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Can bear body odour, not bad breath: Ranveer Singh
Mumbai : Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who feels his smile is the facial feature that works best for him, says bad breath is a major put off for him.
“Bad breath is generally a put off… I’ve said it many times in interviews that I’m not judgmental about people, I don’t discriminate… Even body odour, I’m fine with, you know, I feel like that’s a person’s natural smell, so be it.
“But if there is one thing that I cannot bear, is bad breath, I just… I can’t do it,” Ranveer, a Colgate Maxfresh brand ambassador, told IANS in an interview.
Naturally then, he is very conscious of his own breath.
“I make sure that I am and that my breath is fresh at all times when interacting with people. I’m very aware of it and I make it a point to have fresh breath.”
Having launched Colgate Maxfresh PowerFreeze here earlier this week, Ranveer hopes to be able to spread the good word about having fresh breath.
“I hope a lot more, many people, men and women of all ages, be conscious and aware of their breath and make sure it’s smelling nice and attractive,” he said.
Personally, he ensures he brushes his pearly whites after every meal. He even finds it energising.
All smiles to be complimented for his “sparkling smile”, Ranveer told IANS: “A lot of females that I have the good fortune to interact with, tell me that I have very small eyes, that I have a very big nose, that I don’t have the greatest facial features in the world, certainly not something that would immediately qualify you for the silver screen. But they do compliment me on my smile.
“If there’s anything about my face that works for me, it’s my smile.”
The “Band Baaja Baaraat” actor brushes his teeth “diligently at least four times a day”.
“The thing is, I’ve got mild OCD (Obsessive-compulsive Disorder), so it’s not just waking up in the morning, it’s pretty much after every meal, sometimes when I need a boost of energy, even when I’m shooting films on a set, you’ll literally find me in the corner of a set with a bottle of water, brushing my teeth.
“It really energises me, revitalises me,” said Ranveer, who is a livewire on stage and lights up the screen with his exuberance.
He says he may come across as a powerhouse of energy, but he is quite lazy.
“I have trouble waking up in the morning, so I wake up almost like a dead body, I’m almost sleep walking till I brush my teeth… I wake up in the morning all groggy and like I hate everyone, I don’t want to go to work. And then I brush my teeth and suddenly I’m awake and alive,” he quipped.
This is also a wake-up formula he uses on sets sometimes.
“When things are getting a bit dreary, sometimes on a film set, you know, if the energy is low, you can’t afford to — as the leading artiste — let your energy drop, in fact you have to lead the charge in terms of being that dynamo, that source of energy, and a leader on set, and never let the energy dip.
“But I’m only human, so when mine (my energy) dips, one of the things I do is brush my teeth and then I’m back in action.”
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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