LeTV are rumoured to be working on a new flagship phone with the latest Snapdragon 821 chipset and a huge 8GB RAM!!
It all started last year when Asus launched the Zenfone 2 with the then staggering 4GB RAM, and since then we have seen RAM increase across all Chinese smartphones to the point that this year Vivo, ZUK and OnePlus now all have 6GB RAM phones, but soon there could be even more!
Apparently LeTV are working on a new LeMax 2 that will have a few new key features. First of all renders of the phone show that the device will be available in an option of either red, blue or silver, where previous LeTV/LeEco phones only make in white or gold.
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But it’s the rumoured hardware which really has us foaming at the mouth. According to Chinese press, the new LeMax 2 could be one of the first smartphones to launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset, and to top it off, 8GB RAM!!
If those processing specs weren’t enough then the phone is also believed to have a 25 mega-pixel camera on the rear just above a touch fingerprint scanner.
The rumour even gives us a possible price for the phone too, an amazing 3000 Yuan! So what do you think of this news? Is an 8GB RAM phone really what the smartphone market needs? Isn’t 6GB RAM already too much?
They can change the processor but are somehow incapable of producing a black phone?
Yeah, 8 gb of RAM is something that I would go for, but only if it has dual boot Android + Windows 10 and (not necessary, but desired) HDMI output. 4k+ mah battery also.
Honestly, given how I saw most people using their devices, 8gigs of Ram makes more sense to a consumption OS (android) thaN Windows.
People on Android do what is called “app hopping” , there is a roulette of 8-12 apps that they frequently jump too. With 8gb of ram you eliminate loading between them (everything gets cached eventually).
In Windows things are different. People mostly use one piece of software at a time, mostly close background apps so that it in will not “bother them” by having them in their start bar. And while there is software that will happily use all 8 gigs there, people mostly don’t use those. I don’t know many who do serious photo/video editing for example…
So yeah, most people usage patterns would prefer having that much memory to android, not windows. That’s partly the reason why Windows machines seem stucK to 4-8gb of total ram for the longest time and phones seem to be surpassing them…
Instead I prefer that (*finally*) Google would push to get some the pro Apps to Android. Now that their very own Chrome OS supports android apps, it’s finally time that android should grow up and starts offering creation software as well. That is to say serious photo/video editing and compiling at first. The hardware is clearly there, no reason to postpone that anymore…
“n Windows things are different. People mostly use one piece of software at a time, mostly close background apps so that it in will not “bother them” by having them in their start bar”
You should stop by any company and check how ppl use their computers. 8 Excel tables open, 3 ppt pres, 5 tabs in IE, a few professionnal apps too… plus they won’t reboot their computer for a while and call IT because their computer is “too slow”.
How’s that for a RAM stress ^^
Which is why I was talking of home use. I didn’t say that companies are better to use android, only home computers that are mostly used for consumpion.
People use their electronics for a lot more time on things like Facebook, youtube and games combined than anything that does work. It’s obvious that their strong device should be the one that uses up most of their time.
Again (like I wrote to the other poster too). I speak of home use. You don’t use phones as your main tools on your company, right? If so an office computer is not a valid comparison…
For home/personal use Ram is preferable to be loaded on phones that people stress more, rather than computers… For professional work, obviously computers need more ram…
WoW, all that extra 5% performance, I must upgrade from my SD820 🙂
This is just like the SD801, a slight CPU/GPU clock boost.
I do agree I was wrong though, first time I heard of the SD821.
So no real upgrade, have been thinkering with a LeEco 820 Max, and I have to say the SD820 isa really great chip, just like the original SD800 was, blew everything out of the water.
But if you want the best performance in day-to-day tasks, the Kirin 955 is jsut a dat snappier, but when it comes to gaming the Adreno 530 demolishes absolutely everything.
I used the Mi5 for a few weeks when I was traveling in China (loaner from a friend). The 820 is a very good chip but I am not a huge gamer on Mobile so it is pretty much overkill for me.
Me too, that’s why I`m waiting to get the Honor 8(or v8). But has to be below 300$, at 450$ it`s not worth it, as I can get the Mate 8 for 380$.
I like the Mate 8 a lot, I used one a few weeks ago and it really impressed me. For now I am actually loving my Nextbit Robin, except for the camera which is below average at best.
Heard that too, but such a small company had to make sacrifices somewhere.
The design and speakers more than makes up for it IMO, I am so tired of metal phones with the same dull colors. I have a Cannon Rebel if I really want to take great pictures.