Production of Apple iPhone 16 devices is on plan, revealed the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Assembly orders for all four phones remain basically unchanged, with only a negligible 3-5% reduction of component orders for iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. Demand for the base 16 models remains lackluster, while shipments of the 16 Pro models are comparable to the iPhone 15 Pro orders from last year. The report revealed suppliers had been asked to continue producing both Pro models during China's National Day week-long holiday, meaning demand for the duo has generally met expectations for this...
Production of Apple iPhone 16 devices is on plan, revealed the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Assembly orders for all four phones remain basically unchanged, with only a negligible 3-5% reduction of component orders for iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. Demand for the base 16 models remains lackluster, while shipments of the 16 Pro models are comparable to the iPhone 15 Pro orders from last year. The report revealed suppliers had been asked to continue producing both Pro models during China's National Day week-long holiday, meaning demand for the duo has generally met expectations for this...
Realme will launch the P1 Speed on October 15, and the brand has already revealed its design while confirming the smartphone will have the Dimensity 7300 Energy chip at the helm. Now, Realme has revealed more features of the P1 Speed, leaving little to the imagination. For starters, the Realme P1 Speed will feature a 120Hz "OLED Esports Display" and pack a 5,000 mAh battery with 45W charging. It will have 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage onboard with LPDDR4X RAM. Realme hasn't revealed the physical amount of RAM but says the P1 Speed will come with 26GB of "DRAM," which is just virtual...
Meta AI is expanding its reach to six more countries today. Alongside the UK, it's also newly available in Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paraguay, and the Philippines, including support for Tagalog. And, "coming soon", Meta AI will also roll out to Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Yemen with support for Arabic, Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Following this expansion, Meta AI will be available in 43 countries and a dozen languages. It can be used on the web at meta.ai as well as in...
Google's latest and highest quality AI image generator is called Imagen 3 and it promises to bring "an even higher degree of photorealism", "better instruction following", and "fewer distracting artifacts" than ever before. It's also going to unleash "crisp detail", "vibrant color" and "fewer imperfections". It supports diverse styles from classic oils to modern digital art. And now, everyone can use Imagen 3 through Google's Gemini, as it's been rolled out extensively to all users, including those who aren't subscribing to a Gemini paid plan. Image generation with Imagen 3 is now...
Oppo is launching the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro later this month, but the Find X8 Ultra won't be joining them. So if you've been wondering when to expect the Find X8 Ultra to become official, a new rumor gives us a rough time frame, and it's the first quarter of next year. That means Oppo's absolute flagship device will arrive between January and March. During the same period, Oppo is also said to unveil the Find N5 foldable, the successor to the Find N3 from 2023 (the "4" is apparently being skipped due to tetraphobia). Oppo Find N3 If history repeats itself, then the Find N5 will...
The OnePlus 13 will be a top of the line flagship device, based on many previous rumors. Its screen will be of the highest quality, and today some new details about it have been leaked in China. The OnePlus 13 will use the BOE X2 panel. It will have "2K" resolution, a 120 Hz refresh rate, and is of course LTPO. The OnePlus 13 will also embed an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in the display, which should result in faster and more accurate unlocks. OnePlus 12 The display will be gently curved on all sides, as is the latest trend among Chinese smartphone makers. Additionally, the...
Earlier today MediaTek officially unveiled the Dimensity 9400, its new flagship chipset. This has already proven to be quite remarkable in AI tasks, and now a new video highlights some of the AI features it will power. The video stars Oppo's upcoming Find X8, which will use the Dimensity 9400. The device is getting official on October 24 and will launch with ColorOS 15 on board, based on Android 15. This is the software that will power all of the AI features you can see demoed in the video below (in Chinese). Although it's unclear exactly which of these will make it to international...
Earlier today, MediaTek announced its latest flagship chipset – the Dimensity 9400 complete with its updated Cortex-X925 CPU, Immortalis-G925 GPU and eight-generation NPU 890. The vivo X200 Pro and X200 Pro Mini are expected to be the first devices to launch with the new chip and they already appeared in the AI-Benchmark test propelling them atop the performance ranking charts. X200 Pro scored an impressive 10,132 points score which places it at the number one spot while X200 Pro Mini comes in second with 10,095 points. Both phones offer a substantial leap over the vivo X100 and...
Following many months of rumors, leaks, and speculation, earlier today MediaTek made the Dimensity 9400 official. The company's new top of the line chipset promises to be a mighty competitor to the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, and this has already been proven by its result in the AI Benchmark. The Dimensity 9400's NPU 890 comfortably leads in that benchmark, with 6,773 points. It towers above its predecessor, the NPU 790 in the Dimensity 9300, which only managed 4,911 points, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with its measly 3,633 points, and the Apple A17 Pro's Neural Engine which got 3,428...