The recently released ASUS smartphone zenfone 2 has hit a new price/perf benchmark point with an MSRP of $199 but mid-high range specs:
-4G LTE
-Quadcore x86 processor
-5.5 inch IPS 1080P screen with gorilla glass
-2GB of RAM
-16GB storage
-3000 mAh battery
The low price is in part because Intel has been desperately trying to get a foothold in the mobile market and likely playing contra-revenue games. Unlike past low-cost options like the oneplus phone, this phone has wide release being sold at online retailers like Amazon.
Is this setting a new standard in low-cost, high-performance phones, or is this a temporary ploy until Intel starts charging for their SoCs? Will this lead to a price war between Mediatek, Qualcomm, and Intel? All of which have already released phones this year for the North American marketplace supporting the 4G spectrum. How low-priced can these smartphones with laptop-like specs go?
Reviewed here: http://anandtech.com/show/9251/the-asus-zenfone-2-review
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:33PM
You don't have to see a battery life. Just the battery size indicates this will guzzle power.
But that said, modern phones are designed to get you through a day (when new). There is no point in developing a phone that gets 6 hours, because you will have no customers. They will size the battery according to what the market demands.
Samsung S6 has a 2,550mAh battery.
HTC M8 Battery capacity (mAh) 2600.
This phone: 3000mAh.
So it appears they've already baked in the difference in efficiency. (And intel is not as laughable as it use to be in this regard).
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.