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Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 14 series in or around September and now a new report suggests that only the iPhone 14 Pro models will have the "A16" chip, while the standard iPhone 14 models will retain the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13.

 Apple is expected to unveil the new MacBook Air with M1 Apple Silicon processor soon and now a new report has claimed that the upcoming 2022 MacBook Air will have an all-new form factor design as well as more colour options.

Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has unveiled the new iPad Air with an M1 chip with an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU. The same chip is found on the iPad Pro models launched last year. The Wi-Fi models of iPad Air are available with a starting price of Rs 54900 and Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at Rs 68900. The new iPad Air, in 64GB and 256GB configurations.

Samsung Electronics is widely expected to launch its entry-level Galaxy smartphones later this month in response to the March 8 release of Apple's new iPhone SE, industry sources said on Monday. Samsung's mid-low tier Galaxy A series is forecast to come in various new models -- A73, A53, A33 and A23

The evidence of the M2 chip for the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and other Macs has been spotted ahead of Apple's event on Tuesday. Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter said a "developer source" has informed him that in recent weeks, Apple has been testing a chip with an eight-core CPU and a 10-core GPU across multiple Macs on the latest macOS beta, reports MacRumors.

According to The Elec, the shortage will impact production "this month and next month". BOE gets its display driver ICs for Apple's iPhone display panels from LX Semicon. LX Semicon is apparently supplying display driver ICs to LG Display before BOE. As a result, BOE is expected to drop its OLED panel production volume from three million units to two million units next month. Apple is expected to have ordered up to 10 million units of OLED panels for iPhones to BOE for the first half of 2022.

While a Google-run VPN has been available on the platform for months via the Google Fi cell service, the latest update means that anyone who pays for 2TB or more of Google One storage should now also get a VPN for their phone, reports The Verge. VPN is available to people in 18 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, and Mexico. iPhone users may be familiar with the idea of an upgraded storage plan that also comes with a way to keep your IP and Internet traffic private.

According to 9To5Mac, the tech giant is no longer requiring verification of eligibility, but stricter purchasing quantity limits remain. Similar to verification for Apple Music student plans, Apple started using UNiDAYS for verification through the Apple Education Store on Wednesday. This meant that shoppers had to verify their eligibility using UNiDAYS in order to lock in the 10 per cent discount on iPads, Macs and accessories, the report said.

Apple is back at the top of the smartphone market after three quarters, driven by a stellar performance from the iPhone 13, reports market research firm Canalys. Samsung took second place, down from the top spot in Q3 2021, with a market share of 20 percent.

The new firmware update rolling out brings AirPods 3 to version 4C170, and it represents the third update that Apple has released since AirPods 3 debuted, reports 9To5Google.