Apple is expected to unveil new iPad Pro tablets at its May 7 event. The company hasn't divulged anything about its 2024 iPad Pro lineup, but we recently heard it would be powered by Apple's M4 chip. Now we learn the tech giant will use the best OLED tablet panels on the market for the upcoming iPad Pro. The word comes from DSCC analyst Ross Young, who claimed the OLED panels on the upcoming iPad Pro tablets are "expected to be the best OLED tablet panels on the market." Young further said these panels will come with "LTPO, 120Hz refresh, a tandem stack and glass thinning resulting...
Samsung posted its detailed financial results today for the first quarter of 2024, and we can see the company is back on track. The Korean giant reported an operating profit of KRW6.61 trillion ($4.85 billion), which is a tenfold increase from the same period last year. A major reason why profit is back to 2022 levels is the strong sales of flagship Galaxy S24 phones and higher prices for memory semiconductors, the report stated. Overall revenue also rose 13%, fairly more than expected. Mobile Experience (MX) business saw revenue growth amid market decline. Demand for premium and...
Samsung's Galaxy S23 is going to be massively discounted in India later this week. Currently offered for INR 64,999 (approximately $779 or €726) over on Flipkart, the price will drop to INR 44,999 ($539, €502) on May 2 at 12 AM local time. There will also be an instant cashback of INR 2,000, so the effective price will be just INR 42,999 ($515 or €480). This is happening as part of Flipkart's Big Saving Day sale, and there are of course some caveats. First, this is likely to be a limited-stock offer, but it will also be limited in time, so if you've always wanted a Galaxy S23 but haven't...
Apple is finally announcing new tablets on May 7, and the oft-rumored next-gen iPad Pro will be there of course, in two sizes as always. A new report from the usually reliable Mark Gurman over at Bloomberg now claims that the next iPad Pro could in fact use Apple's M4 chipset, skipping over the M3 entirely. Earlier this month Gurman outlined the M4's release timeline but that only covered new Macs, the first of which are expected to arrive late this year, followed by others in 2025. Launching the M4 with the new iPad Pro would mean this would be positioned as Apple's "first truly...
Apple is finally announcing new tablets on May 7, and the oft-rumored next-gen iPad Pro will be there of course, in two sizes as always. A new report from the usually reliable Mark Gurman over at Bloomberg now claims that the next iPad Pro could in fact use Apple's M4 chipset, skipping over the M3 entirely. Earlier this month Gurman outlined the M4's release timeline but that only covered new Macs, the first of which are expected to arrive late this year, followed by others in 2025. Launching the M4 with the new iPad Pro would mean this would be positioned as Apple's "first truly...
The OnePlus Nord 4 has long been rumored to be a rebranding of the China-only OnePlus Ace 3V. Last week this was sort of confirmed by a rumor claiming that the Nord 4 would be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset - just like the Ace 3V. Now a Geekbench listing for a OnePlus phone with the model number CPH2621 has surfaced, and would you know it - it's powered by the same SoC. Thus, this could be the Nord 4. OnePlus Ace 3V It managed a 1,875 single-core score and a 4,934 multi-core score, and the tested prototype had 12GB of RAM, though more memory options could be...
Apple is working on a new Apple Pencil, and this one will apparently come with some exciting new features, according to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg. The upcoming stylus will feature haptic feedback built-in, making the writing experience feel more natural. This will hopefully be at least somewhat customizable, so it will act differently depending on what you're doing with the pen, but such details haven't been outed yet. Other recent rumors also claimed it would come with a squeeze detection mechanism. When you pair that with the double-tap gesture, it could result in iPad owners...
Last month we tested some eSIMs as a way to stay connected abroad and walked away happy with the experience. We will be using the eSIMs in upcoming travels and thought that you might want to try it yourselves, so we reached out to Yesim. They offered a special deal – €5 off their mobile data plans. To redeem the discount, head over to Yesim and use this code: GSMARENA. Unlike some eSIM providers, Yesim offers unlimited data plan – that is an ‘all you can eat’ plan for a certain period of time (usually, 7, 15 or 30 days). These cost more than the data-capped plans, but they are the...
Last month we tested some eSIMs as a way to stay connected abroad and walked away happy with the experience. We will be using the eSIMs in upcoming travels and thought that you might want to try it yourselves, so we reached out to Yesim. They offered a special deal – €5 off their mobile data plans. To redeem the discount, head over to Yesim and use this code: GSMARENA. Unlike some eSIM providers, Yesim offers unlimited data plan – that is an ‘all you can eat’ plan for a certain period of time (usually, 7, 15 or 30 days). These cost more than the data-capped plans, but they are the...
The European Union Commission has placed iPadOS as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Following an eight-month investigation, the EU Commission concluded that iPadOS is on three key premises. Apple is leveraging its ecosystem to disincentivize users from switching to other operating systems and devices – essentially locking users to iPadOS. A similar case is made for business users who are locked into the platform due to its “large and commercially attractive user base”. The EU Commission also concludes that iPadOS’s business users exceed the threshold for a...