In a little over three weeks, Apple’s expected to announced its latest batch of iOS hardware, and unless everyone who’s anyone has been misreading the situation, that means that we’re about to get both a new iPhone and an new iPad. We’ve already heard plenty about what to look for from both the iPad Air 3 and the new four-inch iPhone, which we’re expecting to see launch as ...
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It finally feels like the home stretch is nearly upon us, and all the rumors we’ve been hearing about Apple’s interest in releasing a new iPhone that looks back to the smaller sizes of older handsets may finally be coming to fruition. Lately, they’ve settled in on the name iPhone 5se, while describing hardware that might look like the iPhone 5, while performing like the iPhone 6, getting that model’s A8/M8 chip pair. But while that older silicon could be sufficient for some users, ...
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Yes we know, no matter how much praise Apple’s processors receive, it’s still something hard to believe. Surely Apple beat everyone to the 64-bit processor punch, but we wonder just how useful that is with the meager amount of RAM found in most of its products. Still, using iPhones proves that Apple’s processors are top notch, and benchmarks continue to agree, even when compared to 2016 offerings.Samsung has pretty much unveiled its new Exynos 8990, and so has Qualcomm with its Snapdragon 820. Both of these processors join the 2016 line-up of power that’s also owned ...
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Even though Apple’s processors are manufactured by Samsung, TSMC, and others, Cupertino has gained a lot of fame for designing them. At a time when processors have more cores than the average engine, Apple has figured out a way to keep its dual-core 64-bit technology on the cutting edge speed and power. The problem is that it seems that this technology wasn’t really invented by Apple, and today it has to pay for it.The University of Wisconsin-Madison sued both Apple and Intel back in 2014 for the technologies used on certain Intel chips, and
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Companies are not in the business of losing money to those who steal their product ideas. But the path to patent protection in the process of profit gets dirty. Microsoft and Google have agreed to stop the mudslinging in some major disputes while Samsung and Apple might soon have to send lawyers up to Washington, D.C.But the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a bone to pick with Cupertino and a court is ...
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It’s not a proper iPhone release without a little controversy, and one of the more interesting kerfuffles to descend upon this year’s release of the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus has concerned the SoCs at the heart of these smartphones. Problem is, Apple sourced production of its A9 chips from two different fabricators, using different sized logic gates, and user tests suggested some pretty significant differences in power consumption between them – as high as twenty percent. Should you be worried ...
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There’s been a lot of dip to put our chips in recently. 24 hours ago, we fed you some trade wind rumors of Apple’s purported A10 processor with the takeaway being the possible presence of six cores. We got the tip from a Weibo user who claims to be tapped into the semiconductor industry in China. Now, we have new word from him on what new silicon might look like from Samsung. Keep in mind that we’re ...
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We never stop looking ahead to the next device. We entertained the thought of the Samsung Galaxy S7 over the summer, for goodness sakes! But with a slew of new Apple products released onto the world featuring variations of Apple’s A9 processor, we might be getting sick of the silicon’s relatively faster performance already. We already had some word that TSMC could be the exclusive provider for the A10 chipset when it was finalized, but this rumor from an apparently reputable source is reopening ...
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After bleeding money for several fiscal quarters in a row, and failing to turn the One M9 into the worthy Samsung Galaxy S6 competitor the world counted on, HTC reportedly decided to turn the page.The faltering Taiwanese tech giant is more focused than ever on the high-end ...
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Remember the HTC Aero, aka A9? Yesterday we posted an HTC A9 leak in the form of a press render, and that phone looked a lot like the Apple iPhone 6. As a matter of fact, the resemblance was so obvious that some readers were asking themselves why exactly did we decide to run the story, which seemed to be an obvious “fake”. Well, it’s not, and whether that’s a good or a bad thing is completely up to you.The image above was posted on Weibo and claims to show off the upcoming A9, next to the ...
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A few hours back, we told you about some of the latest rumors surrounding HTC’s smartphone plans, as talk of the HTC A9, the model codenamed Aero, arrived to get specific about the hardware’s specs. Those included details about things like HTC’s choice to go with a MediaTek SoC, but left plenty of other questions unanswered, including what HTC was thinking of doing in terms of the phone’s cameras. As we wait for new spec leaks to land, we get a chance to look at how at least one of those ...
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HTC’s road back to profitability will likely be paved with major job cuts, factory sales and other austerity measures, but despite recent rumors, the Taiwanese device manufacturer may not give up on its second hero phone for the year.The “Aero” is still very much real, according to sources from China, and should
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Apple reportedly has very ambitious plans for the launch of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Most rumors still point to a September launch, and within them we hear that Apple has ordered a crazy 90 million units in order to meet its expected demand. Obviously the device’s internals are key for these orders to be met, and today we get details on how things will work.First of all, we hear that both Samsung and TSMC will be in charge of building the A9 processor that’s rumored for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s ...
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