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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...
Corning Announces Gorilla Glass 6 for Smartphones, Doubles Durability
Corning this week introduced its next-generation Gorilla Glass 6 cover glass for smartphones that promises to double durability when compared to its predecessor. The manufacturer says that the first...
34 by Anton Shilov on 7/20/2018
Sony Unveils Xperia XA2 Plus Mid-Range Phone: 6-Inch, 2160x1080, SD630
Sony has introduced its new Xperia XA2 Plus ‘performance mainstream’ smartphone that is positioned above the rest of the Xperia XA2 series, but below the high-end XZ2 range. The...
17 by Anton Shilov on 7/12/2018
Honor Launches £99 Honor 7S
Normally we don’t tend to cover lower end smartphones due to the sheer size of the market which would require vast manpower to write about, but sometimes we see...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/3/2018
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S Review: Fantastic Overall Value
As Xiaomi is doubling down on its presence in Europe, we’re reviewing the MIX 2S – a larger phone that’s directly competing with the likes of the Galaxy S9+...
62 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/29/2018
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 - Expanding the Low-Mid-tier
A month ago we saw Qualcomm release a new “upper mid-range” SoC with the announcement of the Snapdragon 710 – the emphasis was on the fact that this was...
33 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/26/2018
Basemark Releases New "Basemark GPU" Mobile and PC Benchmark
Today Basemark released a new cross-platform benchmark, aptly named Basemark GPU. The new benchmark is a result of what is claimed to be two and a half years of...
32 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/20/2018
The Huawei P20 & P20 Pro Review: Great Battery Life & Even Better Night Vision
Following the April launch of the new Huawei P20 Pro and P20, we have a look again at a detailed view of the how the device performs in terms...
81 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/15/2018
ZTE Gets a Reprieve: US Suspends Tech Ban In Exchange For Record Fines & US Oversight
Back in April, as punishment for continued violations of a previous export ban settlement with the US, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security enacted a...
28 by Ryan Smith on 6/7/2018
Synaptics at Computex: Encrypted and In-Display Fingerprint Sensors in Real Products
Synaptics is one of the companies that have to do its announcements in two stages: initially, it announces its own product and then it showcases its partners’ products that...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018
Apple Announces iOS 12: Siri Suggestions, Faster Performance, 6 Years of Support, & More
Among the many announcements made this week at Apple’s 2018 WWDC Keynote, we saw the unveiling of iOS 12. Apple's event follows Google’s event last month in showcasing their...
15 by Ryan Smith & Andrei Frumusanu on 6/5/2018
The Apple WWDC 2018 Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 1pm ET)
Kicking off at 10am PT (1pm ET) is Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference keynote speach. We're live from always sunny San Jose, California, to see what Apple has...
21 by Ryan Smith & Andrei Frumusanu on 6/4/2018
ASUS Gaming Smartphone: 11mm-style ROG Phone with Speed-Binned Snapdragon 845
ASUS producing a gaming smartphone is one of the more esoteric news stories at the Computex 2018 trade show this year. To fire a shot right across the bow...
83 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2018
Arm's Cortex-A76 CPU Unveiled: Taking Aim at the Top for 7nm
Another year, another TechDay from Arm. Over the last several years Arm’s event has come as clockwork in the May timeframe and has every time unveiled the newest flagship...
123 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/31/2018
Arm Announces Mali-G76 GPU: Scaling up Bifrost
It’s been two years since Arm announced their first “next-generation” GPU architecture based on Bifrost and alongside with it its first implementation the G71. Following its release in the...
25 by Ryan Smith & Andrei Frumusanu on 5/31/2018
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 710 Platform
Today Qualcomm announces a new entry to the Snapdragon lineup with the first 700-series SoC platform. The Snapdragon 710 is a direct successor to the Snapdragon 660 but comes...
42 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/23/2018
The New HTC U12+ Smartphone Hands On
After the latest deal with Google on personnel, the next flagship out from HTC is the U12+, succeeding the squeeze-focused U11 and U11+ from 2017. For this generation HTC...
47 by Ian Cutress on 5/23/2018
ARM Details "Project Trillium" Machine Learning Processor Architecture
Arm first announced Project Trillium machine learning IPs back in February and we were promised we’d be hearing more about the product in a few months’ time. Project Trillium...
13 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/22/2018
Hands On with the OnePlus 6
The latest device to come from OnePlus is the new OnePlus 6, heralded as ‘their greatest smartphone’. OP smash in some high profile specifications, such as a 6.28-inch 2280x1080...
59 by Ian Cutress on 5/16/2018
Top 5 in 3 Years: A Group Interview with George Zhao, Honor President
This week, Honor launched the $400 high-end Honor 10 smartphone, featuring the Kirin 970, a 5.84-inch 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, and enhanced AI capabilities. As part of the...
3 by Ian Cutress on 5/16/2018
Honor 10 Launch and Hands On: Kirin 970, More AI, More Notch
In a world filled with rectangular blocks with displays, it takes a large effort to differentiate. The new Honor 10, launched today at an event in London, follows the...
34 by Ian Cutress on 5/15/2018
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