If you were impressed with Qualcomm’s MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 processor from CES 2013, you will be blown away by the chipset-maker’s plans for 2014. Looking at the leaked specs for the unofficial Qualcomm APQ8084, it’s clear that it’s a significant upgrade over the current APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro with Adreno 320 GPU and upcoming...
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The same XDA member who tweeted the specs of the rumored HTC One X+ Android smartphone has also leaked some new information about the upcoming HTC Accord Windows Phone 8 handset. According to Football4PDA, HTC will trade in the Accord codename for the “Windows Phone 8X” moniker. Furthermore, he provided what appears to be...
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LG has started touting its upcoming Android smartphone and its “second generation quad-core” chipset on a Korean teaser site. The handset-maker is, of course, referring to the beastly Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor with Adreno 320 graphics. Along with the Qualcomm APQ8064 processor and MDM9615 baseband chip, the LTE-equipped smartphone, currently codenamed “Optimus G,”...
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 may just be the new king of mobile processors. The S4 Pro quad-core chipset with Adreno 320 graphics core was benchmarked by the good folks at Engadget and the results are nothing short of impressive. As you can see in the image above and chart below, the APQ8064...
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The Samsung SGH-T699 has been a bit of a mystery. We’ve known for a while now that it’s an Android-powered Samsung smartphone with a 720p HD display destined for T-Mobile. It’s not the Galaxy S III, as that’s already officially confirmed to carry the model number SGH-T999. There were rumors that it was Tmo’s...
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Qualcomm put together a YouTube video to promote the thermal efficiency of their Snapdragon S4 processor, the same chip inside the U.S. variants of the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III, compared to the competition. To be fair, the two competing devices in the video seem to be the Motorola Droid Razr...
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The specs for the Sony Xperia SX SO-05D Komachi have been leaked. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset for NTT DoCoMo of Japan will follow the path previously laid out by the Xperia NX (Nozomi, Xperia S) and the upcoming Xperia GX (LT29i Hayabusa). The Sony Komachi is named after a high-speed shinkansen...
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Early this morning, Samsung announced the Exynos 4 Quad, a powerful 1.4GHz quad-core processor that will debut in the upcoming Galaxy S III Android smartphone when it’s announced on May 3rd. According to Korea Times, however, that may not be the whole story. In an interview with an unnamed Samsung executive, it was reported...
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Specifications: - Processor: 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon Qualcomm MSM8960 - Operating System: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense - Networks: LTE (Band 2, Band 25) and CDMA 1xRTT EVDO Rel. 0, EVDO Rev. A - Display: 4.7” 1280 x720 HD with IPS technology (In Plane Switching)...
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As you know, the HTC One X comes in two configurations depending on location/carrier. The global variant rocks Nvidia’s well-known Tegra 3 quad-core chipset, while AT&T’s version is equipped with Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor in order to support 4G LTE connectivity. Many in the US have expressed concern over this discrepancy, but the...
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Sprint, in collaboration with HTC, started sending out press invitations for a special media event on Wednesday, April 4th in New York. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and HTC President Jason Mackenzie will be in attendance and it’s widely speculated that this will be the press conference in which the third largest wireless network in...
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The latest rumor points to Sprint releasing their own variant of the HTC One X on June 10th. The source claims the device is currently labeled with the codename HTC Jet, but the specs line up with the AT&T version of the HTC One X. That means the purported Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered...
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In this video, we take a quick look at Fight Game Heroes, a new arcade fighting game for the Android platform from the folks at Fight Game Interactive. It’s currently an exclusive to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android smartphone, but it will be released for other devices soon. As you can see in...
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Along with the announcement of the new Snapdragon S4 processors, Qualcomm has revealed their plans to launch a game showcase application to the Android Market, called Snapdragon GameCommand. GameCommand will feature Snapdragon optimized games in one easily accessible app, similar to how Nvidia promotes their Tegra 2 (soon Tegra 3) titles with the Tegra...
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Today, Qualcomm announced a new line of Snapdragon S4 processors for high-end devices and the enhancement of its Snapdragon S1 chipsets for entry-level smartphones. The new S4 chipsets include: the MSM8660A, MSM8260A, MSM8630, MSM8230, MSM8627, MSM8227, APQ8060A and APQ8030. They’re based on the Krait CPU, which is the next generation of Qualcomm’s micro architecture...
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