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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
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:38PM
... so many to choose from.
I have a special hatred for the term "standard" when its used in some capacity other than a document that is ratified by a standards organization like ANSI, ISO, IEEE or IETF.
For example I asked a knowledgeable friend whether I should use PostgreSQL or MySQL. He gave me many good reasons for using MySQL, but his choice was ridiculed by some joker who said "MySQL is the standard".
Look, if all your friends leapt from the golden gate bridge, would suicide become a standard?
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(Score: 4, Funny) by jcross on Thursday May 28 2015, @08:48PM
That's exactly how I lost all my friends, you insensitive clod!
(Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:51PM
You're not standards-compliant!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:35PM
Oh jeez. Probably. Is the bridge on fire? Oblig XKCD [xkcd.com]
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday May 28 2015, @09:40PM
the crew of the explosives vessel in the Halifax blast, as well as the driver of the gasoline truck in the caldecott tunnel fire, survived.
As did all those who fled.
In Halifax, over 2,000 perished, in part because a large crowd gathered at the waterfront so as to watch the fire.
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