Samsung's FOLDABLE Smartphone costs $1,800???
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·TechLinked
·2019-05-06
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so it's friday and i hope your weekend plans evolve a trip to coffee lake
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because Intel is going to be delivering an eight cup um eight core coffee-like
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CPU for the mainstream desktop platform in september according to a report from
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pc watch the new chip will be an i7 that won't require an enthusiast x-series
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chipset as Intel's past octa-core parts have it's more than likely the new
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processor is an effort to keep up with AMD's ryzen refresh and i'm sure that
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those of you who have followed the CPU wars for a long time can appreciate the
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irony of Intel trying to compete by just strapping more cords onto a chip the
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same report indicated that Intel's 2066 enthusiast platform will also be getting
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a 22 core CPU in september but hopefully
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you won't need to jury rig an industrial water chiller to it this time
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damn yeah that's what i said too meanwhile something that certainly won't
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need liquid cooling is samsung's new foldable smartphone which we've just
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possibly learned a few more details about to get right to it it's not going
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to be cheap speaking to the korea times an industry analyst is expecting a
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launch price in the neighborhood of 2 million korean won which works out to
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about 1800 us dollars this premium will get you a device that will have a 7.3
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inch OLED screen when fully open but reduced to 4.5 inches when it's folded
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up hopefully for samsung this significant shrinkage won't dissuade
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customers from paying nearly twice as much as they did for the iphone 10 when
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it hits the market sometime next year but something that might be hitting
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shelves a little sooner is NVIDIA's new touring GPU lineup with a july 30th
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launch date haven't been rumored for the past week but today we've got some new
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details as to what to expect according to a report from tweettown the top end
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card will cost either 9.99 or 14.99
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depending on how much gddr6 memory you want and another report from tom's
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hardware indicates the new chips will be very much vr focused as not only should
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they have the performance to drive 4k titles at over 120 frames per second but
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they'll use a special yet proprietary vr
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connector that can push even higher refresh rates to a vr headset
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unfortunately we still don't know exactly what the numbering scheme for the new lineup will be the reports
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suggest gtx 1185 1190 or maybe something
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else and speaking of nice it's time for quick bits brought to you by memory
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express my new favorite electronics retailer whether you're a gamer a
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business owner or literally anyone else like a techlinked heckler memory express
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is your go-to destination up here in canada for electronic products and
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services if it uses electricity there's a good chance memory express carries it
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plus with their uber price beat guarantee they'll beat any authorized
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canadian retailers priced by 10 percent of the difference both in store and
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online so click the link below for all the details okay so now the quick bits
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amazon wasn't the only player in the field of just walk out shopping for very
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long as a reuters report indicates that microsoft is showing their own amazon go
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like technology to retail giants like walmart possibly as a response to
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amazon's technology rolling out at whole foods but i'm mostly wondering what
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effect this will have on black friday parking lot violence if you're still
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running Windows xp or for some masochistic reason Windows vista you can
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forget about downloading any new steam games after the end of this year as
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valve is planning to drop support for those operating systems on january 1st
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possibly bad news for a few folks using xp for better compatibility with older
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games though i'm sure it's good news for the folks over at gog.com the merger
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between a t and time warner is now complete only a couple of days after a
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federal judge gave the companies the green light and with net neutrality
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protections recently repealed in the u.s people are already concerned about
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another huge isp acquiring a company that owns properties like hbo and cnn so
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you might know who to blame if your gains start to lag because your neighbor's really into the sopranos and
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speaking of organized crime some law enforcement officials are a little
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miffed that apple is preparing to have iphones disable their ability to be read
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as a data device over usb by default if
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the phone has been sitting around for an hour without being unlocked this will
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make it harder for police to use snooping tools that rely on the usb
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connection with one prosecutor down in louisiana even claiming that apple was
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protecting criminal activity i'm guessing he wasn't referring to the
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repair policies hey and finally comcast revealed today that
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it isn't throttling the internet speeds of power users anymore
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and essentially hasn't been for over a year citing the fact that heavy use
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doesn't currently cause network congestion and while this is certainly
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good news it's also further confirmation that data caps are of no purpose other
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than to line the pockets of some suits at comcast hq and that's it for today so
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tune back in on monday as your views help us line our own pockets so we can
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buy neat stuff like food and housing
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okay bye