BROWSING: Devices

GSMA Case Study: How GSMA Device Check provides Alomobile’s customers with confidence in their second hand devices

With around 80-90 million stolen smartphones every year globally, organizations are under increasing pressure to protect their customers, their assets and their reputations. This is particular crucial for anyone that handles second hand devices, such as resellers, insurers and retailers, who are tasked with...

How Wi-Fi 8 tackles the growing device explosion

Wi-Fi 8 is building the wireless foundation for a hyper-connected future The wireless world is on the brink of another major leap forward. As homes, enterprises, and industrial environments grapple with an unprecedented surge in connected devices — from smart sensors and autonomous machines to...

Wi-Fi 8 will be a foundational connectivity fabric for the AI era

Whether for personal device constellations or industrial automation, reliability has become as important as throughput. This is what Wi-Fi 8 will deliver. While Wi-Fi 7-enabled technologies are gaining adoption in the consumer and enterprise segments (and delivering tangible benefits attributed to significant increases in...

Meet the latest Snapdragon mobile and compute SoCs

Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accomodations associated with Snapdragon Summit. At Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm debuted Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for handsets and the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme for PCs  MAUI--As is tradition, Qualcomm announced its latest compute and mobile...

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 for mid-range smartphones

The new Qualcomm chip promises AI, gaming, and camera upgrades for mid-range smartphones In sum – what to know: Modest performance boost, major gaming focus – Built on 4 nm with a Prime core up to 2.7 GHz, the chip delivers ~7% CPU/GPU gains and adds...

Deutsche Telekom launches AI phone in Europe

Deutsche Telekom noted that the AI-phone integrates the Perplexity Assistant, enabling users to perform a range of everyday tasks In sum – what to know: Launch in 10 markets – Deutsche Telekom releases AI-enabled phone and tablet in Germany and nine other European countries, starting at...

Galaxy Z Fold7 review — A ‘no-compromise’ foldable tablet-phone

If managed well, the Z Fold7 has the potential to propel this device category from today’s niche to mainstream The tagline of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is “Galaxy S25 Ultra Unfolds.” I found that to be true during my last almost a month of rigorous...

Galaxy S25 Edge experience review —A perfect fit if you know what you want (Analyst Angle)

I have been using Samsung’s category-defining Galaxy S25 Edge for the last three weeks and loving it. My biggest realization during that time is that liking this phone comes down to a simple question: “Do you know what you want?”  If you are looking for...

Trump Mobile promises ‘America-first’ wireless alternative

The Trump Mobile phone is gold, the branding is "patriotic" and the network is… T-Mobile’s The Trump Organization has launched a new telecom venture dubbed Trump Mobile, featuring a gold-colored (of course) Android smartphone priced at $499, along with a $47.45 monthly service plan —...

Bookmarks: Will AI traffic really strain mobile networks? 

Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records) things I think are insightful and interesting. What I’m not in the habit of doing is ever revisiting those insightful, interesting bits of...

OnePlus 13 review—the ultimate Android phone for video (Analyst Angle)

I have spent the better part of the last three months using the OnePlus 13 daily, and ithas only impressed me more the longer I have used it. You can read my review of theOnePlus 12 from last year to get an idea of...

Qualcomm has a record quarter; sees edge AI as a ‘tailwind’

Qualcomm CEO discusses the "era of AI inference” and what it means for the company's diversification strategy Qualcomm this week reported Q1 2025 financials marked by the company’s QCT business, including handsets, automotive and IoT, bringing in record revenues of $10.084 billion, up 20% from...

Zuckerberg: ‘Glasses are the ideal form factor for an AI device’

The Meta CEO told investors that the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses “are a real hit” First things first, AI infrastructure is a continuum that spans cloud, datacenter, edge and devices. Distributing workloads improves latency, bolsters privacy and, generally speaking, makes the economics of the whole...

Making the case for edge AI

The laws of physics, economics and countries suggest edge AI inference—where your device is the far edge—just makes sense In the race to build-out distributed infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), there’s a lot more glitz and glam around the applications and devices than around the...

Telecom retail is healthy (Analyst Angle)

During the spring of 2020, many telecom stores closed temporarily amid the spread of the coronavirus. Wave7 Research in late March 2020 reported that “an estimated 55% of national carrier stores have been closed, including 75% of Sprint stores and 80-90% of T-Mobile stores....

iPhone 16 is the fastest 5G iPhone yet and makes ‘a strong case for upgrading’ Ookla says

The iPhone 16 is fastest 5G iPhone yet in five out of 11 countries, Ookla says Ookla wasted no time in diving into data around the performance of the newly released iPhone 16 from Apple. The company collected speed and latency data from the first...

AI and spatial computing at the human edge 

Mainstreaming spatial compute, and giving AI the context it needs for hyper-personalization, is a “Qualcomm-sized problem”  MAUI—Qualcomm is the leader in on-device gen AI; the company effectively defined the concept, brought it to life from a hardware, software and ecosystem perspective, and took it to...

When a chip is more than a chip—addressing the usage gap

What do Qualcomm's 4s Gen 2, footballer Asisat Oshoala and the usage gap have in common? It’s been a busy few weeks for me, but two particular things stand out that I’d like to (try to) link together. First, at Mobile World Congress Las...

T-Mobile US debuts North America’s ‘first’ 5G RedCap device

T-Mobile US collaborated with consumer electronics manufacturer TCL on the 5G RedCap USB-C dongle T-Mobile US has launched TCL LINKPORT IK511, a 5G RedCap USB-C dongle, in collaboration with consumer electronics manufacturer. The new device features the Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, offers peak data rates of...

Integrating an AI-powered radio for supercharging device performance

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into radio systems marks a significant turning point in wireless communication technology. This trend, spearheaded by industry leaders across the entire supply chain, including mobile operators, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and chipset suppliers, is reshaping the landscape of...

Softbank, Intelsat go after ‘ubiquitous’ coverage with 5G/satellite hybrid network

Softbank and Intelsat are developing a universal device capable of maintaining a network connection worldwide Softbank and Intelsat have announced a joint effort to establish “seamless 5G connections” between mobile and satellite networks. The pair said the hybrid network will be “ubiquitous,” providing connectivity worldwide. As...

Galaxy Book4 Edge Copilot+ PC review (Analyst Angle)

A laptop you can fall in love with, but with some minor quirks Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge is a premium laptop among over 20 Copilot+ PCs announced on May 20th, 2024. Powered by the high-performance Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform variant (X1E-84-100), with top-notch hardware...

Entire iPhone 16 lineup supports Wi-Fi 7 for better throughput, reliability

All iPhone 16 models will also support sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G is the U.S. It was initially suggested by the Apple rumor mill that Wi-Fi 7 would only be available on the iPhone 16 Pro models; however, end users of all budgets can rejoice:...

Huawei’s revenues grow 34.3% year-on-year in H1

Huawei said its net profit rose 17.8% year-on-year to CNY54.9 billion Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY417.5 billion ($58.8 billion) in the first half of the year, surging 34.3% year-on-year. In a brief statement, Huawei also said its net profit rose 17.8% year-on-year to CNY54.9...