While I don't know anything officially (I don't think anyone does yet), LG brought its current Optimus line to all carriers. I would imagine that they will do the same with the 2X - assuming one carrier seeking exclusivity doesn't dump a pile of cash on LG's doorstep.
If the LG Optimus (S, T, One) are any indication of the build quality of the 2X, then I will probably be in line to buy one as soon as it is made available on Sprint. I love my Optimus S.
Have to say Im pretty wildly disappointed with how you guys seem to be mentioning it will be several months before this thing launches.
I am desperately waiting for a new phone right now, but want the new tech. The HTC Mecha looks like it will be a killer phone but will still be running the same old Snapdragon HTC has used since the Incredible. I was really hoping either the Optimus or the Motorola Tegra 2 phone would be out by end of January/February, but that seems like its DEF not happening after reading this. That is all sorts of disappointment.
I understand the iPhone 4 "appearing" to be the fastest. But they said the aforementioned phrase right after mentioning that they can't reveal benchmarking scores. So it sounds like another phone beat it in benchmarks.
Well, even if it was/is the fastest phone that they have tested/benchmarked, they couldn't say it here as that would probably be revealing a little too much. As such they probably have to be as vague as they are, so that we are left guessing.
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DigitalFreak - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Anand or Brian - any idea what carriers the 2x will be available on in the US?therealnickdanger - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
While I don't know anything officially (I don't think anyone does yet), LG brought its current Optimus line to all carriers. I would imagine that they will do the same with the 2X - assuming one carrier seeking exclusivity doesn't dump a pile of cash on LG's doorstep.If the LG Optimus (S, T, One) are any indication of the build quality of the 2X, then I will probably be in line to buy one as soon as it is made available on Sprint. I love my Optimus S.
Cali3350 - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
Probably the iPhone 4. When it comes to being smooth iOS is untouched at this point in time (probably because everything is GPU accelerated).Cali3350 - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
Clearly posted in response to the wrong item, sorry.metafor - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
I think those are "throughput" numbers, not latency numbers. The technical reference manual:http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/co...
states "cycles" definition is merely the minimum number of cycles it takes to issue, not actually execute the instruction.
VADD, for instance, takes 4 cycles for VFP (scalar) and 3 cycles for NEON/ASE (6 to writeback).
Cali3350 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Have to say Im pretty wildly disappointed with how you guys seem to be mentioning it will be several months before this thing launches.I am desperately waiting for a new phone right now, but want the new tech. The HTC Mecha looks like it will be a killer phone but will still be running the same old Snapdragon HTC has used since the Incredible. I was really hoping either the Optimus or the Motorola Tegra 2 phone would be out by end of January/February, but that seems like its DEF not happening after reading this. That is all sorts of disappointment.
aebiv - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
You mean the HD2 and the Nexus One... Incredible and EVO were late to the Snapdragon game.sirsoffrito - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
I have a Droid Incredible. I beg to differ.solipsism - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Is the die size different from the Cortex-A8? I’m wondering how this could affect placement in other smartphones.solipsism - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Er, I mean in the dual-core variety.tumbleweed - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Any OMAP 4 phone design wins announced yet? I really want to see how that battle plays out.bplewis24 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
When will you guys be able to post the benchmarking numbers?Also, if the 2X is running a beta build of 2.2 Froyo, why is the status bar black? Are those stock/borrowed photos?
Brandon
strikeback03 - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
Manufacturers could skin the status bar if they wanted, the Galaxy S phones with 2.1 have a black status barsnoozemode - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Man, why did they have to do that.. After a few months the images get so bad when the plastic is all messy.strikeback03 - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
Because otherwise it is the front lens of the camera getting nasty?TareX - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Why did you describe the Optimus 2X as "one of the fastest smartphones we’ve encountered"??That's very disappointing. What phone can be faster?
KidneyBean - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
The iPhone? Seriously, it does seem to be fast for what it can do. I'm an Android type of guy myself.TareX - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
I understand the iPhone 4 "appearing" to be the fastest. But they said the aforementioned phrase right after mentioning that they can't reveal benchmarking scores. So it sounds like another phone beat it in benchmarks.Aloonatic - Friday, January 7, 2011 - link
Well, even if it was/is the fastest phone that they have tested/benchmarked, they couldn't say it here as that would probably be revealing a little too much. As such they probably have to be as vague as they are, so that we are left guessing.Cali3350 - Thursday, January 6, 2011 - link
Probably the iPhone 4. When it comes to being smooth iOS is untouched at this point in time (probably because everything is GPU accelerated).nahidalam - Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - link
Anand/Brian,Any details on the security engine tegra2 is using?