Articles tagged "Mobile hardware"

IHS Markit is out with another market analysis and this time it's about foldable phones. The research cites that smartphones with foldable screens will reach 50 million sales in 2024. Given that this year a couple of companies announced smartphones...

IHS Markit has done some extensive research on early 5G adoption using six early 5G-capable smartphones and looked inside. The teardowns revealed that Huawei ended up with a larger, less efficient and more expensive 5G chip than the...

We’ve already seen half a dozen smartphones arriving with the month-old Snapdragon 855+ chipset, and it appears Qualcomm is readying the next-gen chip, codenamed Qualcomm Kona. This might be the upcoming Snapdragon 865, expected to power the 2020...

It's been talked about for a while now and Apple is finally doing it. If you try to replace your iPhone XS, XS Max or XR battery with a non-official Apple battery or even an original battery at a third-party repair center, the you will get an error...

Samsung has just released the Exynos 9825 chipset, hours before the Unpacked event where the Galaxy Note10 will be announced. The new SoC is built on the 7nm EUV process node and is an upgrade over the 8nm Exynos 9820 with a faster Mali-G76 MP12...

According to inside sources, Samsung is preparing an Exynos 9610 successor - a chip found in this year's Galaxy A50 and under a different name and altered clock speeds in a bunch of other smartphones. The successor will likely be called Exynos 9630...

MediaTek announced today its gaming-centric Helio G90 and G90T chipsets promising excellent gaming experience on a budget thanks to the cost-effective 12nm FinFET manufacturing process from TSMC. And the first benchmarks are in. This score...

As expected, MediaTek officially announced its new gaming-centric SoCs - the Helio G90 and G90T. The new platforms utilize an octa-core combination of two Arm Cortex-A76 cores and six Cortex-A55s alongside the Mali-G76 GPU. Both the G90 and G90T are...

MediaTek is gearing up to release its first gamer-centric chipset kicking off the brand new Helio G-series on July 30. The manufacturer plans to introduce the G90 SoC at an event in Shanghai. Seeing how gaming phones are gaining momentum this move...

According to hardware suppliers for Huawei, the company is looking to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek chips by replacing them with its in-house HiSilicon SoCs. The company's own chipsets are expected to power up about 60% of Huawei...

With LG starting mass production of its flexible OLED panels in Korea this year, Apple is reportedly interested in making a deal with the company. It's believed that the Cupertino-based company will be launching an iPhone with flexible screen in...

After Apple and Qualcomm settled a few months ago, Intel was left out because of it and was forced to exit the 5G modem business. But a rumor has been going around claiming that Apple is in talks with Intel and wants to buy the modem chip business...

@IceUniverse, who often shares reliable info from insiders, has posted that next year we’ll see a phone a 108MP camera and a 10x optical zoom camera. The image accompanying this tweet looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note10, but other than that the cat...

The Helio G90 will be the first dedicated gaming chip from MediaTek. The teaser poster that announced its existence doesn’t give away much, but the full reveal is coming soon. We can speculate that the G90 is based on the Helio P90, which has a...

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, which boast higher CPU and GPU clock speeds for enhanced performance. This is similar to the binned Snapdragon 845 that the Asus ROG Phone used, except that this new chip will be widely available...

After months of back and forth, Japan Display (JDI) has reached an agreement with Harvest Fund Management Group and Oasis Management Company on a $738 million bailout deal. The arrangement was initially supposed to involve Taiwanese display...

MediaTek unveiled a new chipset for AI IoT purposes - the i700 (a successor to the i500). It’s quite powerful, even by smartphone standards, so it will likely find its way in Smart Displays, high-end security cameras and other more demanding...

Japan’s export restriction on South Korea may have Apple worried. It could disrupt the production of OLED display panels in the country, affecting both Samsung and LG, which is bad news for Apple’s plans to use OLED on all 2019 iPhones. There...

Samsung Foundry has certified full flow tools from its partners just in time to start developing the new 5LPE (5nm low-power early) manufacturing process. The new tech still relies on the company's EUV lithography and certifying full flow design...

Qualcomm introduced a new chipset for entry-level smartphones – the Snapdragon 215. It’s a tangible upgrade over the Snapdragon 212 with a 64-bit CPU, a faster GPU and support for dual cameras. However, the chip is still built on the old 28nm...