Smartphones
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...
Two Months With: The Huawei Mate S in Rose Gold, with Force Touch
Last time I wrote about smartphones beyond the odd news post and live blogs at events, I had purchased a $160 smartphone for my own use that ran four...
28 by Ian Cutress on 5/10/2016
Xiaomi Launches the Mi Max: $230-$310, 6.4-inch, 4850 mAh, 7.5mm, Dual SIM
After posting several teasers on the official twitter feed, Xiaomi has now announced a large battery, large screen ‘smartphone’ that blurs the line between 7-inch tablets and 6-inch smartphone...
11 by Ian Cutress on 5/10/2016
Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton & SoFIA Officially Cancelled
The past two weeks have been a busy – if not tumultuous – period for Intel. After announcing a new company strategy focusing on high growth markets, and company-wide...
157 by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on 4/29/2016
Apple Announces Q2 Fiscal Year 2016 Results: iPhone Sales Slowed But Services Gain
This afternoon, Apple released their Q2 earnings for fiscal year 2016, which ended on March 26. The company saw revenues decline for the first time since Q1 2003, according...
41 by Brett Howse on 4/26/2016
LeEco Announces New Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and LeMax 2
Today in Beijing we had the opportunity to attend LeEco's presentation event announcing their new flagship smartphone devices. LeEco has been a company we haven't had the chance to...
37 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/20/2016
HTC 10: A Quick Look At Battery Life & Storage Performance
While I’m still working on the full review for the HTC 10, there’s obviously a lot of questions flying around for at least a few of the claims that...
50 by Joshua Ho on 4/14/2016
Meizu Announces New PRO 6
Today Meizu launches the new PRO 6. The company had launched the PRO 5 only last September so this is a significant change in the release-schedule of the PRO...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/13/2016
Hands On With The HTC 10: A Fresh Start
At this point it’s probably not a secret that HTC has been struggling for the past few years. While the One M8 was a solid upgrade to the One...
130 by Joshua Ho on 4/12/2016
Meizu Launches the m3 note
With every year, we tend to see quite a few launches happen in the first two quarters as the cycles in supply chains align for mass production to start...
42 by Matt Humrick on 4/8/2016
Huawei Launches The P9 and P9 Plus
Today in London, Huawei has launched the latest devices in its P-series line. The P9 and P9 Plus take cues from the previous P8 but also some hardware moves...
34 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 4/6/2016
More Than Throughput: Next Generation Wi-Fi Testing with Ixia's WaveDevice
It’s been quite some time since I first started writing for AnandTech, and without question there’s been a lot of changes that have happened to our testing methodologies in...
44 by Joshua Ho on 3/25/2016
Hands On With the Apple iPhone SE
It’s probably not a secret at this point that a number of people were disappointed when Apple seemed to move away from the 4” form factor with the iPhone...
84 by Joshua Ho on 3/21/2016
Apple Releases iOS 9.3
Along with the iPhone SE and 9.7" iPad Pro, today's Apple event came with an official release of iOS 9.3. iOS 9.3 has been in beta for quite some...
11 by Brandon Chester on 3/21/2016
Apple Announces The iPhone SE
Today's Apple launch event came with three major announcements. The first was the public release date of iOS 9.3, the second was the 9.7" iPad Pro, and the third...
43 by Brandon Chester on 3/21/2016
Apple "Let Us Loop You In" 2016 Event Liveblog
Today we're at Apple's 2016 "Let Us Loop You In" event, where we're expecting a stack of mobile-related announcements.
35 by Joshua Ho & Brandon Chester on 3/21/2016
Microsoft Rolls Out Windows 10 Mobile To Windows Phone 8.1 Devices
The journey of Windows 10 Mobile from announcement to release has certainly been a strange one. The OS itself was announced roughly one year ago, and around that time...
47 by Brandon Chester on 3/17/2016
Kishonti Announces GFXBench 5 Aztec Ruins At GDC
Today the 2016 Game Developers Conference kicked off, and Kishonti hasn't wasted any time in announcing the latest version of their GFXBench benchmark. While GFXBench 4 is still relatively...
6 by Brandon Chester on 3/14/2016
Hands-On With the Android N Developer Beta: Multi-Window & More
Yesterday Google surprised a number of people by launching the developer beta of the next release of Android, which is codenamed Android N. Normally the beta version of Android...
124 by Brandon Chester on 3/10/2016
The Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge Review, Part 1
For some time now, Samsung has been the dominant player in the Android space, especially at the high end of the market. From the Galaxy S2 onwards, Samsung has...
202 by Joshua Ho on 3/8/2016
The Huawei Honor 5X Review: Mid-Range Meets Maturity
Late last year Huawei introduced the Honor 5X, a phone branded and sold under their Honor sub brand for their home Chinese market. A few months later, the company...
30 by Brandon Chester on 2/29/2016
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