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With the Winter Olympics coming up which will be held in South Korea, we’re sure that there will be many from the US who will be travelling to watch the games. This also means that there will be roaming involved which can be expensive at times, but we saw Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T announce plans to give free roaming to their customers.

Oddly enough Sprint had kept quiet throughout these promotions, leaving us to wonder if the carrier would eventually launch a similar plan for their customers. The good news is that they do have plans and have since announced it, which is more or less the same as what the other carriers offer, which is free roaming in Korea.

According to the carrier’s announcement, “Sprint wants customers traveling to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Games to share this amazing experience with their family and friends worry-free! Sprint customers will not run out of high-speed data nor will they suffer bill shock when returning home. With Sprint, customers don’t need to plan for international travel. It simply works around the world when they need it.”

This will be eligible for those travelling to South Korea between the 1st of February to the 18th of March. Customers will also have to be on a postpaid data plan, and it seems that all they have to do is arrive in the country, turn on their phones, and agree to the welcome message that greets them, following which a 7-day data pass will be activated (which would have otherwise cost $25). More details about Sprint’s plan can be found on its website.

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Check out this newly launched 4G LTE-enable Android 7.1 smartphone ‘X’ from Vernee. Inspired by the iPhone X, this mid-range smartphone sports a 5.99-inch 2160 x 1080 18:9 5-point capacitive multi-touch display, a 2.0GHz MTK6763 octa-core processor, an ARM Mali-G71 MP2 GPU, a 4GB RAM and a 64GB of expandable internal storage (up to 128GB).

Featuring dual SIM card slots, the handset has 13MP+5MP dual front-facing cameras, 16MP+5MP dual rear-facing cameras with LED flash and 1080p Full HD video recording, a fingerprint sensor on the back, Face ID, an FM radio, a USB Type-C port and built-in 6200mAh battery w/ quick charge.

Running on Android 7.1 Nougat OS, the X provides 4G LTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS for connectivity. The Vernee X will start shipping from February 7th for $209.99. [Product Page]

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EA is one of the biggest publishers in the video game industry, if not the biggest publisher, which means that under their banner there are a ton of games, and apparently this is something that Microsoft could be interested in. This is according to a report from Polygon whose sources have told them that Microsoft could be interested in acquiring EA.

Polygon’s report is on how Microsoft’s Xbox platform doesn’t seem to have enough exclusives, such as Capcom’s Street Fighter V in which it was previously confirmed that the game will never be released on the Xbox One. The report talks about how Microsoft could potentially solve their exclusivity problem, and interviews with analysts have indicated that an acquisition is probably the best route for Microsoft at the moment.

The report reads, “The most recent one we heard (from a reliable source close to Microsoft) was, in fact, Electronic Arts. We also heard a whisper about Valve and about Korean outfit PUBG Corp., which Microsoft last year signed to a timed exclusive for its hit survival shooter, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.”

Of course whether or not Microsoft actually went through the motions to acquire EA, or if was simply something they explored remains to be seen (it also remains to be seen if EA is willing to be acquired), but either way according to SuperData Research CEO Joost van Dreunen, “Because of where we are in the lifecycle of all these things, I’m expecting to hear Microsoft announce something very, very shortly.”

Microsoft Reportedly Considering (Or Considered) Acquiring EA , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.