Category: Technology

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Infinix, Pakistan’s leading smartphone brand has announced a new addition to their mid-range Note series, the Infinix Note 8 and Note 8i. Boasting a beautiful new design packed with innovative features like six AI cameras including a 64MP sensor and powered by MediaTek Helio G80, the all-rounder smartphone will be officially available for pre-order with a special gift from Daraz for Rs. 29,999 from 23^rd Nov.

The Infinix Note 8 features Pakistan’s first quad-camera setup with 64MP primary lens, 2MP macro, 2MP depth, and AI Lens with quad-LED flash under 30k price band. It hasa 6.95” HD+ display with a 16MP dual Infinity-Odisplay for selfie and powered by the MediaTek Helio G80, the device is available with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. It also packs a 5,200mAh battery with type-C 18W fast charging support. The phone would be available in Deepsea Luster, Silver Diamond, and Iceland Fantasy color options. The Infinix Note 8i boasts a 6.78-inch HD+ display and features the same specifications as the Note 8 except from camera. Note 8i is packed with 48MP quad rear camera and 8MP single punch-hole camera for selfies.  It would be available in Obsidian Black, Tranquil Blue, and Ice Diamond color options in the price tag of Rs. 26,999 only.

On the announcement of the new device, Mr. Joe Hu, CEO Infinix Pakistan, said, “After the success of the Infinix Note 7 launched earlier this year, we have reworked the mobile phone landscape in Pakistan by giving our consumers what they need. Curated after carefully analyzing consumer feedback during product development, we are excited to bring forth another powerful device from the Note series that will greatly impress the consumers.”

Infinix has once again outdone itself with an excellent model that is targeted at the mid-to-high end market segment. 

TECNO, the globally renowned smartphone brand is becoming very popular in Pakistan. The brand has been climbing the sales ladder efficiently by selling thousands of units in a very short time. TECNO becomes the second most sold smartphone brand in Pakistan for the third quarter of 2020.

According to the IDC’s “Handsets Summary Pakistan Q3 2020” TECNO secured the second position in sales by selling 16.5% units of the total Smartphone Brand Share in Pakistan. The brand acquired this rank amongst some of the biggest brands including Samsung, OPPO, Vivo, and Infinix. TECNO has back to back been launching premier quality smartphones with pioneering technology. It has set a high bar for its competitors in the market with this success.

Camon series has been a source of great success for TECNO. The recent launch of the photography king phone, Camon 16 has raised the bar even higher for TECNO. The flagship pioneer camera solution phone Camon 16 received a great response from the customers, selling thousands of units in just a few days. The new phone comes with TAIVOS technology making it the ultimate camera solution.

This is a huge benchmark for any brand to sell 16.5% units in such a short period of time. No other brand has ever done this before in the Pakistani market especially in such a short period as TECNO did. This has increased the value of TECNO not just in the market but also amongst its fans and customers.

Everyone is looking up to what more TECNO shall be bringing for the fans in the coming days. After this success, the brand has to come up more ideas and even more advanced technology to secure the top position.

• OPPO puts forward “Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World” and unveils 3+N+X technology development strategy
• OPPO X 2021 – a rollable concept handset, OPPO AR Glass 2021 and OPPO CybeReal AR application debut to the public, unlocking the future of human-tech interaction

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Today, OPPO INNO DAY 2020 themed “Leap into the Future” was held in Shenzhen. Against the backdrop of the Internet of Experience, OPPO put forward “Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World” and “virtuous innovation”, unveiling for the first time the “3+N+X” technology development strategy. At the event, OPPO also debuted the OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset, OPPO AR Glass 2021 and OPPO CybeReal AR application.

With “Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World” in mind, OPPO Affirms 3+N+X Technology Development Strategy

At OPPO INNO DAY 2020, Tony Chen, OPPO Founder and CEO, pointed out that OPPO is determined to pursue virtuous innovation and create more great products through its 3+N+X technology development strategy. OPPO believes in “Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World” that the purpose of corporate innovation should be people.

Tony Chen said, “OPPO uses technology to empower people to capture the beauty around them and to unleash their imagination of the future; thereby helping everyone get the best out of life. Accordingly, we decide to set forth the 3+N+X technology development strategy for OPPO’s long-term development.”

The “3” refers to the three underlying technologies, namely hardware, software and services technologies, which help OPPO to bring an integrated smart life to users worldwide. “N”, represents a number of OPPO’s essential capabilities, including AI, security and privacy, multimedia, and interconnectivity. Lastly, “X”, refers to the leading-edge and differentiated technologies and strategic resources such as the flash charge technology that foster innovation and greatly improve user experience.

“It’s important to build technical capabilities, but it’s even more important to innovatively integrate them. OPPO believes we should bring the benefits to users, and leave all the complexity to us,” said Levin Liu, OPPO Vice President and Head of OPPO Research Institute, in his keynote speech.

Announcing Three Concept Products, OPPO Defines Future Technological Exploration

During the event, OPPO also introduced three concept products, which demonstrated all-new possibilities of human-tech interaction and exploration of future technology.

The OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset is the latest achievement of OPPO’s R&D in flexible display and structural stacking, bringing users more natural interactive experience. The concept handset features OPPO’s three proprietary technologies, including the Roll Motor powertrain, 2-in-1 Plate, and self-developed Warp Track high-strength screen laminate. They lead to a continuously variable OLED display that measures as small as 6.7 inches and as large as 7.4 inches, which allows users to adjust the size of the display based on actual needs.

OPPO AR Glass 2021 fully manifests the “leap” in OPPO’s exploration of the digital world. Adopting the brand-new split design, OPPO AR Glass 2021 is compact and ultra-light; the device is nearly 75% lighter than its predecessor. As for the core components, OPPO AR Glass 2021 is built with the Birdbath optical solution, enhancing the immersive experience.

Also, OPPO AR Glass 2021 features diverse sensors, including stereo fisheye camera, one ToF sensor, and one RGB camera. They can not only support a number of natural interactions, including interactions via smartphone, gesture-based interactions, and spatial localization, but also complete the three-dimensional spatial localization calculation within milliseconds, achieving precise localization and offering users real and natural experience of spatial interaction in the AR world through constant update and feedback of real-time position of the user within the space.

The CybeReal AR application powered by real-time, spatial calculation technology enables high-precision localization and scene recognition, and is supported by OPPO’s three core technologies, including accurately reconstructing the world to the centimeters, real-time high-precision localization, and OPPO Cloud, enriching user’s perception and understanding of the real world.

OPPO INNO DAY has been successfully held in two consecutive years. Tony Chen stressed at the conference that OPPO hopes to create a world of kindness through virtuous innovation. Inspired by Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World, OPPO integrates technological innovation with a human touch in order to give users value by offering personalized technology that is appropriate and relevant. Going forward, OPPO will continue to collaborate with partners, illuminating the future of humane technology.

 

 

Infinix Dar-linkAI Optimization Engine Released

A Flagship Gaming Experience at Your Fingertips

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Infinix, a world-renowned consumer electronics brand, pioneered a game optimization engine, Dar-link 1.0. This is a major breakthrough made by the Infinix R&D team to improve the user’s gaming experience. The technology enhances the system by making improvements to the graphics display, touchscreen sensitivity, and by optimizing the data load. At present, Infinix is the first to apply this technology to the 2020 flagship device Infinix Zero 8, bringing a brand-new gaming experience to users.

Infinix product manager, Matt said, “The Infinix R&D team has done multiple testing to optimize the Dar-link game engine by repeated polishing of several specific problems that users face. This is a major technological innovation of Infinix. It brings gaming interaction and display experience to a new level, and enhances the user’s sensory experience in PUBG and other mobile games.”

A smooth and stable graphics display

Dar-link 1.0’s screen enhancement processing function uses multiple algorithms to optimize the game display screen, and recognizes different screen scenes through intelligent calculations, so that the game image processing rate matches the requirements of the relevant scenes, giving users a stronger visual impact. In addition, the frame rate prediction algorithm can generate pictures in advance, based on the different scenes in the game. By optimizing the screen, the game scene switching is faster and more stable. Realistic picture rendering creates an immersive gaming space for players, engaging them in a gameplay experience and bringing their in-game adventure to life.

 An improved touchscreen sensitivity

The Dar-link game engine intelligently controls its computing power from the chip. The Infinix Zero 8 MediaTekHelio G90T chipset further optimizes the GPU image rendering capabilities and screen display to increase the sensitivity of the touchscreen and reduce latency when refreshing the screen. This improves the touching experience of gaming, which is particularly apparent for PUBG. With a stable switching of the scenes, users can quickly capture the target through a millisecond touch response rate, thereby increasing the rate of winning. A sensitive touch response let users experience the thrill of being integrated with machine. It also enables the gamer to be a notch faster in-game.

To better regulate the data load

The chip performance will deteriorate from long usage of a mobile phone, especially when running a large-capacity mobile game. This is due to the heat generated from the device and the reduced performance will affect the gaming experience. The technological innovation of Infinix intelligently adjusts the operating speed of CPU/GPU, manages and allocates resources according to different game scenarios to maintain the efficient operation of the mobile phone, solves the problem of mini-freezes while gaming, and makes the game run more smoothly. This in turn will reduce the temperature of the device.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Infinix Mobility Limited is yet again transcending its way towards the launch of Note 8 with the groundbreaking technology. The Note series, that has never ceased to amaze its users, is this time coming with a meticulously designed processor of MediaTekHelioG80 from MediaTek’s G-series chipset domain.
MediaTekHelioG80 are specially designedocta core gaming chipsets that have revolutionized the mid-range mobile market.

MediaTekHelio G80 chipset is known for its seamless gaming experience that provides smoother performance in heavy-loading game engines! It can run multiple games like PUBG, Fortnite, Asphalt, Call of Duty etc. in high settings.

This year owing to the pandemic, a lot of people have been home stricken andspent most of their time on mobile phones playing games.PUBG became so popular that every mobile manufacturing company thought of providing the best gaming experience to its end user in relatively low price. So considering the holistic market of gaming enthusiasts, Infinix has geared its focus to provide a better gaming experience in its note series with MediaTekHelio G80.

With its heterogeneous multi-processing a user can enjoy the perks of split window i.e. gaming and work both at the same time.

MediaTekHelioG80 also maximizes the battery performance and makes sure that the battery does not drain too fast. This chipset also supports multiple AI features like bookeh, face recognition and provides better software features. It is paired with 6 gigs of RAM in Note 8 and Note 8i to maximum performance and functionality.

With the emerging competition in the mid-range market, chipset plays a pivotal role for the end users in the potential purchase. Which is why Infinix chose MediaTekHelioG80 for the Note 7’s successor.

All the information jotted over here is not just a conjecture, it is actually backed up with some facts and figures. The diagram attached below shows the comparison of MediaTekHelio G80 processor with MediaTekHelio G70 and Snapdragon 665. The results from the ANTUTU Ranking are pretty evident that how MediaTekHelioG80 has surpassed Snapdragon665 performance wise!  

People have become aware of the chipsets and they definitely consider the processors before spending their valuable money. Since bad processors leave an unpleasant impression on the end user and result in mega problems like overheating, lagging, bad camera etc.

So here, the estimated amount of Note 8 would be around PKR 28,000-30,000/- which isa jam pack box entailing a whole lot of features and value for money!

Hopes are sky mounted. Looking forward to the launch of Note 8 soon!

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) At the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Huawei’s Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group Ryan Ding gave his keynote speech “Maximizing Wireless Network Value for a Golden Decade of 5G”. Ding said that the coming decade will be a golden age for 5G’s progress around the world, and that the whole industry must have faith in 5G, build the best 5G networks, and make the most of them for shared value.

5G is developing much faster than previous generations. Currently, there are more than 100 commercial 5G networks worldwide, and budget 5G mobile phones have dropped to CNY1,000. This is driving up the number of 5G users around the world, and leading carriers are already benefitting from 5G data plans. They are seeing an increase in the ARPU of 5G users through multi-metric service packages and upgraded services like 5G messaging and enriched calling.

To further develop 5G and encourage more people to embrace 5G, carriers need to build the best 5G networks possible. They need to provide coverage across all scenarios such as for dense urban areas, suburbs, and indoors so that users always have access to 5G services. Carriers also need to improve 5G connectivity to deliver a consistently superior experience to users.

In addition to the consumer market, the industrial market will become a new revenue stream for carriers. 5G is being applied in more and more sectors over the year since it was first deployed. Many industry applications have become increasingly commoditized and can be replicated on a larger scale. Carriers are also exploring how to use 5G to enable vertical industries.

Unlike consumers who care most about data speeds, industry customers have a variety of needs, and so it is crucial that carriers maximize network value by nurturing new capabilities. To meet these diverse needs, the telecom sector needs to provide fundamental network capabilities, highly reliable network services, and flexible networking solutions necessary for industrial 5G applications. The telecom sector will also need to make improvements from end to end, ranging from network planning, construction, maintenance, and optimization to operations. This will help reduce the costs of deploying industry applications.

Ding emphasized that developing industrial 5G applications is an industry-wide effort, rather than just carriers’ responsibility. Accelerating this development is only possible when telecommunications integrates with other industries. In the recently frozen Release 16, 3GPP added an improved standard for broadcasting services and 5G functions like location and ultra-low air interface latency. Upcoming releases, including Release 17, will address additional industry needs.

At the end of his speech, Ding stated that the next decade will be a golden age for 5G. The whole industry needs to have faith, build the best networks possible for consumers, and nurture new capabilities for industry customers to maximize the value of wireless networks for a golden decade of 5G.

At the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Huawei will share insights into global industry trends and hot topics with carriers, regulators, partners, and media analysts from around the world. They will explore how innovation in ICT technologies such as 5G and AI can be mutually beneficial to industries and society at large.

For more information, please visit: https://www.huawei.com/minisite/mbbf2020/en/

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) With the commitment to lead digital innovation and provide cutting edge services to digitally savvy customers, Pakistan’s leading telecommunication company, Zong 4G, has upgraded its popular My Zong App (MZA) with several new and exciting features. The new features on MZA include the Zong Club Family Bundle, Balance Share (Yaari Load) service, Huawei Instant Games Portal under Zong Games, Usage notifications, Balance\Bundle Expiry alerts to stay updated in real time and a 200 MBs daily free data offer for the new users of the famed all-in-one My Zong App. “Zong has been in a relentless pursuit of excellence in service and digital empowerment, the My Zong App is a key contributor to the company’s effective handling of evolving customer needs in the digital realm,” shares Zong spokesperson. “We aim to make MZA an all-in-one customer portal and equip users with the best-in-class customer experience though innovative offerings and services.” The new and enhanced My Zong App also makes all important functions way more accessible through a visibly improved main dashboard design.

The app has also been optimized for a much better performance and speed, relative to the previous build. In July 2020, the company introduced a new and improved version of MZA. Keeping a close eye on the requirements and feedback of its valued users, Zong added several great new features, such as exclusive discounts, daily rewards, detailed postpaid billing, infotainment portals, widgets, and more.

Having a solid belief in innovation and customer-centricity, Zong 4G is geared to meet the needs of its customers in the most innovative and novel ways. As the trend of using digital channels for making payments and purchasing services gains momentum in the COVID-19 world, MZA’s one-stop-shop presents an efficient and well-timed solution.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) PSDF, the largest skills development fund in Pakistan (funded by FCDO and the Government of Punjab), has partnered with Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms, to offer globally recognized courses, free of cost for our youth. The partnership was announced during Coursera CEO’s Global Keynote at the Coursera virtual conference.

While online learning is a relatively new phenomenon in Pakistan, amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, interest and necessity have jointly dictated the shift to online learning particularly for school, colleges and universities. Internet penetration, growing cellular subscribers have facilitated the uptake of online learning, providing access to the world’s best education, and promoting inclusion in learning.

PSDF’s partnership with Coursera taps into this potential, offering a wide variety of courses in market relevant fields, and are particularly geared towards enhancing career advancement, increasing income avenues, and promoting self-employment.

The courses currently offered through PSDF, are 4-months long, and are in the fields of Digital Marketing (for learning SEO, Social Media Marketing and Marketing Analytics), IT (ranging from APP development to coding languages of JAVA & PYTHON), to Finance (Financial Accounting Fundamentals). Through PSDF, these courses will be offered free of cost to the youth that need them the most, with PSDF further incentivizing upskilling with a stipend of PKR 6,000 to be received upon completion of the course.

Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from 190 world-class universities and organizations (University of Virginia, UCDavis, Google, IBM etc.) with over 40+ Million learners till date. Learners can take advantage of learning at their own pace through on-demand video lectures, homework exercises, and community discussion forums. After completion of their respective courses, 85% Coursera learners reported gaining more confidence at work, and 87% reported improved team performance.

Speaking on occasion of the launch of the partnership, CEO PSDF, Mr. Jawad Khan expressed the importance of online learning for youth to gain marketable skills for the 21^st century: “As we navigate our way out of the global Coronavirus pandemic, digital preparedness and online learning have become the need of the hour. PSDF has once again been ahead of the curve, bringing Coursera to Pakistan, on such a large scale, bringing world class learning opportunities to the homes of millions of Pakistani students and workers. We’re looking forward to taking this partnership ahead, to create real and tangible impact for our youth”.

Encouraging youth to take full advantage of the opportunity, Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO at Coursera said: “We’re really excited to be partnering with PSDF, the largest skills development fund in Pakistan, to empower the young men and women in Pakistan to develop their potential with online learning. The COVID-19 pandemic has harmed economies and livelihoods, but even as we work and learn from home, online learning has become more accessible and powerful than ever. Our partnership with PSDF provides the opportunity for everyone to access free training to upskill and give themselves an edge in the local and global labour markets.”

The PSDF and Coursera partnership has thus officially been launched and will be available for free for poor and vulnerable youth in the country. The courses are accessible through learn.psdf.org.pk. Seats are limited, so applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to kickstart their career, upgrade their skills and discover new income avenues.

The world’s largest startup competition has finally completed its eight virtual rounds in ten different cities of Pakistan while exploring through Pakistan’s female-led startups. The great news is that the competition is now approaching its finale and everyone is excited to see who is going to make a win in She Loves Tech Pakistan 2020 finale. Before we take this excitement to the next level, we need to learn about the winners who have finally made it to reach the final of the world’s largest startup competition.

Meet the finalists of SLT 2020 Pakistan as they are all set to hit the finale with the hope of competing with a passion for making a difference in the development of the society.

Ayesha Nasir with her startup ‘Scary Ammi’ is doing wonders to assist all desi mothers at best. Whether it is about learning or networking, guidance or products and services, Scary Ammi is making it possible for every mother to achieve.

Eesha tur Razia Babar is another champ with her project ‘Shama-e- Zindagi’ that systematizes the process of monitoring patients in ICUs as well as in CCUs. This project is to assist the nurses and other medical staff by dividing their burden. Similarly, Bisma Ejaz is working on something remarkable as ‘Mobiliti’ with its name depicting the aim of this project. The idea is to provide affordable yet state of the art prosthesis, orthosis and other devices assisting the mobility while contributing towards generating employment opportunities for differently-abled people.

Komal Memon is working on ‘AgriTech’ that is smart assistance for the farmers and landlords for optimizing agriculture crop production as well as cultivation.

Another most important project led by Haya Ansari is ‘Aagah Initiative’ that is the need of the hour to cope up with the street harassment issues in Pakistan. To ensure that the females of our society stay safe when they go anywhere outside, Aagah Initiative is based on a technological mission to dive deep into the social threats related to street harassment. 

To make the learning easiest for the scientists and engineers in Pakistan, Tooba Waqar has come up with her project ‘Aiyin’ that will help in creating virtual environments with simulation and ‘gamified learining’ experience.

We have observed that the females in the society of Pakistan are taking it seriously to contribute towards the health sector on technological grounds. So here we have another champion, Saira Siddique, with her project ‘HomeMediq.’ As the name suggests, this is the country’s first-ever virtual hospital providing healthcare services for everyone 24/7 through mobile phone applications.

Hira Irshad’s ARPUS Technologies is aiming to establish the first medical equipment manufacturing company of Pakistan. The idea is to manufacture high tech equipment that is Safe, Reliable, and Affordable.

As e-commerce industry is proliferating in Pakistan, SyedaNayab is working on her project ‘Nayab Rogue’ that is a B2B and B2C e-commerce company offering items at discounted rates to small or medium-sized businesses around the world.

‘Technoknowledge’ by Romana Rafi is all about innovative programming platform for early age students with the concept of “creative computing”.

If you are looking for a reliable marketplace to have all-natural and organic products, then Areeba Zehra brings you ‘Live Natural’ platform that is differently contributing while making you have a natural lifestyle. Besides, Sara Khan has been working on her project ‘The Red Code’ with the aim to improve health and hygiene, specifically for women in Pakistan with the development of eco-friendly and affordable hygiene products.

To empower education and research sector technologically in Pakistan, Sarah Ashraf is going to compete with her project ‘Rinder’ that is a globally-accessible digital platform aiming to facilitate access to research mentorship. Similarly, ‘Alif’ is another global learning platform by Aruj Khaliq succeeding with the motto to enable, innovate & educate by honing ability, skills & knowledge.

As we know that culture is the backbone of any society, so DeedarMengal is someone who is on the mission to revamp the essence of cultural handicrafts to provide employment opportunities in rural areas of Baluchistan.

In this era, the significance of data is increasing with every passing day in all sectors. The analytical approach towards any business and data analysis to generate better results while planning out the strategy in accordance to the statistical values. Maria Ata is calling it ‘Love for Data’ with her startup that is an emerging predictive analytics company. Love for Data is working with different businesses by utilizingpublicly available data and incorporating it with organizational data to come up with actionable insights.

CIRCLE brought She Loves Tech back to Pakistan for the fourth time with the support of HBL and UNDP. Over 250 applications were received for the SLT 2020 competition out of which 15 startups were shortlisted for the finals. She Loves Tech Pakistan 2020 takes pride as the world’s largest platform for the female-led startups that will be making a difference in the society of better development of the country.

Catch us live with the national finals live on the 6th and 7th of November from 6 PM to 9 PM and witness the emerging women entrepreneurs of Pakistan while marking a win in this competition.