It’s no accident I’ve referenced PUBG Mobile a few times already. The title is actually an official Honor Play partner, hence the 4D vibration feature being unique to this one game (for the time being). I’ve played a lot of PUBG and consider myself basically an expert at the rapidly paced arcade modes specifically, so naturally I’m a good test case. For reference, I’ve played on a number of Android phones, as PUBG has become my go-to benchmark for gaming performance. On a day-to-day basis, however, I tend to play on a 4.7-inch iPhone 8, which isn’t a device that was crafted with gaming as the main consideration.

You can’t physically see Honor’s GPU Turbo hardware and software optimization trickery at work, but obviously I immediately cranked the PUBG graphics settings up to as high and demanding as they could get. (I also tightened up the controls so my thumbs didn’t have to roam very far, increased the look sensitivity, and turned off aim assistance.)

Honor says the average frame rate hovers around 40 fps, and I’m willing to believe that. It’s normal to experience stutter as you jump out of the plane at the beginning of the match and rush towards the ground as it’s still being rendered. Once you hit the dirt, though, the experience is super smooth and PUBG looks great on the big 6.3-inch display. As Honor promises, the frame rate remains high and stable, as long as there’s no connection lag.

I’ve noticed a few graphical glitches in the form of an occasionally strobing background tile, way off in the distance. The gremlins don’t have any impact on the foreground, though, so playability’s unaffected. I couldn’t tell you whether fault lies with the phone, the game or the often unreliable hotel and IFA WiFi networks. From a visual point of view, then, the Honor Play lives up to the hype of being a good gaming phone. Honor’s battery life claims around GPU Turbo, I’m not so convinced on. Playing for about 45 minutes on a high brightness setting (and just generally thumbing around the phone for another 20 to 30) eats up roughly 50 percent of the charge. That’s not extraordinary in my experience.

There’s no night-and-day difference when you enable the 3D surround sound feature, but I think that’s partly because the PUBG developers have done a good job with the standard stereo audio cues already. With 3D turned on, everything sounds a lot more distant, but this comes with a certain clarity that marginally improves your directional awareness. It won’t massively up your game, especially if you’re already sensitive and attentive to your immediate surroundings, but I would say it creates a more realistic atmosphere. The roomier sound profile gives you a better idea of distance, more than direction. It does lower the base volume, however, so perhaps not a setting you want on all the time if you’re contending with background noise and/or leaky headphones.

The 4D Smart Shock feature specific to PUBG is more impressive than it sounds. There is a vast difference between the vibration patterns you feel when you pull the trigger on a shotgun, for example, compared with the auto fire of an assault rifle. The vibrations themselves are quite subtle, too. The phone doesn’t jump around in your hand and the screen doesn’t shake, so it’s not a distraction. The vibrations won’t help you get any better at the game, but they definitely add another layer of immersion you probably take for granted when you’re playing something on a big screen with a console controller. This is the only feature I feel makes playing PUBG on the Honor Play genuinely different from any other phone with equivalent specs. It adds a little more fun factor.

I’m not sure you’d want to have 4D Smart Shock turned on if you intend to play for hours, though. After a while, it can make your fingers a tad tingly and numb — a bit like Sony’s Dynamic Vibration feature — especially when you pull the trigger as often as you have to in the fact-paced arcade modes I prefer. It’s probably fine if you tend to stick to the longer, classic games. I actually had to Google how to turn it on, because it’s hidden in the settings for Honor’s Game Suite app rather than being anywhere more obvious.

While I won’t argue that some Honor Play features might be attractive to avid mobile gamers, especially PUBG addicts, the phone definitely wasn’t built from the ground up with this demographic in mind. It’s more branding than anything, because there are actually a bunch of features that are at odds with the whole gaming theme.

In Minnesota, Hmong farmers have banded together to make a better living. Originally from China, the Hmong are an Asian ethnic group that migrated to Vietnam and Laos in the 18th century. But they have never had a country of their own. After the Vietnam War ended, many resettled in the U.S. and now, decades later, Hmong farmers are at the center of a local food economy in Minnesota. VOA’s June Soh has more in this report narrated by Carol Pearson.

A U.S. senator who was held as a prisoner of war (POW) in Vietnam and then ran for U.S. president twice was given the honor of lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Friday, two days before his burial. Arizona Senator John McCain lost his battle with cancer. But the 81-year-old will probably be best remembered for his ability to cross party boundaries. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti reports.

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Indian men’s hockey team has brought Bronze to the nation after playing exceptionally well throughout the event. The team today had a face-off with Pakistan and India beat the opponent with 2-1.

In the End of first quarter, India was leading with 1-0 against Pakistan through Akashdeep’s  goal in the match. Pakistan came in form in the second quarter.

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On the other hand, Pakistan had topped team B with a total of 15 points.

India had Lost To Malaysia By 6-7 In Penalty Shoot-Out failing to reach in the semi-finals.  There was a no goal at the second and third penalty stroke for both the teams.  It was nail-biting match with the following strokes until India lost with 6-7.

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The score chart of India had been amazing with in previous 5 matches as against Indonesia (17-0), Hong-Kong China (26-0), Japan (8-0), South Korea (5-3) and Sri Lanka (20-0). Drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh has been the highest goal scorer for India at the Asian Games 2018.

Till now, India has won a total of 68 medals at the ongoing event. This includes 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 29 Bronze. Meanwhile, Pakistan is much behind at the Medals tally with only 4 medals so far out of which all 4 are bronze. Pakistan has not bagged a single gold or silver medal till now.

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On the other hand, China is leading with a total of 282 medals including 129 Gold, 89 Silver, and 64 bronze. China is followed by Japan with 198 medals including 70 Gold, 54 silver, and 74 bronze medals.

Published by Kanika Saini on 01 Sep 2018

Each letter and number draws from a corporate logo, and much of the branding will be instantly recognizable for many of us, highlighting just how ingrained these companies are in our day-to-day lives. In fact, identifying each of the 76 logos makes for a fun game. The lowercase “a” is obviously Amazon‘s branding, and the zero is Target‘s logo. In between, you’ll see branding from Disqus to Disney, Reece’s to Rockstar Games, and Monster Energy to McDonalds. Typing a double “d” gives you the Dunkin’ Donuts logo, while Hello Velocity snuck in its own branding in place of “hi.”

If you’d like to download the font, it might be best to hurry — companies that are protective of their branding may already have their corporate lawyers drafting cease and desist letters. You can also install Chrome or Firefox plugins that turn entire webpages into a logo-filled experience, but given how Engadget’s homepage looks with the font, that’s maybe not the best idea.