Month: September 2020
Acer’s Spin 7 convertible will support sub-6 and mmwave 5G
After a busy week of news, Acer isn’t quite done. The company has announced its Spin 7 convertible laptop, which is one of the first to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2. It supports both types of 5G, mmWave and sub-6, though it’s not the first not… Source
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The Acer Spin 7 is the first laptop with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip
Acer has announced the newest iteration of its Spin 7 lineup at IFA 2020, and there’s a twist: instead of the usual Intel processor, the new model will be the first laptop with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip. It’s also Acer’s first 5G laptop. From the outside, the…
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Qualcomm’s next budget Snapdragon 4-series chips could take 5G mainstream in 2021
Qualcomm is expanding its 5G portfolio to its budget Snapdragon 4-series chipsets in 2021, which will bring the faster networking standard to the cheapest range of smartphones yet. Qualcomm has steadily been expanding the list of chipsets that it’s offered with 5G compatibility. In 2019, only the company’s flagship Snapdragon…
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Qualcomm’s 8cx Gen 2 5G processor promises a new wave of better ARM-based laptops
It’s been almost two years since Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8cx, its flagship ARM processor for Windows laptops, but at IFA 2020, the company is unveiling its successor: the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G, which promises some incremental improvements over the original. Qualcomm wasn’t too forthcoming about what specific performance…
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Samsung hugely gung-ho on its new foldable flagship null
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics, which recently launched the Galaxy Z Fold 2, is very optimistic on dominating the foldables market with its flagship model that it is likely to manufacture 700,000 to 800,000 units of the same. A Korean news report, quoting industry insiders, said “Samsung is expected…
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Tencent invests $40 million in Indian music streaming app Gaana – a Hotshot move gaana gets tencents investment
Close on the heels of India’s ban on 118 Chinese apps, including a few that are linked to Tencent, reports suggest that the tech giant is bringing additional investments to the popular Indian music and podcast streaming platform Gaana. According to published reports, Tencent led the latest round of funding…
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