I am worried about it being 32 bit, android L supports 64 bit processors and in future it's very much likely that newer versions of android will have features which will work only in 64 bit devices and eventually Google might drop support for 32 bit devices.
I think by end of year every new device will be 64 bit based and from there the decision to drop support for 32 bit devices start becoming logical and easier for Google.
The only thing that gives me rest is the fact that Nexus 6 is also 32 bit and Google will support it at least for 2 years.
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Assuming that every new device is going to be 64bit by the end of the year is ambitious to say the least, it ain't gonna happen. You have absolutely nothing to worry about, by thy time 32bit is actually in the minority and beginning the become obsolete you'll be moving onto a new phone anyway.
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Assuming that every new device is going to be 64bit by the end of the year is ambitious to say the least, it ain't gonna happen. You have absolutely nothing to worry about, by thy time 32bit is actually in the minority and beginning the become obsolete you'll be moving onto a new phone anyway.
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Tagging a phone with 64 bit is a big selling point for a phone, I know just because it's 64 bit doesn't mean it's faster but that's what the general feeling is, and when most of the manufacturers releasing 64 bit phones it will get difficult for a new 32 bit phone to stand out and eventually trend will converge towards 64 bit phones and it has something to do with ARMv8 also.
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Tagging a phone with 64 bit is a big selling point for a phone, I know just because it's 64 bit doesn't mean it's faster but that's what the general feeling is, and when most of the manufacturers releasing 64 bit phones it will get difficult for a new 32 bit phone to stand out and eventually trend will converge towards 64 bit phones and it has something to do with ARMv8 also.
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Yes you're right. But the point here is that by the time 64bit is actually mainstream it would be time to move on anyway. The fact is 64bit isn't mainstream and will not be for some time yet.
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All the high-end phones may be 64bit in a years time, but the mid-level and especially the entry-level devices will not. So it will be quite a while until Google can drop support for 32bit.
@manishgkasera - You have absolutely nothing to worry about. For one thing, Android L was designed to work with a lower RAM memory requirement - specifically to be usable in less expensive models.
While a 64 bit OS won't require double the memory to operate, it will require more than a 32 bit architecture or it runs less efficiently.
There are (and will be) 32 bit and 64 bit versions for each release of Android for many years to come, just like what has already happened - and is still happening - with MS Windows. Consumer Intel 64 bit processors have been around for almost 10 years now, and MS Windows is still released in 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
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@manishgkasera - You have absolutely nothing to worry about. For one thing, Android L was designed to work with a lower RAM memory requirement - specifically to be usable in less expensive models.
While a 64 bit OS won't require double the memory to operate, it will require more than a 32 bit architecture or it runs less efficiently.
There are (and will be) 32 bit and 64 bit versions for each release of Android for many years to come, just like what has already happened - and is still happening - with MS Windows. Consumer Intel 64 bit processors have been around for almost 10 years now, and MS Windows is still released in 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
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i will keep these thoughts for now, lets see what happens.
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I was reading around it is seems the vibe going around is that Honeycomb may only be released for tablets.
http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1906&news=google+android+os+honeycomb+tablets
It seems that the phones will stay with 2.x right now and
Tablets will be on 3.X
I guess there is even a leak that version 2.4 will be called ice cream?
They say down the line they plan on merging both OS's and all phones and tablets will run on the same. But until then...
Just found that interesting.
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I was reading around it is seems the vibe going around is that Honeycomb may only be released for tablets.
http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1906&news=google+android+os+honeycomb+tablets
It seems that the phones will stay with 2.x right now and
Tablets will be on 3.X
I guess there is even a leak that version 2.4 will be called ice cream?
They say down the line they plan on merging both OS's and all phones and tablets will run on the same. But until then...
Just found that interesting.
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I'm seeing conflicting 'news' all over the place about this. I need to find a source I was just reading earlier with the lead engineer stating that it will be on phones. I think the confusion is in the fact that it's primarily catering to bigger screens and thus tablets as a focus - but I feel that initially it will be introduced on smartphones at the same time as tablets....meaning, it's not like the LG phone X released on July 10 will come with Android 2.3 and the LG tablet X released on July 5 will come with Honeycomb. It's a situation where they're optimizing the code for dual core cpus and bigger screens and modem-less devices and that pans out to seeming as if phones are left behind, but it's not so. Will look for what I read earlier.
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these don't look familiar, but they work.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/17642/android_honeycomb_smartphones
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/07/exclusive-interview-googles-matias-duarte-talks-honeycomb-tab/
Bunch of conflicting stuff. Perhaps by design, since Android may be battling inside in regards to keeping one OS platform or maintaing two now? I see no practical way to maintain one.
My guess is we will see two "platforms", kind of like iPhone & iPad. Similar guts, but different specific focus for each. JMO.
The other option is to have one really big a55 rom with both. Quite a few 512mb roms used on devices that would choke. Space is already cramped on some current 2.2 devices.
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Bunch of conflicting stuff. Perhaps by design, since Android may be battling inside in regards to keeping one OS platform or maintaing two now? I see no practical way to maintain one.
My guess is we will see two "platforms", kind of like iPhone & iPad. Similar guts, but different specific focus for each. JMO.
The other option is to have one really big a55 rom with both. Quite a few 512mb roms used on devices that would choke. Space is already cramped on some current 2.2 devices.
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This is my assumption also. I thought it was smart that Google split the OS's up because right now I don't see a big distinction between tablets and smartphones except for the size of the screen. I think Apple will eventually have a tablet specific iOS.
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Bunch of conflicting stuff. Perhaps by design, since Android may be battling inside in regards to keeping one OS platform or maintaing two now? I see no practical way to maintain one.
My guess is we will see two "platforms", kind of like iPhone & iPad. Similar guts, but different specific focus for each. JMO.
The other option is to have one really big a55 rom with both. Quite a few 512mb roms used on devices that would choke. Space is already cramped on some current 2.2 devices.
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I'm not so sure. I mean, I agree with you, but in a different way. Obviously mid-low to low end devices that are running with 1GB of storage or less would be left behind so to speak, sooner than later. I mean, I think most people understand that you get what you pay for. You buy a smartphone for 50 dollars on contract vs. those going for 199 then you may lose out at some point. Most of the mid-high to higher end Android devices since all the way back to June of last year are using 2GB+ internal storage which means the possibility is there to use bigger ROMs if necessary. We still can't account for 2GB of ROM in our newer HTC phones despite being blessed with 4GB.
If Android does indeed fragment at 2.3, I'd certainly have no problem with that - what I def. don't want to see is Android 3.0 and then 2.4, 2.5, etc for phones. I'd honestly rather they rename a separately focussed OS something else, like Cyborg...lol. Let 3.0 come and be the uniting point for any and all devices that can run it well, and move up from there. And let the others work with 2.3.
I want Android for early 2010 and older (depending on CPU and storage of course) to be the breaking point. I'm not talking about phones with 1Ghz CPUs and 8GB on board, I'm talking stuff with 512MB ROM and 600Mhz CPUs for example, to cut off at that point - so there's no zero confusion.
Then, I want anything released in 2011, be it low end or not, to support the next clean generation of Android...so, Honeycomb, Ice Cream, Jello, whatever.
People are talking about how apps need to be optimized for bigger screens and it requires separate code because 'stretching' doesn't work all the time. I agree, but I don't think it's worthwhile to have separate apps. 1 app that detects a screen size and 'changes' to match would do, no? Maybe it's possible with honeycomb
So, as I mentioned I do agree in that there are somewhat 2 platforms, in a way. But I disagree about each focusing on something different like iPad and iPhone apps...the only capacity in which I'd like to see them diverge is have 2.3 go to the phones that are more or less obsolete because of space or cpu constraints, and then honeycomb+ come to everything both tablet and phone.
from what I read, that is why they are saying honeycomb is not coming to the phones. all of the graphics would be too small, as it is designed for larger screens.
I guess it is all guessing as only Google knows.
I cant imagine what it would feel like to be that man with all that pressure i know i couldnt do it and i know i would probably say more than *hides* mine would be *see you in 3 months on holiday untill you calm down its done when its done!!!*.
Everyone is excited that the source is out but please dont beg trust me they are excited to give them time.
I also noticed the honeycomb source was released so maybe there will be a cyanogenmod 8 at some point or maybe they will skip it.
Also ive read that it was 30 plus minutes to make an icys build on a machine with 24gb of ram and 2 quad core chips. Is there anyway people can donate ram to the devs im not sure what most of them are running but im sure they could use the help or even just cash towards these things.
Before you ask for icys or cm9 think how long would it take me to build and hmmm i wonder if that guy would like a beer or maybe a tena toward some more ram.
In over news
IF ANYONE HAS DECENT SERVERS PLEASE HELP OUT CYANOGENMOD WITH ICYS THEY ARE GONNA NEED ALL THE GRUNT THEY CAN GET.
MINIMUM SPECS ARE:
Minimum of 16GB of RAM.
Minimum of 8 physical cores (hyper-threading preferred).
Fast disks, SSDs are preferred, though SAS drives will do just fine.
Server must be located in a datacenter, not your home (some exceptions are made).
Minimum of 100Mbit Internet connection.
Full root access required.
I would help myself but one laptop one netbook one tablet one cellphone and one ancient desktop all hooked together probably still wouldnt meet the minimum requirements lol
So in azrienoch's latest video he predicts a death to the android tablet platform when windows 8 arrives for tablets and then for the windows phone. Being that windows is easily recognizable to most pc users around the world and the fact that people may just go to windows because of ease of use. Having a tablet and phone that syncs and runs the same programs as their pc may be the great selling point for microsoft. Now, I won't say I agree or disagree as I think he has some interesting arguments. But I can't help but wonder if this has much chance of happening. I am wondering what your thoughts are about the future of android?
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I won't buy one. Anything with windows seems to come with a higher price. Android does everything I need to do on a tablet, if I need to do more I have a desktop.
Android must gain the ability to create,not just to modify docs and the rest ;since then Windows 8 will be for sure a step forward Android.
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I will probably buy a Windows 8 tablet. It is hard to forget that Office is the real killer app for students and enterprise.
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Android must gain the ability to create,not just to modify docs and the rest ;since then Windows 8 will be for sure a step forward Android.
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I do agree that it would be nice to have this feature built in to android, but QuickOffice Pro works nicely for me and I got it free (Thanks Amazon). Also google docs works ok, but needs more features for mobile editing. My G-Tab with a bluetooth or usb keyboard works great for this.
so basically android needs to become more desktop-like...
whether win8 tablet will success depends on the software in the future.
current x86 windows pc apps cannot directly run on a win8 arm tablet.
x86 tablet kills your battery life.
Windows 7 already runs on tablets and yet the iPad sold much more than all tablets running Windows since the XP to this day.
Windows 8 will be atractive, yes, but I don't think anyone can predict the death of Android. Especially since no one really knows how well the metro/desktop relation on apps is going to be accepted by the devs.
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Android squeezes everything in the market share.Knowing they started from scratch and they owned the market already last year.
I personally don't care about Windows 8 tablets.
And people who know nothing about technology either buy a iPad 2 for its name or they buy a Android tablet for its price.
depends on the programs and apps both platform will have.
Unless Google finds a way to port a very functional Word/doc/PPT/Excels processing/editing application, it will continue to have a small marketshare.
That is the only thing that I want in a windows computer.
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depends on the programs and apps both platform will have.
Unless Google finds a way to port a very functional Word/doc/PPT/Excels processing/editing application, it will continue to have a small marketshare.
That is the only thing that I want in a windows computer.
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Hear, hear.
Google Docs on both the phone and tablet should be much more.
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I won't buy one. Anything with windows seems to come with a higher price. Android does everything I need to do on a tablet, if I need to do more I have a desktop.
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higher price, and also more restrictions
you will be limited to do all sort of stuff
very Apple like, i hate that in an OS
Some things to consider:
Android tablet sales are minuscule as is, it's a far, far away second choice to the iPad.
There will be 3x+ more Windows 8 installs than there are iPads in just 2 or so years. Windows is windows. 2012 will be a year filled with touch screen all in ones, convertible tablets, touch screen ultra books and of course tablets. All of these machines will be part of an enormous Windows Marketplace powered ecosystem.
Next gen Intel chips are going to be surprisingly efficient. My old Pinetrail netbook only ran hot when playing flash, hell my Nexus S gets hot playing flash. It also got 8+ hours on a single charge. Next years Atoms will run cooler (smaller and SoC) and will have better battery lifes. The GPUs are also immensely improved, better than current Sandybridge. Fan-less designs guaranteed too. People keep talking about ARM Windows 8 tablets but I don't think they'll even be a big deal.
Anyway my point is that I imagine that a majority of the people who are going to buy a real computer/laptop, and they're not getting a Mac/Macbook, will get some type of touch lightweight mobile Windows 8 machine. People will then quickly realize that you don't need a mobile-like (iOS, Android, WebOS, etc) tablet and only the Apple faithful will buy into the iPad. After that Windows tablets will take off and displace Android tablets altogether and have a really, really good shot at dethroning the iPad in the tablet market.
WP7 may grow a little but it wont get close to Android. Android is a puppet for OEMs and Carriers; and that's all it'll take to keep it on top.
PS: I do think that there will be a small market for $200-300 ~7" Android tablets but that may even get displaced by cheap ARM Windows 8 tablets.
The legacy support for Windows tablets seems like a last minute thing, they really didn't put much effort into that. The devices are usually expensive and run outdated hardware, and these devices won't become available til about the end of next year. The thought of someone predicting the end of even Android tablets is silly... Android tablets are really popular, they range from cheap to expensive( from expecting the worse to expecting the best) and the legacy support for apps is great. Besides that, tablets have proven themselves as a mobile device, why are you going to put a bulky operating system on a mobile platform anyways?
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So we have to hope that windows 8 won't run as well as planned?
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So we have to hope that windows 8 won't run as well as planned?
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It's Windows. That much is a given.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/3201524/microsoft-surface-release-date-october-26th
Surface for RT is coming at the same time as general release of Windows 8. Surface Pro will be available 90 days after. Like I've been guessing, RT will be priced competitive with comparable ARM tablets, which should mean it will be around $499. Pro will be priced like an Ultrabook, which should mean $899 at least, and could go even higher. Anyone going to start saving up now that we have a release date?
Saving for the ~$1K expected price of the Pro.
can't wait
can't wait for the Pro version...
But i wonder: why 90 days after? i mean, it's the best way to loose market share. Or perhaps, microsoft want to give OEM some weeks to announce products?
btw, i wonder alswo why OEM are not communicating about products based on Windows 8 currently
I love the design, and i love the idea to be able to work on a tablet, but really work: i mean with real softwares (visual studio for exemple, or even office) and not "kiddies" software as we can find on Ipad and Android based tablets...
That's why i didn't bought any tablets, waiting for a real computer.
(sorry for my english, if there are mistakes, keep in mind i'm french, and french poeple don't speak well foreign languages )
Maybe 90 days will see some Win 8 updates that could help the functionality?
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Maybe 90 days will see some Win 8 updates that could help the functionality?
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what functionality is broken?
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btw, i wonder alswo why OEM are not communicating about products based on Windows 8 currently
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I have also been wondering why we haven't heard anything yet about Windows 8 products from the OEMs. I'm most interested in Windows 8 laptops, since I'm hoping Microsoft will push the OEMs to start delivering better hardware-no more 1366x768 displays, better trackpads, better keyboards, etc. Obviously October 26th is when new Windows 8 products begin rolling out, so we should have some announcements from the OEMs in September, maybe we'll hear rumors and specs of devices as early as late August.
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I have also been wondering why we haven't heard anything yet about Windows 8 products from the OEMs. I'm most interested in Windows 8 laptops, since I'm hoping Microsoft will push the OEMs to start delivering better hardware-no more 1366x768 displays, better trackpads, better keyboards, etc. Obviously October 26th is when new Windows 8 products begin rolling out, so we should have some announcements from the OEMs in September, maybe we'll hear rumors and specs of devices as early as late August.
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they don't want to detract from current sales?
no need in shooting themselves in the foot!
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they don't want to detract from current sales?
no need in shooting themselves in the foot!
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Good point. Ultrabooks just haven't been as popular as the OEMs have hoped, and anyways a few new Windows 7 laptops are yet to come out (HP Envy Spectre XT). People will be buying 7 laptops less and less as Windows 8 draws near and it's in the press more, so they'll probably wait until they're satisfied Windows 7 laptop sales have bottomed out before introducing Windows 8 laptops.
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Good point. Ultrabooks just haven't been as popular as the OEMs have hoped, and anyways a few new Windows 7 laptops are yet to come out (HP Envy Spectre XT). People will be buying 7 laptops less and less as Windows 8 draws near and it's in the press more, so they'll probably wait until they're satisfied Windows 7 laptop sales have bottomed out before introducing Windows 8 laptops.
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nope, i dont agree: oem can announce products on Windows 7 and argues that these products will be compatible to W8, with a free upgrade.
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nope, i dont agree: oem can announce products on Windows 7 and argues that these products will be compatible to W8, with a free upgrade.
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I think my point still stands. Would you rather have a device that comes with Windows 8 or one that you can upgrade to Windows 8? I feel more confident in a device built for Windows 8, that it will run it better and just "fit" more properly with the OS. Whether or not that's the truth, it's how general consumers would think too. And I still believe that Windows 8 hardware will be more impressive than Windows 7 hardware. If a huge part of Windows 8 is trackpad improvements, I would think that the OEMs can build a better trackpad when they have Windows 8 to work with (rather than build a trackpad when they only have 7 to work with, and "hope" that the upgrade to Windows 8 will make the trackpad as impressive as a device that is built with Windows 8). Along with the fact that MS is obviously now telling the OEMs to get their crap together (Surface), I think we have solid reason to believe that hardware will be much improved with Windows 8-stock devices.
Think of an Android analogy: all specs aside, would you rather have a device that ships with Jelly Bean, or one that ships with ICS and can be upgraded later for sure? Yeah, with the ICS device, you know that you will be able to get JB, and you know that it will bring some considerable improvements, but isn't it just kind of an inherent thing to prefer the one that comes with JB in the first place?
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I think my point still stands. Would you rather have a device that comes with Windows 8 or one that you can upgrade to Windows 8? I feel more confident in a device built for Windows 8, that it will run it better and just "fit" more properly with the OS. Whether or not that's the truth, it's how general consumers would think too. And I still believe that Windows 8 hardware will be more impressive than Windows 7 hardware. If a huge part of Windows 8 is trackpad improvements, I would think that the OEMs can build a better trackpad when they have Windows 8 to work with (rather than build a trackpad when they only have 7 to work with, and "hope" that the upgrade to Windows 8 will make the trackpad as impressive as a device that is built with Windows 8). Along with the fact that MS is obviously now telling the OEMs to get their crap together (Surface), I think we have solid reason to believe that hardware will be much improved with Windows 8-stock devices.
Think of an Android analogy: all specs aside, would you rather have a device that ships with Jelly Bean, or one that ships with ICS and can be upgraded later for sure? Yeah, with the ICS device, you know that you will be able to get JB, and you know that it will bring some considerable improvements, but isn't it just kind of an inherent thing to prefer the one that comes with JB in the first place?
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this!
folks I know have been burned with " windows vista ultimate capable" and a few other kids, and remember it. unless its a sale person, on the road with a smashed laptop, I see people waiting..... just like when macbooks are due an upgrade.
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I think my point still stands. Would you rather have a device that comes with Windows 8 or one that you can upgrade to Windows 8? I feel more confident in a device built for Windows 8, that it will run it better and just "fit" more properly with the OS. Whether or not that's the truth, it's how general consumers would think too. And I still believe that Windows 8 hardware will be more impressive than Windows 7 hardware. If a huge part of Windows 8 is trackpad improvements, I would think that the OEMs can build a better trackpad when they have Windows 8 to work with (rather than build a trackpad when they only have 7 to work with, and "hope" that the upgrade to Windows 8 will make the trackpad as impressive as a device that is built with Windows 8). Along with the fact that MS is obviously now telling the OEMs to get their crap together (Surface), I think we have solid reason to believe that hardware will be much improved with Windows 8-stock devices.
Think of an Android analogy: all specs aside, would you rather have a device that ships with Jelly Bean, or one that ships with ICS and can be upgraded later for sure? Yeah, with the ICS device, you know that you will be able to get JB, and you know that it will bring some considerable improvements, but isn't it just kind of an inherent thing to prefer the one that comes with JB in the first place?
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yeah you're probably right, but i think average users and customers don't care about what is inside the computer. I mean, when someone of my family want to buy a computer, they always ask me "what should i take" and they show me some computers, usually they don't understand what "AMD" or "I5" mean.
so for exemple, if my parents or my sisters want to buy a computer today, they will take the "Windows 8 ready to upgrade" computer rather than "Windows 7" computer...
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/3201524/microsoft-surface-release-date-october-26th
Surface for RT is coming at the same time as general release of Windows 8. Surface Pro will be available 90 days after. Like I've been guessing, RT will be priced competitive with comparable ARM tablets, which should mean it will be around $499. Pro will be priced like an Ultrabook, which should mean $899 at least, and could go even higher. Anyone going to start saving up now that we have a release date?
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I'm gonna wait it out. My main use for my PC now a days it MS Office, and without Office 2013, the Surface Pro is just a fancy toy. There really aren't that many apps in the MS Store
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There really aren't that many apps in the MS Store
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Yet
There are more appearing every few days at the moment on Win8... more small devs but I see some bigger companies coming through.
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I'm gonna wait it out. My main use for my PC now a days it MS Office, and without Office 2013, the Surface Pro is just a fancy toy. There really aren't that many apps in the MS Store
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Surface Pro is x86 and will run older versions of Office that ran on Vista and Windows 7 too, though Surface Pro isn't due out until probably next year, x86 tablets running Windows 8 will probably come from other OEMS first, such as Lenovo.
I was wondering, now we've hit the quadcore 1.5Ghz, 2GB ram mark on our phones... What is the next step?
Will there still be a lot of change in the hardware used by manufacturers?
I wanted to hear peoples thoughts on this, mainly because I want to buy a new phone and I don't know if I should wait any longer...
Wait for the Snapdragon 800 chips or the Tegra 4 and 4i chips. Major speed boosts there.
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Well android can only get better and if we have come to a stage such as this it could mean that we might soon have budget speced phones with pretty good specs.
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Once ARMv8 gets into the swing of things we will no doubtly see a 64bit verson of android
The nig about android OS's
Unlike iOS for iPhone the only thing that really bugs me is how fast Google Develop the next android OS within the next year we will have something better the JB. They need the slow down the dev speed of these OS's because the market for newer phones coming isn't catching up with the the newer OS releases.
And if you're a sony user well lets just say they don't like updating there ranges they'd rather people be pee'd half way down the line with the 24 month contract stuck on a OS with apps they cannot have due to app developers disregarding older OS's running on current high and mid range market devices.
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I personally think that the future of android is all about software. Not to say that we won't be seeing hardware improvements - but that's almost a 'must' with every incremental update for any OEM. I mean, we've reached a point where android phones have as much processing and computing power as some people's computers! To expand, I really think that future updates to the android OS will be much more significant, especially since google has chosen to roll out individual components of their OS (such as the Google Keyboard, Play Music, etc) as individual services (apart from the OS). This way, even without updating the operating system - individual components will be updated and outdated phones will still be able to receive "updates" when OS updates from their OEM are no longer supported.
Since Sammy is 95% of the sales of Android, everything depends on sammy.. If sammy abandones Android and people switch to Tizen, android will be like Windows Phone is right now.
Also, the recent developments of android, its bad security permission policy and so on are reasons to be worried about. I simply do not trust google with the right decsiions.
Chips with Haswell-like arcitecture. im sure they will come giving some killer battery life.
Hardware is not my interest to follow right now. But the OS itself is way more exciting.
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Desktop PC hardware got to a point where even a bargain PC has plenty of power for the average user. It seems that phones are getting closer to that point too and I think the innovations that are going to be most exciting are going to be in the next generation of apps that are created to better help us organize our life and connect with people.
Well, of course there's the idea of wearable technology like Google Glass but unless fashion changes I don't think most people want to walk around looking like a cyborg. We saw how bluetooth headsets became an object of ridicule.
Eventually computers will be useless and everyone will have a tablet. android is for sure going to upgrade in terms of speed an fluidity. Devices are going to have crazy specs. However, if android could somehow become less demanding hardware wise, the components within the phones wouldn't have to be that powerful to operate the system smoothly. For example, the iPhone. Dual core, 1 gig of ram. The smoothest phone I've ever seem
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Eventually computers will be useless and everyone will have a tablet. android is for sure going to upgrade in terms of speed an fluidity. Devices are going to have crazy specs. However, if android could somehow become less demanding hardware wise, the components within the phones wouldn't have to be that powerful to operate the system smoothly. For example, the iPhone. Dual core, 1 gig of ram. The smoothest phone I've ever seem
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A tablet is a computer, you sent that from a computer in tablet format.
Use the right terms, it's not irrelevant.
I will never substitute my laptop for a tablet though, there are some simple physical necessities when it comes to efficient workflow.
I'm writing this with Swype on my phone and it's fast, but it would be faster on my laptop, the physical keyboard is faster and most importantly 100% reliant/error free.
I'll probably get a tablet eventually, there are some things it just does better, but to say it'll replace desktops and laptops is ridiculous.
Android 5.0 is rumored to be less hardware demanding instead of the usual trend, but that remains to be seen.
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Yes bro.
The only feature left in here direct.
Usb port support
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We got octa-core now!!
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No, we do not have octa-cores.
We have BIG.little quad-cores, and that's not semantics, there's a huge difference.
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future will be
galaxy s5
exynos 64core processor ..obviously closed source...
6inch 4k pixels ultraamoled plus plus foldable
1tb internal memory expandable upto 4tb
8gb ram
mali 1000 gpu
camera 40mp
water resistant upto depth of pacific ocean
Android 6.0(no cm support) lol
Hr Kristian said:
Android 5.0 is rumored to be less hardware demanding instead of the usual trend, but that remains to be seen.
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Where have you read that?
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Unless we see major improvements in battery materials , we will see the tech of mobile devices start to level off, because no one would want a device that is as powerful as a desktop PC but you can only use it for 20 min. That is the main reason why desktop PCs will always be better than mobile devices.
There have been hundreds of threads like this. Anyway my speculation is that when the phones and tablets are so powerful that we simply don't need any more powerful devices, we plug the phone onto some kind of dock, hook it up to tv, and put keyboard and mouse on the dock, and run desktop Ubuntu or some other Linux distro(maybe "Android desktop"?) just like it was a mini sized pc computer.
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Exynos 5?