Qualcomm launches a new suite of wearable platforms for your next Wear OS watch

by dbadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, smartwatches, Wearables

Credit: Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen 1, two new wearables platforms. Platform highlights include faster performance and power-saving features such as ultra-low power Bluetooth 5.3 architecture, low power islands,...

You told us: You have a bias towards one chipmaker when buying a phone

by dbadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Survey Results

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority There are plenty of chipmakers in the Android smartphone space, with Qualcomm and Mediatek the two biggest third-party chip providers on the market. We’ve also got Samsung’s Exynos, Google’s Tensor (designed by Samsung), and...

It sounds more likely that Samsung could skip Exynos for Galaxy S23

by dbadmin | Jul 11, 2022 | News, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S23

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A long-time analyst has claimed that Samsung will ditch Exynos power for the Galaxy S23 series. Instead, it’s believed Samsung will exclusively use Snapdragon silicon for its next-generation Galaxy S phones. Samsung has...

Qualcomm’s $1,500 Snapdragon Insiders phone is barely getting any updates

by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2022 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Insiders phone has missed nearly six months of security updates. The company says the next security update will arrive on June 20, although gave no mention of an Android 12 upgrade. Qualcomm has only committed to releasing security updates every...

Surprise Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leak suggests weird CPU changes

by dbadmin | Jun 9, 2022 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A new leak has dished out apparent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 specs. The chipset is rumored to offer a quad-tier CPU layout. Qualcomm might use two older CPU cores for 32-bit compatibility. Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1...

Diablo Immortal launch shows yet again that Exynos chips are inferior

by dbadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | News, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung, Samsung Exynos

Samsung’s Exynos-powered phones can’t run Diablo Immortal. Blizzard is working on a fix “as soon as possible” and may disable downloads for impacted devices. The issue is the latest evidence of the Exynos’ inferiority compared to other SoCs. Samsung users eager to...