Once again, the weekend has arrived, which means it's time for another edition of nextpit's Top 5 Apps of the Week. We have carefully scoured the internet to find the best 5 apps available on both iOS and Android platforms that we believe will enhance your smartphone experience.
They say work is about so much more than your job description. This is true, but the expression works both ways.
The Google Pixel Fold ships with stereo speakers that are located at the sides of the handset. However, it turned out these are no ordinary speakers found on the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro (review) based on the most recent discovery that points to these components supporting spatial audio.
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The Apple iPhone 15, particularly the base models of the Pro duo, are believed to arrive with 256 GB on-board storage later this year. Apparently, Samsung may be following Apple's move as the South Koreans are reportedly giving next year's Galaxy S24 with the same memory upgrade including the RAM.
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We had already reported a month ago that the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 would be presented in August. Now, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced the launch date as next Monday. The Xiaomi founder and CEO also provided a lot of pictures of the Android foldable. But this smartphone will not be the only one by far: A full three hours are scheduled for the event on August 14!
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is set to debut in October. This chipset is expected to power the entire Samsung Galaxy S24 line next year. While the chip's performance was revealed in an earlier benchmark, a new benchmark result that featured the Galaxy S24+ has appeared with an even more significant processor performance gain compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
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The upcoming Apple iPhone 15 range would see the standard models powered by last year's A16 Bionic chipset while the iPhone 15 Pro duo is going to utilize the unannounced A17 Bionic chipset with a higher clock speed and improved efficiency. A new report revealed Apple would also improve the iPhone's graphical capabilities of the chipset by adding another GPU core.
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TSMC, the largest advanced chipmaker in the world, announced that it plans to invest in the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC GmbH) in a joint venture with Bosch, Infineon, and NXP. This venture is supported by the European Chips Act and will establish a new semiconductor manufacturing hub in Germany while expanding the region's overall capacity.
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If you're running the beta version of iOS 17 on your iPhone and iPad (iPadOS 17), Apple has now started to roll out the fifth beta. The latest software adds modest touches and bug fixes ahead of the final release next month. These include a new prompt for Live Voicemail and refreshed animation when using NameDrop.
Google delivered its monthly system update including a security patch for the month of August 2023 for the Android and Wear operating systems just in time. Notable changes primarily include bug fixes for the Google Pixel Fold and Google Pixel Tablet. You can reliably find out what exactly is fixed here in this article from your nextpit editors:
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