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General Motors JV launches Baojun Cloud EV in China starting under $14K

GM’s joint venture (SGMW) launched the Baojun Cloud electric hatchback on Thursday in China, starting at 95,800 yuan ($13.2K). SGMW is a joint venture between General Motors, SAIC, and Wuling Motors in China. The company sells vehicles under the Wuling and Baojun brand names. In 2020, SGMW launched the Wuling Hongguag Mini EV, an extremely affordable microcar with a starting price tag of…
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Valve now offers certified refurbished Steam Deck devices

Valve has started selling certified refurbished versions of the Steam Deck console. The obvious advantage is that they are cheaper than buying new but with the same quality level, minus a few scuffs. The Steam Deck units go through a stringent testing process, which is the…
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First sighting of Samsung Galaxy S24+ with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 running Geekbench 6

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 launched with an unusual CPU configuration – 1 prime, 2+2 performance and 3 efficiency cores. A Geekbench 6.1.0 scorecard just surfaced and it shows that Qualcomm is dropping one efficiency core to add an extra performance core and that the performance cores will run at different speeds. It has 1x prime core at 3.30GHz, then three performance cores at 3.15GHz, joined by…
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Lei Jun shares official Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 images

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 will be fully unveiled on August 14 (Monday), but founder and CEO Lei Jun offers an early peek at the refined design of the phone right now. The Jun describes it with three words: slim, elegant and premium. The photos were posted on Jun’s Twitter…
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Apple's iPhone 15 event now tipped to happen on September 12

According to sources close to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and , Apple is currently deciding between September 12 and 13 for its iPhone 15 event date. However, the 12th is the more possible scenario. One source of information are Apple’s carrier partners. Internal…
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Galaxy Z Flip5 trounces Razr 40 Ultra in fold test, surpasses Samsung's official claims

Several days later and after over 400,000 folds, the Great Folding Test Vol. II is finally over. YouTube channel showed a multi-day livestream during which the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 went head to head with the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra (aka Razr+). The Galaxy Z Flip5 was the last phone standing, after an impressive 401,156 folds. There were some issues along the way, around half way through (223K…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 aces bend test

It’s a familiar occurrence. A new smartphone launches, some time passes, but not too much generally, and then it’s put through the paces of the dreaded ‘durability test’. So here we are again. This time the star is Samsung’s latest large-size…
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OnePlus Ace 2 Pro confirmed to come with 24GB RAM

The OnePlus Ace 2 Pro launching on August 16 was rumored to come with 24GB RAM, and the rumors have turned out true since OnePlus has announced that the Ace 2 Pro will pack a whopping 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM. OnePlus hasn’t revealed how much storage the 24GB RAM model will…
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Xiaomi Pad 6 Max 14 and Band 8 Pro also launching on August 14

Xiaomi is holding a big launch event on August 14 where we’ll see the Mix Fold 3 but that won’t be the only new device at the keynote. Xiaomi is also launching the Pad 6 Max 14 – a 14-inch Android tablet as well as the Xiaomi Band 8 Pro. Xiaomi Pad 6 Max 14 and Band 8 Pro posters Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro Max 14 is expected to share the same Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1 chipset and up to 12 GB RAM as the…
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