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Check out latest photos of Sara Tendulkar enjoying her vacation in Goa
It is no secret that Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter Sara celebrated the New Year in Goa. A couple of weeks into 2022, Sara Tendulkar is still getting the temperatures soaring among her millions of fans on social media.
On Friday (January 14), Sara once again wowed her fans with a couple of Instagram stories. The posts featured Sara letting her hair down on the beach with the gorgeous setting sun in the background.
Check out a glimpse of Sara Tendulkar’s post here…
Recently, Sara gives glimpses of her trip to Goa, where she celebrated New Year with friends. However, her latest update has set the rumour mills abuzz as netizens believe that Sara is holidaying in Goa with her alleged boyfriend and India cricketer Shubman Gill.
In one of her Instagram post, Sara can be seen sitting in a car and enjoying a sunset at a beach and it seems the setting is of Goa. Sara’s car selfie has forced netizens to speculate if the photo is taken inside Gill’s Mahindra Thar, which was gifted to the batter last year by Anand Mahindra for his outstanding performance in a Test series against Australia.
Also, Shubman recently shared pictures of him celebrating New Year at similar locations as Sara. “Swipe right, to sum up, my NY mood,” said his post.
For a long time, there have been rumours that Sara is dating cricketer Shubman Gill. However, the two have neither confirmed nor debunked the rumours. Sara Tendulkar has over 17 lakh followers on her Instagram account.
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Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones
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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