Motorola Edge 40's India launch date announced

The Motorola Edge 40, unveiled earlier this month, will launch in India on May 23. It will be sold in Eclipse Black, Nebula Green, and Lunar Blue colors in the country through Motorola's official Indian website, Flipkart, and leading retail stores. The Motorola Edge 40 is powered by the Dimensity 8020 SoC, runs Android 13 out of the box, and has 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage onboard. It's built around a 6.55" 144Hz FullHD+ OLED display and packs a 4,400 mAh battery with 68W wired and 15W wireless charging. The Motorola Edge 40 has three cameras for photography - 50MP primary (with...

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Apple reportedly hoards 90% of TSMC's 3nm capacity this year

According to a new report from Taiwan today, Apple pretty much has a chokehold on TSMC's supply of 3nm chips this year. TSMC will apparently see the baseline 3nm process technology dominate 90% of its 3nm family capacity in 2023, and nearly 90% of that baseline 3nm capacity has allegedly already been booked by Apple for use in new iPhones, MacBooks, and iPads. Both the A17 and the M3 are expected to be produced using TSMC's 3nm process. Reports about Apple placing orders for 3nm chips date back all the way to 2020, so the company is clearly playing the long game here. The iPhone 15 Pro and...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 might get DeX support

Samsung DeX allows Galaxy phones and tablets to turn into desktop PCs. A number of flagship phones from the past five years support it with one major absence - the Flip series. According to SamMobile, this is about to change, and the upcoming Z Flip5 will finally have the feature, effectively making it the smallest device to support DeX. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 renders The source does not reveal any details about the feature or whether older clamshell foldables will receive the feature through a software update. We can assume that it will work in all ways DeX operates with current...

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Apple launches SOS over satellite in Australia and New Zealand

Apple’s SOS via satellite featured has now been enabled in the southern hemisphere with its arrival in Australia and New Zealand. The feature is available to iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max starting today. This is technically a paid service, but current owners are enrolled for free for 2 years. If you buy an iPhone 14 after today, the 2 free years will start ticking down from the day that you activate the phone. Using the new SOS via satellite feature • Sharing your location over satellite The SOS feature presents the users with a short questionnaire that will...

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Oppo F23 5G debuts with 120Hz LCD and Snapdragon 695

The latest Oppo F-series member is now official in India with the launch of the Oppo F23 5G. The device brings a Snapdragon 695 chipset, a 120Hz LCD and a 64MP main camera. The phone is identical to the Oppo A98 which launched in Malaysia last week. Oppo F23 5G in Cool Black and Bold Gold Oppo F23 brings a 6.72-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The panel also houses a punch-hole cutout for the 32MP front-facing camera. Around the back, we have a 64MP main sensor alongside a 2MP monochrome module and a 2MP microscope camera. The device is equipped...

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Apple M3 chip's specs revealed as testing starts

Mark Gurman from Bloomberg said in his latest Power On newsletter that Apple is ramping up testing of the M3 chip. At least one version of the new platform was spotted with a 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU and 36 GB RAM, according to data collected by an App Store developer. Gurman believes that Macs with the new chip built on the 3 nm process, will begin arriving in late 2023 or early 2024. The new CPU will stick to a six performance cores, while the other six will be of the power efficient type. The increase is similar as the M1 generation to the M2, which should hopefully suffice to...

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Oppo Germany’s official website wiped

Oppo is going through a challenging period in Europe. Its phone sales in Germany have been paused for nearly a year and now the company’s official website in Germany is left empty without any listings for its products. The homepage has a single ad for Oppo’s ongoing partnership with the UEFA Champions League and a FAQ banner spanning one question concerning support for existing Oppo devices. Oppo DE homepage The new development comes after internal sources claimed the company might be exiting the French market after June 30. Oppo also shut down its chip development business last...

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