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Say hello to Qualcomm’s new powerhouse, the Snapdragon 835
It's smaller, lighter, faster and most importantly sucks less battery; meet Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, the chip every mobile nerd will be lusting after for the next 6 months or so. By the numbers, the 835...
With an announcement at CES 2017 around the corner, details of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835...
The processor that will power the next generation of Android smartphones has already been all-but-confirmed as the Snapdragon 835 from Qualcomm, and we're expecting that announcement to be made as early as CES 2017...
Qualcomm quick charge 4 coming, 5 hours charge in 5 minutes
Alongside their latest mobile processor, the Snapdragon 835, Qualcomm have taken the wraps of the next iteration of their fast-charging standard, Quick Charge 4. The big news for the new standard is the claim...
Qualcomm and Samsung collaborate on Snapdragon 835, heading to your pocket in early 2017
What do we want out of our next high-end mobile processor? Improved performance, decreased battery usage, smaller footprint? Through using Samsung's industry first 10 nm FinFET process Qualcomm hopes to achieve all these things...
Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4.0 to support 28W charging
A few years ago, it was all about wireless charging, but for many this trickle charging method just didn't cut it. Qualcomm introduced their Quick Charge process to some of their processors, and since...
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chips won’t power your next phone but might end up in...
Historically, Qualcomm's Snapdragon brand has been used for Mobile processors, and that began to change with the Snapdragon Wear chips being specifically introduced for the wearable market. Now the Snapdragon range has two new...
Qualcomm Clear Sight will make for better photos from phones with dual-cameras
The Huawei P9, LG G5 and V20 and even the newly announced iPhone 7 all have a dual-lens camera setup. While it's not standard as yet, the future path of cameras seems clear that...
Qualcomm announce their latest high-end SOC the Snapdragon 821
In a world where technology never sits still it's not surprising to see large chip vendors like Qualcomm iterate on their offerings, and so surprise we are not to see their latest update to...
GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou not enough? Qualcomm agrees.
These days most of our mobile phones come with not just "GPS" but multiple 'positioning systems' built-in. The USA based GPS (Global Positioning System), the Russian-based GLONASS, (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) and the Chinese...
Qualcomm extend their Snapdragon Wear range of processors
Wearables and the Internet of Things are two of the hottest categories in technology right now. To capitalise on this trend, and perhaps to provide appropriate silicon for it, Qualcomm announced their wearable-specific range...
Qualcomm response to concerns over USB-C and Quick Charge 3.0
Whether we like it or not, USB Type C (or USB-C for short) is likely to take over from MicroUSB, just in the same way that MicroUSB got rid of the god-awful Mini-USB and...
Qualcomm confirms LG G5 will feature Snapdragon 820 CPU
Even though LG isn't confirming too much about the upcoming LG G5, others are definitely at work doing it for them. Earlier this morning, Qualcomm took to Twitter to confirm that LG's upcoming G5...
Qualcomm announce the Snapdragon Wear 2100, their first custom designed SOC for wearables
Chances are if you have an Android Wear device then it is being powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, the SD400 in the vast majority of cases. However, these SOC's were never specifically designed...
Further details on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820 processor
Following the announcement of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor earlier this week, some new details have come to light, including a full specifications sheet for those that love to get stuck on the details.
At a...
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 820 SoC with Kyro CPU, X12 LTE Modem and Adreno...
After a less than stellar year with the Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm has officially unveiled their top of the line System on Chip for 2016, the Snapdragon 820.
Starting with newer announcements, the Snapdragon 820 is...