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...
Nexus 5 Briefly Appears on Google Play - Starts at $349
In what may be one of the most interesting leaks thus far in the road to the official Nexus 5 announcement, today Google seems to have accidentally confirmed both...
28 by Brian Klug on 10/17/2013
Hands on with the MOBO Edition 18ct Gold HTC One
Gold seems to be on every device maker's mind right now. Recently we saw Apple introduce the Gold iPhone 5S, and then Samsung countered with a gold Galaxy S4...
30 by Brian Klug on 10/9/2013
Samsung Galaxy Round, a Curved Note 3
Just recently, news broke that the Galaxy Round is being released for sale in Korea. While Samsung can claim that they are the first to create a commercially sold...
25 by Joshua Ho on 10/9/2013
Some Thoughts on Smartphone Region Locking
Recently, reports of Samsung region locking the Note 3 came out via Clove UK, which posted on its blog that the Note 3 would be completely unable to use...
60 by Joshua Ho on 10/7/2013
They're (Almost) All Dirty: The State of Cheating in Android Benchmarks
Thanks to AndreiF7's excellent work on discovering it, we kicked off our investigations into Samsung’s CPU/GPU optimizations around the international Galaxy S 4 in July and came away...
375 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/2/2013
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review
I still remember the first time I held the original Galaxy Note. At that point in time it wasn’t really obvious just how critical larger-display smartphones were going to...
305 by Brian Klug on 10/1/2013
Samsung Galaxy Gear Review
Galaxy Gear is Samsung’s new entry into the smartwatch arena, a market with a growing number of new attempts to deliver the ideal wrist-wearable smartphone accessory. How does it...
73 by Brian Klug on 10/1/2013
Moto X Update Dramatically Improves Camera Quality
In my Moto X review, I characterized camera performance and quality as very bimodal. In some scenes it could take great photos, in others it seemed to struggle and...
50 by Brian Klug on 9/23/2013
Chipworks Provides First Apple A7 Die Shot
Hot on the heels of their Samsung 28nm confirmation, Chipworks just sent over the first die shot of a delayered Apple A7. An annotated version is following early next...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/20/2013
Chipworks Confirms Apple's A7 is Built On Samsung's 28nm HK+MG Process
Chipworks is in the process of delayering Apple's A7, but they just confirmed what we mentioned in our iPhone 5s review: Apple's A7 is built at Samsung using their...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/20/2013
The iOS 7 Review
There’s no doubt about it, this iOS update is one of the largest in Apple’s history. In the wake of the iPhone 5 launch, there was a considerable amount...
146 by Brian Klug & Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2013
The iPhone 5s Review
For much of the iPhone's life Apple has enjoyed a first-mover advantage. At the launch of the first iPhone, Steve Jobs expected the device and OS would give it...
465 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2013
The iPhone 5c Review
For years now Apple has followed a rather intelligent waterfall of its products down the pricing stack. With the arrival of every new iPhone, the previous generation gets a...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2013
Hands on with the new ASUS Padfone Infinity
For a while now, ASUS has been pushing form factor boundaries in the mobile space, with dockables and other 2-in-one platforms that once seemed radical but really started making...
34 by Brian Klug on 9/17/2013
Some Thoughts about the iPhone 5S Camera Improvements
One of the big improvements that comes with the iPhone 5S is a new camera system, with a faster aperture for more light throughput, bigger 8 MP sensor with...
100 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2013
Apple Increases iPhone 5C and 5S Battery Sizes relative to iPhone 5
While poking through the FCC documents and piecing together a story on the network band situation for the iPhone 5S and 5C, I remembered that part of a normal...
31 by Brian Klug on 9/12/2013
The AnandTech Mobile Show, Live from IDF 2013 [video] Updated: Now high-res
Sorry for the late posting on this, I was trying to get a high res copy of the video to push live first but it looks like that's coming...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/11/2013
Intel XMM7160 LTE Modem Demonstrated on Live Network
Intel's lone ranger and Principal Engineer Francois Piednoel last night sent out an interesting tweet for anyone following Intel's XMM7160 LTE modem development. Francois posted a video showing LTE...
11 by Brian Klug on 9/11/2013
Announcing the AnandTech Mobile Show & Meetup at IDF, Today at 12:30PM PT & 3:30PM PT
Brian and I are both at IDF this week, and later today we will be doing our first video show from Moscone West. If you've followed our Podcast, you...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/11/2013
Samsung Announces big.LITTLE MP Support in Exynos 5420
It hasn't been much of a secret in the SoC space that big.LITTLE on the original Exynos 5 Octa (5410) didn't end up working in the most optimal fashion...
30 by Brian Klug on 9/11/2013
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