Realme 12 5G launched in India

Specifications:
• 6.72-inch FHD+ resolution LCD screen
• 45/48/50/60/90/120Hz dynamic refresh rate
• 950nits peak brightness

• MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ SoC
(rebranded Helio G99/Dimensity 700 chip)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 2.2 storage
• MicroSD Card slot

• 108MP main (Samsung HM6, NO OIS) + 3x Lossless Zoom
• 2MP useless Dual rear camera
• 8MP front camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack, Hi-Res Audio
• 5000mAh battery with 45W fast charging

It also features a "Dynamic Button" which is copied from the action button available on iPhone 15 Pro/Max

Pricing:
• 6GB + 128GB = Rs. 16,999 (~205$)
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 17,999 (~215$)

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Realme 12 Plus 5G launched in India

After launching Realme 12 Pro Plus and Realme 12 pro, now comes the Realme 12 and Realme 12+ 5G

Specifications:
• 6.7-inch FHD+ resolution AMOLED Display
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 2000nits peak brightness

• MediaTek Dimensity 7050 5G SoC
(rebranded Dimensity 1080 chip)
• LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 3.1 storage
• 3D VC cooling
• Rain-water Smart Touch technology

• 50MP main (Sony LYT-600, OIS) + 8MP UltraWide + 2MP useless triple rear camera
• 16MP front camera
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 5000mAh battery with 67W fast charging
• Stereo Speakers; NFC
• IP54 Splash-resistant
Colors: Pioneer Green and Navigator Beige

Pricing:
• 8GB + 128GB = Rs. 20,999 (~250$)
• 8GB + 256GB = Rs. 21,999 (~265$)

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Samsun Galaxy S24 Ultra Blue Archive Edition

Nexon Games has announced the Galaxy S24 Ultra Accessory Blue Archive Edition in South Korea.
Blue Archive is the developer’s tactical role-playing game.

The price will be announced soon for South Korea

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Dragon Ball Z Creator Akira Toriyama Passes Away at 68

Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Sand Land, has passed away.
The legendary manga artist was 68 years old

Akira Toriyama died of an acute subdural hematoma, a condition in which blood collects between the skull and brain.

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Nikon acquires cinema camera maker RED

Nikon is acquiring US Camera Manufacturer RED Digital Cinema, the company best known for digital cinema cameras including the RED One 4K and V-Raptor X with its proprietary RAW compression technology.

RED boasts that its cameras have been used to film numerous major films and TV shows, including multiple Marvel productions like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Captain Marvel, nature documentaries like Planet Earth II, and TV shows like Squid Game, Mindhunter, Peaky Blinders, and The Queen’s Gambit.

Popular YouTuber MKBHD also uses RED digital cameras to shoot his videos

The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed in Nikon’s press release.

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Samsung will use Nvidia tech to improve its semiconductor chips
Source

Samsung Electronics will pilot apply ‘digital twin’ technology to its semiconductor factories starting next year.

Digital Twin technology helps create virtual versions of real-world objects and uses artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to analyze and predict various situations.

If this is applied to a semiconductor factory, defective products can be greatly reduced, thus improving the semiconductor yield and also making AI process analysis possible.

This digital twin technology is based on NVIDIA's digital twin platform, 'Omniverse'.

If the pilot operation goes ahead as scheduled next year, the digital twin will be introduced to the factory 2 years after development began.

An industry insider said, "TSMC has already applied digital twin technology to its core processes and has been able to stably secure the yield of increasingly finer processes

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Green Lines on Smartphone Display

Green line occurs on smartphone displays due to a loose/damaged display connector or a flex cable

But the major reason causing green lines is "heating", especially from gaming
Most issues are reported from India because of extremely hot summers

Micro Solder heats up & the heat dissipation system kicks in, trying to "rapidly cool" it
But the micro solder may crack, introducing green lines

How often it happens strictly depends on how far away the PCB is from the "screen side"

Google Pixels barely have green lines issues because of its design and Pixels opens from the front, thus the frame & back side get hot

Xiaomi smartphones open from the back & basically, it dumps all the heat into the screen

It's mostly during software updates because while rebooting & updating, the SoC gets hot and so does the phone

There's a limit to how much abuse the display can take and there's NO thermal mitigation while it's rebooting or updating in recovery if not AB

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Apple Backtracks, Reinstates Epic Games developer account

In 2020, Apple REMOVED Epic’s developer account after Epic began using its own in-app payment option for Fortnite on iOS

The two companies went to court and the court told Epic that Apple did NOT operate a monopoly
However, Apple MUST allow app sales outside the App Store

Fortnite was removed from the iOS App Store but Epic Games‌ brought it back through Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce NOW

Then EU's DMA came into force allowing alternative app stores
Epic Games announced that Fortnite app is coming to Europe through 3rd-party App stores

Epic opened a NEW developer account & automated system granted it.

However, Apple BANNED it citing Epic Games as "verifiably untrustworthy”

Apple said that it had NO reason to believe Epic Games would not once again violate App Store policy as it did in 2020
The EU quickly stepped in to investigate Apple

Apple has now reinstated the account in 2 days after having written assurance from Epic

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iOS 17.4 Alternative App Stores will stop working if you travel outside the EU

Apple is allowing iPhone users in the EU access to alternative app stores in order to comply with the EU's DMA

To gain access to alternative app marketplaces, the country or region of a user's Apple ID must be set to one of the countries or regions of the EU

Additionally, you must be physically located in the EU.
The geolocation check happens on the device and your exact location is NOT shared with Apple’s servers.

However, Apple notes that iPhone‌ users who travel outside of the EU can expect to be able to update apps installed through alternative app marketplaces for 30 days,

After that, apps will NOT be able to be updated but the apps will still be functional

A Screen Time setting also allows parents to decide whether their children's devices can install apps from alternative app marketplaces.

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