Last week a report from a usually reliable source told us Apple was planning on using leftover Mini LED displays from its current-gen 12.9" iPad Pro for the upcoming 12.9" iPad Air. That would have been a very noticeable bump in display quality compared to the existing iPad Air model, but the excitement turns out to have been unwarranted. The very same Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants today shatters our dreams by saying the 12.9" iPad Air will not in fact use Mini LED panels, and instead will just have a plain old IPS LCD like the current iPad Air (pictured...
Last week a report from a usually reliable source told us Apple was planning on using leftover Mini LED displays from its current-gen 12.9" iPad Pro for the upcoming 12.9" iPad Air. That would have been a very noticeable bump in display quality compared to the existing iPad Air model, but the excitement turns out to have been unwarranted. The very same Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants today shatters our dreams by saying the 12.9" iPad Air will not in fact use Mini LED panels, and instead will just have a plain old IPS LCD like the current iPad Air (pictured...
Following a couple of recent leaks, today Qualcomm has taken the wraps off the Snapdragon X Plus platform for laptops. This is a step down from the Snapdragon X Elite, featuring a 10-core Oryon CPU clocked at up to 3.4 GHz (vs. 12-core in the Elite) and up to 64GB of RAM with 135 GB/s bandwidth. The X Plus does however have a 45 TOPS NPU, which Qualcomm bills as the world's fastest NPU for laptops. The X Plus is expected to deliver "exceptional performance, long battery life, and industry-leading on-device AI capabilities". Speaking of which, Qualcomm demonstrated code generation in...
We have some exclusive photos of the upcoming vivo X100s. We previously heard that vivo is going with a new, flatter design and moving on from the curvy X100, and these photos confirm it. Our source also suggests a launch in May for the X100s, X100s Pro and X100s Ultra trio. The X100s has a flat frame with a textured finish and a lightly curved (2.5D) rear glass panel. The camera island has a knurled ring and four cameras. The camera system is seemingly unchanged from the X100 - which entails a 15-70mm setup with a 15mm ultrawide, a 70mm periscope, and a 50MP f/1.6 main camera. The...
Last year, we learned that WhatsApp was developing a feature that would let users message unsaved contacts. While that feature is yet to be rolled out to everyone, the platform has now started developing an in-app dialler that will allow its users to call people on WhatsApp without saving their numbers. This dialler was spotted on WhatsApp for Android's beta version 2.24.9.28. It would be as convenient as the ability to message someone on WhatsApp without having to save their number first since users wouldn't have to go through the hassle of temporarily adding the numbers to their address...
Following the announcements from previous days, Moondrop has now come forth and released all the remaining details of its upcoming audio-focused phone, the MIAD 01, including pricing and availability. For starters, the phone will be running on the MediaTek Dimensity 7050, a decidedly mid-range chipset with an octa-core CPU design and Arm Mali-G68 MC4 GPU. The phone features 12GB of LPDDR4X memory and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. There will also be microSD storage expansion of up to 2TB. The phone has a dual-camera system on the back consisting of a 64MP primary shooter. There's no...
Following the announcements from previous days, Moondrop has now come forth and released all the remaining details of its upcoming audio-focused phone, the MIAD 01, including pricing and availability. For starters, the phone will be running on the MediaTek Dimensity 7050, a decidedly mid-range chipset with an octa-core CPU design and Arm Mali-G68 MC4 GPU. The phone features 12GB of LPDDR4X memory and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. There will also be microSD storage expansion of up to 2TB. The phone has a dual-camera system on the back consisting of a 64MP primary shooter. There's no...
The iQOO brand has a trio of new devices aimed at the midrange segment. Z9 Turbo leads the pack with its iQOO 12-inspired design, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and 6,000 mAh battery with 80W fast charging. The vanilla Z9, not to be confused with the one launched in India, features a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip and the same 6,000 mAh battery and 80W fast charging. The Z9x is the affordable entry with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC and 44W charging. iQOO Z9 Turbo/iQOO Z9 iQOO Z9 Turbo and Z9 feature 6.78-inch AMOLED displays with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. Both phones pack 16MP...
Earlier this month Oppo unveiled the A3 Pro, soon to be followed by a vanilla model. The Oppo A3 (PJT110) just cleared TENAA, which revealed some details about the upcoming phone. It is equipped with a 6.67” 1080p+ AMOLED display and measures 162.9 x 75.6 x 8.1mm and weighs 191g. The Pro model is slimmer (7.5-7.9mm) and lighter (177g or 182g, depending on the colorway). The extra thickness and weight can be explained by the battery, which should have a typical capacity of 5,500mAh, 500mAh more than the Pro. However, the maximum charge rate is only half at 33W (vs. 67W for the...