A phone called the Huawei angler was recently run through the GeekBench benchmark test. The angler happens to be a code name for the manufacturer’s upcoming Nexus device. The test revealed that the Snapdragon 810 SoC is driving the stock Android handset, which will include an octa-core CPU (which ran…
Snapdragon 620-powered Samsung phone posts neat result on GeekBench – is it the Galaxy A9?
Those keeping watch on Samsung will be excited to learn about an interesting new smartphone of its that’s apparently in the works. And no, we’re not talking about the Galaxy S7, or any weird flip/slider phones whose indisputable retro charm does look out of place in 2015. Rather, we’re talking…
Snapdragon 412 powered Samsung Galaxy Mega On gets benchmarked
Back in August, we told you about the unannounced Samsung Galaxy Mega On. Sporting the SM-G6000 model number, the handset is an entry-level phablet for those whose budget can’t accommodate the Samsung Galaxy Note5. As a result, the specs on the Samsung Galaxy Mega On aren’t similar to what you’ll…
Benchmark battle: MediaTek’s Helio X20 vs. Helio X10 vs. Exynos 7420 vs. Snapdragon 810 and more
The MediaTek Helio X20, with its deca-core CPU and Mali-T880 MP4 GPU, recently was spotted powering up the HTC One A9 on GeekBench. Not surprisingly, the chipset scored very high. With that performance in mind, today we have a series of comparisons showing the MediaTek Helio X20 taking on the…
Sony Xperia Z5 Ultra rumored to come in March 2016 with Snapdragon 820 on board
According to a recent rumor, the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, the world’s first smartphone with a 4K display, is not the only ultra high-res smartphone that Sony is preparing. Although when Sony unveiled the Z5 Premium this past week at IFA 2015 in Berlin, many thought that this is the…
Surprise! The 5 most popular phones are powered by neither Snapdragon, nor MediaTek
If you read tech blogs, you would be left with the impression that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets, and the up-and-coming MediaTek processors are ubiquitous in the smartphone world, while handsets without one of those in, are outliers. Research firm Strategy Analytics ran its thorough analysis of the mobile phone industry for…
Snapdragon 820 SoC scores a whopping 83,774 on AnTuTu benchmark test
A device called the Green Orange X1 Pro, running the Snapdragon 820, ran up an AnTuTu score of 83,774. If there is one thing that might have helped Qualcomm’s upcoming high-end SoC rack up that score, it is the fact that the device it was powering had a 1080 x…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 will battle malware with cognitive computing, courtesy of Smart Protect
Qualcomm is certainly working hard on its Snapdragon 820 chipset, a chip that will have to wash away all the bad surrounding the Snapdragon 810. We already seem to know a lot about the SD820: Kryo architecture, allowing for a maximum clock of up to 3GHz per core, 14nm manufacturing…
LG G Pad X 10.1 launches this week on AT&T, brings the old Snapdragon 800 back in spotlight
AT&T today announced a brand new tablet made by LG. Called G Pad X 10.1, the slate is similar to the G Pad II that LG will showcase later this week at IFA 2015. As its name suggests, the LG G Pad X 10.1 sports a 10.1 inch display (with…
Huawei Nexus may swap Snapdragon 810 for 820, new pics confirm the USB-C port
While waiting on what will probably be the first phones to showcase the newest Android 6.0 Marshmallow – the LG and Huawei-made Nexus handsets from Google – we’ve been dealing with an influx of leaks of them both, with the latest being just recently, showcasing the intriguing shape of the…