Qualcomm releases development smartphone featuring the Snapdragon 810

November 24, 2014

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The Snapdragon 810 probably won't come to consumer devices until next June, but Qualcomm has released a development smartphone featuring the said processor. Called the Mobile Developer Platform (MDP) smartphone, it gives developers early access to the processor for testing and optimizing Android applications.

The 810 is an octa-core and 64-bit, so the rest of the specs are also high end. It includes a 6.2-inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440) display, an Adreno 430 GPU, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage, microSD slot for expanded storage, 13 MP rear camera with Dual LED flash and 4K video recording, 4 MP front-facing camera, the newest Qualcomm Hexagon DSP, 3,020 mAh battery, and the “latest available Android OS,” which we presume will be Lollipop.

The MDP is going for $799 and will ship by mid-December. A lot of money, but if you consider the Nexus 6 is $649, this isn't a bad deal considering that you will be getting a processor that probably won't on other consumer devices for a while.

source: Intrinsync

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

2 comments

Flip Jumpman says:

November 24, 2014 at 9:54 AM

I’m not a dev but this sounds like a pretty good device.

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1. Toss3 says:
  
  November 24, 2014 at 10:22 AM
  
  I’m with you – much better than the Nexus 6. Now we just have to wait for some reviews. Was planning on getting the Note 4, but this might sway my decision.
  
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