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MWC 2019 – What’s coming up in Android from Samsung, Huawei, LG, Oppo and...
With Mobile World Congress (or just MWC as it's now officially known) just around the corner, we're waiting to see some big names launching 5G handsets, foldable phones and more.
What is MWC?
The MWC trade...
Will 2019 be the year we see some great new Wear OS smartwatches?
For a fair while now, smartwatches have been just a little bit disappointing. A lot of this was because Qualcomm's Snapdragon 2100 platform - upon which almost all Android Wear smartwatches were based -...
OPPO show off their Find X 5G prototype in China
At Qualcomm's tech summit this week OnePlus announced that they would be the first in Europe to release a phone with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 and X50 5G modem. Now it also appears that...
Qualcomm announce the new Snapdragon 855 with improved AI and 5G onboard
This morning we reported that Qualcomm were naming their next flagship chipset the Snapdragon 855 and that they would be detailing the new chipset at the keynote of their tech summit in Hawaii. This...
Qualcomm’s 2019 flagship mobile chipset will be the 5G-toting Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm have been the main player in mobile chipsets for a while now but now they have some serious competition from Huawei. After a decent Snapdragon 845 this year, Huawei have countered with...
Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8150, shows itself at the Bluetooth SIG
Qualcomm are the mainstay of Android processors and at the end of each year they announce their upcoming year's flagship processor. This year they were expected to announce the Snapdragon 855 (following on...
Samsung Galaxy S10 will have a Qualcomm ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor
Technology moves and often moves very quickly. At the start of the year we were amazed with the first concept phones that had an in (or under) display fingerprint sensor. Now it...
Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 announced, with advanced battery savings for new smartwatches
Overnight Qualcomm has announced the next generation of its wearable technology platform, Snapdragon Wear 3100. At its heart, the system is built on an advanced power-saving core, designed to deliver in three main areas:...
Qualcomm says new watches with its new SoC expected by the end of the...
There's movement in wearables today, with Qualcomm expected to announce a new Snapdragon Wear platform today. That release has been long awaited by many, with new power saving features expected - but the big...
Google to release a Pixel branded smartwatch this year
Last year LG and Google released what was meant to be a reference smartwatch which was not well received. It still ran Qualcomm's old 2100 processor, and was large and plastic-looking. Today...
Developing: ZTE reports its major operating activities have ceased, Telstra has pulled most ZTE...
ZTE's woes continue, with the company confirming in a filing to the Chinese Stock Exchange today that major operating activities have ceased following the imposition of a trade embargo by the US Government. ZTE...
Qualcomm to finally bring an updated chip to Google’s Wear OS later this year
To say Wear OS has stagnated is definitely an understatement with very few new, decent smartwatches hitting the market. Many have blamed the stagnation on the fact that the chipset has not been...
Trump blocks the sale of Qualcomm to Broadcom
There has been a lot of news lately surrounding the Broadcom intention to purchase Qualcomm and Qualcomm's efforts to thwart it. We even saw Intel weigh in on the party and suggest they...
Google issuing patches to fix new Meltdown and Spectre exploits in Intel, ARM and...
Security researchers have discovered and disclosed two new exploits that can be executed against modern processors dubbed "Meltdown" and "Spectre". The range of potentially affected processors is vast:
"Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in...
New render of HTC’s upcoming U12 shows off display with hardly any bezels
A new render has surfaced overnight of HTC's upcoming flagship device, the U12, and it would seem that there may be a display with hardly any bezels.
The render, which showcases the upcoming U12's front...