Week 44 in review: Apple's M3 chip is here, Galaxy S23 gets Android 14
Samsung's announcement of the Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro - an ode to the Samsung E700 from 2003 - was the most popular story of this week. Flip5 Retro features the same iconic indigo blue and silver colors as the E700 and comes with some nostalgic pixel graphics UI tweaks and cityscape animation on its Flex Window cover screen. The phone is available in limited quantities in South Korea from November 1 as well as in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Australia from November 2.
Samsung started rolling the One UI 6 update to select Galaxy S23 series along with Android 14. There's a new design with a new default font, new icons, simpler icon labels, and a way to make the lockscreen clock bigger or reposition it. The Quick Panel has a new button layout - the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have their own places at the top, followed by the usual quick toggles and the brightness has moved to the bottom. The update may take its time to reach everyone and is coming to other high-end Galaxies in the coming weeks.
The iQOO 12 series appeared in hands-on photos, as well as Geekbench tests. The Pro packs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, while both phones will have 120W charging.
Tecno announced a new imaging technology called Universal Tone. Leveraging AI, it promises to enhance skin tones in photos so people from all colors are correctly captured. The essence of Tecno Universal Tone is recognizing multiple faces in one photo, along with their facial complexities, and then applying appropriate filters that encompass a vast range of skin tones to eliminate bias within the image processing.
Apple announced the M3 chip this week. The M3 Pro and M3 Max are now in the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBooks, while the baseline M3 is now inside the 13-inch MacBook Pro, which lost the touchbar. There's also a new 24-inch iMac with the M3 chip.
Those were the highlights of the week but you can find all the hot articles below.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro announced
The new limited edition Galaxy Z Flip5 pays homage to the legendary Samsung E700 from 2003.
Tecno introduces Universal Tone for perfect skin tones in every photo
The so-called “most advanced AI-powered multi-skin tone tech” aims to reliably capture people of all colors.
Stable One UI 6 with Android 14 now rolling out to Galaxy S23 series
A new look is coming to a Galaxy S23 phone near you.
Google Pixel 8 Pro vs. Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Google's best against Apple's best - whose best is better for you?
Here are the colors of the Galaxy S24 series
Expect black, grey, violet, yellow, green, blue, orange, and golden.
vivo iQOO 12 appears in hands-on photos, to arrive with dedicated chip for gaming
The phones will have a dedicated chip for graphics during gaming.
YouTube's anti-ad blocker campaign isn't a "small experiment" anymore
It's now a full-on global crackdown.
Samsung's Auto Blocker protects your device as part of One UI 6
Blocks apps from unauthorized stores, blocks commands through USB and blocks malicious sideloading.
Samsung's Galaxy S23 sell 22% better than their predecessors, Ultra most sold
The Galaxy Z5 series falls behind the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4.
Apple announces 24" iMac with the new M3 chip, more memory
It's available to order in 27 countries, with shipping beginning on November 7.
Xiaomi reports impressive first sales of 14, 14 Pro flagships
The company sold six times more devices in the first five minutes than the previous flagships.
OnePlus 12 to debut new Sony Lytia dual-layer stacked CMOS sensor
OnePlus 12 will likely get the 50MP Sony IMX966 at the helm.
Apple's new 3 nm M3 chips bring major GPU improvements
The M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max all support hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading.
vivo X100 with Dimensity 9300 shows up on AnTuTu, specs and design leak
And another one with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 shows up on Geekbench.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy will feature a 1 GHz GPU
That's a 28% faster clock speed than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy.
Apple's new 14” and 16” MacBook Pro get M3 chips, Touch Bar is no more
The entry-level version is now 14” and costs more.
Tecno Pop 8 is official with 90Hz display and 5,000 mAh battery
The phone features Tecno's Dynamic Port which makes use of the area around the punch hole cutout with useful notifications and system status info.
Qualcomm CEO confirms Exynos-Snapdragon split for S24 series
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will power all the Galaxy S24 Ultra unit, though.
Lava Blaze 2 5G unveiled: Dimensity 6020 SoC, Ring Light, and bloatware-free Android
It comes with a glass back and a 5,000 mAh battery.
iQOO 12 and 12 Pro will have 120W charging, Geekbench tests SD 8 Gen 3
The phones will premiere on November 7.
Realme GT5 Pro passes 2.2 million points on AnTuTu
It beats the OnePlus 12 as well as Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 reference device.
YouTube Premium price increases in select markets
Users in at least seven countries are now receiving an email about the increase.
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Reader comments
- Alpha.
- 07 Nov 2023
- 3Sq
Welcome to November 2023!!
- Mills
- 05 Nov 2023
- kB5
M3's dynamic caching sounds amazing. Hopefully games developers will use the tech
- Alpha.
- 05 Nov 2023
- 3Sq
Redmi 13C leaked a while ago!!