Nikkei: Apple to use self-developed iPhone modems from 2023

Apple has long been looking to transition away from using Qualcomm modems to its own in-house developed solutions. A new report from Nikkei Asia suggests that Apple will finally start using its custom 5G modems in 2023 and they will be built on TSMC’s 4nm process node. Prior to this, a report by Ming-Chi Kuo also speculated that Apple will switch to its in-house modem in 2023 at the earliest. Apple has been in search of a new workaround for its smartphone modems ever since it dropped Qualcomm in 2018 due to patent disputes though it still uses Qualcomm’s X60 in the iPhone 13 series....

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Xiaomi 12X to debut at December event

Reports so far regarding the upcoming Xiaomi 12 lineup suggest that the company will unveil the series in multiple events over several weeks and months, starting with the vanilla Xiaomi 12 in December. Yet a new report now says we will get at least two members at the initial announcement event next month. The Xiaomi 12X, which only recently started making the rounds in the rumor mill, will be announced alongside the Xiaomi 12. As per current information, this is supposed to be an affordable, compact flagship with Snapdragon 870 chipset and 6.28-inch OLED display. A 50MP main shooter is...

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Motorola to pioneer Samsung's 200MP camera sensor, Xiaomi will be next

Samsung announced its 200MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor back in September but we are yet to see a phone using that. According to popular tipster IceUniverse it's not going to take long, but the device won't be coming from Samsung. According to the very reliable tipster the first phone to use it will probably be from Motorola with Xiaomi quickly following. Samsung, on the other hand, will wait until 2023 before releasing a 200MP handset. Perhaps the Galaxy S23 Ultra will get that honor. Seeing how a 200MP sensor will put significant strain on the ISP we wonder if those rushing to implement it...

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Vulnerability in MediaTek chipsets discovered, promptly fixed

Check Point Research published a whitepaper detailing a vulnerability that has been fixed by MediaTek back in October. The vulnerability allowed for what's called a privilege escalation attack. The issue itself is related to the AI and audio processing and apps with the right code could have gotten access to system-level audio information that apps usually don't have. More sophisticated apps could have launched an eavesdropping attack even. Check Point Research explains that the vulnerability is pretty complicated and the researchers' team had to reverse-engineer the process. In...

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Oppo Find X4 Pro to come with upgraded chipset and faster charging

The Oppo Find X3 Pro arrived as a great all-around flagship back in March 2021. We are now starting to hear more and more rumors about its successor, tentively named Find X4 Pro. According to the trusted leakster Digital Chat Station, the new phone will be powered by a Qualcomm SM8450 platform which is the new Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset, and will support 80W charging. Oppo Find X3 Pro • Oppo Find X2 Pro The 6.7” AMOLED will have 120Hz refresh rate and 1440p resolution. The selfie camera is said to have a 32MP sensor, matchin the Find X3 Pro and Find X2 Pro - makes us wonder...

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Redmi 10 2022 acquires multiple certification

It seems Xiaomi is preparing a 2022 refresh for its Redmi 10 smartphone which launched back in August. The Redmi 10 2022 (model number 21121119SG) was spotted on the IMEI database by MIUI tipster Kacper Skrzypek last week and was later revealed to pack the exact same camera setup as its predecessor with a 50MP main cam, 8MP ultrawide snapper and 2MP macro and depth helpers. The #Redmi102022 camera setup is the same as basic Redmi 10 (S5KJN1/OV50C40 50Mpx, IMX355 8Mpx, OV02B1B/GC02M1B 2Mpx), so I won't be surprised if it's a very similar device.— Kacper Skrzypek 🇵🇱 (@kacskrz) November 23,...

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