@Logan or whomever it may imply (arm 64bit)

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So there was a video done here at Tek Syndicate years ago with a tf201 or something (Tegra device) about gaming and various other things related to the device. Any who, Logan mentioned that mobile devices might be replacing consoles in the not so distant future. This video was 2010 or 11 if I am not mistaken. With the rise of 64bit mobile architecture based on arm, and the future AMD/Intel chips are we going the route Logan mentioned? Iphone 6, LG G4, HTC One M9, Samsung Note 5 + S6? Are these multi core cpus, 3gb+ in ram, 1080p+ displays, etc. Ohhh a biggy, wifi direct/miracast, and samsungs version.

I am curios about 64bit phones + tablets vs traditional laptops and desktops based on x86 with an average of 4gb of ram. This is because laptops up until now have mostly had 4gb or less in ram. So a phone with 3gb+ and a 64bit cpu vs a similar specced on paper laptop or desktop would make for a good thread. So this thread is meant for just that, post your findings about performance in needed tasks. Can a phone be a desktop replacement?

If Asus updates the padfone or whatever it was called with a better chip, it would be an excellent laptop replacement. For years I used my TF201 + dock as a replacement to my laptop (giving my macbook to my dad). Just this past month I sold it on ebay and bought a 701t in place of it with a better 2k resoultion compared to 1080p. But no doubt my Pad Infiinity/Prime was a good alternative. Now are there even better ones that you are finding and do you think the world will follow suit?

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I think that Logan jumped the gun a little when mentioning that phones would replace consoles and such. I don't know the exact figures I suppose but I don't think mobile gaming growth has been anything that spectacular in the last few years.

As far as the ZenPhone 2 is concerned, it's actually got an intel atom x64 chip and a special version of android designed to run on x86/64. This is actually the same chip that is used in the Dell Venue 8 7000 released a little earlier this year. Both these devices are actually more like computers than anything released before with their CPU architecture, and theoretically they could run software like Windows/OSX/Linux native.

Unfortunately these chips are super low power as to be practical for mobile device use, and therefore are really slow. Somewhere in between old Pentium D and Celeron territory. So while everything lines up to be able to run a desktop environment, it probably just wouldn't be that fast.

However if mobile processors keep increasing at the rate that they have been, it won't be too long before we see desktop OSs on real mobile devices.

While we're on the topic, actually here's a video of a Zenphone running windows 7. As you can see it's technically virtualization so that itself has it's own performance quirks, but it shows that it can be done.