Smartphones
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...
UL Delists MediaTek Powered Devices Due To Benchmark Whitelisting
Last week we detailed an article covering MediaTek’s seemingly widespread default inclusion of a benchmark whitelist in their chipset BSP (board support package) – a mechanism that enables more...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/16/2020
Apple Announces New Updated iPhone SE: A13 & New Features for $399
Apple’s last “classic” iPhone release was the iPhone 8 back in 2017, with the 2016 iPhone SE (Special Edition) being the last iteration donning the iPhone 4 design language...
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Honor Launches Honor 30 Series in China: Three New Premium Devices
Today Honor completed its Chinese launch of the new Honor 30 series of smartphones, adding three new devices to its premium to flagship line-up of devices. All the new...
23 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/15/2020
OnePlus Announces OnePlus 8 & OnePlus 8 Pro: Step-Up 2020 Flagships
As the world is in quarantine, smartphone companies aren’t standing still and are still moving forward with their new product launches. We’ve seen almost every other company on the...
66 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/14/2020
Samsung Announces Galaxy A51 5G & A71 5G Mid-Range Smartphones
Yesterday Samsung announced the company’s new Galaxy A51 5G and A71 5G phones – for the first time adding 5G capabilities to the company’s arguably most popular and successful...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/9/2020
Mobile Benchmark Cheating: When a SoC Vendor Provides It As A Service
Mobile benchmark cheating has a long story that goes far back for the industry (well – at least in smartphone industry years), and has also been a controversial coverage...
111 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/8/2020
The Samsung Galaxy S20+, S20 Ultra Exynos & Snapdragon Review: Megalomania Devices
It’s been a long couple of weeks, but the wait is now finally over. Today we’re ready to go on a deep dive into Samsung’s most important phones of...
138 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/3/2020
Xiaomi Globally Launches Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro; Snapdragon 865 & 108MP Cameras
Whilst the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro haven’t been secret devices, having been launched in China over a month ago, today Xiaomi is catching up on what was...
21 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/27/2020
Qualcomm to Update Smartphone GPU Driver Every Quarter, Develops GPU Inspector Tool
As part of its Snapdragon Elite Gaming initiative, Qualcomm previously announced its intentions to release quarterly driver updates for its Adreno GPUs. And now at long last, the first...
10 by Anton Shilov on 3/26/2020
Richard Yu Press Interview: Huawei's CEO on COVID-19 and Huawei Apps
Today Huawei launched its latest generation of photography focused smartphone: the P40 series. This series consists of the P40, the P40 Pro, and the P40 Pro+, starting at €799...
22 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/26/2020
Huawei Announces P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+: A New Generation of Cameras
Today, Huawei is doubling down on its efforts to regain western market share, revealing brand-new hardware as well as expanding the company’s AppGallery app store, introducing the new P40...
96 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/26/2020
Samsung Galaxy S20+ & Ultra (Snapdragon & Exynos) Battery Life Preview
Last week we brought you a quick performance preview of the Snapdragon 865-based Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, showcasing that the phone has some outstandingly good performance and power efficiency...
107 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/23/2020
HMD Debuts First Nokia 5G Smartphone: The Nokia 8.3 5G with 4-Module Camera
HMD Global has announced their first Nokia-branded 5G-enabled smartphone, the Nokia 8.3 5G. Based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G platform, Nokia is assembling a high-end smartphone that is designed...
39 by Anton Shilov on 3/20/2020
Apple Unveils New iPad Pro: A12Z Bionic, Camera w/ Depth Sensor for AR, Keyboard w/ Trackpad
Apple’s iPad Pro has always been about bringing tablets closer to laptops, in a bid to cater professional users and satisfy their requirements. Today, Apple announced its 4th Generation...
59 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2020
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (Snapdragon 865) Quick Performance Preview: Impressive
Samsung's Galaxy S20 series phones have been available since last Friday in markets such as the US. And earlier this week we also finally received a unit, in the...
117 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/13/2020
Logitech Reveals Wireless Charging 3-in-1 Dock
Nowadays many people use more than one mobile device that needs charging, but charging them using separate chargers is sometimes inconvenient since they use too many wires or power...
15 by Anton Shilov on 3/12/2020
Oppo’s Find X2 Pro 5G Debuts: S865, 6.7-Inch 120 Hz AMOLED, Periscope Camera, Ceramic or Leather
One of the bright sides of sad situations such as event cancellations like MWC, is that vendors don't have to compete for attention against other vendors announcements within a...
16 by Anton Shilov on 3/12/2020
Micron Develops uMCP with LPDDR5 & 96L 3D NAND for Midrange 5G Smartphones
Micron this week has announced that it has started sampling the industry’s first multichip package (MCP) that integrates LPDDR5-6400 DRAM and 96-layer 3D NAND flash memory. The uMCP5 device...
11 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2020
UNISOC Unveils T7520 SoC for 5G Smartphones: Octa-Core, 6nm EUV
UNISOC, formerly Spreadtrum Semiconductor, has announced its first mobile application processor with an integrated 5G modem. Dubbed the T7520, the SoC also happens to be one of the world’s...
17 by Anton Shilov on 3/4/2020
UFS 3.1 Storage Devices for Smartphones Unveiled by Kioxia & Western Digital
Less than a month after JEDEC published its UFS 3.1 specification, Kioxia and Western Digital have introduced their first UFS 3.1-compliant storage devices for smartphones. Samples of Kioxia’s UFS...
2 by Anton Shilov on 3/2/2020
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