Silicon-carbon cells are leading to thinner phones with longer battery life.
Yesterday it was reported that the just-merged Paramount Skydance corporation wants to merge a little more, exploring acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. Or, as one commenter pointed out, it’s all getting a bit medieval.
BlueClouds:
Ah yes, we rejoice that our feudal overlords will unite their great houses under one royal banner!
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We were all worried when Apple’s cloth didn’t support its new models on day one, but the company must have pushed an OTA update just in time for preorders today. All four new iPhones are supported, plus the three new Watch models.
If you care about who makes the processors that MediaTek, Samsung, and more use in their smartphone chips, you’ll want to know that Arm has released new CPUs and GPUs named Lumex. It marks the end of its “Cortex” cores, which now get boring names like “C1-Ultra” and “C1-Pro.”
Unsure about the Air or put off by the Pro? Don’t worry: with double the storage, a 120Hz display, and its upgraded selfie camera, the regular iPhone 17 looks like the best of the bunch, and not for the first time.
thewunderbar:
Every few years, Apple decides to make the base iPhone the best phone in the lineup for 99% of people. This is one of those years.
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