T-Mobile myTouch HD to Come with Dual Core CPU?
T-Mobile myTouch HD to Come with Dual Core CPU?
Posted 09/13/2010 at 2:37pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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A leaked T-Mobile USA document hints that the nation's smallest carrier may be about to launch a really big phone. The myTouch HD is highlighted in surprising detail, giving us a look at the impressive specs. The Android 2.2 phone will be running on T-Mobile's super-fast HSPA+ network. There will be a 5MP rear-facing camera, and a VGA front-facing cam. The screen will be 3.8-inches, but we do not know about the resolution or technology used. The real point of interest here is that the document claims the myTouch HD will pack a "1 GHz Dual Processor". We can only assume this means a dual core chip.
All phones to this point have has single core CPUs, but it is known that ARM has reference designs that could be used to construct dual core packages. Battery life may suffer, but power saving designs in the next gen chips could help matters somewhat. T-Mobile is also touting screen sharing technology that will get your smartphone content to a TV screen. This might just mean an HDMI port, but we'd astill take it.
No pricing or availability details are known, but we'll keep an eye out. Do you think a dual core CPU will be of use in a phone? Let us know in the comments.
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SEALBoy
September 13, 2010 at 2:47pm
It also says it will use America's largest 4G network... T-Mobile doesn't have the largest network for anything.
MaximumMike
September 14, 2010 at 6:47am
There are two ways 4G is defined depending on who you ask. The first is by meeting the actual 4G specification for a 4g network, which all current US networks, including Sprint, miss by a long shot. The second way is by actually building out a complete 4th generation of a network, which regardless of the fact that it does not meet the 4G specification is truly the 4th generation of a carrier's network. This is how Sprint manages to call their network 4G. T-mobile, on the other hand, has neither built out a new network nor met the 4G specification. So, although their speeds on their upgraded network are comparable to Sprint's, their claims of 4G speeds are unfounded and amount to false advertising.
Peanut Fox
September 13, 2010 at 3:11pm
Sorta. Since HSPA+ delivers 4G speeds on their 3G networks, they may be saying that is their 4G. If that's the case. They would have the largest 4G network
SEALBoy
September 13, 2010 at 3:19pm
T-Mobile is fond of saying that HSPA+ is a 4G competitor, but the ad mentions both 4G and HSPA+. Surely they wouldn't confuse customers like that?
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