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Report: The next iPhone with a bigger card and support for charging other devices wirelessly
The famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that Apple intends to launch the iPhone this year with the addition of interest in the side of the battery, as Apple intends to increase the battery used as the capacity of the Plus version will increase 10-15% while the 5.8-inch version is 20-25%, but it is strange that the report mentioned The battery capacity of the successor Xr will not be increased, and if it happens, it will be less than 5%. The report also added that the feature of charging other devices will be added, and the report said that the main goal is to enable the iPhone to charge other iPhone devices or devices such as the new Apple AirPods. It is reported that there are other higher class devices such as Samsung S10 Plus, Huawei P30 Pro and others that support Qi charging for other devices, but this is the first time from Apple.
Apple officially lowering the price of the HomePod
Apple officially announced hours ago to reduce the price of its HomePod smart speaker to $ 299 instead of $ 349, the previous price it had since its launch a year ago. The headphone has been struggling since its release to achieve successes, despite the praise of the sound quality, but there are obstacles such as the quality of the Siri itself, as well as the high price compared to its competitors. Now with the new price, Apple moved away more from the Google Max headset, which comes at $ 399, but it was providing higher performance than Apple. But of course, the Amazon counterpart, the $ 165 Echo Plus, comes in the top tier.
5G is spreading and Intel is unable to provide it to Apple
◉ Verizon announced the availability of 5G networks in selected cities in Chicago and Minneapolis, in the United States. The company said that by the end of the year, the fifth generation networks will be available in more than 30 cities around America. The company clarified that the average speed will be 450Mbps and that it will reach 1Gbps in some cases and regions as a primary target.
◉ A report revealed that Intel has confirmed its failure to officially provide the connection chip for 5G networks currently from Apple and that the iPhone this year will come with the same traditional network support and that there are doubts that Apple will come in 2020 an iPhone with the support of the fifth generation networks and that this may It is postponed to 2021, which means two years behind competitors such as Samsung and Huawei, who this year release a phone with 5G support.
Apple hires a team of 1000 people to develop a communications segment
It seems that Apple has really lost hope in Intel or professionally confirmed that there is a deficit in Qualcomm technologies in this area. As several reports revealed that Apple is currently significantly increasing the number of employees working in the field of developing its own communications segment and that the work team has now grown to more than 1000 engineers. The report said that the Apple team will not be able to precede Intel and provide the 5G chip before them, but Apple wants to secure itself in the future and not depend on others in a vital point such as connection chips; The company hopes to repeat the success it has made with the processor chip now.
Apple may change the size of its screens next year
A DigiTimes report revealed that Apple is considering providing 3 iPhones with an OLED screen next year 2020. The report said that since the Xr will lose what makes it cheaper, which is the LCD screen, Apple intends to change the hardware screens and their size by coming to the iPhone with a smaller screen of 5.42 inches, then A middle version with a 6.06-inch screen, which is similar to the current Xr size, and a Max version with a 6.67-inch screen, which is larger than the current Xs Max. The report said that there is a competition between Samsung and LG to provide screens. Samsung wants to develop it with Y-Octa technology, while LG wants to provide TOE technology (touch technology, not screen) and explained that these technologies are expected to reduce the price of the screen that will be imported to Apple.
The iFixIt team dismantles iPad mini 5 and Air 2019
The famous iFixIt team has dismantled both the iPad mini 5 and the new iPad Air 2019, or what is known as the new Air 3, and their report was as follows:
◉ The iPad mini 5 comes with a design similar to its siblings externally but internally, in addition to the announced traditional advantages, Apple updated the links for battery connections, but with the same capacity and without changing 5124mah, and the memory came from the Samsung industry with a capacity of 3 gigabytes and the device got 2 out of 10 in easy repair i.e. difficult to fix Especially changing the battery, where they mentioned that it is possible to change, but there are unjustified difficulties set by Apple, as well as removing the screen button and that you have to change the button when repairing and changing the screen as well.
◉ iPad Air 3: It also got disassembled, which revealed that Apple had put 2 batteries in the device, which means dividing the battery into 2 like the iPhone. An apparent difference from previous generations came, which is the darkening of the gray color as it appears in the image versus the gray known in the Air and Air 2. The device differed internally from its younger brother as the memory came from Hynix, not Samsung, and it came with only 2 headphones, not 4 like the Pro family. Increasing the screen size to 10.5 inches helped Apple put a 30.8-watt larger battery (Apple stated on its website that the battery was 30.2, but internally they were surprised that it was larger) and the battery is larger than its sister in the Air 2, which was 27.6 watts, i.e. almost the battery came to 8000 mAh. In general, the device gets the same difficulty rating 2 out of 10 for almost the same reasons.
Report on the growth of smart home devices
A report by the famous IDC Center revealed that smart home devices will witness a continuous great growth until 2023. The report said that this year, 832.7 million devices are expected to be sold, and the number will increase to reach 1557.4 billion by 2023, an increase of 87% over the current figure. Smart lighting will achieve the best rates of improvement from the share of 6.8% this year to 11.8%, and home monitoring systems from the share of 16.8% to 22.6%, while the share of smart speakers will decrease from 17.3% to 15.4% despite the increase in sales of 100 million pieces.
Performance tests for iMacs show a significant improvement
Benchmark performance tests have been published for the new iMac devices, which at 21.5 inches showed a 5-10% improvement in single handling and between 10-50% in multiple cores depending on processor type. In the 27-inch size, it saw an improvement of 6-11% in the single core, 43-49% in the multi-cores for the 6-core processors, and a 66% improvement in performance in the case of the 8-core processors. The performance was amazing at times, with the 8-core processor reaching only 10% less than the 10-core iMac Pro processor, which is amazing because the 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 iMac is priced at $ 2700, while the iMac is $ 5000.
Miscellaneous news
◉ Reports indicated that Apple is currently hiring a large number of employees of Lighthouse, a start-up company specializing in the field of security cameras that work with artificial intelligence, and reports indicated that Apple may have purchased some of the company's patents as well. So did Apple acquire it, actually or implicitly, because the company suffers from commercial problems and is currently closing its activity.
Benchmark performance tests have been published for new iMac devices, which in 21.5 inches showed an improvement of 5-10% in single processing and between 10-50% in multiple cores according to processor type. In the 27-inch size, it saw an improvement of 6-11% in the single core, 43-49% in the multi-cores for the 6-core processors, and a 66% improvement in performance in the case of the 8-core processors. The performance was amazing at times, with the 8-core processor reaching only 10% less than the 10-core iMac Pro processor.
◉ Cloudflare announced that it will soon update its 1.1.1.1 app on iOS to a free encrypted VPN. The company said that it will provide high speed internet and that their company will not be able to see the details of your internet usage.
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Google accidentally posted an image on its website indicating that there is an upcoming home device from its Nest brand that comes with a 10-inch screen called the Nest Hub Max.
◉ Apple unveiled the Powerbeats headset, which is the first product in collaboration between Beats and Apple engineers. The headset targets athletes and comes at a price of $ 249.
◉ A report revealed that Foxconn will soon start producing the iPhone X in its factories in India in order to provide the device at a reduced price to the Indian market, meaning production will be allocated to the Indian market mainly and not for export.
◉ A report revealed that more than 200 people subscribed to the paid version of Apple News within only 48 hours of its release.
◉ Several newspapers have reported that Apple has chosen Japan Display to be the supplier of OLED screens for the fifth generation Apple Watch. Currently, Apple relies on Samsung and LG to supply the screen for the watch, but Apple wants to completely dispense with Samsung.
◉ The data of millions of data of more than 22 Facebook users was found unsecured on Amazon servers and easy to access by anyone. The files were not placed by Facebook itself, of course, but by someone or hackers who gathered data and spread it on the Internet.
This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her
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