Articles tagged "Mobile hardware"

Apple acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max suffer from overheating issues and pointed the finger at a bug in iOS 17. A fix is in the works, but a new issue has surfaced – wireless charging might be damaging the NFC module. There are...

Samsung Device Solutions (DS), the division in charge of the lucrative chip production business, posted a loss in the first quarter of this year, its first quarter in the red since 2009. Unfortunately, the rest of this year isn’t looking good...

Qualcomm announced its next-generation AR/VR platforms called Snapdragon XR Gen 2 and AR1 Gen 1. The two platforms should enable mixed reality and virtual reality in thin and lightweight devices that don't require an external battery pack. This...

The iPhone 15 series received iFixit’s official teardown treatment and the results are a mixed bag. The 15 Pro models finally received the updated internal design where you can now directly remove the back glass without removing the display first....

Last year, iFixit gave the iPhone 14 a 7/10 repairability rating due to its updated internal design allowing for easier repairs. Despite the updated internal design, Apple continued its policy of part-pairing which imposes software limitations if...

Apple’s A17 Pro is one speedy chipset as we saw from its Geekbench test run and we now get to see how it fares on AnTuTu. Unsurprisingly the A17 Pro inside the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max is one of the fastest phones on AnTuTu with a combined score...

Samsung wants to turn the telephoto modules on smartphones into a “second main camera”. By that the company means that current tele sensors are smaller and lower resolution, they are behind on features like HDR and video frame rates too when...

Apple recently did an about-face and started supporting Right To Repair laws. It has also done a lot to make its iPhones easier to repair – last year the iPhone 14 got a 7/10 repairability score, largely thanks to the new design that made the rear...

The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max were announced earlier this week as the first smartphones on the market with a 3nm chipset. The Apple A17 Pro SoC features a 6-core processor with 2 performance cores alongside 4 efficiency units which Apple claims...

Thunderbolt 5 is official and it's a leap forward in terms of speed. It brings the bandwidth from 40 Gbps all the way up to 120 Gbps, has double the PCIe lanes, and can deliver as much as 240W of power through one USB-C cable. Technically, in a...

Oppo and Sony’s Lytia imaging sensor brand have announced a new strategic partnership that will bring dual-layer stacked Sony sensors to future Oppo flagships. Oppo promises the new sensors will “unlock the next era of computational photography” but...

Apple will continue to use Qualcomm 5G modems for at least three more years thanks to a new agreement between the two companies that was announced today. The new deal will cover iPhone launches in 2024, 2025 and 2026 while the previous accord was...

There is a lot of buzz surrounding Apple's next M3 line of chips. As per rumors, the new family will be significantly more powerful than current M2 silicon. The M3 chips will apparently be based on the Apple A17 Bionic architecture, which is set to...

MediaTek has successfully developed its first 3nm chipset based on TSMC’s 3nm process technology. The new 3nm chipset will make its commercial debut next year as a member of the flagship Dimensity series. The press release did not go into details...

Apple has been working on its own 5G modem for some time now and is yet to launch an iPhone with its in-house 5G chip. The brand currently relies on Qualcomm, and popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has corroborated previous reports claiming that it will...

@Tech_Reve on X chimed in with another Samsung-related report on X and this time, it's about mobile hardware. The tipster revealed that Samsung will use AMD graphics for its mid-range Exynos chipsets. The new GPUs will appear on Samsung midrangers...

Qualcomm formally introduced its three-tier G-series chipsets designed for portable gaming consoles. The Snapdragon G1 Gen 1 is built for fanless game streaming handhelds with claims of over 10 hours of battery life. It features an eight-core Kryo...

AnTuTu's Chinese website is the latest to predict Samsung is going to once again use an Exynos chipset for some of its Galaxy S24 units next year. Perhaps European, African and some of the Asian countries will get the Galaxy S24 lineup with an...

According to tech leakster Revegnus on X, Samsung is working on four new high-end sensors - 50MP GN6, 200MP HP7, an unknown 320MP sensor and а 440MP HU1 one as well. However, the report claims that hardly any of these sensors will end up in a Galaxy...

After it became clear that the new iPhone 15 series will definitely replace the age-old Lighting connector with USB-C, the guys over at ChargerLAB dug deeper and got a hold of some exclusive photos of the port revealing something very...