Apple’s 2021 “iPhone 13” models may not include support for high-band and low-band 5G connectivity, according to a report, with future models potentially shipped with support for the extremely fast mmWave or stronger sub-6GHz spectrum. It is widely believed that Apple’s iPhone 2020 models will include 5G support, and the …
Read More »Microsoft’s chairman met with the United States Antimonopoly Committee investigating Apple and raised concerns about the app store
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet / Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are set to participate in an antitrust hearing next Monday held by the Subcommittee Antitrust of the Judiciary of the United States Chamber as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into …
Read More »iPhone SE was a ‘bright spot’ for Apple, driving sales in the second quarter of 2020
The iPhone SE was a “bright spot” for Apple in a quarter that otherwise saw a drop in sales from all smartphone makers, according to a new report. According to new sales estimate data from Counterpoint Research on Monday, the volume of smartphone sales in the US decreased 25% year-over-year …
Read More »Apple is ready to ship new products, says serial filter
A tweet from a prolific filter suggests Apple is preparing to launch a series of new products, a list that could include the rumored “AirTags”, “AirPower”, “AirPods Studio” and “AirPods Pro Lite”. Apple is rumored to have a plethora of products, either working or ready to launch to consumers, but …
Read More »Public preview of Octane X graphics renderer now available on macOS Catalina
The first public preview of the Octane X graphics rendering engine is now available for Mac users on macOS Catalina, with a wider release coming later in 2020. Octane X is a new version of Otoy’s OctaneRender that has been completely rewritten in Apple’s Metal Graphics API as part of …
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