Nio, which is known in China for its electric vehicles, intends to develop a new market. They plan to develop and produce smartphones there.

On August 4, the manufacturer registered a division of Nio Mobile Technologies Co Ltd with a starting capital of $100 million. The division is headquartered in Shanghai and co-founders include Nio President Qin Lihong. According to media reports, the company is preparing the first smartphone in 2023, while it will be cheaper than the iPhone. Smartphones are expected to be released once a year.

In addition to smartphones, the new company will sell mobile devices, wearable electronics, hardware solutions for artificial intelligence and communication devices. There will also be software development.

By the way, earlier the Chinese car manufacturer Geely acquired Meizu to also enter the mobile electronics market.

Apple has released the fifth developer beta of iOS 16, which has received many new features and visual changes. One of them was the battery percentage icon, which users have not seen since the iPhone X.

The fact is that with the release of models equipped with FaceID, there was no room left on the screen for percentages, so you had to turn on the Control Center or use widgets. In the latest iOS 16 beta, percentages will be displayed inside the battery icon in the status bar.

At the same time, according to the source, this feature will appear on the iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, but will not be available on the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini. Perhaps the situation will change by the release.

iOS 16 itself should be released in September along with the iPhone 14, but it is not yet known exactly when this will happen. Note that the company may postpone the release of iPadOS 16 for a month. According to media reports, this is due to problems with the Stage Manager function.

Analyst and insider Ming-Chi Kuo burst out with another prediction about future Apple products. According to him, the appearance of an augmented reality headset may take place as early as 2023, it will become the most revolutionary solution in the consumer category after the iPhone.

According to the analyst, initial shipments will be low due to the high price of premium AR headsets. Kuo again claims that the cost of the first versions will be approximately $2,500.

Rumors also attribute the base model of the headset to an M2 processor coupled with 16 GB of RAM. There is no data on the most powerful model yet.

Earlier it was already reported that the first version of the headset will be released in 2023, the second – in 2024. Initially, the models will be “sharpened” for games. It was also claimed that the announcement and release of the novelty was postponed due to problems with overheating.

Previously, Kuo already announced the most important update for the front camera of the iPhone 14.