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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...
More Qualcomm Snapdragon 845: AGM's X3 with IP68, Coming Summer 2018
Unlike previous years, where Mobile World Congress would showcase the premier devices on the latest chipsets, this year was more muted. The product cadence for most companies is slightly...
24 by Anton Shilov on 3/12/2018
The Nokia 8110 4G Hands-On: A Banana Phone for 2018
At MWC 2018, the depth of the Nokia nostalgia revival was strong. The owners of the Nokia band, a company called HMD Global, has revived an old Nokia favorite...
29 by Anton Shilov on 3/9/2018
Google Releases Android P Developer Preview
Google has released the first developer preview of Android P, the next iteration of the company’s mobile operating system scheduled to be released this year. Developer previews are meant...
22 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/8/2018
The Ulefone T2 Pro Hands-On: A 6.7-inch Stunner Smartphone
Every trade show has a few gems. This year at MWC, one of the most impressive was from Ulefone, with its new T2 Pro smartphone. The device, due to...
54 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2018
China Copying China: Huawo's Mate 10 Pro-a-like
One of the many intricacies of China and the Chinese manufacturing industry is its ability to copy. Countless reports (and lawsuits) revolve around trademark infringement of the biggest consumer...
27 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2018
Arm Launches New Mali G52, G31 GPUs, New Display And Video IP
Today Arm announces a new Mali Multimedia Suite of products consisting of GPU, display processor and video processor IPs targeting the mainstream and low-end. The announcement comes at a...
4 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/6/2018
Cat S61 Smartphone Hands-On: First Impressions
Earlier this month Bullitt Group and Cat introduced the new Cat S61 ruggedized smartphone for workers and first responders who have to operate in harsh environments. These 'ruggedized phones'...
25 by Anton Shilov on 3/5/2018
Rugged Hands-On: The Land Rover 'Explore' Smartphone
Bullitt Group and Land Rover introduced the Land Rover 'Explore', a ruggedized smartphone, at MWC this week. The new handset is designed primarily for active travelers who go to...
10 by Anton Shilov on 3/1/2018
MediaTek Announces New Premium Helio P60 SoC
BARCELONA, ESP – Earlier this week MediaTek announced a new entry in the Helio SoC line-up, the Helio P60. The P60 comes with a strategy change for MediaTek as...
74 by Andrei Frumusanu on 3/1/2018
Sony's Open-Ear Xperia Ear Duo Wireless Headphones Due in May
BARCELONA, ESP — Listening to music in headphones and still hearing what is going on around is very useful for joggers and office workers, however wireless headphones that can...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/28/2018
Hands-On With the Nokia 8 Sirocco: Reviving Nokia's 'Dream Phone' Concept
BARCELONA, ESP — Nokia on Sunday introduced a new top-of-the-range, styled 'dream' phone, the Nokia 8 Sirocco. Nokia quoted it as perhaps one of the most awaited addition to...
61 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2018
ASUS Launches the ZenFone 5: Now With Added Notch
BARCELONA, ESP – Today ASUS is launching a smartphone that is designed, according to the speaker at our prebriefing, to make it look like the user is holding an...
34 by Ian Cutress on 2/27/2018
MWC 2018: ASUS Press Event Live Blog (6:30pm UTC, 1:30pm ET)
We're here in Barcelona covering ASUS's press event- expect the new ZenPhone 5!
7 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/27/2018
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 700 Series Platform: Carving Out A Niche for Sub-Premium
As part of their Mobile World Congress 2018 presentation this morning, Qualcomm is ever so slightly taking the wraps off of a new tier of Snapdragon platform SoCs. Dubbed...
40 by Ryan Smith on 2/27/2018
Samsung AR Emoji: It Almost Looks Like Me, I Guess
BARCELONA, ESP – One of the ‘innovations’ of the latest generations of smartphones have been interactive avatars that devolve into emoji. By using a bit of photography and some...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/26/2018
Galaxy S9 Exynos 9810 Hands-On - Awkward First Results
Following our launch article I promised an update on the performance scores of the Exynos 9810 variant of the Galaxy S9. I was able to have some time with...
130 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2018
Samsung Announces The Galaxy S9 and S9+
Today Samsung is announcing the Galaxy S9 and S9+. Both devices bring iterative designs over the Galaxy S8 – which is not a bad thing. The camera sees significant...
58 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2018
MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 Press Event Live Blog (5pm UTC, Noon ET)
This is it. The biggest unkept secret in recent tech media, now coming to Mobile World Congress. Samsung's show is busy, and we're sitting as far forward as we...
13 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 2/25/2018
MWC 2018: Nokia Press Event Live Blog (3pm UTC, 10am ET)
Nokia smartphones, as managed by HMD Global, have a number of announcements this year as part of the Nokia press event. We are sitting here, eagerly awaiting to report...
13 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2018
MWC 2018: ZTE Blade v9 Live Blog (3pm UTC, 10am ET)
Whirlwind stop at ZTE as part of the MWC Press Event escapades. ZTE last announced the Axon M, a folding smartphone. We're likely to see the Blade v9 at...
15 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2018
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