GC Daily: Nothing Phone (3) launch pushed back to 2025? Qualcomm’s dual sourcing strategy for 8 Gen 5

Jun 6, 2024

In today’s news roundup, we dive into the latest leaks of the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro’s design changes and get insights into the postponed launch of the Nothing Phone (3).

Discover what industry firsts the OnePlus Pad 2 is set to bring and Qualcomm’s potential dual-sourcing strategy for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. Plus, learn how a recent ChatGPT outage spiked interest in Google’s Gemini AI. These stories and more await you!

Here are all the top stories from the past 24 hours.

Alleged OnePlus Ace 3 Pro schematic emerges to showcase few design changes

A leaked schematic of the alleged OnePlus Ace 3 Pro reveals potential design updates. This teaser offers a glimpse into possible changes coming to the device, piquing curiosity about potential new features and enhancements.

Read more

Nothing Phone (3) launch pushed back to 2025?

Nothing unveiled the Nothing Phone (2) in July 2023, leading to speculation that the Phone (3) will debut in the same month this year. In a video message, Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei discussed the company’s plans for introducing AI features on its devices and hinted at the Phone (3)’s arrival.

Read more

OnePlus Pad 2 will offer a number of industry firsts, hints OnePlus President

Li Jie, President of OnePlus China, recently talked about the upcoming OnePlus Pad 2 in his Weibo (a Chinese microblogging site) post. According to him, the Pad 2 will bring a number of industry firsts.

Read more

Qualcomm is considering a “dual-sourcing” strategy with Samsung and TSMC for Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Qualcomm is reportedly thinking of a “dual-sourcing production strategy” for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. The two companies will be Samsung Electronics and TSMC. According to Businesskorea, during a media briefing held at the W Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4th, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon shared the information in response to a question.

Read more

ChatGPT Outage Forced Users to Switch to Google Gemini, with a 60% Jump in Global Searches

A recent outage of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT chatbot triggered a surge in interest for Google’s conversational AI competitor, Gemini. Data from QR Code Generator reveals a near 60% jump in global searches for “Gemini” on June 4th, coinciding precisely with the reported downtime of ChatGPT. On average, daily searches for “Gemini” hover around 204,991, but during the ChatGPT outage, that number skyrocketed to 327,058.

Read more