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March 10, 2022

What would be the impact of a US 'digital dollar'?


 NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden has ordered the federal government to look into creating a digital dollar, a move with the potential to reshape how money is moved and used around the world.

Before his order results in a virtual greenback, there will be numerous major impacts — and risks — to consider first.

Here are some key questions:

 What form would a digital dollar take? 

It would still be a dollar issued by the US Federal Reserve central bank, like all US bills and coins used now, but in a digital form that is accessible to everyone, not just financial institutions.

Unlike money deposited in a bank account or spent via apps like Venmo and Apple Pay, it would be registered in the accounts of the Federal Reserve, not a bank.

At the same time, the digital dollar would be worth the same as its paper counterpart, a divergence from cryptocurrencies which currently have highly volatile valuations.

Key questions remain unanswered, like whether a digital dollar would be based on blockchain technology like bitcoin or if it would be linked with some sort of payment card.

Biden is asking agencies, including the Treasury Department, to examine various issues on the topic.

If the government decides to go ahead, it could take "a number of years" before we can use a digital dollar -- authorities will have to explore for instance which technology to use, said Darrell Duffie, a digital currencies expert at Stanford University in California.

Why launch a digital dollar?

It would reduce or even eliminate transaction fees since exchanges would no longer go through banks, bank cards or apps that take commissions on every payment.

Proponents say it would help people without bank accounts, about five per cent of households in the United States, and could make it easier for the government to pay benefits.

There are risks like a system failure or a cyberattack, and there are also questions about privacy, as the government could theoretically have access to all transactions.

The banking system could also be undermined as banks currently use customers' deposits to lend to others, and with a digital dollar, they could have less money at their disposal.

How will global finance be affected?

International transfers, often slow and expensive to make, could be greatly eased.

An operation that currently takes two days to be validated could be done in one hour, said Marc Chandler, a foreign exchange expert for the broker Bannockburn.

For Chandler, the geopolitical role of the US dollar would not be upset by the digital version's introduction.

A digital dollar would represent "a natural evolution rather than a revolution", he noted, recalling that more than $6.5 trillion are already exchanged in electronic form every day on the foreign exchange market.

Even if China launches a large-scale digital yuan, as is being discussed, he said he doesn't think that changes China's role in the world economy as "there will always be questions of trust, transparency, depth of markets."

For Stanford's Duffie, however, if the United States wants to continue to benefit from the dollar's status as the dominant currency in central bank reserves and international payments, it is essential that the government tread cautiously.

"The US are going to need to ensure that they stay in a leading position in international forums that discuss standards for making cross-border payments standards for digital currencies," he said.

Can the United States catch up?

Other countries are already working on digital versions of their own currencies, from the eurozone to India, but "there is no evidence to suggest being first to market provides any significant or material advantages," said Jamiel Sheikh, founder of CBDC Think Tank.

On the contrary, failure due to unintended consequences, low usage or other issues can undermine faith in the issuing institution, he noted.

"The overwhelming dominance of the dollar gives the US the luxury of learning from... other countries," agreed Cornell University professor Eswar Prasad.

 Would the crypto world be turned upside down? -

If properly designed, a digital dollar could be more preferable for domestic use than a cryptocurrency, said Duffie.

For international transfers, however, he said he was "sceptical that large central banks like the Fed or the ECB, China or Japan, will give accounts at the central bank to people all over the world."

If the United States did so, he noted, it could wreck the monetary system of small countries whose people might prefer to use the digital dollar rather than the local currency.


    March 10, 2022

    Amazon refuses Russia business after suspending Prime Video, shipments over Ukraine war


     Amazon has announced plans to suspend all operations within Russia, including Prime Video and shipments following their war against Ukraine.

    The e-commerce giant announced the news in a statement that details its Prime Video boycott and has announced intentions to suspend all services within the country given “the ongoing situation in Russia and Ukraine.”

    Furthermore, they have also refused to share their products with Russia and Belarus as well as the video game New World which is sold directly to its citizens.

    In addition, no new Russia or Belarus-based customers will be allowed on this AWS cloud computing services, and neither will there by third-party merchants Russian sellers.

    The company’s main aim as of this moment is to support the “immense humanitarian needs in the region” and have since donated $5 million to support those affected.

    March 06, 2022

    Crypto — money that you are happy to lose


     Rarely has the world been more divided than over the Game of Thrones finale and investment in cryptocurrencies. Some swear by it and then some swear at people who swear by it. Given that Elon Musk’s sneeze can decide the rate of Bitcoin tomorrow, why invest in an asset class that is prone to extraordinarily high levels of volatility?

    ‘Crypto is easy’

    “I can start investing sitting in the washroom in the next 10 minutes,” says DR who invested about $200 a little over a year ago. “All I have to do is go online, watch a few YouTube videos and decide what to buy,” he explains adding that crypto works well with tech-savvy people who don’t like forms or going to places to open an account.

    “Crypto is very easy to invest. Just install a small app and you are ready to go,” says ANC that invested about $2,500 over a year. “I have not invested more than 10 coins at any point. At the moment I am carrying four to five. Invest the money you are happy to lose,” he says, adding that he believes crypto appeals primarily to millennials.

    A roller coaster ride

    “I invested $500 in a coin called Solana when it at $26 in early 2021,” says an investor. “It rose to $54, came down to $26 and eventually reached high as $260,” he says explaining the volatility that is inherent to investing in cryptocurrencies.

    Some liken it to a bubble and Ponzi scheme while others view it as a hedge against inflation that can give big payoffs

    After the May crash, he lost about 70 per cent of his investment of $6,000. Eventually, the value of the coins rose and he was able to recoup his investment and then make some profit.

    “I have two accounts: one that I plan to hold for the next three to four years and the other is for daily trading,” says FA who has invested $1,200 over 10 coins. “We are all stuck. When I purchases Bitcoin, it was at an all-time high,” he says admitting that he is yet to make a profit.

    “I was never interested in investing in the stock exchange. A friend was trading in crypto, he told me about it, I had funds in hand and it was easy so I invested. Secondly, I can use my own research to invest. I watch YouTube videos, follow accounts on Twitter and read articles on websites,” he narrates his crypto journey. “I invested $100 Waqar Zaka’s TenUp, but right now its value is in the low $80s,” he laughs.

    “While Bitcoin is king, it is too expensive to purchase. Better to invest in coins that we can afford that have the potential to give returns many times over,” says another investor, while giving the example of Bloktopia — a cryptocurrency that is being sold for about 2 cents. “The team behind a cryptocurrency is what matter. While Blok has almost no value right now, it can payout many times over.”

    A lot of variables

    “You can’t invest in PKR,” explains DR. “First, you have to transfer to someone in rupees and buy a cryptocurrency — USDP (USD partners) is the one most commonly used. The rate you get depends on the exchange rate at that time. Usually, USDP is Rs10-12 more than the current dollar value.

    “The amount of USDP purchased also makes a difference. For example, if I want USDP 1,000, I may get a rate of Rs184 but if I want to buy USDP10, I may get a rate of Rs193. The smaller the amount of purchase, the more expensive it is.”

    Some investors maintain spreadsheets in which they record what was bought, at what rate in terms of USDP, the exchange rate at that time, and the current value in rupee to assess where they stand in terms of profitability. A portfolio has a different value every day given all the variables with returns fluctuating daily.

    “I started investing in shares in 2011 but was unable to earn a single penny,” says CB while sprouting expletives against the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). “I bought blue-chip shares that lost 50-60 pc of their value that they never recovered. Eventually, after successive losses, I opted out of PSX. In the last decade, I have not seen anyone truly profit from investing in shares in Pakistan because it is controlled by a few big wigs and a small investor can never win against them,” he says in answer to why not invest in the PSX instead.

    Disillusionment with the stock exchange and the ease of opening an account are the main reasons cited by investors for opting for crypto. Some liken it to a bubble and Ponzi scheme while others view it as a hedge against inflation that can give big payoffs.

    Pakistan Fintech Association supports State Bank Governor Reza Baqir’s stance that there are more risks than benefits. In a statement, it says: “No association or industry should think it is above and beyond the economic sovereignty and prosperity of Pakistan. Transnational ambitions for short term gains in speculation and fluff valuations will eventually dent the image of the fintech industry.

    “Our ambition is to grow in Pakistan, we live here and Pakistan will be written on our tombstones. Massive capital gains that sit outside of Pakistan but obtained from work in Pakistan is treacherous and such crypto fads are an easy source for pump and dump cowboys.”

    According to Chainalysis’s October 2021 report, Pakistan is among the top three countries in the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index. At a whopping 711pc, Pakistan has experienced the most growth in terms of cryptocurrency value received. The general perception is to jump on this groovy train where fortunes can be made almost overnight.

    Talking to small individual investors, however, a different picture emerges. In the time of raging inflation and eroding currency value, people are looking for avenues where small amounts can be invested easily and be protected. Any instrument that can promise to do so, free from taxation, appears to be a panacea for financial troubles. And hence the crypto investments continue.

    March 06, 2022

    Raast: can we bank on it?

     

    Over the past year, we have all been bored to death of listening to that tech dudebro in our circle telling us about the impending fintech revolution in Pakistan.

    You probably have heard it all: from the outlandish ones predicting a crypto future with no place for fiat to how startups will dethrone existing financial services providers once Raast, the central bank’s real-time micropayments gateway, truly takes/picks up pace. Earlier last week, we got one step closer to the latter as Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the second phase — instant peer-to-peer payments — of Raast.

    What that means is now you can transfer money to anyone through Raast. If you are wondering, how does that change anything since the same task can be done via 1LINK’s Interbank Funds Transfer (1IBFT)? For starters, the former is currently absolutely free “in spirit to promote financial inclusion in Pakistan”. Secondly, it’s much more convenient as you don’t need all those details such as a bank account number in a specific format to send the money. Their Raast ID — which can simply be a mobile number, email address or another moniker — is all that’s required.

    It is just a switch system that connects all the financial services intermediaries and brings in interoperability — to make the transactions, you’d still need to channel the transaction through your bank which is where the real hassle was in the first place

    So far so good, right? But before you get too excited, do remember that Raast is just a switch system that connects all the financial services intermediaries and brings in interoperability. To make the transactions, you’d still need to channel the transaction through your bank which is where the real hassle was in the first place. I mean it doesn’t matter whether you are sending someone money through Raast or 1LINK if the bank’s app is down, which is a routine occurrence for a certain tech company with a banking licence, there is little that can be done.

    The State Bank of Pakistan’s website lists 18 banks that are already offering Raast, of which 14 have it integrated with their e-banking channels while the remaining four have it available only at specific branch counters. “I had registered my Raast ID very early on using my bank’s mobile app and then did a transaction or two. Everything was smooth. But a few days later, when a friend transferred funds using Raast, I did not receive any money even though his app showed the transaction as successful. On calling the bank, they told me I am apparently not registered despite my Raast ID showing up as beneficiary to others,” says Fayaz Hussain.

    While it might still be early days, a casual audit of banks’ websites doesn’t give a particularly comforting picture. For example, one fine institution simply copy-pasted the SBP’s list on its Raast FAQs (frequently asked questions) page, even the “Please reach out to your bank regarding limits on Raast transactions” instead of giving its own limit.

    And that basically emphasises the importance of Raast in potentially bringing some freshness to Pakistan’s moth-eaten financial services industry where boomers assess their performance by the number of memoranda of understanding signed every month. The SBP’s interoperable micropayments gateway will make it easier for new entrants to easily integrate with other entities and enable payments.

    Secondly, it will open up possibilities for fintechs to develop new use cases on top of Raast. The SBP cites request-to-pay as one such example: “Under pull payments, a retailer would be able to pull money from the customer’s account, provided there is a confirmation mechanism or a pre-existing authorisation from the customer. A common example of pull payments is direct debit.”

    The regulator is pinning hopes on Raast to promote financial inclusion as well as trigger a further shift towards digital payments, which has seen significant growth since the onset of Covid-19 and the subsequent temporary waiving of IBFT charges. Mobile and internet banking transactions combined surged to Rs10.6 trillion (286.8 million volume) during 2020-21, from Rs4.7tr (139.4m) the previous fiscal year.

    However, paper transactions still hold considerable weightage as their total value of Rs151.6tr is much larger than the aggregate of e-banking (which also includes primarily cash-based channels like real-time online banking and ATM). That, in essence, shows the potential for digitisation.

    Moreover, peer-to-peer is just one part of the Raast vision: the other two are bulk payments (which was the first to be launched back in 2021 and has over 30 banks onboard) while the yet-to-be-launched third phase is person-to-merchant payments. Unfortunately, little data has been made available by the SBP on the volume and value of bulk transactions to assess how the uptake has been like.

    March 06, 2022

    Ukraine outclass Russia in social media info war

     Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky daily video addresses, usually published with English subtitles, have become viral sensations

    Ukraine dominates social media info war with Russia. Photo: AFP
    Ukraine dominates social media info war with Russia. Photo: AFP 

    PARIS: Ukraine has succeeded in dominating social media in the first days since the Russian invasion, in an intensifying information war with Moscow that Kyiv so far appears to be winning, analysts say.

    Even as President Volodymyr Zelensky remains bunkered down in Kyiv amid heavy bombardment and the fear of assassination, his government has forced an all-out assault on social media to win supporters for their cause.

    Zelensky's daily video addresses, usually published with English subtitles, have become viral sensations, while the defence and foreign ministries tout the military resistance of Ukraine in snazzy graphics.

    Meanwhile, Ukrainians have posted videos showing the success of their forces that have become viral trends, including a Ukrainian missile shooting down a Russian helicopter and a Ukrainian farmer towing away captured Russian military hardware on his tractor.

    Self-shot videos of Ukrainians sobbing amid the ruins of their towns after Russia stepped up bombardments have also gripped people around the world.

    More unverifiable viral claims have included the so-called "ghost of Kyiv", a flying ace said to have downed a dozen Russian warplanes, or the Kyiv woman who purportedly knocked out a Russian drone with a jar of pickled cucumbers.

    "In the first phase of the conflict, in terms of international opinion, the Ukrainians are clearly ahead in information," said Baptiste Robert, founder of Predicta Lab, a French company fighting disinformation.

    "The most impressive thing is that it is organic," he said. "There is a real desire of the Ukrainians to document this war. When something happens, they pull out their phones."

    - 'Readjusting and trying again' -

    Robert said the majority of pro-Ukraine videos doing the rounds on Twitter are genuine, but there have been claims which subsequent fact-checking proved to be exaggerated.

    In the early stages of the war, Kyiv hailed as heroes 13 border guards who it said lost their lives defending a tiny Black Sea island after swearing at the Russian forces over the radio.

    They had in fact all survived, as the Ukrainian authorities later acknowledged. Ukraine's embassy in Paris denies any deliberate attempt to mislead, saying "we don't do fake news".

    Russia, accused of spreading disinformation in the 2016 US election to weigh the balance in favour of Donald Trump, is seen as a past master of such tactics.

    But here, the balance is weighed against Moscow. In addition to being deeply unpopular in the West, the initial phase of the war has been far from successful for the Kremlin, according to independent observers.

    "I can see them (the Russians) readjusting, refitting, and trying again" on the information front, said Emily Harding, deputy director and senior fellow in the international security programme at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

    "But it will still take a little while to get things running."

    She said she expected Russia to "push a lot of disinformation into the ecosystem about how the war is going, showing Ukrainian troops supposedly surrendering".

    - 'Many Russians buy the narrative' -

    However, Russia does not seem hugely concerned about public opinion outside the country, with efforts focused on keeping domestic support behind President Vladimir Putin.

    To this end, Russia in the last days shut down the final bastions of free speech media in the country, blocked Facebook and restricted access to Twitter.

    "It is true that they (the Ukrainians) are winning, but at the end of the day, the audience Putin cares most about is what his own people think about him," said Darren Linvill, lead researcher at the Media forensic lab of Clemson University in the United States.

    "I think many, many Russians buy the narrative."

    He added: "For every narrative which is pro-Ukrainian, such as stories about Russian soldiers surrendering without fighting and Ukrainian heroes being lauded for their bravery, you see the same thing in Russia, in the conversation among nationalists, for their own side."

    With Ukrainian resistance forcing Moscow into a much longer war than the Kremlin wanted, a new phase in the information war is likely to open up.

    If more Ukrainian cities fall to Russian forces, "there will be a new information war between those areas still resisting and the counter-information that the Russians are imposing," said Robert.

    February 13, 2022

    بلیک بیری برانڈ کا عہد ہمیشہ کے لیے ختم

    جنوری 2022 میں بلیک بیری نے باضابطہ طور پر فونز کے لیے سپورٹ ختم کرنے کا اعلان کیا تھا۔

    کینیڈین کمپنی کی جانب سے 4 جنوری 2022 سے بلیک بیری کے سافٹ ویئر بلیک بیری 7.1 ، بلیک بیری 10 یا دیگر پر کام کرنے والے فونز یا ٹیبلیٹس کے لیے سپورٹ ختم کردی گئی تھی۔

    یعنی بلیک بیری ڈیوائسز پر وائی فائی کا استعمال، فون کالز، ٹیکسٹ میسجز اور دیگر فنکشنز اب کام نہیں کرتے، یعنی فون صارفین کے لیے بیکار ہی ہوگئے ہیں۔

    مگر بلیک بیری فونز پسند کرنے والوں کو توقع تھی کہ کینیڈین کمپنی کے مزید نئے فونز مارکیٹ میں دستیاب ہوں گے اور امریکی کمپنی آن ورڈ موبیلیٹی انہیں متعارف کرائے گی۔

    خیال رہے کہ اگست 2020 مین کینیڈین کمپنی نے آن ورڈ موبیلٹی اور فوکس کون کی ذیلی کمپنی ایف آئی ایچ موبائل لمیٹڈ سے اشتراک کیا تھا تاکہ نئے بلیک بیری فونز متعارف کرائے جاسکیں۔

    اس کے بعد اس بارے میں مزید کوئی تفصیلات سامنے نہیں آئیں مگر آن ورڈ موبیلیٹٰ نے بتایا تھا کہ وہ اینڈرائیڈ پر کام کرنے والے بلیک بیری فون کو تیار کرنا چاہتی ہے۔

    مگر 2021 کے اختتام پر آن ورڈ موبیلیٹٰ نے کہا تھا کہ وہ 5 جی بلیک بیری فون کو پیش کرنے کے لیے تیار ہے۔

    مگر اب یقینی طور پر بلیک بیری برانڈ کے عہد کا خاتمہ ہورہا ہے کیونکہ رپورٹس کے مطابق آن ورڈ موبیلٹی کو بلیک بیری کی تیاری کے لیے ملنے والا لائسنس منسوخ کردیا گیا ہے۔

    رپورٹ کے مطابق بلیک بیری کی جانب سے 60 کروڑ ڈالرز میں موبائل پیٹنٹ پورٹ فولیو فروخت کرنے کے بعد خود کو اسمارٹ فون بنانے والی کمپنی کی حیثیت سے دو رکھنا چاہتی ہے۔

    واضح رہے کہ بلیک بیری کسی زمانے میں موبائل فون کی دنیا میں راج کرنے والی کمپنی تھی مگر آئی فون اور اینڈرائیڈ فونز نے اس کی مقبولیت ختم کردی۔

     

    February 13, 2022

    اسمارٹ کھڑکیاں جو ہیٹر یا اے سی کی ضرورت ختم کردیں


     سائنسدانوں نے ایک ایسی اسمارٹ کھڑکی تیار کی ہے جو سردیوں میں ہیٹر جبکہ گرمیوں میں ایئر کنڈیشنر کا کام کرنے کی صلاحیت رکھتی ہے۔

    پٹسبرگ یونیورسٹی کے ماہرین نے انتہائی پتلی اسمارٹ گلیزنگ ٹیکنالوجی تیار کی ہے جس کو گھروں میں موجود کھڑکیوں پر استعمال کیا جاسکے گا۔

    گلیزنگ کو کیمیائی مرکبات سے تیار کیا گیا ہے جو سرد موسم میں سورج کی روشنی کو جذب جبکہ گرم موسم میں روشنی یا حرارت کو پلٹانے کی صلاحیت رکھنے والی ٹیکنالوجی ہے۔

    یہ ٹیکنالوجی سورج کی انفراریڈ شعاعوں میں موجود تھرمل توانائی حرارت کو جذب کرکے سرد موسم کے دوران کمرے میں دوبارہ خارج کرتی ہے یا گرمیوں میں واپس پلٹا کر کمرے کو ٹھنڈا کرتی ہے۔

    سائنسدانوں کے خیال میں اس اسمارٹ ونڈو ٹیکنالوجی سے توانائی کی ضرورت میں ایک تہائی حد تک کمی لانے میں مدد مل سکتی ہے۔

    انہوں نے اسے مؤثر، خوبصورت اور موسمیاتی تبدیلیوں کے پیش نظر ماحول دوست ٹیکنالوجی کو کامیابی سے اپنانے کے لیے اہم قرار دیا۔

    انہوں نے کہا کہ ان اسمارٹ کھڑکیوں کی اہم ترین بات موسموں کی ضرورت کے مطابق خود کو بدلنا ہے، وہ سردیوں میں سورج کی انفراریڈ شعاعوں کو جذب کرکے عمارت کے اندر گرمائش پیدا کرتی ہیں۔

    اسی طرح گرم مہینوں میں سورج کی روشنی جذب کرنے کی بجائے ان کو پلٹا کر عمارت کا درجہ حرارت کم رکھنا ممکن بناتی ہے۔

    گلیزنگ کی پٹی 300 نانومیٹرز سے بھی پتلی ہے جس پر ایسے میٹریلز کی تہہ موجود ہے جو سورج کی رونی کے جذب یا اخراج کو ممکن بناتے ہیں۔

    سائنسدانوں کے مطابق دونوں صورتوں میں سورج کی روشنی ایک جیسی ہی نظر آتی ہے اور لوگ کھڑکی میں کوئی تبدیلی محسوس نہیں کرسکتے، جو ماحول دوست ٹیکنالوجیز کو اپنانے کے لیے اہم بھی ہے۔

    ان کے مطابق اس عمل سے ایئرکنڈیشنر کی ضرورت کم محسوس ہوگی جبکہ بہار یا خزاں کے دوران 30 فیصد میٹریل حرارت کو دور کرے گا تو 70 فیصد جذب کرکے کمرے کا درجہ حرارت معتدل بنائے گا۔

    محققین کے تخمینے کے مطابق ان کھڑکیوں سے توانائی کی سالانہ ضرورت میں 20 سے 34 فیصد کمی آئے گی۔

    ابھی ماہرین کی جانب سے آکسفورڈ یونیورسٹی کی ذیلی کمپنی بوڈل ٹیکنالوجیز کے ساتھ مل کر اس کے پروٹوٹائپ ماڈل کی تیاری اور آزمائش پر کیا جارہا ہے۔

    یعنی ابھی یہ کہنا مشکل ہے کہ یہ اسمارٹ ونڈوز کب تک عام افراد کو دستیاب ہوں گی مگر ماہرین کو امید ہے کہ ایسا بہت جلد ممکن ہوسکے گا۔

    اس ٹیکنالوجی کے اب تک کے نتائج جریدے اے سی ایس فوٹونیکس میں شائع ہوئے۔

    February 13, 2022

    ریڈمی نوٹ 11 سیریز اب پاکستان میں دستیاب


     شیاؤمی کی ذیلی کمپنی نے اپنے نئے فلیگ شپ ریڈمی نوٹ 11 سیریز کے فونز پاکستان میں متعارف کرا دیئے ہیں۔

    ریڈمی نوٹ11 تو اب خریدا جاسکتا ہے مگر 11 پرو کی قیمت ابھی بتائی نہیں گئی۔

    ریڈمی نوٹ 11

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    فوٹو بشکریہ ریڈمی

    ریڈمی نوٹ 11 میں 6.53 انچ کا امولیڈ ڈسپلے 90 ہرٹز ریفریش ریٹ کے ساتھ دیا گیا ہے جبکہ اسکرین کے تحفظ کے لیے گوریلا گلاس 3 پروٹیکشن فراہم کی گئی ہے اور ہاں یہ سپلیش ریزیزٹنٹ فون ہے۔

    نوٹ 11 میں اسنیپ ڈراگون 680 پراسیسر موجود ہے جبکہ اینڈرائیڈ 11 آپریٹںگ سسٹم کا امتزاج ایم آئی یو آئی 13 سے کیا گیا ہے۔

    نوٹ 11 میں 4 سے 6 جی بی ریم اور 128 جی بی اسٹوریج کے آپشن ہوں گے جس میں ایس ڈی کارڈ سے مزید اضافہ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

    فون کے فرنٹ پر 13 میگا پکسل سیلفی کیمرا موجود ہے جس کو بائیو میٹرک لاگ ان کے لیے بھی استعمال کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

    5000 ایم اے ایچ بیٹری کے ساتھ 33 واٹ فاسٹ چارجنگ سپورٹ دستیاب ہوگی اور یہ 58 منٹ میں 100 فیصد چارج ہوسکتا ہے۔

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    فوٹو بشکریہ ریڈمی

    نوٹ 11 میں بیک پر 4 کیمروں کا سیٹ اپ موجود ہے جس کا مین کیمرا 50 میگا پکسل کا ہے جس کے ساتھ 8 میگا پکسل الٹرا وائیڈ، 2 میگا پکسل میکرو اور 2 میگا پکسل ڈیپتھ کیمرے موجود ہیں۔

    اس کے علاوہ آئی آر بلاسٹرز، این ایف سی، ڈوئل اسپیکرز اور ہیڈفون جیکس دیگر قابل ذکر فیچرز ہیں۔

    فون کا 4 جی بی ریم والا ماڈل 34 ہزار 999 روپے جبکہ 6 جی بی ریم والا فون 37 ہزار 999 روپے میں فروخت کیا جائے گا۔

    ریڈمی نوٹ 11 پرو

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    فوٹو بشکریہ ریڈمی

    ریڈمی نوٹ 11 پرو میں 6.67 انچ کا امولیڈ ڈسپلے 120 ہرٹز ریفریش ریٹ کے ساتھ دیا گیا ہے جبکہ گوریلا گلاس 5 پروٹیکشن اور ڈسٹ اینڈ سپلیش ریزیزٹنس فیچرز بھی اس کا حصہ ہیں۔

    فون کے اندر میڈیا ٹیک کا ہیلیو جی 96 پراسیسر موجود ہے جبکہ 8 جی بی تک ریم اور 128 جی بی تک اسٹوریج دستیاب ہوگی جس میں ایس ڈی کارڈ سے مزید اضافہ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

    اینڈرائیڈ 11 آپریٹنگ سسٹم کا امتزاج ایم آئی یو آئی 13 سے کیا گیا ہے۔

    فون کے بیک پر 108 میگا پکسل کا مین کیمرا موجود ہے جو 3 ایکس زومنگ سپورٹ کرتا ہے، اس کے ساتھ 8 میگا پکسل الٹرا وائیڈ اور 2 میگا پکسل میکرو کیمرے موجود ہیں، 4 جی ماڈل میں 2 میگا پکسل ڈٰپتھ سنسر کیمرا بھی دیا گیا ہے۔

    فوٹو بشکریہ ریڈمی
    فوٹو بشکریہ ریڈمی

    اسی طرح فرنٹ پر 16 میگا پکسل سیلفی کیمرا پنچ ہول ڈیزائن میں موجود ہے جبکہ فنگرپرنٹ سنسر کو بھی اسکرین کے اندر نصب کیا گیا ہے۔

    ہیڈفون جیک اور ڈوئل اسپیکرز والے اس فون میں 5000 ایم اے ایچ بیٹری موجود ہے جس کے ساتھ 67 واٹ فاسٹ چارجنگ سپورٹ دی گئی ہے۔

    کمپنی کی جانب سے فی الحال اس فون کی قیمت کے بارے میں نہیں بتایا گیا۔