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Got any questions about the iPad Pro M4 and the new iPad Air? We’re here to answer them!
Ilia Temelkov
Ilia Temelkov
Phonearena team
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The latest iPad Pros are Apple’s thinnest devices, yet as powerful as ever. Meanwhile, the new iPad Air got a new large display size option, better performance and a swath of features previously reserved for the pricier models. If you ask Apple, the premiere of these devices changed the world of tablet wonder yet again. We got our hands on these new devices and are putting them through extensive testing in an attempt to confirm or deny Apple’s claims of greatness. Meanwhile, we’d like to hear from you and answer any burning questions you may have about the new iPad Pro and iPad Air models. OLED displays, new chipsets, redesigned speakers. Name it, and we will give you the first-hand information you need. Just drop your questions in the comments below, and Preslav and Victor will answer them by 9-10 AM ET tomorrow.
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Chuck007
Chuck007 says:
Depends how you define the world, but if you ask me, nearly nothing is "safe" these days. When major companies benefit from using our usage records/data to further manipulate us into spending more to finance their further intrusive and greedy practices (like AI without proper regulation and incentive to improve the craft of creators), unfortunately nothing short of disconnecting society will let you escape from recent trends. It stopped being about personal privacy and pleasing customers decades ago. Global recession have created a trend where companies are desperate enough to push technologies without caring much about the repurcussions. Unfortunately, thinking companies like Apple are knights in shining armor is the sort of niavety that will push the top 5% into being richer and the middle class into oblivion.
Researcher answers the age-old question: which platform is more secure, iOS or Android?

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MsPooks
MsPooks says:
I keep saying it: Huawei doesn't need anything faster than what it has. It's trouncing ALL of its competitors without gimmicky cutting-edge chips. Comments here and in similar articles only validate my opinion. 😏
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Huawei's new Kirin 9010 SoC shows huge performance gap compared to older Snapdragon chip

trakk8
trakk8 says:
Long form videos is a good idea.But vision pro won't replace iPhone.These kind of devices will replace televisions,gaming consoles and possibly PC's and tablets. The quest pro 2 will do it first. It is in talks with LG to do that in various ways. Or so I have read. The thing that will replace phones is of course rollables and later rollables will evolve into strap-on ( to the wrist) bendable phones. I remember talking about this earlier too here. Later smart spectacles will replace phones, after that smart contacts then after that implanted chips in the brain by 2040. Edit: Or smart specs could exist alongside wrist strap-on phones by the end of this decade as a replacement to current phones. Then next decade smart contacts. These could be used as topics too for your video series down the line.
Will Vision Pro replace the iPhone? PhoneArena launches long-form video show

Will Vision Pro replace the iPhone? PhoneArena launches long-form video show

ECPirate37
ECPirate37 says:
Great article. These people can sound really convincing. Do what I always tell people, if anyone calls you, T-Mobile, your bank, your credit card, anyone, politely hand up and call the service back at the number you have on file for them.
T-Mobile subscribers need to watch out for this scam which could wipe you out quickly

T-Mobile subscribers need to watch out for this scam which could wipe you out quickly

MsPooks
MsPooks says:
I think Samsung is going to be hard-pressed to care much, when the ZF5 beats the Pixel Fold, depsite its smaller battery. 9.4 hours of SOT is nothing to sneeze at.
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The newest Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 rumor might be the most disappointing one yet

NunoB512
NunoB512 says:
Good to see Samsung working hard to get back to where it belongs and where it had been for 13 years in a row. I like what Samsung did with the S24 series from the design (hardware) to the AI integration (they kept it simple, didn't overdue it), and especially One UI 6.1, to me is this year's stand out feature. And we are still half way, we still have the Foldables and the Ring to look forward to. But to be fair this is only one quarter, I want to see the year to year numbers.
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