Apple supplier BOE could lose millions of iPhone 14 OLED panel orders

Chinese display maker Beijing Oriental Electronics (BOE) struck a deal with Apple to supply OLED panels for the iPhone 14 series. However, South Korean publication The Elec reports that the company is yet to receive approval from Apple for the iPhone 14's displays, and it could actually lose the order of about 30 million OLED screens for the 2022 iPhones. That's because BOE unilaterally changed the design of the circuit width of the iPhone 13's OLED panels earlier this year to increase the yield rate, which resulted in Apple asking BOE to halt the production of the panels. Apple...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_14_oled_panel_orders_boe-news-54386.php

Asus ROG Phone 6 and Realme GT 2 Master Explorer Edition will be powered by Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC yesterday with some performance and power efficiency improvements over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and 16 companies have confirmed to launch smartphones with this new chip at the helm, starting Q3 2022. While we don't have an exact date for the launch of the first Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-powered smartphone yet, Asus has announced that the ROG Phone 6 will be the first gaming phone to come with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC under the hood. Get ready! The 1st gaming phone with Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 8+ Gen 1 is coming SOON#ROGPHONE6 #ForThoseWhoDare...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_rog_phone_6_first_snapdragon_8_plus_gen_1_smartphone-news-54385.php

iQOO Neo6 launching in India on May 31 with Snapdragon 870 SoC

iQOO has been teasing the Neo6 in India since last week, and today the company announced that it will introduce the Neo6 in India on May 31. But, the Neo6 coming to India is different from the one launched in China in April. The Chinese unit has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC at the helm, while the Indian model will be powered by the Snapdragon 870 chip. iQOO Neo6 is launching in India with Snapdragon 870 SoC iQOO hasn't detailed the Indian Neo6's specs sheet yet, but the company confirmed that the smartphone will come in two colors and have 12GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard....

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/iqoo_neo6_5g_india_launch_date-news-54384.php

vivo Y75 launches in India with MediaTek Helio G96 chipset, 44 MP selfie cam

Back in January vivo made the Y75 5G official, and it took until today for the 4G version to also be announced. The vivo Y75 was introduced for the Indian market, and interestingly enough this isn't the first vivo Y75 - in fact there was another one launched back in 2017, but vivo seems to have forgotten about it. Anyway, the new Y75 comes with a 6.44-inch 1080x2400 AMOLED screen with 60 Hz refresh rate, the MediaTek Helio G96 SoC at the helm, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of expandable storage, and a 4,050 mAh battery with 44W fast charging. Memory-wise, you can also have an extra 4GB of virtual RAM...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_y75_launches_in_india_with_mediatek_helio_g96_chipset_44_mp_selfie_cam-news-54383.php

Google Pixel Watch memory and storage amounts leak

As you may know, the Pixel Watch is coming. Long a figment of tech enthusiasts' imaginations, this year it's actually real - Google itself confirmed as much, seemingly unable to keep it a secret even though the launch is only happening "this fall", which probably translates into October. So, we have a few months of Pixel Watch leaks ahead of us, and the latest one from about a week ago told us that the wearable would use Samsung's Exynos 9110 chipset. That's a bit concerning since that SoC came out in 2018 and is built on a 10nm process. Today a new source seemingly corroborates the...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_watch_memory_and_storage_amounts_leak-news-54382.php

Some T-Mobile users experience bug with eSIM on iPhones

Yesterday afternoon, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Tweeted about an issues that some T-Mobile customers are experiencing on iPhones. Specifically, some lines activated with eSIM were suddenly deactivated from iMessage and FaceTime with no way to re-activate the line with Apple’s core communication services. There is a very nasty iPhone and @TMobile bug where iMessage and FaceTime for a device’s phone number will randomly deactivate and there is no way to reactivate it. The only solution that worked for me is getting a new physical SIM card. An extremely disappointing issue.— Mark Gurman...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/some_t_mobile_users_experience_bug_with_esim_on_iphones-news-54381.php