Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 vs Asus ZenFone 5Z
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Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 vs Asus ZenFone 5Z

We saw 3 phones officially launched at MWC that are powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 system on chip. This chip is the latest high-end SoC from Qualcomm and will be the chip powering most of this year’s flagships. With the Snapdragon handling the vast majority of the functions, it is interesting to see…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Exynos 9810 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Exynos 9810 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

Mobile World Congress 2018 is just a week away, and we will undoubtedly see multiple phones announced with the next generation of system on chips (SoC). The Snapdragon 845 is likely to be used in the next flagship phone which is due to be announced at the Nokia event on the 29th. Historically Samsung has…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 benchmark results look good
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 benchmark results look good

I have already covered the new technology in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 system on chip (SoC) but that doesn’t mean a great deal without some real-world results. Qualcomm has finally started demoing units built on the Snapdragon 845 SoC to selected press. The tests are not ideal as the hardware is Qualcomm’s demo units, so…

Umidigi Crystal Review – 4GB Ram – MTK6750T Budget Chinese Phone
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Umidigi Crystal Review – 4GB Ram – MTK6750T Budget Chinese Phone

I have already covered several excellent budget Chinese phones available from sites such as Gearbest, or quite often for a little bit more via Amazon. The Xiaomi MI A1 is the current cream of the crop, it might not be as pretty as some of the lesser known imports but the build quality is exceptional,…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 – The chip behind most of 2018/19’s Flagship Android Phones
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 – The chip behind most of 2018/19’s Flagship Android Phones

During my event with Qualcomm, they were obviously keen to talk about their latest and greatest product, the Snapdragon 845. For several years not the 800 series of chips have been used in the vast majority of the flagship Android phones you can buy. The only real exceptions are Samsung Exynos used in the European…