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Samsung E5 OLED display to debut with IQOO 8 Pro smartphone
Global smartphone OEMs have been using Samsung’s premium displays for their new products for years. A couple of months back, Xiaomi released its Mi 11 Ultra phone with Samsung Display’s E4 AMOLED screen and now, IQOO is going to become the first brand to debut E5 OLED with its IQOO 8 Pro smartphone.
According to the latest information, Vivo is preparing to introduce the IQOO 8 Pro device in near future. As mentioned, the device will be the first to use Samsung Display’s AMOLED display with a new material stack called E5.
However, there’s no information available regarding the new stack, but undoubtedly, OLED display makers are usually switching to new material stacks to provide higher energy efficiency, wider color gamut, or other display performance.
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And of course, the desire to reduce the cost of the display plays an important role. Although it will be possible to talk in detail about the features provided by E5 OLED after the Korean tech giant or phone maker officially presents the development.
As per the reports, the IQOO 8 Pro will feature a 6.78 E5 OLED display with 3200 x 1440 pixels resolution, supplied by Samsung Display. Furthermore, the LTPO control circuit will support 1-120 Hz refresh rates, while the peak brightness will be 1500 cd / m 2.
Apple’s newly released iPhone 15 Pro models evolved controversial over the heating problems. Various users complain that their device gets warm even without heavy usage. Well, Apple has finally decided to acknowledge overheating issues with the iPhone 15 Pro.
The iPhone maker issued a statement via Forbes, as to how it plans to address the problems. Apple has finally acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro series is having overheating problems. The company will release a new iOS 17 update for the devices soon.
Apple said the following: “We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected. The device may feel warmer during the first few days after setting up or restoring the device because of increased background activity”.
Apple’s statement notes that recent updates to some third-party apps on iOS 17, like Instagram, Asphalt 9, and Uber, overload the A17 Pro chip’s CPU, causing the iPhone to get warmer than normal. The optimization work is underway along with implementing necessary fixes to completely address the problem.
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Samsung is returning the Exynos chip, while the next Galaxy S Ultra will solely use the Snapdragon chipset. Equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, the Galaxy S23 Ultra already surpasses the iPhone 15 Pro Max in graphics tests, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the next gaming king.
In a recent GPU compute test on Geekbench 6, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scored over 15,000 points, 60% higher than the GPU score (9,000 points) of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Since the Galaxy S24 Ultra will boast the 8 Gen 3’s “for Galaxy” variant, the GPU performance will likely be even better.
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The time for Snapdragon has returned.
The GPU score for 8 Gen 3+ has been leaked.
8G2 9K
8G3+ 15K. pic.twitter.com/PdR8S6RzWA— Revegnus (@Tech_Reve) September 25, 2023
Previous reports revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 brings one ARM Cortex-X4 CPU core, five ARM Cortex-A720 CPU cores, and two Cortex-A520 CPU cores. In particular, it packs the Adreno 750 GPU with hardware ray-tracing acceleration, offering 50% better graphics than its predecessor.
Samsung is ready to return the Exynos chip with its next Fan Edition smartphone. The Galaxy S23 FE will come with Exynos 2200 processor and is set to officially debut on October 4. The aggressive pricing strategy of this device will help Samsung boost sales in key markets like India.
Earlier, tipster @stufflistings made an X post, revealing that the upcoming Galaxy S23 FE uses Exynos 2200 chip in India. In other markets like the United States, the device will get Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 AP, the same as the Galaxy S22 flagships.
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Apart from the S23 FE, the South Korean tech giant will also unveil the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Tab S9+ FE tablets alongside the Galaxy Buds FE on the same day. It’s worth mentioning that Google will also hold its made by Google event to introduce the Pixel 8 series.
[Exclusive] Here’s a real-life image of the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE.
Plus, here's the Geekbench score comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (right) with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (left).
Furthermore, I can confirm that the Exynos 2200 variant of the Galaxy S23 FE will launch in… pic.twitter.com/5872oKbh6Q— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) September 30, 2023