Posted: June 20, 2014 Contributing Authors: Martin Bijman The Chinese government recently revealed Microsoft’s secret list of about 310 Android-killer US patents. TechInsights has taken an initial look at these patents. We found there were actually
Posted: April 20, 2014 Apple TV vs Amazon Fire TV Teardown The Apple TV (3rd generation) model A1427, was released in March 2012 and torn down and a Bill of Materials was generated in June 2012. At the time, the BOM was estimated by TechInsights™
Posted: April 11, 2014 Contributing Authors: M. Alarcon, R. Fontaine, D. James, R. Krishnamurthy, J. Morrison, D. Yang and C. Young Samsung Galaxy S5 Samsung unveiled their Galaxy S5 in Barcelona during this year’s Mobile World Congress. Although
Posted: November 28, 2013 Contributing Authors: Dick James Xbox One Kinect As we said in our Xbox One article, the new Kinect is quite a complex piece of equipment, so we thought that we'd dedicate a whole article to it. The first major difference we
Posted: November 25, 2013 Contributing Authors: Al Cowsky and Dr. John Scott-Thomas Microsoft comes out punching with a significant upgrade to Xbox franchise console and true competitor to Sony’s PS4 while still delivers per unit profits
Posted: November 22, 2013 Xbox One It's clear we're in the run-up to the gift-giving season, with multiple launches of tablets and gaming systems. Last week was the turn of the Microsoft Xbox One, and it's hard to believe it's been twelve years since
Posted: November 15, 2013 Sony PlayStation 4 Sony’s PlayStation 4 makes its debut today and TechInsights’ Teardown team has hands on analysis of the components that promise to set a new benchmark in the gaming industry. While we’ll be tearing down
Posted: November 1, 2013 Inside On October 23, 2013, Apple announced the newest iPad, the iPad Air. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights have been anxiously waiting for the opportunity to get our hands on the device. Well that moment has
Posted: October 4, 2013 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Teardown In 2011 Samsung defined a new category with its 5.3” diagonal Galaxy Note phone. The original Note was so large it was considered by many as a phone that aspired to be a tablet; hence the term
Posted: September 20, 2013 Contributing Authors: Jim Morrison and Chad Davis Apple iPhone 5c On September 10, 2013, Apple announced two new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights have been anxiously waiting for the
Posted: September 20, 2013 Contributing Authors: Jim Morrison, Ray Fontaine, Dick James and Chad Davis Inside On September 10, 2013, Apple announced two new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. Since the announcement, we at TechInsights have been anxiously
Posted: September 18, 2013 Contributing Authors: Miranda Lim In Parts 1 and 2, we reviewed the breakdown of BlackBerry’s patent portfolio. We also took a closer look at how the portfolio breaks down from a technology perspective into three main areas
Posted: September 11, 2013 Contributing Authors: Miranda Lim Last week we took a high level look at BlackBerry’s patent portfolio – total number of US patents and applications and other jurisdictions they are filing in. We also broke the portfolio
Posted: September 5, 2013 Contributing Authors: Miranda Lim Eyes have been on BlackBerry for the past several weeks, as the company announced the formation of a special committee to explore strategic business alternatives, including a possible sale
Posted: April 24, 2013 Inside the Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone – Cementing a legacy If there is one thing I have learned in my years on this planet, it would be that it is human nature to staunchly choose sides. Whether it is Republican or Democrat
Posted: March 28, 2013 HTC One Before entering the teardown lab we take 20-30 minutes with each phone. We aren't talking about running benchmarks in Passmark or Antutu, but simply getting our impressions. While we took some time with it at the Mobile
