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It's that time of the year again - Apple's fall iPhone event, where the Cupertino company to unveil its newest generation family of iPhones. This year's theme is "Wonderlust," and will be the backdrop for the launch of iOS 17 as well as what should be the iPhone 15 series. This year is widely expected to see Apple switch from their proprietary Lightning connector to the newer USB-C connector, in large part to comply with EU phone charger regulations. Besides the compatibility benefits that entails, the Lightning connector itself is coming up on 11 years old – fulfilling Apple's promise for 10 years of support and then-some. And while Lightning is the progenitor to the modern reversible connector, its lower overall pin count is limiting...
Investigating The Galaxy S21 Ultra New OLED Emitter: Huge Efficiency Improvements
As a prelude to our full review, today we’re investigating the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s new display, which beyond QHD 120Hz and VRR capabilities, also brings a new emitter technology...
50 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/2/2021
Sony Launches Xperia PRO 5G ... for $2499
Last year in February Sony had launched the Xperia 1 II, as well as teasing a sibling device called the Xperia PRO. This latter variant of the phone was...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/26/2021
The Google Pixel 5: A Mini-Review - Small Package, Small Value?
The Pixel 5 is a change of tactic for Google, with the company opting to go the route of a lower-cost “premium” or high mid-range component configuration, rather than...
105 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/22/2021
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 870: An 865++?
Today Qualcomm is making a rather unexpected SoC announcement in the form of the new Snapdragon 870. The chip is a rather odd release in Qualcomm’s chipset line-up in...
25 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/19/2021
Samsung Announces Galaxy S21, S21+ & S21 Ultra: Cheaper Baseline, Higher High-End
Today, Samsung is taking the virtual stage to release the new Galaxy S21 series of devices, including the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra. In a time where smartphones...
136 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/14/2021
Samsung Confirms AMD RDNA GPU In Next Exynos Flagship
Today during the Exynos 2100 launch event, Samsung's Dr. Inyup Kang, VP and GM of the System LSI division, confirmed that their partnership with AMD on integrating a next-generation...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/12/2021
Samsung Announces Exynos 2100 SoC: A New Restart on 5nm with X1 Cores
Today, Samsung LSI took the virtual stage to announce the new Exynos 2100 flagship SoC. The new SoC promises some very large technical upgrades – the aforementioned new Cortex-X1...
34 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/12/2021
Qualcomm Appoints Cristiano Amon to CEO, Effective June 30th 2021
Throughout the industry wide push towards 5G, Qualcomm has been at the forefront of making the most noise about 5G technology. The company has developed patents and technologies that...
4 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/5/2021
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 480 - First 5G Low-end SoC
Today Qualcomm is making a big step towards enabling wide-spread adoption of 5G through the announcements of the new Snapdragon 480 low-end 5G SoC. The company had already alluded...
26 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/4/2021
Xiaomi Announces the Mi 11: First Snapdragon 888 Device
Today Xiaomi held the Chinese launch announcement of the new Mi 11 – the company’s new mainstream flagship phone for 2021. The new phone features a new super-high-end OLED...
82 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/28/2020
AnandTech Year In Review 2020: Flagship Mobile
We’re a few days away from completing the 2020 calendar year, and it’s been a quite a hectic year for everybody. In times of troubles, the smartphone industry had...
57 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/28/2020
Qualcomm Discloses Snapdragon 888 Benchmarks: Promising Performance
Today Qualcomm is disclosing a set of benchmark results for their new Snapdragon 888 SoC that’s set to power next year’s flagship Android devices. Usually, as in years past...
75 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/18/2020
Samsung Teases CES Announcement For Next Exynos SoC
Samsung this morning has dropped as brief teaser about their next-generation Exynos SoC. Dubbed “Exynos is back”, Samsung is revealing that there will be a proper announcement for the...
12 by Ryan Smith on 12/18/2020
Qualcomm Details The Snapdragon 888: 3rd Gen 5G & Cortex-X1 on 5nm
This year although we’re not reporting from Hawaii, Qualcomm’s Tech Summit is still happening in digital form, representing the company’s most important launch event of the year as it...
123 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/2/2020
Qualcomm Tech Summit 2020: Day Two Live Blog (10:00 ET, 15:00 UTC)
With day one of Qualcomm's annual summit announcing its new Snapdragon 888 smartphone processor, today is the day where we get all those shiny technical details. Stick with us...
14 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/2/2020
Qualcomm Tech Summit 2020: Day One Live Blog (10:00 ET, 15:00 UTC)
The annual Qualcomm Tech Summit is upon us, and today is the first day of announcements. Cristiano Amon is expected to go into Qualcomm's successes this year as well...
31 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/1/2020
The iPhone 12 & 12 Pro Review: New Design and Diminishing Returns
The new iPhone 12’s have been out for a while now, and while we’ve had our hands on them for a few weeks, Apple’s news bombardment of the new...
105 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/30/2020
Samsung Announces Exynos 1080 - 5nm Premium-Range SoC with A78 Cores
Today Samsung LSI announced the new Exynos 1080 SoC, a successor to last year’s Exynos 980. This year’s 1080 is seemingly positioned a little above the 980 in terms...
55 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/12/2020
Huawei Announces Mate 40 Series: Powered by 15.3bn Transistors 5nm Kirin 9000
Today Huawei took the stage to unveil the new Mate 40 series of devices. In the form of the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro and the Mate 40 Pro+...
107 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/22/2020
Apple Announces iPhone 12 Series: mini, Regular, Pro & Pro Max, all with 5G
A little later in the year than usual, but today we finally saw the announcement of Apple’s newest line-up of iPhones. This time around we didn’t get two, or...
174 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/13/2020
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