Apple Tells Suppliers to Expect Strong MacBook Pro Shipments Going into 2017

Apple has told part and component manufacturers of its new MacBook Pro line-up to expect strong shipments to last until at least the end of 2016, according to sources in the upstream supply chain (via DigiTimes).

Apple is reportedly optimistic about fourth-quarter sales of its new notebooks and expects MacBook Pro shipments to maintain the same level going into 2017, said the sources, while related revenues and profits are all projected to enjoy growth next year.

The same sources noted that Apple was initially not very aggressive about placing new MacBook Pro orders and was also said to have delayed the product shipment schedule by a calendar quarter, due to low yield rates for some components including hinges, battery and keyboard.

Apple’s stance changed after the October launch, however, and some market analysts now expect MacBook Pro shipments to reach 15 million units in 2016, with shipments staying at that level in 2017.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese ODM manufacturer Wistron has reportedly landed orders for the OLED Touch Bar strip used in Apple’s higher tier notebooks, according to a report in the Economic Daily News (EDN), summarized by DigiTimes.

The Chinese language daily quoted market watchers who said that the keyboard is hard to build and its original Singapore-based supplier was having difficulties meeting Apple’s demand, prompting Apple to transfer orders to Wistron.

The delayed launch of the new MacBook Pros was partly because of low yields of the keyboards, but shipments are starting to pick up as yield rates improve, said EDN.

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Qualcomm confirms Snapdragon 821 on upcoming OnePlus phone

Qualcomm has confirmed that OnePlus’ upcoming phone — rumored to be the OnePlus 3T — will be powered by the Snapdragon 821 SoC. The phone is expected to make its debut on November 14.

Something new from @OnePlus is on the way…and it’s powered by our #Snapdragon 821 processor. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/3jOyZFRQ5t

— Qualcomm (@Qualcomm) November 7, 2016

The latest rumors suggest the upgraded processor will be the key change in terms of hardware, with the OnePlus 3T likely to retain a 5.5-inch Full HD panel, 6GB of RAM, 64GB storage, and a 3000mAh battery. The OnePlus 3T may also use a newer Sony IMX395 20MP imaging sensor with f/1.7 lens. On the software side of things, the phone will allegedly run Nougat out of the box. With regards to the price, it looks like the phone may retail for $479, $80 more than the OnePlus 3.

With the launch just under a week away, we don’t have to wait long to find out more about OnePlus’ upcoming handset. What would you guys like to see in the OnePlus 3T?

What’s on TV: Election 2016, ‘Hunger Games’ 4K, ‘Danger Mouse’

If what you really want to watch is the season finale of America, you’re in luck, as Election Season 2016 is drawing to an end. All of the networks will have broadcast coverage Tuesday night (I’ll be watching Desus and Mero’s live show on Viceland), and anyone trying to stay tuned in without cable should check out this spreadsheet for a list of all of their options. Also, you can grab the Hunger Games series on Ultra HD Blu-ray, or Seth Rogen’s Sausage Party flick. Netflix is premiering a number of original series Friday morning, after Danger Mouse season two arrives on Wednesday. Finally, for gamers we have Dishonored 2. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

Blu-ray & Games & Streaming

• Sausage Party (4K)
• The Hunger Games (4K)
• Rush Hour Trilogy (Criterion)
• Black Sails (S3)
• Daredevil (S1)
• The Goodbye Girl
• Into the Badlands (S1)
• Dishonored 2 (11/11) (PC, PS4)

Tuesday

• The Mindy Project, Hulu, 3AM
• Election Night 2016, CBS / ABC / NBC / Fox / CNN / Fox News, 8PM
• The Letter, Freeform, 8PM
• WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
• Channel Zero: Candle Cove, Syfy, 9PM
• Inside the NFL, Showtime 9PM
• The Gary Owen Show, BET, 9:30PM
• Aftermath, Syfy, 10PM
• A Season with Florida State Football, Showtime, 10PM
• Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
• Cyberwar, Viceland, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero Election Special, Viceland, 11PM
• Stephen Colbert’s Live election Night Democracy’s Series Finale, Showtime, 11PM
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Comedy Central, 12AM

Wednesday

• Danger Mouse (S2), Netflix, 3AM
• Chance, Hulu, 3AM
• Arrow, CW, 8PM
• Blindspot, NBC, 8PM
• Lethal Weapon, Fox, 8PM
• The Goldbergs, ABC, 8PM
• The Story of Cats: Into the Americas, PBS, 8PM
• Survivor, CBS, 8PM
• Unsung Hollywood: Joe & Guy Torry, TV One, 8PM
• Speechless, CBS, 8:30PM
• Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
• Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
• Empire, Fox, 9PM
• Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
• NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 9PM
• Frequency, CW, 9PM
• Black-ish, ABC, 9:30PM
• The Real World, MTV, 10PM
• That Awkward Game Show, Spike TV, 10PM
• Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
• Code Black, CBS, 10PM
• Designated Survivor, ABC, 10PM
• You’re the Worst, FXX, 10PM
• American Horror Story FX, 10PM
• South Park, Comedy Central, 10PM
• Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, Viceland, 10PM
• Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons, HBO, 10PM
• Rectify, Sundance, 10PM
• Impastor, TV Land, 10:30PM
• Legends of Chamberlain Heights, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
• True Life: I’m an Adult Baby, MTV, 11PM

Thursday

• Browns/Ravens football, CBS, 8:25PM
• DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, CW, 8PM
• Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 8PM
• The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
• Superstore (fall finale), NBC, 8 & 8:30PM
• Rosewood, Fox, 8PM
• The Great Indoors, CBS, 8:30PM
• The Living and the Dead, BBC America, 9PM
• Mom, CBS, 9PM
• Pitch, Fox, 9PM
• Supernatural, CW, 9PM
• Chicago Med (fall finale), NBC, 9PM
• Notorious, ABC, 9PM
• Life in Pieces, CBS, 9:30PM
• Pure Genius, CBS, 10PM
• Falling Water, USA, 10PM
• Almost Impossible Game Show, MTV, 10PM
• Balls Deep, Viceland, 10PM
• The Blacklist (fall finale), NBC, 10PM
• How to Get Away With Murder, ABC, 10PM
• Better Things (season finale), FX, 10PM
• Acting Out, MTV, 10:30PM
• Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
• Wonderland, MTV, 11PM
• This is Not Happening, Comedy Central, 12:30AM

Friday

• True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Netflix, 3AM
• All Hail King Julien (S4), Netflix, 3AM
• Case (S1), Netflix, 3AM
• Estocolmo (S1), Netflix, 3AM
• Roman Empire: Reign of Blood (S1), Netflix, 3AM
• Tales by Light (S1), Netflix, 3AM
• Red Oaks (S2), Amazon Prime, 3AM
• Macgyver, CBS, 8PM
• Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
• The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
• Dr. Ken, ABC, 8:30PM
• Payday (series premiere), Viceland, 9PM
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, CW, 9PM
• The Exorcist, Fox, 9PM
• Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
• Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
• Z Nation, Syfy, 9PM
• Van Helsing, Syfy, 10PM
• Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
• Tracey Ullman’s Show, HBO, 11PM
• Comedy Bang! Bang!, IFC, 11 & 11:30PM
• Below the Belt with Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, Comedy Central, 11:59PM

Saturday

• Little Girl’s Secret, Lifetime, 8PM
• The Night Before Halloween, Syfy, 9PM
• Rats, Discovery, 9PM
• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, BBC America, 9PM
• All Def Comedy, HBO, 10PM
• Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle / ATCQ, 11:30PM

Sunday

• Seahawks/Patriots Sunday Night Football, NBC, 8:20PM
• 60 Minutes, CBS, 7PM
• The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (season finale), Showtime, 8PM
• Durrells in Corfu, PBS, 8PM
• Years of Living Dangerously, National Geographic Channel, 8PM
• Ash vs. Evil Dead, Starz, 8PM
• Once Upon a Time, ABC, 8PM
• Blunt Talk, Starz, 8:30PM
• NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 8PM
• Son of Zorn, Fox, 8:30PM
• Blunt Talk, Starz, 8:30PM
• The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
• Westworld, HBO, 9PM
• Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery, 9PM
• Poldark, PBS, 9PM
• Secrets and Lies, ABC, 9PM
• Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
• Berlin Station, Epix, 9PM
• The Last Man on Earth, Fox, 9:30PM
• Madam Secretary, CBS, 9:30PM
• Edge of Alaska, Discovery, 10PM
• Eyewitness, USA, 10PM
• Graves, Epix, 10PM
• Divorce, HBO, 10PM
• Masters of Sex (season finale), Showtime, 10PM
• Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
• Elementary, CBS, 10PM
• Insecure, HBO, 10:30PM
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11:15PM
• Kevin Hart: Hart of the City, Comedy Central, 11:30PM

Android 7.0 Nougat update hitting LG G5 starting today in South Korea, global rollout to follow

G5 owners will soon have access to the same improved software we see on the V20.

LG will start rolling out its Android 7.0 Nougat update to LG G5 owners in its home country of South Korea today, kicking off a process that will eventually update all G5s around the world in the coming weeks. The announcement comes the same day that Google’s numbers show just 0.3% of Android devices have Nougat, and Samsung’s beta program for testing Nougat on the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge was announced.

LG isn’t particularly forthcoming about what the Nougat update for the G5 includes, but in this case we have a great look at the potential design and features right in front of us with the LG V20. The software on the V20 is decidedly more muted and consistent when compared to the V20, but still retains many of LG’s own tweaks in terms of its pre-installed apps and services. Overall, it’s a big improvement over what shipped with the G5 less than a year ago.

As far as updates outside of South Korea go, we all know it can take some time for various regional changes to be made and for carriers to sign off on things. LG doesn’t give any better timeline than “in the weeks to come.”

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LG BEGINS NOUGAT OS UPDATE FOR G5 IN KOREA, OTHER MARKETS TO FOLLOW

Fast Rollout of Android 7.0 Demonstrates LG’s Commitment to Product Support and Customer Service as Differentiating Factors in the Smartphone Space

SEOUL, Nov. 8, 2016 ― LG Electronics (LG) today began rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat OS for the LG G5 in LG’s home market of South Korea. LG, which was the first smartphone manufacturer to offer a Nougat experience out of the box with its LG V20 for content creators, has the distinction of being the first company after Google to offer Nougat as an upgrade to an existing smartphone running Android Marshmallow.

While LG G5 owners in Korea are the first to receive the OS upgrade, they will be followed by customers in the Americas, Asia and other markets in the weeks to come. Most G5 users will receive notifications on their phones when the update is available. More information will become available locally in the weeks ahead.

Android 7.0 Nougat offers a range of new features designed to enhance the user experience and deliver more speed and convenience to G5 owners. For example, searches can now be conducted inside user-installed apps as well as built-in apps using Nougat’s In Apps. New Multi-window allows the user to switch between apps with a double tap or run two apps side by side. More personalized settings and smarter notifications allow users to be more productive with less effort.

“At LG, we know our customers want the best, most up-to-date mobile experience,” said Kim Hyung-jung, senior vice president and head of LG Mobile’s research and development. “Getting software updates to our users faster than the competition is our way of demonstrating that LG is committed to supporting our products and customers to ensure they have a positive ownership experience.”

BlackBerry rolls out the DTEK50 and DTEK60 in India

BlackBerry’s latest phones are now available in India.

BlackBerry has launched the DTEK50 and DTEK60 in the Indian market. The former will retail for ₹21,990 ($330), while the latter is debuting at ₹46,990 ($700).

The DTEK50 has a 5.2-inch FHD display, Snapdragon 617, 3GB of RAM, 16GB storage, microSD slot, 13MP camera, 8MP front shooter, and a 2610mAh battery. While it may not be the fastest phone in this segment — which sees the likes of the Lenovo Z2 Plus — BlackBerry’s security-focused software customizations make it more secure than its competitors.

Meanwhile, the DTEK60 has a 5.5-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM, 32GB storage, 21MP camera, 8MP front camera, and a 3000mAh battery. The DTEK50 is a decent offering in the mid-range category, but BlackBerry is unlikely to gain any momentum with the DTEK60 in a segment dominated by Samsung.

Want to know if the DTEK50 and DTEK60 are worthy of your consideration? We have you covered:

• BlackBerry DTEK50 review
• CrackBerry’s BlackBerry DTEK60 hands-on

The USS Zumwalt can’t afford its own $800,000-per-round ammo

The USS Zumwalt, America’s newest stealth destroyer packs some impressive firepower but there’s just one problem: the US Navy can’t afford the ammunition for the vessel’s 155-millimeter Advanced Gun Systems. These weapons are designed to fire a GPS-guided shell, dubbed the Long Range Land Attack Projectile, up to 60 miles where it strikes with unprecedented accuracy. What’s more, the Zumwalt can lob up to ten of these shells every minute. But while the LRLAPs are quite lethal, they’re also ludicrously expensive at $800,000 a pop.

The problem lies with the Navy’s shrinking demand for Zumwalt-class ships. In the 1990s when the Zumwalts were being designed, the Navy envisioned an armada of them — 32 ships in total. However, in the 26 years since, that number has been whittled down to just three. With that decline in ship orders came a similar drop in the need for ammo. And as the number of rounds the Navy was willing to buy decreased, the price per round increased dramatically. This is a wild departure from the sub-$50,000 price Lockheed originally claimed and an utterly astronomical cost compared to the unguided rounds fired by the Mk. 45 5-inch gun, which is standard on existing destroyers.

This leaves the Navy in a tight spot as it has already sunk around $23 billion into the program. But according to Defense News, the DoD isn’t completely out of options. For one, the Zumwalts could conceivably switch over to the Excalibur GPS-guided artillery round, which does the same thing as an LRLAP but only out to a range of 23 miles. Conversely, the Navy could yank the 155mm gun systems and use that space for additional long-range, anti-air missile batteries. Or, it could forego traditional armaments entirely and install one of those fancy railguns that it’s been working on for the past few years. Fingers crossed for railguns.

Via: Popular Mechanics

Source: Defense News

Huawei is asking Android Central readers to help test Nougat on the Honor 8

Be a part of the solution.

Last week, we showed you what the next generation of Huawei’s EMUI 5.0 looks like on the Mate 9, and it’s a big upgrade from the previous version. Not only is it slicker and faster, but it has a bunch of great features, like in-line replies and multi window, that work wonders with Huawei’s improvements.

Now, Honor, in collaboration with Android Central, is asking for volunteers to help test that same version — EMUI 5.0 — on the incredible Honor 8! Honor is committed to bringing Nougat to customers as quickly and bug-free as possible, and we’ve partnered with them to find 25 people to help make it better before a wider public release — by testing it and reporting back!

Here’s what Honor needs from you, if you’re interested:

Go to this form and fill out the requested information.

• Your first and last name
• Your email address
• Your Honor 8’s IMEI number

If you’re not sure how to get your IMEI, it’s easy:

Open your phone dialer.
Type *#06#.
Copy the information and paste it into the email.

The program is only for U.S.-based Honor 8 owners for now, and you have from now until November 15 to send the information. If you’re selected, Honor will get in touch with you directly.

Apply now for the Android 7.0 Nougat beta on the Honor 8!

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