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Bola snatched up the phone from the dining table as she bolted for the door. This was her morning routine. She was always running late and so almost never walked out the door of her apartment on her way out in the morning. It was always a dash. In another life, she would be a sprinter. A runner. In this present reality, she was a tall, slender, and intelligent executive in the employ of a media agency in Lagos.
Her trip to work from her Maryland apartment was a one-hour drive to Ikoyi, where her office was located. It always began with that trademark dash for the door.
Every other day, she would forget to pick up her phone on the way out. Today had not been one of those days. Her early morning drill had been executed to perfection this time – a dash to the bathroom, back to the room for a quick dress up, a few shuttles between the living room and the bed room, and then a bee line for the door.
Outside, the car was waiting, dirt-stained from the previous day’s ordeals on Lagos roads. She called it the Beast. There was a special love affair between Bola and her car, but this was not time for kisses and hugs. She jumped in, woke up the engine rudely and backed out of the yard. In a few minutes, she had left her residence behind and was making a turn into Ikorodu road. The first streaks of daylight were just breaking out, but a quick scan of the highway told her that traffic was building up already and would likely get bad in another few minutes.
Driving in the bustling city of Lagos was all about timing and being smart, and Monday morning drives were the worst. Her right foot floored the acceleration pedal like a Formula One race driver. Fortunately, the Beast was no Formula One car and didn’t clock 100 kilometres per hour in 6 seconds. But it was good enough for her purposes. She was no slouch at the wheels of a car or at anything that she did for that matter.
As she exited the side lane at Anthony Village, she heard her smartphone beep. The distinctive sound told her that she had new email on her office account. She had set up her email notifications such that she could recognise work mails just from the buzz without her needing to take a glance. In her line of work, that was a productivity hack that had come in useful repeatedly.
“ Don’t these clients have a life?!” She muttered. “Mails at 6am!”
She didn’t reach for the device. No matter how urgent the mail was, she knew better than to let herself get distracted while at the wheels. Email, SMS and voice calls were a no-no while driving, unless she had a headset on, which was okay for only the most important calls.
She was no slouch, but she was no daredevil either. Breaking the concentration that the car and the road ahead required to attend to a phone call or message was courting trouble, especially at 6am in the morning when everyone drove like a demon was after them.
She scanned the road ahead, saw a clear opening, and floored the pedal again. The Beast roared loudly in the cool morning weather as it responded to her demand and then eased into a smooth purr as she settled into the flow of traffic. She was humming one of her favourite tunes now. Her spirits were high this morning, but she knew from the intermittent beeps coming from her smartphone that this was going to be one heck of a day at work.
“I hate Monday mornings!” she muttered, as she became one with the traffic on the giant concrete snake that connected Yaba Mainland with the islands of Lagos city.
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Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
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Xiaomi has officially announced the Mi 10 Youth, the first smartphone from the Chinese brand to have a periscope camera that allows 5× optical zoom and 50× hybrid zoom. The Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth shares a number of characteristics with the Mi 10 Lite 5G , having the same display size. The international version is known as Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom.
The Mi 10 Youth comes with a Snapdragon 765G chip under the hood, with 6/8GB of RAM in tandem with 64/128/256GB. It runs on the MIUI 11 based on Android 10 and has a battery pack with a rating of 4,160mAh which supports fast charging at 22.5W.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth AKA Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom
The smartphone comes in a number of storage variants that sell at different price points with the 6GB RAM+ 64GB costing $300, the 6GB RAM + 128GB costing $325, the 8GB RAM + 128GB model selling for $353 and the 8GB RAM + 256GB variant selling for $400.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth / Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom Price and Specs
- OS: Android 10 with MIUI 11
- Rear camera: 48MP+8MP+8MP+2MP
- Front camera: 16MP
- RAM: 6GB/8GB
- ROM: 64GB/128GB/256GB
- Processor: Snapdragon 765G
- Battery: 4,160mAh battery that supports fast charging at 22.5W
- Display: 6.57-inch FHD+ AMOLED, with 180Hz touch response rate and Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- Price: starts from $300
- Network: 4G, SA/NSA 5G
The Mi 10 Youth weighs about 192 grams and measures 164.02 × 74.77 × 7.88 mm. the smartphone is already up for pre-order, with the first sale expected on the 4 th of May. There is no official word yet regarding when this device will get to other markets.
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