Qualcomm could be preparing another update to its silicon offerings this year with another move in the top of the mid-range.Indian import-export database Zauba has taken in what looks to be a Qualcomm mobile applications chipset labeled MSM8976SG. The MSM8976 part number already is tied to the Snapdragon 652 (formerly the 620). Phone Arena suggests that the “SG” could stand for “second ...
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While one-third of an inch can make all the difference in smartphone usability, when a screen port steps down that kind of increment and the device takes an apparent decrease in power, you’d expect to pay less for that derivative as compared to the original product.Instead, one Weibo user is suggesting that it won’t happen that way. He leaked out a sketchy sketch-art poster promoting the octa-core processor of the Redmi Pro Mini.Such a phone is listed to have a 5.2-inch ...
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In case you’re still scratching your heads in confusion as to Google and Lenovo’s decision to fit an arguably middling processor under the hood of the world’s road-opening consumer phone based on Project Tango, Qualcomm just came forward with an enlightening confession.It turns out the Phab 2 Pro packs a Snapdragon 652 not only to keep the retail pricing bar comparatively low to mainstream Android flagships from ...
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When’s the LG G5 headed out for shipment? The chaebol itself is pulling the lever on March 31 while retailers have ranged from the first day to just outside the first week of April. More of them have come to the fore to support the early bird special.Namely, New York’s B&H ...
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This quick-rising rascal seems to be pretty quick in itself.The Galaxy A-series 2016 has come about with the Galaxy A9 being the standard bearer for the line. That phone hit the upper mid-range on the price scale, but we wondered what a Galaxy A9 Pro would go for. We caught up with it in India and had
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With as many products as we deal with in the smartphone world, naming conventions can be lifesavers for helping us keep track of them all. Take Lumia smartphones, for example: you don’t need to have an encyclopedic knowledge of all the different hardware options to understand that the Lumia 930 is a higher-end model than the Lumia 530, or that the Lumia 950 represents a further upgrade over the 930. Once companies get started with a naming scheme like that, they often do their best to stick with a logical order for future models, but sometimes not everything’s quite as ...
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