Smartphones
Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry's thinnest package. Samsung's shrunken memory packages measure approximately 0.65 mm in thickness, making them 0.06 mm (~9%) thinner than standard LPDDR5X packages. The company expects the new DRAM devices to be used to make for thinner smartphones, or improve their performance by enabling better airflow inside. According to the company's press release, Samsung achieved this ultra-thin design by employing new packaging methods, such as optimized printed circuit boards (PCBs) and epoxy molding compound (EMC). Additionally, an optimized back-lapping process was used to further reduce the height of the packages. The newly developed DRAM packages are not only thinner by 9% compared to previous models...
Toshiba Samples New UFS 2.1 NAND: Up to 900 MB/s Reads For 2018 Smartphones
Toshiba has announced that it had started sample shipments of its latest UFS storage devices based on its 64-layer BICS3 3D TLC NAND memory. The new devices are compliant...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/4/2017
For Super Fans: The HTC U11+ with a 6-inch display, 3930 mAh and IP68
Today HTC is expanding its U11 series from one member into three, with the introduction of the U11 life and the U11+. The two new parts are designed to...
31 by Ian Cutress on 11/2/2017
HTC Squeezes the U11 Family, Adding the HTC U11 life
Today HTC is expanding its U11 series from one member into three, with the introduction of the U11 life and the U11+. The two new parts are designed to...
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Razer Enters The Smartphone Arena With The Razer Phone
Earlier this year, Razer bought the smartphone company Nextbit, so it should perhaps not come as much of a surprise to see the gaming-focused company step into the smartphone...
88 by Brett Howse on 11/1/2017
Razer Smartphone Launch Event Live Blog (8pm UTC)
Razer is in London to launch a new smartphone (as shown by the launch photo above) for gamers. We're here ready to follow the keynote headed by Razer CEO...
24 by Ian Cutress on 11/1/2017
Cat Announces S41 Rugged Smartphone: 5” FHD, IP68+, 5000 mAh
Cat has announced its new S41 rugged smartphone designed to withstand extreme conditions that will succeed the model S40 introduced several years ago. The new model has significant upgrades...
31 by Anton Shilov on 10/30/2017
Hands-on & More With Huawei's Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro: Kirin 970 Meets Artificial Intelligence
This morning Huawei is taking the wraps off of their latest generation flagship smartphone, the Mate 10 series. Powered by subsidiary HiSilicon’s Kirin 970 SoC, the new phones are...
103 by Ian Cutress on 10/16/2017
Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro Launch: Live Blog (2pm CEST, 8am ET, Noon UTC)
Huawei is having a launch event for its new Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro smartphones. The key headline for these devices is going to be the support for...
23 by Ian Cutress on 10/16/2017
Razer Hints at Smartphone Launch on November 1st: "Watch, Listen, Play"
Just months after Razer made a filing for IPO in Hong Kong, the company has hinted on plans to enter the smartphone market. In the recent weeks, the company...
18 by Anton Shilov on 10/13/2017
Taiwan Fines Qualcomm $773 Million for Antitrust Violations
Qualcomm’s global legal issues continue, as the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) fined the company roughly $773 million (NT$23.4 billion) for illegal licensing and chip pricing practices. This development...
10 by Nate Oh on 10/12/2017
HP Halts Development of Windows 10 Mobile Smartphones, to Discontinue X3 in 2019
An HP executive said be quoted on record at an industry event stating that the company has axed development of future devices based on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile operating...
30 by Anton Shilov on 10/11/2017
Hands On With Google’s Pixel 2 XL: More Pixels, More Google
This morning at a press event in San Francisco, Google held the second of what has now become an annual hardware event for the company, their Made by Google...
61 by Ryan Smith on 10/4/2017
Made By Google October 2017 Live Blog
We're here at the SFJAZZ Center for Google's second Made By Google press event. Last year saw the release of the Pixel XL smartphone, the Chromecast Ultra, Daydream, and...
27 by Ryan Smith on 10/4/2017
Apple 2017: The iPhone X (Ten) Announced
The hot button item expected to come from Apple’s announcement today was the set of iPhones being announced. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus were the expected models...
173 by Ian Cutress on 9/12/2017
The Apple 2017 iPhone Event Live Blog
We're here at Apple's new Steve Jobs theater on their new corporate campus for the company's annual iPhone reveal event
126 by Ryan Smith & Joe Shields on 9/12/2017
BlackBerry Launches KEYone Black Edition: All-Black, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB NAND
TCL's BlackBerry Mobile imprint has introduced a revamped BlackBerry KEYone smartphone at IFA trade show last week. The new KEYone Black Edition comes in all-black chassis and has more...
26 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 9/6/2017
Ockel Sirius A is Nearing Primetime: Smartphone-Sized PC with 6-inch 1080p Display
Last year, at IFA 2016, I stumbled across the Ockel Sirius project. In its infancy, the device was seemingly straight forward: put a full PC into a smartphone sized...
65 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2017
Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro Launch on October 16th, More Kirin 970 Details
Riding on the back of the ‘not-announced then announced’ initial set of Kirin 970 details, Huawei had one of the major keynote presentations at the IFA trade show this...
14 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2017
Playing as a Jedi: Lenovo and Disney’s Star Wars Augmented Reality Experience
“The chosen one you are, with great promise I see.” Now that Disney owns the Star Wars franchise, the expansion of the universe is seemingly never ending. More films...
13 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/4/2017
Generating 3D Models in Mobile: Sony’s 3D Creator Made Me a Bobblehead
In a show like IFA, it’s easy to get wide-eyed about a flashy new feature that is being heavily promoted but might have limited use. Normally, something like Sony’s...
12 by Ian Cutress on 9/2/2017
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