News & Reviews:   Apple

By now, most of you Apple fans already know about the upcoming Apple Event past midnight. Scheduled for 15 September 2021 at 1 AM in Malaysia time, we are expecting to see a new generation of the iPhone 13 series, Apple Watch Series 7 as well as the AirPods 3.

With the Apple iPhone 13 series just around the corner, some wonder how the A15 Bionic chip would perform. Since it's an iOS device, it's harder to gauge that using apps like GFXBench. However, the benchmark does give us some clues on how it would perform.

We believe that some of you might have thought about your smartphones' voice assistants eavesdropping on your conversations. Not sure if it's a "coincidence", but sometimes we could get targeted advertisements about things we've mentioned to someone before. Now, it appears that Apple is facing a lawsuit that alleges its voice assistant, Siri, has improperly recorded private conversations.

Remember the mixed reality headset that Apple is allegedly working on? There hasn't been much news in recent months, but we're finally getting some new rumours about it. Sources claim that Apple's headset could require a secondary device.

Apple's venture into the electric car business might have now come to the next step. According to DigiTimes, the tech giant is meeting with Toyota to establish its new supplier network for the highly-anticipated project. Last month, sources claimed that Apple representatives have also met with South Korea's SK Group and LG Electronics for the same purpose.

HONOR, once a brand that struggles, has now regained its glory. The brand is now the third-largest in China by shipping 4 million devices last month. With the help of the number, it managed to surpass other huge brands like Xiaomi and Apple, which shipped 3.9 million and 3 million devices respectively.

Google has announced its in-house processor Tensor alongside the Pixel 6 series earlier. Recently, there's also a report claiming that both products will launch on 13 September, one day before the Apple iPhone 13 series. After the event, the company might move on to make new processors for future tablets and Chromebooks rather than just for smartphones.

Any LEGO Star Wars fans here? The franchise is pretty popular, with a variety of different game genres that appeal to different gamers. There's even a collection of older LEGO Star Wars games on Apple and Google's app stores. However, the next one's going to an exclusive to Apple customers.

Back in the day, many of us listen to music on MP3 players. These days, music streaming apps are the name of the game. And they're great, as you get to listen to a wide variety of music on these sites. But Apple is looking to make one just for classical music.

Will Tim Cook step down as the CEO of Apple? That's not easy to answer unless if Cook gives an official statement. However, he could be planning to stay around for a long time until there is "one more major new product category" by Apple.