Nubia Red Magic 3 joins Asus ROG Phone 2 with Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset
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Nubia Red Magic 3 joins Asus ROG Phone 2 with Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset

Last year the Asus ROG Phone differentiated itself from the other gaming phones on the market with its binned Snapdragon 845 chipset with higher 2.96GHz clocks than the standard 2.8GHz. This year things are different, Qualcomm has announced a specific Snapdragon 855+ chipset and multiple manufactures are on board to use it. The Plus model…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Vs Snapdragon 855 vs Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 980 Comparison
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Vs Snapdragon 855 vs Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 980 Comparison

Qualcomm has announced a refresh to their Snapdragon 855 SoC in the form of the Snapdragon 855+. It has been a while since Qualcomm launched a mid-life product refresh of a flagship system on a chip. The last instance was the Snapdragon 821, though last year there were some limited higher bin variants of the…

5G vs 4G – Is the new high-speed high price network worth it for smartphones?
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5G vs 4G – Is the new high-speed high price network worth it for smartphones?

5G is here, EE launched first, followed by Vodafone and Three is launching soon. We are no doubt going to see a strong marketing push from all the providers, pushing us to the new 5G spectrum, but is it really worth it? SIM only deals always offer the best value for money, these are just…

Intel i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 3900X – Can Intel’s leaked 10-core 14nm+++ CPU really compete?
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Intel i9-10900K vs Ryzen 9 3900X – Can Intel’s leaked 10-core 14nm+++ CPU really compete?

Intel is certainly feeling the pressure from AMD, they have been feeling it since the launch of the original Ryzen. With the Zen 2 series of processors, things have only gotten worse, the i9-9900K doesn’t fare particularly well compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X or Ryzen 9 3900X, though it is still technically best at…

Mobvoi Launches TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE in the US with Snapdragon Wear 2100 & Wear OS
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Mobvoi Launches TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE in the US with Snapdragon Wear 2100 & Wear OS

Mobvoi is one of the surprise hits in the world of smartwatches, where big brand names have tried and failed Mobvoi have succeeded. The number of companies producing Wear OS watches is mostly limited to Samsung, Huawei, Fossil Group(and its sub-brands), then Mobvoi. Admittedly Mobvoi is not some random Chinese brand, originally an AI company…

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 215 SoC. How does it compare vs  Snapdragon 212 & SD429
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Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 215 SoC. How does it compare vs Snapdragon 212 & SD429

The flagship Snapdragon 800 series gets all the press attention and yearly upgrades but sitting at the bottom rung of the ladder is the Snapdragon 200 series, and the poor Snapdragon 212 hasn’t had an upgrade since 2005. It has finally received a bit of TLC while introducing anything particularly impressive it is a sizable…

AMD cuts Radeon RX 5700 price to compete with Nvidia’s Super RTX 2060 / 2070
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AMD cuts Radeon RX 5700 price to compete with Nvidia’s Super RTX 2060 / 2070

It is a good day for consumers, under the threat that the Radeon RX 5700 will compete with the RTX 2070 & 2060 we have already seen Nvidia launch their Super cards, offering more performance for the same price as the original RTX parts. Some view it as a bit of an underhanded move by…

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Benchmarks Leaked. Competes with Intel i9-9900k in gaming

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Benchmarks Leaked. Competes with Intel i9-9900k in gaming

Updated – 04/07/209 – More benchmarks leaked indicate that the Ryzen 5 3600 can outperform the Intel’s i9 9900K in single-threaded performance Another day another AMD Ryzen 3000 leak. Today this leak comes from  Spanish site El Chapuzas Informatico who possibly hit their publish button a little too early. In their review, they have used an…

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super & RTX 2060 Super Founders Edition Review Round-Up
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super & RTX 2060 Super Founders Edition Review Round-Up

We often get months worth of leaks during a build up for a new grpahics card, but a few weeks ago, as the hype for AMD Navi built up, it emerged that Nvidia were preparing the launch of the new Super variants of their RTX cards. Suspiciously the launch of these cards is just 5…

Trump eases up on Huawei, while both Huawei and Honor commit to Android Q updates
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Trump eases up on Huawei, while both Huawei and Honor commit to Android Q updates

It is safe to say that the past couple of months have not been great for Huawei and Honor with the Trump trade ban which blocked off all American companies from trading with the Chinese company. Trump claimed that this was due to national security with him claiming their equipment could be used to spy…

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