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I will try to be simple for this review and give my opinion with no filter. Build, Specs, Build Quality/DesignUnboxingSpecificationsGolden RatioVideo tourScreen Performance ColorOS…
IFA 2022 returns to Berlin in full physical form, and the show floor is electric after two pandemic-altered editions. With over 1,800 exhibitors across…
Gamescom 2022 returns to Cologne in full physical form after two years of digital-only editions, and the reception is thunderous. With over 265,000 attendees…
Qualcomm delivered a blockbuster Q3 FY2022 today, posting $10.9 billion in revenue — a 36% year-over-year increase — with record QCT Automotive and IoT…
The Nothing Phone (1) launched July 12, 2022 at £399 with Snapdragon 778G+, 900 individual LEDs in the Glyph Interface, and a transparent back…
The Xiaomi 12S Ultra features a groundbreaking one-inch Sony IMX989 sensor and a partnership with Leica, enhancing its camera capabilities. This approach aims to…
Samsung 3nm beat TSMC to gate-all-around with its MBCFET transistor, but poor yields and thin customers meant the world's first GAA node barely mattered.
Samsung 4nm built the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which ran so hot Qualcomm moved the refresh to TSMC, where the same chip ran cooler.…
Between 2019 and 2021, MediaTek transformed from a budget chip supplier to the largest smartphone chip vendor by volume with its Dimensity 5G line.…
Some Snapdragon Insider missions happen on a keynote stage. Mine happened on the streets of Denver, Colorado, on an electric kick scooter, talking to my…
Three weeks with the OPPO Find X5 in Chicago as one of twenty Product Ambassadors worldwide. Full review: ColorOS 12.1, MariSilicon X imaging NPU,…
OxygenOS 12 launched in March 2022 and XDA Developers called it "a disaster" in their opening line. The community agreed. Slower animations, worse battery…
March 9, 2022: Nothing closed a $70M Series B and announced "The Truth" event for March 23. The phone was coming. A hundred thousand…
February 2022. OPPO selects me as one of twenty Find X5 Product Ambassadors worldwide. A Frenchman in Chicago who has never held an OPPO…
Uptake of the open-video codec AV1 has been slow, with major video providers waiting for broader device support. Things could change over the coming…
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