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Mediatek Pumps Up Smartphone Charging

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm currently leads the fast charging market for smartphones, but Mediatek announced plans to dethrone its rival at Computex. Pump Express 3.0 is the company’s new charging technology, said to be able to power …

MediaTek Introduces Pump Express 3.0 Its Fastest Battery Charging Solution for Smartphones

by Isaac Oburu

Today’s high-powered smartphones have battery demanding applications and users. To help consumers quickly re-charge and stay connected to their world, MediaTek today launched Pump Express 3.0, its fastest battery charging technology to date. MediaTek, …

Tags:Batteries| Mediatek| Semiconductors| Smartphones

IC11 Kopin Adds Battery & Voice Technology to Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dr Hong Choi is CTO of Kopin which is concentrating on AR and VR markets. The company has developed a lot of technology and has 300 patents. It has $90 million in cash and …

Big Battery Expected for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Notorious tipster Evan Blass has tweeted (@EVLeaks) that the upcoming HTC 10 smartphone will have what he terms a ‘Super LCD 5’ display, rather than AMOLED. The phone will also feature a 3,000mAh battery. …

USB Batteries are Eco-Friendly

by Tom Allen

Technonia, a Korean manufacturer, has begun to ship a product unlike any we have seen before: AA and AAA batteries with a micro-USB port! The ‘Monster Battery’ can be recharged via USB more than …

Sony Looks to Sulphur as Li-ion Replacement

by Tom Allen

Forget lithium-ion – and say hello to lithium-sulphur. Sony is developing these new batteries, with plans to bring them to market in 2020. Sony plans to increase energy density per volume by 40%, from …

Tags:Batteries| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Huawei Shows Off Fast-Charge Battery

by Tom Allen

Huawei has published a video showing an extremely fast charge of a smartphone battery – five minutes to 50% capacity. The battery is removed from the phone (sorry, iPhone users) and placed in a …

Tags:Batteries| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Apple: iPhone Battery Tests Are ‘Not Representative’

by Tom Allen

As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are …

Qualcomm Makes Fast Charging Even Faster

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has announced the third-generation of its Quick Charge technology, which will be able to charge an average phone from 0% to 80% in 35 minutes. It is said to be almost 40% more …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Strategy Analytics: Smartphone Battery Performance – Bigger Does Not Necessarily Mean Better

by Tom Allen

Battery life is consistently one of the most important aspects taken into consideration when a consumer purchases a new smartphone; it is also one of the greatest causes of smartphone owner dissatisfaction. In a …

Tags:Batteries| Power Consumption| Smartphones

Nvidia Shield Recalled

by Bob Raikes

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the Nvidia Shield 8″ tablet. WASHINGTON, July 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/NVIDIA-Recalls-Tablet-Computers/ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency …

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Nvidia Shield Poses Fire Hazard

by Tom Allen

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the 8″ Nvidia Shield tablet. The battery in these products (model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX) has been found to occasionally overheat, posing …