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Samsung Galaxy S24 Series RAM Variants Tipped; Phones Reportedly Spotted on FCC Site

Samsung Galaxy S24 series is rumoured to launch on January 17, 2024. The upcoming lineup will succeed the Galaxy S23 series that was unveiled in February this year. It is likely to include a vanilla Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The purported Galaxy S24 models have been spotted on several certification and benchmarking sites recently. Some key details of the handsets, including design renders , have leaked online. The phones have now been reportedly spotted on another certification site. Meanwhile, a tipster has leaked the RAM options for the Galaxy S24 models. Tipster Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) said in a post on X that Samsung is likely to introduce the Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 Ultra models in 8GB and 12GB RAM variants, while the vanilla Galaxy S24 model is expected to come with only 8GB of RAM. The tipster also notes that the Galaxy S24 series is not likely to offer a 16GB RAM option. Recently, the Galaxy S24 Ultra was spotted on Geekbench with a Snapdrag

Apple Releases iOS 17.1.2, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 With Security Updates, Fixes for WebKit Flaws

Apple publicly released the iOS 17 update for the iPhone 15 lineup along with a few select older iPhone models a couple of months ago. Since then, the Cupertino-based tech giant has been seeding smaller updates to address some of the known bugs and patch actively exploited security vulnerabilities. Now, the company has released iOS 17.1.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 as the latest OS versions to address the minor issues on supported iPhone and Mac models. Apple is also working on iOS 17.2, which is expected to be released sometime next month. The update will bring the new Journal app ( Review ) and various notable improvements in the Music app. iOS 17.1.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 updates for eligible iPhone and Mac models is rolling out now. The latest update brings some security improvements and fixes to address some of the known problems of iOS and macOS. The updates will be available over the air and installed on all compatible iPhone and Mac models starting from the iPhone 11 and i

Oppo Find X7 Pro’s Odd-Looking Rear Camera Poses for a Real-World Image Suggesting New Design Details

Despite appearing in several leaks, very little is known about the upcoming Oppo X7 Pro, a camera-centric flagship smartphone that is set to replace the Oppo Find X6 Pro. While the phone was recently expected to launch in China in November, a new launch timeline hints that it will be announced with several other products before the Spring Festival (which takes place early next year in the month of February). While earlier leaks have suggested interesting details about its rear camera's unique telephoto setup , there's now an alleged real-world image that shows the design of the camera itself. A post on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, shows an image of what has been reported as the Oppo Find X7 Pro, being used in public transit. The phone is seen with a rounded silver metal frame, but seems to have a soft finish (or faux leather) real panel. What's unmissable is the colossal rear camera module that sees four cameras arranged into a hexagonal shaped layout. The came

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Review: Do The Flagship Specs Deliver?

Samsung's FE series has always been a fan favourite since the first Samsung Galaxy S20 FE was released with almost flagship-level specs and a price that sits right between the highest-end A Series smartphone and the entry-level S Series smartphone. This year, Samsung launched two FE devices, the refreshed S21 FE with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 and the new Samsung Galaxy S23 FE with Exynos 2200 SoC and a lot of the features that might make the smartphone look like a flagship on paper. Does the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S23 FE deliver on the brand's promise when they introduced the first ‘Fan Edition' smartphone, and should you buy it at a starting price of Rs. 59,999? Let's find out in this detailed Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review. Samsung Galaxy S23 FE price in India I've been using the base variant for the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage in the Mint colour option, which is priced at Rs. 59,999. The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is a

OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G Receives Price Cut in India: Here's How Much It Costs Now

OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G  has received a price cut in India. The price of the Nord series smartphone has been slashed by Rs. 2,000 in the country. The OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G was launched in India in June in the sub-Rs. 25,000 segment and it runs on a Snapdragon 782G SoC. It sports a 6.7-inch fluid AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. The OnePlus Nord CE 3 packs a triple camera unit, led by a 50-megapixel primary camera. OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G price in India (revised) The OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G's price in India has been reduced by Rs. 2,000. The handset is currently listed with a price tag of Rs. 24,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The smartphone was initially launched at Rs. 26,999. The top-end model with 12GB RAM +256GB storage is available for Rs. 27,999, down from Rs. 28,999. It is available in Aqua Surge and Grey Shimmer shades. The new price tag is currently  showing up on Amazon. OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G specifications, features The dual-SIM (Nano) OnePlus Nord C

Amazon Announces New AI Chip for AWS Amid Competition With Microsoft

Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence chip for its cloud computing service as competition with Microsoft to dominate the market for artificial intelligence heats up. At a conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Chief Executive Adam Selipsky announced Trainium2, the second generation of chip designed for training AI systems. Selipsky said the new version is four times as fast as its predecessor while being twice as energy efficient. The AWS move comes weeks after Microsoft announced its own AI chip called Maia. The Trainium2 chip will also compete against AI chips from Alphabet 's Google , which has offered its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) to its cloud computing customers since 2018. Selipsky said that AWS will start offering the new training chips next year. The proliferation of custom chips comes amid a scramble to find the computing power to develop technologies such as large language models that form the basis of services similar to Chat

Samsung Galaxy A05 With MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A05 has been launched in India on Tuesday (November 28). The new budget smartphone runs on MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, coupled with a maximum 6GB of RAM and up to 128GB of onboard storage. With Samsung's RAM plus feature, the available memory can be expanded up to 6GB. The Galaxy A05 comes as a successor to last year's Galaxy A04 and runs on Android 13. Samsung has confirmed two generations of OS upgrades and four years of security updates for the phone. It flaunts a 50-megapixel dual rear camera setup and houses a 5,000mAh battery. Samsung Galaxy A05 price in India, availability Price of the Samsung Galaxy A05 in India is set at Rs. 9,999 for the base 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant. The top-of-the-line 6GB RAM + 128GB storage model costs Rs. 12,499. It comes in Black, Light Green, and Silver colour options. The new Samsung Galaxy A-series smartphone will be available for purchase via the company website, e-commerce websites, and other retail outlets across the

OnePlus 12 May Launch Globally and in India on January 24, Suggests Official Website

OnePlus 12 is set to launch in China on December 5. The launch has moved ahead a bit, since initially the phone was scheduled to be unveiled on December 4 during the company's 10-year anniversary celebration event. The OnePlus 12 is said to succeed OnePlus's current flagship model, the OnePlus 11 5G , which was launched in February this year. The company has already confirmed some key specifications of the upcoming OnePlus 12. Its design and colour options have also been revealed. Now, OnePlus may have accidently confirmed the global and India launch of the phone. The official OnePlus sites in the UK , the US , and India have now the listed OnePlus 12. The listing does not confirm a launch date, but does promote a lottery to win the upcoming flagship phone for free. If you subscribe to the launch of the product using you email IDs, you will become eligible to win the phone through a lucky draw. Noted under the terms and conditions of this contest is the window for this cont

OnePlus 12 Design Revealed in Official Renders; Now Said to Launch on December 5

OnePlus 12  launch date has been moved forward, now set to go official in China on December 5. It was earlier said that the phone will be unveiled during the company's 10th-anniversary celebrations. Just days before the official debut, OnePlus has provided high-quality images revealing the design of its upcoming flagship smartphone. The official renders confirm the leaked schematics and renders we've seen over the past few weeks. The OnePlus 12 features a hole-punch display design and has a triple camera setup at the rear with the Hasselblad branding. Just a day after teasing Pale Green, Rock Black, and White colour options (translated from Chinese) for the OnePlus 12, OnePlus has unveiled the official look of the handset via Weibo. The renders show a punch-hole cutout in the display to house the selfie camera. It has curved edges and narrow bezels all around the display. At the rear, the handset is seen with a circular camera module with the Hasselblad logo in the middle.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's Alleged Hands-on Images Suggest Flat Display and Rear Panel

Samsung's Galaxy S series of smartphones has been quite popular since its inception. The anticipation for this year's Galaxy S24 Ultra is high, with the Galaxy S23 Ultra being one of the best Android smartphones of 2023 ( Review ). Most recently, we got our first look at the Galaxy S24 Ultra through leaked renders. Now, alleged hands-on images have surfaced online that appear to show a silver colour variant of the Galaxy S24 Ultra. It looks exactly like its predecessor but with a flat screen and back. Tipster David Martin (@DavidMa05368498) posted alleged live images of the Galaxy S24 Ultra on X offering us a good look at what to expect from the flagship handset. It is seen with the flat back panel and a flat display. It appears to have a quad camera setup on the rear with all four cameras housed inside separate metal rings. The physical buttons are all located on the right-hand side of the handset, and there's also a center-hole punch selfie camera in the display. For t

Redmi 13C Tipped to Launch in India Soon; Key Specifications Leaked

Redmi 13C was launched globally earlier in November. The phone succeeds the Redmi 12C , which was unveiled in December 2022. The global variant of the Redmi 13C is powered by a 9nm MediaTek Helio G99 SoC. Xiaomi also packed a 5,000mAh battery with 18W wired fast charging support into the Redmi 13C. Now, a report has surfaced online that suggests that the phone may launch in India soon. Key specifications of the purported Indian variant of the handset have also leaked. According to a 91Mobiles report , Xiaomi will introduce the Redmi 13C phone to the Indian market as a budget offering in December. Citing industry sources, the report says that the Indian variant of the Redmi 13C will likely be powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, similar to its global variant. The report adds that the Indian model will also carry other similar features to its global counterpart. The Indian variant of the Redmi 13C could come with a 6.74-inch HD+ (1,080 x 2,460 pixels) LCD display, just like the glob

Elon Musk's X Could Lose Nearly $75 Million in Ad Revenue by Year-End: Report

Elon Musk -owned social media company X could lose as much as $75 million (nearly Rs. 625 crore) in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns, the New York Times reported on Friday. Musk backing an antisemitic post on the platform last week has led several companies including Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to pause their advertisements on the site formerly called Twitter .  X has struck back and sued media watchdog group Media Matters, alleging the organization defamed the platform with a report that said ads for major brands including Apple and Oracle had appeared next to posts touting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.  Internal documents viewed by The New York Times this week list more than 200 ad units of companies from the likes of Airbnb, Amazon , Coca-Cola and Microsoft , many of which have halted or are considering pausing their ads on the social network, the report said.  X said on Friday $11 million (n

Apple’s Journal App Review: A Simple Journaling App With Some Smarts

Apple announced its brand new Journal app during WWDC in June this year. The app is said to help users to write down their thoughts, keep a daily log, and as Apple says, a “new way to reflect on and relive special moments”. It can also give you suggestions on what to write about, and that's done by using data from your phone. Now, that sounds scary, but it's actually not. The Journal app is currently available in iOS 17.2 Public beta 2 and will be available to all compatible iPhone users when iOS 17.2 is released. I've been using Apple's Journal app for a couple of weeks now, and here's what I think of it. Journal app features I've never been one to write down my thoughts, but the Journal app made me want to. It has been proven that journaling or writing down your thoughts is good for your mental health. To me, writing things down was and is mostly associated with remembering things. And I've mostly used the good old Notes app for all note-taking endeavo

Honor 100, Honor 100 Pro With 50-Megapixel Front Camera, 5,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

Honor 100 series was launched in China on November 23. It succeeds the Honor 90 lineup that includes the base Honor 100 and the Honor 100 Pro . The phones carry 120Hz full-HD+ OLED quad-curved displays and house 5,000mAh batteries. The base model is powered by a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, while the Pro variant is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. Honor 100 models also have a 50-megapixel front camera sensor with the high-end Pro variant carrying an additional 2-megapixel depth sensor to accompany the primary selfie camera. Honor 100, Honor 100 Pro price, availability The base Honor 100 comes in three RAM and storage variants - the 12GB + 256GB options in priced at CNY 2,499 (roughly Rs. 29,200), while the 16GB + 256GB and 16GB + 512GB variants are listed at CNY 2,799 (roughly Rs. 32,700) and CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 35,000), respectively. Meanwhile, the high-end Honor 100 Pro starts at CNY 3,399 (roughly Rs. 39,700) for the 12GB + 256GB option. The Honor 100 Pro with 16GB RAM

OnePlus 12 Colour Options Confirmed Ahead of December 4 Launch

OnePlus 12 is all set to go official in China on December 4 during the company's 10th-anniversary celebrations and it should offer stiff competition to phones such as the iQoo 12 and Oppo Reno 11 Pro . Multiple teasers in recent weeks have revealed a few important tidbits about the handset and the company has now teased three colour options for the handset. The OnePlus 12 will run on Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and will ship with the company's ColorOS 14 UI layer based on Android 14. As per a new Weibo post by OnePlus , the OnePlus 12 will be offered in Pale Green, Rock Black, and White colour options (translated from Chinese). The white shade refers to the touch of blank space while the green finish refers to a pale rock among thousands of rivers and mountains, says the company. The black shade represents ten years of hard work. The handset may also offer a wood textured rear panel if a recent leak is to be believed. The predecessor — OnePlus 11 5G was

Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO; Bret Taylor to Chair ChatGPT Board

Sam Altman 's return as OpenAI's chief executive will strengthen his grip on the startup and may leave the ChatGPT creator with fewer checks on his power as the company introduces technology that could upend industries, corporate governance experts and analysts said. OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology.  "Sam's return may put an end to the turmoil on the surface, but there may continue to be deep governance issues," said Mak Yuen Teen, director of the centre for investor protection at the National University of Singapore Business School. "Altman seems awfully powerful and it is unclear that any board would be able to oversee him. The danger is the board becomes a rubber stamp," he said. OpenAI's

Redmi Note 13 Pro LTE, 5G Variants Reportedly Spotted on NBTC Website; May Launch Soon Globally

Redmi Note 13 Pro was launched in China in September this year alongside the base Redmi Note 13 and a Redmi Note 13 Pro+ model. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC and packs a 5,100mAh battery with 67W fast charging support. The phone has since been tipped to launch globally. It is also expected to arrive in India, but the company has not yet confirmed the launch timeline of the same. The model was previously spotted on the FCC certification site. Now the Redmi Note 13 Pro has reportedly been spotted on the NBTC site. A 91Mobiles report claims that both 4G and 5G variants of the Redmi Note 13 Pro were spotted on Thailand's NBTC website. The 4G model, which was also spotted on the FCC website, was seen with the model number 23117RA68G, while the other listing with the model number 2312DRA50G suggested that it is the 5G variant. The listing did not reveal any other details about the handsets but hints that the model may make a global launch soon. Sporting a 6.6

Samsung Galaxy Z Foldable Phones in 2025 May Debut With Blue PHOLED Displays: Report

Samsung Display , a major display manufacturer and supplier, is reportedly working to add blue phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) material to its mobile screens. The transition to PHOLED in its mobile OLED panels is expected to take place by the second half of 2025. The South Korean tech giant is currently using blue fluorescent materials instead of phosphorescent material. The seventh iteration of the company's foldable phones — Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 — are expected to debut with the next-generation PHOLED solution. Replacing the blue fluorescent with blue phosphorescent is expected to bring improved battery life and reduced power consumption on smartphones. A report  by The Elec, citing officials from UBI Research, states that Samsung is gearing up to use blue phosphorescent OLED display technology in devices by the second half of 2025. At present, the company is employing blue fluorescent materials on its panels that have an internal luminous efficiency of 25 percent. Th

Samsung Galaxy A35 5G Leaked Render Suggests Full Design and Key Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A35 5G is expected to launch in the market soon. The phone is likely to succeed the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G , which was unveiled this year in March with an IP67 rating. The launch timeline of the succeeding smartphone has not been tipped yet. The company has also not given out any details on the Galaxy A35. However, ahead of any official announcements, design renders of the Galaxy A35 and some of its key specifications have surfaced online. A MySmartPrice report has shared leaked renders and a 360-degree video showing the design of the purported Samsung Galaxy A35 5G model. The phone is seen with rounded corners, a flat display with slim side and top bezels, and a relatively thick chin. There is a centre-aligned hole-punch slot at the top of the panel for the front camera. The screen is said to be 6.6-inch in size. Leaked Samsung Galaxy A35 5G render Photo Credit: MySmartPrice/Onleaks   The back panel of the Galaxy A35 5G appears to have a triple rear camera unit pl