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Google launches Android 13 Apple will venture into

(Go edition) OS for lower-end foldable market with the iPad

smartphones in 2024: Report

fter releasing the stable An- a lot of skins, is now making its de- he entry of Apple into the with a folding phone and instead pre-
droid 13 back in August, Goo- but on Go edition devices, reported foldable market will not be fer to “dip its toes” into the foldable
Agle is back with a variation of it GSM Arena. As per the outlet, also Tthrough the iPhones but rather market through a tablet.
named Android 13 (Go edition) that’s launching is the Material You de- the company’s tablet devices, as per Other sources, namely re-
built specifically with low-end phones sign language, which so far has been CCS Insight’s annual predictions re- nowned Apple insider and analyst
in mind. According to GSM Arena, confined to non-Go edition Android port, shared GSM Arena. Ming-Chi Kuo, has said that Apple
the Go edition concept is already five devices but is now making the jump According to the outlet, Apple could launch a folding iPhone in
years old, and at the moment there to the affordable side. With it, you could launch a folding iPad in 2024 in 2024. So, the consensus is that Apple
are over 250 million monthly active get the theming of your phone’s en- a move against the trend of most oth- would premiere a folding device in
devices, with low-end SoCs, limited tire colour scheme based on your er makers. The logic behind CCS’s two years’ time. CCS’ report further
RAM and storage capacities, that run wallpaper. It’s not automatic, though report is that a folding iPhone would says that Apple will introduce its own
some form of Android Go. Android - when you set a wallpaper, you get be risky for Apple as it may canni- 5G modem in 2025.
13 (Go edition) focuses on reliability, four colour schemes to choose from balize the sales of the conventional The move would allow Apple,
usability, and customization. Google for the system. iPhone. which currently relies on Qual-
Play System Updates are available for Additionally, some key features The report continues that Ap- comm’s 5G modems, to integrate
Go devices starting with this release, introduced in Android 13 are also ple would need to price an eventual its own modem into its A-series
allowing phones to receive important making it to the Go edition, such folding iPhone at least USD 2,500 so chipset for a single-chip solution
software updates outside of a major as notification permissions and app that it’s clear of the current top con- in its devices. Apple acquired In-
Android release. language preferences. Google says figuration iPhone Pro Max, reported tel’s modem business in 2019 and
The Google Discover feed, new devices running Android 13 (Go GSM Arena. As per CCS Chief of is reportedly continuing to develop
which you can find in Android to the edition) should arrive in 2023, as per Research, Ben Wood, Apple would its in-house modem capabilities, as
left of your leftmost home screen in The Verge. be keen to avoid any technical issues per GSM Arena.

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