Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s fourth mobile carrier and a subsidiary of Japanese electronics e-retail platform, Rakuten, has announced its latest 5G smartphone – Rakuten BIG S. The device, which is the cheaper follow-up to last year’s BIG (5G), is already on sale on the Rakuten Mobile website and available in select stores by mid-May for JPY […]
ZTE has announced a new mid-range Blade series 5G smartphone for the US market. The ZTE Blade X1 5G, as it is known, is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (1 x Cortex-A76 core @2.4GHz + 1 x Cortex-A76 core @2.2GHz + 6 x Cortex-A55 cores @1.8GHz) EUV 7nm mobile platform for 5G SA/NSA connectivity […]
Despite its ongoing tussle with the US government, ZTE has launched the Blade 20 Pro 5G smartphone. It is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (1x Cortex-A76 core @ 2.4GHz, 1x Cortex-A76 core @ 2.2GHz & 6x Cortex-A55 cores @ 1.8GHz) mobile platform with a heatsink for thermal management, and an integrated modem to offer […]
Following the launch of its Velvet 5G smartphone, the South Korean company has followed up the launch with a more affordable option – the LG Q92 5G in South Korea. It also launched a mid-tier device in the K series line-up – the LG K31 to follow the launch of the Velvet in the US. […]
Weeks ago, Realme unveiled its first 5G smartphone at a scheduled event in China. The Realme X50 5G is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G 7nm EUV Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X52 5G Modem-RF System built-in, to offer support for standalone and non-standalone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. The Realme X50 5G has a 6.57-inch Full HD+ […]
Qualcomm has added yet another entrant to its 7-Series mobile platform for affordable high-tier smartphones. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G mobile platform, as it is known, direct successor to the Snapdragon 765G Mobile 5G (7nm) Platform but sits just below the Snapdragon 780G 5G mobile platform. It is designed to deliver accelerated artificial intelligence (AI), […]
Qualcomm Technologies has been actively ramping up the amount of 5G mobile platforms available to device makers to choose from. The San Diego-based company has announced a new 7-series 5G mobile platform – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G to make premium tier experiences such as 6th-gen Qualcomm AI engine and Qualcomm Spectra 570 triple ISP available […]
Late in 2020, OPPO unveiled three variants of the Reno5 5G smartphone in China. The company is now starting off the new year with the launch of a 4G model in a market outside China (Vietnam). The OPPO Reno5 4G shares most of the characteristics of the original, however, there is no 5G connectivity due […]
As a follow-up to last year’s Razr smartphone, Motorola has announced the launch of another Razr-branded flip smartphone with 5G (sub-6GHz) connectivity. The Motorola Razr 5G, as it is known, will be available starting in China and select European markets as well as Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East (Fall 2020). In the US, […]
Qualcomm has unveiled a new mobile platform – the Snapdragon 768G to address the increasing demand for affordable 5G-enabled devices across the global market. The new mobile platform brings some improvements over last year’s Snapdragon 765G (the 5G version of the Snapdragon 765) and will be available on upcoming 5G mobile devices starting with the […]