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Apple should launch a the latest iPad Pro at around March 2020, but according to DigiTimes shipments will only peak until after April, since component suppliers are still ramping up output following an extended Chinese New Year break.

The reason behind the longer-than-usual break is, of course, the coronavirus outbreak. DigiTimes says upstream supply chain partners kicked off component production for the new model before the Lunar New Year, but the epidemic has put on the break. As a result, shipments may peak at a monthly level of over 3.5 million units in Q2 2020, since assemblers will only start ramping up shipments from March.

Corsair announces the Scimitar RGB Elite-- a high-performance gaming mouse designed for MOBA and MMO RPG players featuring no less than 17 fully programmable buttons and a custom Pixart 18000 DPI optical sensor.

Built for "maximum durability," the Scimitar RGB Elite has a sturdy scroll wheel, 1.8m braided cable and Omron switches rated for 50 million clicks. The left side houses 12 of the 17 buttons, as arranged in a sculpted and textured 3x4 array. Users can program the buttons for custom macros and button remaps, as well as as adjust their position by 8mm via "Key Slider control system" in order to accommodate for different size hands.

After months of hearsay and rumours Samsung is ready to present its second foldable smartphone-- Galaxy Z Flip, a clamshell foldable device featuring what the company claims is a flexible glass display.

Like the Motorola Razr revival, Galaxy Z Flip is very reminiscent of the flip-phones of years past. It is the bigger of the two devices, as the nearly edge-to-edge display unfolds into a 6.7-inch 2636 x 1080 resolution OLED panel. A three-stop "Hideaway Hinge" holds the device open at three different different, while a "Flex" mode splits the UI into two 4-inch screens, with a different app running on each half. The device also has a tiny 1.06-inch, 300 x 116 resolution cover display, allowing one to check the time or simple notifications without actually opening the full display.

Palit launches the KalmX-- a passively cooled version of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 featuring a "vast volume of nickel plated fins" and twin nickel plated heatpipes attached to a copper heatsinks.

Being passively cooled the KalmX does not need any fans, allowing it to run silently at under 75W. As such it does not require external power, and making it ideal for smaller PC cases. In fact, the KalmX card measures 178 x 138 x 38mm. However does take a hit, with the graphics clock running at 1485MHz with a 1665MHz boost. In comparison, a typical actively cooled GTX 1650-based graphics card runs at 1485MHz, with a 1740MHz boost.