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Education gave me a wider world vision: Adnan Sami

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Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Singer-composer Adnan Sami, who along with some musicians across the globe is gearing up for a charitable music concert titled ‘The Greatest Guestlist 2017’ — aimed at promoting the cause of education — says every child deserves to be educated.

The general perception is that for any creative profession like music, dance, painting, an artiste needs a certain skill rather than formal education. However, Adnan thinks otherwise.

“Though I was sure from the beginning to become a musician, my parents nudged me to finish my education and I am a qualified barrister today. My education helped me to grow as an individual, have a wider vision of the world around me and today I can have a conversation on current affairs without sounding silly,” Adnan told IANS.

“I think our greatest gift to the future generation would be education,” added the father of a 7-month-old daughter.

Adnan, who feels education is the greatest gift elders can offer to children, will perform in Mumbai for an open audience after 18 years, said the concert is special for him because it serves a larger purpose.

“The greatest satisfaction of this concert will be to serve education to 1 lakh underprivileged children and for me, every child deserves and has a right to education. I love children. I am crazy about them. Anything that I can do as an artiste, I would contribute to that.

“I strongly believe that there are two strong elements that shape up the personality of a child. Those are academics and family value that they learn from parents. Only proper education makes a child a good thinker. Since our children are the future of the nation, the only way to make a nation grow is by creating thinkers and visionaries, which comes from an educated mind,” said the alumni of Lincoln’s Inn, England.

The two-day long music festival which is the second edition of Guestlist4Good, will take place in Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium from December 2-3. Artistes like Mithoon, Nucleya, Lost Stories, Hardwell, W&W, Kill the buzz and Suyano will also perform.

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Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones

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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.

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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.

 

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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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