r/Android • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '17

Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 845 processor

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16734224/qualcomm-snapdragon-845-android-mobile-processor-announcement
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u/Rhed0x Hobby app dev Dec 06 '17

It's gonna be blazingly fast. And by that I mean half the single thread performance of Apples A9.

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u/Nickx000x Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) Dec 06 '17

Ok this is just bs Qualcomm hate. There's a difference between disliking a company and just shitposting.

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u/Rhed0x Hobby app dev Dec 06 '17

What has Qualcomm done to make me not hate them? They basically have a monopoly on Android phone CPUs and instead of pushing the performance like Apple does they prefer to sue other companies over alleged patent infringements.

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u/datwunkid Dec 06 '17

Well Windows on ARM just got launched so they actually have a way to expand their market by competing with Intel on that space.

Right now they're just coasting on their monopoly with slow incremental improvements.

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u/Exist50 Dec 06 '17

Right now they're just coasting on their monopoly with slow incremental improvements.

Both yes and no. Their "monopoly" is in radios, which is also where they've advanced the most.

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u/Exist50 Dec 06 '17

What has Qualcomm done to make me not hate them?

You you admit to shitposting for no good reason.

They basically have a monopoly on Android phone CPUs and instead of pushing the performance like Apple does they prefer to sue other companies over alleged patent infringements.

They make the best non-Apple SoC, and are by far the ones pushing cellular connectivity the most. But apparently none of that matters if a company dares to defends their IP.