There aren’t many smartphones on the market with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 processor with 6 CPU cores. But you know what else there aren’t many of? Smartphones with clamshell designs. It looks like Samsung is taking aim at both shortages. The Samsung SM-G9198 features Qualcomm’s hexa-core chip and a numeric keypad and a 3.9 inch display […]
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LG G4 smartphone launches this week (in key markets)
The LG G4 is a smartphone with a curved 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display, 3GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, and an optional leather back panel. LG introduced the G4 in April, and now the company is launching the phone in select markets. It should be available worldwide by this summer. […]
Lilbits (5-01-2015): Building (another) open handheld game console
The developers of the DragonBox Pyra are designing a handheld game console with a 5 inch, 720p screen, an ARM Cortex-A15 processor, 2GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a compact design, while still featuring game controller buttons and a QWERTY keyboard. The system is designed to be as open as possible, supporting GNU/Linux software. The project was unveiled over […]
LG launches the G4 smartphone (with a leather back)
LG’s latest flagship smartphone features the kind of hardware you’d expect from a premium phone in 2015. The LG G4Â has a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display, 3GB of RAM, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808Â processor, a 16MP rear camera, and an 8MP front camera. But it’s the phone’s design that really stands out: there’s an […]
Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon 808, 810 chips coming in 2015
Chip maker Qualcomm has already promised to deliver its first 64-bit chips later this year. But the Snapdragon 410, 610, and 615 chips are chips for mid-range devices and they’ll likely be used in mid-range smartphones and tablets. Qualcomm plans to shake things up a bit in the first half of 2015 though, whn the […]