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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Samsung Announces The Galaxy Fold: The First Folding Display Smartphone
Samsung has unveiled its first ever folding smartphone - the Galaxy Fold. Today’s at Samsung’s Unpacked launch event in San Francisco, alongside the much awaited Galaxy S10 line-up of phones...
68 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/20/2019The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019 Live Blog (Starts at 2pm ET/19:00 UTC)
I'm here at the London venue for Samsung's global Galaxy Unpacked event. Samsung's annual gathering for flagship smartphone news, we'll be seeing the eagerly awaited (and widely leaked) Samsung...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/20/2019Qualcomm Announces X55 Modem: 5G Multi-mode & New Advanced ICs
It's been an eventful few months for Qualcomm – back in December the company had unveiled the first reference designs of the Snapdragon 855 and demonstrated integration with the...
20 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/19/2019LG Teases G8 Audio Capabilities: Confirms OLED Display
Starting last year, LG seems to have made a marketing strategy out of teasing features about their upcoming flagship devices. LG continues this strategy with today’s reveal of an...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/14/2019Motorola Announces Moto g7 Family Line-up
It’s been a less than a year since Motorola released its g6 line-up late last April, but today we see the company announcing new refreshes and a brand new...
35 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/7/2019Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 712: A Higher Bin 710
Today Qualcomm announced a new entry into its “upper mid-range” line-up of SoCs: The Snapdragon 712. The announcement is quite surprising, as it seems the chip might possibly simply...
17 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/7/2019The Apple iPhone XR Review: A Different Display Leads To Brilliant Battery Life
The latest generation of iPhones have been out for a couple of months now – we’ve extensively reviewed the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max shortly after their official...
90 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/5/2019Samsung Teases Foldable Galaxy Smartphone: Galaxy F?
Samsung Vietnam has accidentally published (and subsequently removed) a brand advertisement video that shows a glimpse at the company’s existing, conceptual, and presumably upcoming products. Among other things, the...
25 by Anton Shilov on 2/1/2019Samsung Starts Production of 1 TB eUFS 2.1 Storage for Smartphones
Samsung said it had started mass production of its eUFS 2.1 storage solution featuring a 1 TB capacity for smartphones. Apart from its massive capacity, the drive offers a...
23 by Anton Shilov on 1/30/2019US Charges Huawei for Technology Theft & Violating Sanctions, China Rebukes "Unreasonable Crackdown"
The political news cycle around Huawei over the last few weeks has been particularly active. As trade tensions between the US and China over the last year have risen...
23 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/29/2019Honor Launches The View20: A 48MP Camera Review
Last week Honor launched its new 2019 flagship device: the Honor View20. The new flagship phone is the follow-up to last year’s View10, a new segment entry in Honor’s...
38 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/28/2019Toshiba Begins to Sample UFS 3.0 Drives: 96L 3D TLC NAND, Up to 2.9 GB/s
Toshiba said late on Tuesday that it had started to sample its first UFS 3.0 storage solution. The device is aimed at mobile applications and promises to offer performance...
0 by Anton Shilov on 1/23/2019The Snapdragon 855 Performance Preview: Setting the Stage for Flagship Android 2019
As we get ever closer to the releases of various Android vendor’s newest generation devices, Qualcomm continues its tradition of showcasing the performance of its newest generation SoC ahead...
136 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/15/2019CES 2019: The Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite
Back at MWC 2018 we saw the launch of the MediaPad M5 and M5 Pro: high-end tablets attempting to revitalise the premium Android tablet market. Today Huawei is announcing...
20 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019AMD at CES 2019: Ryzen Mobile 3000-Series Launched, 2nd Gen Mobile at 15W and 35W, and Chromebooks
This year at CES, we have a series of announcements from AMD before the company's keynote presentation. Addressing the company's mobile offerings, AMD is launching the first parts of...
71 by Ian Cutress on 1/6/2019AnandTech Year In Review 2018: Flagship Mobile
As we’re drawing to a close of the calendar year, it is time to look back and revisit what 2018 has brought to the mobile space. Unlike the PC...
65 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/28/2018Qualcomm Granted Injunction Against Apple In Germany: iPhone 7 & 8 Sales Suspended in Apple Stores
Today Qualcomm was granted an injunction against Apple, allowing for a ban of certain iPhone models in Germany. The announcement comes only a little over a week after a...
22 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/20/2018Missed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018? It’s All In Here
If there’s one thing I love about this job, it’s about finding what makes the companies in our industry tick. This goes above and beyond just the product announcements...
18 by Ian Cutress on 12/19/2018Lenovo First to a Snapdragon 855 Phone with Announcement of Z5 Pro GT
In a surprise announcement, Lenovo has revealed its new flagship phone in China: the new Z5 Pro. The phone wouldn’t have been anything particularly special if it weren’t...
34 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/18/2018OnePlus: Dual Product Lines, Cost of 5G, and Translation Errors
One of the key announcements at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in the past week was around OnePlus: CEO Pete Lau stood on stage and stated that the company...
21 by Ian Cutress on 12/14/2018