Xiaomi-backed POCO is gearing up to launch its new F-series smartphone dubbed POCO F4 GT globally in just a couple of days, on 26th April.

Similar to other launch events from the brand, this one too will be held virtually and will be live-streamed for everyone to watch. It will be live-streamed on POCO‘s YouTube channel as well as other platforms like Facebook and Twitter from 8 PM Beijing time (12PM UTC).

You can watch the Online Launch Event by clicking here.

The POCO F4 GT features a 6.67-inch AMOLED display that Full HD+ screen resolution, and a 120Hz refresh rate along with Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. There’s a possibility that the company could also launch a 12GB RAM model. The phone has mechanical shoulder buttons aimed at gamers.

As for the camera department, there will be a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2-megapixel macro sensor. On the front side, there’s a 20-megapixel Sony IMX596 snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

The phone runs the latest Android 12 operating system out-of-the-box and is powered by a 4,700mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging. To know the phone’s pricing and availability details, we will have to wait for the official launch event.

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HyperX has just announced a new gaming event series. The HyperX Showdown is a series of online gaming events that will feature various celebrities from different fields of entertainment. This includes stars from the music, entertainment, and even sports and gaming industries.

The event will be hosted across a period of eight weeks, during which time, popular online streamers will also be participating in the gaming event. In the event, well known games like Call of Duty: Warzone, NBA 2K, Fortnite, Madden, and more will be featured with the first event scheduled to start on the 16th of June 2020 at 3 pm ET. The first event will feature two known music stars, Afrojack and Nicky Romero, who will also be paired with two professional esports athletes from the London Royal Ravens playing Call of Duty: Warzone.

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The event will be streamed on Twitch, a live streaming platform owned by Amazon, through HyperX’s official channel. This gaming series will be held entirely online, which is to be expected since the world is still facing a global pandemic at the moment.

You can also expect other known figures like Offset, Future, Young Thug and sports stars like Gordon Hayward (Boston Celtics), JuJu Smith-Schuster (Pittsburgh Steelers), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.), Philip Forsberg (Nashville Predators), DeMarcus Cousins (NBA All Star), Mikal Bridges (Phoenix Suns), Onyeka Okongwu (2020 NBA Draft Prospect), Cole Anthony (2020 NBA Draft Prospect), and Joc Pederson (Los Angeles Dodgers).

More special guests are yet to be announced and the series will also be hosting a special HyperX Showdown episode, which will feature an all-female event and an NBA Rookie Challenge. By the end of the eight weeks of gaming events, the athlete who HyperX considers the best will be named as its brand ambassador. The online event will also be collaborating with Excel Sports Management that will procure talent and provide guidance.

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Just recently, a rocket launch service was sold in China for $6 million. Chinese people are known to buy products through live streaming, but this takes it to a whole new level. The service was sold earlier this week on the popular streaming platform Taobao for 40 million Yuan.

The rocket service arrives from ExPace, which is a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. This service being offered was to place ads on the Kuaizhou-1A rocket and was purchased by Chang Guang Satellite Technology. The transaction was made on Taobao with Wei Ya (a popular host who is touted to be the sales queen in China) hosting the stream.

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Notably, Wei Ya has more than 18 million followers on Taobao and the stream attracted over 19 million concurrent viewers, which is another feat that the streaming industry has achieved. The rocket in question is “a small launch vehicle” in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, and has already seen 8 successful commercial launches so far. The ads being sold allowed buyers to paint the body of the rocket and the launch platform as well. They could even visit the launch site and control the launch.

On Weibo, the Chinese microblogging website, the #WeiYaSellsARocket had over 620,000 tags, with more than two million online viewers tuning in to watch the impressive sale. Local media has also looked at the event to re-promote Wuhan after the devastating impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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