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After ‘Dear Zindagi’ release, Alia now misses Shahrukh
Mumbai: After the release of their movie “Dear Zindagi”, actress Alia Bhatt says she has started missing her co-star Shahrukh Khan. At the promotional event of Singapore Tourism on Friday, the actress, asked about the experience of working with a superstar like Shahrukh, said: “It was a magical experience working with him. Personally, I’ve learnt a lot from him which I don’t want to share with anybody. I am really missing him today.”
“For the past couple of week, we were so busy in promoting the film. So Shahrukh, I am really missing you,” she said. Sharing a memory of shooting abroad in Singapore, the actress said: “We didn’t have so much time while shooting for ‘Dear Zindagi’. We went for dinner at a Mexican restaurant where we played all Bollywood songs while having dinner. We have lots of beautiful memories of shooting ‘Dear Zindagi’.”
“When we go abroad we have our own team, but also need support from that place and the people. While shooting for ‘Dear Zindagi’, it was raining heavily and we had a lot of work to finish. The Singapore team was so cooperative that they supported us in all our needs. It’s a pleasure shooting over there,” she said.
“We even shot ‘Badrinath ki Dulhania’ there for 20 days but we didn’t feel that we are not in India,” she added. Directed by Shashank Khaitan, and produced by Karan Johar, “Badrinath ki Dulhania”, starring Varun Dhawan, Alia and Gauhar Khan, is the second instalment of “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”. The film is slated to release on March 10, 2017.
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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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