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If the newly leaked schematics are anything to go by, Apple could be taking a very different direction with the 2017 iPhone 8, also rumored to be called iPhone Edition – a really, horribly ugly one. The schematic was shared by serial leaker Sonny Dickson, who has revealed iPhone features in the past before the devices…
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is best known for his predictions about Apple’s upcoming iPhones, but this time he’s got a scoop on the Galaxy Note 8 coming out of Samsung’s foundries later this year. According to Kuo, the dual camera on the Note 8 could be the “the most important upgrade” for the new Galaxy Note…
LG Display is the new star in the OLED constellation. With Samsung’s production capacity stretched to its limits due to iPhone 8 requirements, its South Korean peer electronics giant LG and its display unit are now under the spotlight. Apple is keen on LG supplying OLED screens for its 2018 iPhones, but Alphabet might want…
Nintendo Switch has sold over 2.4 million units in the month of March 2017, showing that the 906,000 units sold in the United States is just a small part of Nintendo’s sales strategy. The information is from independent research group SuperData, which says that it is now revising its 2017 forecast for Nintendo Switch global sales…
What’s happening with the Dell Canvas 27 horizontal monitor that would revolutionize how people used Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update? Nothing, so far. All news of the award-winning CES 2017 revelation called Dell Canvas, a 27-inch 8k touch monitor for creative people, seems to have completely stopped. Even Dell’s own website still shows the now-ancient…
After Apple topped the December quarter in smartphone marketshare against Samsung with 20.3 percent over Samsung’s 18.5 percent, the South Korean electronics major is now in the lead for the March quarter, with 26.1 percent of production volume versus Apple’s 16.9 percent, according to TrendForce. But before you assume that Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge edged past iPhone…
Information from a local state official in the Indian state of Karnataka has Apple moving to start assembling iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s models in Bangalore in as early as four to six week. Apple has yet to confirm the details, but Taiwan-based Wistron Corp. is likely to start the assembly line within the next…
Mobileye is a familiar name in autonomous vehicle technology, or self-driving tech. The company is at the heart of Tesla Motors’ Autopilot that gives semi-autonomous capability to Tesla Model S and Model X variants. But that relationship failed, and the two companies parted ways last year after a fatal crash allegedly caused by a situation that…
At least two sources have independently stated that the new iPhone Edition (the most recent leaked name for what we’ve all been calling iPhone 8) will not come with a curved OLED screen, but will have the flat 2.5D glass panel with “flat implementation”, on the front display. The first source that cited this was research firm…
What we’ve been calling iPhone 8 and iPhone X will actually be called “iPhone Edition”, says a new report from Mac Otakara. What’s more, it appears that iPhone Edition will only ship well after the new iPhone 7s and 7s Plus. The truth is, Apple seems to need more time to test the device before…
Two devices from Microsoft have had everyone running around in circles since we heard about them: Surface Pro 5 and Surface Phone. While we maintain that Surface Phone won’t come out until Redstone 3 is released this fall, we could see Surface Pro 5 come within the next month or so. One of the signs…
In a pre-emptive move undoubtedly to thwart Netflix’s own plans for dominating the Indian media streaming market, Amazon Prime Video with Lionsgate yesterday announced an exclusive multiyear deal with Lionsgate for all of its new content, upcoming titles and library in India. New movie titles include La La Land and the yet-to-release Power Rangers, but…
Two years after their first deliveries started in China, Tesla Motors has more than tripled their revenues from the PRC. October 2014 saw the first Tesla EVs roll out to China buyers, and hype was high. But that was short-lived, unfortunately, and some of that fading glory was contributed to by a lack of charging…
A recent press release from TrendForce shows that the 2017 iPhone 8 (iPhone X) will only come in two storage options: 64GB and 256GB. In addition, it will have 3GB of mobile DRAM, an AMOLED display of 5.8 inches and a resolution of 2K. The report confirmed that no curved screen will be present on…
The cellular modem is increasingly coming to the forefront of smartphone discussions, especially the newer ones from Intel and Qualcomm expected to come on iconic smartphones such as iPhone 8 (iPhone X) coming out later this year. While Intel has launched its XMM 7560 cellular modem, its rival Qualcomm has already moved on from the world’s first…
