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…
Last year the Pocophone F1 was the most affordable flagship device of the year. At the moment the Xiaomi Mi 9 is the cheapest Snapdragon 855 phone we can buy, though if you want UK stock then the Black Shark 2 is a bit cheaper. This year we could have more options, though these will…
The Xiaomi Mi 9 officially launches tomorrow and at this point there is little if anything not known about it. As part of the marketing campaign, Xiaomi has slowly been leaking information about the phone, keeping it in the tech headlines. The phone officially launches in China tomorrow, but the global announcement is expected at…
Vivo, the company famed for the Vivo Nex and its pop up camera, recently announced it was creating a sub-brand called iQOO, because we don’t have enough difficult brand names to pronounce. Unlike affordable sub-brands like Huawei with their Honor brand, or Oppo and Realme, the new IQOO brand will focus on flagship devices. Vivo…
Xiaomi is in for a busy couple of weeks. They will be announcing their new Mi 9 flagship on 20th of February and then it will be launching another product launch on the 24th in Barcelona the day before MWC starts. There are reports it will showcase the Mi MIX 3 5G version at the event…
A leak for the Xiaomi Mi 9 has been posted on the Chinese microblogging website Weibo which is often the source of most phone leaks. This is a unverified leak so take everything with a pinch of salt. The new addition to the Xiaomi Mi has significant upgrades and combined with a relatively low price…
2019 is a very exciting year for mobile, not only do we have the usual upgrades in performance from system on chips like the newly announced Snapdragon 855 and the Kiron 980, but this is the year where 5G will rollout and foldable displays. Xiaomi has confirmed that the Mi MIX 3 with 5G capabilities will…
Qualcomm has just announced the new flagship system on chip at their Tech Summit event in Maui, Hawaii. This is the chip that will power nearly all the flagship phones on the market that don’t come from Huawei or Apple. It also means we now have information on all the main SoCs that will be…