Lol, no. You did not read the headline wrong. Geekbench bans Samsung flagships for cheating. A bit of introduction is needed here and I’ll oblige. Geekbench is one of the world’s foremost benchmark testing companies. They have a list of tests that they use on smartphones. These tests tend to mimic real-world usage. These tests […]

Hi, welcome to the second part of our series, Introduction to Smartphone SoCs 2 (CPU cores). So in our last talk, I listed all the major parts of an SoC and I shed light on them. This time, we’re going to look at a major part of the SoC. This is the part that we […]

In today’s comparison post, we are going to jump into the crowded world of budget smartphones. Yep. A Redmi 9C vs Samsung Galaxy A12 is as budget as it gets. Gone are the days where Xiaomi used to be upstarts. They are officially one of the big boys now. Samsung as ever, will continue to […]

After several stop-starts, Samsung has finally announced the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is the successor to last year’s S21 series as well as the Note series. The S22 Ultra also doubles as a Note as it comes with a Stylus. This could be a move to placate […]

Samsung Isocell CMOS sensors are some of the most ubiquitous camera sensors used in smartphones today. Samsung had always played second fiddle to Sony in the camera sensor market. This was especially true in the smartphone segment but Samsung seems to be stepping up. Samsung Isocell CMOS sensors are made available by the company to […]

Some years back, I came across two guys arguing online. One said that the Android Open Sourced Project (AOSP) was the same as the regular Android on our phones and the other guy said it was not. I had no idea what they were talking about and had to go do some serious research before […]

The users of Samsung Galaxy Z fold and Z flip phones have taken to Facebook to complain about screen delamination on their phones. Samsung Galaxy Z flip and Z fold (Credit: Wikipedia) The Z fold and flip phones are both foldable phones. They are a throwback to the days when foldable mobile phones like the […]

The big news today is that Xiaomi has overtaken Apple to become the number 2 brand in the world, in terms of phones shipped. The Smartphone market is super competitive. If a company cannot ship and sell phones, they’re going to go bankrupt. One good metric by which we can tell how smartphones are performing […]

The Tecno Phantom lineup started its life as the flagship line of the Tecno brand. Its latest iteration today is the Tecno Phantom X. The tenth device in the series. The Phantom line for some reason fell off the radar and was effectively replaced by the Camon line as Tecno’s premium brand. You would have […]

In March of 2021, ARM Holdings announced that the latest instruction set architecture (ISA) for smartphones was ready. Its name is ARMv9. What is ARMv9? What is an instruction set architecture and why is it important? Who is ARM? ARM Holdings are the brains behind nearly all the mobile SoCs seen today on smartphones. They […]