Per a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple is designing its future iPhones and iPads in order to end reliance on Qualcomm components.
Apple plans to drop Qualcomm components in future products
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Apple’s adoption of oxide display panels has PC laptop rivals following suit
Image sharpness and overall quality afforded by oxide flat panels found in Apple's notebooks and the latest iPad Pro models hasn't gone unnoticed with branded PC notebook vendors who are now following in Apple's footsteps, said the sources that spoke with DigiTimes.
KGI: 2018 iPads & iPhones to gain Face ID & TrueDepth camera from iPhone X
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is adamant that iPhone X's advanced 3D facial recognition technology based on Apple's new TrueDepth camera system will make its way into new iPad Pro and iPhone models scheduled to be released next year.
The future of iPhone starts in November, is iPad X to follow suit?
It’s all but certain that some visual cues of iPhone X will eventually trickle down to the iPad line. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior,and it certainly doesn’t take lots of mental gymnastics to recall at least a few moments where an iPhone feature (hardware or software) pioneered the way for its bigger iPad cousin to follow.
Videos found in iOS 11 depict new iPhone multitasking gestures
A pair of tutorial videos hidden in the iOS 11 beta image show a new app switcher gesture on a Touch ID-less iPhone along with what appears to be an alternate Control Center interface.
Google may have paid Apple $3 billion to remain default iPhone search engine
Google is paying Apple an estimated $3 billion per annum, or more, in order to remain the default search engine on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, according to a new analysis from Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi cited by Business Insider.
Long wait times, pricey components blamed for slow adoption of iPad Pro’s Smart Connector
The iPad Pro Smart Connector accessory business isn’t exactly booming, with Logitech’s Smart Connector-enabled backlit keyboard case among a small handful of third-party options currently available on the market.
iOS 11 lets you adjust some carrier plans on the fly
When iOS 11 launches this fall, customers may be able to monitor, adjust and even switch between various plans from certain wireless carriers at any time, directly in the Settings app.
LG rumored to be exclusive supplier of L-shaped batteries for 2018 iPhones
A new rumor Friday from the Korea Economic Daily, citing an unnamed source in the chemical industry, alleges that Apple has chosen LG subsidiary LG Chem as an exclusive supplier of L-shaped two-cell batteries for next year's iPhone model, tentatively named “iPhone 9”.
TSMC steps up its own 7nm efforts as Samsung secures orders for Apple A12 chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been exclusively fabricating Apple's in-house designed mobile chips for iOS devices since 2015 and the company has now reportedly accelerated its efforts to build seven-nanometer chips in 2018.
Samsung could re-enter iPhone chip supply chain in 2018
Samsung Electronics has not been building Apple-designed mobile chips for iPhone and iPad for almost four years now, but the South Korean conglomerate is rumored to be sharing Apple orders with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) from next year.
According to a report Tuesday in The Korea Herald, Samsung has invested in a new manufacturing facility for churning out chips fabricated on the more energy efficient seven-nanometer process technology solely for iPhone.
“Samsung plans to complete its own tests for the new chip-making machines soon and seek final approval from Apple for the chip production,” reads the report.
The company reportedly purchased extreme ultra violet lithography machines, the most advanced chip manufacturing equipment in the world, to use in iPhone chip production from 2018. Kwon Oh-hyun, one of Samsung’s three co-CEOs, apparently played a key role in securing the deal during his visit to Apple’s headquarters last month.
“The CEO could persuade Apple’s top brass taking advantage of their close ties on OLED,” said an industry source. Samsung, as you know, is also the sole supplier of OLED panels for the upcoming OLED-based iPhone model.
Rival TSMC also won a supply deal for next year’s iPhone and the reports said Samsung would share some parts of iPhone chip orders next year with TSMC.
Facebook is testing in-app GIF creator
As first spotted by The Next Web, Facebook is testing an in-app GIF creator with a subset of users of its mainland mobile app for iOS. The feature is available through the app's built-in camera and allows users to quickly create animated GIFs for sharing with friends and family.
You can also post the GIF to a Story or save it to your device.
GIFs can be spiced up using Facebook's range of built-in camera effects. According to the publication, any GIFs created through this feature are short, lasting only a few seconds.
As I mentioned before, the feature is only available to certain users.
We'll let you know when the in-app GIF creator launches for everyone. Until then, let us know in the comments section if you're part of Facebook's limited test of this feature.
Just a month ago, the social network rolled out the ability for users to express themselves better by posting animated GIFs in comments.
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