by dbadmin | Apr 21, 2022 | Android Security, Mediatek, News, Qualcomm
A major vulnerability impacted the vast majority of 2021 Android phones. The issue is caused by compromised ALAC audio code. The vulnerable code was included in MediaTek and Qualcomm audio decoders. A bug in the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) impacts two-thirds of...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Mediatek, News, Samsung, Survey Results
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has long stuck to using Snapdragon or Exynos chipsets in its flagship smartphones, but this state of affairs could reportedly change in the future. A Korean news outlet reported that Samsung is considering the use of...
by dbadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | Mediatek, News, Samsung
Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Samsung is reportedly considering the use of Mediatek silicon in some flagship phones. It’s believed Mediatek power could come to some Galaxy S22 FE and Galaxy S23 models. Samsung usually sticks to Qualcomm and in-house Exynos...
by dbadmin | Mar 19, 2022 | Features, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, SoC
Android smartphone processors come in all shapes and sizes, with everyone from Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung and Huawei contributing SoCs over the past decade and a half. In that time, we’ve even seen major players like Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and ST-Ericsson...
by dbadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Mediatek, News, Qualcomm, Survey Results
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Qualcomm has long been the top chipmaker for Android phones in the US, but Mediatek cited IDC figures to claim the top spot in the market for Q4 2021. This has since been disputed by the US chipmaker, citing Counterpoint...
by dbadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Mediatek, News
Credit: Supplied by Mediatek We’ve seen a host of affordable flagship-level smartphones in the last couple of years, using previous-generation Snapdragon flagship silicon to achieve this price point. These devices include the Poco F3, OnePlus 9R, and Realme GT 2. Now,...
