03 Feb

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Feb 3 2021

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 LG deep dive into automotive platformsLG Electronics is struggling to maintain its position in the smartphone business and is considering an exit in 2021. The company has now announced its partnership with chipmaker Qualcomm to develop and focus on 5G automotive platforms. The market for self-driving vehicles, electric cars, and fully-connected cars is still growing and according to LG, 75% of all vehicles that will sell in 2027 will have some form of cellular connectivity inside. LG and Qualcomm have already been working together since 2004 to create different connected car solutions and LG’s in car infotainment and WebOS Auto…
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06 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 06 2021

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 Co-WIN app to be used for COVID-19 India vaccination programOn Sunday, the Drug Control General of India (DCGI) approved two COVID-19 vaccines for use including the COVISHIELD and COVAXIN. In order to start and track the vaccination in a systematic way, the health ministry of India has developed the Co-WIN app to monitor real-time COVID vaccine delivery to the citizens. The Health Secretary Mr. Rajesh Bhushan announced that through the app anyone can register themselves to get vaccinated. It was announced that the first phase of the vaccination would include frontline workers and people who are above the age of…
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23 Sep

List of Qualcomm modern smartphone processors by launch dates

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 US multinational company Qualcomm is a world leader in semiconductors, software and services related to wireless technology. Qualcomm has been developing semiconductor components or software for vehicles, watches, laptops, wi-fi, smartphones and other devices. At the end of Q1,2020, Qualcomm was having a 40% market revenue share in smartphone application processors. Now talking about the processors meant for modern smartphones, Qualcomm delivers their famous Snapdragon series of system-on-a-chip (SoC) mobile platform processors. However Qualcomm is not the only company making processors. They have rivals including Samsung with Exynos, Huawei’s HiSilicon with Kirin, Apple with their Bionic chips, and Mediatek with…
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14 Sep

Samsung to manufacture entire batch of next flagship Snapdragon 875 chips

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  Samsung semiconductor company has managed to offer a better deal than TSMC and will manufacture the whole batch of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 875 (tentative name) chipset for next year flagship phones. The size of the contract is reportedly close to US$1 billion. Samsung Electronics has recently started volume production of the Snapdragon 875, using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment at its foundry line in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Samsung next flagship Galaxy S21 and other high-end phones of Xiaomi and Oppo are said to be powered by Snapdragon 875. Source
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26 Aug

Asus launched ZenFone 7 and ZenFone 7 Pro with world’s first triple flip camera

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  Continuing their signature flip camera technology, Asus has launched ZenFone 7 and ZenFone 7 Pro, successors to their last year ZenFone 6 aka Asus 6Z. The phones have 5G support and 90Hz AMOLED display. The major difference will be the processor used in both smartphones. ZenFone 7 has a Snapdragon 865 SoC, while the ZenFone 7 Pro has the latest and fastest Snapdragon 865+ SoC processor.Price and AvailabilityBoth smartphones will be available for purchase in Taiwan and Asus has not shared their plan of global launch as of today.ZenFone 76GB+128GB variant for TWD 21,990 (approx Rs 55,600)8GB+128GB variant for TWD…
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27 Jul

Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 brings 0 to 50% in just 5 minutes for phones

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Qualcomm on Monday announced Quick Charge 5, the fastest commercial charging technology for Android devices. The main highlight on QC5 will be it supports more than 100W charging power in a smartphone and is capable of charging devices from 0 to 50 % battery power in just 5 minutes. It is 70% more efficient or 4 times faster compared to Quick Charge 4, and offers 10 times the power delivery of Quick Charge 1, which was launched back in 2013.Quick Charge 5 is backwards compatible with version 2.0, 3.0, 4, and 4+, with the chart below explaining the permutations. Qualcomm…
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