Microsoft & Qualcomm Announce New Devices Coming with Snapdragon 810

[dgstorm]

Here's some intriguing news regarding Microsoft's future smartphones. They have apparently teamed up with Qualcomm to release the Snapdragon 810 for some of their phones coming out later his year. Here's a quick quote with some of the details,

Qualcomm today announced that number of new premium smartphones powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor coming this year. Microsoft also confirmed that they will be releasing new Lumia devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdraon 810 processor.

“Microsoft and Qualcomm’s long standing collaboration has allowed the two companies to offer compelling business, imaging, and entertainment experiences with Lumia smartphones running on Windows Phone,” said Juha Kokkonen, general manager for portfolio and product management at Microsoft.

“We look forward to continuing this relationship to deliver best in class Lumia smartphones, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processors, and offer an unprecedented combination of processing power, rich multimedia, high-performance graphics and wireless connectivity for our customers.”

Source: http://wmpoweruser.com/microsoft-co...mm-snapdragon-810-processor-coming-this-year/

 

[GreyFox7]

Strike a good deal while they are smarting from losing the Samsung S6 good move.

but the 810 is wasted on a phone, it should be in a tablet.

 

[leeshor]

They seem to be having overheating problems with the existing 810. Hope they have figured it out. Probably made them a deal they couldn't refuse.

 

[GreyFox7]

They seem to be having overheating problems with the existing 810. Hope they have figured it out. Probably made them a deal they couldn't refuse.

Hmm, overheating may be specific to certain *code* running on the device LG claims there is no heat issue with the 810. Perhaps in their experience that is true and it just so happens that their specific code or lack of additional code ( sans Touch Whizz [sic]) doesn't encounter the issues the Samsung code does.

 

[dgstorm]

It's also possible the "overheating" issues were simply fabricated by Samsung to discredit Qualcomm so that Samsung can get a leg-up in the market with their next-gen Exynos chips. LG never specifically stated that the problems they had with the first batch of Snapdragon 810 chips was a heating issue. From the get-go LG has defended Qualcomm.