Damn it, I thought it wouldn't be too long await now but January / February (just about 7 months - I don't think my 920's battery will hold out that long lol :grincry:.)... just to weigh up my options lol. Since I will most likely be using that phone for the next few years, soo by the time I get round to getting my replacement my 920 would be (theoretically) over 36 months old. However that is not the longest I've used the same phone as a daily driver; the same cannot be said for the removable batteries...
On the bright side it gives me more time to save up
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Also all this talk about having Intel SOC's in phones would make running full desktop applications natively on phones a reality is just laughable... You can accomplish all basic tasks with modern apps therefore that argument is made redundant for the average joe.
Only the so-called techies are clamouring for this - let me explain why I find this laughable:
People will only get "PC-Like" experience but nothing that will challenge or rival the power of a full fledged win32 desktop or 2-in-1. At best one would hope to get is
performance akin to small tablets, that will
remain true until both battery technology and SOC power draw improves to a point that makes actually running full desktop apps
natively on device whether it is docked or not - viable - as people expect their phones to last all day regardless of what it is running. So to impact every user's experience on behalf of small group of users makes no sense whatsoever.
Instead of focusing on the phone and debating the merits of such functionality, the easiest solution would be to have a AC powered dock that is able to supplement the amount of processing power & system resources available that will work dynamically in tandem with the phone's o/s when docked via usb or connected via miracast.
However said dock would need to atleast 100x more powerful to be able to multitask as it was a full fledged PC / to run applications like Access, Visual Studio, CAD, premier etc. Plus this feature will need to be open lower end devices as well as these devices have a broader reach than flagships in almost all markets hence the need to be substantially more powerful than the host (docked/connected phone). Said dock would also need to function as miracast receiver and device hub {Bluetooth + USB + WiFi+Display Out/HDMI}. In this combination, the phone could run a Snapdragon SOC and the hub either an AMD APU or Intel CPU. This will give everyone the best of both worlds in my opinion and can be easily implemented. The secondary benefit of this method is that it would work with small tablets as well.
The second alternative is to use remote desktop {or apps suchas splashtop} using a dedicated PC to do all the heavy lifting and using miracast/usb + Bluetooth. This can be utilised with present day technology, the only caveat is that this won't work in a corporate environment without the proper provisions set in place.
The primary reason for intel in phones is Windows Hello, I imagine if Qualcomm had a similar + better functionality than Intel then this discussion would be non existent.
Anyway I'm curious to see what other USP's these devices will bring to the table.