Silicon Disclosures, Foldable Price Wars, and Physical AI Milestones Ahead of iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders
Hours before Apple opens pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro, Qualcomm disclosed details on its next-generation Adreno GPU architecture, T-Mobile launched a $1,900 trade-in promotion on Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, and NVIDIA showcased video-to-robot AI training with Skild AI.
Key points
- Qualcomm's next-gen Adreno GPU integrates three 1.45 GHz slices, Matrix Cores, and an 18MB HPM cache to reduce Neural Fusion power draw by 40%.
- T-Mobile launched up to $1,900 in trade-in credits for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 ahead of Apple's $1,999 iPhone Duo launch.
- Official iPhone 18 Pro ($1,199) and Pro Max ($1,299) pre-orders open September 11 at 5:00 AM PDT / 7:00 AM CDT.
- Skild AI and NVIDIA introduced video-to-robot training to automate industrial robotics using single demonstration videos.
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