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Tag Archives: HSPA+
China: Entry-level dual core IPS WVGA (480×800) smartphones $65+ now, quad-core $70+ in June
China market: Qualcomm, Spreadtrum cutting quad-core processor prices [DIGITIMES, April 25, 2013] Qualcomm and Spreadtrum Communications have both cut prices for their quad-core products to better compete against MediaTek, which controls half of the smartphone-chip market in China, according to … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2.5G, Android, China, China Mobile, dual core, entry level, 蘑菇手机, HSPA+, HSUPA, IPS, MediaTek, MOGO OS, Mogu, Mogu Phone, MOGU蘑菇手机, Qualcomm, SC6825, SC8825, smartphones, Spreadtrum, TD-SCDMA, WVGA
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Phablet competition in India: $258 Micromax-MediaTek-2013 against $360 Samsung-Broadcom-2012
Allwinner in mainland China moved first to quad-core Cortex-A7 with the A31 SoC introduced with the launch of the first two tablet products, Onda V972 and V812, on December 5, 2012 (and delivered from December 24, 2012 on in mainland … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 1080p, 2012 vintage, 2013 vintage, 28nm, 3G, 40nm, 40nm LP, 720p, affordable premium, Android, BCM21553, BCM21654, BCM21664, BCM2763, BCM28145, BCM28155, Broadcom, Broadcom VideoCore-IV, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, Digital Natural Image engine, DNIe, Dual-SIM and Dual-Active, Dual-SIM and Dual-Standby, emerging markets, Full HD, Galaxy Grand GT-i9082, GALAXY S II Plus, graphics, HD, HSPA+, image signal processing, imaging, India, Lenovo IdeaTab S6000, Lenovo S3000, mDNIe, MediaTek, Micromax, Micromax Canvas HD A116, mid to high-end, Miracast, MiraVision, mobile Digital Natural Image engine, MT6589, multimedia, phablets, power consumption, PowerVR™ SGX544MP, Robert Americo Rango, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Grand, Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos, Samsung Wave S8500, Taiji, Taiwan, TD-SCDMA, turnkey design, ultra-low power 40nm design, vbideo, VideoCore-IV multimedia and imaging processor
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The first Windows Phone 4Afrika from Huawei for $150 = Huawei Ascend W1 for $240 (in China) and more elsewhere
It is no surprise as two years ago we had a Huawei’s IDEOS U8150 smartphone for US$86 in Kenya: 350,000 units sold in 8 months [this same ‘Experiencing the Cloud’ blog, Aug 17-23, 2011]. In that device we had the … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged Africa, Ascend W1, China, Germany, HSPA+, Huawei, Huawei Ascend W1, Huawei Device, Krait, Microsoft, Microsoft 4Afrika, MSM8230, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230, Russia, Snapdragon S4, Snapdragon S4 MSM8230, TD-SCDMA, Windows Phone 4Afrika, Windows Phone 8
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MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery
Formerly known as MT6588 but recently renamed as MT6589. About that history see my earlier post: Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement – UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming early 2013 in Q42012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in SoC, Geopolitics, smartphones, tablets
Tagged TD-SCDMA, HSPA+, Tablets, MediaTek, Lenovo, TCL, Alcatel, 28nm, Imagination Technologies, smart devices, dual SIM, high-end, Android tablets, Cortex-A7, JiaYu, Android smartphones, Miracast, 1080p, MT6589, MTK6589, mid range, Dual-Active, universal platform, 13MP, FHD, 1920x1080, stereo 3D, PowerVR Series5XT, Jiayu G4
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ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces
Rumour: Microsoft to expand ARM processor choices to Samsung and ST-Ericsson SOCs in next Windows update [Oct 5, 2012] MSNerd, long time Microsoft leaker, has passed on a little tip about the next version of Windows on ARM. Currently Windows … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged 28nm, 32nm, Android, APE, FD-SOI, finFET, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, HSPA+, L8540, L8580, LTE, M7400, Microsoft, ModAps, modem, NovaThor, Samsung, smartphones, SoC, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Tablets, U8500, U8520, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT
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Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013
Follow-up: MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery [Dec 12, 2012] The MT6588 was recently renamed MT6589. Update: Sold 70 million in the first three quarters, MediaTek smart chip dominates China … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 40nm, Android 4.0, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Coolpad, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iHTC, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6575, MT6577, MT6583, MT6588, MT6589, MT6599, MTK6589, Nokia, Oppo, PowerVR, PowerVR Series5, Qualcomm, retail channels, Samsung, SGX544, Shanda, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, TD-SCDMA. WCDMA, white-box vendors, ZOPO, ZTE
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MWC 2012 day 1 news [Feb 27, 2012]: Samsung and Nokia
Samsung had a number of enhanced GALAXY products (see them in the “Details for Samsung” section below). The really strong message from innovation point of view from them has, however, been (considered by them as “hidden gems”): Samsung Mobile … Continue reading
Posted in "smart" feature phones, Cloud client SW platforms, consumer devices, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 3.9G, 41MP, 41MP Camera, Android, Asha, Asha phones, China, cloud client, DC-HSPA, e-reading, GALAXY Beam, GALAXY Note 10.1, Galaxy S III, GALAXY S WiFi 4.2, GALAXY Tab 2, Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, HSPA+, India, Indonesia, Lumia 610, Lumia 900, Microsoft, Microsoft Exchange, MWC, MWC 2012, Nigeria, Nokia, Nokia 808, Nokia 808 PureView, Nokia Asha, Nokia Browser for Series 40, Nokia Drive, Nokia Drive 2.0, Nokia Drive 3.0, Nokia Life, Nokia Maps, Nokia Public Transport, Nokia Reading, Nokia Transport, photography, PureView, S30, S50, SaaS, Samsung, Series 30, Series 50, smartphones, Symbian, Tablets, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
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The ZTE way of capitalizing on the LTE opportunity
Recommeded prelimary reading: – Mobile Internet (Aug’11) [Aug 26, 2011] with a lot of additions to the original July 19, 2010 content on the following subjects: – LTE and LTE Advanced — HSPA Evolved (parallel to LTE and LTE Advanced) … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, Mobile Internet
Tagged 3.9G, 4G, Base Band Unit, BBU, Cell C, China, China Mobile, CSL, Distributed BBU+RRU, E-Plus, E-Plus Group, FDD LTE, Hi3G, HSPA+, Huawei, Hutchison, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., Investor AB, KPN, LTE, Ncell, Radio Access Network, RAN, Remote Radio Unit, RRU, SDR, Software Defined Radio, TD-LTE, TDD LTE, Uni-RAN, ZTE
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World’s lowest cost, US$40-50 Android smartphones — sub-$100 retail — are enabled by Spreadtrum
Updates: Spreadtrum selects CSR connectivity and Location for Smartphone reference designs [CSR press release, Feb 27, 2012] CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today announced that Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD), a Chinese fabless semiconductor company, has chosen CSR plc … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2.5G, 3G, 40nm, Android, China Mobile, cloud client, CMMB, Exynos, Exynos 4210, feature phones, HSDPA, HSPA+, HSUPA, Huawei, Lenovo, LTE, Marvell, MobilePeak, Samsung, smartphones, SoC, Spreadtrum, TD-HSDPA, TD-HSPA, TD-HSUPA, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, Telegent Systems, WCDMA, ZTE
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ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs for future Windows Phones from Nokia
Updates: STMicroelectronics’ COO Presents at UBS Global Technology and Services Conference – Conference Call Transcript Q&A [Seeking Alpha, Nov 24, 2011] Gareth Jenkins Okay. Before we come on to some of the shorter term questions, I was just wondering whether … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones
Tagged 28nm, 32nm, cloud client, GlobalFoundries, GPU, HKMG, HSPA+, Joint Development Alliance, Microsoft, Nokia, PowerVR Rogue, SoC, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
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