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Bahrain Gears Up For The Fintech Revolution Summit 2024
The summit in Manama will host 750+ thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and tech experts from around the world.
Bahrain’s premier fintech event, the Fintech Revolution Summit is scheduled to take place on the 14th and 15th of February 2024 in Manama, Bahrain — a leading MENA financial hub.
The summit will bring together 750+ fintech experts and thought leaders to discuss trends surrounding financial technology and investment opportunities. The dedicated event is also the best opportunity to learn more about Bahrain’s Vision 2030 goal of becoming a cashless society.
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Fintech founders, central bank officials, policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors, and academics will come together at the event to learn, discuss, and network. In addition, banking technology, cybersecurity, e-payment, forex, and payment gateway providers will also be in attendance, showcasing a host of solutions for the future of finance.
For more information about the Fintech Revolution Summit, visit the official website.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 And Ultra 2 Specs Leak Ahead Of Unpacked
An 800mAh Ultra 2 battery and a switch from Exynos to Qualcomm silicon headline the expected changes for Samsung’s next smartwatches.
Samsung’s next smartwatches have little left to hide. A new leak reported by Android Authority has surfaced most of the remaining details about the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, just over a week before the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22.
The biggest change is an invisible one: Samsung is expected to drop its own Exynos W1000 chip in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite SW6100, a chipset unveiled only this year, according to the outlet.
Battery capacity looks like the other notable upgrade. Citing a report from Winfuture, Android Authority says the Watch Ultra 2 could reach 800mAh, well beyond the 590mAh cell in the current Watch Ultra. The 44mm Watch 9 reportedly gets a 445mAh cell — the same capacity as last year’s Watch 8 Classic — while the 40mm model stays at 325mAh.
The 40mm Watch 9 will reportedly feature a 438 x 438-pixel panel, with the 44mm Watch 9 and the Watch Ultra 2 sharing a larger 480 x 480-pixel screen. Samsung leaker Ice Universe has separately claimed the Ultra 2’s display could reach a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. RAM and storage vary by model, topping out at 2GB and 64GB.
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The Ultra 2 keeps its titanium case and 100-meter water resistance; the standard Watch 9 remains aluminum, rated to 5 ATM. All models are said to include Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, and dual-band WiFi, with the usual LTE variants, and ship with One UI 9 Watch running on Wear OS 7.
A separate leak puts the Galaxy Watch 9 at €409 (about $468) for the 40mm Bluetooth model, rising to €489 (about $560) for the 44mm LTE version, with the Watch Ultra 2 LTE at €749 (about $857) — figures Android Authority said were partially corroborated by Winfuture. Confirmation arrives on stage on July 22.
