I wish there was more info on the Ultra MAXX..
In terms of specs for the ULTRA, we’re looking at a 10MP camera(1080p video with a f2.4 lens), with a kevlar back, a better CPU than last year’s RAZR HD, along with double with the RAM.
The MAXX carries similar specs, but jumps battery life up to 48 hours on a single charge, yet is still 8.5mm thick.
Motorola is also implementing a new 8-core processor architecture that they are calling X8 Mobile Computing. They are dedicating cores to select areas of the device, like 2 application processor cores, 4 graphics process cores, 1 contextual computing core, and 1 natural language core.
Pre order starts now at droiddoes dot com and available August 20th. Free 6 months of Google Play Music if you get it between now and September 30th.
Unless it's MHL 2.0, then it's like $40
What x8 processor??
The is the processor in the Ultras.
"Motorola X8 mobile computing system" — a new 8-core chip with 2 application processor cores, 4 graphics cores, a contextual computing core, and a natural language processing core.
Or a $3 adapter in addition to the normal MHL Adapter - so - $13.
For only $2.86 each when QTY 50+ purchased - 5pin to 11pin Micro USB Adapter for MHL Adapters and Samsung Galaxy SIII
Unless you mean something else.
I hereby award Motorola the...
The dual core GNex has more than 5 cores using those metrics, and last year's Snapdragon S4 has at least 7.
Motorola X8 == dual core processor plus marketing.
The extra GPUs sound nice. For gamers.
Remember, despite what the blogosphere says, GPUs are not used for the UI in a lot of the typical Android configurations.
PS - the Motorola X8 might even have 10 processors and marketing got shy, decided to unleash that one later. Yeah.
I've never noticed him answer anything.
DOH! Did I just blow $40 for no reason?
EarlyMon,
I'm not as well acquainted with GPUs as I was years ago, but the GPUs are (most likely) also used for video decoding. Tile based renderering might be used as well so each gpu would get a section of screen it was responsible for (so they could be clocked lower and do the same work at less power). All just conjecture on my part though.
We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.