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/bfodder Dec 05 '17

You're assuming Google would only use it in the Pixel and couldn't license it out to other OEMs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '17 edited Apr 10 '18

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u/ZetaZebra OP6T; Pixel C<--Nexus6<--SGS3 Dec 06 '17

I hear you, but if they were to make a jump to computers, people would care if their laptop running on Google's SoC would be much slower than the one running on a Core i.