Three mobile companies have unveiled their latest improvements geared towards efficiency in mobile performance and connectivity. Samsung, 5BARz, and Huawei have all shown their innovations in their respective stages.

Samsung combines processor, modem on single chipset

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Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest manufacturer of smartphones, unveiled its latest semiconductor called the Exynos 8 Octa, designed to perform functions that currently require two chips. Combining two chips into one helps make devices more energy-efficient.

This shows that the upcoming Galaxy smartphones will sport the Exynos 8 Octa to run applications. Mass-production of the new chip is due to start this year.

"As a component provider you have to find the biggest customer in the world, and for us it happened to be Samsung," Hong Kyushik, VP for marketing at Samsung's System LSI business said. "Exynos 8 is targeted for the premium segment."

"We strongly believe Samsung's Exynos processors are to become one major pillar of growth and one which should help its entire component business," Amir Anvarzadeh, a manager of Japanese equity sales at BGC Partners Inc., told Bloomberg. "Samsung is likely to dramatically ramp output of these chips beyond its own needs and to begin supplying other handset makers."

5BARz solves mobile connectivity problems

Telcos around the world are now working with 5BARz International (OTCQB: BARZ) to distribute the company's network extender, the revolutionary product that enables wider and stronger network coverage. The network extender is a lifestyle product that drastically improves mobile experience. Lightweight and compact, the device provides strong network signal when used in small offices or at home.

"The two mega-trends of our era have been mobile communications and the Internet, and those two things are feeding each other and causing additional growth as a consequence of that. One aspect of mobile communications that has not been adequately addressed is the fact sometimes people can't make their call because they can't connect or they are in their car or elsewhere and they drop a call because of poor coverage," said Gil Amelio, Chairman of 5BARz International and Apple's former CEO.

The device just needs to be plugged in and turned on to strengthen weak cellular signals, improving the quality of voice, data, and video reception on cell phones and other cellular-equipped devices. The 5BARz network extender can easily give five bars of signal for 10 users simultaneously within a 4000 square feet radius. This means no more dropped or choppy calls, delayed messages, slow downloads and data. With 80 percent more battery life, faster data and better voice quality on all the mobile devices within range, work and social connectivity is optimized.

Huawei develops fast charging batteries

Huawei has a new experimental set-up that can take a dead battery to 48 percent change in about five minutes. The Chinese company created a lithium-ion battery with a graphite-coated anode that can withstand the stresses of incredibly fast charges. They made a 3,000mAh prototype; the size of battery you'd find in a large smartphone. The battery can be charged up to 48 percent in just 5 minutes. It also has a much smaller 600 mAh battery that can be charged to 68 percent in 2 minutes.

Qualcomm also announced recently that the third iteration of its Quick Charge technology, which will be baked into its 2016 chips, will feature a new Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage algorithm. It has the capacity to charge a dead phone to 80 percent in just 35 minutes.

The Huawei battery set-up is quite bulky and requires a special charger as of now. Both of these issues are being addressed before it is incorporated in a product, and there's no word yet when Huawei's battery hardware will become a commercial reality.

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