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Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated to offer 25% better performance and 30% greater capacity compared to existing mobile DRAM devices from the company. The new chips also appear to be tangibly faster than Micron's LPDDR5X memory and SK hynix's LPDDR5T chips. Samsung's forthcoming LPDDR5X devices feature a data transfer rate of 10.7 GT/s as well as maximum capacity per stack of 32 GB. This allows Samsung's clients to equip their latest smartphones or laptops with 32 GB of low-power memory using just one DRAM package, which greatly simplifies their designs. Samsung says that 32 GB of memory will be particularly beneficial...
Motorola Brings Back The Razr: Flip-Phone In 2020
Motorola has today announced a modern successor to one of the most iconic phones ever released: the Razr V3. The popular flip-phone was first released in 2004 and had...
31 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/14/2019
The Google Pixel 4 XL Review: Stuck In The Past In 2019
Amongst the last big smartphone releases of 2019 is Google’s Pixel 4 series. Google’s own flagship devices come late in the generational product cycle whose timing is mostly dictated...
159 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/8/2019
Xiaomi’s Mi Note 10 Family: World’s First Smartphones with 108 MP Penta Camera Array
A couple of months back, Samsung announced a new ultra high resolution 108 MegaPixel sensor for smartphone cameras. At the time we didn't know where this sensor would first...
34 by Anton Shilov on 11/7/2019
Samsung Confirms Custom CPU Development Cancellation
The fate of Samsung's custom CPU development efforts has been making the rounds of the rumour mill for almost a month, and now we finally have confirmation from Samsung...
42 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/4/2019
Samsung Launches Single-Chip uMCP Packages with LPDDR4X DRAM & UFS 3.0 Storage
Samsung has introduced a new lineup of all-in-one memory packages for smartphones that integrate both DRAM and storage. The latest generation of uMCP devices now feature up to 12...
30 by Anton Shilov on 10/24/2019
Samsung Announces Exynos 990: 7nm EUV, M5, G77, LPDDR5 Flagship SoC alongside Exynos 5123 5G Modem
Today Samsung unexpectedly announced the brand new Exynos 990 chipset – likely to be Samsung’s flagship SoC for 2020, employing the newest IP and offering the newest features on...
52 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/23/2019
The Foldable Huawei Mate X: Coming to China on November 15th for ~$2074
Foldable smartphones from Huawei and Samsung attracted quite a lot of public attention at Mobile World Congress early this year, but launches were delayed as companies had to polish...
17 by Anton Shilov on 10/23/2019
Arm Announces New Ethos-N57 and N37 NPUs, Mali-G57 Valhall GPU and Mali-D37 DPU
Today Arm is announcing four new products in its NPU, GPU and DPU portfolio. The company is branding its in-house machine learning processor IPs the Ethos line-up detailing more...
13 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/23/2019
The Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro & 11 Pro Max Review: Performance, Battery, & Camera Elevated
It’s been a little over a year since our review of the iPhone XS and XS Max, and it’s that time of the year to investigate Apple’s latest and...
242 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/16/2019
Google Announces The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL: The 2019 Pixels
Today Google announced the new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL flagship devices, representing Google's vision for 2019 and 2020. The new phones upgrade the hardware to the latest...
95 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/15/2019
Nova 5T: Huawei Can Still Make New Phones With Google Services (sort of)
Today at a small event in Paris, Huawei announced its latest device for the more mass market: the Huawei Nova 5T. The Nova line from Huawei is part of...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/15/2019
Made by Google 2019 Live Blog (Starts at 10am ET/14:00 UTC)
We've seen the latest and greatest smartphones from Apple, Samsung, LG, and Huawei. Now as we're getting ready to close out the year, it's the final major smartphone launch...
51 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/15/2019_carousel.jpg)
The Oppo Reno Ace: 90 Hz AMOLED 6.5-inch HDR10+ with 65W Charging
Today in China, top 5 smartphone company Oppo launched its latest flagship smartphone. The new Oppo Reno Ace goes above and beyond the Oppo Reno launched earlier in the...
24 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/10/2019
Samsung Stops Production of Phones in China
Samsung had ceased to make mobile phones in China, the company revealed on Wednesday. The company has been withdrawing from handset manufacturing in the country for a while now...
15 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019
The ASUS ROG Phone II Review: Mobile Gaming First, Phone Second
The concept of mobile gaming is still a relatively new phenomenon. The idea that a user can have a smartphone dedicated to gaming that isn’t in of itself a...
75 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/30/2019
The Nubia Red Magic 3 Review: A 90Hz Gaming Phone With Active Cooling
We’ve covered many smartphone vendors here at AnandTech over the years, but one vendor we never had the chance to have a look at is ZTE, or more precisely...
32 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/27/2019
UK Survey & Prize Draw: Smartphone Usage and 5G Expectations
We’ve had a few requests as of late for giveaways that are open to readers other than US residents, so today we’re doing just that. Our benevolent corporate overlords...
12 by Ryan Smith on 9/27/2019
Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha: A Truly All-Around 'Surround' Display Smartphone
Many flagship smartphones these days use slightly curved AMOLED displays that create impression of a bezel-less device with a large screen that falls over the edges. There are also...
18 by Anton Shilov on 9/26/2019
The Black Shark 2 Review: A Gaming Phone's Existential Crisis
Over the last 1-2 years we’ve seen a new type of smartphone category start carving itself a niche in the market: the gaming smartphone. Last year, the original Black...
67 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/25/2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Hits the US on September 27th
Samsung will start sales of the latest iteration of its highly-anticipated Galaxy Fold smartphone in the US this week. Two colors are set to be available, Cosmos Black and...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/24/2019
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