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Possible 'iPhone 12' Battery Certifications Suggest Lower Capacities Than iPhone 11 Series - MacRumors
Apple AirPods Pro are more affordable than ever today at Woot - The Verge
Watch Dogs: Legion on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: 1080p can barely hit 30FPS - TweakTown

Possible 'iPhone 12' Battery Certifications Suggest Lower Capacities Than iPhone 11 Series - MacRumors

Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:22 AM PDT

MySmartPrice has spotted certifications for three new Apple batteries that it believes could be for the upcoming iPhone 12 lineup, despite them being less capacitive than the batteries in the current iPhone 11 series.

The batteries are identified with the model numbers A2471, A2431, and A2466, and appear on Safety Korea, China's 3C, and the Danish agency UL Demko.

Apple is expected to release four iPhones this fall, including one 5.4-inch model, two 6.1-inch models, and one 6.7-inch model. MySmartPrice has interpreted the different capacities as belonging to the following ‌iPhone 12‌ models (assuming the higher end ‌iPhone 12‌ Max and ‌iPhone 12‌ Pro share the same battery):

Apple ‌iPhone 12‌ (5.4-inch) – A2471 – 2,227mAh
Apple ‌iPhone 12‌ Max (6.1-inch) – A2431 – 2,775mAh
Apple ‌iPhone 12‌ Pro (6.1-inch) – A2431 – 2,775mAh
Apple ‌iPhone 12‌ Pro Max (6.7-inch) – A2466 – 3,687mAh

Apple improved the capacity of its batteries in the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, which have both heavier and thicker batteries than those used in the previous XS and XS Max models. The ‌iPhone 11 Pro‌ has a 3,046 mAh battery, up from the 2,658 mAh battery in the iPhone XS, while the iPhone 11 Pro Max has a 3,969 mAh battery, up from the 3,174 mAh battery in the ‌iPhone XS‌ Max.

The ‌iPhone 11 Pro Max‌ has the largest battery life of any iPhone ever, lasting up to five hours longer than the ‌iPhone XS‌ Max per charge.

If these batteries are indeed destined for the ‌iPhone 12‌ series, the numbers are likely to disappoint some waiting for Apple's next smartphone lineup. The capacities are especially discouraging given that Apple suppliers were reportedly developing a custom battery protection module that's 50 percent smaller and thinner than the same component in previous iPhones.

The rumored ‌iPhone 12‌ series could also have higher battery demands than previous iPhones, meaning Apple would have to make some serious energy efficiency improvements to make them last as long as current-generation models. All four devices are expected to have OLED displays, 5G support, a new ‌iPhone‌ 4-like metal frame, up to 6GB of RAM, up to triple-lens rear cameras with 3D sensing, and more.

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Apple AirPods Pro are more affordable than ever today at Woot - The Verge

Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:06 AM PDT

Apple's AirPods Pro have dropped to their lowest price yet at Woot, an online store owned by Amazon. Normally $250, they're $35 off. This brings them down to $215 today only. For context, this deal is a mere $5 cheaper than the discount that has been happening at Verizon for the past week. Though, if you get these now, you'll have gotten the best price yet on a brand-new set of AirPods Pro. Just add them to your cart, and you'll see the price drop.

If you need a refresher on why these are the best wireless earbuds for iPhone owners, my colleague Chris Welch wrote a convincing argument for picking the AirPods Pro over any other set.

Need a USB-C hub that doesn't skimp on ports? Vava's USB-C hub is down to its most affordable price yet at Amazon, and it features two USB Type-A 3.0 ports, one USB Type-A 2.0 port, Ethernet, microSD, standard SD, HDMI, and USB-C PD for powering it. It's priced at $40, but be sure to clip the coupon for 10 percent off at its product page to save an extra $4 off at checkout.

Some technical mishaps made it so very few people actually got the free copy of Watch Dogs 2 on PC that was promised during Ubisoft's Forward game presentation. But now, instead of limiting the promotion to those who watched the show, the developer is giving the game to everyone who signs in on this page right here.

Apple's previous-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro with 256GB of storage and both Wi-Fi and LTE capabilities is only $849 at B&H Photo today. Buying this configuration of the latest iPad Pro model will set you back $1,249, and for what few differences exist between the two models, this is an incredible deal.

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Watch Dogs: Legion on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: 1080p can barely hit 30FPS - TweakTown

Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:20 PM PDT

Ubisoft detailed Watch Dogs: Legion recently, where the London-based open world game was run on the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card by the good folks at Digital Foundry. Check it out:

In their hands-on time with Watch Dogs: Legion, Digital Foundry may have been using the most powerful graphics card you can buy in the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti -- yet it couldn't handle the game at 1080p and anything over 30FPS. Ubisoft had locked Watch Dogs: Legion's preview build to 30FPS, for some stupid reason.

Nothing Digital Foundry could do would bump it above 30FPS into the much-more-playable 60FPS region. The outlet notes Ubisoft is using SSR (Screen Space Reflections) on certain types of surfaces, like rivers, etc but they're using SSR in the preview build of Watch Dogs: Legion -- but this might change in the final build with ray traced reflections.

I don't know about the game yet, it still doesn't look as good (at least in some parts) as the original Watch Dogs all the way back in 2014 -- before the developer watered it down. I wrote an entire editorial on that, something that just rings much more true today.

Watch Dogs Legion launches on October 29, 2020.

Last updated: Jul 13, 2020 at 07:30 am CDT

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