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While scientist continue developing the next generation of battery technology Qualcomm continues to be on the cutting edge of battery charging tech. For now the options we have for full day battery life is to put giant 3000mah + batteries in our phones, optimize software for better efficiency...

Qualcomm just unveiled their latest flagship chip for smartphones, the Snapdragon 845, and it's really bringing the heat! The new chip has all kinds of new features like 4 h 4k HDR capture, 3 h VR, 2 d UltraHD Audio, Quick Charge 4, Heterogeneous computing and more. The chip will perform 30%...

Early rumors suggested that we would see an all new Qualcomm chip in the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL devices. The new chip was expected to be an updated version of the Snapdragon 835 which would have been a Snapdragon 836. This rumor makes sense as Qualcomm updated the Snapdragon 820 to the...

The next new craze in cell phone tech will be the display embedded fingerprint scanner. It seems that Apple may actually be first to the gate with a new trend when this feature comes to the iPhone 8 here in a few months. However it looks like other manufacturers will have the tech by next year...

This year Samsung was able to utilize their Foundry partnership with Qualcomm to secure the first batch of Snapdragon 835 processors. This meant that other OEMs had to make due with last gen chips for their new flagship devices. Qualcomm has decided to entrust 7nm chip production for the next...

We still don't have wide adoption of Quick Charge 4.0. In fact I can't think of one flagship device that has the feature on board. That being said Qualcomm is already moving their Quick Charge Technology with QC 4+. The latest version of Quick Charge will keep your phone up to 3 degrees Celsius...

There is a current multi billion dollar licensing dispute going on between Qualcomm and Apple. The dispute stems from an Apple law suit in January where Apple sued Qualcomm for over-charging. Qualcomm counter-sued for breach of terms. Until an official court decision is made Apple has decided to...

Samsung won't be selling their own Exynos chips to other manufacturers for the next 25 years according to a new report. This is due to Qualcomm quickly putting their foot down when Samsung attempted to market their chips built specifically for Samsung devices to other manufacturers. Qualcomm...

We have already been informed that the Snapdragon 835 is coming. So far Qualcomm has not given us very much information on the new Chipset other than it is made with the 10nm FinFET process. This means the chip is smaller overall. This means handsets could potentially get thinner than ever...

You can do anything for five minutes right?! Well apparently you can gain 5 hours of battery life with just 5 minutes of Quick Charge 4 charging! QC 4 will be a feature of the new Snapdragon 835 processor which was announced by Qualcomm last week. QC 4 will charge at 5 degrees celcius cooler...

Qualcomm just announced their upcoming Quick Charge 4.0. The new charge technology brings even faster more efficient charging. QC 4.0 will be built in to the Snapdgragon 835 processor. Qualcomm is claiming that you can get a 50% charge in just 15 minutes. This is double the speed of QC 3.0...

Qualcomm brought more stability to Quick Charge 3.0. We didn't really see much of a speed increase as the update to 3.0 was more about enhancing the battery longevity over time while using quick charge. QC3.0 was designed to bring less wear and tear to the battery. It looks like Qualcomm will be...

Verizon just started heavily advertising their "Advanced LTE" network enhancement which could essentially double the speeds for many 4G LTE customers. There is an even faster network than this on the horizon, and Qualcomm is looking to be the provider of the modems for the 5th generation...

An alarming new bug dubbed "Quadroroot" affects more than 900Million Devices. The security bug in Qualcomm chips can be used by an attacker to auto-root your device and gain complete access. The flaw is a 4 part hole in Qualcomm's security. Three of the holes have already been patched, but the...

Qualcomm just quietly released the Snapdragon 821 several weeks ago which features a 10% increase in performance from the Snapdragon 820. While we will more than likely see this chip in upcoming devices like the Note 7 and Nexus phones Qualcomm is already looking forward to their next chip...

For most of us Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users especially those of us with the Verizon variant, Root was just a vague memory from fun times of devices past. Verizon and AT&T have locked down all their devices making them nearly impossible to root and rom over the past few years. This has been...

So this is the issue that everyone will inadvertently run into when upgrading to a usb type-c device. While usb Type-c is the future of smartphones it will take some time to get fully adapted to it. I have a total of 3 USB Type C chargers and only 2 actual cables. On the other hand I have...

Qualcomm chipsets last year included a feature which would allow you to give yourself hours of charge in just a few minutes. This year Qualcomm has included the next generation of Quick Charge, QC3.0. The new rapid charging technology can charge your phone faster and with better efficiency...

Aukey makes some super high quality chargers. We have reviewed a few of their Qualcomm 2.0 quick chargers here in the past. I have a wall charger in my office and 3 of Aukey's 2.0 quick charge car chargers, one both my wife an my car, and one for my work truck. Qualcomm just announced on...

So you though Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 was fast?! You know, you were actually right. Being able to get 5 extra hours out of your phone with only 15 minutes of charging is pretty ridiculous. What if it could get even more ridiculous?! It looks like Qualcomm has just kicked it up one extra notch...