iQOO, for those of you who don’t know, is a subsidiary of Chinese manufacturer Vivo, whose Parent company, in-turn is BBK Electronics. The first smartphone that iQOO launched here in India was the iQOO 3 , which quite surprisingly launched at a good price, considering what it came packed with. It was launched at 37K INR. But in a year’s time, the price’s has dropped significantly. It currently retails at 25K on Flipkart . iQOO 3 Shot on iPhone 5s (Blogger compression killed it -_-) Having got it on Flipkart, I’ve been using the iQOO 3 for about two weeks now and here’s my review of the same. Performance The iQOO 3’s got 2020’s flagship SoC, Snapdragon 865 . And just like any other flagship chip, this too performs exceptionally well. Day-to-day tasks are child’s play and graphically intensive tasks too are handled really well. For me, who previously used the Redmi 7, with the Snapdragon 632, this feels so much faster. What betters the experience is the 8 Gigabytes of DDR5 RAM...
In the recently concluded ‘Spring Loaded’ event, Apple unveiled some of their highly anticipated products, including the AirTags with U1 chip, redesigned iMac, and iPad Pro of course. On the software side of things, Apple Podcasts’s got an updated fresh looking app and will be a subscription based service.
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But what caught everyone’s eye and currently is the talk of the hour is M1. You’d right now probably be like, “Wait, M1 ain’t new”. Of course M1 isn’t new to any of us, but it surely is new to the iPad and iMac! Yes you read it right, both the newly launched iMac and iPad’ve got the M1 chip.
What’s going on with M1?
iMac:
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Basically, M1’s an ARM based SoC (System on Chip). In simpler words, it’s an integration of components like the CPU, GPU, RAM, Storage, ISP (Image Signal Processor) and the neural engine. Previously, each of these components weren’t present as a whole, which’s why the M1’s so much more powerful and efficient. M1 replacing the power-hungry intel chips reflects in the sleeker design of the new iMac. It also provides for better speakers as so much space’s saved. What more the M1 provides is the ability to run iOS and iPadOS apps on your Mac. This surely is a game changer for people already in the ecosystem. Looking at the experiences people’ve had with the M1 MacBooks, the iMac too running on MacOS Big Sur, with increased compatibility is expected to provide a really good experience.
iPad:
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Not just the iMac, the iPad too, which was expected to have the next generation ‘A’ series processor, surprisingly’s got M1. This enables the iPad Pro to do so much more than its Android counterparts. The old iPad Pro, which already was so damn powerful, now according to Apple, delivers ‘upto’ 50% faster CPU performance and 40% faster graphics. The new iPad Pro’s got an Ultra-Wide angle front camera, with a super-handy feature called Center Stage. What it does is puts you (the subject) in the center of the frame even if you’re moving, by panning. I’m mentioning cameras because here too, the M1 chip’s playing a part. It’s due to the 16-Core neural engine present in the M1 that the camera’s able to do that. It ain’t done yet. The new iPad Pro has got a Thunderbolt Port this time and the M1’s surely got to get some credit for that.
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The Future?
I might be wrong here, but here’s what I think: With the Macs and iPads shifting to M1, the iPhone 13 or whatever it’s going to be called too might feature an M series processor, maybe an M2 or M1X. This was just my opinion, do lemme know yours in the comments below.
Thanks for reading till the end, have a good day!
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