After a swift vote in the House of Representatives earlier this week, the United States Senate has now passed the National Security Package which includes the controversial potential ban on TikTok in the US. Following the US legislative process, the bill is now heading to President Joe Biden who has previously committed to signing it into law. Should that scenario play out TikTok parent company ByteDance would be left with two choices - divest into a US-based company in the next twelve months or face an effective ban on TikTok in the US. TikTok has been campaigning against the ban and ..read more

According to the ever-reliable purveyor of Apple-related supply chain sourced information Ming-Chi Kuo, things are far from rosy for the Vision Pro headset at the moment. Kuo says Apple has cut its shipment estimates (and thus, production orders) for the full year to 400,000-450,000 units, versus the "market consensus" of 700,000-800,000 units or more. Apple has done this before launching the headset in markets outside of the US, which means that the demand in the US has fallen sharply way below the company's initial expectations. Thus, influenced by the demand in the US falling off a ..read more

Last year EV maker Nio launched its own smartphone and this seems to have started a frenzy amongst its competitors. Today, right on schedule, Polestar has announced its very own first smartphone, the inventively named Polestar Phone, following a few weeks of leaks, rumors, and teasers - yesterday we even saw a pre-announcement unboxing video. The Polestar Phone is made by Meizu and based on the Chinese company's 21 Pro device, which was unveiled back in February. That's no coincidence since both Polestar and Meizu are owned by Chinese auto giant Geely. The Polestar Phone comes ..read more

Infinix already has four devices in its Note 40 line - the Note 40, Note 40 Pro, Note 40 Pro 4G, and Note 40 Pro+. But four isn't enough, and so the company is working on a fifth member of the family - the Note 40 5G. This handset has been spotted in the Google Play Console and it's also been certified by the FCC, Wi-Fi Alliance and BIS, and it's even run Geekbench already. There's a lot to unpack, therefore, so let's get started. The Note 40 that was launched back in March is 4G-only, being powered by MediaTek's Helio G99 Ultimate SoC. The Note 40 5G, on the other hand, goes with the ..read more

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Flip6 is expected to debut in July at a special Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Z Fold6 and the Galaxy Ring. Today a new leak from a usually reliable source - Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants - brings us details about the Flip6's colorways. These will be Light Blue, Mint, Silver Shadow, Yellow, Crafted Black, Peach, and White. The first four seem to be volume drivers while the last three will be "lower volume" according to Young. Previously said Z Flip 6 colors were:Light Blue, Light Green, Silver and YellowThey are still there but now Light ..read more

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should be launching in October as Qualcomm's new top of the line mobile chipset, and you may be wondering which phones will be the first to rock it. According to a new leak by a usually reliable source, Xiaomi apparently has an exclusive deal with the chip maker to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 first. Thus, the first two devices to use the new SoC will be the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro. Xiaomi still has the exclusive first launch rights for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4Followed by both OnePlus & iQOOLineup includes Xiaomi 15 / 15 Pro, OnePlus 13, iQOO 13— Yogesh Brar ..read more

During the Analyst Summit 2024, Huawei's current chairman Xu Zhijun shared the company's plans to expand globally after taking care of things on home soil. Huawei believes it can make HarmonyOS the world's third option for a mobile operating system, despite US sanctions. Huawei will work closely with app developers and provide all the needed support, tools and encouragement to build a robust app ecosystem for HarmonyOS. It will first focus on the Chinese market, where research shows that 99% of users spend their time on a little more than 5,000 apps. This means the tech giant needs to ..read more

The Google Pixel 8a has been leaking like crazy recently, and today there's yet another leak, of course. This one comes from a mobile phone seller in Casablanca, Morocco, who already seems to have received stock of the Pixel 8a. Thus, a quick hands-on ensues, showing us the oft-leaked handset and once again confirming its design cues, borrowed from the Pixel 8 as the naming scheme implies. pixel 8a pic.twitter.com/PG711rKBbu— Arsène Lupin (@MysteryLupin) April 22, 2024 The Google Pixel 8a is expected to be powered by the Tensor G3 chipset, just like the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. It's ..read more

It’s been over a year and a half since Apple launched its last iPads and that will finally change come May 7 when we’re getting a new generation of iPads. Apple is holding an online launch event scheduled to start at 7AM PT / 10AM ET where we’ll likely see the new iPad Pro and Air models alongside a new Apple Pencil. Apple is finally expected to make to switch to OLED displays on the iPad Pro lineup. Rumors point to 13-inch and 11-inch display sizes with repositioned front-facing cameras that will now lie on the horizontal side of the display. We’re also expecting two iPad Airs ..read more

Samsung announced that is has started mass production of the new 9th generation vertical NAND (V-NAND) memory chips. They have 50% higher bit density than 8th generation products. Additionally, the 9th gen products support a new NAND flash interface called “Toggle 5.1” that enables data transfer speeds of up to 3.2Gbps, this is 33% higher than previous generations. To top it all off, the new chips are 10% more power efficient. A lot of work went into the 9th generation of V-NAND. Samsung used new innovations like cell interference avoidance and cell life extension. Also, the company ..read more