In what might well turn out to be a watershed moment for the smartphone sphere at large as it continues to contend with a full-blown memory chip crisis, Qualcomm is now reportedly working with China's CXMT to develop custom mobile-centric memory solutions, hoping to ease the chronic bottlenecks that have nearly paralyzed the global mobile industry. Qualcomm and China's CXMT are now reportedly working together to create custom mobile-focused DRAM Back in February, Qualcomm had conceded during its earnings call that while the "majority" of DRAM that goes with Qualcomm's SoCs is purchased directly by its customers, the chip designer […]

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As endearing as Samsung is, it has a weird knack for tarnishing its image by artificially gating some features so as to nudge its customer base towards newer offerings. In doing so, the South Korean behemoth not only reeks of desperation but also risks alienating some of its most loyal customers. Samsung is perplexingly gating Buds 4 Pro's Super Wideband speech, excluding the S24 series, when the underlying hardware support exists One of the features of the Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro is its Super Wideband speech, which doubles the standard Bluetooth call bandwidth from 8kHz to 16kHz, resulting in […]

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Apple is beginning to lay the critical groundwork for its next-gen custom chips, including a much-anticipated server chip, dubbed Baltra, as per a new analysis from Morgan Stanley Apple is increasing its reservation slots for TSMC's SoIC packaging tech in anticipation of its next-gen custom chips, including the Baltra ASIC Morgan Stanley has noted in a fresh analysis that Apple is "ramping up" SoIC-related activity at TSMC: "Apple is materially ramping SoIC capacity at TSMC, pointing to a major push in Apple silicon for AI servers. TSMC (covered by Charlie Chan) is expanding its SoIC (System on Integrated Circuit) capacity, […]

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Samsung is not breaking the mold with any of its upcoming foldables, barring perhaps the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, and the Galaxy Z Flip 8 is shaping up to be no exception, as per its latest CAD renders. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 resembles its predecessor down to a tee OnLeaks has now published some of the first CAD renders of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, showing a device that bears the dimensions of 166.8mm x 75.4mm x 6.6mm when unfolded and 85.4mm x 75.4mm x 13.2mm while folded. This means that the Flip 8 is just around […]

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When Samsung and SK hynix vow to only sell DRAM via long-term contracts going forward, it naturally prompts uncomfortable questions regarding additional price upside. After all, why would these companies try to lock in today's DRAM prices if substantial upside lies ahead? The newfound penchant for long-term DRAM supply contracts from Samsung and SK hynix suggests there might not be a lot of price upside left ahead According to a recent report from South Korea, Samsung and SK hynix have "virtually abandoned the one-year memory short-term supply contract method with global big tech companies and decided to supply products only […]

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We all know Apple's A-series chips are some of the most efficient consumer-grade processors in the market, with the new A19 Pro chip also meticulously adhering to this well-established pattern. While multi-chip comparisons are a convoluted exercise at the best of times, a single metric - instructions per CPU clock cycle - is sufficient to delineate the unequivocal superiority of Apple's A19 Pro chip architecture versus that of its competitors, which include MediaTek's Dimensity 9500, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and Samsung's Exynos 2600. Apple's A19 Pro chip is an unequivocal winner when it comes to processor efficiency, leaving […]

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Hope is the engine of optimism and the indomitable force behind a will to change for the better. But, when it comes to Google's Pixel lineup, that hope is in short supply and getting progressively scarce with each passing year, especially judging from the latest CAD renders of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, which depict bezels the size of football fields, a bloated, chunky design, and nary a concerted effort to add additional camera sensors or tweak the device's aspect ratio. Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold: A masterclass in ugly aesthetics Steve H. McFly has now revealed the CAD renders […]

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Some can't stop panning Apple over a myriad of compromises that it undertook to price the MacBook Neo at a base price of $599. Others can't stop gushing over the fact that Apple just launched a fairly decent, if somewhat spartan, budget MacBook, one that is near-perfect for browsing, social media consumption, and research. In our roundup of the Apple MacBook Neo's first impressions and initial reviews, we've tried to cover all of the bases, bringing you appreciative brownie points as well as merited criticism. Here is everything that is being said about Apple's MacBook Neo CNET's Matt Elliott is […]

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Samsung has remained very conservative in its experimentation in the smartphone battery department ever since the Note 7 fiasco back in 2016. However, this reluctance is now costing the South Korean behemoth dearly as Chinese OEMs increasingly take the initiative with monster silicon-carbon (Si/C) batteries. Against this relatively challenging backdrop, we reported towards the end of 2025 that Samsung had commenced and then abandoned its testing of a mammoth 20,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. Well, now we know a lot more about those failed tests as well as Samsung's ongoing testing of a smaller 18,000mAh battery, courtesy of a few leaked documents. Samsung's […]

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Apple had originally intended to launch its new Smart Home Display as a part of last week's product launch marathon. However, in the face of the ongoing delays related to the rollout of the revamped Siri, Apple has been forced to substantially extend the launch timeline of the new device, as per the latest tidbit from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple was not able to launch the Smart Home Display last week, as the revamped Siri is not ready yet to power AI features For the benefit of those who might not be aware yet, Apple intends to launch a revamped […]

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Such is the relentless cadence of Apple's convoluted product launch cycles that the iPhone 17e has not even reached physical stores just yet, and already Apple has started beating the proverbial drums for the iPhone 18e, which is not expected to debut until the spring of 2027. Apple has broken ground on the preparatory work for the iPhone 18e The notable tipster, Fixed Focus Digital, has declared in a new Weibo post (translated below) that Apple has formally commenced development work on the iPhone 18e: "Confirmed. Although 17E has just been released, 18E has already been finalized." Do note that […]

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Now that Apple's product launch cadence has seemingly slowed down for the time being after the marathon that was last week, which saw the unveiling of the iPhone 17e, the M4 iPad Air, the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro, the Studio Display and the Studio Display XDR, and the all-important MacBook Neo, attention is predictably turning to Apple's next major product launch volley in the fall of 2026, which would likely entail the iPhone Fold along with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. As such, a new report out of Taiwan has just demonstrated Apple's sunny optimism […]

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The M4 iPad Air is one of the more underrated devices that Apple launched in the veritable marathon that was last week, culminating in the 'Apple Experience' event on March 04. Even though the MacBook Neo eventually stole the proverbial show and nearly all of the limelight, the new iPad Air continues to garner a healthy share of attention. And today, we bring you a roundup of first impressions and reviews from a diverse set of tech experts. Here is everything that is being said about the Apple M4 iPad Air Gizmodo's Kyle Barr highlights the new iPad Air's "more […]

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Apple Silicon is the gift that keeps on giving, entailing not only insane performance boosts for Apple's ever-expanding portfolio of products but also unlocking the kind of granular control that would have been impossible with off-the-shelve chips from Intel and AMD. And now, Apple's A18 Pro has just awarded huge bragging rights to the MacBook Neo, albeit with an equally huge catch. Apple's MacBook Neo gets huge bragging rights with a sizable catch Apple finally unveiled its much-anticipated MacBook Neo earlier this week, bringing a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with a 2,408 x 1,506 resolution and 500 nits brightness, uniform bezels, […]

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The new MacBook Neo will not mark a pivot in Apple's reigning product strategy, with a bucketload of high-end, Ultra-category products still in the pipeline, as per the tidbits gleaned from Mark Gurman's latest Power On newsletter. The MacBook Neo, despite expanding Apple's TAM, will not change the Cupertino giant's fixation on high-end products According to Gurman, a number of stars had to align for Apple to launch the MacBook Neo, including Apple's increasing reliance on its own silicon instead of Intel chips, a wide-ranging overhaul of the macOS to allow it to run on ARM processors, and the A18 […]

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With one fell swoop, Apple seems to have opened for itself a market opportunity of at least 50 million units by launching the MacBook Neo even as most sales projection argue for a healthy but modest take-up rate, hampered by the budget device's copious compromises. Apple's MacBook Neo sits within a market opportunity zone that is worth at least 50 million units per year That Apple's latest MacBook Neo was always expected to sell well was never in doubt. After all, TrendForce continues to expect Apple to sell between 4 million and 5 million units of the budget device. Even so, the […]

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Despite putting forth what is largely an iterative update with the new Galaxy S26 series, Samsung appears to be raking in higher sales relative to the last year's Galaxy S25 series, at least as per initial impressions. Should this trend continue, however, it risks rewarding complacency, one that might feasibly result in progressively less competitive offerings from Samsung further down the line. Samsung Galaxy S26 series has recorded a pre-order volume of 1.35 million units in South Korea so far Samsung has now revealed that its initial pre-order volume for the new Galaxy S26 series stands at 1.35 million units […]

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The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro is now teaching a lesson to those willing to learn: a masterclass in how to debut new tech, replete with genuine innovation rather than gimmicks and outright falsehood à la what Samsung just did at its Galaxy Unpacked event for the new S26 series. Samsung's disastrous Galaxy Unpacked event: Pre-leaks and falsehoods For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Samsung experienced a particularly egregious bout of channel leaks in the run-up to its Galaxy Unpacked event, one that saw an unreleased Galaxy S26 Ultra fall into the hands of a tech YouTuber […]

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Apple has finally debuted its latest chronically hyped up budget offering, dubbed the MacBook Neo, replete with specs that barely qualify for 2016, let alone 2026. Of course, budget offerings almost always cut corners in some way or the other. But how do you justify two USB-C ports with wildly different characteristics and no way of knowing which is which until you actually plug in your peripheral? What about a heavily binned SoC, a hobbled trackpad, and pricing tiers that make an M3 MacBook Air appear like a godsend? Apple seems to have designed the MacBook Neo to specifically cater […]

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Apple has finally unveiled its much-anticipated MacBook Neo, bringing a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with a 2,408 x 1,506 resolution and 500 nits brightness, uniform bezels, Touch ID, dual-firing speakers that support Spatial Audio, a 1080p front camera, a brightly colored aluminum frame, and color-matching keyboard to the proverbial table. However, to price the MacBook Neo at a very attractive $599, Apple has had to make a lot of compromises along the way, with some that were, frankly speaking, quite unavoidable. The litany of compromises that Apple has had to make to launch the MacBook Neo at a price point […]

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Now that Samsung has demonstrated its competence with the new Exynos 2600 chip, which has bested Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip in various benchmarks, especially the ones related to natural language understanding, object detection, and image classification, all the while maintaining an enviable thermal footprint, the South Korean behemoth is finally doubling down on its native silicon, with the sampling of the next-gen Exynos 2700 chip already underway. Samsung is already fabricating production samples for its next-gen Exynos 2700 chip, following the completion of the design process in late 2025 According to a South Korean publication, Samsung has […]

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Satellite-based communication and the internet are the next big tech frontier for smartphones, and MediaTek is trying to position itself as a tech leader by formalizing a high-stakes partnership with SpaceX to bring native Starlink compatibility for emergency messages to the M90 modem. MediaTek and SpaceX partner to bring native Starlink compatibility for emergency messages to the M90 modem MediaTek has now announced that it is collaborating with SpaceX's Starlink to "support wireless emergency alert messages via satellite communication," allowing global smartphone users "to receive alerts from the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) framework, and the […]

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Planned obsolescence is the game in town, especially in the tech world, and no one appears as savvy at this game as Apple, which has elevated the periodic adjustments of its product portfolio into an art form. Today, Apple has discontinued its 32-inch 6K display, called the Pro Display XDR, and replaced it with a 27-inch 5K one, aptly dubbed the Studio Display XDR. Apple replaces the pricey Pro Display XDR with the cheaper Studio Display XDR, entailing some compromises Apple has officially retired the Pro Display XDR in favor of the new 27-inch Studio Display XDR, which, while a […]

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After unveiling a slew of new products over the past few hours, including the iPhone 17e, the M4 iPad Air, the M5 Pro and M5 Max chipsets, the all-new MacBook Pro devices, the M5 MacBook Air, the Studio Display and the Studio Display XDR, Apple is gearing up to reveal its much-anticipated low-cost MacBook tomorrow, when it will also hold a hands-on 'Apple Experience' event simultaneously in various choice locations around the globe. Even so, a brief website glitch has revealed an important tidbit ahead of tomorrow's grand unveiling: the new device will be called MacBook Neo. Apple's upcoming budget MacBook will be called MacBook […]

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As expected, Apple has been on a veritable frenzy when it comes to launching new products. On Monday, the Cupertino giant unveiled the iPhone 17e and the M4 iPad Air. Today, we've got the densest volley so far, with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chipsets, the all-new MacBook Pro devices, and the new M5 MacBook Air getting their respective spots on the stage. Even so, Apple has just announced the all-new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, replete with a 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display that features an advanced mini-LED backlight, up to 2000 nits of peak HDR brightness, […]

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Apple is steadily building up the hype ahead of its hands-on 'Apple Experience' event on Wednesday, and it is doing so primarily by unveiling a slew of new products in the intervening days. On Monday, we got the iPhone 17e and the M4 iPad Air. And today, it's the turn of the all-new MacBook Air, replete with the M5 chipset, 512GB of base storage, a faster SSD that goes all the way up to 4TB, the N1 wireless networking chip, a Liquid Retina display, and up to 18 hours of battery life. Behold the stunning M5 MacBook Air Apple has […]

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With the hardware side of Apple's AI strategy reportedly in an equal, if not greater, disarray than the software side, it is hardly a surprise that the Cupertino giant has been forced to rely on Google's servers, along with its very capable Gemini model, to ship the revamped Siri and the AI features that come with it. Against this backdrop, the bespoke Baltra ASIC might be Apple's only viable avenue of escaping Google's ensnaring clutches. Apple's internal disarray is leading to a situation where a large proportion of its AI servers simply sit idle on warehouse shelves The Information is […]

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On the first day of its ongoing product launch window in the run-up to Wednesday's hands-on 'Apple Experience' event, the Cupertino giant has unveiled its all-new M4 iPad Air along with the iPhone 17e, bringing substantially more unified system memory, the N1 wireless networking chip, and the C1X modem to the proverbial table, all for a starting price of $599. Behold the substantially more powerful M4 iPad Air Upgraded silicon Apple's new M4 iPad Air, both the 11-inch and 13-inch variants, sport the M4 chip that renders the new devices up to 30 percent faster than their M3 chip counterparts. […]

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