{"id":74093,"date":"2014-12-15T06:55:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T06:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74093"},"modified":"2014-12-15T06:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T06:55:08","slug":"5-smartphone-innovations-coming-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/5-smartphone-innovations-coming-2015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 smartphone innovations coming in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
Think that brand-new smartphone in your pocket is pretty cool? In just a few short months it\u2019ll be officially obsolete. In early 2015, the first phones with Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 810 chip will arrive on store shelves, and they\u2019re going to power all kinds of new experiences in the next generation of mobile devices.<\/p>\n
Qualcomm Snapdragon processors power virtually all of today\u2019s top-tier phones that aren\u2019t iPhones. Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry \u2014 if it\u2019s a flagship device (or close), chances are it packs a Snapdragon (although Nvidia\u2019s Tegra line and Samsung\u2019s home-grown chipsmake rare but notable appearances here and there).<\/p>\n
A smartphone or tablet\u2019s processor is the backbone of the entire experience. Every app, every push notification, every pixel is controlled by the CPU (although graphics are sometimes handled by a separate GPU). Greater computational power means enhanced abilities, and the company\u2019s best chip on the market today \u2014 the Snapdragon 805 \u2014 enables experiences like the virtual reality environment on the Samsung Gear VR (created by a Qualcomm-poweredGalaxy Note 4).<\/p>\n
The Snapdragon 810 will level-up things even further<\/span>. In a briefing with reporters, Qualcomm demonstrated some of the practical new abilities its new processor will enable in next year\u2019s smartphones.<\/p>\n Here are five things next year’s smartphones, powered by the 810, will be able to do that this year’s can’t:<\/p>\n1. Juggle 4K video<\/h2>\n