Wicked Fast Cell Phones

[Warped Dan]

Meet the New Crazy-Fast Snapdragon 800 and 600 Processors​

Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro processor has been blowing us away with its speed in phones like the Nexus 4 and HTC's Droid DNA, and that's why we can't wait to meet its big brothers. The Snapdragon 800 boasts a quad-core Krait 400 CPU, that can go up to 2.3GHz per core.
To put that in perspective, the base-level Retina MacBook Pros come with a 2.3GHz processor. In other words, things are about to get very fast.
The 800 also features and Adreno 330 GPU, which claims to offer a 2x graphics performance boost from the previous generation (the Adreno 320). It supports 2x32bit LPDDR3 RAM at 800MHz – with memory bandwidth of 12.8GBps. It will support UltraHD (a.k.a. 4K) playback and recording plus 7.1 Surround sound. Dual image signal processors support up to four cameras and allows for 3D captures, photo merging into a master 55 megapixel image. They claim all this, plus 4G LTE and 802.11ac Wi-Fi for faster downloads, and a boost in battery life. We can't wait to see how this stacks up to Nvidia's Tegra 4, with its nutty 72 GPU cores. We can expect to see the 800 start showing up in mobile devices in mid-2013.
There's also the Snapdragon 600. It uses a quad-core Krait 300 CPU running at up to 1.9 GHz, the Adreno 320 GPU, and LPDDR3 RAM. It may not be as burly as the 800, but it still sounds like an improvement over the current generation S4, and it also promises better battery life. We'll start seeing it appear in Q2 of 2013.
Not to gush, but seriously, phones are so awesome right now. [Qualcomm]

Do want!! I have the HTC Rezound and at the time it was really fast, but now the new phones just blow that one out of the water. In fact the new mobile processors are almost as fast as my core i7 laptop

 

[Krynn72]

I just got home from work, where I was working on a computer with a single core, 1.8ghz CPU, 256mb RAM, and a CD ROM (yeah, ROM, not even burner). The guy, despite our recommendations, is paying $217+ tax to fix some problems and upgrade it to a point where its still not even going to be 1/8th the capability of these phones. The only part of his computer that beats these phones is the storage capacity, with his 160gb IDE hard drive.

I don't understand people sometimes.

 

[Ren.182]

The guy, despite our recommendations, is paying $217+ tax to fix some problems and upgrade it to a point where its still not even going to be 1/8th the capability of these phones.

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It's kinda crazy how fast mobile technology has caught up with laptops etc. Give me bionic eyes with a computer built into my head now please.

 

[Warped Dan]

I just got home from work, where I was working on a computer with a single core, 1.8ghz CPU, 256mb RAM, and a CD ROM (yeah, ROM, not even burner). The guy, despite our recommendations, is paying $217+ tax to fix some problems and upgrade it to a point where its still not even going to be 1/8th the capability of these phones. The only part of his computer that beats these phones is the storage capacity, with his 160gb IDE hard drive.

I don't understand people sometimes.

regarding storage now, there are tons of free apps that use cloud based storage (i for one still believe cloud based saves are not 100% safe or reliable yet as its still in its infancy lately) but yeah it is amazing how fast cell phones have caught up to laptops and even desktops. I can't believe what it'll be like in 3 years let alone 20

 

[Shamrock]

regarding storage now, there are tons of free apps that use cloud based storage (i for one still believe cloud based saves are not 100% safe or reliable yet as its still in its infancy lately) but yeah it is amazing how fast cell phones have caught up to laptops and even desktops. I can't believe what it'll be like in 3 years let alone 20

With data rates going the way they are, cloud based is looking terrible, but they keep taking away memory from our phones even though it's so much cheaper than it was.... even 1 year ago. :l I'm getting sick of companies trying to make a profit regardless how little it is in comparison when they opt for lower storage instead of just accepting the higher one..

Anyway, Samsung just announced an 8-core chipset. I think that's just absolutely insane, but I will be buying one as soon as I can.

http://phandroid.com/2013/01/09/samsung-exynos5-octa-core/

 

[DEATHMASTER]

They say longer battery life, but does that only mean how long before it goes dead? If they just keep making more power consuming processors, the actual longevity of a single charge is just going to drop.