Smartphones
Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated to offer 25% better performance and 30% greater capacity compared to existing mobile DRAM devices from the company. The new chips also appear to be tangibly faster than Micron's LPDDR5X memory and SK hynix's LPDDR5T chips. Samsung's forthcoming LPDDR5X devices feature a data transfer rate of 10.7 GT/s as well as maximum capacity per stack of 32 GB. This allows Samsung's clients to equip their latest smartphones or laptops with 32 GB of low-power memory using just one DRAM package, which greatly simplifies their designs. Samsung says that 32 GB of memory will be particularly beneficial...
Color Gamut in Smartphones: Why Bigger isn't Always Better
Post-MWC, with the launch of at least two of the major high-end flagships in the smartphone space, the basics are becoming increasingly easier to get from OEMs like high...
57 by Joshua Ho on 3/3/2014
Apple Announces CarPlay: iOS in the Car Arriving in 2014
Earlier this morning Apple officially branded its iOS in the Car initiative as CarPlay. At a high level CarPlay allows iPhone 5/5c/5s users to access certain apps on their...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/3/2014
Modular Smartphone Project Ara from Google to Start Development Conferences
Joshua talked about Project Ara (from Motorola at the time) back in October as a campaign that focused on attracting OEM interest into a modular smartphone design. The...
28 by Ian Cutress on 2/26/2014
NVIDIA's Tegra Note 7 LTE and Tegra 4i Devices: Hands On
Yesterday I spent some time with NVIDIA where I played with the newly announced Tegra Note 7 LTE. Internally the $299 Note 7 LTE is identical to the WiFi-only...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2014
Samsung's Exynos 5422 & The Ideal big.LITTLE: Exynos 5 Hexa (5260)
Samsung announced two new mobile SoCs at MWC today. The first is an update to the Exynos 5 Octa with the new Exynos 5422. The 5422 is a mild...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/25/2014
Motorola Press Event at MWC: New Watch and Moto X Coming
Despite Motorola’s current state of flux regarding their acquisition by Lenovo, there are plenty of products in the pipeline. At the press event this evening, Rick Osterloh made...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
The AnandTech Mobile Show - MWC 2014 Edition
Earlier this morning (Barcelona time) Brian and I sat down in front of a camera and recapped some of the major news at MWC. We talked about the new...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/25/2014
MWC 2014: Wilocity brings WiGig 802.11ad to Smartphones with Wil6300 Chipset
News just dropped through from Wilocity about its new Wil6300 chipset announced at Mobile World Congress. The Wil6300 chipset is quoted as the world’s first 802.11ad ‘WiGig’ multi-gigabit...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
Samsung Announces Galaxy S5: Initial Thoughts
Every year Samsung launches a new Galaxy S flagship smartphone, and as always, Samsung puts the best platform that can be bought in their devices. The Galaxy S5 is...
127 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
HTC Launches Desire 816 at MWC
Today, HTC seems to be delivering on their promise for a stronger focus on the 150-300 USD market segment by launching the Desire 816, a phablet with a 5.5"...
13 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Broadcom Announces BCM4354 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO Combo for Smartphones
Today Broadcom is announcing the newest member of their popular WiFi/BT/FM series of combo chips, the BCM4354, which adds 2x2 MIMO (two spatial stream) for smartphones and retains 802.11ac...
7 by Brian Klug on 2/24/2014
ZTE Launches Grand Memo II LTE, Open C at MWC 2014
Grand Memo II LTE The ZTE Grand Memo II LTE is a phablet that's almost as big as its name with a 6" HD display. ZTE's press kit doesn't actually...
8 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Sony Launches Xperia Z2, Z2 Tablet, and M2 at MWC 2014
Sony Xperia Z2 Sony has just announced the Xperia Z2, which is the direct successor to the Xperia Z1 that released in the fall. While quite a bit stays the...
23 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Audience Announces MQ100 Motion Processor
Just a few weeks ago, Audience announced its fourth generation of voice processors at CES, which added an always-on voice activation feature called VoiceQ designed to enable experiences similar...
3 by Brian Klug on 2/24/2014
ZTE Announces Use of Qualcomm CMOS PA as March Towards RF360 Continues
Today at MWC Qualcomm announced ZTE will be the first smartphone customer to ship with Qualcomm's CMOS Power Amplifier, a part of its RF360 front end solution. This is...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
SanDisk iNAND Extreme in 2014: Finally a Good eMMC Solution for Mobile?
For the past couple of years we've been focusing more on tracking storage performance within smartphones and tablets. For the most part, we've come away disappointed. With smartphone ASPs...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
Microsoft's Mobile World Congress 2014 Event Live Blog
We're seated and ready to go Microsoft's press event here at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Read on for our live blog.
17 by Brian Klug & Ian Cutress on 2/23/2014
MWC 2014: Archos Unveils Q1 2014 Line
Archos is a factor in European markets and I often see their name attached to a variety of devices here in the UK at least. They are making...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/21/2014
HTC Advantage: Free Repairs for Cracked Screens in the First 6 Months of Ownership
Ahead of MWC and hot on the heels of its announcement that the next HTC flagship smartphone will be unveiled on March 25, HTC is introducing a new program...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/18/2014
ARM Cortex A17: An Evolved Cortex A12 for the Mainstream in 2015
ARM has been doing a good job figuring out its PR strategy as of late. In the span of a couple of years we went from very little outward...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/11/2014
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