If you have been living underneath a rock or engaged in a month-long cryogenic sleep, you should know by now Apple last week unveiled their highly anticipated iPhone 12. Of course, the hardware and features have piqued interest here at Tekspecz studios, so much, its core components certainly deserve an in-depth examination. In this new segment of Hardware Breakdown, let's take an in-depth analysis of the iPhone 12 Pro.
If you need a PC case, Razer has you covered. This past weekend Razer introduced their new Tomahawk A1 ATX and M1 Mini-ITX option.
No, this isn't a tear-down video from iFixit—instead, this tear-down video is produced by Sony. We have an in-depth look inside the design and hardware of the console, weeks before the November 12 market launch. I'm a little late to the game with this post, but here's a look at what seemingly is a well-built gaming console and hardware, piece by piece.
Western Digital has an exciting piece of hardware coming down the pipe, unveiling the new WD_Black G2 controller; the SN850 posting speeds of up to 7000 MB/s read and 5300MB/s write, with a storage capacity exceeding up to 1TB. I might add this particular Gen3 model is compatible with PCI Express 4.0, which explains why the drive has blazing read/write speeds. Before we go on, here's a word from the company;
There's a particular lyric to a song play on your mind, but you don't remember the name of the album. Spotify has you covered. The company just introduced a new feature that will allow users to search for a song's particular title based on the lyrics.
Lenovo held their version of an unpacked event this week, revealing a couple of new notebooks in their ThinkPad product line. But what caught my attention was the ThinkPad X1 Fold, claiming the title as being the world's first foldable PC.
If you're currently playing Call of duty via PC and are using the RTX 30 series graphics card, then prepare yourself for a significant Game Ready driver update for GeForce GPUs (WHQL 456.65). Featuring Reflex support for the latest COD titles, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone, right along with optimization of Star Wars: Squadrons. The company states the driver update quote: " improves stability in certain games on RTX 30 series GPU".
New Egg, a reputable retail vendor, is shipping EVGA RTX 3080 graphics cards without the retail packaging and causing many irate customers to air their grievances on Reddit. Even worse, some of these graphics cards aren't packaged correctly in New Egg boxes.
A few days ago, I published a post entailing the iOS 14 default app bug. As expected, Apple addressed the issue with their latest update, iOS 14.1. The update addresses several issues, but the one glitch that had everyone gripe via social media is the default app setting bugs. When you set third-party apps such as email and web browsers as default, when you reboot your device, it reverts to Apple default apps.
It seems when Apple releases its new mobile OS, users, as usual, share their displeasure's on a wide scale via social media, regarding software bugs. The latest glitch? User's inability to set mail and web browser applications as a default third-party alternative. Here's the issue, once you reboot your iPhone, it reverts to Apple's default apps. We have this statement from Apple; it goes as follows;
It's been a couple of weeks since Intel debuted their next flagship processor, Tiger Lake. Yet we already are seeing laptop prototypes show up online. Ars Technica, one f my favorite tech publications, got hold of a prototype laptop featuring an Intel Core i7-1185G7, which contains four-core and eight threads with a base clock of 1.2GHz and a Turbo Boost clock of 4.8GHz. The laptop features the new Xe graphics chip, probably the most pinnacle hardware on the computer. What's so impressive is how iGPU outperforms the seven cores on the Ryzen 7 4700, making it all too remarkable.
There is no doubt the PS5 is an enormous gaming console, the biggest of its kind ever produced. Dwarfing Microsoft's Xbox Series consoles. But if you observe photos from the FCC, it is clear the PS5 will be a challenge trying to situate it alongside your home theater setup; I mean, look how big it is. Interestingly enough, it appears users can vertically stand the console on both sides.
I'm still mentally digesting everything I need to know about Nvidia's new Ampere GPU, yet I'm seeing a listing of RTX 3000 series cards from various manufacturers each day. The latest listing of the RTX 3090 is on Amazon and Best Buy.
LIDAR technology is rumored to be on the iPhone 12. So it's only right that you get a general knowledge of the technology and know-how it functions. Let me explain.
Coming to a stream near you, Sony will be holding a special PlayStation event this upcoming week. The company plan on broadcasting a 40-minute video "digital showcase" scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th. It will include several updates such as first-party Sony game studio and third-party partners. The event's central theme quote: "one more look at some of the great games coming to PS5 at launch" before the console's actual launch.
Who said you have to pay a near-premium price for an ultrawide display. A display that has 3440 x 1440 resolution, a VA panel capable of 144Hz refresh rate, and, here's the deal-breaker, it supports AMD FreeSync, a display that measures 34-inches and curved. No, it's not named Asus or LG; it's branded name is the IIYAMA G-Master.
Now that we all viewed Nvidia's Ampere cards' since unveiled last week, it begs the question of when the flagship GeForce RTX 3080 will land on retail shelves. The official retail launch date, Thursday, September 17th, but consumers can order the graphics card right now.
Like Sony, Microsoft is scheduled to launch the next generation gaming console in late 2020 ( confirmation launch date is Nov 10th). But a recent video leak has spoiled heighten anticipation, causing Microsoft to surrender to the videos leaks and officially announced full details of the console and $299 price point
So right off my published post on the GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card, I've discovered that MSI has already introduced graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Ampere-based GeForce RTX Series GPU's.
We knew it was coming. It was just a matter of when. After months of constant leaks, rumors and Internet teases, Nvidia finally unveiled their RTX 3080 GPU. Arguably the most talked-about piece of hardware within the last couple of months. Nonetheless, the GPU is here, and it appears Nvidia has once again dropped a gem for us PC builders.
