This week has been a paramount one for the industry, as what will probably be two of the most important mobile chipsets of 2016 have been officially announced. Of course, we’re talking about Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 (although several of its features had already been publicized earlier, it was only at this week’s event that the SoC has been unveiled in all …
Samsung Exynos 8890 – Performance and Features
Through leaks and rumors, the Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC kept our interest going for the past several months, but time has come for the 8890 to enter the realm of official products. Samsung unveiled the Exynos 8890 this week, two days after Qualcomm made its own announcement surrounding the Snapdragon 820. The Exynos 8890 is a unique chipset, and that’s …
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro Passes Through TENAA – Metal Build In Tow
The Xiaomi Mi5 is not the only device from the Chinese manufacturer to be queued up for a market release. Apparently, the company has also been working on the Redmi Note 2 Pro, which recently passed through TENAA revealing its overall design and specifications. As its moniker suggests, the Redmi Note 2 Pro is a spin-off based on the Redmi …
Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 Certified by TENAA – Design and Specs Revealed
In a mobile world, where the “chocolate bar” form factor has become the norm, flip phones seem to be a fragment of the past. However they are not extinct, and as it turns out Samsung is working on a new flip model as part of the Galaxy Golden series. The so-called “SM-W2016”, or the Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 if you …
Quanta Says It’s Working On Next-Gen Apple Watch, End of Q2 Release?
Opinions on the original Apple Watch are split. Selling figures show that the product enjoyed high demand since its release, but many gadget enthusiasts are of the opinion that the Watch has a lot of quirks and is not the groundbreaking product it could’ve been. This is why you may have heard many reviewers saying that you should probably wait …
Samsung To Increase OLED Output As Apple Deal Is Almost Secured (Rumor)
OLED technology has become more popular with each passing year, and it looks like many gadget manufacturers are getting ready to switch from LCD to OLED. We recently heard that Xiaomi might acquire OLED displays from LG in 2016 and that Huawei will apparently receive OLED panels from Samsung. More to the point at hand, Apple could start using OLED …
BlackBerry’s Second Android Smartphones Surfaces, Codename: Vienna (Rumor)
It hasn’t been long since the BlackBerry Priv was released as the company’s first Android-powered smartphone, and it was only a couple of days ago when BlackBerry CEO John Chen revealed that BB is planning to release a new range of products after the Priv hits the shelves. Interestingly enough, according to a new leak/rumor, one of these products might …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Listing Surfaces, Intel SoC Inside
The original Xiaomi Mi Pad was released last year in June, rocking an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU and Android OS out of the box. The sequel has been rumored to exist for many months now, but so far we’ve seen no concrete signs of a market release closing in. All the previous rumors hinting at a summer release proved to …
Stylus Tracking: iPad Pro Does A Slightly Better Job Than Surface Pro 4
This year Apple took the iPad concept one step further and announced the so-called iPad Pro: a large 12.9-inch tablet running iOS, equipped with a stylus called the Apple Pencil. The inclusion of a stylus (and other things like an optional keyboard cover) pushes the iPad Pro slightly more into the productivity niche. It also makes it an alternative to …
Samsung Galaxy S7 Premium Edition: 14 Core GPU and 4K Display?
This week has been a paramount one for the industry, as what will probably be two of the most important mobile chipsets of 2016 have been officially announced. Of course, we’re talking about Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 (although several of its features had already been publicized earlier, it was only at this week’s event that the SoC has been unveiled in all …
Samsung Exynos 8890 – Performance and Features
Through leaks and rumors, the Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC kept our interest going for the past several months, but time has come for the 8890 to enter the realm of official products. Samsung unveiled the Exynos 8890 this week, two days after Qualcomm made its own announcement surrounding the Snapdragon 820. The Exynos 8890 is a unique chipset, and that’s …
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro Passes Through TENAA – Metal Build In Tow
The Xiaomi Mi5 is not the only device from the Chinese manufacturer to be queued up for a market release. Apparently, the company has also been working on the Redmi Note 2 Pro, which recently passed through TENAA revealing its overall design and specifications. As its moniker suggests, the Redmi Note 2 Pro is a spin-off based on the Redmi …
Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 Certified by TENAA – Design and Specs Revealed
In a mobile world, where the “chocolate bar” form factor has become the norm, flip phones seem to be a fragment of the past. However they are not extinct, and as it turns out Samsung is working on a new flip model as part of the Galaxy Golden series. The so-called “SM-W2016”, or the Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 if you …
BlackBerry’s Second Android Smartphones Surfaces, Codename: Vienna (Rumor)
It hasn’t been long since the BlackBerry Priv was released as the company’s first Android-powered smartphone, and it was only a couple of days ago when BlackBerry CEO John Chen revealed that BB is planning to release a new range of products after the Priv hits the shelves. Interestingly enough, according to a new leak/rumor, one of these products might …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Listing Surfaces, Intel SoC Inside
The original Xiaomi Mi Pad was released last year in June, rocking an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU and Android OS out of the box. The sequel has been rumored to exist for many months now, but so far we’ve seen no concrete signs of a market release closing in. All the previous rumors hinting at a summer release proved to …
Xiaomi Mi5 Might End Up With MediaTek Inside b/c of Royalty Disputes With QCOM
According to numerous leaks and rumors, the Xiaomi Mi5 will be released with a Snapdragon 820 SoC in tow. The latest piece of the puzzle to hint at the inclusion of an SD 820 fell in our laps earlier today when the so-called “Xiaomi Gemini” – presumably the Mi5 – popped up in the GeekBench database flaunting Qualcomm’s latest chipset …
Xiaomi Gemini Powered By Snapdragon 820 Surfaces, Is It The Mi5?
Earlier today, a new Xiaomi terminal codenamed “Xiaomi Gemini” popped up in the Geekbench database, flaunting a Snapdragon 820 SoC and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Gemini seems to be one of the many smartphones in the works to feature Qualcomm’s latest chipset, and judging by specifications alone, it might very well be the long overdue Xiaomi Mi5. The Xiaomi Mi5 …
Is Google Planning To Build Its Own Smartphone?
As far as the mobile market goes, Google is primarily an OS developer with little to offer on the hardware side of things. Of course, there’s the Nexus line-up that brings together various smartphone makers and the Android OS into Google-branded packages, but unlike Apple, Google doesn’t build its own hardware in-house. In other words, all of the Nexus smartphones …
Quanta Says It’s Working On Next-Gen Apple Watch, End of Q2 Release?
Opinions on the original Apple Watch are split. Selling figures show that the product enjoyed high demand since its release, but many gadget enthusiasts are of the opinion that the Watch has a lot of quirks and is not the groundbreaking product it could’ve been. This is why you may have heard many reviewers saying that you should probably wait …
Samsung To Increase OLED Output As Apple Deal Is Almost Secured (Rumor)
OLED technology has become more popular with each passing year, and it looks like many gadget manufacturers are getting ready to switch from LCD to OLED. We recently heard that Xiaomi might acquire OLED displays from LG in 2016 and that Huawei will apparently receive OLED panels from Samsung. More to the point at hand, Apple could start using OLED …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Stylus Tracking: iPad Pro Does A Slightly Better Job Than Surface Pro 4
This year Apple took the iPad concept one step further and announced the so-called iPad Pro: a large 12.9-inch tablet running iOS, equipped with a stylus called the Apple Pencil. The inclusion of a stylus (and other things like an optional keyboard cover) pushes the iPad Pro slightly more into the productivity niche. It also makes it an alternative to …
3D Touch: At Least 3 More Years to Integrate With Apple’s Ecosystem
Despite the fact that the “Force Touch” concept, as a whole, might gain a lot of grip in 2016, mostly in the world of Android, recent reports suggest that Apple’s own technology will not grow too much in popularity next year. The report originates from TPK CEO Michael Chung, who is of the opinion that Force Touch technology will require …
Apple A10: TSMC Exclusive, According to KGI Securities
It’s been almost two months since we last heard of TSMC and the supplier’s involvement in the production of the Apple A10 chip. As some of you might recall, back in September, we came across a handful of rumors on the matter, claiming that the A10 SoC will be exclusively built by TSMC using a 16nm node. We’ve also talked …
VIVO X6: Faster Than iPhone 6s, 4GB of RAM On Board
As some of our readers know, yesterday, VIVO began teasing a new flagship phone referred to as the VIVO X6. The company published a teaser image on its official Weibo account, letting us know of the smartphone’s name and existence. The original post was then followed by a couple of leaks offering a clearer sneak preview on the handset’s alleged …
iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 – Let’s Talk Display
Up until September 2014 Samsung faced no opposition from Apple in the phablet niche, but times have changed and this year the Cupertino giant is ready for a second strike. In the opposite corner, Samsung maintained its yearly scheduled and took the wraps off the Galaxy Note 5 in late-August. The 5th model in the series is the most impressive …
Force Touch To Be Extremely Popular In 2016 (Report)
Ever since we heard that the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus will be equipped with a force-sensitive display, we began wondering just how big of an impact this particular technology will make on the Apple ecosystem, and indeed on the smartphone market as a whole. At this point, it’s safe to say that force touch, or 3D Touch if you …
Samsung Crushes Apple In Q3 2015 Smartphone Sales
Despite the fact that Apple’s latest iPhones have been very successful since launch, with over 13 million iPhone 6s and 6s Plus units sold in the first weekend of market availability, the Cupertino giant still lags behind Samsung in terms of quarterly global sales, according to a new report. Throughout the July-September 2015 timeframe, Apple sold enough smartphones to maintain …
Samsung Galaxy S7 Premium Edition: 14 Core GPU and 4K Display?
This week has been a paramount one for the industry, as what will probably be two of the most important mobile chipsets of 2016 have been officially announced. Of course, we’re talking about Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 (although several of its features had already been publicized earlier, it was only at this week’s event that the SoC has been unveiled in all …
Quanta Says It’s Working On Next-Gen Apple Watch, End of Q2 Release?
Opinions on the original Apple Watch are split. Selling figures show that the product enjoyed high demand since its release, but many gadget enthusiasts are of the opinion that the Watch has a lot of quirks and is not the groundbreaking product it could’ve been. This is why you may have heard many reviewers saying that you should probably wait …
Samsung To Increase OLED Output As Apple Deal Is Almost Secured (Rumor)
OLED technology has become more popular with each passing year, and it looks like many gadget manufacturers are getting ready to switch from LCD to OLED. We recently heard that Xiaomi might acquire OLED displays from LG in 2016 and that Huawei will apparently receive OLED panels from Samsung. More to the point at hand, Apple could start using OLED …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Listing Surfaces, Intel SoC Inside
The original Xiaomi Mi Pad was released last year in June, rocking an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU and Android OS out of the box. The sequel has been rumored to exist for many months now, but so far we’ve seen no concrete signs of a market release closing in. All the previous rumors hinting at a summer release proved to …
Stylus Tracking: iPad Pro Does A Slightly Better Job Than Surface Pro 4
This year Apple took the iPad concept one step further and announced the so-called iPad Pro: a large 12.9-inch tablet running iOS, equipped with a stylus called the Apple Pencil. The inclusion of a stylus (and other things like an optional keyboard cover) pushes the iPad Pro slightly more into the productivity niche. It also makes it an alternative to …
Xiaomi Mi5 Might End Up With MediaTek Inside b/c of Royalty Disputes With QCOM
According to numerous leaks and rumors, the Xiaomi Mi5 will be released with a Snapdragon 820 SoC in tow. The latest piece of the puzzle to hint at the inclusion of an SD 820 fell in our laps earlier today when the so-called “Xiaomi Gemini” – presumably the Mi5 – popped up in the GeekBench database flaunting Qualcomm’s latest chipset …
Xiaomi Gemini Powered By Snapdragon 820 Surfaces, Is It The Mi5?
Earlier today, a new Xiaomi terminal codenamed “Xiaomi Gemini” popped up in the Geekbench database, flaunting a Snapdragon 820 SoC and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Gemini seems to be one of the many smartphones in the works to feature Qualcomm’s latest chipset, and judging by specifications alone, it might very well be the long overdue Xiaomi Mi5. The Xiaomi Mi5 …
LG G4: White Gold Flavor Gets Unveiled
When the LG G4 was unveiled in April 2015, one of the handset’s selling points was the fact that it was offered in a relatively wide range of colors, as well as a couple different materials including leather. However, assuming that none of the available personalization options and designs struck home with you, the good news is that LG just …
Samsung Galaxy A9 Gets Certified, Release Date Around The Corner?
Last week, the Samsung Galaxy A9 was spotted reaching Indian shores for testing and evaluation purposes, which meant that, in theory, the handset’s market debut should be getting closer. Another week has passed, and a new clue hinting at the smartphone’s release emerged, this time from Bluetooth SIG. In other words, yesterday, the Samsung Galax A9 has been certified by …
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro Passes Through TENAA – Metal Build In Tow
The Xiaomi Mi5 is not the only device from the Chinese manufacturer to be queued up for a market release. Apparently, the company has also been working on the Redmi Note 2 Pro, which recently passed through TENAA revealing its overall design and specifications. As its moniker suggests, the Redmi Note 2 Pro is a spin-off based on the Redmi …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Listing Surfaces, Intel SoC Inside
The original Xiaomi Mi Pad was released last year in June, rocking an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU and Android OS out of the box. The sequel has been rumored to exist for many months now, but so far we’ve seen no concrete signs of a market release closing in. All the previous rumors hinting at a summer release proved to …
Xiaomi Mi5 Might End Up With MediaTek Inside b/c of Royalty Disputes With QCOM
According to numerous leaks and rumors, the Xiaomi Mi5 will be released with a Snapdragon 820 SoC in tow. The latest piece of the puzzle to hint at the inclusion of an SD 820 fell in our laps earlier today when the so-called “Xiaomi Gemini” – presumably the Mi5 – popped up in the GeekBench database flaunting Qualcomm’s latest chipset …
Xiaomi Gemini Powered By Snapdragon 820 Surfaces, Is It The Mi5?
Earlier today, a new Xiaomi terminal codenamed “Xiaomi Gemini” popped up in the Geekbench database, flaunting a Snapdragon 820 SoC and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Gemini seems to be one of the many smartphones in the works to feature Qualcomm’s latest chipset, and judging by specifications alone, it might very well be the long overdue Xiaomi Mi5. The Xiaomi Mi5 …
Xiaomi To Acquire OLED Displays From LG In 2016 (Rumor)
Back in August, we heard that although Apple has yet to make a final decision regarding a switch from LCD to AMOLED, other smartphone makers from China, including Huawei and Xiaomi, may have already decided to use AMOLED in some of their future handsets. It was rumored that Huawei will obtain OLEDs from Samsung and that Apple might eventually rely …
Huawei P9 Max Specs Listed In Antutu, Kirin 950 Inside
Huawei’s smartphone lineup for 2015 seems to be getting bigger with each passing month. The Chinese smartphone maker is expected to unveil the Huawei Mate 8 by the end of November, but if that wasn’t enough to keep your interest going then perhaps another terminal will. The so-called Huawei P9 Max has just been spotted in AnTuTu for the first …
Xiaomi Mi5: December 3rd, Snapdragon 820: November 10th (Rumor)
The end of the year is closing in and, needless to say, there are tons of unreleased products to look forward to before 2015 comes to a close. One of them is the Xiaomi Mi5 – an upcoming flagship phone from one of China’s finest smartphone makers, rumored to feature a fingerprint scanner as well as a pressure-sensitive display. Another …
Huawei Kirin 950 Simply Destroys Competition In Live Benchmarks
Today in Beijing, China, Huawei / HiSilicon officially unveiled the highly anticipated Kirin 950 mobile AP. As expected in light of all the recent leaks and rumors, the Kirin 950 is an octa-core chipset built on 16nm technology in big.LITTLE configuration. It sports four high-power ARM Cortex-A72 cores clocked at up to 2.53 GHz per core, and an additional quad-core …
VIVO X6: Faster Than iPhone 6s, 4GB of RAM On Board
As some of our readers know, yesterday, VIVO began teasing a new flagship phone referred to as the VIVO X6. The company published a teaser image on its official Weibo account, letting us know of the smartphone’s name and existence. The original post was then followed by a couple of leaks offering a clearer sneak preview on the handset’s alleged …
HTC To Abandon Its Flagship Naming Scheme?
Lately, there have been quite a few leaks and rumors concerning HTC’s alleged plans for the future, but none of them seem to reveal much about the company’s next best flagship phone for the first part of 2016. Despite what early rumors have claimed, the so-called HTC One X9 will not be a top-tier terminal, but instead it will most …
HTC One A9: Version Powered By Windows In The Works?
The HTC One A9 was unveiled last month as a “good alternative to the iPhone”, despite its upper mid-range characteristics. Well, perhaps the One A9 really is an alternative to the iPhone in terms of design, but other than that we don’t see much of a competition here. Interestingly enough, however, HTC seems to be working on a second HTC …
HTC One X9 Is Not The Droid You Are Looking For
During these past several days, a handful of leaks has pushed a new mysterious HTC smartphone into the headlines, labeling it as an upcoming flagship beast. The terminal is referred to as the “HTC One X9”, and all the rumors and leaks so far suggested that the X9 will be the company’s new top-tier smartphone, able to go head-to-head with …
HTC One M8 Android 6.0 Marshmallow Is Now Live, But Only For GPE
As is usually the case, shortly after Google officially introduced its latest mobile OS – Android 6 Marshmallow – HTC was keen to publicly announce its intentions of bringing the latest OS version to some of its higher-end terminals by the end of 2015, while other handsets, such as those from the Desire line-up, were queued up for an unspecified …
HTC One M8 Android 6.0 Marshmallow Gets Certified, Release Date Around The Corner?
About a month ago, the media was buzzing with rumors on HTC’s plans for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. A leaked roadmap revealed a list of devices that should get the official bump to Marshmallow, and a couple of flagship phones have also been officially confirmed to receive Android 6.0 by the end of 2015. One of these handsets was …
HTC One M9e Goes Official: 13MP OIS Camera, 2GB RAM
During the past couple of months or so, several rumors claimed that HTC is working on yet another high-end smartphone dubbed the “HTC One M9e”. With the official introduction of the M9+ Supreme Camera (also known as “Aurora Edition”) and the controversial HTC One A9, the M9e took the back seat for a while and the rumors cooled off. Nevertheless, …
Leaked HTC One A9 Training Slide Combats Apple Imitation Allegations
After the HTC One A9 was officially unveiled a couple of days ago, the handset in question quickly became the subject of criticism from several online tech blogs, including The Verge, whose preview on the A9 labeled the device as a “blatant iPhone ripoff”. Undeniably, the One A9 looks very similar to the iPhone 6 and 6s, but shortly after …
HTC One A9’s Design Language To Cross Over To The M and Desire Series
Last time HTC introduced a new design language across its smartphone lineup was back in February 2013 when the “hero” HTC One (M7) surprised the mobile world with a modern look and an all-metal unibody design that had little to do with the HTC One X released a year before. Since then, HTC remained true to the formula, and as …
Sprint’s HTC One A9 Gets Certified, Marketing Name Confirmed
As you probably already know, HTC has recently confirmed that it will release yet another smartphone, this month, on October 20th. In regards to what exactly will HTC unveil later this month, it’s the general consensus that the long rumored HTC One A9 will make its international debut. And although we (along with many others) thought HTC will take the …
HTC One A9: More Hands On Photos Surface
The HTC One A9 seems to be the center of attention, despite the fact that the smartphone is only a mid-ranger, as evidenced by the recently surfaced AnTuTu listing. Several month ago, HTC’s Chair Wang mentioned an upcoming hero HTC device, and with no other smartphone on the horizon, the consensus is that she was referring to the iPhone-look-a-like One …
LG G4: White Gold Flavor Gets Unveiled
When the LG G4 was unveiled in April 2015, one of the handset’s selling points was the fact that it was offered in a relatively wide range of colors, as well as a couple different materials including leather. However, assuming that none of the available personalization options and designs struck home with you, the good news is that LG just …
Xiaomi To Acquire OLED Displays From LG In 2016 (Rumor)
Back in August, we heard that although Apple has yet to make a final decision regarding a switch from LCD to AMOLED, other smartphone makers from China, including Huawei and Xiaomi, may have already decided to use AMOLED in some of their future handsets. It was rumored that Huawei will obtain OLEDs from Samsung and that Apple might eventually rely …
Mysterious LG K7 Coming In Q1 2016?
LG’s latest push to capture the premium market translated into the launch of the so-called LG V10 – a new smartphone boasting a seamless dual-screen setup and a relatively industrial design. Now, with the end of 2015 closing in, LG enthusiasts are beginning to wonder what the Korean company has in store for them next year. If history is any …
Nexus 5X vs Nexus 5 – Design and Display
The new Nexus 5X is the result of a continuous, ongoing partnership between LG and Google. It’s the Korean manufacturer’s third Nexus smartphone in the entire lineup, and despite its moniker it shares very few similarities with the LG Nexus 5. The Nexus 5 was released a couple of years ago in 2013 and targeted the same market segment as …
LG Posts A Huge Loss For Q3, Even Though It Sold More Smartphones
LG’s efforts to improve its smartphone business have not gone unnoticed. The company reportedly shipped more smartphones in Q3 2015 than it did in the second quarter of the year, but despite these efforts and higher shipping figures, it looks like the Korean tech giant is still at a huge loss. Today, LG Electronics revealed that its year-on-year net profit …
LG and Intel Developing A Mobile Chipset Using The 14nm FinFET Process?
Yesterday word on the street was that LG may have delayed its in-house SoC – the Nuclun 2 – in favor of fitting the said chipset with an integrated LTE-A modem. According to the rumors, the modem should originate from Intel, but the SoC itself is said to be manufactured by TSMC using a 16nm fabrication node. Interestingly enough, however, …
LG’s Nuclun 2 Chipset Delayed, Will Integrate LTE-A Modem (Rumor)
As some of you might recall, LG’s first attempt to enter the AP market was rather disappointing. The company’s first chipset was released last year under the “Nuclun” moniker, but shortly after its debut along the LG G3 Screen in Korea, numerous reports revealed that the CPU suffers from various issues including overheating and poor performance. In fact, the Nuclun …
Samsung and LG Break New Ground On Batteries For Wearables
Creating a reliable source of energy is not an easy task, and we’ve seen this fact applying to smartphone and wearable batteries throughout the years. There’s no denying that our gadgets improve year after year on numerous fronts, but I don’t think I’m the only one who feels that battery technology moves forward at a slower rate than the rest …
LG, Samsung In The Final Stages Of Their Foldable Smartphone Projects (Rumor)
Smartphones are getting better with each passing year, but in a way (and despite the various technological advancements), our daily smartphones also seem to have stagnated. Sure enough, there have been a few interesting technologies featured in the headlines during the past year or so, including 3D Touch, laser auto-focus, and stunning 2K displays. However, we haven’t had any “game-changing” …
LG V10: Wireless Charging Enabled Battery Cover Coming Soon
The LG V10, which was introduced earlier this month, is without a doubt one of the most original smartphones to hit the market in 2015. The handset caught everyone’s attention with its design, camera configuration (which includes two 5 MP front-facing units for selfie lovers), and of course, with its smaller secondary display which is seamlessly fitted at the top …
Is Google Planning To Build Its Own Smartphone?
As far as the mobile market goes, Google is primarily an OS developer with little to offer on the hardware side of things. Of course, there’s the Nexus line-up that brings together various smartphone makers and the Android OS into Google-branded packages, but unlike Apple, Google doesn’t build its own hardware in-house. In other words, all of the Nexus smartphones …
Nexus 5X vs Nexus 5 – Design and Display
The new Nexus 5X is the result of a continuous, ongoing partnership between LG and Google. It’s the Korean manufacturer’s third Nexus smartphone in the entire lineup, and despite its moniker it shares very few similarities with the LG Nexus 5. The Nexus 5 was released a couple of years ago in 2013 and targeted the same market segment as …
Nexus 6P vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 – Design and Display
For the past couple of years, the “phablet” market slowly but surely fused with the “regular” smartphone niche. Today most premium handsets are equipped with 5.5+ inch displays, thus rendering the “phablet” term rather obsolete. Two of the best large-screen Android smartphones available today are the Google Nexus 6P and the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. They both rock 5.7-inch displays, …
Nexus 5X Yellow Hue? Google Will Exchange Your Unit
LG’s third Nexus in the series was released four days ago, and needless to say, numerous customers have already received their brand new Nexus 5X units in their mailboxes. Unfortunately for a number of new 5X owners, some of the units sent out by Google seem to be affected by an issue causing a yellow hue on the display. Numerous …
LG Nexus 5 Release Date Scheduled For September 29th?
Thanks to the countless rumors and leaks, we now have a pretty good idea how this year’s both upcoming Nexus phones are going to look and what kind of hardware they will conceal under their hoods once they got released. And speaking of release dates, this is pretty much the only important detail that rumors didn’t quite touch. Until now …
LG To Test Fingerprint Tech With 2015 Nexus, Its Flagships Are Next (Rumor)
Among all the smartphone manufacturers that collaborated with Google for the creation of past Nexus devices, LG seems to stand out the most. The fourth and fifth Nexus models in the series have been manufactured by the aforementioned Korean company, and as you may have already heard by now, a new Nexus device developed by none other than LG might …
Samsung To Supply OLED Panels To Huawei? Nexus Rumor Revitalized?
Assuming you’ve followed the stream of rumors surrounding the next Nexus line-up throughout these past several months, you should know that Google might release not one, but two Nexus smartphones by the end of 2015. Rumors have it that one of these devices will be made by LG, and that it will be more of a Nexus 5 brought to …
Analyst: Huawei Nexus – Next To No Chance For A Snapdragon 820 Inside
Let’s start this piece by saying that contradicting the famous Evan Blass (most of you probably know him by his @evleaks Twitter handle) takes a lot of confidence in your knowledge. Over the last few years, evleaks has well … leaked a lot of stuff from renders to specsheets and everything in between. Almost everything Evan shared turned out to …
LG-Made Nexus: In October with 3D Camera and Android M?
So far there have been countless reports to suggest that this year Google will release two Nexus smartphones which will be manufactured by Huawei and LG respectively. Not much is known about these mysterious devices, but according to a new report from Korea, LG’s next Nexus device will fit in the premium market, it will be running Android M out …
Talk About New LG-Made Nexus Smartphone Reignites As Google Visits LG’s HQ and Affiliates
One of the reasons why Nexus smartphones can be more exciting than the rest of Android devices is because Google doesn’t stick to one hardware manufacturer. The first Nexus handset was created by HTC, followed by two devices by Samsung and two from LG. The latest model in the series was manufactured by Motorola, and recently there have been rumors …
Samsung Galaxy S7 Premium Edition: 14 Core GPU and 4K Display?
This week has been a paramount one for the industry, as what will probably be two of the most important mobile chipsets of 2016 have been officially announced. Of course, we’re talking about Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 (although several of its features had already been publicized earlier, it was only at this week’s event that the SoC has been unveiled in all …
Samsung Exynos 8890 – Performance and Features
Through leaks and rumors, the Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC kept our interest going for the past several months, but time has come for the 8890 to enter the realm of official products. Samsung unveiled the Exynos 8890 this week, two days after Qualcomm made its own announcement surrounding the Snapdragon 820. The Exynos 8890 is a unique chipset, and that’s …
Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 Certified by TENAA – Design and Specs Revealed
In a mobile world, where the “chocolate bar” form factor has become the norm, flip phones seem to be a fragment of the past. However they are not extinct, and as it turns out Samsung is working on a new flip model as part of the Galaxy Golden series. The so-called “SM-W2016”, or the Samsung Galaxy Golden 3 if you …
Samsung To Increase OLED Output As Apple Deal Is Almost Secured (Rumor)
OLED technology has become more popular with each passing year, and it looks like many gadget manufacturers are getting ready to switch from LCD to OLED. We recently heard that Xiaomi might acquire OLED displays from LG in 2016 and that Huawei will apparently receive OLED panels from Samsung. More to the point at hand, Apple could start using OLED …
Apple A9 Is Way In Front Of Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Benchmark Listings)
The highly anticipated Snapdragon 820 and Samsung Exynos 8990 chipsets have been officially unveiled this week, signaling the arrival of a new generation of smartphones. Both chipsets have been designed for the premium market, which means they will have to face their other rivals eventually, including the MediaTek Helio X20, the Kirin 950 built by HiSilicon / Huawei, and of …
Samsung Galaxy A9 Gets Certified, Release Date Around The Corner?
Last week, the Samsung Galaxy A9 was spotted reaching Indian shores for testing and evaluation purposes, which meant that, in theory, the handset’s market debut should be getting closer. Another week has passed, and a new clue hinting at the smartphone’s release emerged, this time from Bluetooth SIG. In other words, yesterday, the Samsung Galax A9 has been certified by …
Samsung Galaxy S7: 1:1 Ratio Between Exynos 8890, Snapdragon 820 (Rumor)
As we all know, the Galaxy S6 released earlier this year is somewhat of a rare breed in the company’s “S” lineup, specifically because unlike most other models, it is powered exclusively by Samsung’s own chipset, dubbed Exynos. The Korean tech giant was forced to rely solely on the Exynos 7420 chipset due to the overheating / throttling issues experienced …
Samsung Exynos 8890 Has Entered Mass Production (Rumor)
Last time we heard about Samsung’s alleged plans concerning the mass production of the Exynos 8890 was roughly two weeks ago, when a rumor originating from unnamed sources in Korea claimed that the aforementioned SoC could enter mass production as late as December. As it turns out – or at least according to a new rumor – the Exynos 8890 …
Samsung Galaxy A9 To Come With A 6-inch Display?
About a month ago, the mysterious Samsung Galaxy A9 was spotted in the GFXBench database rocking a 5.5-inch 1080p display along with other mid-range components, including a Snapdragon 620 SoC. Then, a big part of its hardware specs have been brought to light by an AnTuTU report. As it turns out, however, the upcoming Galaxy A9 might be a bit …
Samsung Galaxy S7 – Release Date, Price, Specs – Definitive Guide
Over the past several months, the Samsung Galaxy S7 became one of the hottest topics of discussion in the mobile world. Numerous leaks and rumors have been flying around uncontrollably; many of which will eventually turn out to be spot on. To keep the information in check we’ve put together a “definitive guide” for the Galaxy S7, which will, in …
Huawei Made Nexus: 2K Display, Snapdragon 810 On Board?
Remember those rumors according to which Google will team up with Huawei for this year’s Nexus smartphone (we also heard LG is in the cards)? Well, today new info has surfaced on the matter, via a Chinese analyst who seems to have good connections inside the Chinese mobile tech industry. According to Pan Jiutang, the Huawei made Nexus smartphone will …
Vivo X5 Pro To Be Officially Unveiled On May 13
Remember the Vivo handset which will probably be the first consumer handset with modern Iris Recognition on board? Well , according to Vivo’s official Weibo account, the smartphone (called Vivo X5 Pro) will be officially introduced on May 13. Take a look at the teaser: Source
ZTE Nubia Z9: Here’s What FIT Tech Can Do
If you’ve been keeping up with the latest regarding the mobile tech world, you should be familiar with the upcoming ZTE Nubia Z9. The flagship of the Z9 series (with Z9 Max and Z9 Mini already announced and released o couple of months back or so), ZTE’s upcoming smartphone stands out of the crowd mainly because of its borderless design. …
Oppo Unveils R7’s Magnesium Alloy Back In All Its Glory
If yesterday, Oppo officially confirmed that the R7 will come with a metal unibody, today the company decided to show the smartphone’s back in all its glory. Oppo also announced via its Weibo account that the material used to build R7’s unibody is magnesium alloy. Take a look: For more on Oppo R7 check our previous coverage. Source
Oppo R7 Metal Unibody Officially Confirmed, Coming May 20th?
Lately we’ve been talking a lot about the upcoming Oppo R7. The handset has been officially teased for a May release, we’ve seen it’s bezelless tech in action, and the company even confirmed some of its features (bezelless, 2.5D display glass, metallic chassis). All in all, you should have a general idea of how the Oppo R7 will look like. …
Sony Xperia Z5 vs Z5 Premium, Z5 Compact: Design, Display
A couple of months ago at IFA in Berlin, Sony was lifting the veil on its latest smartphone lineup, consisting in three different handsets bearing the “Xperia Z5” moniker. They were the Sony Xperia Z5, the Z5 Premium, and, of course, the Z5 Compact. Two of these Xperia models have quite a bit of a history. The Z5 Compact is …
Sony Officially Denies Exit From The Smartphone Business
Sony has been struggling to make a profit out of its smartphone business for quite some time now, and according to reports from earlier this month, 2016 might be a “make-or-break” year for the Japanese smartphone maker. In fact, some of you might recall that earlier this month, word on the street was that Sony might consider selling its smartphone …
Performance Charts: Meizu Pro 5 First, Xperia Z5, One Plus 2 Crack Top 10
Back in July the team behind AnTuTu published a chart listing the top 10 most powerful smartphones benchmarked in their app since the beginning of the year until the end of June. As some of you might recall, at that time, the Samsung Galaxy S6 was declared the most powerful device of the bunch, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S6 …
Sony Has No Plans To Sell Its Mobile Division
For the past couple of years or so, Sony has been cutting its losses while trying to direct its focus towards niches that have been proven to be more profitable. For instance, the company has been doing great in the gaming market thanks to the success of the PlayStation 4 and its predecessors, but at the same time, the VAIO …
Xperia Z5 Premium Teardown: Dual Heat Pipe Cooling, Thermal Paste
It’s no secret no more that the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium comes with a 4K display (2160 x 3840 pixels). Nice, but you might be wondering how a 4K display might team up with the Snapdragon 810 SoC, renowned by its overheating and throttling issues. Well, Sony claims that it has fixed the issues, but other manufacturers have claimed this …
Xperia Z5 Premium: 4K Only For Media?
As we’re sure some of you are aware of, earlier today, prolific leakster Evan Blass (a.k.a. @evleaks) brought Sony’s upcoming smartphone lineup under the spotlight via Twitter. Over there, he shared several alleged specifications for a total of three unannounced handsets. One of them was the so-called “Sony Xperia Z5 Premium” which should be the company’s next top-tier warrior, boasting …
Sony Xperia J1 Compact: The Phantom Pain Edition Gets Announced
Some of our readers might remember that, several years ago, GforGames used to deliver PC / console gaming-related news. If not, the “About Us” section could fill you in, but long story short, as our passion for mobile devices grew over the years, our focus shifted to match. Nowadays, we deal in news, leaks, and rumors for the mobile niche, …
Sony Xperia Z4 To Be Announced On April 20?
While some of the biggest smartphone makers have unveiled their premium flagships for H1 2015 either at CES or the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, one of the companies that’s been missing from the picture was, and still is Sony. The highly anticipated Sony Xperia Z4 should be unveiled relatively soon (on account of us already being in mid-April if …
Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Listing Surfaces, Intel SoC Inside
The original Xiaomi Mi Pad was released last year in June, rocking an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU and Android OS out of the box. The sequel has been rumored to exist for many months now, but so far we’ve seen no concrete signs of a market release closing in. All the previous rumors hinting at a summer release proved to …
iPad Pro Gets FCC Approval, Release Date Around The Corner?
The iPad Pro has been one of the most hyped and highly anticipated Apple products to ever go official. It was introduced last month after years of leaks and rumors, but as painful as this may be for prospective customers and fans of the slate, the iPad Pro is still nowhere to be found. During the September presentation Apple revealed …
Samsung Galaxy View Gets Certified, Release Date Coming Soon?
Over a month ago, word on the street was that Samsung is working on a large-screen tablet called the Galaxy View. Early rumors revealed that the slate is meant for offices, schools, and for use in living rooms as an entertainment / media-oriented tablet. Why would it be such a niche device? Simply put, it’s all about dimensions, as the …
Acer Predator 8 Gaming Tablet Enters Mass Production (Rumor)
Sales on the tablet market are in decline, be it in the high-end segment or the white-box category. What the future has in store for the tablet niche is unknown, but according to recent rumors, even Apple might reconsider its decision to release the iPad Air 3 this year. In a challenging market such as this, the key to success …
Samsung Exynos 8890 – Performance and Features
Through leaks and rumors, the Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC kept our interest going for the past several months, but time has come for the 8890 to enter the realm of official products. Samsung unveiled the Exynos 8890 this week, two days after Qualcomm made its own announcement surrounding the Snapdragon 820. The Exynos 8890 is a unique chipset, and that’s …
Snapdragon 820 – Performance and Features
Although the Snapdragon 820 SoC was officially confirmed to exist some months ago, the chipset was fully unveiled only yesterday during an event held in New York. The Snapdragon 820 will be available on the consumer market sometime in the first part of 2016. As for which OEMs will have the opportunity to use it first, the matter is not …
Samsung Exynos 8890 Has Entered Mass Production (Rumor)
Last time we heard about Samsung’s alleged plans concerning the mass production of the Exynos 8890 was roughly two weeks ago, when a rumor originating from unnamed sources in Korea claimed that the aforementioned SoC could enter mass production as late as December. As it turns out – or at least according to a new rumor – the Exynos 8890 …
3D Touch: At Least 3 More Years to Integrate With Apple’s Ecosystem
Despite the fact that the “Force Touch” concept, as a whole, might gain a lot of grip in 2016, mostly in the world of Android, recent reports suggest that Apple’s own technology will not grow too much in popularity next year. The report originates from TPK CEO Michael Chung, who is of the opinion that Force Touch technology will require …
Samsung’s Bio Processor For Wearables Is Nearing Release
Earlier this week, Samsung’s sensor development team attended the International System on Chip Design Conference 2015, held in Kyeongbuk, South Korea. During a keynote centered on the topic of “Semiconductor that Helps Humans and Saves Lives”, the Korean tech giant unveiled its latest bio processor designed for wearables. The new bio processor is part of a SiP (system in package) …
Huawei Kirin 950 Simply Destroys Competition In Live Benchmarks
Today in Beijing, China, Huawei / HiSilicon officially unveiled the highly anticipated Kirin 950 mobile AP. As expected in light of all the recent leaks and rumors, the Kirin 950 is an octa-core chipset built on 16nm technology in big.LITTLE configuration. It sports four high-power ARM Cortex-A72 cores clocked at up to 2.53 GHz per core, and an additional quad-core …
Huawei Kirin 950 Packing A Much Stronger Punch Than Exynos 7420?
Huawei’s next-gen CPU might be officially unveiled in a couple of days from now, on the 5th day of November. The so-called Kirin 950 SoC is poised to take on its rivals from Samsung and Qualcomm early next year when the smartphone market will accommodate a new series of chipsets designed for the premium niche. For the past several months, we …
Force Touch To Be Extremely Popular In 2016 (Report)
Ever since we heard that the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus will be equipped with a force-sensitive display, we began wondering just how big of an impact this particular technology will make on the Apple ecosystem, and indeed on the smartphone market as a whole. At this point, it’s safe to say that force touch, or 3D Touch if you …
Qualcomm Officially Denies That Snapdragon 820 Has Overheating Issues
A couple of days ago we came across a rumor originating from South Korea, claiming that not unlike the Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm’s next-gen SoC – the Snapdragon 820 – is affected by overheating issues as well. The rumor also suggested that Samsung might come to the rescue, either with a patch or, in the worst-case scenario, a “radiating pipe” that …
Huawei To Unveil Its Next-Gen Kirin Chipset On November 5th
Samsung and Qualcomm are not the only companies to currently work on introducing a new generation of mobile application processors. Huawei has been offering its Kirin alternatives for several years now, and according to new data from China, Huawei will unveil its next-gen chipset on the 5th day of November. Although sources haven’t specified the exact series of the next-gen …
Quanta Says It’s Working On Next-Gen Apple Watch, End of Q2 Release?
Opinions on the original Apple Watch are split. Selling figures show that the product enjoyed high demand since its release, but many gadget enthusiasts are of the opinion that the Watch has a lot of quirks and is not the groundbreaking product it could’ve been. This is why you may have heard many reviewers saying that you should probably wait …
Samsung’s Bio Processor For Wearables Is Nearing Release
Earlier this week, Samsung’s sensor development team attended the International System on Chip Design Conference 2015, held in Kyeongbuk, South Korea. During a keynote centered on the topic of “Semiconductor that Helps Humans and Saves Lives”, the Korean tech giant unveiled its latest bio processor designed for wearables. The new bio processor is part of a SiP (system in package) …
Samsung Pay To Be Available On Next Smartwatch and More Smartphones
The Samsung Gear S2 is one of the most attractive smartwatches available on the market today and come November 2015 prospective customers may have one more reasons to purchase the device: Samsung Pay. Interestingly enough, however, while the Gear S2 should soon become compatible with Samsung’s mobile payment service, the CEO of Loop Pay, Will Graylin, recently told the Korean …
Samsung Gear S2 Selling Twice As Better As Its Predecessor
The original Samsung Gear S was one of the most off-putting wearables to be released in the past couple of years, at least for some of us anyway. It was rather expensive, it was bulky, and it looked like someone strapped a miniature, curved Samsung Galaxy S on the wearer’s wrist. The Samsung Gear S2, however, is an entirely different …
LG Watch Urbane 2 For Verizon Gets Certified
The LG Watch Urbane 2 (or 2nd Edition) was unveiled a couple of weeks ago as the first Android Wear smartwatch to feature built-in calling capabilities and LTE. It doesn’t represent the usual take on an Android Wear device, reason why the Urbane 2 already gained a lot of attention from gadget enthusiasts and media outlets alike. As some of …
Huawei Watch Certified By Bluetooth, TalkBand B0 In The Making
Huawei entered the world of wearables last year with the release of the TalkBand B1. The gadget was unique in its own way and acted as a Bluetooth headset on the side, but at the end of the day the market was not impressed, and many consumers looked elsewhere for alternative fitness trackers. Then came along the TalkBand B2, which, …
Samsung Gear S2, S2 Classic Stop By FCC On Their Way To IFA
Last week, Samsung released a teaser video featuring the upcoming Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch, signaling an imminent official announcement at IFA in Berlin. Previously (or internally) known as the Samsung Orbis, the Gear S2 is expected to be released in multiple variants. Several weeks ago, SamMobile reported that two of the “Orbis” variants will be identified by the model numbers …
New LG Smartwatch Stops By FCC, Gets Caught On Camera
What did you think? That only Samsung is prepping to introduce a new smartwatch (the recently teased Gear S2)? Nope, many other manufacturers are preparing to do the same thing, and one of them is none other than LG. We recently got wind of an unannounced LG smartwatch that got certified by the FCC. But as fate has it, it …
Samsung Gear S2 Showcased in New Teaser Video
For the past several months, countless rumors emerged suggesting that Samsung is working on a new smartwatch. More importantly, the gadget in question was expected to have a circular form factor, and up until recently the industry has been referring to this particular device as the “Samsung Orbis”. As it turns out, however, the company’s upcoming round smartwatch will be …
Apple Watch In-Store Availability To Be Announced At WWDC (Rumor)
As probably most of you are aware of, since its launch, the Apple Watch hasn’t been available in the company’s retail stores (only online). This can be attributed to both high demand and the famous yield problems Apple and its suppliers have been struggling with. However, it looks like the situation is about to change. If a couple of days …