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iMac 27-inch set to arrive in 2022 with mini-LED display and ProMotion support

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If you were hoping for a new iMac or iMac Pro reveal at the Apple Unleased event on October 18, then you may have come away slightly disappointed. Word on the street is that 2022 will bring a larger 27-inch model of the Apple all-in-one, equipped with the same mini-LED display that’s currently featured on the freshly released MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch.

This speculation comes from display analyst Ross Young, who correctly predicted that the latest generation of MacBook Pro devices would be equipped with a mini-LED display.

His track record certainly adds weight to his prediction, but as with all unverified leaks and rumors, don’t take anything as gospel until we hear it from Apple directly.

From Techradar

Redmi Watch 2 also launching on October 28

Redmi Watch 2 poster (image: Redmi Weibo)
Image: Redmi

Earlier today Redmi confirmed its Note 11 series is launching on October 28. The official Redmi Weibo handle also shared a more recent post with a teaser for the Redmi Watch 2 – a successor to last year’s Redmi Watch which is also dropping on October 28.

The teaser image does not show out the Watch 2 in its entirety but we do get a good look at its screen and repositioned side button which now sits in the middle watch casing on the right side. We can expect a larger screen on Watch 2 which would mean over 1.4-inches in which is the diagonal of last year’s model.

Noted tipster Digital Chat Station also took to Weibo to share some more info on Redmi Watch 2 showing us three of its colorways – beige, blue and black. Watch 2 is also said to offer a larger screen, on-device sports recordings and health monitoring as well as waterproof functionality. Pricing is said to remain in the entry-level segment.

From Gsmarena

Honor Play5 Youth Edition coming on October 25

Honor Play5 Youth Edition poster (image: Honor Weibo)
Image: Honor

It seems the Honor Play5 series is getting another member next week with the release of the Play5 Youth Edition officially confirmed to take place on October 25. Honor will hold a keynote at 7:30 PM CST time (11:30 AM UTC time). The accompanying teaser poster shows the device’s back with a large camera bump housing two camera sensors, an LED flash and what appears to be a sticker cutout to complete the look.

We can also spot a fingerprint scanner on the right-hand side which likely doubles as the power button. The volume rocker sits above it while the back of the phone has a pronounced curve. Based on rumors the Play5 Youth will use a Dimensity 700 or 720 at the helm. Not much else is known or speculated about the device at the moment but we should expect more teasers from Honor in the coming days leading up to October 25.

From Gsmarena

Vivo Y71t unveiled: a V21e with a Dimensity 810 chipset

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Vivo unveiled the T1 and T1x yesterday, the “x” model featured a 120 Hz LCD, Dimensity 900 chipset and 64 MP camera. Today comes the vivo Y71t, which offers some similar features at a slightly higher price. It’s hard to say which one is better, they optimize for different things.

For starters, the vivo Y71t is more compact and has a 6.44” AMOLED display with 1,080 x 2,400 px resolution (20:9). It only runs at 60 Hz, though. Still, you would be looking at a pretty picture with 98% DCI-P3 coverage. The notched camera has a 16 MP sensor, double the resolution of the T1x cam.

The rear camera setup is better too. It has a 64 MP main camera, but adds an 8 MP ultra wide module to the mix (the T1x has only a 2 MP macro camera as its second module).

The vivo Y71t is powered by a Dimensity 810 chipset. Like the Dimensity 900 found inside the T1x, this is a 6 nm chip with 5G support, however, it uses older cores – 4x Cortex-A76 (vs. 2x A78) and Mali-G57 MC2 (vs. Mali-G68 MC4) – so you can expect lower performance.

From Gsmarena

Nvidia Announces New High-Performance Membership Tier for GeForce NOW

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Nvidia today announced the launch of a new higher-tier membership for its streaming gaming platform GeForce NOW, allowing gamers to get access to improved performance.
According to Nvidia, the GeForce NOW RTX 3080 membership provides gamers with access to the “greatest-ever generational leap in GeForce history,” offering up the highest resolutions and fastest frame rates, plus low latency. Nvidia says the new gaming experience rivals the latest game consoles.

Each GeForce NOW cloud SuperPOD includes more than 1000 GPUs that deliver over 39 petaflops of graphics horsepower. Nvidia says each instance is 35 teraflops of performance, nearly 3x that of an Xbox Series X.

With the new membership tier, games can run at up to 1440p on Macs and PCs, and at up to 120 frames per second.

Access to the GeForce NOW RTX 3080 membership is priced at $99.99 for six months, which is introductory pricing. GeForce NOW founders and Priority members have early access to pre-order starting today, and pre-orders will open more broadly to all gamers later in the month. Quantities are limited.

From Macrumors

Android apps have arrived on Windows 11

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Windows 11 is the biggest change to Microsoft’s desktop operating system since 2015. While it brings a whole lot of new stuff to the table, a specific aspect of it caught our eye over here in Android land: Windows now supports Android apps. In a similar fashion to its Linux support, which had already been included with Windows 10, the latest version adds an Android subsystem so you can install and run your favorite apps on Windows natively. However, this wasn’t a launch feature, so you couldn’t just fire up a Windows 11 machine and start running Android apps. If you do want to try it out, the feature is now available for beta users.

Windows 11’s Android Subsystem is available for Insider Program testers in the Beta channel, which is a little less bleeding-edge than the Dev channel, but a little bit more daring than the Release Preview channel. Just as we’ve reported before, the platform of choice for installing apps on your computer is the Amazon Appstore. As of right now (via XDA), the selection of apps is a little thin — only 50 apps are currently available. They were handpicked by Microsoft and Amazon, presumably to ensure that they’re working alright on Windows PCs.

From Android Police

Geekbench shows M1 Max offers up to 181% faster graphics than previous 16-inch MacBook Pro

Apple this week unveiled the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, which are powered by Apple Silicon M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. An early benchmark already revealed that the M1 Max CPU delivers twice the performance of the M1 chip, and now a Metal score from Geekbench 5 shows that the M1 Max offers up to 181% faster graphics than the GPUs found in the previous 16-inch MacBook Pro.

Another benchmark test run with the new MacBook Pro recently uploaded to the Geekbench website shows that the GPU of the M1 Max chip scored 68870 in the Geekbench 5 Metal test. According to the website, the score comes from the high-end version of the M1 Max chip with 64GB of RAM.

From 9to5Mac

Bloomberg: Apple’s Potentially Biggest Sales Quarter in History Threatened by Device Shortages

Shipping delays for new Apple products aren’t a new phenomenon, but several relatively older Apple products have been experiencing delayed shipping times since the first half of September, including the iPhone 11, iPhone 12, M1 Mac models, the 24-inch iMac, and across the Apple Watch lineup.

However, in a year when Apple should be seeing one of its largest product upgrade cycles ever, suppliers simply can’t keep up with the pent-up demand.

The iPhone — Apple’s flagship product, accounting for about half of its sales — is the highest-profile case of shortages. One month after going on sale, the iPhone 13 Pro is hard to find in every color, configuration and size. That’s not usually the case, according to Apple store employees, some of whom say they’re increasingly dealing with frustrated customers.

The report highlights certain components that Apple has found particularly hard to get, including chips from Broadcom and Texas Instruments. During the company’s third-quarter earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that the chip shortage that has plagued the industry for the last few months would impact iPhone shipments this year.

While Cook was likely referencing constraints with the upcoming ‌iPhone 13‌, the shortage appears to have crept into other product lines. Apple still has time to correct the supply-demand imbalance before the end of December, but Gurman’s report suggests the delays in shipping older products are a “troubling sign.”

From Macrumors

Canalys: Xiaomi tops the Indian smartphone market in Q3, total market shipments down by 5%

Canalys: Xiaomi shipped the most smartphones in India during Q3, total market shipments down by 5%
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Based on data from the latest Canalys report, smartphone shipments in India few to 47.5 million units in the July-September period compared to 50 million in the same period last year. Supply chain difficulties persisted here as well and were seen mostly in the entry-level segment which forced all key players in India to down mark their more premium devices with promotions to make them more appealing.

Xiaomi still led the way with 11.2 million shipments for the period followed by Samsung with 9.1 million and vivo with 8.1 million. Realme took up the fourth spot with 7.5 million shipments while Oppo had 6.2 million to round out the top-five. None of the aforementioned brands saw positive annual growth figures with Xiaomi and Realme in particular experiencing a 14% decline.

From Gsmarena

Tesla will only use iron-based batteries for standard model EVs

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Tesla said Wednesday it will use iron-based batteries for its standard Model 3 and Model Y models across global markets. The update, provided in the company’s third-quarter earnings report, confirmed hints that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been dropping for months about the cheaper battery chemistry’s growing role in the company’s product line-up.

Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries use an older, cheaper battery chemistry and are popular in China. Outside of China, EV batteries are predominately nickel-based — either nickel-manganese-cobalt or nickel-cobalt-aluminum. But beyond cost savings, LFP battery cells are attractive because they are not dependent on ultra-scarce raw materials like cobalt and nickel. Notably, Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn confirmed during an investor call Wednesday that the company has seen pricing impacts to nickel and aluminum.

From Techcrunch

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