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Apple’s MacBook Pro M1, Samsung Galaxy S10 + and more devices go on sale today
Let’s kick off the week with some pretty familiar deals, which are still amazing if we’re honest. The new MacBook Pro M1 is still $ 50 off, leaving the entry-level, $ 1250 Silver option shipped. Actually, that’s the color I use and the one I recommend the most given the aging. You can also get the discount if you go for the 512GB SSD variant, leaving it for $ 1,450. The 16-inch MacBook Pro is also discounted by $ 200, leaving the 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD model for $ 2200 shipped. And okay, let’s move on to your favorite Samsung trade-in offers because I find them crazy that they are still available. Starting with the Note 20 series, where you can find the Note 20 for $ 450 and the Ultra for $ 750. The S20 series is also discounted, and you can get my favorite, the S20 + for $ 740 or the Ultra for $ 940. Finally , the Z Fold 2 is still priced at $ 1000, which I think is the best deal alongside the Note. Again, for all of these, you need a trade-eligible device, but they’re still pretty crazy. Finally, the Apple Watch SE is discounted by $ 20, leaving it at $ 309 shipped. We have more deals on other Samsung products like the S10 and Buds, other Apple Watches, and more at the links below.
Google Assistant-enabled smart displays and speakers can now stream Apple Music
Now let’s talk about the recent moves Apple Music just made. I mean, Apple One was interesting enough to be willing to pay for it, but it seems now Apple might have added a nail to its HomePod coffin. Last week Apple Music released support for Amazon’s A speakers and now Apple Music is making its way to Google Assistant-enabled smart devices. Starting today, you can ask Google to play Apple Music on your Nest devices, which includes Nest Audio, Hub Max, and others. Now the service is rolling out to the US, UK, Japan, Germany and France starting today, but they plan to support other regions as well. Of course, you will have to link your account with your Google account and then you should be good to go. And yes, I do agree that it is not that the HomePod Mini does not have advantages, such as Privacy that we have not yet been able to confirm, and also sound quality, but at its price, I am even debating paying Spotify more.
LG’s rollable phone could soon be a reality
Now, let’s talk about LG’s Project Explorer, as the company has done a great job of getting back into the spotlight thanks to devices like the Wing. We know that the Wing was only the first phone to be part of this project, and the next is reportedly the roll-up phone called the “LG Slide”. According to an insider on Twitter, the LG Slide has just been spotted on the South Korean operator intranet database. This revealed the carrier and unlocked model number, suggesting the fact that we are getting closer to the actual launch. From what we’ve heard from previous reports, this phone is expected to bring a roll-up OLED display that stretches out to give you a larger canvas, and other trademarks hint that we could get stylus support. We expect it to launch sometime in 2021, with various reports claiming that it will arrive in March, so we’ll see. Hopefully they add a flagship processor to match the flagship price this time.
We have leaked details of the next OPPO Find X3 Pro
Let’s move on to OPPO, as we expect the company to launch three different phones in the first quarter of next year, according to no one other than Evan Blass. It claims the most important will be the Find X3 Pro, codenamed Fussi. This phone will bring the new Snapdragon 888 SoC and OPPO plans to market it with something akin to “Awaken Color”. This is because one of the main features, if not the main one, will be the new screen, which is a 6.7in 1440p screen with 525ppi. It also has end-to-end 10-bit color support along with an adaptive dynamic frame rate, from 10 to 120 Hz, kind of like the Note 20 Ultra. Now when it comes to cameras, we’ll apparently get two 50MP image sensors from Sony, one for the main and one for the ultra-wide, as well as a 13MP telephoto and 3MP macro camera … Yay. It will be capable of 25x zoom, which will also be a key point for OPPO. Evan also mentions that when it comes to design, it will be 8mm thick and 190 grams, and it will bring a frosted matte ceramic glass on the back in black and blue colors at launch. Other specs also include a 4500 mAh battery and 65W charging. Again, OPPO should announce them in the first quarter of 2020, but most likely they will be published until the second quarter.
Apple is interested in periscope cameras, but they may not appear on iPhones until 2023
Now let’s talk about Apple and the camera capabilities for iPhones, as even if the 12 Pro Max is great, it isn’t much better than everything else. So far we’ve had two different reports claiming we’ll be getting a periscope lens on iPhones and now, this third one makes it look like it’s actually going to happen. This report comes from Elec and reiterates that Cupertino is looking to improve its zoom capabilities by using SEMCO periscope lenses that could offer up to 10x optical zoom, but offer a somewhat larger timeline, suggesting that it could be in 2022 or 2023. Just to recap, Apple has been patenting solutions for periscope zoom lenses since 2014, but the company has never put one on the iPhone. Now that they have been able to put an end to the patent problems that were holding them back, it seems that they are preparing. Last week we talked about how they are already in discussions with suppliers, probably with SEMCO and LG supplying these modules. And we’re going to follow the timeline of Ming Chi Kuo, who claims that we’ll get them with the 2022 iPhones.
The ambitious Apple prepares a 32-core chip for high-end Mac
And finally, today’s hottest news has to do with Apple Silicon Macs, because if you thought the M1 was great, Apple is clearly nowhere near done. So far, we have three devices running on the M1 processor, which is already quite powerful, but we assume that it is also the source of certain limitations, such as having only two USB C ports, and it seems that Apple wants to go ALL OUT its next. releases. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is making a series of new processors for the Mac aimed at outperforming Intel’s best. The report claims that Apple’s next two chip series will be more ambitious than expected, with more CPU cores and even more GPU cores. Alright, the M1 comes with an 8-core CPU and 7 or 8-core GPU. Well, this report claims that Cupertino is currently testing 16-core and 32-core models. But wait, there’s more, they are also working on chips with up to 128 cores by the end of 2021 or 2022. They are currently working on a processor design with 16 high-performance CPU cores that could make it to the next MacBook Pros. waiting. So if you think about it, we’re expecting new MacBook Pros, new iMacs, and possibly a new Mac Pro that could be half the size of the current one. And with this report saying that if Apple complies, they will significantly outperform Intel’s latest chips, these new computers should be in a completely different league compared to the Intel Xeon or AMDs Threadrippers.
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