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Same story every year: B-Town on monsoon woes

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Mumbai: The monsoon’s touchdown in Mumbai has paralysed the hustle and bustle of the city, and the water-logged jampacked roads led to travel woes for Bollywood celebrities like Riteish Deshmukh and Farhan Akhtar too.

Many other celebrities like Juhi Chawla, Richa Chadha, Kunal Kemmu, Boman Irani and Aditi Rao Hydari took to Twitter on Friday to talk about the heavy rainfall of Mumbai, which is trending on the micro-blogging site under the hashtag “#MumbaiRains”.

Here’s what these celebrities said:

Riteish Deshmukh: Worli to Film City – highway- 35 mins – No clogging – No jam #JustSaying

Shatrughan Sinha: Pray for those who are suffering and whose lives are disrupted by the #MumbaiRains.

Farhan Akhtar: I think the Mumbaikar tax-payers money is used to block the city’s drainage system. #everyyearsamestory.

Paresh Rawal: Dear Mumbaikars…Keep tweeting about rain…Lord Indra reading all your tweets…He’s having fun… #MumbaiRains

Juhi Chawla: I love the rains .. But how come the traffic quadruples during a downpour…?? Very pakaoed in the car!

Richa Chadha: Late for shoot because … #MumbaiRains.

Kunal Kemmu: Driving to shoot hoping don’t need a motorboat on the way back #MumbaiRains

Boman Irani: Sitting in my car, but the big fat raindrops reflected off my windscreen tell me to go back home #iphonediary.

Sajid Khan: Good news n bad news for all car owners. GN…free car wash today! BN..if d rains don’t stop your car may get washed away!

Vir Das: New rule. During heavy rains, school stays open, make all kids study urban drainage engineering. So one of them can grow up and fix this sh**.

Aditi Rao Hydari: Hello #monsoon you’re awesome but we are NEVER EVER PREPERED to welcome you happily #InfrastructureFail #INeedABoat

Diandra Soares: And….. it is happening again #MumbaiRains remove our tax money from your pockets and fix our drainage systems #CHORS

Ashoke Pandit: Roads near #Metro line is more flooded as compared to other areas. Reason best known too #MMRDA and Reliance. Lots of unfinished work.#MumbaiDeluge

Shekhar Ravjiani: Incessant rain today! Seeing some crazy images of flooded streets.

Sophie Choudry: Row row row your boat!! Every damn monsoon…freaking ridiculous! Stay safe everyone!

Sona Mohapatra: On my way to the airport in the #MumbaiRains .Most of the roads en-route are flooded. Stay in and don’t step out unless totally necessary today

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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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