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OnePlus will present their new series, the OnePlus 13on January 7, 2025. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for smartphone manufacturers to differentiate or push the envelope, but OnePlus is trying. Its new phones will have IP68 and IP69.
The IP68 certification means that the device is protected against water and dust, the usual things, but the IP69 level makes it water resistant, promising that the device can withstand high-speed water jets – all the while at high speeds. The OnePlus 13 could be the first flagship phone to get the certification.
The company loves wet phone technology. A few years ago, it introduced the Rain Water Touch feature in the OnePlus 12 and Ace 2 Pro. It used a special chip to detect how you touched the screen when you used it in the rain or wet.
OnePlus 13 will have three colors: Arctic Dawn, Black Eclipse and Midnight Ocean, and the last one will also be the first phone to use micro-fiber vegan leather. And the Arctic Dawn edition has a new glass coating that resists fingerprint smudges – apparently another first for the industry, according to OnePlus.
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They are the second and third largest car manufacturers in Japan.
Honda and Nissan are discussing a merger. Japanese book Nikkei said the two automakers are planning to sign an agreement to liquidate their shares in the new company. The merger would combine the assets of Japan’s No. 2 and No. 3 automakers, giving them a competitive edge against the country’s market leader, Toyota. Bloomberg it adds that it also puts them in a good position against Tesla and Chinese EV manufacturers.
Finally, the Exos M will go on sale after years of anticipation.
Seagate’s website has announced the new Exos M 30TM and 32TB hard disk drive (HDD), with 3TB per plate with three times more capacity per terabyte compared to other hard drives. The new hard drive is Seagate’s first HDD to use thermally assisted recording. HAMR refers to a magnetic storage method in which the same heat is applied to the disk during writing, which allows for smaller areas and more space on the platter. These and other breakthroughs may one day pave the way to a 50TB HDD.
