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Windows laptops in 2017 could act and feel more like a phone

Microsoft wants its computers to be more nimble. Enlarge Image Qualcomm’s latest processors will be available for Windows 10 devices. Qualcomm To that goal, the Qualcomm announced at Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event on Wednesday that its Windows 10 devices will support the Snapdragon 835 processor, which you’ll see in many top-tier phones next …

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Fast

Your phone is about to die, but you need to leave the house within the next 15 minutes. You’re screwed, right? Not necessarily. A fast-charging phone like the Google Pixel, Motorola Moto Z, OnePlus 3 (and 3T), LG G5 and HTC 10 could be clutch in time-sensitive situations. To fully charge a phone normally takes 1 to 2 hours, but …

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Qualcomm can charge your phone faster than you can read this story

Now playing: Watch this: Wait, how fast can Qualcomm charge a phone? 1:22 Qualcomm says its Quick Charge 4 tech can charge a phone for up to five hours in five minutes. Courtesy of Qualcomm You’ll soon be able to get 5 hours of battery life faster than you can make popcorn. Qualcomm debuted the fourth generation of its super-fast …

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Qualcomm’s next chip means a slimmer, longer

When it comes to the processor that powers your phone, size matters. And Qualcomm and Samsung are going smaller than ever. The two companies on Thursday showed off the Snapdragon 835 chip, the first mobile processor to lean on a 10-nanometer manufacturing technique from Samsung, which packs millions more transistors — the engines for processing power — into a tinier …

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LeEco who? Meet China’s Apple

LeEco thinks of itself as the single source for all things tech. In its home country of China, LeEco is just that, delivering movies it produces on phones and televisions it makes, and hosting e-commerce and streaming sports sites on its own cloud service. “If you were to take Apple, Amazon, Paramount Pictures, Tesla, Uber and Netflix and combine all …

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Huawei unveils blazing fast Kirin 960 processor

Huawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors. And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner. Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Android Central reports. …

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon processors can hit download speeds up to 1Gbps

Your next phone packing Qualcomm‘s upcoming flagship processor will be able to reach download speeds that rival your wired computer, but only if your carrier’s network supports it. Making the announcement at its 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, the chipmaker revealed that its upcoming Snapdragon 800 series processor (likely to be specifically the Snapdragon 830 processor), will feature its X16 …

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