Samsung vs Huawei in 2020: Never been closer to losing the crown

Samsung remains the biggest smartphone maker in the world at the end of 2020, but the company has never come closer to losing its spot to another Android OEM than it did this year. That other OEM, Huawei, actually edged past Samsung in April due to a number of contributing factors, of which one was […]

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Exynos 1080 vs Exynos 980 vs Exynos 990: Just how good is the 1080?

The Exynos 1080 was announced last week, and it is Samsung’s first 5nm mobile chipset. Usually, the South Korean tech giant debuts its latest fabrication process with its flagship processor, but this time the company decided to debut the 5nm process with its mid-range chipset. And this step alone could mean a drastic change in […]

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Samsung’s Exynos 990 decision might destroy Galaxy Note 20 sales

There’s only one winner in an Exynos 990 vs Snapdragon 865 comparison and it’s not Samsung. Its chips have not been able to match their Snapdragon counterparts over the past few years. This chasm significantly grew with the Galaxy S20, so much so that it caught the attention of consumers who may have otherwise not […]

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Will you buy the Galaxy Note 20 if it sports the Exynos 990 processor?

The closer we get to the official launch of the Galaxy Note 20 series, the less likely does it seem Samsung will manage to address all major complaints consumers voiced over its previous flagship, the Galaxy S20 family. In case you haven’t heard the latest, we’re now getting conflicting information on whether the company will […]

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Will you buy the Galaxy Note 20 if it sports the Exynos 990 processor?

The closer we get to the official launch of the Galaxy Note 20 series, the less likely does it seem Samsung will manage to address all major complaints consumers voiced over its previous flagship, the Galaxy S20 family. In case you haven’t heard the latest, we’re now getting conflicting information on whether the company will […]

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Galaxy Note 20, Note 20 Ultra might just keep the disappointing Exynos 990

The Snapdragon 865+ was recently announced by Qualcomm. This chip is expected to power select variants of the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra that will be released in a few markets like the United States.Samsung will use its own Exynos chip elsewhere like it always has. However, reports suggest that the company […]

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Samsung chip division ‘humiliated’ over Snapdragon Galaxy S20 for Korea

The Exynos vs Snapdragon debate has heated up again. Several reports have highlighted the differences between the two chipsets with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 edging out Samsung’s Exynos 990 processor. It’s evident that in the Snapdragon 865 vs Exynos 990 fight, Qualcomm has emerged on the top.Samsung continues to sell both Snapdragon and Exynos variants of […]

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Galaxy S20’s 120Hz screen refresh rate is quite taxing on battery life

Samsung was quite late to the party in equipping its phones with high screen refresh rates. While smaller brands like ASUS, OnePlus, and Razer started offering screens with a 90Hz (or higher) refresh rate as early as 2017, the South Korean smartphone giant stuck to the usual 60Hz on Galaxy flagships. With its 2020 flagship […]

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Samsung may sell the Snapdragon 865 Galaxy S11 in more markets

There has always been a debate about the performance difference between Samsung’s Exynos process and its equivalent Qualcomm chip. Samsung has historically used both for different variants of its flagships. Most markets got the Exynos-based flagship while a few got the one with Qualcomm’s processor.In what might be considered as an abject admission, a new […]

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New Exynos 990 SoC makes Samsung phones with 120Hz displays a possibility

Samsung teased a new Exynos processor launch yesterday. The company today unveiled the Exynos 990 mobile processor at the Samsung Tech Day 2019 event in San Jose, California. Samsung describes it as a premium mobile processor built on the 7nm EUV process.It’s accompanied by a new 5G modem called the Exynos Modem 5123. It’s also […]

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