MIUI 13.2.4.0 in Europe

Xiaomi released a 4.6GB heavy Android 13 update for its Xiaomi 12 Pro in Europe. The new android was released almost three months ago for the Pixel phones, and Samsung Galaxy 22 line got the update roughly a month ago.

Might be called Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

According to the latest rumor, upcoming Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 series SoC could end up with four Cortex-A710 and four Cortex-A510 CPU cores.

Mobile World Congress 2022 in person

The world is still being hostage of the Covid 19, now Omicron edition, but tradeshow runners refuse to remain closed and virtual only.

25 to 50 percent faster than the Qualcomm counterpart

The GPU inside Samsung's upcoming Exynos 2200 SoC, called the Xclipse 920, is doing quite well, giving some impressive scores in Geekbench benchmarks.

Lacks in GPU, 5G, imaging, features 

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 got a lot of coverage, and the marketing machine is trying to promote this chipset as a premium. Guess what? Dimensity 9000 is not a premium chipset as it suffers from stitched stock Cortex IP, stock Mali GPU, lack of premium phone design wins, and, most importantly, too optimistic SoC clocks. The clocks, especially the mid-cluster, might get the company in trouble due to the high energy drain. 

Edge X30 Special Edition to feature under-display front camera

It is official, Motorola is the first one to announce a phone with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The Motorola Edge X30 will be coming in two versions, with the Edge X30 Special Edition featuring an under-display front camera. The company also came up with the Motorola Edge S30, one to have the Snapdragon 888+ SoC.

Motorola first with the announcement, Xiaomi to follow

There are plenty of smartphone makers that are jumping on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 train as Qualcomm has already confirmed we will see the first phones before the end of the year.

ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU, camera improvements, and more

During its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021, Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, bringing improvements across the board, including new ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU, 7th Gen Qualcomm AI engine, camera improvements with Snapdragon Sight Camera Technology, 4th gen Snapdragon Elite Gaming, and more.

Snapdragon Gen 1, new brand, faster uploads, HDR 4K video, 8K

After two years of absence of in-person events due to the covid19, Qualcomm has kick-started its Snapdragon Technology in person. Many things have changed in the last two years, but we will pick two when it comes to Qualcomm.