Sony has finally joined the quad-core evolution.
In the past Sony talked of quad-core handsets with trepidation, expressing they lacked the know-how needed to ensure battery life isn’t affected.
“We’re going to join quad-core when we feel that the performance matches the battery efficiency,” said Sony’s Product Manager, Stephen Sneeden, when speaking to the Asian arm of CNet.
At the moment Sony is “evaluating the quad-core performance” and will release a quad-core product to the market when “you’re not suffering in quality and the performance truly is there.”
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It appears that day may have come following the leak of several Xperia tablet images, which claim the depicted tablet is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor.
We stumbled upon the image when casually browsing GSMArena, who allege the ‘Xperia Tablet’ will rock the familiar display of the Tablet S, (expect a 1280×800 resolution).
Also making an appearance is the unique ‘wedge’ shape we’ve come to expect from Sony tabs.
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Other specs include the 1.3GHz quad core Tegra 3 processor, an 8MP rear cam, a 1MP front cam and a MicroSD slot. Although it’ll weigh a fair 570 grams, it’ll feature a 6000mAh and be produced in 16/32/64GB variants.
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The Sony Xperia Tablet is expected to be unveiled pre-IFA on August 29, and is believed to start from just $US399. We hope this mediocre tab dons the worthwhile price when it comes to Australia; otherwise we’re not sure if it’ll have a fighting chance against Google’s Nexus 7.
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