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The iPhone’s A-series chip has traditionally been the fastest in the industry, often setting records in benchmark tests, at least for single-core measurements. In real-life speed tests, the iPhone still comes out on top, but the differences nowadays aren’t quite as significant as they once were. The iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. Galaxy S24 Ultra speed test we saw recently proves that. The next big battle between mobile chips will happen later this year. We’re anticipating the launch of the A18 Pro that will power the…

A new supply chain report has revealed that Apple plans to introduce huge hardware upgrades to the iPhone 16 to power its big AI leap planned for 2024. Apple is widely expected to unveil its next best iPhone in September, complemented by significant AI upgrades to iOS 18 which should arrive at WWDC 2024. To power all those changes, Economic Daily News reports that Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks “will be greatly upgraded.” According to the report, “The new generation of M4 and A18 processors used in terminal devices…

With the iPhone 15 now out, we can turn our attention to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16. This new series is expected to be announced later in 2024. One of the highlights could be an iPhone Ultra model, although it seems AI will be the main feature of this lineup. So far, here’s what we heard about these devices.How many iPhone models will Apple introduce?For the 2024 iPhone 16 models, Apple was expected to introduce three different ranges that include a total of five different models: iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus…

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro might only have been on sale since September of last year, but work on the iPhone 16 Pro is well and truly underway. That includes coming up with new chips for the best iPhones of the year and we've heard rumors that the A18 Pro will be the silicon of choice in 2024. We can obviously expect it to be a performant chip, but how it will compare to the best chips around today remains to be seen.Or does it?A new leak of a supposed Geekbench 6 run suggests that we can expect some big performance…

Apple A18 Pro Geekbench results (rumoured)As per the scores tipped by Nguyen Phi Hung, a hardware leakster on X, the forthcoming Apple mobile SoC has pulled off a whopping 3,500 points in single-core test and 8,200 points in multi-core test.Its predecessor, the A17 Pro powering the iPhone 15 Pro series, had 2,890 and 7,145 points in single-core and multi-core tests respectively.  Meanwhile, the Apple M3 chip within the 14-inch MacBook Pro has got only 3,170 single-core score as per the latest Geekbench 6 listing. As for…

Apple's iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are expected to debut this year with a new A18 Pro chip under the hood, and the company's purported mobile processor could bring notable performance upgrades over its predecessor — the A17 Pro — which powers the iPhone 15 Pro models, according to a leaked benchmark score. The A18 Pro could offer better single-core performance than Qualcomm's purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip, while the latter is tipped to offer better multi-core performance.According to a post on X (formerly…

Apple packed ‌an older A16 chip on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models this year, while the top-of-the-range ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ and iPhone 15 Pro Max debuted with an all-new A17 Pro chip. Now, early leaks indicate that the Cupertino-based tech giant will use an A18 processor in all iPhone 16 models. Early development versions of the iOS 18 operating system reportedly include references to four new iPhone models with an A18 chip.As per a report by Macrumors, early development versions of the iOS 18 operating system…

Oppo A18 was launched in the UAE on Thursday. The smartphone shares similar specifications to the Oppo A38, which was unveiled earlier this month and is now available in the UAE and also in India. The Oppo A18 comes with a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC and a 5,000mAh non-removable battery. The company has launched this budget handset in a single storage variant and in black and blue colour options. However, Oppo is yet to confirm the price of the phone in the UAE. In other news, the Chinese manufacturer was recently tipped to…

Oppo recently introduced a new budget smartphone in the market, the Oppo A18. The handset was launched in India on Friday following its initial unveiling in the UAE in September. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio chipset and has an HD+ LCD display. It packs a dual rear camera unit and is offered in two colour variants with a single storage option. The company recently launched the Oppo A38 in the country and shares the processor and battery with the Oppo A18.Oppo A18 price in IndiaOppo…

Apple did shock many of its fans when it launched the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models back in 2022 without its latest processor. Both models were unveiled with the previous year's A15 Bionic, which was an SoC manufactured using the 5nm process. The more expensive iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models came with the latest Apple A16 Bionic instead, which used the newer 4nm manufacturing process. Apple went on to repeat the same with this year's iPhone 15 launch, revealing yet another iPhone 15 model with last…