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Chinese manufacturer Meizu has just officially unveiled its most advanced and most pricey handset to date, called the Meizu Pro 5 it features a 5.7-inch full HD Super AMOLED display and an Exynos 7420 processor from Samsung. It's the very same processor that debuted with Samsung's very own Galaxy S6 so it goes without saying […]
An upcoming high-end smartphone from Meizu could be powered by one of Samsung's latest chipsets, namely the Exynos 7420, according to Pan Jiutang, who is a technology analyst. The company made the decision to drop the MX5 Pro lineup in order to work on something bigger and better, with a 14nm processor, a double-sided glass […]
Qualcomm has now decided to answer the claims that have been made about its octa-core, Snapdragon 810 processor. Qualcomm confirmed earlier this year that a major manufacturer wouldn’t be using its Snapdragon 810; many picked Samsung as the secret manufacturer, and Samsung witnessed to it when the Korean manufacturer announced its Galaxy S6 and S6 […]
Sometimes, a company can be too optimistic in its expectations regarding consumer sales and manufacture too many smartphones and devices that do nothing more than sit on shelves. In other cases, companies can simply find their “cup running over” with regard to device demand from consumers. Samsung stands in the latter camp and got it […]
Samsung's chip-making arm may be about to score a big client if a report published today turns out to be true. Citing sources familiar with Qualcomm's roadmap and Samsung's foundry operations Re/code reports that Qualcomm is going to go with Samsung's foundries for the mass production of its next high-end chip, the Snapdragon 820. Apparently Qualcomm […]
According to a report from TechInsights, component costs for manufacturing the Galaxy S6 is estimated at $281, which is 12 percent higher than the Galaxy S5. Inspite of this, Samsung has released the Galaxy S6 at a price lower than the original retail price of the Galaxy S5. It is said that Samsung has paid around […]
Samsung’s newest devices have the company’s greatest critics applauding the company for what may be the first time in a long time. And, for many, Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 edge have made their dreams come true: they’ve always wanted a Samsung smartphone with a lot less Samsung software, more of Google’s, and a design […]
The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge have blown away the competition when it comes to memory performance, but the latest benchmarks from Q1 2015 show that the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are the two top phones to beat for the remainder of 2015. The latest Antutu benchmarks from Q1 (January-March 2015) show that the […]
Processor chipmaker Qualcomm has had its share of criticism since 2015 began, with rumors that its Snapdragon 810 processor has an overheating issue. LG announced its G Flex 2 earlier this year, stating that its second-generation flexible phone would be ready for primetime a little later on this year. Yet and still, there has been […]
It's no secret that the upcoming Exynos 7420 is a powerhouse. Preliminary and leaked benchmark scores of the SoC have pointed at an SoC that's pretty much unparalleled in terms of performance, save for the top-of-the-line Qualcomm — the Snapdragon 810 — up to an extent. The octa-core CPU that the SoC houses, along with […]
Samsung has announced that it has started mass producing the industry’s first 14nm FinFET application processors for mobile devices. Samsung claims that this technology, which will be used in the upcoming Exynos 7 Octa processor, provides highest levels of efficiency, performance and productivity. When compared to Samsung’s 20 fabrication process, the new 14nm FinFET process […]
It looks like the overheating issues that have been associated with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 might not be the main reason Samsung isn't using the chip in the Galaxy S6. According to a report from ETNews, the Korean manufacturer is focusing on its Exynos chip for the next flagship Galaxy S in order to start competing […]
Yesterday, the Exynos chip that will be powering the Galaxy S6 was spotted on the Geekbench benchmark database, featuring performance scores that were higher than all the competing high-end mobile chipsets. We decided to compare the Exynos 7420 to the Apple A8 chip that is found on the iPhone 6 Plus, and as the results […]
There's been a lot of talk about what SoC, between the Snapdragon 810 and the Exynos 7420, the upcoming Galaxy S6 would feature at launch. While there's plenty information available about the Snapdragon 810, we don't know much about the Exynos 7420… that is, until now. The SoC was spotted at the Geekbench 3.0 database […]
We all know that Samsung is working on its next-generation flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, which is also codenamed as Project Zero. We've learnt from our usually reliable sources that Samsung will showcase the Galaxy S6 and its variant during CES 2015, though there's a catch here. The devices will be showcased only to selected partners and […]