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Montblanc’s Summit 2 Wear OS Watch is Here With Snapdragon 3100, $995 Price Tag

Kellen October 15, 2018

The Montblanc Summit 2, the first Wear OS watch released running the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, is now available. At a starting price of $995, it may be out of reach for many, even if it sure does check all the boxes for what we want in an Android...

Louis Vuitton’s Next Wear OS Watch Arrives at FCC

Kellen October 1, 2018

When Qualcomm announced that its new Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset was finally ready for the next wave of watches, they mentioned that Louis Vuitton would be one of the first to introduce a watch with it. Today, a new Wear OS watch from LV stopped at the FCC...

Montblanc Summit 2 is One of the First Snapdragon Wear 3100 Watches, Arrives October

Kellen September 10, 2018

Qualcomm talked a lot about its new Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform today, but what they didn't have much to say on was the release timing of the first watches running it. The best information we got surrounded Louis Vuitton, Fossil, and Montblanc, which are all...

Video: Snapdragon Wear 3100 First Look!

Kellen September 10, 2018

For those of you who missed our write-up this morning on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, we've put together this brief overview of the big talking points. Since this is a major release that could (and should) do a lot to help Wear OS and...

Report: Galaxy S10 Will Have Ultrasonic Under-Display Fingerprint Reader From Qualcomm

Tim September 10, 2018

If you've been reading Droid Life for a couple of years or more, you'll know that with every upcoming Galaxy device from Samsung, there's a report that says the latest flagship from Samsung will have an in-display fingerprint reader. It happened for Galaxy S8,...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 3100 is Here With Emphasis on Battery Life

Kellen September 10, 2018

Today, Qualcomm announced its new smartwatch and wearable chipset, the Snapdragon Wear 3100. This is the chipset that was first teased back at Google I/O in May and could bring major improvements to the Wear OS ecosystem as a range of new watches running the...

Qualcomm Sends New 7nm Chip to Partners to Build the First 5G Phones

Kellen August 22, 2018

The first truly 5G-equipped phones won't be here until next year. Even if Motorola and Verizon want you to believe that a Moto Mod is the 5G answer you were looking for (it isn't), Qualcomm has bigger plans. The San Diego based chipmaker started sampling its...

Do Not Buy a Smartwatch Right Now

Kellen August 13, 2018

For some reason that I still cannot figure, all of the brands that are keeping Google's Wear OS alive, keep announcing new smartwatches. Typically, announcing new products is a good thing, but you have to understand that Wear OS is about to get a brand new...