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...
Samsung Announces the Galaxy S 6 and S 6 Edge
In recent times, Samsung has seen the erosion of their dominance in the Android ecosystem. The reasons for why this is are many, but at least some of the...
206 by Joshua Ho on 3/1/2015
Samsung Unpacked: MWC 2015 Live Blog
Here we are at Samsung Unpacked at MWC 2015. Ian on Photos, Andrei on text. Everyone is getting seated, seems to be almost 5000 people here
42 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 3/1/2015
HTC Launches One M9: Hands-On
Around the end of 2012, HTC was in dire straits. The HTC One X, S, and V were supposed to be a big change in HTC’s product lineup, and...
43 by Joshua Ho on 3/1/2015
Samsung Announces 128GB UFS Storage For Smartphones
We've first heard about plans to adopt UFS (Universal Flash Storage) with the announcements of Toshiba and Qualcomm reported over a year ago. While the promised late 2014 schedule...
31 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2015
Motorola Announces Moto E (2015): Cortex-A53 + LTE For $149
Today Motorola has announced the launch and immediate availability of the 2015 version of the Moto E, the latest member of the company’s line of low-end smartphones. The 2015 edition...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2015
Google Acquires Softcard and Partners with US Carriers On Mobile Payments
Today Google has acquired the technology and IP behind Softcard. Softcard is a joint venture between AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to support NFC based mobile payments in the United...
19 by Brandon Chester on 2/23/2015
Samsung Acquires Mobile Payment Company LoopPay
Today the US based mobile payment company LoopPay announced that they have been acquired by Samsung Electronics America. LoopPay is a unique example of a payment company that is building...
34 by Brandon Chester on 2/18/2015
Qualcomm Announces New SoC Lineup, Modem Branding
Qualcomm today announced 4 new additions to its Snapdragon 400 and 600 lineup of SoCs, along with a reshuffle and rebranding of their modem lineup. Let's begin with the...
40 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/18/2015
Samsung Announces 14nm FinFET for Exynos 7
While we've known about the existence of the Exynos 7420 for a while now, we didn't really know what to expect until recently. Today, it seems that Samsung is...
111 by Joshua Ho on 2/16/2015
The Meizu MX4 Pro Review
Meizu has been one of the upcoming Chinese manufacturers that we haven't had the chance to really cover here at AnandTech. With the Meizu MX4Pro however, we have on...
70 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/16/2015
ARM A53/A57/T760 investigated - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos Review
It's been a few months since Josh had the opportunity to review the Note 4. The defining characteristic is that this was the variant with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 SoC...
135 by Andrei Frumusanu & Ryan Smith on 2/10/2015
Sony Announces the Xperia E4
Sony has two fairly well defined lines of smartphones. Their Xperia Z smartphones and tablets represent their flagship Android devices, while their Xperia E line targets a more budget...
8 by Brandon Chester on 2/10/2015
China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million for Anti-trust Violations
Word comes out of China this evening that an ongoing anti-trust investigation into Qualcomm has come to an end. Ruling against Qualcomm, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has...
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Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M7) Will Receive Lollipop Update Tomorrow
It appears that carriers in the United States are getting their Android update testing done in a timely manner for once. Yesterday we reported on the Android Lollipop update...
12 by Brandon Chester on 2/4/2015
ARM Announces Cortex-A72, CCI-500, and Mali-T880
Today ARM is announcing three brand-new premium IP designs targeted at high-end mobile SoCs. We're still only starting to get widespread commercial availability of ARM's latest generation of SoCs...
49 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/3/2015
Nokia Lumia 735 Review
Back in September, Microsoft launched what would be the last two Nokia branded Lumias. The Lumia 830 was announced as an affordable flagship, and we reviewed the 830 back...
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Verizon Galaxy S5 Receiving Lollipop Update
After arriving in certain European countries not long ago, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 has finally made its way to the United States. Oddly enough...
22 by Brandon Chester on 2/2/2015
Google Announces Support For 40 Third-Party App Cards In Google Now
Google Now has always been good at giving you relevant information about things like transit, emails, stocks, sport scores, etc. But everything it displays is linked to a Google...
19 by Brandon Chester on 1/30/2015
Apple Q1 FY 2015 Financial Results: Record iPhone Sales Drive Record Earnings
Apple announced its earnings today for their first quarter of fiscal year 2015, with the quarter ending on December 27th 2014. This was a huge quarter for them, with...
30 by Brett Howse on 1/27/2015
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