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Samsung already has a number of different foldable Smartphones in its ecosystem including the Galaxy Fold, the Z Fold 2, the Z Flip, and the Z Flip 5G. Successors for these devices will be coming next year and one of them is expected to be the Galaxy Z Flip 3 (even though there is no Z Flip 2).

According to renowned tipster Ice Universe, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 will have a 120Hz display akin to the Z Fold 2 and will also have a narrower frame, meaning that it will likely have smaller bezels than before. The tipster also says that it will be cheaper than before, but did not share an exact price tag.

Previous reports have said that the new Galaxy Z Flip will feature stereo speakers and will launch separate from the Galaxy S21 lineup. The S21 series is expected to debut early next year in January and reports on the Galaxy Z Flip 3 say that we won’t see the foldable in Q1 2021.

Rumors also suggest that a Galaxy Z Flip Lite is in the works and it will be the most affordable folding phone ever.

More specifications and details will surface as 2021 draws near.

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The Apple M1 chip is the Cupertino giant’s first self-made silicon in a while that is meant to power MacBook laptops. These chips are based on ARM’s hardware and bring drastic performance improvements over Intel’s processors.

A MacBook Air running the Apple M1 chip recently made rounds at the Antutu benchmark, scoring over a million points and knocking the competition out of the park. The iOS Antutu app was run on the MacBook Air while the laptop pretended to be an iPad Pro running the iOS 14.2.

The M1 chip performed much better than the A12Z chipset found on the iPad Pro. The CPU performed 50% better and the GPU had 45% better results, though the laptop has faster memory as well. It performed better than the iPhone X’s A12 Bionic chip as well, which is only a 7nm chip but was the best performing Apple chip before the M1.

Not only did it outshine the A12 Bionic, but the 5nm A14 chipset as well which is found on the latest iPhone 12 series. This is because the A14 is configured for smaller devices with smaller batteries, which limits performance. However, it is worth mentioning that both the M1 and A14 are 5nm chips.

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Bitcoin has recorded a massive surge above the US$ 19,000 mark for the first time in three years. A driving rally of as much as 3.3 percent was witnessed, with the Bitcoin soaring to $19,272.21 as of 24th November 2020.

Prominent financial firms in the United States believe tomorrow’s money would come in new Crypto flavors, and recent numbers stand evidence for that. The digital currency’s rally was rekindled, for the first time in 3 years, as Wall Street and Main Street expressed renewed interest in crypto-investments.

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Bitcoin surged past the $19,000 mark to an intraday high of $19,272.21 on Tuesday. This impressive statistic has put the world’s most famous cryptocurrency within touching distance of its all-time high of $19,783 of 2017.

In recent weeks, cryptocurrencies have garnered attention, with companies and investors opting to integrate their finances with trending digital currencies. The payment company, Square recently bought $50 million worth of bitcoins, which some investors perceived as quite the unusual use of corporate cash. Having bought 4,709 bitcoin, the digital currency holding represents roughly 1 percent of Square’s total assets as of Q2-2020.

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The news of Square’s Bitcoin purchase pushed Bitcoin above US$ 13,000 and fostered speculation about whether the digital currency’s recent rally had the fire to brew a storm. Big Wall Street names like BlackRock’s CEO, Rick Rieder, have also backed the bitcoin rally. Speaking at a local event for venture capital, Rieder said, “Bitcoin is here to stay.”

“I’ve warmed up to the fact that bitcoin could be an asset class that has a lot of attraction,” hedge fund tycoon Stanley Druckenmiller added at a separate event.

Most businessmen and venture-capitalists are skeptical about this “velodrome with no finish line.” Whereas, philanthropist, Ray Dalio, said last week that he “might be missing something about bitcoin,” adding that the digital currency’s volatility harshly plummets its use as an unbreakable store of wealth and exchange.

Yesterday’s surge lifted other trending cryptocurrencies as well. Ether gained 4.3 percent traction, rising to an impressive $622.73 per coin. XRP rose to $0.79, a 54.7 percent intraday hike. Overall, Bitcoin traded at $19,235.79 per share, a massive 166 percent jump YTD.

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The Pakistani rupee is, once again, on its road to recovery against the US dollar.

The rupee appreciated another 81 paisas versus the greenback in the interbank market. The PKR closed at 159.27 as compared with Tuesday’s closing of 161.08.

PKR recovered from almost week-long losses, bouncing back to 159 level, due to a decline in dollar buying from importers.

A.A.H Soomro, Managing Director at Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Securities, while commenting on the Rupee said,

Rupee would continue to swing pendulum around Rs. 160-ish as new buyers and sellers exchange hands. Demand would be on the rise as imports increase and FX reserves are built up. However, the new lockdown would slow down the buying trend for a while. Expect Rs. 160-ish to continue for a few weeks, if not months.

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Pakistani Rupee Makes A Huge Recovery Against the US Dollar in a Single Day

The local currency was losing against the USD since the past week. However, since Tuesday, the rupee has posted a significant gain, and not just against the USD but also other main currencies.

Since the past week, Rupee faced a brief pressure, which declined its value, due to a sudden demand of the USD from the importers who opened LCs in quantum. However, the demand fell again in the market, leading to Rupee’s appreciation.

Sources familiar with the market told ProPakistani that there was a repayment due this month, and the volatility was because of that and more so because talks with the IMF were underway. “We may see more stability in the coming days,” they added.

CEO of the financial advisory Alpha Beta Core, Khurram Schezad, said that there is still room for PKR to improve against the USD as there have been more inflows of Dollars in the market compared to outflows.

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Eluktronics, known for its premium performance laptops, has launched the world’s first laptops with IPS 1440p displays that offer a 165 Hz refresh rate. Normally gaming laptops feature high refresh rate on 1080p resolution, this is the first time a laptop-maker has done it on a 1440p screen.

Apart from the display specifications, the devices come with features identical to the recently launched gaming laptops by the company. The lineup includes:

Eluktronics MECH-15 G3 QHD Edition
Eluktronics MAX-15 QHD Edition
Eluktronics MAX-17 QHD Edition

Design and Display
Aesthetically, the laptops are identical. They come with a bulky structure, a dark grey matte finish, and the Eluktronics logo on top.

The MECH-15 and MAX-15 flaunt a 15.6-inch QHD display with 1440p resolution, 165 Hz refresh rate, a maximum brightness of 318 nits, 100 percent sRGB coverage, and 87 percent Adobe RGB coverage. The MAX-17, on the other hand, features a 17.3-inch display with similar specifications.

Not only are these displays feature a high refresh rate at 1440p, but they are also color accurate, making them ideal for content creation or media consumption.

The display has been constructed by the Chinese company BOE. Thanks to the high refresh rate, the laptops offer a screen response time of 2.5ms, making them suitable for esports titles and twitchy fps games that require fast reactions.

Other specifications
As for the innards, the laptops have identical specifications. They are powered by the Intel Core i7-10870H CPU with Liquid Metal cooling topped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super GPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and 1TB PCIe storage.

In terms of battery, the smaller laptops feature a 94WHr battery, while the Eluktronics MAX-17 comes with a 91WHr battery.

Pricing and Availability
The laptops are currently available at prices ranging from $2199 to $2299.

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