5G heading towards budget phones

Qualcomm has launched its latest 5G chipset today, the Snapdragon 690, the first product in its 6-series chips to get support for the next-generation networking standard.

Snapdragon 5G commercialisation at scale

Qualcomm has released its Snapdragon 768G Mobile Platform, which is a refresh of the Snapdragon 765G and accelerates 5G commercialisation.

Review: Upgrade SSD for cheap

Microsoft’s Surface Pro X arrived last year and brought to the market the latest ARM-based CPU that works with Windows 10. It promises an all-day battery life, WIFI, and, more importantly, high-speed LTE connectivity with the Nano-SIM or eSIM card onboard.

Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro first to get it

The big news during Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon technology summit was mobile gaming and its Elite Gaming set of desktop-level features, including an updatable GPU drivers, and while there was only a handful of supported devices, Xiaomi is now hopping on that train with its Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro smartphones.

Coming globally next month

Xiaomi has officially announced the global launch of the Redmi Note 9 and the Redmi Note 9 Pro smartphones. Both smartphones live up to the Redmi brand, bringing a lot of bang for the buck.

5G was the cure for COVID-19 pandemic woes

There is some scientific evidence that rather than causing COVID-19, 5G might be the actual cure – at least if you are a company.

From empty to 50 percent in 15 minutes

Qualcomm has been developing fast charging technologies to go with its chipsets but its latest version Quick Charge 3+ could end up in premium mid-rangers.

For some Pixel and Galaxy 10 phones

Qualcomm announced in December 2019 that it would offer driver updates for its Adreno GPU. This unique approach was years in making. The first products of this fruitful work are here as the Google and Qualcomm have released the Android GPU Inspector.

Qualcomm has the 5G patent quality lead

5G has already started happening in many parts of the world. Early adopters have already started rolling out their 5G networks in 2019, while there will be a lot more traction in 2020. Years before 5G started to materialize, many companies had to come up with very smart ideas on how to make 5G possible. Some of the obvious elephants in the room a few years back were the ability to make things much faster, how to reduce latency and how to make mmWave work.

Just because Qualcomm insists does not mean we have to use it

Phones are starting to trickle onto the market with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 865 SoC with 5G functionality, however manufacturers are reluctant to switch it on yet.