SanDisk launches 128GB microSD at MWC
Today, SanDisk is the first to launch the long-awaited (by some) 128GB microSD card, and it seems to be a class 10, UHS-1 card. While there are no benchmarks...
13 by Joshua Ho on 2/26/2014
Samsung's Exynos 5422 & The Ideal big.LITTLE: Exynos 5 Hexa (5260)
Samsung announced two new mobile SoCs at MWC today. The first is an update to the Exynos 5 Octa with the new Exynos 5422. The 5422 is a mild...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/25/2014
Motorola Press Event at MWC: New Watch and Moto X Coming
Despite Motorola’s current state of flux regarding their acquisition by Lenovo, there are plenty of products in the pipeline. At the press event this evening, Rick Osterloh made...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
AMD Catalyst 14.2 Beta Drivers Now Available
Just a bit over 3 weeks since the release of AMD’s Catalyst 14.1 beta drivers, AMD is back again with their first update to the Catalyst 14 series with...
15 by Ryan Smith on 2/25/2014
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 28 - MWC 2014 Mobile Show
After popular demand, here is our Mobile World Congress 2014 Mobile Show in podcast form. Recorded live from Mobile World Congress 2014, on this episode Anand Shimpi & Brian Klug...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/25/2014
Western Digital Targets Surveillance Storage Market with Purple Hard Drives
Western Digital's campaign to delineate hard drive market segments and the accompanied colour-based branding has proved to be very popular. The Red drive lineup for the SMB / SOHO...
29 by Ganesh T S on 2/25/2014
MWC 2014: Wilocity brings WiGig 802.11ad to Smartphones with Wil6300 Chipset
News just dropped through from Wilocity about its new Wil6300 chipset announced at Mobile World Congress. The Wil6300 chipset is quoted as the world’s first 802.11ad ‘WiGig’ multi-gigabit...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
Nokia launches the X, X+, and XL at MWC
Nokia X Nokia has finally launched the long-rumored Nokia X running Android, and it's well worth going over Nokia's first Android phones. The first phone is the Nokia X, which...
14 by Joshua Ho & Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
LG G Pro 2 and G2 Mini launched: Analysis and Hands-On
LG G Pro 2 At MWC, LG has also announced a few new devices, some that fit in with their previous cadence of releases, and others that are something new...
12 by Joshua Ho on 2/25/2014
AMD Announces Embedded Radeon E8860 GPU
For the integrated market, there are several levels of capability that manufacturers need to consider. This is a market driven by sales, thus OEMs that require specific resources...
7 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2014
Samsung Announces Galaxy S5: Initial Thoughts
Every year Samsung launches a new Galaxy S flagship smartphone, and as always, Samsung puts the best platform that can be bought in their devices. The Galaxy S5 is...
127 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
HTC Launches Desire 816 at MWC
Today, HTC seems to be delivering on their promise for a stronger focus on the 150-300 USD market segment by launching the Desire 816, a phablet with a 5.5"...
13 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Broadcom Announces BCM4354 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO Combo for Smartphones
Today Broadcom is announcing the newest member of their popular WiFi/BT/FM series of combo chips, the BCM4354, which adds 2x2 MIMO (two spatial stream) for smartphones and retains 802.11ac...
7 by Brian Klug on 2/24/2014
ZTE Launches Grand Memo II LTE, Open C at MWC 2014
Grand Memo II LTE The ZTE Grand Memo II LTE is a phablet that's almost as big as its name with a 6" HD display. ZTE's press kit doesn't actually...
8 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Intel Talks Atom Z3460/Z3480 (Merrifield), Z3560/Z3580 (Moorefield) and LTE at MWC 2014
For the past couple of years Intel has used MWC as an opportunity to update us on its mobile plans. This year is no different as Intel officially launches...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
Imagination's PowerVR GX6650: Competition for Mobile Kepler
Ryan touched on this in his excellent deep dive on Imagination's PowerVR Series 6XT GPU architecture earlier today, but I wanted to specifically call out the new high-end from...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
Sony Launches Xperia Z2, Z2 Tablet, and M2 at MWC 2014
Sony Xperia Z2 Sony has just announced the Xperia Z2, which is the direct successor to the Xperia Z1 that released in the fall. While quite a bit stays the...
23 by Joshua Ho on 2/24/2014
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC): The New 32-bit Flagship Until 805
As Qualcomm continues to move its SoCs to 64-bit ARMv8 based cores, there's still demand for high-performance 32-bit solutions today. We're still some months away from Snapdragon 805 showing...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
Snapdragon 610 & 615: Qualcomm Continues Down its 64-bit Warpath with 4/8-core Cortex A53 Designs
The unexpected arrival of Apple's first 64-bit ARMv8 core (codename: Cyclone) at the end of last year forced a transition to 64-bit sooner than expected. Silicon vendors keep telling...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
ZTE Announces Use of Qualcomm CMOS PA as March Towards RF360 Continues
Today at MWC Qualcomm announced ZTE will be the first smartphone customer to ship with Qualcomm's CMOS Power Amplifier, a part of its RF360 front end solution. This is...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/24/2014
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