The world’s first Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 SoC-equipped smartphone, the Redmi Note 12 Turbo, has been launched in China today.

Key digital distribution platforms in China, including Jingdong and Taobao, said that within just 5 minutes, the 16GB RAM/1TB flash version set an all-time industry sales record.

In small print it is indicated that the sales of this version in 5 minutes exceeded the total sales of all smartphones with this amount of memory for the same period of time. Specific values, as usual, are not reported.

Redmi officials have confirmed that the entire launch batch of the Redmi Note 12 Turbo has been sold out instantly, with a new batch of 16GB RAM and 1TB flash smartphones going on sale on April 6th.

Recall, Redmi Note 12 Turbo received a 6.67-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 2400 x 1080, it supports an image refresh rate of 120 Hz, a PWM frequency of 1920 Hz. The battery has a capacity of 5000 mAh, there is support for 67-watt charging. The main camera with optical stabilization has a resolution of 64 megapixels.

Feature phones have long gone out of fashion in the global market, but in the US the situation is changing. Some Americans are switching to such devices to limit their time spent on smartphone screens.

“It’s happening to some Gen Zers — they’re tired of screens,” said José Briones, moderator of the r/dumbphones subreddit. “They don’t know what’s going on with mental health and they’re trying to cut down on their smartphone use.”

In 2022, sales of HMD Global flip phones in the US have grown. Tens of thousands of such phones are sold monthly. At the same time, global sales of HMD feature phones have declined, according to the company.

Nearly 80% of feature phone sales in 2022 were in the Middle East, Africa and India, according to Counterpoint Research. The North American feature phone market is forecast to grow by 5% over the next five years, and possibly even more.

Various companies are following this trend by selling devices aimed at those who want to spend less time with their phones and social networks.

Apple has again delayed mass production of its mixed reality headset, and the device may not show up at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2023) this year.

This was stated by prominent Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who explained that Apple is “not very optimistic” about whether the headset can create an “iPhone moment”. Recall that back in 2021, Tim Cook said that the headset should replace the iPhone in the next ten years. The same statement was made by Ming-Chi Kuo.

As a result, the company has decided to postpone the device’s mass production schedule to mid-to-late Q3 2023. Kuo believes the delay adds to the uncertainty over “whether a new device will show up at WWDC 2023.”

The delay also means headset shipment forecasts for 2023 will be even lower than previously thought, falling to between 200,000 and 300,000 units. It was previously expected to ship about half a million units this year.

The reasons for Apple’s concern are the economic downturn in the market, compromises in hardware specifications, the mass of the device, the readiness of the headset ecosystem and applications, and the very high price of the device. Kuo thinks the headset will cost between $3,000 and $4,000 or more.

Earlier it was reported that Apple employees are skeptical about the company’s next revolutionary device.

Apple announced yesterday that WWDC 2023 will run from June 5th to 9th.