Apple to launch a new iPhone with A9 processor

Apple is set to launch a new iPhone and an iPad with the A9 and A9X processor according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek profile of Johny Srouji, who head's the development of Apple's semi-conductors. This piece of information comes on the backdrop of multiple reports which have suggested that Apple will host an event in mid-March to unveil a new smaller iPhone and the successor to the iPad Air 2

"In March, Apple intends to announce an updated iPad and smaller screen iPhone featuring the latest A9x and A9 chips, according to a person familiar with the plans, who wasn't authorized to comment publicly," read the Bloomberg report.

The smaller iPhone has been widely reported to be called the iPhone 5s

which is slated to have a design that's similar that of the iPhone 5s which was launched in 2013, but with tweaks that make it more durable and comfortable to use. The phone is said to retain the 4-inch screen, but could get a huge camera update in the form of the 8-megapixel shooter found on the back of the iPhone 6 and a 5-megapixel camera on the front. Theoretically, on paper at least this should lend the phone superior hardware specs than that of the iPhone 6.

The iPad Air 3is likely to feature a design that's similar to the iPad Pro and could get its 4 speaker system in addition to the new A9x processor. Teardowns of the iPad Pro revealed that it also had 4GB RAM, but that's something unknown for the iPad Air 3. The iPad Air 3, however, is also set to get its own smart keyboard.

The report also interestingly revealed that the iPad Pro was originally slated to be launched in 2014 alongside the iPhone 6, but as the A8x processor got delayed, the product was only launched in 2015 with the A9x processor.

Apple is expected to host an event at its own Cupertino campus, which means that it will be a small and relatively low-key event by its standards. The iPhone 5se is also supposedly going to be available within a few days of the launch event. This also means that the phone could come quite early to India, though as of now there's no information.

3 tricks to save data and money on Android phone

Consider this: You recharge your phone on 1st of month for Rs. 100. You get 1 GB internet for a month, which you feel is sufficient for you as you do not do all that much with your phone other than WhatsApp and Facebook. One day, you wake up to see that the internet has stopped working in your phone and you can't even make  a call as you don't  have even a penny left  in your main balance.

Reason? Even though you use just Facebook and WhatsApp, Android phone can consume a lot of data in the background. While switching off your mobile data in the night is a great idea, there are some other smarter ways to save data on your Android phone.

1. Update apps on Wi-Fi
On Android, apps have this habit of updating themselves whenever they can and whenever they find a working internet connection. That can consume a lot of data. Avoid it. And how do you do that? Force apps to update only when you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. Go to your Play Store > Settings >  General > Auto update apps > Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only.

2. Media auto download on WhatsApp etc

Tons of videos and images land up in our WhatsApp chat box every day. Now if you download all of these on a mobile data, the end result is that soon you will find your data limit exhausted. So make sure your automatic download of videos and images is disabled in the WhatsApp.

Here's how you do it. Go to settings in WhatsApp > Chats and calls > Media auto-download > disable auto-download under all three options: When using mobile data, when connected on WiFi and when roaming. This will, however, force you to download a video or image when you want to see it. But that is better than automatically downloading tens of goofy and useless videos that your long-lost classmates share in the school group. It also saves data on the phone.

In fact, the same media auto download option can be disabled in number of apps, including Twitter and Facebook. If you are concerned about the excessive data use, go to settings of these apps and disable the auto download.

3. Use Data Saver In Browser
Do you know your very own Google Chrome has the power to minimize your data usage? Yes, this widely used web browser can do a lot than just opening websites for you. You can open websites and save data.. To use the data saver in Chrome, go to Chrome Settings > Data Saver >  Turn it on. With this mode Google's servers reduce the amount of data that is downloaded when you visit any webpage. However, this feature is only available on Android. Sorry iOS users!

Chrome is not the only browser that can do this. Opera Mini users can enable the video compression option in their settings and that also helps cut down data usage to a small extent.