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Want my daughter to be proud of me: Shahid
Mumbai : Actor Shahid Kapoor says he wants to be his best for his daughter Misha and wants her to be proud of him.
The actor and his wife Mira Rajput welcomed their first bundle of joy in August. And he is enjoying every moment of fatherhood.
When asked what’s it like coming back to wife and a baby, the 35-year-old actor said, at Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star here on Sunday, “I don’t want to leave. I guess a man who is a father will understand. It can’t be defined. It gives you a lot of strength. I feel strong because I want to fight for Misha and be my best for her. I want to be better everyday because I want her to be proud of me,”
When asked if being a husband and father had any impact on acting, he said, “I am hardly working. I guess the first thing that happened to me was going jobless. I don’t know if it has changed me as an actor, but it has changed me as person. I understand priorities in my life. I understand what I want to give my time to. When you are single, there are so many things that you can do. I was living alone for more than 10 years. So, everything was possible. I was master of my own will.”
“And that kind of changes. In the beginning, it is really difficult. You feel like ‘Oh my God! I can’t do what I want to do anymore’, and then later you feel like what … it is awesome. I feel happy to come back home and share my happiness,” said the actor.
The couple, who have over a decade age gap, tied the knot in New Delhi on July 7 last year.
Shahid, who once dated actress Kareena Kapoor, had an important wedding clause: Not to get hitched to someone from the same industry.
“I am an actor. I have great respect for what I do. I have been in a relationship with actresses. It’s not like I had an issue with it. I just felt like it was important to find somebody who is real and normal.”
“Whether you like it or not, the moment you become a celeb, you won’t be able to do everything that a normal person can, and that starts limiting your exposure to everything that is real and normal.”
When asked if she gives her opinion on his films, the actor said, “She is 13 years younger so, she brings in a fresh perspective. When I read a script and I can’t relate to it, she looks at me and asks ‘Are you insane? This is exactly what normal people talk about. How can you not relate to this?’ She shows me a different perspective. She is strongly opinionated and honest … She gives an unadulterated and honest opinion,” said Shahid.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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