Sunday, September 25, 2011

Comparison of High-Performance Smartphones: Dual Core, and Availability

What is the difference between dual core and quadcore? The name says it all. Dual cores have two (2) processor cores while quadcore have four (4) cores in one chip. Originally, processors where only produced with single processor. Cores are units of the processor which read and execute commands. They are considered as the computing parts of the processor. Computation in processors are very fast, beyond human processing operation.

Developers invented the many-core processors to suffice the need for increasing speed of instructions from the many applications for future gadgets. Although, the speed depends on the algorithms of the applications on the gadget.
Quadcore processors are theoretically twice as fast as the dual cores.
Aside from processor, they are also called or termed as CPU (central processing unit).

Here is the summary of the list in the above link.

  • Motorola Droid Bionic 4G
  • Motorola Droid X2
  • LG Optimus 2x
  • Motorola Atrix
  • Samsung Galaxy S II
  • HTC Evo 3D (currently available in Sprint)


The following are some of the list of laptops with quadcore processor:

  • Alienware M17x
  • Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds
  • Gateway P-7808u FX
  • Gateway P79003FX
  • Asus G71 quad-core
  • HP Pavilion DV7-2180US
  • Dell Precision M6400 Covet
  • Acer Aspire 8930G-7665
  • Gateway P-7808u FX
  • HP Envy 15
  • Asus G51VX-A1 15.6-inch


The dual core phone Samsung Galaxy S II will be released soon in the US through T-mobile as most reports suggest. It shall be named as Samsung Hercules in the US

The Samsung Hercules is reported to run on an Android OS Gingerbread. It will boast 8MP camera in the rear as primary camera. Aside from the US, it will also be released in Canada under TELUS Network under the same brand/name Samsung Hercules.
Another US carrier, Verizon, offers yet another dual core phone Motorola Droid Bionic on its 4G LTE Network.

Verizon also offers another dual core phone on its line up, the Droid X2 on its 3G network. Other rival networks such as Sprint, Tmobile and AT&T offer their own class of 4G phones and dual core phones as well.