Qualcomm is currently holding their annual tech summit in Hawaii this week. This is traditionally when they announce their latest and greatest system on chip which will be responsible for powering most of the flagship phones in 2019 from companies like Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi. We have already revealed details that the new chip is…
I won’t lie, I have been fawning over Huawei a lot recently with the Kirin 980 SoC being the most powerful mobile processor on the market, and the Mate 20 Pro being what I think is the best phone currently on the market. This has largely been due to the fact that the Qualcomm flagship…
While we eagerly wait for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 which will be the flagship SoC from the company superseding the superb Snapdragon 845, details of new mid-range chips have been revealed. The company is currently testing two new mid-range processors named Snapdragon 6150 and Snapdragon 7150. Both chips are octa-core processors but with likely different GPU, CPU cores…
MediaTek is the third player in the mobile system on chip world, they typically are used for budget phones and a lot of Chinese phones, they also have a strong market share with streaming devices like the Fire Stick and processors in TVs such as the Sony AF8. Their flagship SoC in the Helio P60 which…
**Update 20th October 2018** After leaving this in its box for a couple of months I have returned to it, updated Windows and now both Google and Spotify run fine** Following on from my initial impressions I have spent some more time with the HP Envy X2 allowing me to see if ARM-based laptops are…
Earlier in the year, I got to test the new HP Envy X2 laptop which was running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 SoC and was the first attempt at getting an ARM-based processor working with Windows. My experience was a little mixed, I love the concept, the battery life is awesome and the always-on connectivity perfect for a blogger…
Hp has just announced the HP Spectre Folio which is possibly the best-looking laptop ever made. This folio style laptop is similar in design to the HP Envy X2 which I previously reviewed and loved the design of. However, unlike the X2 with its blue artificial leather cover, the Spectre goes all out and uses a from 100…
The Android-based Wear OS platform has been getting a little long in the tooth with the platform struggling to gain traction, this has partly been down to no new system on chip being launched for it in the past 3 years. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 is the first new chip to land for the wearables platform…
I was recently invited to London to attend an event with Qualcomm about the new range of laptops that use their Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform running Windows 10. Windows 10 on Arm is one of the more exciting developments in the laptop industry right now as it aims to alleviate many of the issues…
Qualcomm is on a bit of a roll as of late, announcing chips for multiple purposes other than a Smartphones, they have announced a new wearable SoC as well as new chips specifically for VR headsets. They are now going all in with Windows 10 on Arm, moving away from focussing on just smartphone chips. The…
We have known that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series was due to be released, Qualcomm mentioned it several times during our MWC press trip. The specifics of the SoC were never discussed apart from that it will offer high-end features at a lower price. When I was at MWC several people hinted that this chipset could be targetting the…
During MWC this year I was overwhelmed with all the technology on show and posting about every single thing I photoed would take far too long. So here are some of the highlights from my experience of MWC this year. 3 new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 based phones announced Samsung dominated the show as usual with…