If you loved Apple CEO Tim Cook's spiel about the new iPhone 15 series and are impressed enough to want to order one now, something not as exciting is bound to happen. In fact, it may have the opposite effect. So, let us say you have got your eye on the brand new iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max and you hit the "Buy" button on Apple website, thereafter, what you will have to do is wait...and wait some more. In fact, you will have to wait for weeks and well into October, if you are lucky, to get your hands on your spanking new iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max. Yes, iPhone 15 pre-orders are open, but don't expect your shiny new phone to land on your doorstep anytime soon. In fact, BGR reports that the iPhone 15 Pro Max sold out within 1 hour of pre-orders going live! Here's the lowdown on what to expect.
Huawei’s Mystery Phone Rallies China in Fight Against US Curbs
30.08.2023 - 07:49 / tech.hindustantimes.com / Gina Raimondo
The surprise launch of a sophisticated $900-plus Huawei Technologies Co. smartphone has captivated China's technology industry, inspiring hopes that the country's biggest firms can overcome US sanctions seemingly designed to thwart their ascendancy.
The slim-bezeled Mate 60 Pro, which appeared this week for sale on online malls with little fanfare, ignited buzz among Chinese online users who saw in the gadget Huawei's resurgence after years of fighting American curbs on software and circuitry. Many posted screenshots and videos of the gadget's fast wireless performance, triggering speculation Huawei had managed to achieve 5G capabilities.
Investors bought in. On Wednesday, shares in more than a dozen Chinese chip designers, gearmakers and Huawei suppliers surged between 8% and 20%. The rally grew out of hopes that Huawei had somehow managed to design, manufacture and deploy a 5G chip capable of matching some of the best America has to offer, despite a lack of access to advanced chipmaking at players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Bloomberg News wasn't able to verify the authenticity of those reports. The Chinese telecom regulator's website didn't show registration details for the model, as required of all wireless smartphones sold in the country.
But the torrent of online reports only gained momentum, in part because of Huawei's unique status as Chinese national champion and American bugbear. On Wednesday, it topped the list of trending topics on Weibo, China's X-like equivalent. The very idea appeared to endorse the “whole nation” narrative Beijing has espoused, where a nationwide effort can produce breakthroughs to counter the US.
The Mate 60 Pro is powered by a Kirin processor designed by Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, according to multiple teardown videos circulating online. Several online outlets reported the chip employed 5-nanometer node technology — just a generation behind the latest.Bloomberg News couldn't determine the manufacturer or sophistication of the chip.
Chinese chipmakers aren't known to have mastered technologies as advanced as 5-nm. Huawei stockpiled such chips from TSMC right before US sanctions hit, but it's unclear whether the Mate 60 Pro might have used remnants of the company's inventory.
The phone's emergence coincides with a high-profile visit by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to Beijing and Shanghai. Her agency has been at the forefront of curbs on Chinese entities including Huawei.
“This new phone has huge significance. Though it is evident that Huawei was able to build this model only by sourcing and production in a roundabout way, regardless of what it went though to achieve this, Huawei did it,” said Shi Junbo, a fund manager at Hangzhou XiYan Asset
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Apple event 2023: iPhone 15, Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra, AirPods
Apple event 2023: The stage is set for Apple's highly anticipated event, dubbed "Wonderlust," scheduled to unfold at the company's Cupertino, California headquarters on September 12 at 10 a.m. local time. Apple enthusiasts and tech aficionados are buzzing with excitement, as the tech giant prepares to unveil a slew of new products, and perhaps more surprises up its sleeve. The most notable products include iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone Pro Max, Apple Watch 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and AirPods. Among the other highlights of this event will be the official release dates of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17, all of which were initially showcased at WWDC23 in June. This event is all about hardware, and as usual, iPhones will steal the spotlight.
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