HTC readying the Desire 820 with a 64-bit, eight-core SoC

[Scorpus]

While Apple might have been first to ship a 64-bit SoC in a smartphone with the iPhone 5s, other manufacturers are gearing up to race to ship the first Android device with a 64-bit SoC inside. A few previous reports indicated Samsung would get there first with a 64-bit Exynos version of the Galaxy Note 4, but HTC might just slip in ahead with their upcoming Desire 820.

An image posted on HTC's Weibo account has teased the Desire 820, claiming it will be the world's first octa-core 64-bit phone. Although the exact SoC set for inclusion in the 820 hasn't been revealed, HTC has relied on Qualcomm silicon in the past, so the chip we're most likely going to see is the Snapdragon 615.

Announced at MWC 2014 alongside the Snapdragon 801 and 610, the Snadpragon 615 comes with eight ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores, an Adreno 405 GPU, a single-channel 64-bit LPDDR2/3 controller, plus integrated LTE and Wi-Fi 802.11ac. It's not the highest-end chip in Qualcomm's line-up, but it is the first with 64-bit support, and should provide decent upper-mid-range performance.

The teaser image above doesn't show much of the device itself, apart from a blue ridge and a front-facing camera. Expect more details on September 4, which should coincide nicely with HTC's IFA event.

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[p51d007]

What REAL world benefit would we see from something like this? I have a "slow" midrange phone that
has a Snapdragon 400, and it's VERY fast for what I do. Are we approaching the "megahertz" race again with smartphone processors? I mean, I can open apps, run apps, close, switch between them at a blink of an eye? How much faster is fast enough.
I think a lot of this is just marketing to get people to jump onboard newer devices.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

What REAL world benefit would we see from something like this? I have a "slow" midrange phone that
has a Snapdragon 400, and it's VERY fast for what I do. Are we approaching the "megahertz" race again with smartphone processors? I mean, I can open apps, run apps, close, switch between them at a blink of an eye? How much faster is fast enough.
I think a lot of this is just marketing to get people to jump onboard newer devices.

That's just the way things work in the hi tech world. Did you ever miss a smartphone before they were created? Would you go back to using 16 bit Win 95? Of course not, the same thing applies here, you can't stop progress.You may not need a 64 bit proc in your phone right now but sooner rather than later you will.

 

[Littleczr]

What REAL world benefit would we see from something like this? I have a "slow" midrange phone that
has a Snapdragon 400, and it's VERY fast for what I do. Are we approaching the "megahertz" race again with smartphone processors? I mean, I can open apps, run apps, close, switch between them at a blink of an eye? How much faster is fast enough.
I think a lot of this is just marketing to get people to jump onboard newer devices.

That's just the way things work in the hi tech world. Did you ever miss a smartphone before they were created? Would you go back to using 16 bit Win 95? Of course not, the same thing applies here, you can't stop progress.You may not need a 64 bit proc in your phone right now but sooner rather than later you will.

I disagree with you. I think a longer battery life would be more enticing to customers. This is a case of that resembles "Jaguar" the video game console, where technology could outpace software and fail.

These companies have no clue, and I agree with the previous post. Until they come up with software that demmands more powerfull cpu's then it is just a marketing gimick to get hype and make consumers spend their money.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

I disagree with you. I think a longer battery life would be more enticing to customers. This is a case of that resembles "Jaguar" the video game console, where technology could outpace software and fail.

These companies have no clue, and I agree with the previous post. Until they come up with software that demmands more powerfull cpu's then it is just a marketing gimick to get hype and make consumers spend their money.

At the moment it's little more than a gimmick but don't hold your breath... the apps to take advantage of it will surely flood the market. Wasn't it Bill Gates who once said he can't see anyone ever needing more than 256K of RAM? Hmmm...