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A (0:00)
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B (0:13)
Whoa, whoa. What? What? No, it'll be fine. What?
A (0:17)
I don't know. Sammy made the rules Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16e Tim Cook knew you were expecting a new iPhone SE, but he switched at the last second as a prank because where the SE models have historically provided an option for iPhone user who wanted something smaller and more affordable, the 16e starts at $599 USD, sporting the same 6.1-inch display found in the iPhone 16. The last iPhone SE launched at 429, which is less while the iPhone 16 and 16e share many other features, including the same A18 chip with Apple Intelligence support, others will be able to clock you as a poor thanks to the old fashioned display notch. Wow. They might also catch on to the fact that you're not using a MagSafe charger because there's no MagSafe.
B (1:03)
What?
A (1:04)
The 16e supports wireless charging, but your friends will have to watch you sliding your phone around on the charging pad to find the right spot like an idiot. Luckily, the 16e does have a customizable action button and Apple's brand new in house C1 cellular modem. Apple said goodbye to Qualcomm's modem as well as the idea of home buttons and lightning ports. It was time to move on. But for 600 bucks, you might as well look at getting Huawei's new tri fold phone, which is available outside China for $3,660.
B (1:37)
The same ballpark?
A (1:38)
Yeah, sure, might as well. I'm sure everyone's cross shopping Those reviews of Nvidia's third RTX 50 series graphics card, the RTX 5070 Ti, are up and the consensus seems to be that this card, which is only coming in third party versions that are mostly all listed for well above the $750 MSRP, makes an excellent case for getting a 4080 super instead. The LTT review found that on average the 5070 Ti performs about 10% better than the RTX 4070 Ti super, while Hardware Unboxed's cost per frame analysis indicates this card may have been a slightly better deal at a lower price. But with the card's actual launch set for tomorrow and stock expect to be as bad as the 5090 and 5080, well on the price front, you're probably f ed bud. If you like playing slightly older games, you might be better off with an older card anyway, as Nvidia has ended support for 32 bit physx on 50 series cards, as confirmed by an Nvidia support notice and Manuel on the forms. A recent era user named randomlyrandom67 posted a helpful list of all the games whose particle physics and fluid simulations will be decidedly less fluid on 50 series cards, including Assassin's Creed 4, Black Flag, Mirror's Edge, and three of the Batman Arkham games. But hey, chin up when Nvidia breaks or melts something, others might fix it, like these accessory makers who have announced cooling modules for GPU cables. I don't think those are going to help with the whole physics 50amps through one wire thing though.