A number of leaks over the past few days have begun to paint a fairly good picture of the next DROID RAZR device. From benchmark results to leaked pictures, quite a bit is now known about the upcoming DROID RAZR HD. Could the DROID Figher than DROID RAZR HD be one and the same device? A number of details seem […]
Processors
Computex 2012: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 headed to Windows Phone 8 devices
Given that Qualcomm’s processors are the only ones you will find in Windows Phone 7 and 7.5 devices, it should come as no surprise that they will also make their way into Windows Phone 8 devices. Confirmation came from Rob Chandhok, senior vice president at Qualcomm, during Computex. These Snapdragon S4 chips will come with integrated LTE. The news gives […]
New hardware details for upcoming iPhone revealed in iOS 6?
Much has been said and seen recently about the alleged larger display and physical changes coming to the next iPhone. Digging into a beta version of iOS 6, 9to5Mac has found some some new information about what could be under the hood. First up, the iPhone 5 could sport a new processor, the ARM S5L8950X. The number of cores and […]
NVIDIA Tegra 3 with integrated LTE chipset slips to 2013
The NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipsets does not come with an integrated LTE modem. This has forced handset manufacturers to release North American variants of their quad-core Tegra 3 smartphones. Examples include both HTC and Samsung with the HTC One X and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III. NVIDIA originally expected to have its Tegra processor with built-in LTE connectivity (codenamed […]
Samsung announces Exynos 4 Quad processor for ‘Next Galaxy’
Samsung today announced the Exynos 4 Quad processor. As the name implies, it comes with four ARM Cortex A9 cores clocked at 1.4GHz. Built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology, it offers twice the performance of the now rebranded 45nm Exynos 4 Dual (Exynos 4210) while still being 20% more energy efficient. “The quad-core processor offers phenomenal […]
First Intel-powered smartphone to launch “later this week”
Intel yesterday announced its first-quarter earnings with revenues coming in at US$12.9 billion, operating income at US$3.8 billion, and net income at US$2.7 billion. On the investor call that followed, CEO Paul Otellini announced that the first Intel-based smartphone will launch “later this week.” As for who could introduce this first, there are a couple of likely suspects. It could […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors coming to 2012 Motorola devices?
A new Motorola device, codenamed Qinara, has surfaced on the GLBenchmark website. A number of specifications are revealed and among them a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset (the same one expected in the HTC One X and other upcoming high-end smartphones). Motorola has typically used Texas Instruments OMAP processors (along with the odd NVDIA one). This change could be due […]
Samsung Galaxy S III to use quad-core Exynos SoC with built-in LTE?
Specifications leaked in late February suggested that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III would use a quad-core Samsung Exynos processor and would come with LTE support. A Korea Times today backed up those claims citing an unnamed “high-ranking company executive.” The SoC will offer “a combination of long-term evolution (LTE), telecommunications and W-CDMA functions.” The move would allow Samsung to […]