In what appears to be an unexpected revelation, the Pantech Vega Iron 2 could be the world’s first smartphone to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 mobile SoC. The handset has just leaked out along with the rest of its hardware details, revealing a pretty high end device.
Chinese OEM OnePlus has been slowly revealing key details about its upcoming handset — the OnePlus One. It has already confirmed that the handset would be coming sometime in June this year for a price of under $400. Today, the company has revealed vital information about the chipset being used and the battery capacity of its upcoming flagship as well.
Like the Moto X, the Nexus 5 also has a dedicated low power audio processor for always-on “Ok, Google Now” functionality. However, the feature is only partially implemented and works only on the home screen. Many users had hoped that third party apps or custom kernels would enable this feature even when the device is sleeping but the closed source nature of the dedicated audio processor acted as a big roadblock.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 broke cover last September packing a powerful hardware sheet. But it seems like the company could be announcing a refresh soon, if a demonstration given during the Mobile World Congress is anything to go by. Qualcomm and Samsung teamed up to show off a special variant of the Galaxy Note 3 during the event which was optimized to run on the Snapdragon 805 chipset.
Along with its first 64-bit Snapdragon chips, Qualcomm also announced a higher clocked version of the S800 — the Snapdragon 801 a.k.a MSM8974AC. As the change in name suggests, this new chip from Qualcomm only boasts of higher clock speeds across the board to deliver better performance.
