It achieves this by reducing the burden on the smartphone's CPU and other hardware resources.
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Like other companies, Toshiba is offering a Core i3 CPU at that base price.
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Specs are similar to what you'll see in other new IdeaPad models: up to Core i7 CPU, a 1, 366 x 768 screen, optional NVIDIA GeForce GT645M graphics and up to 1TB of storage space.
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This CPU is what lets the smartphone run apps and interact with other features like the touch screen and GPS. Most important, these small computers go places your PC never does, like restaurants, night clubs, ball games and shopping.
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Other specs include a second generation quad-core Intel CPU, 2GB-worth of AMD HD6650M graphics, 750GB hard drive and USB 3.0.
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On the other hand, most reviewers found that non-gaming CPU performance fell far short of Ivy Bridge and even Sandy Bridge mobile chips.
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While most of them are on par with Samsung's other top of the line HDTVs this year (quad core CPU, five panel Smart Hub and apps, recommendations, gesture control etc.), it's differentiating itself with a display based on self-emitting RGB sub-pixels which it claims makes for absolute blacks, pure whites and prevents colors from being washed out or distorted.
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It weighs 2.86 pounds, boasts an attractive all-metal design and turns in solid benchmark scores, and its other specs stack up with the XT's: a Core i7 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD.
These include a CPU (central processing unit), GPU (graphics processing unit), memory and other elements.
The Liquid Z2, on the other hand, is an entry-level handset with a dual-core 1GHz CPU and a 3.5-inch HVGA screen.
On the other side, Samsung has much more cost advantage since Samsung produce vertically almost anything from CPU to SSD, RAM, touch screen, TV, PC, tablet and smartphone all under one roof.
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The phone sports a 4.3-inch WVGA display that's decent enough, especially when compared with other recently introduced mid-range smartphones and runs on a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU (the company wouldn't specify which precisely).
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