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...
The iPhone 5 Display: Thoroughly Analyzed
When Apple rolled out the iPhone 5, they announced that it had a full sRGB gamut, which the new iPad almost achieves and would be a substantial improvement over...
100 by Chris Heinonen on 9/27/2012
The iPhone 5 Performance Preview
This morning we finally got our hands on Apple's iPhone 5. While we are eager to get started on battery life testing, that'll happen late tonight after a full...
239 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/21/2012
Apple A6 Die Revealed: 3-core GPU, < 100mm^2
Our good friends at UBM TechInsights sent over the first diffusion images of Apple's new A6 SoC. It's still too early to tell a lot but we have confirmation...
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/21/2012
LG Optimus G - JavaScript Performance Improving in Final Software
A few days ago we posted some preview performance numbers from the LG Optimus G with Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 quad core Krait SoC at 1.5 GHz. While...
22 by Brian Klug on 9/20/2012
Hands On with the Windows Phone 8X and 8S
Earlier this morning Microsoft and HTC announced the new Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S. The specs of the two phones is below, but basically you're looking at...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
The Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC
Check out our hands on with the devices here. At an event today in NYC, HTC unveiled its first two Windows Phone 8 devices: the Windows Phone 8X and 8S...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
HTC's Windows Phone 8 NYC Event live blog
We just sat down at HTC's NYC event. Specifics aren't being shared about what's being announced here but follow along with our live blog to see what's bound to...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
Samsung's Galaxy Note II: Coming to Five US Carriers in Mid-November
We recently spent some hands on time with the Galaxy Note II, Samsung's new 5.5-inch Jelly Bean equipped Android smartphone/minitablet. The Note II runs a 32nm 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
iPhone 5/A6 SunSpider Performance: Faster than Intel's Atom Z2460
The first iPhone 5 reviews have lifted, confirming the leaked Geekbench data we saw in our earlier post. Apple's A6 appears to feature two custom ARM cores running at...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/19/2012
Motorola Hits 2GHz with Intel Powered RAZR i
At the beginning of this year Intel finally unveiled its Atom Z2460 (Medfield) smartphone platform. The single-core, dual-thread CPU ran at up to 1.6GHz and was paired with a...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/18/2012
LG Optimus G Performance Preview
Earlier tonight LG announced its Optimus G, the company's first Qualcomm Fusion 3 based smartphone (APQ8064 + MDM9615). If you don't follow Qualcomm's naming system closely, we're talking about...
20 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/18/2012
Hands on with the LG Optimus G Updated: Sample Photos and White Model
Today we're at the LG Optimus G launch event in South Korea and just got a change to have a brief hands on with LG's new flagship smartphone. Initial...
14 by Brian Klug on 9/17/2012
LG Makes Optimus G Official - Quad Core 1.5 GHz APQ8064 with 4.7-inch In-Cell Touch
We've seen it leaked quite a few times leading up to this official announcement, but today LG did something a bit out of the ordinary by flying us out...
24 by Brian Klug on 9/17/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 5
Despite crazy travel schedules and Brian being in South Korea, we managed to carve out nearly 2 hours across time zones to discuss the iPhone 5. Brian goes over...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2012
Analyzing the iPhone 5 Geekbench Results
While working on our Haswell piece, I've been religiously checking the Geekbench and GLBenchmark results browsers to see if anyone ran either benchmark and decided to tap upload. This...
118 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/16/2012
iPhone 5 Memory Size and Speed Revealed: 1GB LPDDR2-1066
Quick analysis of the A6 SoC photos from the iPhone 5 launch event tells us all we need to know about the memory interface, speed and bandwidth of the...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/15/2012
The iPhone 5's A6 SoC: Not A15 or A9, a Custom Apple Core Instead
When Apple announced the iPhone 5, Phil Schiller officially announced what had leaked several days earlier: the phone is powered by Apple's new A6 SoC. As always, Apple didn't...
164 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2012
Why the iPhone 5 Lacks Support for Simultaneous Voice and LTE or EVDO (SVLTE, SVDO)
So we've seen the new iPhone, and had a chance to briefly play with it at the demo room, but as I've learned in the past so many times...
90 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2012
New iPod Touch Leads Revamped iPod Lineup
It’s been a pretty action-packed day for Apple. While the star of today’s event was undoubtedly the new iPhone 5, the Cupertino giant also gave the iPod lineup an...
22 by Vivek Gowri on 9/12/2012
iPhone 5 Hands On Pics and Video - Updated: With Impressions
We just spent a good amount of time with the iPhone 5. The phone feels very thin and light (obviously), and the improvement in performance is very noticeable compared...
91 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/12/2012
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