By Desire Athow Chinese chipset designer Mediatek used MWC 2015 to unveil a powerful new system-on-chip, the MT8173, which is based on the ARM Cortex-A72 architecture. The latter was only announced last month by the British technology company but we can reveal that Mediatek and ARM have been working on the project for nearly a…

By Desire Athow Chinese chipset designer Mediatek used MWC 2015 to unveil a powerful new system-on-chip, the MT8173, which is based on the ARM Cortex-A72 architecture. The latter was only announced last month by the British technology company but we can reveal that Mediatek and ARM have been working on the project for nearly a…

By Darrell Etherington And for those who wondered what a Samsung smartphone using premium materials might feel like, the Galaxy S6 edge in particular is a very promising result. But how did Samsung, of all companies, ever launch a device where design was the primary tentpole feature? Zero To get to the Galaxy S6 and…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung continues investing in the future of mobile virtual reality, with a brand new version of Gear VR designed specifically to work with the new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones. The Gear VR still carries the ‘Innovator Edition’ tag that means it’s aimed primarily at bleeding edge tech enthusiasts and developers…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung has a new mobile payment solution it announced today, though it will require a few more months before it arrives on the new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones this summer. It’s called Samsung Pay, and it uses the magnetic secure transmission (MST) tech that Samsung acquired via its purchase of…

By Darrell Etherington The resulting experience was impressive in both cases, and while the biggest changes were on the design front, Samsung’s software shifts also came out as very promising overall. Hands On Video Design Galaxy S6 The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge both eschew the usual plastic Samsung has favored for flagships in the…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction and design I’ve often wondered how a brand like Samsung could have messed up so badly in the smartphone space. When I saw the Galaxy S4, I sighed. When the Galaxy S5 rolled around, my shoulders sagged further. How could a brand with so many hyper-intelligent researchers and well-paid designers make…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction, design, screen and interface The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is a bit of a mouthful, but it’s a phone that makes me annoyed the S6 is even being created at all. I get that Samsung thinks this is a phone for the early adopters, that the added expense the next level…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung has indeed revealed its new flagship smartphone today, but there are actually two: The Galaxy S6, and the Galaxy S6 edge. The company’s latest premier smartphones are mostly similar on the inside, but with different external body designs, both of which push the envelope in terms of what Samsung has done…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction and design I’ve often wondered how a brand like Samsung could have messed up so badly in the smartphone space. When I saw the Galaxy S4, I sighed. When the Galaxy S5 rolled around, my shoulders sagged further. How could a brand with so many hyper-intelligent researchers and well-paid designers make…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction, design, screen and interface The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is a bit of a mouthful, but it’s a phone that makes me annoyed the S6 is even being created at all. I get that Samsung thinks this is a phone for the early adopters, that the added expense the next level…

By Matt Swider There’s really no wrong way to hold the Alcatel Idol 3, I found out at MWC 2015. The defining feature of this Android smartphone is two microphones on opposite ends, one at the top and another at the bottom. Dual microphones mean that the phone can be held “upside down,” which is…

By Matt Swider There’s really no wrong way to hold the Alcatel Idol 3, I found out at MWC 2015. The defining feature of this Android smartphone is two microphones on opposite ends, one at the top and another at the bottom. Dual microphones mean that the phone can be held “upside down,” which is…

By Natasha Lomas HTC has announced it’s getting into wearables, drawing on a strategic partnership it announced earlier this year with fitness gear maker Under Armour — who will be supplying the tracking software that the band hooks into. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Natasha Lomas After plentiful leaks in the past few weeks, HTC has today confirmed its new flagship smartphone at a press launch in Barcelona, ahead of the Mobile World Congress tradeshow which kicks off tomorrow. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets