Is The iPhone 16 Pro A Flop? Preorders Suggest Lower Demand Than Expected

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Is The iPhone 16 Pro A Flop? Preorders Suggest Lower Demand Than Expected]( By Alan Velasco on Sep 16, 2024 04:00 pm [Is The iPhone 16 Pro A Flop? Preorders Suggest Lower Demand Than Expected ]( Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 lineup became available to pre-order over the weekend, but it seems as if even the inclusion of Apple Intelligence isn’t enough to move the needle, sales-wise. This is according to Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo, who used his sources within the company’s supply chain alongside other available data to come to this conclusion. According [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Flappy Bird Makes A Controversial Comeback On iPhone After 10-Year Hiatus]( By Alan Velasco on Sep 16, 2024 03:30 pm [Flappy Bird Makes A Controversial Comeback On iPhone After 10-Year Hiatus]( Flappy Bird is back after originally being removed from mobile app stores 10 years ago, revived by the Flappy Bird Foundation. The announcement of the game’s return was posted on its official X account, saying “I AM BACK!! Just a decade ago, I was the talk of the town and soaring to new heights with my 100 million friends. Sadly, I had to [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Ryzen 9700X Takes On 7.1GHz Core i9-14900K In Single-Threaded Benchmark Battle]( By Zak Killian on Sep 16, 2024 02:45 pm [AMD Ryzen 9700X Takes On 7.1GHz Core i9-14900K In Single-Threaded Benchmark Battle]( If you're into overclocking at all, you have probably heard of Skatterbencher. He's a veteran overclocker who has held multiple historical world records, but is perhaps best known for his YouTube videos giving explicit instructions to help novice overclockers tune their own systems for maximum performance. His previous two videos were an [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Spec Leak Puts iPhone 16 Pro On Notice]( By Aaron Leong on Sep 16, 2024 11:56 am [Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Spec Leak Puts iPhone 16 Pro On Notice]( Samsung's Galaxy S-series may be the unofficial representative of premium flagship Android smartphones, at least in the U.S., but it has, in recent years, also gained another reputation. The company has become known for its mission of refining the design and feel for the past few generations of S-series devices, to the point of being called [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [8BitDo Mod Kit Makes OG GameCube Controllers Wireless For Gaming On Android And Switch]( By Ryan Whitwam on Sep 16, 2024 11:51 am [8BitDo Mod Kit Makes OG GameCube Controllers Wireless For Gaming On Android And Switch]( The original Gamecube Controller is a product of Nintendo's eccentric design sensibilities, but it's still a favorite of gamers. Talk to Smash Bros players, for instance, and they'll immediately extol the virtues of this wacky-looking gamepad. The controller has been re-released on occasion, but some purists want the original hardware, and [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Score Apple's AirPods Max For $250 Off If You Act Fast And More Killer Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Sep 16, 2024 11:24 am [Score Apple's AirPods Max For $250 Off If You Act Fast And More Killer Deals]( Apple has been busy releasing a bunch of new hardware products, including its AirPods 4 earbuds, the iPhone 16, and several color additions to its flagship AirPods Max headphones. As it pertains to the latter, if you don't care about the new color options (midnight, starlight, blue, purple, and orange), then you can score a massive discount [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Where And When To Catch Tuesday’s Super Harvest Moon Lunar Eclipse]( By Tim Sweezy on Sep 16, 2024 11:02 am [Where And When To Catch Tuesday’s Super Harvest Moon Lunar Eclipse]( The month of September is chock full of celestial goodness, with a partial lunar eclipse highlighting the festivities. September’s full moon, also called the Harvest moon, will also be a Supermoon, meaning it will appear ever so slightly bigger and brighter than the average full moon. As NASA and the US government work out an international [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [The First DDR5-9600 Memory Kit Is Here And Even Faster RAM Is Coming]( By Paul Lilly on Sep 16, 2024 10:34 am [The First DDR5-9600 Memory Kit Is Here And Even Faster RAM Is Coming]( One of the early promises of DDR5 memory when it first appeared on the scene was that speeds would hit a blistering DDR5-10000, leaving even the fastest DDR4 memory kits built for overclocking in the dust. We're not quite there yet, but we're closer than ever with Asgard trumpeting its new Thor-branded DDR5-9600 memory kit as part of its Thunder [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Astronauts 3D Print Metal In Space For The First Time Ever And It’s A Big Deal]( By Tim Sweezy on Sep 16, 2024 10:21 am [Astronauts 3D Print Metal In Space For The First Time Ever And It’s A Big Deal]( As space exploration aims to go further than ever before, space agencies and companies are looking at new ways to sustain longer duration space flights, as well as on other planetary bodies. A collaboration between Airbus, Cranfield University, and the European Space Agency (ESA) brought about the first metal 3D printer in space, and has printed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [2025 Mustang GTD Is Ford's Most Powerful Street-Legal Factory Pony Ever Built]( By Aaron Leong on Sep 16, 2024 10:07 am [2025 Mustang GTD Is Ford's Most Powerful Street-Legal Factory Pony Ever Built]( 202 miles per hour. Under seven minutes at the Nurburgring. Those are just some of the numbers Ford is claiming its all-new 2025 Mustang GTD bat-out-of-hell is capable of achieving. The speed and power from this fethered Mustang exceeds even that of the haloed Shelby GT500, and if you plan on buying one (assuming you don't mind the $325,000 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Readies Major M4 Mac Overhaul And Cheaper iPad Tablets]( By Thiago Trevisan on Sep 16, 2024 09:55 am [Apple Readies Major M4 Mac Overhaul And Cheaper iPad Tablets]( Apple recently held its yearly iPhone event, where it introduced the world to the iPhone 16. Its next important product family, the Mac lineup, is also slated for an update sometime this fall. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple is planning to introduce its M4 Macs soon at another dedicated hardware event. We already have the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [PlayStation 6 In Development As AMD Scores Chip Design Win Over Intel]( By Paul Lilly on Sep 16, 2024 09:42 am [PlayStation 6 In Development As AMD Scores Chip Design Win Over Intel]( Hot on the heels of Sony releasing its upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro console, there's some interesting chatter surrounding what comes next—the PlayStation 6, which will be a true next-generation game system rather than an iterative upgrade. 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