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Apple's next-gen iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air expected to feature 120Hz ProMotion displays
Apple launches its new iPhone 16 family of smartphones today, but there's a leak for its next-gen iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air smartphones that tease will feature 120Hz ProMotion displays.
Display analyst Ross Young from DSCC talked with MacRumors, teasing that the Apple iPhone 17 (standard) and ultra-slim thinner iPhone 17 Air smartphones will feature Apple ProMotion display technology: 120Hz goodness for everything. Right now, the standard iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro have 60Hz panels... which in 2024, isn't a good look when competing smartphones ship with 120Hz displays.
Apple introducing 120Hz ProMotion displays with its next-gen iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air should boost sales, as the hype for the new iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max smartphones just isn't there this year.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro teardown: A18 Pro smaller logic board, densely packed, better heat transfer
Apple has a bunch of internal tweaks to its new iPhone 16 series smartphones, with some huge improvements inside of the new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max smartphones revealed in a new teardown.
The new iPhone 16 Pro with its 6.3-inch display has a redesigned A18 Pro logic board, and a protection cover for the battery. REWA Technology did the teardown on Apple's new iPhone 16 Pro, with the two logic boards and batteries tweaked over the iPhone 15 Pro.
In the image above, we've got the A18 Pro on the left and the A17 Pro logic board on the right, where you can see that the new A18 Pro logic board inside of the iPhone 16 Pro being smaller, and more densely packed than its predecessor. The new part also sports a larger metal cover, which is most likely there to help with the thermals of the A18 Pro, which is made on TSMC's bleeding edge 3nm process node.
Danny Boyle shot 28 Years Later on an iPhone 15 Pro Max: the biggest film ever shot on a phone
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has shot his latest movie -- 28 Years Later -- on Apple's older-gen iPhone 15 Pro Max smartphone with some attachments.
In a new report from WIRED, we're learning that the $75 million Hollywood sequel was filled on smartphones, with Boyle starting out his directing duties with 28 Days Later back in 2002 which saw the introduction of Cillian Murphy (his latest movie was Oppenheimer) and it was shot on a regular Canon XL-1 camera worth $4000.
28 Years Later wrapped production at the end of August, where up until now production details have been kept under wraps -- the big detail here is that it was shot on the iPhone 15 Pro Max smartphone. Staff were required to sign NDAs preventing the disclosure that 28 Years Later was shot on smartphones, but a single paparazzi shot out of 150 photos from July, shows a high-end camera that looks like a regular lens... but it's not: it's connected to a smartphone that's inside of a protective cage, according to a professional camera operator not involved with the movie telling WIRED.
Apple secretly pulls iOS 18 after updated iPads become bricked
Apple rolled out its new iOS 18 update, and unfortunately, some users downloading the iPad version are reporting that the update is bricking their device.Â
iOS 18 hit every iPhone 14 and above on Monday, along with iPadOS 18, and it appears that Apple made some mistakes with its development of iPadOS 18. Shortly after the release of the iPad update users began taking to Reddit to report their iPad became unresponsive mid-update, leading to it shutting down and not turning back on. Another Reddit user reported their iPad was "completely bricked" after downloading the new update.Â
Officially, Apple hasn't publicly commented on the anecdotal evidence that iPadOS 18 is causing problems for iPads, but the company has quietly pulled the update from M4 iPad Pros, which leads me to believe these iPads were the most affected by the update. MacRumors reports that not all M4 iPad Pro owners experienced these reported problems, and those who are affected are likely jumping over an OS version to iOS 18.
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Samsung S25 Ultra render reveals all four sides of the unreleased smartphone
Apple just wrapped up its Glowtime event, where it showcased the latest generation of iPhone ahead of its release on September 20, and right after the event, we have a brand new Samsung S25 Ultra leak. Techtember is officially here!
Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone will be the S25 Ultra, and reports currently point to January as the rumored launch date. Before the launch, leaker @OnLeaks and Android Headlines created renders of the upcoming smartphone based on previous rumors about its specifications. For example, the S25 Ultra is rumored to be just 219g, making it lighter than the iPhone 16 Pro Max at 227g and the S24 Ultra at 232g.
According to the renders, the S25 Ultra will have the same 6.8-inch screen size as the Samsung S24 Ultra, but will overall be a smaller phone at 162.8 x 77.6 x 8.2mm versus 162.3 x 79 x 8.6mm. TechRadar notes that while recent reports say the S25 Ultra will have the same display size as the S24 UItra, previous rumors suggested the S25 Ultra was going to have a bigger screen.
Huawei unleashes its new Mate XT Ultimate Design: an impressive tri-fold phone that costs $2800
Huawei has just unveiled the world's first dual-hinged, triple-screen foldable smartphone with the introduction of the new Mate XT Ultimate Design... a new tri-foldable smartphone that starts from $2800. Check it out:
The new Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design features an inverse dual-hinge design that folds into a "Z" shape, allowing users to use the tri-fold smartphone in many different ways. The OLED display measures 6.4 inches when fully collapsing as a traditional single-screen smartphone, but when unfolded, the display folds out to a behemoth 10.2 inches (2232 x 3184 resolution) and can be folded into a 7.9-inch size. Impressive.
Huawei says that it uses an ultra-modern three-fold large screen that can be folded and unfolded freely, and its composite ultra-touch laminated structure makes it slim and strong. Huawei is using a new silicon-anode-based large-capacity battery, that is bloody thin: only 1.9mm with a capacity of up to 5600mAh inside of a slim body with long-lasting battery life.
iPhone 16 Pro Max vs iPhone 16 Pro vs iPhone 16 - What are the big differences?
Apple has just wrapped up its Glowtime event, where it unveiled its newest generation of iPhone devices, along with a bunch of other Apple products such as the Apple Watch Series 10, AirPods 2, and AirPods Max.
The star of the show was definitely the three new iPhone models that will be available for pre-order this Friday. But what are the differences you should know about? This year Apple has closed the specification gap between the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, with the only major differences in the devices being in the following categories: battery, screen size, and starting storage capacity. That is it.
Last year, Apple introduced the 5x Telephoto lens that sported Tetraprism technology to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, while the iPhone 15 Pro was limited to 3x. This year, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have the exact same camera array. The screen size on the iPhone 16 Pro comes in at 6.3 inches, while the iPhone 16 Pro Max has a 6.9-inch display. Battery life is slightly more severe in terms of a difference between the two devices, as the iPhone 16 Pro will last up to 27 hours when playing a video compared to 33 hours on the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Apple's new A18 Pro chip inside of the iPhone 16 Pro, Pro Max: TSMC 3nm, CPU, GPU, NPU faster
Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 16 family of smartphones, with the flagship A18 Pro chip powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max handsets with some impressive features and abilities.
Inside, the new Apple A18 Pro chip has been designed with industry-leaving compute power that will super-boost Apple Intelligence, with a second-generation 3nm technology from TSMC, featuring a new architecture that's smaller, with faster transistors, and increased efficiency.
Apple's new A18 Pro chip features a new 16-core Neural Engine that is faster and more efficient than previous generations, with remarkable on-device performance for Apple Intelligence. We have a 17% increase in total system memory bandwidth -- the highest ever for an iPhone -- and a new 6-core GPU that's 20% faster than the previous-generation, as well as hardware-accelerated ray tracing that is up to 2x faster on the new A18 Pro.
Apple unveils next-gen iPhone 16 family, led by new flagship iPhone 16 Pro Max
Apple has just unveiled its new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max smartphones powered by its powerful new A18 Pro chip ready for new experiences and AI workloads of the future.
It wasn't just the new iPhone 16 being revealed: but Apple also introduced its new Apple Watch Series 10, AirPods 4, improved AirPods Pro 2, and the new AirPods Max with new software features and colors as well as USB-C connectivity, finally moving away from Lightning.
Apple's new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max come in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB versions starting at $999 (for the iPhone 16 Pro in 128GB capacity). The company is using its new Action Button that was introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro, a programmable button that can do a variety of actions when configured. There's a totally new button, too, which will bring up both the camera and act like a hardware shutter, just like a regular camera.
YouTubers create the world's largest working smartphone replica
Have you ever wondered how big a smartphone could be and still be working? Neither have I, but luckily, that strange question has been answered by two YouTubers who have recently made it into the Guinness World Records book for a 440-pound replica smartphone.
YouTubers Matthew Perkins and Arun Maini undertook the colossal challenge of creating the world's largest working replica smartphone, and the smartphone they chose to supersize was the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The YouTubers ended up with a 6.74 feet tall device that weighed 440 pounds, which got them into the Guinness World Record book under the "Largest smartphone replica" title.
So, how'd they do it? The duo converted an LG Signature 88-inch OLED TV into a responsive touchscreen, which was then placed into an aluminum frame. The frame had all of the respective cutdown for components such as cameras, power button, function button, volume buttons and speakers. The massive iPhone 15 Pro Max was equipped with a Canon EOS R5 and a Sony RX10 Mark 4 to mimic the telephoto lens on Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max.
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