Got $1300 To Spare On a Crazy Tablet?
In these tough economic times, many of us are finding ways to cut costs on everything. Some of us try to cut down on eating out, others cut down on their cell phone use. But not everyone is in such a financial predicament, at least Qualcomm doesn’t think so.
Qualcomm, the great chip manufacturer who’s pumping out those fantastic S4 Processors, has decided that they needed to dip their hands into the tablet market. Before we get to the exuberant price, let me break down the device for you:
S4 quad-core processor (APQ8064)
Adreno 320 GPU
10.1-inch 720p display
2GB of LPDDR2 RAM
32GB of storage
13MP rear camera
dual 2MP camera
7 “Ultrasound” mics
Micro-SD card slot
That’s a lot of top of the line hardware. And when it comes to the benchmarks, it doesn’t disappoint.
As you can see, it blows away all the other devices by a long shot.
Now to the price…. $1300. Now many, if not all, of us don’t quite have that kind of money to throw around. Well this isn’t really aimed for the general public. The device is geared towards developers so that they can get their hands on the latest Qualcomm chip to push their apps to the limit. Even then, it’s quite a pricey device for a developer to pick up.
Even though this is a developer device, I have no problem seeing something like this becoming mainstream in the near future. We all know how fast the Android world moves, so perhaps a ridiculous device like this may be in our hands at a manageable price very soon