The Galaxy Note 7 has a tendency to explode — that we’ve known for sure since late August. We still don’t know why it’s happened at a consistent and alarmingly frequent rate. That’s what multinational government investigators are trying to figure out right now.At ...
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While Samsung and Qualcomm are yet to publicly tackle the reasons for the absence of advanced Quick Charge 3.0 technology from Snapdragon 820-powered Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge configurations, a seemingly innocuous new post on the chip designer’s blog may have just dropped another bombshell.Check that, it absolutely dropped one, since there’s no way QCM made an innocent ...
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Update: We have edited our headline from “Quick Charge 3.0 won’t be on Galaxy S7, S7 edge because of Exynos support” to reflect that neither Qualcomm nor Samsung have stated why Quick Charge 2.0 is being used on Snapdragon 820-equipped Galaxy S7 and S7 edge phones. Pocketnow regrets the error.So, you have the new Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge and are excited about its larger, supposedly longer-lasting ...
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The ability to quickly charge your smartphone can be a godsend: batteries never seem to be as large as we like, and who wants to sit around for an hour or more in order to top things off when your day’s not done yet, but your phone’s already complaining about needing power? With today’s fast-charging tech, you can plug your handset in for a quick 15 minutes and dramatically extend battery life. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work, but the existence of a variety of conflicting quick-charge standards can add up to making the situation much more confusing ...
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You’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who would turn down a phone with a bigger battery than a smaller one, all things being equal. Unfortunately, phones with bigger capacities generally mean thicker dimensions and heavier devices. Even a few dozen mAh can add significant costs to the bill of materials. The solutions to this conundrum come in four varieties: OS and SoC optimizations to reduce battery use, and wireless and quick charging schemes to help keep the battery full. Targeting the latter, and following up from a successful 2.0 release, Qualcomm’s solution is Quick ...
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