Smartphones
Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry's thinnest package. Samsung's shrunken memory packages measure approximately 0.65 mm in thickness, making them 0.06 mm (~9%) thinner than standard LPDDR5X packages. The company expects the new DRAM devices to be used to make for thinner smartphones, or improve their performance by enabling better airflow inside. According to the company's press release, Samsung achieved this ultra-thin design by employing new packaging methods, such as optimized printed circuit boards (PCBs) and epoxy molding compound (EMC). Additionally, an optimized back-lapping process was used to further reduce the height of the packages. The newly developed DRAM packages are not only thinner by 9% compared to previous models...
Nokia 9 PureView: Hands On, Impressions, Thoughts
HMD Global introduced its new top-of-the-range Nokia 9 PureView smartphone at Mobile World Congress earlier this week. The handset brings in a unique camera featuring six modules (five RGB...
34 by Anton Shilov on 3/1/2019A 32 MP Selfie Camera on ZTE's Blade V10: Because You Love Yourself
The imaging capabilities of mobile phones’ primary cameras have come a long way since the early 2000s, when the first camera phones hit the market. Today premium handsets can...
17 by Anton Shilov on 2/28/2019Xiaomi Teams Up with Light for Multi-Module Smartphone Cameras
Xiaomi and Light, a computational imaging firm, have announced at Mobile World Congress that the two companies will be working together to develop new multi-module cameras for smartphones. The...
9 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2019Samsung's New 512 GB UFS 3.0 Chip for Galaxy Fold, Now in Mass Production
Samsung this week said that it has begun mass production of its UFS 3.0 chips. The company’s initial lineup of UFS 3.0 products includes embedded drives featuring a 128...
6 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2019Oppo Demonstrates 5G Smartphone at MWC 2019
One theme of the Mobile World Congress trade show is for companies to show off their future 5G products - or at least a prototype with a 5G sticker...
1 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2019The Sony Xperia 1: A Long 21:9 HDR 4K OLED Smartphone
Being a high-tech company with multiple divisions, Sony can fetch technologies from various units to build products with unique qualities. At Mobile World Congress 2019 the company introduced its...
20 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2019Samsung Galaxy S10: First Exynos 9820 vs Snapdragon 855 Scores
One of AnandTech's more in-depth coverage pieces last year was our analysis of the two different version of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note9. Specifically we covered the quite...
108 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/26/2019OnePlus 5G Prototype: Living Large
Here at Mobile World Congress, a number of companies are showing off 5G-enabled smartphones or prototypes. We've seen devices from most of the top smartphone global manufacturers, and despite...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Nokia Launches Nokia 9 PureView at MWC 2019: So I Heard You Like Cameras
HMD Global has introduced its new Nokia flagship smartphone at MWC 2019. The key feature of the Nokia 9 PureView is its six-module camera (five lens + Time-of-Flight) co-designed...
32 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019512 GB of UFS 3.0 Storage: Western Digital iNAND MC EU511
Western Digital said that it has now completed development and started sampling its first UFS 3.0 storage solutions for ‘5G era’ smartphones. The new embedded flash drives (EFDs) provide...
6 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Huawei Mate X vs. Samsung Galaxy Fold: Ask the Press
One of the biggest talking points this year at Mobile World Congress is the emergence of folding phones. The two largest smartphone vendors in the world, Samsung and Huawei...
82 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Nubia at MWC 2019: Wearable OLED Smartphone Coming to a Wrist Near You
Nubia, a division of ZTE, is prepping to release its first wearable watch-like smartphone. The device is currently being showcased at MWC in Barcelona, Spain, but the company is...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Qualcomm Launches the QCA6390 Chipset: 1.8 Gbps Wi-Fi 6 Ready with BlueTooth 5.1
With the upcoming ratification of the Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard expected in August, a number of companies are gearing up with Wi-Fi 6 ‘ready’ routers and end-points to get...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Alcatel Launches 3L at MWC 2019: A 5.94-Inch Smartphone at €139
Alcatel introduced its new entry-level smartphone that is equipped with a 5.9-inch display, a quad-core Qualcomm SoC, 16 GB of NAND storage, facial recognition, and a dual camera, a...
2 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019LG Announces The New G8 & V50 5G ThinQ
Today at LG’s MWC press event the company has revealed its brand new flagship devices for 2019. The new LG G8 and the new LG V50 represent LG’s updated...
43 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/24/2019MWC 2019: LG Premiere Press Event, a Live Blog (6:30PM UTC)
LG recently announced that it has a range of new technologies ready for its upcoming ThinQ branded smartphones. We're here at the press event to find out all the details.
16 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 2/24/2019TCL Low Cost Foldable Display for Everyone: Patented DragonHinge
Out of the top smartphone manufacturers, Samsung has clearly beat its competitors to the punch with its foldable smartphone, but it certainly will not be the only company to...
26 by Anton Shilov on 2/24/2019TCL Launches the Alcatel 1S: a 5.5-inch IPS Smartphone for $109 / €109
Most of the time, in fact almost all the time, we tend to discuss about the most expensive phones on the market. If it isn’t $600, then it is...
18 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2019BlackBerry Launch Special Edition Key2 in Red
Following the successful launch of the Cosmic Red edition of the Key2 LE last year, and the many column inches by technology journalists praising the color combination as striking...
0 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2019TCL/CSOT Reveals Mobile AMOLED & LCD Hole-Punch Displays
Along with today’s announcement of a foldable display panel and hinge, TCL’s display panel division revealed a new generation of AMOLED screens and demonstrated their ability to produce a...
0 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/24/2019