As you all probably already know, the LG G4 was launched on April 28 sporting not the most recent Snapdragon 810 CPU, but the Snapdragon 808 CPU which is the slightly inferior version. The decision of LG to go with the Snapdragon 808 processor most likely relies on the bad experiences users had had with the Snapdragon 810 in the ...
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Why there isn’t a Snapdragon 810 in the Galaxy S6
The Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge were launched at the MWC 2015 on Sunday, and besides being moderately innovative, one of the surprises they brought was the actual absence of the Snapdragon 810 chipset. Many of us knew that Samsung would go for their own Exynos chipsets for the Galaxy S6 and its curved, dual-edge screen variant, but we ...
Read More »Qualcomm thinks 2K smartphones will be mainstream soon
Qualcomm, one of the most popular mobile chipset manufacturers, has detailed its views about smartphone displays in the future in an interview. Qualcomm VP of Marketing, Tim McDonough, has talked to TrustedReviews about what the company thinks is ahead for smartphone displays and they seem to be confident that 2K smartphones will soon become the norm. With the LG G4 ...
Read More »Microsoft and Qualcomm releasing a flagship Lumia device
Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced that they would be working together to make a brand new flagship Lumia smartphone this year. According to the two companies, the new Microsoft Lumia phone will not only run on Windows 10 for phones once it gets launched, but it will also include a Snapdragon 810 CPU in its hardware. That alone warrants a ...
Read More »Snapdragon 810 overheating issues are still present (rumor)
The Snapdragon 810 is supposedly in the works from Qualcomm, and rumors about it overheating and having trouble with the GPU have been flying around ever since the company first announced the chipset at the end of last year. These rumors have been on and off, confirmed and unconfirmed for the past few weeks. Most people around the internet and ...
Read More »Xperia Z4 rumor round-up: QHD or FHD?
The Sony Xperia Z4 is supposedly around the corner, sources saying that MWC 2015 will be the place where the flagship first sees the light of day. Even though Sony hasn’t confirmed this yet, the release is pretty likely since launching any later than that would obliterate the (already slim) chances of the Xperia Z4 making enough waves to outdo ...
Read More »LG G Flex 2 officially announced, 5.5-inch display and Snapdragon 810 confirmed
The LG G Flex 2 left the “rumors and speculation” territory moments ago when it was officially announced and detailed at the CES 2015. Unsurprisingly, the smartphone comes equipped with a very similar display to the one that made its predecessor so famous back in 2013. However, this time around LG took it a bit further and made sure that ...
Read More »Snapdragon 810 will be released in the first half of 2015
The Snapdragon 810 CPU which was supposed to be present in next-gen flagships of 2015 such as the LG G4, Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 seemed to be having some trouble according to a certain report. We had originally believed that the issues the Snapdragon 810 was having with the manufacturing process and performance problems would impact the Galaxy ...
Read More »Motorola’s Droid phablet will look similar to the Nexus 6, but sport better specs
The Motorola manufactured Nexus 6 may very well be one of the best phablets currently available on the market, but word on the street is that the company is already working on something even better. This is a bit strange considering that they also released the DROID Turbo not long ago, but I guess the folks over at Motorola really ...
Read More »Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset spotted on AnTuTu
AnTuTu is not only an excellent benchmark database, but also a great place to find out what the manufacturers have been up to lately. A couple of days ago we learned that the Motorola Nexus 6 (also known as Google Shamu) will run on the Android L operating system. Now AnTuTu reveals that Qualcomm is testing its 64-bit Snapdragon 810 chipset, ...
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