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Yeah well they wanted Intel to be one too. I don't think you can buy a phone running x86 or x86_64 new anywhere, and that was back in the honeycomb timeframe.
by debatem1 4y ago
Yeah well they wanted Intel to be one too. I don't think you can buy a phone running x86 or x86_64 new anywhere, and that was back in the honeycomb timeframe.
- cma 4y agoYou can run android apps on x64 chromebooks though.
- RobotToaster 4y agoI was a little surprised the edison/galileo platform didn't takeoff, their main problem seemed to be zero documentation.
- snvzz 4y agoThat'd depend on who you ask. Many will tell you any RISC choice is better, and there's no reason to use x86 when not tied by having to be compatible with legacy applications.
- pantalaimon 4y agoIt was also much more expensive than comparable ARM chips with no benefits - in fact it came with the huge drawback that it was a completely new platform in that space.
- Exmoor 4y agoI had a Zenfone 2, which ran Marshmallow on the Intel chipset. Decent phone and I don't remember having many complaints other than it didn't support my carrier's wifi calling which ended up being a dealbreaker when I got moved to an office that doubled as a faraday cage.
- inhumantsar 4y agoI had a Zenfone 2 as well and my main complaint was battery life. It was definitely more power hungry than comparable competitors and not noticeably faster.
- lmm 4y agoYou can buy a Librem new (or rather any struggle struggle is because they're sold out, not because they're not being made) and it runs x86, though I don't think that undermines your point by much.
- preisschild 4y agoWhich Librem device are you talking about? Their smartphone (Librem 5) has 4 ARM Cortex A53 cores.
- babypuncher 4y agoI think that has more to do with Intel failing to offer any competitive chips in this space. The entire company seemingly assumed phones and tablets were just a fad and spent the better part of a decade treating AMD as their only competitor.