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Tronsmart Spunky Beat True Wireless Headphones with Qualcomm aptX HD for $29.90 only

Tronsmart, one of the world top gadget brands, is going to launch their super item-the Spunky Beat True Wireless Headphones which uses Qualcomm Chip with the price only 29.9$. The best quality and the best price will be a subversion of TWS earbuds industry. Besides, the other features of this product also bring you big surprise.

Adreno 540 vs Adreno 506 (video)

Adreno 540 vs Adreno 506 (Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 625)… Yup, most of the smartphones out there are using Qualcomm chipset nowadays including popular Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Redmi 5 Plus too), Xiaomi Mi 6 and OnePlus 5T that I own. Not a hardcore gamer here but does play games everyday. Casual 3D games like Clash Royale, Battle Boom. Adreno 506 GPU manages to play those smoothly. Can even play fast paced 3D games like Asphalt Xtreme: Rally Racing too. However, it starts to suffer on intensive 3D games like Modern Combat 5. And perform even worst on Honkai Impact 3. Furthermore, it can’t enable high frame rate mode too. Therefore, Adreno 540 comes to rescue…

How to play Tegra & Snapdragon games on Kindle Fire?

Most of the Android 3D games are available for all GPU like Tegra 2, Qualcomm Snapdragon and PowerVR chipset. However, there are some still exclusive available for certain GPU like NVIDIA Tegra 2 THD games ~ Big Top THD, SoulCraft THD, Galaxy on Fire 2 THD… With Chainfire3D, you can play all of them (almost) on Amazon Kindle Fire which has PowerVR SGX540 GPU with gamepad (like GameSir G4s Review).

Galaxy on Fire 2 THD on Kindle Fire

How to play Tegra, Snapdragon & PowerVR games on Samsung Galaxy S2?

One of the greatness of Android is open source standard but it is also a curse ~ fragmentation. This fragmentation is not only happened in software but in hardware too. Android phone manufacturers can create own hardware and software standard. There are currently 3 popular gaming platforms used by Android phones ~ Tegra, Snapdragon and PowerVR. PowerVR is being used by phone like Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Droid. Snapdragon is a platform from Qualcomm and it is used by HTC Sensation and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. And finally Tegra from NVIDIA is used by LG Optimus 2X and Samsung Galaxy Z. The powerful Samsung Galaxy S II is using another GPU from ARM ~ Mali-400 MP. However, it cannot run games that designed for Tegra, Snapdragon and PowerVR. Luckily, there is a hack to enable Samsung Galaxy S2 to play Tegra, Snapdragon and PowerVR games. And great to play with gamepad like GameSir G4s (do read GameSir G4s Review).

NVIDIA Tegra games on Samsung Galaxy S2

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 & 808 64-bit Processors with integrated LTE

We don’t have Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor yet. And Qualcomm is already ready to release their very first 64-bit Processors with integrated LTE ~ Snapdragon 810 and 808 next year. With this announcement, do you still want to get this year generation smartphone like Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One (M8) and Sony Xperia Z2? Snapdragon 810 and 808 SoC are powered by 64-bit quad core ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs and Cortex-A53 CPUs. And loaded with Adreno 430 and 418 GPU. Besides, they are using 20nm technology node which has exceptionally low power consumption and lesser heat output. It’s all about 64-bit in the future, are you willing to wait for it? Or just grab whatever in the market now?

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 & 808 SoC

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