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Actor Fardeen Khan stuns everyone with his physical transformation: Check here
Fardeen Khan, who is away from films since 2010, recently attended the star-studded premiere of Tadap which marks the Bollywood debut of Suniel Shetty’s son Ahan Shetty opposite Tara Sutaria. At the special screening, the All The Best actor was looking totally fit and fine in casuals. A few pictures and videos of Fardeen from the premiere are doing the rounds on social media in which he’s looking absolutely dashing.
Take a look at Fardeen’s look from the Tadap premiere below:
For the unversed, since a year, Fardeen has been on a body transformation spree. Earlier this year, in an interview with ETimes, he had revealed that he lost over 18 kgs within six months. Last year, the Fida actor had shared that he had lost weight, however, he needed to lose a few more kilos. His latest pictures prove that he has indeed achieved it and is looking his best now.
On the professional front, Fardeen was last seen in the 2010 film Dulha Mil Gaya co-starring Sushmita Sen and Shah Rukh Khan. After a long gap of around 12 years, he’s all set to make his acting comeback next year. He has signed a thriller titled Visfot. It also features Riteish Deshmukh along with Fardeen. The actors had earlier shared screen space for Sajid Khan’s Heyy Babyy in 2007.
Directed by Kookie Gulati (Abhishek Bachchan-starrer The Big Bull fame), the movie is said to be the official remake of Venezuelan film titled Rock, Paper, Scissors which was released in 2012. Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series is bankrolling the project along with Sanjay Gupta’s White Feather Films.
Besides Visfot, Fardeen will reportedly be a part of the No Entry sequel as well, which might be titled No Entry Mein Entry. The actor will be reuniting with Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor for the much-awaited sequel to the 2005 film that also featured Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol, and Celina Jaitely as the leading ladies.
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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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