Infinix devices, which will be announced accordingly with future media releases from Infinix. Stay tuned! – XXX- About Infinix: Infinix Mobility is an emerging technology brand that designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of devices worldwide under the Infinix brand which was founded in 2013. Targeting Generation Z, Infinix focuses on developing cutting-edge technology embodied in meticulously designed mobile devices that offer refined style, power and performance.

Infinix devices are trendy and attainable with the end-user at the forefront of every step forward. With “THE FUTURE IS NOW” as its brand essence, Infinix aims to empower today’s youth to stand out from the crowd and show the world who they are. The company’s portfolio of products is sold in more than 40 countries around the world, covering Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Expanding at a phenomenal rate, Infinix grew an unprecedented 160% during 2018-2020 and has huge plans to continue creating flagship-level devices offering striking designs and strong value propositions.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Indus Motor Company (IMC), aligning itself with the spirit of Toyota’s global corporate initiative, “Start Your Impossible” (SYI), has signed on an emerging mountaineer, Asad Ali Memon as its newest SYI champion. Asad is a 24-year-old, high potential sportsman from Larkana, Sindh. Since the beginning of his mountaineering career in 2016, he has summitted several peaks both in Pakistan and internationally and made multiple records, which brought Pakistan under the spotlight of international attention.

In 2021, he set a world record when he climbed the Kilimanjaro and back in 20 hours. The Seven Summits Challenge is a mountaineer’s ultimate dream that entails climbing the seven tallest mountains in each of the world’s seven continents. Of these seven peaks, Asad has already conquered three in Europe, South America and Africa. His next stop is Mount Denali in Alaska, USA, the 3rd most prominent and 3rd most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest. Asad will be the first Asian to scale the impressive 23,000+ feet mountain in May this year. Until then, he will be training for the climb in Sindh, Islamabad and Skardu.

At the tripartite contract signing ceremony with Asad Ali Memon and HANDS, at the Company’s head-quarters at Karachi, IMCs Chief Executive Ali Asghar Jamali expressed, “We believe in fostering opportunities for young people with aspirations and this is a great one to promote extreme sports in Pakistan and creating awareness. It also aligns with Toyota’s SYI and transformational vision, ‘Mobility for All’, for creation of a more inclusive and sustainable society in which everybody can challenge their impossible”.  Voicing his thoughts, Asad Ali Memon said, “I want to thank Indus Motor for making it possible to live my dream to be the first Asian and first ever in Pakistan to achieve the target of climbing the Seven Summits.

My ultimate vision is to promote mountaineering as a key sport and help young people train and become professionals in this unexplored extreme sport.”  Earlier in 2018, IMC had supported two national athletes, Saadi Abbas, the Asian Karate Champion from Lyari in Karachi and Zainab Barkat, the star wheelchair Table Tennis Champion from KPK, standing by their side in their journey towards the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020. 

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Enhancing the e-commerce avenues, foodpanda, Pakistan’s leading delivery app has partnered with Extreme Commerce to promote vendor acquisition where people can go and learn how to become a successful HomeChef with foodpanda.

A signing ceremony took place at foodpanda headquarters in Karachi to kick-off this partnership. Ahsan Malik, Head of HomeChefs – foodpanda, and Kashif Jaffri, CGO – Extreme Commerce along with other officials were present at the occasion.

foodpanda aims to strengthen the HomeChef ecosystem in Pakistan through this partnership with Extreme Commerce. Ahsan Malik elaborated on the collaboration by highlighting that it is in-line with foodpanda’s vision to empower people with the right skills and do their professional capacity building. “Our aim is to make Pakistan the hub of international ecommerce by utilizing Extreme Commerce via both physical incubators and digital platforms to acquire new vendors and spread awareness through webinars, and open-house. We will also be creating video content for their Video Boot Camp (VBC) platform to grow and empower HomeChefs ecosystem and facilitate food entrepreneurship in Pakistan,” he said.

Kashif Jaffri, CGO – Extreme Commerce shared his view at the occasion and said, “We are looking forward to work with foodpanda to economically empower people and create financial and digital inclusion for talented individuals of the country. We will create awareness and highlight this initiative through our platforms and generate economic opportunities for the masses. I believe together we can make a lot of difference and add significant value to the communities in which we operate.”

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) ICI Pakistan Limited has embarked on a journey towards creating a greener and cleaner future for Pakistan. To further its sustainability agenda, in 2021 the Company launched a flagship sustainability drive – STEP (Sustain, Transform, Evolve, Preserve) to maximise the positive environmental impact of each of its businesses.

In line with the Company’s sustainability goals, ICI Pakistan Limited has launched innovative offerings within its Polyester Fibre portfolio. These products allow the Company to play its part in reducing Pakistan’s plastic waste levels by recycling and converting discarded PET bottles into value-added polyester fibre.  ICI Pakistan Limited has introduced sustainable products such as “Terylene Clean” and “Terylene Powered by CiCLO”, with the aim of reducing the environmental burden caused by plastic and microfiber pollution. Terylene Clean (Global Recycle Standard Certified) is salvaged from 100% post-consumer PET bottles and allows the downstream sector textile to completely shift its production on recycled fibre while continuing to offer exceptional quality finished products to their consumers.

To date, through Terylene Clean, ICI Pakistan Limited has recycled more than 250 million PET bottles. As responsible stewards, the Company is also in the process of enhancing its Polyester manufacturing capability by setting up a PET recycling unit at its plant in Sheikhupura. The facility is scheduled to come online in 2022, and will enable the Company to produce 100% recycled PET chip for the manufacture of recycled polyester fibre which is consumed by the downstream textile industry to produce yarn for blended textiles. With this new installation, the Company can recycle over 3.3 billion PET bottles in the coming three years and cater to the growing needs of Pakistan’s textile industry in line with the global sustainability agenda of its customers.

Moreover, to create awareness amongst future generations regarding proper disposal of PET waste and the benefits of recycling, ICI Pakistan Limited has collaborated with WWF Pakistan to sponsor the National Spellathon campaign. Commenting on the initiatives, Mr Nauman Afzal; Vice President of ICI Pakistan Limited’s Polyester business stated, “The Company has always believed in the power of doing better by doing good. In light of which six years ago, ICI Pakistan Limited’s Polyester business devised a four-tier strategy (Sustainability, Health & Hygiene, Versatility, Traceability) to align itself with the future of the textile world. We believe that creating a circular loop supply chain and encouraging the recycling of PET waste can be beneficial to Pakistan’s economy. We are partnering with multiple stakeholders to streamline the processes of PET waste collection and its re-use in value-added recycled polyester fibre products.”

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) With the increase in online transactions, customer demands are changing, and to keep up with them banks must embrace human-centric and customer-first digital transformation. The patron of building a fully connected, intelligent world, Huawei, and enabler of a digital tomorrow, Systems Limited, formed a strategic alliance to navigate the way forward regarding the advancement of digital banking.

The signing ceremony took place on March 11, 2022, in the presence of Asif Peer, CEO & MD, Systems Limited, and Shahzad Rasheed, CEO, Huawei Cloud. Systems Limited has always been at the forefront of digital advancement and has taken multiple initiatives in the past to reshape the delivery and structure of financial services around technology to meet customer demands, anytime and anywhere.

Key personnel from the IT and banking were also present at the ceremony. The group discussed how technology has a huge impact on customer behavior, service and product innovation, business operation, and the vast potential it holds for the banking sector.

Asif Peer, CEO & Managing Director at Systems Limited, expressed, “We are visualizing a disruption and growth in the digital banking landscape of Pakistan to support business innovation in this new era. Banks are rapidly moving towards digital transformation, and we will be working closely to ensure refined customer management, channel optimization, and diverse ecosystem-wide collaboration. With partnerships such as this, we are on the right path of establishing a comprehensive global digital transformation strategy.”

Considering the newly announced cloud-first policy by the government of Pakistan, this partnership between Huawei and Systems Limited will help stabilize the digital banking ecosystem in Pakistan. The goal behind this partnership is to equip organizations with an end-to-end cloud-based architecture, assist them in meeting ever-evolving customer needs, and help them thrive in the digital world. Leveraging Huawei cloud infrastructure and System Limited’s enterprise-class cloud, information security, and digital banking services, both partners will be able to provide a ready-made, quick to onboard digital ecosystem in Pakistan.

Mr. Shahzad Rasheed, CEO Huawei Cloud reiterated that Huawei Pakistan is committed to expediting the journey of digitalization in the country and how that would be an impossible dream to achieve without Cloud. With the entry of digital banks in the financial industry we can expect monumental growth. China is a global leader in the world of banking and we will work towards connecting the Pakistani and Chinese Banks so we can learn from their experience and expertise. We are, and always will remain committed to the growth of the ICT Industry in Pakistan and look forward to working with Systems Limited as our strategic partner in this journey.

The emerging banks will have an in-country platform to set up their digital banking services robustly and seamlessly without a need for huge capital expenditure. Moving forward with Systems Limited’s global vision, the partners also aim to take these services outside Pakistan as well. This will also lead to multiple job opportunities in Pakistan.

Through the cloud, big data, and next-gen IT architecture, Systems Limited, and Huawei can help financial firms navigate the challenges of the customer-first and digital-first era.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  TECNO brings special discounts this Pakistan Day of up to 40% off for its users in the country. The discounts shall be available on various TECNO phones online on Daraz from March 16 to March 23, 2022.

After the massive success and abundant sales in Pakistan, TECNO brings a special discount on the following phones:

• Spark 7T – Discount of PKR 1483
• POP 5 – Discount of PKR 889
• POP 5 LTE – Discount of PKR 1142
• CAMON 18T – Discount of PKR 2509
• CAMON 18P – Discount of PKR 2430
• SPARK 8 Pro – Discount of PKR 1846

POP is TECNO’s famous entry-level series which comes with good specs for daily use. Whereas, Spark is TECNO’s mid-range series which brings some exceptional performance and camera technology to cater to all user’s needs. But Camon is the famous near-flagship series that comes with exceptional camera features. From 64MP camera to Gimbal technology, TECNO Camon has brought forward multiple exceptional camera technologies to Pakistan.

All in all, these amazing devices come with some remarkable specs such as a big display screen, clear resolution, smooth performance, massive batteries, and some astounding camera features. The sale will be live till the 23^rd of March 2022 on Daraz at https://click.daraz.pk/e/_685je

For more, follow TECNO’s official social media pages.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The British High commissioner to Pakistan, Dr. Christian Turner visited the MG JW Automobile Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd facility in Lahore. The visit was a festive and exciting event where the High Commissioner interacted with the company’s leadership, visited the state-of-the-art MG assembly plant, and got to test drive the all-electric Marvel R and HS PHEV.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Turner said “It is a wonderful showcase of the British Automotive Brand in Pakistan. Bohat Mubarak! The future is electric and MG will be cutting down carbon emissions with electric vehicles for cleaner and greener Pakistan.”

In March 2021, the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Nong Rong had also visited the setup and had similar sentiments after his visit. MG Motor Pakistan has delivered more than 10,000 vehicles, launched 7 state of the art dealerships with MG Care Centers and introduced world class latest models in Pakistan, setting the tone for the whole industry. MG vehicles are one of the most advanced, equipped and safe vehicles on Pakistani roads and are considered a standard in their respective categories.

MG with its British legacy has always been a brand of ingenuity and innovation. The brand entered the Pakistani market under the flag of SAIC Motor International, primarily launching in the luxury category. The first HS CKD variant line-off was held on 28th May, 2021 and after successful testing and trials, is ready to launch locally assembled, world class vehicles in the country.

MG envisions a cleaner and technologically advanced future for Pakistan. The dream is to make Pakistan a part of the global supply chain and soon be able to export Pakistan made MG vehicles across the globe. As the company is ready to start local production and very soon, vehicles “Made in Pakistan”, will be dominating the roads worldwide.