In other news, rumors about the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are already circulating, with new features and changes expected. Apple has agreed to pay up to $14.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit in Canada over the "batterygate" issue. Apple CEO Tim Cook recently sold 196,410 shares of the company's stock, netting nearly $16.4 million after taxes. Lastly, Best Buy has introduced a sale on MacBooks and the 10th generation iPad, with record low prices.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft plans to advertise its upcoming Windows laptops with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processor as faster than the MacBook Air with Apple's latest M3 chip.
- The Snapdragon X Elite processor has Arm-based architecture like Apple silicon and Qualcomm claimed that it achieved 21% faster multi-core CPU performance than the M3 chip.
- Microsoft and Qualcomm are comparing their processor to Apple's lower-end M3 chip instead of its higher-end M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.
- Microsoft plans to announce laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite later this year, including the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 on May 20.