Apple Card Installments For The Vision Pro Can Result In $1 billion Loan Payments, Making It A Nice Payday For Partner Goldman Sachs

Qualcomm and its phone partners could be working in overdrive mode to bring flagships sporting the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 much earlier to the market, with one tipster commenting that the first handset may undergo mass production by September. For the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Qualcomm held its launch event in October, so it is possible that its successor could be unveiled earlier.

Apple is set to launch the Vision Pro headset on February 2, as pre-orders began earlier this month. Based on pre-orders, Apple sold more headsets than originally anticipated, and expectations keep increasing as the launch nears. Meta has been operating in the AR/VR field with its Quest lineup for a while and sees the Vision Pro as a potential competitor. However, Meta is hopeful that the Vision Pro will "reinvigorate" its efforts in the metaverse, aiming to be the 'Android' of the AR/VR world.

As solid state drive prices continue to creep higher, MOVE SPEED’s HB7450 maintains its stance of providing a high-performance product to customers without burning a hole in their wallets. Its 4TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD is available for only $209.99 on Amazon, making it one of the cheapest NVMe solid state drives with a throughput of 7,000MB/s or higher. The brand is slowly gaining traction in the U.S. market, and with the latest price cut, it is difficult not to believe that the HB7450 will become a popular pick on the online retailer.

The performance rumors surrounding the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 indicated that Qualcomm’s first smartphone SoC boasting the company’s custom cores would be faster than Apple’s M2, but on the GPU side of things, and that too, in one benchmark. However, we now have what is allegedly the Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core belonging to the same chipset, and not only do the scores show that it runs circles around the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but its multi-threaded results compete with the M3. The AnTuTu results were also shared, so let us get into the details.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has been rumored to drop ARM’s CPU designs on multiple occasions, with Qualcomm switching to its custom Oryon or Phoenix cores. The upcoming SoC is said to be mass produced on TSMC’s updated 3nm process, so it will likely tout improved power efficiency compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Those efficiency improvements are what might allow the performance Phoenix cores to run at higher clock speeds, as one tipster states that reaching 4.00GHz is no longer a dream.

Apple’s OLED iPad Pro family will reportedly see a launch in March this year, but new information states that the company has cut back on display orders by 30 percent. It appears that for the initial batch, the Cupertino giant does not believe that the new tablets will yield the same success as previous models, and there are likely a few reasons why this is the case, which we have discussed here.

Apple has spent years trying to bring a non-invasive blood sugar monitor to its smartwatches but has always come up short due to technological limitations. Shrinking a sensor to a size that can be accommodated in a wearable and take accurate readings is a difficult undertaking, though according to the latest report, Samsung is trying to introduce the technology before its closest rival in the smartphone space. The Korean giant is also attempting to provide an entire suite of health-focused features to consumers and is expected to debut various technologies in a wide range of wearable products.

Ever since ChatGPT burst onto the surface in 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a red-hot topic. There have been endless debates on whether the opportunities that have arisen courtesy of AI outweigh the obstacles raised by this new technology. But, this dilemma hasn't stopped big tech companies from investing in it. From AI chatbots to tools that can be used for various purposes including image generation, and code interpretation, we've already seen mass adoption of AI. It has even reached smartphones, with Google and Samsung rolling out smartphones with multiple AI features. However, Apple, the world's top smartphone maker, has stayed aloof from it so far, but not anymore! A new report suggests Apple has been quietly making acquisitions, staff hires and increasing its investment to bolster its AI capabilities.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max might have retained the same 48MP primary sensor as the iPhone 14 Pro Max, but it made it up considerably by touting an exclusive 5x tetraprism camera. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is rumored to raise the bar yet again in the optics department, and though a tipster notes that Apple will stick with the same 48-megapixel count for the primary unit, it is said to employ a brand new sensor from Sony, along with other upgrades.

Samsung’s switch to titanium did not make the Galaxy S24 Ultra drastically lighter than the Galaxy S23 Ultra, but what it did do was make it more durable. Pair the new chassis with the latest Gorilla Glass Armor, and you have one of the strongest flagships made this year, as showcased by one YouTuber, who performed a series of drop and scratch tests on Samsung’s premiere handset.

Apple Vision Pro pre-orders went live on January 19th and surprisingly people seem to have been falling over each other to get this outstanding new Apple innovation. While reports were claiming that the Vision Pro headset might attract fewer users due to its massive price tag and lower battery life, however, it is reported that Apple has sold up to 180000 units of Vision Pro headsets during the pre-order weekend. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also highlighted concerns over shipping times as compared to Apple iPhone. Know what experts say about the upcoming sales of the Apple Vision Pro headset.

Motorola was acquired by Lenovo back in 2014 from Google, and since then, it has carved somewhat of a market for itself in this cutthroat space, but nothing too drastic. However, the company intends to change that and is betting on the future, believing that its smartphone brand can become the world’s third-biggest. In fact, one Lenovo executive is putting his paycheck on the line while boasting such claims.