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ZUK Z1 is a $284 Chinese phone with USB Type-C, 4100 mAh battery

Chinese phone maker ZUK is a startup with backing from Lenovo. The company has just announced its first flagship phone, and like many of the most interesting Chinese phones these days, the ZUK Z1 combines premium features with a mid-range price tag. The ZUK Z1 features a 4,100 mAh battery, a USB Type-C reversible charger, […]

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OnePlus One smartphone will have a Snapdragon 801 CPU

Just a few weeks after announcing that the upcoming OnePlus One smartphone would be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, the folks at OnePlus have updated the spec sheet. Now it looks like the phone will ship with a more powerful Snapdragon 801 chip. The new processor supports faster clock speeds and speedier memory […]

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 chip comes in 3 flavors

Qualcomm’s recently announced Snapdragon 801 processor is a slightly faster version of last year’s Snapdragon 801 chip, and it’ll likely be one of the company’s fastest chips until the Snapdragon 805 arrives. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 smartphones both feature Snapdragon 801 chips… but they run at different speeds. As AnandTech explains, […]

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Qualcomm launches 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 chip

We’ll have to wait until later this year to get our hands on devices with Qualcomm’s first 64-bit chips. But the company is giving its 32-bit lineup a bit of a speed bump in the meantime. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 801 should hit the streets by the end of the Q1 2014. The new Snapdragon 801 […]