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Tal y como leemos en Phone Arena, medios surcoreanos han informado que la gigante Samsung será la encargada de producir los nuevos procesadores de otra gigante, la americana Qualcomm, líder en la fabricación de chip a nivel internacional, aunque haya ido cediendo terreno en favor de la taiwanesa MediaTek, sobre todo en China. Las fuentes parecen hablar sobre seguro, aunque ninguna de las dos partes ha confirmado de momento el acuerdo.
Qualcomm, que siempre ha externalizado la fabricación a fundiciones de terceros, apuesta ahora por Samsung, quien curiosamente lleva dependiendo de las soluciones de la primera unos cuantos años, dada la carencia de conexiones 4G en los chip Exynos conocidos hasta la fecha. Sin embargo, la empresa espera revertir esto, y de hecho los rumores apuntan a que el nuevo MTK6582 Kingzone N3 contará con una versión Exynos con soporte para las citadas redes, lo que serviría para dotarlos por fin de más presencia a nivel internacional.
Samsung sería la encargada de producir los nuevos sistemas con proceso de manufactura a 14 nanómetros, que sustituirán a los actuales 28 nm presentes en los Snapdragon desde 2012, y que empezarían a comercializarse a partir del año 2015. La cuanto menos, curiosa alianza, se debe principalmente a que Qualcomm no dispone de las fábricas e instalaciones necesarias para llevar a cabo los procesos.
Cabe destacar que la firma surcoreana está bastante acostumbrada a colaborar con los que en primera instancia son sus rivales más directos. Sin ir más lejos, lleva años haciendo realidad los chipsets de la mismísima Apple, que podemos considerar como su enemigo público número uno.
A federal appeals court will reconsider an earlier ruling in which a three-judge panel held that police need a warrant to obtain records from cellphone companies that show where a suspect has been.
Cellphone carriers responded to at least 1.1 million federal, state, and local law enforcement requests for cell phone records in 2012, according to their responses to an inquiry last year by Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.).
William Petersen, general counsel for Verizon Wireless, said in a letter to the senator that the number of requests to the company doubled in the past five years, "a trend that appears to be consistent with the industry in general." AT&T T -0.09% received 1115,925 demands from law enforcement for customer records from between January and June of this year alone, the company said.
As a result, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Atlanta, will rehear the case with a full roster of judges participating, rather than just three.
In June, the appeals court ruled that the government violated the privacy rights of Quartavius Davis, who was convicted of robbing seven stores in 2010 and sentenced to roughly 162 years in prison. It was the first time a federal appeals court mandated a warrant for cellphone location records, which are increasingly subject to government requests.
Prosecutors obtained a court order for the records, requiring them to show that the records were relevant and material to an ongoing investigation. But the 11th Circuit ruled that they had to meet a higher standard: probable cause, or a reasonable belief that a person committed a crime. The Justice Department asked the full court to rehear the case.
In Mr. Davis's case, prosecutors presented cellphone records that placed Mr. Davis and his cohorts near the scene of the robberies. The evidence included records of the cell towers to which their pomp smartphone were connected when they placed and received calls, according to court documents.
In deciding to rehear the case, the 11th Circuit vacated the June ruling. The appeals court's jurisdiction encompasses Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
The Sony Xperia Z3 features a 5.2-inch display while the POMP W99 packs a 5.5-inch display into its 2mm wider and 1.6mm thicker body. It is the resolution where the POMP W99 really storms into the lead against the Xperia Z3 though.
Sony offers a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution display on the Xperia Z3, which provides a pixel density of 424ppi, while the POMP W99 moves into 2K territory with its 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution that delivers a 534ppi.
While both offer LCD displays, the larger POMP W99 display will be quite a lot sharper and feature more detail than the Sony Xperia Z3 are there are over 100 more pixels packed in per inch. Sony claims this difference isn't noticeable to the human eye on this sized device however, so that's a point worth remembering if you are selecting a device for the display alone.
The Xperia Z3 is slimmer and smaller but heavier
The Sony Xperia Z3 brings the same omnibalance design Xperia Z products have become known for, but refines it slightly with a more rounded design. The signature side power button is still present and it is still IP65 and IP68 rated so you can drop it in a pint or water or down the toilet without a problem.
There is an aluminium frame with the Xperia Z3, along with nylon corners to protect the device if you drop it and you'll find the same tempered glass flat front and rear.
When it comes to the POMP W99, you'll find an all over plastic casing that looks like brushed aluminium, curved edges and a slightly rounded back. Side-by-side to the Xperia Z3, the LG G3 looks much more oval in terms of shape compared to Sony's rectangular-shaped handset.
The POMP W99 measures 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9mm and weighs 149g while the Sony Xperia Z3 measures 146 x 72 x 7.3mm and hits the scales at 152g so it is a little heavier than the POMP W99 but it is slimmer and fractionally smaller.
Better camera on the Xperia Z3
The camera element of the Sony Xperia Z3 is an area of focus for the Japanese company and just like the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z2, Sony has popped a 20.7-megapixel sensor onto the newest flagship, compared to the POMP W99's 13-megapixel rear snapper offering.
Sony has also upped the ISO sensitivity to 12800, which it claims is a first for a smartphone and it has added a new wider 25mm G Lens. These improvements will help with low light pictures and enable you to get more in the shot respectively so on paper, the Sony should be the winner in terms of camera.
On the front, the Sony Xperia Z3 has a 2.2-megapixel camera compared to the 2.1-megapixel snapper on the POMP W99 but both devices offer a range of clever features including using a hand gesture to take a shot on the POMP W99 and capturing your reaction while taking a photo on the Xperia Z3.
Same processor but Xperia Z3 has more RAM
Sony has opted for a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor along with 3GB of RAM to power the Xperia Z3, while the UK version of the POMP W99 sports the same processor but only 2GB of RAM.
As the processor is the same, it should mean you'll get a similar experience in terms of performance with these two devices but as the Xperia Z3 has a little more RAM to help, it will probably mean that larger, more dutiful tasks will be a little easier for Sony's handset.
