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5G phones are about to get much cheaper Oppo Find X2 Lite, one of the cheapest 5G phones right now
Even the cheapest 5G phones cost quite a bit compared to the most affordable 4G phones, but that’s set to change soon, as one of the biggest smartphone chipset manufacturers has just unveiled a new processor that could enable a new generation of budget 5G phones. At Qualcomm’s keynote conference…
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Microsoft fixed several ‘Flight Simulator’ installation issues
While Microsoft’s launch of Flight Simulator 2020 has largely been a success (apart from the odd monolith), lots of folks have found that the massive 150GB app can get stuck during installation. To that end, Microsoft has released a patch designed to… Source
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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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