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What is social betting? Rather than relying on sportsbooks to determine all aspects of the often joyless bettor-bookmaker transaction, with social betting, users challenge each other on a wide range of virtual and real-money bets. In other words, social betting gets rid of the Bookie. Social betting also combines wagering elements with interactive features such as live chat and bet sharing. All of these make sports betting more enjoyable, accessible and social. This has led to a new generation of apps called social betting apps. These apps are also called peer-to-peer betting apps.
Peer-to-peer betting presents betters with a clearer and more exciting pathway to profits. It can be argued that social betting apps make betting more profitable. Wagering options, user-friendliness and social features all determine the quality and popularity of peer-to-peer betting apps.
Best Four Social Betting Apps
There is a growing amount of options to choose from. Taking all factors into account, here are the five best social betting apps currently available for download to your smartphone. Most of these apps are available for iOS only, but Android users are not entirely left out.
Puntaa
Puntaa is a social betting app that allows friends to custom bet on just about anything, share and engage around those bets, and get paid through their mobile device. Users deposit funds into their account, add friends and challenge each other to bets on anything from the outcome of a sporting match to an inside joke. The results of wagers can then be shared via all major social media platforms.
The app tracks all bets but puts the onus on users to settle, with the loser required to transfer money manually through a one-touch payment system. Puntaa takes a four per cent cut of net winnings of all bets. Download Puntaa for iPhone .
WantMyBet
WantMyBet debuted its iOS and Android apps it 2016 and has since become renowned as a one-stop destination for football betting. The app is clearly designed to save bettors the hassle of sifting through various websites, tipping services and bookmaker accounts in order to place their wagers. Instead, users can integrate their Ladbrokes and BoyleSports accounts, find and follow the best tipsters around and copy other bets.
Bait
Available to iOS customers in the United States, Bait lets friends challenge each other to the opposite side of a wager, with lines taken from Las Vegas sportsbooks on NFL, NBA, NHL, soccer, tennis, college sports and MMA. There are generally three markets available for each bet – over/under, points spreads and head-to-head. As with Puntaa, Bait tracks bets and sends a notification once a match is finished, with the onus on users to settle up through online payment service Venmo.
A user rating system is implemented to encourage losing bettors to pay up, while an in-app chat feature lets friends interact as bets unfold. Bait also syncs with users’ iPhones to identify which of their contacts have the app. Download Bait for iPhone .
GoodBookey
Goodbookey is the first social betting app to implement the concept of charitable betting. Available for free on iOS and Android, the app allows friends to simultaneously wager against one another and donate money to a wide range of small to medium-sized charities. Like Bait, users select a wager and challenge their friends to take on the opposing side.
The twist, however, is that before the bet is finalized, both betters select a charity, with the loser then able to make a tax-deductible donation accordingly. Payment is not obligatory; users are simply encouraged to donate upon losing a bet. At this stage, the bets can only be placed on major US sporting competitions, including NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB. Download GoodBookey for Android and GoodBookey for iPhone .
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Dual cameras (also called stereo cameras) are the rave these days – whether in front of the phone or at the back. For clarity, dual cameras refer to setups where you have two lenses side-by-side, one another. The result is the camera can capture three-dimensional images. The primary camera works like a regular camera. The trick is usually with the secondary camera. Read on for explanations.
What Does The Secondary Camera Do?
The secondary camera is usually able to do either of two things:
- add the ability to zoom or capture a wider area. In this case, the secondary camera usually has a wide angle lens
- capture depth of field in the image. In this case, the secondary camera is usually a monochrome (that is black and white) camera
Our focus will be with dual cameras that capture images with depth of field, because this is the more popular scenario on dual camera smartphone. In such dual cameras, the objective is to create depth of field. One camera takes the regular photo. The other adds depth to it. The result is a photo that looks like something shot with a more professional camera.
In dual cameras, one camera takes the regular photo. The other adds depth to it. The result is a photo that looks like something shot with a more professional camera.
Depth Of Field and Bokeh: Any Difference?
Bokeh and depth of field are closely related terms, though they are not the same. When you look at a photograph in which there is a section in focus, that’s a photo with depth of field. Bokeh refers to how the blurred part of the photograph is rendered. This blurred area can be smooth, jagged, or harsh.
The photo below was shot with the dual selfie cameras on the Lenovo Vibe S1 . You can see how the objects in the background are out of focus and blurred away.
So, you can see that bokeh and depth of field are related. For a photo to have bokeh effect, it must have depth of field. So, dual cameras that produce depth of field are great for taking photographs with the Bokeh effect.
Note that some smartphones with really excellent cameras are able to add depth of field and bokeh without the need for a dual camera setup. Examples include the Nokia 808 PurView and Lumia 1020 . While not traditionally regarded as a great cameraphone by many, the BlackBerry Passport pulls it off too with a single camera .
Advantages of Dual Cameras In Smartphones
In summary, here are the advantages of dual cameras in smartphones:
- Faster focusing when shooting pictures
- Greater depth of field in pictures
- Refocus and other effects possible after the photos have been taken
- Better low-light capabilities
- Better picture clarity
Note that how good a dual camera smartphone is will also depend on how well implemented the cameras are. But all things being equal, a dual camera smartphone is a step towards much better photography.
One More Thing
Do not forget to ask what kind of dual cameras are on the smartphone that you are interested in buying. You don’t want to buy a camera phone for great depth of field images and end up with a dual camera that produces wide angle images.
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