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Nick movie:Lift | Official Trailer | Netflix Time:2023 Netflix / Amazon / HBO:Netflix Duration of the movie:2:38 Trailer:
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Poco X6 Neo may launch in India soon. The company has not yet officially announced the handset but it has surfaced online recently. The phone is tipped to be a rebranded model of the Redmi Note 13R Pro, which was launched recently and succeeds the Redmi Note 12R Pro. A tispter has now suggested that the Redmi Note 13R Pro is likely to launch in India as Poco X6 Neo. Tipster Kacper Skrzypek (@kacskrz) stated in a post on X that the Poco X6 Neo is expected to launch in India as a rebranded version of the Redmi Note 13R Pro. The Poco X6 Neo is likely to be the first phone from the brand with the Neo moniker. The tipster shared a screenshot that the phone will launch with the model number 2312FRAFDI, the ‘I' suggesting the Indian listing of the model. Notably, the Redmi Note 13 Pro was spotted with the model number 2311FRAFDC. As per the tipster, the Poco X6 Neo is said to come with the codename ‘gold_a,' which is similar to that of the Redmi Note 13, suggesting that it may share similar specifications to that of the base Redmi Note 13 model and the newly launched Redmi Note 13R Pro. According to the tipster, the MIUI codes suggest that the Poco X6 Neo may sport a 50-megapixel, 64-megapixel or 108-megapixel primary camera sensor. The Redmi Note 13R Pro was launched in China on Monday. The singular 12GB + 256GB variant of the phone is priced at CNY 1,999 (roughly Rs. 23,000) and is offered in Midnight Black, Time Blue, and Morning Light Gold (translated from Chinese) colour options. It features a 6.67-inch (1,080x2,400 pixels) OLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz and a peak brightness level of 1,200 nits. The newly launched handset is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC paired with Mali G57 GPU, up to 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of inbuilt storage. It ships with Android 13-based MIUI 14 and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 33W wired fast charging support. The dual rear camera unit of the Redmi Note 13R Pro is equipped with a 108-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel shooter. The phone has a 16-megapixel front camera sensor. For security, it carries a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
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Windows 11 users have run into trouble with the latest patch for the OS going by some reports, and that includes nasty boot loops. This is the cumulative update for November that Microsoft deployed last week, known as KB5032190, and Windows Latest has picked up on some problems with the patch. As noted, the worst issue here is reports of people trying to install the update and getting stuck in a boot loop, meaning that their PC keeps failing during installation, rebooting, failing again, rebooting, and so on. One Redditor reports: “I have tried installing this update twice now, only for it to get caught in an endless boot loop. It kept getting to 95% and restarting, then would try again. Now it just gives me the ‘Something didn’t go as planned. No need to worry – undoing changes’ message before going back into the endless reboot. At least I can do a System Restore.” Another Windows 11 user replies to that post observing that they hit a few boot loops before their system rolled back the update – and that it was the same case with this update in preview (released in late October), noting that eventually they “got to the point the laptop wouldn’t boot” with that test update. Ouch indeed, though that was the preview version, so hopefully any danger of having to reinstall Windows – which is what this user ended up doing – will now have been removed with the final release. Needless to say, the user in question is not continuing to try to install the update, which certainly seems like a sensible precaution. There are four reports of this problem in that Reddit thread, and it seems that the boot loop isn’t an endless one, and the system pulls itself out of the loop after a few fails – at least for most folks anyway. Another problem that is bugging (literally) some Windows 11 users is disappearing icons on the taskbar. Either the icons are vanishing – though the functionality is still present if you click the blank space on the bar – or there are reports of them being displaced by one, meaning that the icon for, say, Word will open Microsoft’s Edge browser (the icon next to it). Confusing, to say the least. Analysis: Curious case of the invisible icons The missing icons problem was introduced with Moment 4 (which ushered in all the new features that have come to Windows 11 lately, including Copilot). So, it has been hanging around for a while, and really annoying those who have encountered it – seemingly a fair few people judging from reports. The good news is that Microsoft has actually fixed this glitch in the Canary preview build of Windows 11, so hopefully, the solution should be coming through testing soon enough to reach the release version of Windows 11. Microsoft hasn’t said anything about boot loops, but there are far fewer reports of this from what we can see. Still, it’s a nasty problem, though as noted in most cases, it seems the looping will only run a few times before the system corrects itself and comes back to the desktop. (Still leaving the user unable to install the update, mind, so that’s not great of course). It’s worth remembering that Microsoft itself has flagged up some known issues with the patch, including a bug whereby those with multiple monitors might see desktop icons shift between one display to another unprompted (or other icon alignment weirdness) when using Copilot. The software giant has pulled the AI assistant from those PCs, so if you aren’t seeing Copilot any longer on a multi-screen setup, that’s why. A fix is being worked on as we type this.
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Automotive tech company Valeo Schalter und Sensoren is suing Nvidia for stealing trade secrets (via SiliconValley.com). Nvidia hired former Valeo employee Mohammad Moniruzzaman in 2021, and before leaving Valeo, he copied large numbers of files, including source code for an AI-assisted parking application and other confidential documents. The alleged perpetrator accidentally showed the stolen files during a video chat, which others promptly documented with screenshots. Now that the employee has been criminally convicted, Valeo is after Nvidia. The theft was discovered when Moniruzzaman was on a collaborative conference call with Nvidia and Valeo employees. While on the call, Moniruzzaman gave a presentation and shared his screen so participants could follow along. After the presentation was done, he didn't stop sharing his screen, which was likely unintentional. Upon minimizing the presentation window, he mistakenly revealed a window that contained the source code to Valeo's software and the phrase "ValeoDocs." When his former coworkers saw the source code, they immediately recognized it and screenshotted it as evidence. Valeo then investigated Moniruzzaman's actions before he left the company and discovered that he had copied the source code and other files. In 2022, Germany began a criminal investigation of Moniruzzaman, ending in his conviction in September. While you may not have heard of Valeo, it's actually a 100-year-old company based in Paris, and it's been in the high-tech automotive business for a couple of decades. Valeo and Nvidia were contracted by an unnamed car manufacturer to develop parking-assistance software. In its lawsuit, Valeo describes itself as an established company in the automotive industry while Nvidia is merely "a recent entrant to the automotive industry" with a "total lack of experience" in making parking-assistance technology. What Valeo implies is pretty clear: Nvidia is a newcomer to the car industry, so how is it able to make such cutting-edge software? Valeo argues that now-convicted Moniruzzaman shared the company's trade secrets with Nvidia. These secrets include source code, spreadsheets, and other documents critical to understanding Valeo's parking assistance tech. Nvidia hasn't commented on the lawsuit, but its lawyers sent a letter to Valeo in 2022 explaining that the company had no idea Moniruzzaman had stolen anything confidential until he was already under investigation. The letter also stated that Nvidia "has no interest in Valeo's code" and that it has "cooperated fully." It wouldn't be the first time Nvidia has been sued for illegally using intellectual property. Nvidia was sued in 2019 for infringing on Xerpi Corp's semiconductor patents. However, the court case is still ongoing, so Nvidia isn't a repeat offender, at least not yet.
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Music title:Mokita - Figure Me Out (Official Music Video) Signer:Mokita ♪ Release date:November 17, 2022 Official YouTube link: Informations about the signer:- Your opinion about the track (music video):-
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Apple is working on allowing users in the European Union to sideload iPhone apps onto the company's smartphones, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman states in his weekly newsletter. The ability to install apps that are not hosted on Apple's own App Store will make its way to iPhone owners for the first time, as the company has to adhere to recent EU regulations. The ability to sideload apps is not expected to roll out to users in other regions, unlike Google's Android operating system. In the subscriber-only version of his weekly Power On newsletter (via MacRumors), Gurman states that iPhone users in the EU will be allowed to sideload apps in H1 2024, allowing users to install apps that aren't allowed on the App Store. The claim contradicts a recent report that stated iOS 17.2 could add support for sideloading for EU residents when it arrives next month, but it appears that the code that was spotted at the time was related to managed devices for organisations. According to Gurman, Apple will allow EU users to sideload apps through a "highly controlled system" — this suggests that these apps will still be subject to some security checks, as Apple has previously argued that external app sources could introduce security issues on the platform. Both Apple's payment services and the Messages app are also expected to see some changes as required by the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). Recently, development of Apple's iOS 18 update was reportedly paused to resolve several bugs in Apple's code. The company is said to be working on "major new features and designs" — the upgrade to the operating system for its smartphones is likely to bring an overhaul to the user interface as well as several new AI-powered features. Both Google and Microsoft recently began to roll out AI-powered features to their operating systems in the form of Google Assistant with Bard and Microsoft Copilot. Gurman says that Apple's iOS 18 update needs to be "extra impressive" as the iPhone 16 series — the company's purported smartphones that are likely to succeed the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max — is not expected to bring major hardware upgrades next year.
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Microsoft could be giving its Copilot AI some new powers in Windows 11 (and maybe Windows 10 eventually), or at least this functionality has been spotted in test builds – including the ability to fire up the AI as soon as the operating system boots. Windows Latest reported on some fresh options recently brought into testing for Copilot, and as mentioned one is a toggle to ‘Open Copilot when Windows starts’ (tucked away in the Personalization area of Settings). In short, this means that when your PC first loads up the desktop, the Copilot panel will appear straightaway. This option carries some text notes explaining that this is primarily aimed at those with a wider screen (in other words, with the display real-estate to fit Copilot on as a constant companion). Another move in testing for Copilot is unpinning the AI’s side-panel. This is a button present on the actual side-bar for the AI, and when clicked, Copilot collapses when you maximize another window. As it is, the Copilot side-panel stays in place when you make another app full-screen, so you can still see the AI to the right of whatever program is running. When this switch is flicked, though, a maximized app will take up the whole screen, with the side-panel being hidden. Finally, Microsoft is currently trying out the ability for users to resize the Copilot panel. This has been spotted in testing before, mind you. However, this time around Windows Latest shows us that as you enlarge the side-panel, at a certain point when the interface is big enough, recent activity and active plug-ins are shown. Analysis: Some useful changes for tailoring the AI If you’re a Windows 11 tester and you haven’t seen any of these options for Copilot, that’s not too surprising, as Microsoft is only trialing them with a limited set of Windows Insiders at the moment. As ever with features in preview, they may or may not be carried forward, but if they are, all testers will get them eventually – and then they’ll debut in the release version of Windows 11. The functionality to unpin, resize, and have Copilot appear by default after boot – if you want to, and perhaps have an ultra-wide monitor – are all choices that will prove useful and add versatility to the way Copilot’s interface works. And given that, we can’t see why they wouldn’t make the cut for inclusion in Windows 11 ultimately.
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SophGo, a China-based chip developer, is working on several high performance processors featuring RISC-V-based IP that it licensed from SiFive, a major RISC-V IP designer from the U.S., reports HPCwire. This endeavor somewhat underscores the rising influence of RISC-V in the global chip industry and shows why some U.S. lawmakers are concerned about this open-source technology. SophGo's first RISC-V-based project is the SG2380 processor, which includes 16 four-issue, out-of-order SiFive P670 cores, SiFive's X280 accelerator for AI/ML workloads, and Imagination Technologies' AXT-16-512 graphics processing unit. The CPU is mostly aimed at high-performance desktops, but it could also be used for edge servers that require 16 general-purpose cores as well as AI capabilities. But the SG2380 is not the only SiFive-based product in SophGo's portfolio, as the company has already announced its SG2044 system-on-chip, slated for release in 2024. This 120W SoC will pack up to 64 high-performance RISC-V cores from SiFive, the final version of RISC-V vector extensions, PCIe 5.0, GbE, and LPDDR5x support. This processor will succeed little-known SGF2042, which supports 0.7 version of RISC-V vector extensions and is currently used mostly by researchers. Both SophGo's SG2380 and SG2044 are to be produced on TSMC's 12nm-class process technologies. These products clearly exemplify the collaborative and innovative spirit of RISC-V, akin to the Linux operating system in its global contribution and development model. However, some U.S. lawmakers are consideration limiting RISC-V cooperation between American and Chinese companies. That sparked quite the controversy, with RISC-V International, headquartered in Switzerland, strongly opposing such governmental interference. Despite the advancements and potential of RISC-V, its widespread adoption in the server and supercomputer sectors remains a distant goal. The current market is heavily dominated by x86 chips produced by Intel and AMD, with Arm also posing significant competition. Meanwhile, Arm and x86 technologies are controlled by companies based in the U.S. and U.K., which means that they are subject to export control regulations. As a result, Chinese developers are turning their attention to RISC-V, as they can either get open-source designs and expand on them, or just design high-performance technology from the ground up without any controls from the U.S. or U.K. governments.
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Music title:Basshunter - Now You´re Gone Signer:Power House Release date:September 3, 2009 Official YouTube link: Informations about the signer:- Your opinion about the track (music video):-
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Name of the game:Dishonored 2 Price:2.99 Link Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/403640/Dishonored_2/ Offer ends up after X hours: November 22 Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better Memory: 8GB RAM Video card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB or better Storage: 60 GB of available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel Core i7-4770/AMD FX-8350 or better Memory: 16GB RAM Video card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB/AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB or better Storage: 60 GB of available space
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Oppo A2 has been launched in China as the latest budget handset from the brand. The new Oppo A-series smartphone runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 6020 SoC with 12GB RAM and up to 512GB of internal storage. The Oppo A2 flaunts a 6.72-inch LTPS LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate and has a 50-megapixel dual camera setup at the rear. The handset is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support and carries an IP54 dust and splash-resistant rating. Oppo A2 price, availability Price of the Oppo A2 is set at CNY 1,699 (roughly Rs. 16,500) for the base 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. The top-end model with 12GB RAM + 512GB storage model is priced at CNY 1,799 (roughly Rs. 20,000). It is currently available for purchase in China in Ice Crystal Violet, Jinghai Black, and Qingbo Emerald (translated from Chinese) colour options via the Oppo store. Details about the availability of the Oppo A2 in other markets, including India, is yet to be confirmed. Oppo A2 specifications The dual SIM (Nano) Oppo A2 sports a 6.72-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) LTPS LCD screen with up to 90Hz refresh rate, 391ppi pixel density, 680nits of peak brightness, and 91.4 screen-to-body ratio. The display is rated to deliver up to 180Hz touch sampling rate. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6020 SoC, coupled with 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and Mali-G57 MC2. Using the virtual RAM feature the onboard memory can be expanded up to 24GB. The handset packs up to 512GB of UFS2.2 storage. Oppo A2 has a dual rear camera unit, comprising a 50-megapixel primary camera with f/1.8 aperture and 77-degree field of view, along with a 2-megapixel sensor with an f/2.4 aperture lens. For selfies and video chats, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture lens. Connectivity options on the Oppo A2 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB Type-C port, GPS, and A-GPS. Sensors onboard include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, geomagnetic sensor, gravity sensor, and proximity sensor. It has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for authentication and supports face unlock feature. The handset also offers an IP54 rating. The Oppo A2 is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W SuperVOOC fast charging. It measures 165.6x76x7.9mm and weighs 193 grams.
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Google Photos continues to get smarter and it could soon gain the ability to let you set reminders for certain tasks and events, all from within the photo management app. There’s already a myriad of smart AI-powered options within Google Photos, from being able to extract text from an image, translate languages, and use the Google Lens feature to pick out even more information in photos and search Google for highlighted items. But this forthcoming reminder function, spotted by The SpAndroid, continues to build out the Photos app into more than just a place to store, edit and peruse shots. Much like the “Copy text”, “Search” and “Listen” ‘chips’ (aka prompts) that pop up to offer you various options, an incoming Google Photos update could soon serve up the option to “Set reminder”. Tapping this effectively lets you create a calendar entry for a corresponding Google Calendar app. So let's say you snapped a photo of a restaurant board offering specials on certain days, you could use the new feature to then set a calendar reminder to check out the restaurant on a particular day. As someone who snaps photos on his phone to serve as reminders and reference points, this new feature seems particularly handy. Sure, it’s not hard to bounce into a calendar app and set your own reminder, but being able to do things with fewer taps or swipes through app menus is certainly appealing to me. And it also means the information you’re after is right in front of you, rather than forcing you to bounce between apps. Unfortunately, this reminder feature doesn't appear to have rolled out widely yet, with it not popping up in Google Photos on my iPhone 13 Pro or Google Pixel 7 Pro. However such updates can take time to roll out worldwide. I’m running Google Photos version 6.60, so I may need to wait until version 6.61 as that was used by The SpAndroid to test the reminder feature. Ever smarter software Given Google is pushing AI-powered tools into its software, as well as Pixel phones with the Pixel 8 Pro at the top of the pile, it’s no surprise to see it bolster Photos with AI-centric features. It might seem creepy that Google could extract all manner of information from your smartphone snaps, but these tools can be very handy at times, letting you do more with less back and forth between apps. I’m actually keen to see Google do more in embracing interoperability between its app ecosystem. I’d like Google Maps to pull Google Photos into my timeline so I can better retrace my steps when trying to remember where I went and when; you can manually add photos to Maps and map locations can be automatically added to photos, but it doesn't quite feel like there’s perfect harmony between the apps. Nevertheless, it’s neat to see how Google Photos continues to evolve. I only hope it sticks to the side of being handy and not fall into the realms of creepiness.
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The Top500 organization released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, with the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer retaining its spot at the top of the list with 1.194 Exaflop/s (EFlop/s) of performance, fending off a half-scale 585.34 Petaflop/s (PFlop/s) submission from the Argonne National Laboratory's Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer. Argonne's submission, which only employs half of the Aurora system, lands at the second spot on the Top500, unseating Japan's Fugaku as the second-fastest supercomputer in the world. Intel also made inroads with 20 new supercomputers based on its Sapphire Rapids CPUs entering the list, but AMD's EPYC continues to take over the Top500 as it now powers 140 systems on the list — a 39% year-over-year increase. Intel and Argonne are currently still working to bring Arora fully online for users in 2024. As such, the Aurora submission represented 10,624 Intel CPUs and 31,874 Intel GPUs working in concert to deliver 585.34 PFlop/s at a total of 24.69 megawatts (MW) of energy. In contrast, AMD's Frontier holds the performance title at 1.194 EFlop/s, which is more than twice the performance of Aurora, while consuming a comparably miserly 22.70 MW of energy (yes, that's less power for the full Frontier supercomputer than half of the Aurora system). Aurora did not land on the Green500, a list of the most power-efficient supercomputers, with this submission, but Frontier continues to hold eighth place on that list. However, Aurora is expected to eventually reach up to 2 EFlop/s of performance when it comes fully online. When complete, Auroroa will have 21,248 Xeon Max CPUs and 63,744 Max Series 'Ponte Vecchio' GPUs spread across 166 racks and 10,624 compute blades, making it the largest known single deployment of GPUs in the world. The system leverages HPE Cray EX – Intel Exascale Compute Blades and uses HPE's Slingshot-11 networking interconnect. AMD is in the process of deploying El Capitan, which is projected to be faster than Aurora with 2 EFlop/s+ of performance, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As such, Intel's incessantly delayed Aurora may never take the number one position on the Top500 list — the race is certainly on for the next round of Top500 submissions in June 2024. The Aurora supercomputer was first announced in 2015, with a predicted finish date in 2018. Back then, the system was designed to use the Knights Hill processors that were later canceled. The system has seen numerous redesigns and reschedules in the years since, with the new Aurora being announced in 2019 with one exaflop of performance to be delivered in 2021. Yet another rescheduling in late 2021 claimed the system would deliver two exaflops upon completion, which is now slated for next year as Intel, Argonne, and HPE continue to work on system validation, verification, and scaling-up workloads across the new system. You can see Argonne's other Aurora benchmarks that it shared today here. Meanwhile, Microsoft's new Eagle supercomputer, deployed in the Azure Cloud, has now taken the number three spot on the list, pushing Japan's Fugaku into fourth place on the leaderboard. Eagle is the first cloud system to break the top ten. The LUMI system in Kajaani, Finland, rounded out the top five with 379.70 PFlop/s of performance.
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Nick movie:Maestro | Official Trailer | Netflix Time:2023 Netflix / Amazon / HBO:Netflix Duration of the movie:2:44 Trailer:
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Apple introduced the iPhone 15 Pro Max priced at Rs. 1,59,900 (256GB) at its Far Out launch event in September. Significant upgrades like the Bionic A17 processor, titanium-based design, and a fresh telephoto camera are driving demand for the handset across the globe. A new report from industry analysis firm Counterpoint Research this week offers a look at how much it costs Apple to make the flagship handset. The in-depth analysis reveals that the total bill of materials (BoM) cost for producing the base variant of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is higher compared to last year's iPhone 14 Pro Max. The primary reasons for the increase are the new chip and the 5x telephoto camera. A latest BoM analysis by Counterpoint reveals that Apple is making a good profit from the iPhone 15 Pro Max. As per the bill of materials report, the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant of the handset costs the company $37.7 more to make. This marks an 8 percent increase compared to the 6GB RAM + 256GB variant of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The report breaks down the total cost part by part. Processor, camera and frames accounted for the biggest chunk of BoM. The A17 Bionic chip based on TSMC's advanced 3nm fabrication technology is $30 (roughly Rs. 240) more expensive than the iPhone 14 Pro Max's A16 Bionic SoC. Apple this year packed an all-new 5x Telephoto camera exclusively on iPhone 15 Pro Max and the total cost of the camera system is 34 percent costlier than that of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The adoption of titanium alloy in the casing frame caused an 18 percent cost increase to that of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Prices for certain components have also gone down this year. Apple increased the RAM in the iPhone 15 Pro Max to 8GB, up from 6GB in the predecessor, but the downtrend in the global memory market favoured the Cupertio-based company. As a result of the decrease in both DRAM and NAND flash prices, the contribution of memory chips in the iPhone 15 Pro Max dropped by 34 percent compared to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. "Apart from Samsung Display, LG Display has also started supplying iPhone LTPO displays. This has contributed to a reduction in display costs by 4 percent in the iPhone 15 Pro Max compared to that of the iPhone 14 Pro Max" the report says. Further, the report states that Apple's self-designed components such as the processor, the upgraded UWB, and power management ICs account for 25 percent of the total BoM cost of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, up from 22 percent in the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Price of the iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at Rs. 1,59,900. In the US, it starts at $1,199 (roughly Rs. 99,000). The iPhone 14 Pro Max debuted at a starting price tag of Rs. 1,39,900 in India and $1,099 (roughly Rs. 87,530) in the US.