What is one thing we all share in common on our beloved smartphones; something that regardless of brand, manufacturer or size we all do at some point in the day with our mobile devices? That’s right — charging. The act of plugging into some form of tethered cable to a wall/car outlet is a long held, daily tradition that frankly we’re all quite sick of. In 2012 it pains us that we still must rely on cables to get our devices the electrons they need. While...
Yes, folks. It’s true. The U.S.-bound Galaxy S III won’t have Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor, according to a newly leaked user agent profile that shows VZW’s upcoming uberphone to be sporting Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor. Sad? Turn that frown upside down. For starters, while we are losing two cores, we’re also gaining LTE – a much faster, modern technology over the Tegra 3′s handicapped HSPA+. Also, the...
According to BBC, the next several months could see shortages of Qualcomm’s new S4 mobile processors due to the company underestimating demand and simply not being able to keep up with requested orders. The S4 processor is not only a very good performing dual-core chipset, it’s vital to U.S. customers looking for the best processing power for their mobile device whom also want LTE functionality. The other big rival, Nvidia, currently doesn’t support LTE on...
Ever since we learned that AT&T’s HTC One X was going to lose it’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor in its move to the U.S. (and adoption of LTE), the worry that performance would suffer with two less cores was in the back of many peoples’ minds. An Android Central forum member by the name of “Phonegeek” just so happens to have a couple of the aforementioned phones in his position, and has put them through several passes of Vellamo (browser...
The HTC One X is one of the most exciting upcoming Android devices. The quad-core Tegra 3 processor packs quite the punch. And when combined with the full gig of RAM and 720p display (not to mention some decent looking hardware) it’s not hard to see why people are excited about this phone. U.S. residents looking to pick up the HTC One X coming to AT&T, however, have a bittersweet victory. While the One X coming to the states will support super fast LTE, doing so...
