By CNET's Jessica Dolcourt, a medium-simple primer on mobile (smartphone) processors -- specifically, what multi-core processors are, and how the new quad-core processors are (or may be, or may not be) more capable than the current mainstream (more-or-less) dual-core processors.
"7 myths about quad-core phones (Smartphones Unlocked)"
Smartphones with quad-core processors are always faster than dual-core processors, right? Only if you believe the myths.
April 8, 2012 3:14 PM PDT Updated: December 19, 2012 9:48 AM PST
Editors' note: This article originally posted on April 8, 2012, and was updated on December 19, 2012.
Open up your wallet today and there are no fewer than five smartphones you can buy running on quad-core processors. Seven months ago, there was one, the HTC One X, and only if you bought the international version, which lacked the 4G LTE speeds coveted by U.S. phone-buyers.
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After CES next month, expect the number of announced quad-core devices to double as the core war continues to heat up.
By summer, you may turn up your nose at perfectly fast devices running on dual-core chipsets, wondering if you should saddle yourself with something so "slow." After all, the more processing power, the better the phone, right?
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