TA Newsletter - January 2025
Galaxy S25 Ultra Review – Buy it for performance, Keep it for Galaxy AI.
Samsung announced its latest flagship Galaxy S25 series phones at the Unpacked event in San Jose, CA, on Jan 22nd, 2025. I was one of the lucky ones to get a Galaxy S25 Ultra to review. It is an attractive-looking phone with excellent hardware and performance, a slew of useful Agentic Gen AI features usable now, and whose utility will expand and improve over the device’s lifetime.
With extremely attractive discounts and trade-ins, performance, and AI features, the Galaxy S25 phones offer exceptional value compared to equivalent iPhones, making them a no-brainer buy.
Check out our other product reviews here
Excellent hardware and performance
First, let’s get the more straightforward part out of the way—the hardware. My views are about Galaxy S25 Ultra, but they should also apply to the other phones in the series with the same specs and features.
Qualcomm SVP/GM on Customized Snapdragon 8 Elite powering Galaxy S25 Series
Samsung launched its latest flagship Galaxy S25 Series smartphones during its Unpacked event in Jan 2025. This Gen AI powerhouse phone is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, customized for Galaxy.
In this episode, I talk to Chris Patrick, SVP and GM of Qualcomm's Handsets and Wearables business. We discuss the company's long-standing collaboration with Samsung, enabling Galaxy AI on S25 phones, collaboration with Google for optimizing Gemini AI models for the Snapdragon platform, and more. We dig deeper into specific customizations Qualcomm has done for Galaxy, the evolution of AI and NPU capabilities, and what the future holds.
Lenovo SVP on Copilot+ PCs in Enterprises
Microsoft tried to redefine PCs in 2025 with the introduction of AI-infused Copilot+ PCs. Lenovo was among the top OEMs to embrace the concept and introduce a wide range of Copilot+ PCs powered by Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD SoCs.
In this episode, I speak to Steve Long, SVP of Commercial Business at Lenovo, on traction in the Enterprises, market drivers, new AI use cases, improving the performance of existing functions, the positive effect of Windows 11 refresh, choice of SoC vendors, and more. We also delve deep into how Lenovo employs Gen AI use cases in its operations to showcase key use cases and demonstrate the value they bring to enterprises.
Check out our Copilot+ PC coverage so far here: https://bit.ly/3PByw2R
CES 2025 Recap, Analysis and Key Takeaways
This year, CES saw its highest attendance in the post-COVID era, attracting 141,000 attendees. As usual, the event saw many announcements across technology and product categories. Although AI was everywhere and IoT had a huge presence (albeit without that name), there wasn't a dominant theme.
In this episode, Leonard Lee of Next Curve and I analyze what we saw and heard and try to understand the key takeaways.? We also discuss how automotive exhibits have changed, how industrial participation is increasing, and how CES has become a non-Chinese global show.
Reuters: Tech supplier Arm plans to hike prices, has considered developing its own chips
By Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis, January 13, 2025
“It was news to me that Arm is even thinking about (making its own chip),” said Tantra Analyst founder Prakash Sangam, who attended the trial. “It should send a chill down the spine of their customers.”
MWC Barcelona 2025
Date: 3-6 March, 2025
MWC GLOMO 2025
Date: 3-6 March, 2025
Considered a key element of digital transformation, cloud is starting to be adopted across the world, primarily driven by the rise of 5G technology, unexpected spike in data traffic due to the global pandemic, surge in broadband services and increasing customer demands. The cloud market is now projected to reach $75 billion by 2026.
This award category calls for Cloud services and solutions to showcase the full range of possibilities created for consumers and enterprises today – from private to public, community, hybrid, or distributed cloud models.
This award is open to all players in the mobile eco-system and all participating organisations that are developing a wide range of advanced cloud solutions.