Qualcomm unveiled the new range of Snapdragon processors including the Snapdragon 800, 600, 400 and 200 series at the International CES 2013. They did not reveal the specifications for the Snapdragon 400 and Snapdragon 200 series at the event last month. Now the company has detailed complete specifications for these processors in their latest blog post. Continue reading “Qualcomm details Snapdragon 400 and 200 processors”
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LG Optimus G Pro specifications detailed, First device with 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor
LG unveiled the Optimus G Pro with a 5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS curved glass display last week. The Optimus G Pro for the Japanese market has a 5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display and 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm APQ 8064 processor. LG has announced that the Optimus G Pro for the Korean market would come with a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, making it the first smartphone to feature the new Qualcomm chip. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Pro specifications detailed, First device with 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor”
HTC Butterfly Benchmarks
HTC launched the Butterfly on Japan’s KDDI network back in October 2012, released as Droid DNA in the U.S. and it was announced for global markets in December. We posted hands-on photos of the Butterfly last week, now we have benchmarks of the device. The performance is top-notch when compared to the other quad-core Android devices. The HTC Butterfly is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor Qualcomm APQ8064 processor and the Adreno 320 GPU, similar to the Optimus G and the Google Nexus 4. It out performs all the current quad-core smartphones in most of the benchmarks.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 quad-core processors announced, offers speeds up to 2.3 GHz
Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 800 and Snapdragon 600 series at CES 2013. The Snapdragon 800 is the high-end processor that has quad core Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. It would offer speeds of up to 2.3 GHz per core and up to 75 percent better performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processors. It can also play UltraHD or 4K videos and has built-in 4G LTE Cat 4 and 802.11ac support. The Snapdragon 600 series has quad-core Krait 300 CPU running at up to 1.9 GHz and Adreno 320 GPU that offers 40% better performance than the Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. The company has also announced Snapdragon 400 series of processors for mid-range phones and Snapdragon 200 series aimed at entry level smartphones. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 quad-core processors announced, offers speeds up to 2.3 GHz”
Qualcomm announces new quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips
Qualcomm, the largest SoC maker has announced 2 new quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips. The MSM8226 and MSM8626 are the quad-core versions of MSM8225 and MSM8625 that were announced last December. These new chips would feature Adreno 305 GPU instead of Adreno 203 in the previous version and would offer long battery life for mass market smartphones. These have integrated WTR2605 multi-mode radio transceiver for china-specific bands such as TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1xAdv and HSPA+ that also saves power up to 40 percent compared to previous generations. Qualcomm announced MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q quad-core Snapdragon S4 Play chips few months back. Continue reading “Qualcomm announces new quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips”
LG Optimus G Benchmarks – quad-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and Adreno 320 GPU
LG announced the Optimus G in August, which went on sale in Korea in September. We managed to get hold of the device to run some benchmarks.The LG Optimus G was in a close competition with the Samsung Galaxy Note II in most of the benchmarks but it was a clear winner when compared to the other quad-core devices including Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and the LG Optimus 4X HD. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Benchmarks – quad-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and Adreno 320 GPU”
Video Interview with Anand Chandrasekher, CMO, Qualcomm on why you should buy a Snapdragon powered phone at IQ India 2012
At IQ India 2012 , I got a chance to sit down with Anand Chandrasekher , Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) , Qualcomm Inc. Anand joined Qualcomm in August 2012 after a long 24 year stint at Intel. I asked Anand about Snapdragon , Qualcomm’s marketing strategy and why should a consumer buy a Snapdragon powered phone.Watch the full video interview below.
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Video Interview with Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head, HTC India at IQ India 2012
At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head of HTC India. We asked him about their budget phones, strategy in 2013, upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices and their new LTE smartphone Ascend P1 LTE.
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Video Interview with Vikas Jain, Co-Founder, Micromax at IQ India 2012
At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Vikas Jain, Co-Founder of Micromax. We asked him about their new venture into LED TV segment, their competition in the economy smartphone market and the future of tablets.
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Video Interview with Pradeep Jain, MD, Karbonn Mobiles at IQ India 2012
At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Pradeep Jain, Managing Director of Karbonn Mobiles. He answered to our questions about the latest AGNEE 3G Tablet, the company’s association with Qualcomm and about their target in smartphone market for 2013.
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Video Interview with Raj Talluri SVP , Qualcomm about Snapdragon and the Competition at IQ India 2012
At IQ India 2012 , I got a chance to sit down with Raj Talluri , Senior Vice President , Application Processors at Qualcomm Inc. Raj is leading the company’s Snapdragon lineup of products. I quizzed Raj about Snapdragon , Nvidia Tegra 3 , Samsung Exynos and even Apple’s custom chip approach.Watch the full video interview below.
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IQ India 2012 Live Blog
FoneArena is live from Qualcomm’s annual mobile event IQ India 2012 . This event is coming to India after Sao Paulo, Brazil and Berlin, Germany.The event has an interesting line up of speakers including Qualcomm CEO Dr.Paul Jacobs . Watch the live blog below and the live stream on the dedicated site. Continue reading “IQ India 2012 Live Blog”
Qualcomm announces quad-core Snapdragon S4 play chips, the specs race gets hotter
Just after the news about MediaTek prepping its entry level quad-core chips, the largest SoC maker in the world Qualcomm announced its new entry level quad-core entries into the ever competitive SoC market. And these new chips are added to the Snapdragon S4 play family of SoCs. The specs race gets way interesting after this announcement.
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LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display & LG Innotek collaborate for next gen Smartphone
We already know that a new LG smartphone powered by the Qualcomm S4 Pro Quad-core chip is coming soon. LG even teased about it’s upcoming phone in a video. Earlier today LG has confirmed through a press release that LG Electronics and it’s sister companies LG Chem( Battery ) , LG Display (Display ) and LG Innotek (Touchscreen) are collaborating for the company’s next gen Smartphone. LG says that the upcoming smartphone will feature each company’s best technology.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview
At the Mobile Benchmarking Workshop here in San Francisco , Qualcomm showed off it’s next generation Quadcore mobile processor – the Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ 8064) . And guess what Qualcomm just did not make just a boring announcement about a chipset and that the devices using the chip will be in the market later this year. But , Qualcomm let us use a tablet (prototype obviously ) which uses the new quadcore chip with 4 Krait cores along with the new Adreno 320 GPU. We ran a lot of tests on this device and this device hit the ball out of the park in most cases.Interesting numbers are reported below. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Preview”