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attila77 is offline attila77
2011-01-25 , 18:30
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Originally Posted by flipalong View Post
in my opinion it all seems a bit TOO powerful for a small device like a phone. smartphones dont really need all this power, thats what a computer is for.
There are no more smartphones, tablets, netbook or desktops. There are just computers (converged devices in Nokia lingo) with different power envelopes and different form factors.

EDIT: And as cool as quad-A9-s are, I hate the marketing spin (1.5 GHz, 13800 MIPS). There is a reason people call MIPS Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed.
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