Samsung Note 7 recall recalled
Not-so magnificant seven going to cost billions
Samsung appears to have made a pig’s ear of its Galaxy Note 7 recall and is ordering its resellers to stop sales and exchanges of the device pending investigation into the latest incidents.
MediaTek plans Indian expansion
Leaning on the next big thing
Now that the Chinese smartphone market has become saturated, telco makers are trying to jump through all the hoops the Indian government is setting up so they can set up shop there.
iPhone 6 class action starts
We don't normally like using the word class and Apple being in the same sentence
While the Tame Apple Press is peddling the iPhone 7, a class action has begun over a serious fault in the previous generation.
Helio X30 shaping up at 10nm
2x A73, 4X A53 and 4X A35
MediaTek has started making rather unique chips and its strategy was even followed by some of its competition. Helio X20 / X25 was the world’s first deca-core SoC that did a decent job, but Helio X30 again packs deca-core with an impressive alignment.
Snapdragon 830 comes in two varieties
Faster and slower
Qualcomm is returning to the two high end chips strategy and you can expect to see two variants of what we call Snapdragon 830 today. They will end up with two different product numbers, one being higher than the other.