Almost a month after introducing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 flagship chipset, Qualcomm today announced its most powerful mobile platform yet for midrange devices.
Best-performing Android phones in Oct 2023, CN edition
Benchmarking app Antutu has just shared its latest performance rankings in China for October 2023, featuring the best-performing Android smartphones in the flagship and sub-flagship categories.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 announced, confirmed to debut on Xiaomi 14 series
Qualcomm has announced its new flagship chipset and the sequel to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which powers most of today’s top-end smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S23 series.
Best-performing Android phones in Sept 2023
The OnePlus Ace 2 Pro ruled Antutu’s performance ranking in China for September 2023. How about on the global flagship-smartphone market?
Best-performing Android phones in July 2023, CN edition
Popular benchmarking software Antutu’s July 2023 performance rankings for the Chinese market are in, listing the best-performing Android phones in the flagship and sub-flagship categories.
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 launched, could debut in Redmi Note 12R
American chipmaker Qualcomm has introduced a 5G chipset that’s meant for smartphones that cost $200 (around P11,097) or less — and we might just see it commercially launched soon.
New Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 to bring flagship features to midrange devices
Qualcomm has announced a new chipset for sub-flagship or upper-midrange devices, the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2. Curiously, the chip maker has skipped the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 monikers for the Snapdragon 7 successor, which it says is its “most powerful 700-series yet.”
Best-performing Android phones in Jan 2023, CN edition
In December 2022, iQOO units dominated Antutu‘s lists of best-performing flagship, sub-premium, and midrange Android smartphones released in ChIna. Which models made it to the January 2023 rankings?
Best-performing Android phones in Dec 2022, CN edition
Antutu has released its latest rankings of flagship, sub-premium, and midrange Android smartphones released in China that performed well on the platform.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 launched. These Android OEMs will use it
Qualcomm has announced the successor to 2021’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, following the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform for flagship devices.
Best-performing Android phones in Sept 2022, CN edition
Popular benchmark app Antutu has posted the most recent lists of best-performing Android smartphones released in China. So, which flagship, sub-flagship, and midrange devices figured in the September 2022 rankings?
Best-performing Android phones in July 2022, CN edition
Antutu’s most recent performance rankings of Android smartphones released in China, which feature the best-performing handsets in the flagship, sub-flagship, and midrange categories, is now out.
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 here to power next generation of flagships
Qualcomm has unveiled the follow-up to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, aptly calling its latest — and now, most powerful — chipset yet, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1.
MediaTek still top chipset vendor worldwide in Q4 2021
MediaTek remains the top mobile chipmaker for the fourth and final quarter of 2021, according to market-research firm Counterpoint Research.
MediaTek remains world’s No. 1 chipmaker in Q3 2021
MediaTek did it again. Counterpoint Research recently posted its quarterly report on smartphone chipset shipments, and the results showed MediaTek leading Qualcomm in the quarter July to September 2021.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 launched, to debut on Xiaomi 12 series
New chip, new name. The latest and greatest Snapdragon chipset yet, which was announced at the Snapdragon Tech Summit, also introduces the brand-new naming scheme Qualcomm will be using in its chip business moving forward.
3-peat: MediaTek still world’s no. 1 chip maker in Q1 2021
A Taiwanese company is still the biggest smartphone chip maker in the world.
Snapdragon 888 Pro being tested, launching Q3 2021?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is easily the most powerful chipset we’ve ever tested to date. It can run anything you throw at it without really breaking a sweat. And as we’ve noted time and again in our reviews, such as our test of the ASUS ROG Phone 5, its benchmark scores are much higher than its flagship competition.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G for high-end devices now official
Apparently, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, which debuted on the Xiaomi Mi 11, won’t be the only Snapdragon 800 series chipset to get some love from smartphone manufacturers this year. Something less powerful — but possibly no less appealing — just dropped today.
Best-performing flagship, midrange phones in Dec 2020
A few days after sharing the Chinese market’s rankings for December, Antutu Benchmark this time revealed the list of best-performing flagship and midrange Android phones released globally.