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5G Phones Likely Your Only Flagship Choice Next Year

Kellen December 5, 2019

Hope You are Ready to Buy 5G Phones. I don't think anyone living in reality can say with a straight face that 5G is here. It's not. Not the promise of 5G, that is. There are pieces of a 5G future somewhat alive today, but it's going to be years before a 5G...

Snapdragon 865 GPU Drivers can be Updated Through Google Play

Kellen December 4, 2019

Qualcomm, with the Snapdragon 865, is going to issue driver updates to its Adreno 650 GPU through Google Play for the first time. There's no guarantee, but that could lead to longer support. If anything, that should mean regular bug fixes and a possibility of...

Android 11 and Snapdragon 865 to Support API for Mobile Drivers License, Electronic ID

Kellen December 4, 2019

During Qualcomm's Snapdragon Tech Summit today, we got a big Android security-related announcement that we could see for the first time with Android R later this year. How does leaving your wallet at home with no fear of not having your drivers license or ID...

Snapdragon 865 Details are Here

Kellen December 4, 2019

Qualcomm unwrapped the full details for the Snapdragon 865 this morning after a waste of a day on stage during yesterday's opening keynote of the Snapdragon Tech Summit, where they had ample time get this out of the way. The story surrounding the 865 is one of...

Motorola is Going to Make a Flagship Comeback in 2020

Kellen December 3, 2019

Motorola hasn't made a flagship-level phone in a couple of years. The Moto Z3 was close to being one, but the old processor inside left it below competitor phones. In 2019, they've flooded the market with more mid-range phones than I can keep track of and...

Qualcomm’s New In-Screen Fingerprint Reader is 17x Bigger, Allows for Dual Finger Authentication

Tim December 3, 2019

Besides new Snapdragon 865 processor hype, Qualcomm also announced new in-display fingerprint reader tech this week. The new sensor is a lot larger, 17x larger to be exact, allowing for dual fingerprint authentication. That, of course, leads to better security...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 is Next Year’s Big Processor (Updated: Some Details)

Kellen December 3, 2019

Qualcomm's yearly Snapdragon boondoggle Tech Summit, a 3-day end-of-year Hawaii vacation for tech industry folks, kicked off this morning and the big announcement of the day is for next year's mobile processors. The Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 765 lines are...

More Details Surface for Qualcomm’s Next Wear OS Savior Attempt

Kellen October 28, 2019

Earlier this year, we heard the first rumor about a possible in-the-works wearable chip from Qualcomm that might actually do some good for Wear OS, unlike the Snapdragon Wear 3100. At the time, it was supposedly being referred to as the Snapdragon Wear 429,...