Not exact matches
Moorhead's post prompted plenty of well - deserved bashing of Intel's
mobile failings and a recounting of how the once dominant company of the «Wintel» era had been disrupted by smartphones running weaker,
slower but cheaper and lower - powered ARM - based
chips.
A dual - core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3
chip, also featured in T -
Mobile U.S.» variant of the Samsung Galaxy S2, pairs up with one measly gigabyte of fairly
slow DDR2 RAM, between 16 and 64 GB of internal storage augmented by a MicroSD slot, an old and well - known Adreno 225 GPU and a 6,000 mAh battery to chug the ancient device along.
Mobile payments security fears, roadblocks As
chip - based credit card payments
slow down checkout lanes and cause confusion at the cash register, some analysts predict frustrated cardholders will start reaching for their phones instead.
A dual - core
chip with 2 GB of RAM seems
slow by today's
mobile standards but we must remember that this is a highly optimized solution that's built specifically for iOS (and vice-versa).
While the majority of high - end Android smartphones already include an NFC
chip, adoption of
mobile payments has been
slow because the technology does not offer a greater consumer benefit or the simplicity of just simply swiping a credit card.
The Core i3 does not seem
slow during moderate use, but any demanding task (like editing a home movie) will require more time than it would on a more powerful i5 or i7
mobile chip.