Qualcomm NXP acquisition to close soon
Wants assurance ZTE Corp ban gets lifted
People close to the matter claim that China warmed up to the NXP Semiconductor acquisition by Qualcomm seeking assurances that the ZTE Corp 7 year ban will get lifted by the USA.
Xiaomi Mi8 supports QC 4.0 +
Quick charge 4.0 +
Xiaomi Mi8 is an eight-year anniversary phone and includes in display fingerprint reader, a possible translucent back option, 3D face unlocking as well as Snapdragon 845, 6.2-inch IPS 2280x1080 screen and 6GB/64GB and possibly 8GB/128 GB options.
Snapdragon 700 re-imagines market segment
Affordable performance meets top features
If you are a big player in the phone SoC area, you need to be innovative and the Snapdragon 710 is just that. The 10nm, 2X AI, X15 800 Mbps modem, Hexagon 685 DPS, Spectra 250 ISP, Quick Charging 4+ new two big and six small core CPUs and Adreno 616 is the key to mainstream/performance success.
Galaxy Note 9 to get 8GB / 512GB version
64/128/256GB still in play
It 's that time agan - Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy Note 9 in last days of August and there might be a 512 GB storage version.
Apple knew its iPhone would bend
It still denied it
Fruity cargo cult Apple knew that its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were designed in such a way that they would bend, according to internal documents.