True to an earlier leak, Sony has unveiled not only a new Xperia phone but also an ecosystem of software and accessories that has a specific market segment in its crosshair. The Xperia PRO-I, a capital I for “Imaging” and not the Roman numeral, has been groomed to appeal to the growing number of “pro” vloggers and amateur videographers proliferating … Continue reading
Last year, Apple announced a new subscription service called Apple Fitness+. For those unfamiliar, this is basically a health and fitness video service where users can watch various workout videos and exercise to them.
It sounds like any normal exercise/fitness video you might find on the internet, but Fitness+ has the added advantage where if you own an Apple Watch, you’ll be able to keep track of your vitals on the screen at the same time, which is admittedly rather useful. The feature was initially launched in a handful of countries at the start, but it is now expanding.
According to Apple, Fitness+ will now be expanding to 15 new countries on the 3rd of November. This will include Austria, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates.
This is in addition to Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US where the service was first launched in, bringing the total number of supported countries to 21. Apple Fitness+ is priced at $9.99 a month, or $79.99 a year. It is also part of the Apple One Premier tier priced at $29.95 a month and includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and 2TB of iCloud storage.
Apple To Expand Fitness+ To 15 New Countries Next Month
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With a company as big and influential as Apple, it’s not surprising that government regulators are looking into them to ensure that there is nothing funny going on behind the scenes. Unfortunately for Apple, it seems that they could soon be facing new legal trouble as the US Department of Justice is said to be accelerating its investigation into the company.
While the DOJ has been conducting an antitrust investigation into Apple for the past couple of years, a new report from The Information (paywall) has revealed that the DOJ is ramping up its probe. A source for the publication claims that Apple was sent a new round of subpoenas over the course of the summer, which they believe could soon lead to an antitrust lawsuit.
The report was unable to provide the specifics of the complaint, but apparently the DOJ has uncovered what they believe are “serious issues”. It’s probably still too early to tell how this will play out, but it is believed that the recent ruling in the Apple VS Epic lawsuit will not play a role in the department’s decision.
For those unfamiliar, Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging monopolistic practices. However, the judge presiding over the case ruled in Apple’s favor where it was stated that Apple was not a monopoly.
US DOJ Reportedly Accelerating Its Antitrust Investigation Into Apple
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Apple One is Apple’s bundled subscription service. It’s meant to be a cheaper alternative to subscribing to all of them individually. There are currently three tiers to Apple One – the individual plan, the family plan, and the Premier plan, which was only available in a handful of countries at the start.
However, Apple has since announced that they will be expanding its Apple One Premier plan to 17 new regions. The new regions expected to get the Apple One Premier plan are Austria, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, and the UAE.
The pricing of the plan will differ from region to region due to the different currencies, but for context, in the US where Apple One Premier is also available, it is priced at $29.95 a month. It will include a subscription to Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and a 2TB subscription to iCloud.
Users will also be able to share their Apple One Premier subscription with up to five other users, so in a way it’s kind of like the family plan but with more iCloud storage. This follows Apple’s expansion of Apple Fitness+ to 15 new countries.
Apple One Premier Launching In 17 New Regions
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There are quite a few game streaming services now available, and they all compete on two main fronts. They try to outdo each other in the number of games they can stream and the number of devices they can stream to. NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW had the advantage of being in beta even before the likes of Google Stadia got started … Continue reading
At the start of 2021, Sony introduced the $2,500 Xperia Pro. It was a phone the company made for video professionals. Now, Sony is back with a second professional-grade smartphone designed to appeal to photography enthusiasts. The headline feature of the Xperia Pro-I is a 1-inch sensor borrowed from the company’s RX100 VII point-and-shoot camera. That’s a much larger sensor than you’ll find on most phones.
To put things in perspective, the primary sensor on the Pixel 6 Pro features a pixel pitch of 1.2µm. By contrast, the main sensor on the Pro-I has 2.4µm-sized pixels, making it much better in low light. It can also shoot 12-bit RAW files and native 4K video at 120 frames per second with eye-detection auto-focus. Speaking of auto-focus, it comes with 315 points that cover 90 percent of the frame.
The Pro-I also includes one of Sony’s BIONZ X imaging processors, giving it the ability to shoot up to 20 frames per second with both auto-focus and auto-exposure enabled. The fast readout speed of the sensor allows it to avoid a rolling shutter effect, a feature Sony says helps the Pro-I stand out from other phones with 1-inch sensors like the Mi 11 Ultra. Those handsets also don’t have phase-detection autofocus like the Pro-I does.
Complimenting the 1-inch sensor is a 24mm lens made from glass that can switch between f/2.0 and f/4.0 apertures. Sony went with an aspherical design to make the optics as small as possible. Flanking the primary camera is a 16mm ultrawide camera and a 50mm telephoto camera. Sony says it chose that lens arrangement after consulting with photographers who told the company they wanted a setup that matched their collection of prime lenses.
Once you get past its camera, the Xperia Pro-I is essentially a souped-up Xperia 1 III. Internally, the phone features a Snapdragon 888 supported by 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. You can add up to 1TB of additional storage with the help of a microSD card. Powering everything is a 4,500mAh battery Sony claims will allow you to use the Pro-I for a full day on a single charge. Inside the box is a 30W power adapter that can charge the phone to 50 percent in 30 minutes.
The Pro-I also features the same 6.5-inch OLED that came on the Xperia 1 III. It’s a 4K display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 21:9 aspect ratio. On the audio front, the Pro-I not only comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack, but it also includes Sony’s LDAC and DSEE technologies.
All of those capabilities come with a hefty price tag. In the US, Sony plans to sell the Xperia Pro-I for the eye-watering price of $1,800. The way the company sees it, you’re effectively getting a flagship phone and RX100 VII for less than the price of buying those devices separately. However, the Xperia Pro-I isn’t a one-to-one replacement for the RX100 VII. Sony’s point-and-camera outputs images at 20.1-megapixel, using the full readout from its sensor. The Pro-I uses a crop because taking advantage of the entire sensor would necessitate a much larger lens than would be feasible to include on a smartphone.
Pre-orders for the Xperia Pro-I open on October 28th, with general availability to follow in December.
When smartwatches first came to the market, Motorola enjoyed the prestige of being the first to dare put a familiar circular face on the nascent wearables. Of course, it was also notorious for its initial “flat tire” design, and almost all smartwatches today now sport round bodies, with the exception of the Apple Watch. Like many smartphone makers aside from … Continue reading
Chromebook shipments have skyrocketed in the past year and a half, thanks or no thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work and schooling. Unsurprisingly, there are a few manufacturers that are now trying to capitalize on that newfound popularity of the platform before demand dries up. Of all the PC makers, however, LG has been noticeably … Continue reading
Last year, Apple introduced their second-gen iPhone SE which came with a 4.7-inch display. It turns out Apple might not be deviating from the display size because according to a tweet by Ross Young of DCSS, that will be the same display size that Apple will be introducing to 2022’s iPhone SE refresh.
According to the tweet, Apple will be keeping the 4.7-inch display, although oddly enough the company will apparently be calling the handset the iPhone SE Plus. Apple typically reserves the “Plus” moniker for its larger iPhones, or rather they used to until they changed the naming scheme to “Pro” and “Pro Max”.
We now hear the next LCD iPhone will be introduced in 2022 and called the SE Plus with the same 4.7″ LCD as the 8 along with 5G. We hear the iPhone SE3 with a 5.7″ – 6.1″ LCD is now pushed to 2024. https://t.co/9gxiAAk8Yi
— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) October 25, 2021
Young claims that the 2022 iPhone SE is expected to feature support for 5G, so it seems that 5G will be the only upgrade for the phone. Also, Young says that the phone will continue to use LCD so if you were hoping to see Apple introduce an OLED iPhone SE model, that will not be happening anytime soon.
However, this isn’t a bad thing as it does help to keep prices low, so if you’re in the market for a relatively affordable iPhone, then this could be worth looking forward to. There is no mention of when the phone will be launched, so we’ll have to wait and see.
iPhone SE Plus Rumored For 2022 With 4.7-inch Display
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