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Upcoming HTC Nexus tablet to have 5GB of RAM?

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Rumors have been going around of an 8.9-inch Nexus tablet to be manufactured by HTC. We’ve previously reported on some of its alleged specs, but a newer leak suggests that there is a possibility of seeing the Nexus tablet equipped with a large 5GB RAM.

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Called the HTC Volantis (aka Flounder), known tipster @evleaks said that the Volantis is under testing with a 1680 x 1050 display, but would ship with a 2560 x 1600 display that has a 16:9 aspect ratio. Though it’s currently undergoing testing with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, incorporating a 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor might still be the way to go since devices running on a Snapdragon 810 won’t be expected in the market until 2015.

What caught our attention is the possibility of equipping the Volantis with 5GB of RAM. Although this isn’t final, the thought of having 5GB RAM onboard sounds impressive and at the same time, expensive.

Other rumors include an 8MP rear camera, HTC’s signature BoomSound speakers, and an aluminium zero-gap form factor with tapered sides. It was originally pegged to come at around $399 for the 16GB model, $499 for the 32GB variant, and about $600 for the LTE version.

The alleged HTC Volantis was originally expected to launch this June, but it then got moved to the last quarter of 2014. There are also hints of it being one of the first devices for the Android Silver program. There are basically lots of things still waiting to be confirmed, but would it attract more people to buy one if that 5GB RAM indeed makes its way to the tablet?

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Qualcomm unveils 64-bit Snapdragon 810 and 808

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Qualcomm is going in for the kill as the company announced two new powerful additions to their 64-bit mobile chip lineup, namely the octa-core Snapdragon 810 and hexa-core Snapdragon 808.

Of the two, the Snapdragon 810 sports the better feature set consisting of four Cortex-A53 processors which handles the mundane tasks and another set of Cortex-A57 chips which takes care of the resource-heavy apps.

Speaking of performance, the Snapdragon 810 will also benefit from the new Adreno 430 GPU which, according to Qualcomm, is 30% faster than Adreno 420 or around 80% faster than Adreno 330, the GPU we often see on flagship devices. Furthermore, the octa-core SoC supports displays with 4K resolution, LPDDR4 RAM, as well as Cat 6 LTE-Advance connectivity.

Despite of being the modest between the two new chipsets, the Snapdragon 808 is by no means a push-over. It has a quartet of A53 chips which is complemented by a pair of Cortex-A57 processors and Adreno 418 which should come in handy when the going gets tough.

The Snapdragon 808 inherits some of the qualities of its more powerful counterpart such as LTE Category 6/7 modem and support for MIMO which brings improved wireless transfer rate over Wi-Fi. On the downside, the hexa-core only supports 2K displays and LPDDR3 RAM which is still pretty respectable in today’s standards.

According to Qualcomm, consumers can expect these new Snapdragon SoCs to start making their way in to various flagship devices starting the first half of 2015. Of course, there’s no point of making a 64-bit SoC if the ecosystem can’t support it which leads us to think that Google may announce a 64-bit Android OS in the near future, perhaps in Google I/O 2014?

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Qualcomm unveils 64-bit Snapdragon 810 and 808

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

Qualcomm is going in for the kill as the company announced two new powerful additions to their 64-bit mobile chip lineup, namely the octa-core Snapdragon 810 and hexa-core Snapdragon 808.

Of the two, the Snapdragon 810 sports the better feature set consisting of four Cortex-A53 processors which handles the mundane tasks and another set of Cortex-A57 chips which takes care of the resource-heavy apps.

Speaking of performance, the Snapdragon 810 will also benefit from the new Adreno 430 GPU which, according to Qualcomm, is 30% faster than Adreno 420 or around 80% faster than Adreno 330, the GPU we often see on flagship devices. Furthermore, the octa-core SoC supports displays with 4K resolution, LPDDR4 RAM, as well as Cat 6 LTE-Advance connectivity.

Despite of being the modest between the two new chipsets, the Snapdragon 808 is by no means a push-over. It has a quartet of A53 chips which is complemented by a pair of Cortex-A57 processors and Adreno 418 which should come in handy when the going gets tough.

The Snapdragon 808 inherits some of the qualities of its more powerful counterpart such as LTE Category 6/7 modem and support for MIMO which brings improved wireless transfer rate over Wi-Fi. On the downside, the hexa-core only supports 2K displays and LPDDR3 RAM which is still pretty respectable in today’s standards.

According to Qualcomm, consumers can expect these new Snapdragon SoCs to start making their way in to various flagship devices starting the first half of 2015. Of course, there’s no point of making a 64-bit SoC if the ecosystem can’t support it which leads us to think that Google may announce a 64-bit Android OS in the near future, perhaps in Google I/O 2014?

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