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Varun Dhawan promotes pollution-free look for men
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan and the team of his forthcoming film “ABCD 2” came together to promote a range of beauty brand Pond’s Pollution Out face wash at the glitzy event here.
The “Main Tera Hero” actor, who already endorses Pond’s, says he wanted to bring the brand on board to promote one of his previous films too, but it didn’t fit the movie well. However, with “ABCD 2”, the product has turned out to just right.
“It’s a great integration… with ‘Badlapur’ there was obviously no fit, but with ‘ABCD2’ there was a direct fit. I am a dancer (in the film), there is energy, it’s youthful… so, I think the fit was really well,” Varun told .
“ABCD 2” is a 3D film, and for the event, the team staged a 4D projection performance.
“I was like an excited child,” Varun said.
The “Anybody Can #GetRecharged” gala started with a performance by composer duo Sachin-Jigar, who have worked on the tunes of the dance-based entertainer “ABCD 2”, a sequel of “ABCD – AnyBody Can Dance”.
“We are pretty excited as ‘ABCD2’ is very close to our hearts. We have been working on it for about a year and a half, and so we are looking forward,” Sachin told IANS.
The finale act at the event saw Varun — who has been a part of the Pond’s Men family for the past two years — sporting a boy-next-door’s look in a white t-shirt, jeans and a red cap. He danced on the tunes of “Bezubaan phir se” and “Naach meri jaan” to present Pond’s Men — Pollution Out face wash, which contains coffee bean icy scrub and activated carbon — through 4D technology in a dance choreographed by Remo D’Souza.
The product is to keep skin issues caused by pollution, at bay.
“This deep cleansing face wash with coffee bean icy scrub and activated carbon will remove dirt and pollution particles from your skin and leave you feeling energised,” said Srinandan Sundaram, vice president, skincare and colours, Hindustan Unilever.
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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