Smartphone Brands Are Turning to Cheap Cameras to Offset Rising RAM Costs
… To compensate for cheaper camera hardware, manufacturers are reportedly investing in software engineering aimed at developing imaging algorithms. …
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Samsung reportedly drops Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 from upcoming Galaxy S6, LG claims SoC is fine [UPDATED]
… It's even possible that Samsung's part switch says more about an overly-aggressive thinness or power envelope target than it does about Qualcomm's hardware. …
LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition is a slightly larger, slightly better Nexus 7
… This way Google can cater to those people with stock Android and not have to develop new hardware for the Nexus program. The rest of the hardware is similarly impressive. The G Pad has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 at 1.7GHz per core, 2GB of RAM, and a 4600mAh battery. …
TSMC is finally making 20nm parts for Apple's next-gen iPhone, iPad
… The A8 will be the first 20nm SoC available on the market; companies like Qualcomm aren't expected to introduce their own 20nm hardware until 2015. …
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 Promises Big Improvements in Cameras, Gaming, and More
… Qualcomm says Snapdragon 865 devices can do things like record 4K HDR video while shooting 64MP still images simultaneously. At the hardware level, device makers can use camera sensors up to 200MP in resolution. …
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 850, Explicitly Aimed at New PCs
… While that SoC has been used in the first round of Always Connected PCs to use ARM hardware, it was still primarily a phone product. …
Orange San Diego: Intel brings the x86 vs. ARM smartphone war to Europe
… Because the phone has the exact same hardware as the X900, we also know how San Diego will benchmark: It will beat out most of last year's phones, be roughly comparable to Tegra 3, and be soundly beaten by Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Krait SoC. …
Samsung Delays Exynos Chip with AMD Graphics as Rumors of Heat Issues Persist
… Could Samsung rely on Qualcomm for all the S22 phones? …
The future: Upgradeable smartphones
… Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC: Yes, it really is that small Due to continued consolidation and integration, too, it wouldn't be a surprise if future mobile devices squeeze almost their entire hardware into a single chip. …