And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten weaker)

[trigun123478]

probably come with 4 AAA battterys

Lol that got me.

 

[charveldude]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

I don't think I would want to wait around for another 6+ months, just on the off-chance that this phone turns out to be a world-beater.

 

[anon(512898)]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

Here's how I've heard it explained. May not be accurate. Assume 1 second of processing time just to even out the example.

Let's say a single core uses uses x power at 300mhz to do some task. That uses 1 unit of power.

Let's say there is a more difficult task. That would require the single core to run at 600mhz. The power consumption is not double the 300mhz task, but it's X4 or squared or something like that. It's not linear. It's more parabolic. Let's say it's X4 for this example. Now instead of using 1 unit at 300mhz, you are using 4 units at 600mhz.

If you have two cores, they can each chug along at 300 mhz. Two @ 300 mhz means you only used 2 units of power, compared with 4 units of power for the single core example.

Ignore the specific variables I used. The idea is that there is exponential power consumption as the processors work harder. More processors working slower means better power conservation than one running fast.

Then again, I could be way off

You have it correct, this of course assumes that the task contains multiple calculations that are not dependent upon one another so that they can be run in parallel. The problem is that most programs don't work that way, each calculation depends upon the results of the previous calculation and so it must wait for the previous calculation to finish, this nullifies the benefits of multi core systems in most cases except when talking about multi tasking.

 

[dsignori]

Who cares ...

Always love the technology bumps.

So what - exactly - would we be able to do with the 4-core Edge that I can't do perfectly well with any of the current phones? For me,absolutely nothing that I care about ..

 

[ultravisitor]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

I don't think I would want to wait around for another 6+ months, just on the off-chance that this phone turns out to be a world-beater.

And what would be the point, anyway, if an even better phone is going to be out another six months later? May as well just keep waiting...

 

[DaPoets]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

Sorry it looks like a brick and ugly as hell

 

[Manny83]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

It makes sense to me how 4 cores make the device more efficient.

4 cores will probably be the norm on high-end phones around this time next year. And if so, the next Nexus will probably have 4 cores as well. Just pure speculation on my part.

It will be interesting to see what next technology will push the phones even farther other than pure increase in chip speed and capacity.

The name sort of reminds me of the "Handsprint Visor Edge" PDA that my wife had long ago.

Anyways, I'm starting to ramble...

 

[Snareman]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

As someone who likes to use my phone for a lot more than calls - as do most of us - I'm glad that these smartphones are trying to find the size sweet spot between tablet & smartphone. If smartphones can become JUST useful enough to make mobile tablets unnecessary (for me), I'll be stoked!

I definitely use my phone far more for its non-phone capabilities. Maybe I talk on it 10% of the time. Maybe more, but none the less, love the computer side of it. However, the thing still has to fit in my pocket.

 

[edoublediz]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

there is no reason whatsoever this phone couldnt ship as early as December! the Asus Transformer Prime is shipping in December, its basically the same thing. The only thing that would prevent it from shipping in December is if VZW is the launch partner!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

http://www.androidcentral.com/preview-asus-transformer-prime-ushers-tegra-3-era

The videos here explain how Tegra 3 is more efficient. Nvidia did it without the OS needing to be optimized.

 

[Officerpolabear]

Re: And here comes the 4-core HTC Edge... (my will has gotten wea

http://www.androidcentral.com/preview-asus-transformer-prime-ushers-tegra-3-era

The videos here explain how Tegra 3 is more efficient. Nvidia did it without the OS needing to be optimized.

I can't imagine how fast it will be if it were optimized! Imagine if the Nexus had this!