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Several weeks ago one of Apple’s key component partners, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, claimed that its under-display fingerprint sensors were ready to go into production. This was at a time when speculation was rife about Apple not having ‘cracked’ the technological problem of embedding the sensor under the glass and under the OLED…
Ming-Chi Kuo, possibly the most famous Apple analyst on the planet, is back with predictions about iPhone 8 and its siblings. Over the past several years, Kuo has risen above the rest of the analysts to become the most reliable voice on all Apple devices. A little about Kuo: he is currently associated with KGI Securities, the second largest…
Since 2013, the Galaxy Note has been always one of Samsung’s most coveted premium smartphones. But in 2017, it is all set to break record records. A recent update reveals that it has a 6.3-inch Infinity Display and dual rear cameras, while replicating the Samsung Galaxy S8 in many ways. Millions of smartphone buyers were…
There’s only about two months or so to go before iOS 11 comes to all supported devices, but we already know enough about its features from the early developer beta versions and the more recently available public beta to see what a tremendous difference it can make to the iPad. In one word, productivity. iOS…
Samsung could soon be releasing its very first $1000 smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, a follow-up to the failed Galaxy Note 7. According to a South Korean site called Osen, which cited a Samsung Electronics official, the smartphone is coming in two storage variants: a 64GB base model and a 128GB top-end model. This is…
As we enter July 2017, we are rapidly approaching several key smartphone launches that should ideally happen over the next few months. Starting with iPhone 8 in early September, followed by Google Pixel 2 around October and then the “Surface Mobile” from Microsoft’s OEM partners a couple of months later, we’re going to see some pretty…
It looks like smartphone buyers will need to start shelling out in excess of a thousand dollars for a premium device from 2017 onwards. On the heels of iPhone 8 rumors about pricing starting at $1,000, it is now reported that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will retail from September starting at €999, or roughly $1,120….
Yesterday, at MOSEC 2017, Liang Chen of KeenLab, the security wing of Chinese Internet media giant Tencent, demonstrated a working jailbreak for iOS 11 Beta 2, which was only released to developers less than two days ago. How did the security researcher compile a jailbreak so quickly? More importantly, what are the implications on iPhone…
We now know almost everything there is to know about the iPhone 8, this year’s flagship 10th anniversary iPhone from the house of Apple. A new leak by accessory maker MobileFun shows the front screen protector, and another shows the front and rear panels for iPhone 8. Recent leaks have also revealed other features, like…
iPhone 8 leaks are coming in thick and fast these days. Nearly every two days there’s a new image that says “this is iPhone 8” all over again. For the most part, however, the rumors have agreed on the main features: no Home button, vertical dual camera, embedded TouchID fingerprint sensor, wireless charging capability, end-to-end…
Early iPhone 8 leaks suggested that the flagship 10th anniversary devices would come with a Touch ID sensor embedded in the display panel. Subsequent rumors claimed that the iPhone 8 could be delayed by up to 2 months because of technical challenges in the implementation. Yesterday, however, sources from one of Apple’s key manufacturing partners,…
A recent Bloomberg report suggests that Apple is working on a special dedicated chip for artificial intelligence for its iPhones. The chip is reportedly called the Apple Neural Engine, and will power all the AI needs of future Apple iPhones. Some of the increasingly common features of smartphones today, such as computer vision, which is…
Economic Daily News has reported from China that the iPhone 8 launch will not be delayed, as key suppliers are planning to ramp up their respective volumes of the iPhone’s components starting in June, 2017. There have been several reports about a possible delay to iPhone 8’s launch and subsequent availability, including from reliable sources….
Let’s face it. There probably won’t ever be a device from Microsoft called Surface Phone. What there will be, eventually, is a family of cellular PC devices that will deliver everything promised by Surface Phone. A family of “ultimate mobile devices,” per Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. But for the sake of following tradition, let’s alternate between…
If you thought that your smartphone camera was just intended to take great photos and shoot videos, you could be wrong. The humble smartphone camera, which was first seen on the J-SH04 from Sharp and J-Phone and SCH-V200 from Samsung back in 2000, has come a long way in the 16 years that have passed since then….
