Xiaomi Successfully Taped Out China's First 3nm Smartphone SoC

According to Beijing Satellite TV on October 20, Tang Jianguo, Chief Economist of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, said that Xiaomi has successfully taped out the country's first 3nm mobile phone system-level chip.

Tape-out is basically the final stage of the design process before it is sent for mass production. So it is possible that Xiaomi will launch its own 3nm chipset next year. Acc to rumours, it will perform similar to Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 & would have a 5G modem from UNISOC. It would be manufactured by TSMC on its 3nm node.

Last time Xiaomi made it's own SoC was in 2017 with the Mi 5C which was powered by Xiaomi Pengpai S1 chipset. This was an octa-core SoC manufactured on a 28nm process, with the big core running at 2.2GHz and equipped with a Mali T860 quad-core GPU.

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Google Pixel Watch 5 might be powered by custom Google Tensor chipset
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After the news of Google working on custom architecture for Tensor SoCs for their Pixel smartphones, Google might also be putting a custom chip in its smartwatches instead of using Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear SoCs for wearables. The chip is code-named “NPT” (Newport Beach) and the intended release date is 2026.

CPU:
• 1x Arm Cortex-A78
• 2x Arm Cortex-A55

Google might also be assessing RISC-V as a potential alternative as well. The other details currently remain unknown as all these news are coming from a massive leak of a Google Internal Presentation from last year, which got leaked recently. Since the leaks are quite early, the final specifications could change in the future

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Flagship Smartphone SoCs Pricing
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Given below are the prices OEMs paid for the SoC in their smartphones.

Snapdragon 8 Elite: 190$
Dimensity 9400: 155$
Tensor G4: 80$
Exynos 2400: 30$
Apple A18 Pro: 46$ or 135$ (Nikkei Asia)

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Indonesia Bans iPhone 16 Series and Watch 10 Series.

Indonesia has officially banned Apple’s iPhone 16, restricting its sale & operation within the country because of Apple's unmet investment commitments.

Indonesian law mandates that foreign companies need to provide 40% local content to operate in the country as part of the Domestic Component Level (TKDN) certification. Apple initially pledged to invest $110 million, but has so far invested around $95 million. The shortfall of roughly $15 Million forced the Ministry to block the issuing of IMEI certification for iPhone 16 Series and Watch 10 Series

The country's Industry Minister announced that any iPhone 16 operating within Indonesia’s borders is “illegal.” He further urged consumers against purchasing the device from abroad, stating, "If there is an iPhone 16 that can operate in Indonesia, that means that I can say, the device is illegal. Do report it to us."

Apple has thus now proposed investing almost $10 Million in Indonesia. The investment will reportedly be made alongside Apple’s local supplier, Yageo Corporation, with a new factory dedicated to building accessories and components for Apple devices.

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If you rely on the Termux app on Android for anything and daily drive a OnePlus, OPPO, or Realme device, heads up: the OxygenOS 15/ColorOS 15 seems to be killing off Termux processes.

Also there seems to be an ongoing issue with running Linux packages via PRoot, with users seeing a message that says a "malicious app" attempted to damage their phone.

More details can be found in this Reddit thread.

Pixel phones banned in Indonesia even though Google doesn't sell them there officially

Indonesian law mandates that foreign companies need to provide 40% local content as a part TKDN certification. Companies can fulfill those requirements by either manufacturing products locally, developing software locally or setting up R&D centers. Apple shortfall of 15$ Million investment in the country & thus the Indonesian Govt. ordered a sales ban on iPhones 16 series and Watch 10 series.

However, Apple officially sells iPhones in Indonesia unlike Google. Residents needs to import Pixels in the country, still the Indonesia Govt. ordered a sales ban on a product which isn't even sold officially in the country.

However, the restriction does NOT affect tourists or local residents who wish to purchase a Pixel outside of the county & legally import it by paying taxes properly. Additionally, the authorities are considering deactivating Pixel devices that are brought into the country illegally.

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Feared by Lebanon Pager Explosion, Iran Bans Sales and Import of Motorola Smartphones

Iranian authorities have prohibited the import & use of Motorola mobile phones following a series of pager explosions in Lebanon. Iran had earlier banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights.

Although Motorola holds a less than 2% market share of Iran’s smartphone market, the ban leaves the inventory and investments of affected retailers in uncertainty. Online stores have already reacted by removing Motorola products from their listings or marking them as “out of stock.”

The decision appears to be rooted in misguided concerns over the design similarities b/w Motorola’s phones and pagers, prompting Iranian authorities to restrict American products despite the brand NOT having any connection to the original company since Lenovo's 2011 buyout of the brand's so-called "mobility division". However, Lenovo-branded laptops and other technology items are not included in the Motorola's ban in Iran.

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Google confirms Pixel 9 Series in India comes with International Warranty

Google has confirmed to Geeky Ranjit (Indian Tech Youtuber) that all Pixel 9 series models including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes with International warranty. This means that, if you buy these devices from outside India as they are generally available for quite cheap like in the US due to offers on trade-in, you can easily claim their warranty in India in case of any defects or problems with the handset.

Additionally, Google also opened two new exclusive service center in India in August, specifically in Delhi and Bangalore. The Mumbai Walk-In Centre will open soon.

Google says that these walk-in centres are designed to offer Pixel users top-tier customer service including "same-day repairs for most cases", device replacements, and resolving technical queries. These new Google-operated centres represent an exclusive, Google-owned service model, ensuring that users receive device care directly from the company.

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📱You've probably heard that LTPO OLED phones support variable refresh rate ...

but did you know that Android hasn't supported true VRR until now?

That's right - Google says Android 15 finally enables variable refresh rate support!

More details can be found in this article.

It's going to be an interesting couple of days.

Amazon was compromised in May, 2023 via a MoveIT 0day exploit. Based on information we've received, we can confirm the Amazon data is 100% legitimate.

More information: https://www.infostealers.com/article/massive-moveit-vulnerability-breach-hacker-leaks-employee-data-from-amazon-mcdonalds-hsbc-hp-and-potentially-1000-other-companies/

🐧This is HUGE: Android 15 QPR2 confirms Google is adding a Linux Terminal app, finally

The new Terminal app will let developers run Linux apps in a virtual machine on their Android device.

More details on how this works can be found in my latest article for Android Authority.

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Here's the conversation thread for the gemini chat and even you can continue to chat with Gemini after Google suggested to KYS:
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Some people on twitter have figured different explanation as how come Gemini ended up suggesting it even though it was a form of test question and the trick method worked.
https://twitter.com/koltregaskes/status/1856754648146653428

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T-Mobile has confirmed they've been compromised (again). This time it was slightly different — they were compromised by Chinese state-sponsored Threat Actors.

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) put out a statement regarding the matter on November 13th.

This makes this the 9th time T-Mobile (or a T-Mobile partner) has been compromised since 2019. We've actually lost count on the number of compromises, but thankfully BleepingComputer has archived and/or documented them really well.

Our hearts go out to the cybersecurity employees at T-Mobile. Following some of the more recent breaches we became familiar with some of the employees there and the difference they're trying to make with the organization. We wholeheartedly believe they're trying to improve the security posture of the organization... but APT Salt Typhoon a/k/a UNC2286 is a heavy hitter and is no joke.

Google issued an advisory to its partners on October 25, 2024 due to the public leak and misuse of a large number of factory-configured authentication keys.
Affected OEMs are updating key boxes to eliminate the potential impact on users' devices.

https://apvi.issues.chromium.org/issues/375543080