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India Today
31-07-2025
- Business
- India Today
Samsung launches Galaxy Book 4 Edge, its most affordable laptop in India with Qualcomm chip and 27-hr battery life
Samsung today launched the Galaxy Book 4 Edge ARM-based Windows laptop in India at a price of Rs 64,990. The Edge comes powered by Qualcomm's entry-level Snapdragon X mobile processor and 16GB of RAM by default. The launch has taken a while as the Galaxy Book 4 Edge broke cover internationally in September last year. Samsung has since gone on to launch its next-generation Galaxy Book 5 series in the country. Regardless, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge is the most affordable laptop in Samsung's portfolio currently and that is perhaps, its biggest USPs. Being a Galaxy laptop, it comes as no surprise that, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge has a premium design and some high-end specs including a 15.6-inch antiglare display, Wi-Fi 7, and up to 27 hours of battery life – or at least that is the number Samsung is quoting. It is slim and lightweight coming in at just 1.5kg. The chassis is sleek and minimal with a 'metallic luster.' It comes in sole Arctic Blue colour. Powering the Galaxy Book 4 Edge is Qualcomm's 8-core Snapdragon X ARM-based chip with a maximum clock speed of 3.0GHz and a 45TOPS NPU for AI tasks and seamless productivity on the go. RAM is 16GB. It is of the LPDDR5X type. It has 512GB of eUFS storage. Running the show is Windows 11 software. Connectivity options include 1x HDMI 2.1 (4K@60Hz supported), 1xUSB3.2, 2xUSB4.0, MicroSD card reader, headphone out/mic-in combo, Bluetooth 5.4, and Wi-Fi 7. Rounding off the package are stereo speakers capable of Dolby Atmos playback, dual microphones, 1080p webcam, and fingerprint reader for biometric authentication. Finally, it has a 61.2Wh battery and ships with 65W USB Type-C charger in the box. The Galaxy Book 4 Edge is available starting today at a price of Rs 64,990 for a version with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. For a limited period, Samsung is offering 5,000 cashback offer on major banks bringing the price of the laptop down to a net effective Rs 59,990. It is available across Samsung online, Flipkart, Samsung Shop app, Samsung experience stores and select retail outlets across the country.- Ends advertisement
Engadget
23-06-2025
- Engadget
Lenovo promises 17 hours of battery life on its new Chromebook Plus 14
For years now, most Chromebooks have run some variety of Intel or AMD processor. The occasional device used a MediaTek chip, but they were often underpowered and cheap devices that were hard to recommend. ARM-based processors have worked tremendously well for Apple on the Mac, and they're being used in more and more Windows PCs as well. Now, Lenovo (makers of my favorite Chromebook ) and Google are giving ARM a real shot with the $649 Chromebook Plus 14. The companies say the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 chip and its AI NPU can handle up to 50 TOPS — but more intriguing to me, Lenovo is also promising up to 17 hours of battery life. I'll believe that claim when I see it; mediocre at best battery life has plagued nearly every Chromebook I've used in recent years. But switching to ARM could improve on what Intel-powered Chromebooks have delivered, both in terms of battery life and overall performance. Time for the nitty-gritty specs. Lenovo's Chromebook Plus 14 is, as you'd expect, a 14-inch laptop that looks quite similar to a silver MacBook Pro. It's certainly more stylish and sleek than Lenovo's more utilitarian (and awkwardly-named) IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Plus. It weighs only 2.58 pounds (about a pound less than the Flex 5i) and is just over .62 inches thick. In addition to the Kompanio Ultra 910 chip, Lenovo is including either 12GB or 16GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. Lenovo isn't skimping on the screen, either. The 14-inch OLED panel can be outfitted with a touchscreen and has a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution. The resolution is relatively modest, but totally in line with what you'd expect for the price. There are a few other nice touches throughout. Lenovo's latest is the first Chromebook with Dolby Atmos sound via a quad-speaker system that includes two downward-firing woofers. Audio quality on laptops has increased significantly in recent years, so I'm looking forward to hearing what Lenovo can deliver. The 5-megapixel webcam has a much higher resolution than most other Chromebooks, and there's also a fingerprint reader for secure logins. All told, this Chromebook is on the more expensive side compared to many other options. But when you compare its specs and design with other Chromebooks in this price range, Lenovo's latest comes out looking pretty good. Of course, we'll need to make sure the MediaTek chip is powerful enough and also see what battery life is like, but Lenovo's track record is strong enough that I'm looking forward to seeing if we have a new king of the Chromebooks. Given that Google is relentlessly focused on adding AI features everywhere you turn, it's no surprise that there are a handful of new AI tricks here. First are two that are currently exclusive to Lenovo's Chromebook Plus 14: Smart Grouping and AI image editing in the Chromebook's Gallery app. Google has been teasing Smart Grouping for a while now; it'll look at your open tabs and documents and ask if you want to organize them into a separate virtual desk. And the Gallery app now has some AI-powered editing features like removing backgrounds or turning your images into stickers. Beyond these are a bunch of AI features that are coming to all Chromebook Plus laptops, many of which will feel familiar if you've paid attention to what Google has released to other platforms in recent months. For example, you can now long-press the launcher and select an area of the screen to run a search. As usual, the default example is shopping — see a pair of shoes you want, highlight it and let Google find them for you. The integration does look nice, though, with a pop-over window showing you results so you don't have to leave the app you're using. Similarly, Text Capture analyzes text in an image and suggests things like calendar appointments based on what it reads. Or highlighting an image of a recipe can pull all of the items you need for it into a Google Docs list. The Quick Insert key, which was first introduced last year on Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus , can now be used to generate and insert AI images into anywhere your text cursor is pointing — it's not just limited to Google apps. Finally, Google's 'help me read' tool has a new 'simplify' option that can take complex language (think scientific explanations) and put it in plain language to make it easier to understand. Anyone buying a Chromebook Plus this year will get a solid perk that Google first introduced last year: a full 12 months of the Google One AI Pro plan, which includes 2TB of Google Drive storage and access to more advanced Gemini features (you can find all the exact details here ). Given that this is a $20 per month plan, it's a solid additional value — at the very least for the storage, if you're not all that interested in Gemini. As for Lenovo's new hardware, I'm looking forward to trying it soon to see if the ARM architecture can deliver the massive battery life and performance improvements that the company is promising. But if you want to throw down your cash now, Lenovo's Chromebook Plus 14 is available at Best Buy and on Lenovo's site to order as of today.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AT&T Soars 52.2% in a Year: Should You Invest in T Stock Now?
AT&T, Inc. T has gained 52.2% over the past year compared with the Wireless National industry's growth of 27.6%. The stock has also outperformed the Zacks Computer & Technology sector and the S&P 500's growth of 12% and 12.1%, respectively. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The company has outperformed its peers like Verizon Communications Inc. VZ and T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS. Verizon has gained 6.1%, while TMUS has increased 36.6% during this period. AT&T expects to continue investing in key areas and adjust its business according to the evolving market scenario to fuel long-term growth, while maintaining a healthy dividend payment and actively pruning debt. The company is adopting prpl Foundation's Life Cycle Management (LCM) to advance its broadband innovation initiatives. The prplware LCM is a software framework that effectively optimizes containerized application deployment on broadband gateways, utilizing the high computing capabilities of ARM-based chipsets. AT&T has steadily deployed the LCM solution over the past few years, and currently, around 12 million broadband gateways are integrated with software with ARM-based chipsets eliminates the high CPU and memory usage issue of legacy containerized applications. The advanced system allows many applications to run concurrently in broadband gateways. This significantly improves efficiency. Moreover, prplware software supports multi-carrier application deployment, empowering service providers to offer several options to clients and developers. AT&T plans to increase its LCM adoption to foster innovation across the company is set to acquire Lumen's fiber connectivity business for $5.75 billion. Following the completion of the buyout, AT&T will acquire 1 million fiber customers and 4 million fiber locations across 11 U.S. states. Integration of Lumen's customer base and fiber deployment capabilities will significantly boost AT&T's competitive edge in the fiber broadband domain. The company is aiming to expand its fiber network to approximately 60 million locations by 2030, almost doubling its current reach. Its expansion will target major metro areas such as Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle and more. The company's strategy of continuous innovation, adoption of leading-edge technology, combined with strategic acquisitions, is expected to foster long-term growth. As of March 31, 2025, AT&T had $6.88 billion of cash and cash equivalents with long-term debt of $117.26 billion. At the end of the first quarter, the company had a current ratio of 0.7 compared to the preceding quarter's 0.67. A current ratio of less than 1 suggests that the company might face difficulty paying off its short-term obligations easily. Moreover, a high debt burden makes the company more vulnerable to economic downturns and hinders investment in growth a saturated U.S. wireless market, the spectrum crunch has become a major issue in the U.S. telecom industry. Most of the carriers are finding it increasingly difficult to manage mobile data traffic, which is growing by leaps and bounds. Moreover, intensifying competition with other industry giants like Verizon and T-Mobile is weighing on margins. T-Mobile's aggressive push for 5G expansion, solid cash flow growth and several strategic acquisitions to boost competitive edge is a concern for AT&T. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research AT&T is currently witnessing a downtrend in estimate revisions. Earnings estimates for 2025 have declined 3.27% to $2.07 over the past 60 days, while the same for 2026 has decreased 0.88% to $2.24. The negative estimate revision portrays bearish sentiments about the stock's growth potential. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research From a valuation standpoint, AT&T appears to be trading relatively cheaper compared to the industry but trading above its mean. Going by the price/earnings ratio, the company shares currently trade at 13.04 forward earnings, lower than 13.72 for the industry but above the stock's mean of 10.16. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research With a customer-centric business model, AT&T is witnessing healthy momentum in its postpaid wireless business with a lower churn rate and increased adoption of higher-tier unlimited plans. Strong focus on expanding fiber broadband network infrastructure through innovation and strategic acquisition is a positive fierce competition in the wireless market with a relatively fixed pool of customers is putting pressure on pricing. High debt burden remains a concern. Downtrend in estimate revision highlights growing investor skepticism. With a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), AT&T appears to be treading in the middle of the road, and new investors could be better off if they trade with caution. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report AT&T Inc. (T) : Free Stock Analysis Report Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) : Free Stock Analysis Report T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
BofA Maintains Neutral Rating on Amphenol (APH), Lifts PT
On Thursday, BofA analyst Wamsi Mohan raised the price target on Amphenol Corp. (NYSE:APH) to $90 from $85, while keeping a Neutral rating on the shares. T his adjustment followed NVIDIA Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NVDA) announcement of NVLink Fusion at Computex 2025 earlier this week. NVLink Fusion is designed to provide NVLink to cloud service providers/CSPs, which enables them to connect Nvidia GPUs with ARM-based CPUs from QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Fujitsu. A team of technicians assembling a complex electrical connector in a factory environment. Mohan believes this development could be a positive catalyst for Amphenol's estimates, although the analyst also suggested that CSPs may continue to favor traditional NVIDIA Grace Blackwell 200 and 300 series products. Amphenol reported strong financial results for Q1 2025, where the company reported record adjusted diluted EPS of $0.63, which was up 58% from $0.40 year-over-year. The acquisition of Andrew Corporation from Commscope Holding Company Inc. (NASDAQ:COMM) is also expected to add ~$0.09 to earnings for the full year 2025. Amphenol anticipates elevated capital spending in Q2 2025 to support growth in the IT datacom market and acknowledged potential impacts from tariffs, which may require strategic management to mitigate costs. Amphenol Corp. (NYSE:APH) designs, manufactures, and markets electrical, electronic, and fiber optic connectors in the US, China, and internationally. While we acknowledge the potential of APH to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than APH and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Q4 Earnings Highs And Lows: Amkor (NASDAQ:AMKR) Vs The Rest Of The Semiconductor Manufacturing Stocks
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let's take a look at how Amkor (NASDAQ:AMKR) and the rest of the semiconductor manufacturing stocks fared in Q4. The semiconductor industry is driven by demand for advanced electronic products like smartphones, PCs, servers, and data storage. The need for technologies like artificial intelligence, 5G networks, and smart cars is also creating the next wave of growth for the industry. Keeping up with this dynamism requires new tools that can design, fabricate, and test chips at ever smaller sizes and more complex architectures, creating a dire need for semiconductor capital manufacturing equipment. The 14 semiconductor manufacturing stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts' consensus estimates by 1.6% while next quarter's revenue guidance was 1.8% below. Amidst this news, share prices of the companies have had a rough stretch. On average, they are down 24.7% since the latest earnings results. Operating through a largely Asian facility footprint, Amkor Technologies (NASDAQ:AMKR) provides outsourced packaging and testing for semiconductors. Amkor reported revenues of $1.63 billion, down 7% year on year. This print fell short of analysts' expectations by 2.1%, but it was still a satisfactory quarter for the company with a solid beat of analysts' EPS estimates but an increase in its inventory levels. 'In 2024, weakness in the automotive and industrial and communications end markets contributed to a full year decline. In contrast, we achieved record revenue in our computing end market with growth in ARM-based PCs and AI devices,' said Giel Rutten, Amkor's president and chief executive officer. Amkor delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates of the whole group. The stock is down 34.9% since reporting and currently trades at $15.85. Is now the time to buy Amkor? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Headquartered in Singapore, Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a provider of production equipment and tools used to assemble semiconductor devices Kulicke and Soffa reported revenues of $166.1 million, down 3% year on year, outperforming analysts' expectations by 0.7%. The business had a very strong quarter with a significant improvement in its inventory levels and an impressive beat of analysts' EPS estimates. Although it had a fine quarter compared to its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 30.9% since reporting. It currently trades at $29.97. Is now the time to buy Kulicke and Soffa? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. With customers across the foundry and fabless markets, FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) is a US-based provider of test and measurement technologies for semiconductors. FormFactor reported revenues of $189.5 million, up 12.7% year on year, in line with analysts' expectations. It was a softer quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts' adjusted operating income and EPS estimates. As expected, the stock is down 38.2% since the results and currently trades at $25.43. Read our full analysis of FormFactor's results here. Both a designer and manufacturer of its products, IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP) is a provider of high-performance fiber lasers used for cutting, welding, and processing raw materials. IPG Photonics reported revenues of $234.3 million, down 21.6% year on year. This print topped analysts' expectations by 3.4%. It was a strong quarter as it also logged a solid beat of analysts' EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts' adjusted operating income estimates. IPG Photonics had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is down 18.3% since reporting and currently trades at $55. Read our full, actionable report on IPG Photonics here, it's free. Moving away from a low margin storage device management chips in one of the biggest semiconductor business model pivots of the past decade, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a fabless designer of special purpose data processing and networking chips used by data centers, communications carriers, enterprises, and autos. Marvell Technology reported revenues of $1.82 billion, up 27.4% year on year. This number beat analysts' expectations by 1.2%. More broadly, it was a slower quarter as it logged revenue guidance for next quarter slightly missing analysts' expectations and an increase in its inventory levels. The stock is down 38.4% since reporting and currently trades at $55.59. Read our full, actionable report on Marvell Technology here, it's free. 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