Apple announced online event on October 30!

• Apple will be launching new Macs on their last event of 2023

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Qualcomm is promising BIG improvements with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3!

• 4nm fabrication process (Apple A17 Pro is based on 3nm)
• CPU: 30% more powerful, 20% more power efficient compared to 8 Gen 2
• GPU: 25% more powerful, 25% more efficient, 40% better Ray Tracing
• Peak clock speed of 3.3GHz (Prime core)
• New Qualcomm Hexagon NPU is 98% faster & 40% more efficient
• 10% overall power savings for the same tasks
• Snapdragon X75 modem with 10Gbps 5G downlink & 3.5Gbps uplink
• 77 GB/s memory bandwidth
• 200MP image capture, 8K/30FPS video recording
• 8K external display support
• Unreal Engine 5 support with Lumen lighting system

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OnePlus 12 front shared by CEO Pete Lau

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Xiaomi 14 launched in China!

• 6.36" 1.5K OLED display
• LTPO 1-120Hz with 3000nits peak brightness
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
• 50MP (OIS) Light Hunter 900 + 50MP (UW) JN1 + 50MP (3.2X Optical) JN1 + 32MP selfie (4k video)
• HyperOS 1.0
• 4,610mAh battery with 90W wired & 50W wireless charging
• IP68

💰Price starts at ¥3,999 (~₹45,900/$545/€518) for 8GB/256GB

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Xiaomi 14 Pro launched in China!

• 6.73" 2K OLED display
• LTPO 1-120Hz with 3000nits peak brightness
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
• 50MP (Variable Aperture) Light Hunter 900 + 50MP (UW) JN1 + 50MP (3.2X Optical) JN1 + 32MP front camera
• HyperOS 1.0
• Leica Summilux lens
• 4,880mAh battery with 120W wired & 50W wireless charging
• IP68
• USB 3.2 Gen 2

💰Price starts at ¥4,999 (~₹57,300\$685\€648) for
12/256GB

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Apple increased the price for some of its services by over 40% 😲

US Prices (similar in the EU and the UK)
• Apple TV+: $6.99 ➡️ $9.99 (43% price increase)
• Apple Arcade: $4.99 ➡️ $6.99 (40% price increase)
• Apple News+: $9.99 ➡️ $12.99 (30% price increase)
• Apple One Individual: $16.95 ➡️ $19.95
(18% price increase)

For now there’s no price hike in India atm. TV+ still costs ₹99 ($1.19/mo) or Free w/ Apple Music Student plan.

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Apple introduces M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max processors in its Scary Fast event

Apple announced M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max, ARM-based SoCs built on 3nm process for the Mac

• 60% faster Neural Engine (16-core)
• AV1 decoding
• Rendering speeds are 2.5x faster than on the M1
• Utilizes Half the power than M1

What's NEW in GPU:
• Based on NEW Architecture
• Mesh Shading
• Hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing

Dynamic Caching: With this new technology, only the exact amount of memory needed is used for each task

Apple M3:
• 25 billion transistors (5 billion more than M2)
• 8-core CPU (4P + 4E)
• 10-core GPU
• 24GB unified memory
• CPU 35% and GPU 65% faster than M1

M3 Pro:
• 37 billion transistors
• 12-core CPU (6P + 6E)
• 18-core GPU
• 36GB unified memory
• CPU 30% faster in single-threaded than M1
• GPU 40% faster than M1

M3 Max:
• 2x Pro-Res Engines
• 92 billion transistors
• 16-core CPU (12P + 4E)
• 40-core GPU
• 128GB unified memory
• GPU 50% & CPU 80% faster than M1 Max

🔗 Via: @TechLeaksZone

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Apple updates 24″ iMac with M3 chip

Apple has updated its 24″ iMac with the new M3 chip features 8-core CPU, bringing a major upgrade to the SoC and GPU compared to its 2021 model with M1 chip

It features the same 4.5K Retina display but it gets faster Wi-Fi 6E.
The iMac now supports up to 24GB of unified LPDDR5 memory, and the next-generation GPU supports hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing.

Pricing:
• 8GB+256GB (8 core GPU) : 1300$ OR Rs.1,34,900
• 8GB+256GB (10 core GPU) = 1500$ OR Rs.1,54,900
• 8GB+512GB (10 core GPU) = 1700$ OR Rs.1,74,900

🔗 Via: @TechLeaksZone

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Apple updates MacBook Pro 14″ and 16″ with M3 series

Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro powered by new M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max processors.
The 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M3 is 60% faster than the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1

The 14" & 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro is 40% faster than 16‑inch model with M1 Pro.
With M3 Max, they are 2.5x faster than the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max.

ALL MacBook Pro models feature a Liquid Retina XDR display with 20% brighter SDR content at up to 600 nits, 1000 nits sustained & 1600 nits of peak brightness for HDR content.

It has Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, support for up to 4 external displays first time and 128GB LPDDR5 unified memory

The 14.2-inch and 16.2-inch models with Liquid Retina XDR mini-LED display, ProMotion technology with adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz etc

However, the BASE model with the M3 chip still comes with 8GB RAM in 2023, costing 1600$. That's Apple

🔗 Via: @TechLeaksZone

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