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Google Pixel Fold UI leak shows wallpapers, icons, widgets and more
Google Pixel Fold UI leaks ahead of tentative I/O 2023 announcement, showcasing key home screen elements along with stock wallpapers. A tipster who earlier revealed the official-like press renders of the smartphone has shared the screenshots of home screen.
Google Pixel Fold UI
Through the Pixel Fold user interface screenshots, you can have an idea of what Android 13 looks like on Google’s first foldable smartphone. The source posted a screenshot displaying four different wallpapers in both Light and Dark mode settings.
As always, Google’s smartphone is bringing Android in its purest form with a neat and clean user interface, bold fonts, and large and elegant widgets as well as the non-removable Google Search widget. At first glance, the user interface can be determined as well-optimized for an incredible user experience.
On the top (header), the UI shows the current time on the left, followed by the network (WiFi) and battery icon on the right. The middle area of the header remains vacant, which will be filled by notification icons, as well as other stuff in the notification panel.
Below the header, the home screen has At a Glance widget, which shows routines, reminders, and other connected device details along with the weather. The circular app icons are optimized with Material You theming and painted in color based on Wallpaper.
The Clock widget and Weather widget are also present in the screenshot, which matches what we’ve seen on current Pixel phones. The app grid is preferred in a 6×4 layout in the UI snapshot, while there might be more layout options for the users.
Notably, the app icons, At a Glance widget, and widgets are capped inside a container on the home screen, keeping the same padding from both (left & right) sides. The footer brings a Google Search widget, followed by six primary app icons. Do note that the Taskbar feature can’t be shown on the home screen.
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