When talking about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, it used to be that we were asking ourselves whether or not to believe rumors that the chip was a piece of junk, prone to overheating and generally not performing up to par. But as phone manufacturers like LG step up to stand behind the 810, while others like Samsung appear to be turning their backs ...
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The he-said-she-said rumor war over reported problems with Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon 810 SoC is starting to feel like it’s going to keep on going until 810-based phones are finally in the hands of consumers and we can start putting this SoC through its paces. And with LG set to release G Flex 2 sales upon South Korea as of tomorrow, that day should be here soon enough. But until it arrives, we’ve got at least one more twist on this story to bring your way, as LG expands upon earlier ...
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What chips will be at the heart of Samsung’s Galaxy S6, expected to launch in just a matter of weeks? We’re used to seeing a two-tiered approach, with Samsung splitting its production run between models running its own Exynos SoCs, and those powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. But this year, amidst rumors of Snapdragon 810 fabrication and performance issues, there’s been talk that Samsung could forgo Qualcomm’s involvement entirely and commit to using its Exynos chips ...
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Folks, this topic will either become subject to one of the most accurate reports and leaks of the year so far, or it will turn out to be the biggest smoke curtain/rumor fails of 2015. TL;DR: the next Samsung flagship will not pack Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, the Snapdragon 810. There were a lot of Samsung Galaxy S6 Snapdragon 810 rumors going on lately, and this one claims that it will simply not happen because Samsung wants to compete, even in the SoC business, with the application processor-maker Qualcomm.According to the report, Samsung will favor its own, in-house, Exynos ...
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Is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 SoC a big headache for everyone involved, or is the next-gen chip going to help supercharge 2015’s smartphone lineup? Despite all the potential that appears to be there, the introduction of the 810 to consumer devices has been plagued by reports of hardware problems, incomplete software, and delays that would push back broad availability. Qualcomm’s been doing its darnedest to downplay such allegations,
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I’ve been rather impressed with the SoCs that Qualcomm has been releasing under the “Snapdragon” brand, and really fell in love with the chips with the S4 line up back in the day. The S4 Pro was the sought after processor for smartphones and tablets – back in 2012. As we all know, technology marches ever onward. Phones and tablets powered by the Snapdragon 800 series took center stage in 2014. Now that 2015 is upon is, there’s a new generation ...
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With the launch of the LG G Flex 2 at CES 2015, and sales starting in South Korea later this month, the era of the Snapdragon 810 SoC is finally upon us. Sure, the chip debuted all the way back in April of last year, but it’s taken this long to get the component into commercial smartphones. Why the wait? One rumor that was circulating about this time last month suggested that
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Some phone makers have to scramble to combat the wave of people reporting its new models are bending… other manufactures embrace it as a feature! The latter being the case for LG’s latest smartphone, announced at CES 2015, the G Flex 2 – and based on its spec sheet and our hands-on experience, it’s already the best smartphone of 2015.Will it bend?
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LG’s CES press event is coming up on us quick – the show starts at the end of the hour, and even if you’re no in Vegas yourself, you can access the live stream from the comfort of home. The meat of the event, LG’s G Flex 2, may have already leaked, but the manufacturer is sure to bring plenty of other hardware to show off. Will we see another model of the same caliber as the G Flex 2 join the curved-screen handset ...
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For the past few weeks now, we’ve been hearing rumors about something new from Samsung and its Galaxy Note 4. From the looks of things, the manufacturer was testing a new Note 4 variant powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip, unlike the 805 in the non-Exynos version of the existing phablet. Would we see the release of an updated version of the Note 4’s hardware, just like Samsung delivered for handsets like the Galaxy S4 and S5 in the past? Well, that SoC question is still up in the ...
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We’re coming up on nine months now since Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 810 SoC, and unless you’re a lucky developer, you still haven’t had a chance to play with a phone powered by one of these beasts. That day is coming soon, though, and with chip production reportedly on schedule, mass-market handsets with ...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is a powerhouse of a phablet, and depending on the regional variant you have, it’s running either an Exynos 7 Octa or a Snapdragon 805. Earlier this week we checked out a rumor that claimed Samsung could already be working on another hardware revision of the Note 4, one that would ditch that 805 for a next-gen Snapdragon 810 SoC. The idea makes enough sense – this is exactly the routine Samsung’s pulled time and time again with LTE-A models of its flagships ...
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It’s a dance we know all too well: Samsung delivers its latest flagship model, only to come back a few months later with a tweaked version running some even more impressive silicon. The Galaxy S4 launched with a Snapdragon 600, only for Samsung to follow that up with a Snapdragon 800 version for LTE-A networks in South Korea. And after the GS5 arrived with its Snapdragon 801, Samsung came back with an LTE-A ...
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Right now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 SoC is looking like one of the hottest contenders out there for the chip to power next-gen handsets. Or at least, it was, prior to the arrival of rumors last week claiming that serious issues were standing in the way of this component’s success, and that performance and overheating problems could potentially derail plans to get the 810 into phones slated for ...
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Qualcomm went official with its 64-bit Snapdragon 810 SoC all the way back in April. The octa-core chip with its Adreno 430 GPU will feature in its first dev hardware in just a couple weeks, while rumors are already looking forward to its presence in anticipated 2015 flagships. As we await the 810’s arrival, some interesting new details about the chip’s performance are surfacing, though they’re ...
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