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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...
Huawei Launches the P10 and P10 Plus, in Green
Today Huawei is unwrapping their latest mainstream device, evolving from the P8 and P9 into the P10. The yearly cadence regularly brings high-level design features from their Mate series...
17 by Ian Cutress, Brandon Chester & Anton Shilov on 2/26/2017
MWC 2017: Huawei P10 and P10 Plus Press Event Live Blog
We're here at MWC waiting for Huawei's Press Event to start. We're expecting to see the P10 and P10 Plus, given that their names were on the front of...
24 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 2/26/2017
Announcing the LG G6: Snapdragon 821, 18:9 Display, IP68 Waterproof
Today in Barcelona, LG officially unveiled the G6, the next installment of the venerable G-series that's now classified as a lower-end flagship below LG’s V-series. Like the G5 before...
32 by Matt Humrick on 2/26/2017
Performance & Battery Life Report: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with MediaTek Helio X20
As a member of Xiaomi’s more affordable Redmi series, the Note 4 does not have a curved screen, a ceramic body, or the latest flagship hardware like Xiaomi’s more...
34 by Matt Humrick on 2/23/2017
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X20 LTE Modem & New RF Front-End Modules For Mobile Devices
Qualcomm announced its first LTE Advanced Pro modem, the X16 LTE, last February, supporting downlink speeds of up to 1.0 Gbps. Today the company announced its second-generation gigabit class...
17 by Matt Humrick on 2/21/2017
HTC to Exit Entry-Level Phone Market Later This Year
In the highly competitive smartphone industry it’s easy enough to make a name for yourself, but it’s a lot harder to make a profit while doing so. Apple and...
27 by Ryan Smith on 2/17/2017
Netgear Nighthawk M1: LTE Cat 16 Router up to 1 Gbps
Netgear this week announced the Nighthawk M1 mobile router, which is the industry’s first 4G LTE device with download speed up to 1 Gbps. The Nighthawk M1 is powered...
51 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2017
Apple Announces Record Q1 2017 Results
Today Apple announced their earnings for the first quarter of their 2017 fiscal year. As is normally the case now that the iPhone has moved to a fall launch...
23 by Brett Howse on 1/31/2017
The Huawei Mate 9 Review
Huawei has steadily improved its flagship Mate phablets while adhering to the same blueprint: large screen, slim bezels, aluminum chassis, excellent system performance and battery life. They’ve also shared...
84 by Matt Humrick on 1/27/2017
Update: Xiaomi International VP Hugo Barra to Leave the Company, Join Facebook As VP of VR
Update 1/26: Wasting no time, Facebook has announced that Hugo Barra is joining the company as the Vice President of their VR division, puting him in charge of the...
21 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2017
Xiaomi Announces the Redmi Note 4 in India
Just before Hugo Barra announced he was leaving the company, he and Xiaomi on Thursday introduced its latest phablet, the Redmi Note 4, in India. The design of the...
18 by Anton Shilov on 1/24/2017
Samsung Reveals Root Cause of Galaxy Note7 Battery Fires
Samsung held a press conference today detailing the results of its investigation into the battery fires that plagued its Galaxy Note7. Reports of phones catching fire appeared soon after...
91 by Matt Humrick on 1/23/2017
United States FTC Charges Qualcomm with Antitrust Violations over Cellular Modem Patents & Technology
Qualcomm’s legal problems are growing. This afternoon the United States Federal Trade Commission, which has been investigating Qualcomm for possible anti-trust issues since 2014, has moved on to the...
39 by Ryan Smith on 1/17/2017
ZTE's CSX "Hawkeye" Concept Phone Detailed, Kickstarter Launched
For some time now ZTE has been running a program to crowdsource the ideas for smartphones. The basis for this is to collect the ideas of consumers in order...
23 by Brandon Chester on 1/17/2017
Synaptics at CES 2017: Advanced Touch and DDIC
To some extent, Synaptics is not nearly as visible to consumers as a company like Intel or Qualcomm, but their role in touch interfaces and display driver ICs is...
22 by Joshua Ho on 1/17/2017
HTC Announces New Phones For U: HTC U Play and HTC U Ultra
HTC added two new smartphones to its lineup today: the HTC U Play and HTC U Ultra. Both phones use an aluminum frame paired with a curved glass back...
36 by Matt Humrick on 1/12/2017
SK Hynix Announces 8 GB LPDDR4X-4266 DRAM Packages
SK Hynix on Monday officially announced the industry’s first 8 GB LPDDR4X (LP4X) packages for next-generation mobile devices. The new memory chips not only increase DRAM performance but also...
5 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2017
Group Interview with George Zhao, President of Honor
Honor (styled honor) is a sub-brand of Huawei, defining itself for users that ‘feel young at heart’, or charactized in the media for focusing on lower cost devices with...
4 by Ian Cutress on 1/10/2017
SCiO Molecular Sensor Added to Smartphone: Reads Chemical Composition of Materials
I first saw Consumer Physics’ SCiO handheld scanner a couple of years ago and was impressed by its ability to identify materials by scanning and analyzing their chemical composition...
20 by Matt Humrick on 1/9/2017
Nokia 6 Announced: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, 5.5-Inch Display, Android 7
On the day CES 2017 closed its doors, HMD Global introduced its first Nokia-branded smartphone that will be available exclusively in China in the coming weeks. The Nokia 6...
36 by Anton Shilov on 1/9/2017
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