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There is not much good news for the Indian smartphone market, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) worldwide quarterly smartphone sales tracker. As per the report, the Indian smartphone market saw the worst Q3 shipment numbers since 2019. The shipment fell 10% YoY, with total shipments standing at 43 million units in Q3 2022. […]
Early next year, Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. But how good will that new chipset be? Well, the MediaTek Dimensity 9200, which went official yesterday, should give us a fair idea about Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship chipset. Previous leaks have […]
MediaTek is finally all set to unveil its flagship Dimensity processor for 2023 at an event in China. On November 8, the Taiwanese chip firm will take the wraps off its Dimensity 9200 processor, which has been making the rounds in the rumor mill for quite some time now. An AnTuTu benchmark surfaced last week, showing its […]
After a series of disappointments with its Exynos chipsets, Samsung has reportedly decided to use the Snapdragon chipset exclusively in the Galaxy S23. But how good will that Snapdragon chipset be? Will it be as good as Apple’s latest chip used in the iPhone 14 Pro? Well, it looks like it could be even better. […]
Mid-range smartphones these days not only boast good performance but also come with high-resolution cameras. And most likely, the chip inside such mid-range or budget smartphones is the one from MediaTek. After releasing some top-tier chipsets, MediaTek finally unveiled the Dimensity 1080, which is the successor to last year’s popular Dimensity 920 processor. The MediaTek […]
Samsung has always been the first Android OEM to bring the latest version of Wi-Fi to the market. And the latest report suggests that the first Wi-Fi 7-equipped smartphone will be out by the second half of 2024. While Apple devices are still using Wi-Fi 6, and there are no more phone launches on the near […]
Despite all the criticism that Samsung has received over its Exynos brand of mobile chipsets lately, Exynos SoC sales are not slowing down. On the contrary, a new report has revealed that the Exynos market share has grown in Q2 2022 thanks to increased sales, while Samsung’s most fearsome competitors have recorded lower sales throughout […]
Samsung Foundry is the world’s second-biggest contract chip manufacturing firm. While the company is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to defeat its primary rival, TSMC, it has found a new competitor in the space: Intel. The company used to design and manufacture its own chips, and last year, Intel opened its foundry service for […]
MediaTek has unveiled a new flagship smartphone chipset, the Dimensity 9000+. It is a slight upgrade over the Dimensity 9000 that was launched a few months ago. Plus, it is MediaTek’s answer to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 that was announced a few weeks ago. It should perform better than the Exynos 2200. The Dimensity […]
Hot on the heels of Qualcomm’s new chipset announcements, MediaTek has launched three new smartphone processors: Dimensity 1050 5G, Dimensity 930 5G, and the Helio G99. All these chips are made using TSMC’s 6nm manufacturing process, which has proved to be excellent for premium mid-range chips. We might see Samsung using some of these chipsets […]
Going by the latest report by BusinessKorea, Samsung will be emulating Apple by building its very own high-end custom processor for the Galaxy S series. Notably, the Device Solution (DS) division of Samsung Electronics has already started developing an Application Processor (AP) for the Galaxy smartphones. Apparently, this new AP will not be coming anytime […]
Last year, after lagging behind Intel for a few years, Samsung’s semiconductor business finally recorded higher revenues than its US rival. Samsung’s semiconductor revenues overtook Intel’s for the first time since 2018. The Korean tech giant had a 12.3% semiconductor market share and recorded $73.1 billion in revenue in 2021 (via Gartner). Intel dropped to […]
Last year we heard a rumor that Samsung will be adopting a MediaTek chipset for at least one of its upcoming phones. Last month, that rumor made a comeback and added that the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC could be powering the upcoming Galaxy S22 FE. Then, the Korean Media jumped in and added the Galaxy […]
Samsung usually gets a lot of flak from consumers for using two different chipsets in its high-end smartphones, and this year was no different. The company even had to face some bad luck as neither the Exynos 2200 nor the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 showed considerable performance improvement. It is now being reported that the […]
Every year, Samsung gets caught up in the Exynos vs. Snapdragon debate as soon as it launches its high-end smartphones. Even with the recent launch of the Galaxy S22 series, people have been complaining about the Exynos 2200’s performance. To escape that debate, Samsung could go with the third option for its next affordable high-end […]