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draguve

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    draguve reacted to zMeul in Samsung releases statement in the case of Galaxy S7 Active water resistance failed tests   
    source: http://news.samsung.com/us/2016/07/15/official-statement-response-consumer-reports-gs7-active-water-resistance-test/
    http://www.consumerreports.org/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s7-active-fails-consumer-reports-water-resistance-test/
    via: http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-maintains-galaxy-s7-active-water-resistant-703644/
     
     
    so, what happened ?!
    well, about a week ago, Consumer Reports did a water resistance testing on Galaxy S7, S7 Edge and two S7 Active phones - the phones have IP68 certification (dust proof and can survive under 30 minutes in 5 feet / 1.5m of water)
    the non Active S7 survived the test, the two Active S7 did not
     
    could the two Galaxy S7 Active been defective in the 1st place? certainly possible - but where is Samsung's QA ?!
    it's a ~800$ phone, or ~900$ unlocked 
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    draguve reacted to TopWargamer in Softbank, the Japanese owners of Sprint, is buying ARM for $32 billion USD   
    Source: http://www.recode.net/2016/7/17/12210564/softbank-arm-holdings-deal
     
    [Just about] everything runs on an ARM chip nowadays, whether you know it or not. Your smartphone? Runs an ARM based chip (Intel based phones excluded). Internet-of-Things devices? Almost certainly runs some sort of ARM based chip. Who wouldn't want to have their hands on that type of potential profit? So it makes sense that Softbank is buying ARM for $32 billion USD. Do keep in mind that ARM only designs the chips, but does not actually produce them. They leave production up to Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, etc.
     
    The one thing that is unclear is if Softbank is just flat out buying ARM or if there will be a bidding process. If it's the latter, then there is a couple of potential bidders: Apple and Intel. Why Apple? Because Apple is a huge customer. Why Intel? Because Intel lost the mobile war and still wants their hands in the industry.
     
    And to add some perspective to how big a deal this acquisition is, here's a graph of all chips containing an ARM based processor:

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    draguve reacted to Enderman in Softbank, the Japanese owners of Sprint, is buying ARM for $32 billion USD   
    Your signature tho.
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    draguve reacted to Tech_Dreamer in Who do you think will win the Scrapyard wars?   
    Linus Cheats &  Will Win , But if for some reason, if Slick Wins, Linus fires him, Linus Wins.. It's a vicious circle
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