Snapdragon 820 SoC might cost $70
Compared to $30 for Helio X20
Qualcomm is definitely back in the high-end phone game with the Snapdragon 820. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5, two flagship phones, are using the Qualcomm chip, and now the China based analyst quoted by our colleagues claims the Snapdragon 820 might cost Qualcomm as much as $70 per SoC.
HTC 10 phone pictured
Coming in the next few weeks
HTC 10 might be the final name for the phone that we used to call HTC One or HTC One M10. There were a lot of leaks about this flagship phone including many pictures and renders appearing on line.
Sony unveils its Xperia X series smartphones
Three new smartphones from Sony
Sony has kicked of Mobile World Congress 2016 show in Barcelona with three new smartphones that will be a part of its new Xperia X series, the Xperia XA, Xperia X and the Xperia X Performance, all based on the same 5-inch screen but with different design and different chipsets.
LG G5 with touch cover benchmarked
Good scores
The LG G5 is shipping with a Snapdragon 820 CPU and an "always on" feature that will give you a glimpse into the most important information.Now its benchmark scores have been leaked and it is looking rather good.
GFXBench of Snapdragon 820 out
Up against Nvidia's Tegra X1 an Apple's A9
A GFXBench of the new Snapdragon 820 has tipped up which compares the chip to Nvidia's Tegra X1 and Apple's A9.
Helio X20 scores 7006 in GeekBenchmult-core test
Official score and screenshot revealed
Fudzilla has been given an official GeekBench score for a Helio X20 device. This is not the device that will ship to the customers, but a chip in the final stages of development.
Xiaomi Mi5 launches on February 24
Snapdragon 820 to launch after Chinese New Year
A lot of people expected to see Qualcomm's Xiaomi Mi5 launching in late January or early February but apparently this will happen later than expected.
HTC One M10 will arrive after February
Mobile World Congress 2016 will not get a wiff of Perfume
The HTC One M10 won't launch at the Mobile World Congress 2016, despite that the LG G4, Galaxy S7 and Edge and a few other phones will be there to take advantage of the publicity.
LG G5 Snapdragon 820 phone buzz starts
Flagship at Mobile World Congress 2016
Qualcomm and LG have started buzzing that something cool will happen on February 21 – the day before the Mobile World Congress starts in Barcelona. We just got a confirmation that LG plans to launch a new flagship phone.
Samsung to begin production of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820
Using new second-gen 14nm FinFET low-power plus (LPP) process
On Thursday, Samsung announced it has begun mass production of the company’s second-generation 14nm 3D FinFET low-power plus (LPP) process technology.