Welcome to our round-up of the biggest headlines from week 38.
The Apple iPhone 14 fever is still here – we saw the regular iPhone 14 pass an endurance test where it fared quite well. 14 Pro models fixed the shaky camera issue with the latest iOS 16.0.2 update.
In semi-related news, Android makers like Xiaomi and Realme are gearing up to roll out Dynamic Island type notification systems on their upcoming devices – I can’t say we weren’t expecting it. Xiaomi will launch its Civi 2 smartphone on Tuesday 27 September with a pill-shaped centered cutout on the screen.
Google’s Pixel 7 series marketing campaign is in full force as we’ve received a new teaser for the phones and Pixel Watch ahead of the October 6 launch event. Pre-orders for the Pixel 7 series begin on the same date as the announcement.
Asus debuted its ROG Phone 6D duo consisting of ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate. Both phones share nearly identical specs to the ROG Phone 6 range with the big change being the Dimensity 9000+ chipset replacing the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The vanilla 6D starts at £ 799 in the UK while the Ultimate alteration takes at least £ 1.199. Asus has also launched a Batman ROG Phone 6 edition which costs € 1,199.
Nvidia announced its RTX 40 series graphics cards with a claimed 2-4x performance increase and DLSS 3. The base 12GB RTX 4080 starts at $ 899 while the top-of-the-range RTX 4090 costs $ 1,599 . Official sales of the RTX 4090 will begin on 12 October while the RTX 4080 will be available from November.
The big rumors of the week include Samsung continuing to use Exynos chipsets for the Galaxy S23 series and Apple finally bringing 8K video to next year’s iPhone 15 Ultra. We also got some details for the upcoming OnePlus 11 Pro which is expected to carry the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip along with 100W charging.
These were the biggest headlines this week. See you next time.
Xiaomi president Lu Weibing asked Weibo users if they would like to see a Dynamic Island implementation.
The ROG Phone 6D Ultimate comes bundled with an AeroActive accessory.
This affects the two Pro models when users open third-party apps that use the camera. Apple’s camera app is not affected.
Reports suggest internal conflicts over the use of the internal chipset.
No big surprises here, it is in line with other smartwatches.
8K video may be exclusive to Ultra. However, all four models are expected to have USB-C ports and dynamic islands.
It will arrive on September 27th.
It looks just like the Redmi Note 10 Pro, except that one had the more powerful Snapdragon 732G chipset.
US / Canada models will have the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset while other regions will boast the Dimensity 9000+ SoC.
This will at least be the case in the United States, according to a new leak.
This trio was launched way back in 2015, over 7 years ago. In related news, the latest Galaxy A40 is receiving a security patch.
As the smartphone camera scores with the DxOMark plateau, brands seem to give the scores less marketing relevance.
It’s essentially an iPhone 13 with an improved interior and an easier-to-repair backplate.
It will be the first mainline Pixel phone to launch in India since the Pixel 3.
The camera island design is very reminiscent of the 12 series.
The front display can extend horizontally on request, but when closed the extra part is a secondary rear display.
We are looking at you, Samsung.
You can look at it from pretty much all angles with this new hype-building effort from the company.
It will abandon the previously planned Dimensity 8200.
It will come with up to 16GB of RAM.
And we haven’t seen the X80 Pro + yet.
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