The Intel ''San Diego'' Medfield Phone Gets Benchmarked

[JMcEntegart]

Intel and Orange's San Diego gets the benchmarking treatment a week ahead of its launch.

The Intel ''San Diego'' Medfield Phone Gets Benchmarked : Read more

 

[huron]

Interesting to see how well they've done (especially in Browser) against pretty quality phones. I had thought Intel completely missed the SoC market, but apparently they are not.

 

[outlw6669]

Not bad at all... assuming battery life is there that is...

 

[K2N hater]

Why Android? This would be a perfect use for Win8.

 

[outlw6669]

Probably because WP8 has not yet been released...

 

[CaedenV]

Cannot wait for WP8 on medfield... assuming Windows dosn't screw it up entirely.

 

[jimmysmitty]

If you consider the price ($200) vs that Razr ($599) and the fact that in everything but two its beating said Razr (keeps up in graphics) thats a pretty damn good deal so long as the battery life is near the Razr.

Still $200 for no contract on a phone that performs that well would be great as thats what you pay normally with a new two year contract for a Razr like phone normally.

 

[eddieroolz]

$200 for this phone looks pretty good. The design is my type and performance isn't that bad. If only I can flash MeeGo onto it.

 

[razor512]

pretty good, and if it is really $200 then that is great. Hopefully the CPU can be overclocked for even more performance when needed.

 

[sync_nine]

[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]If you consider the price ($200) vs that Razr ($599) and the fact that in everything but two its beating said Razr (keeps up in graphics) thats a pretty damn good deal so long as the battery life is near the Razr.Still $200 for no contract on a phone that performs that well would be great as thats what you pay normally with a new two year contract for a Razr like phone normally.[/citation]

Read the article carefully, its 200 Pounds, not Dollars.
Which roughly translates to 400 Dollars.

 

[Guest]

Um, no, $200 pounds is $306 dollars exactly. That is still roughly half the Razr.

 

[Guest]

Of course they leave the battery life benchmark to a separate article, that might muddle the intended message that Intel is supposedly competitive.

CPU benchmarking for phones is dumb anyways. I recently upgraded from ye olden craptastic Android phone of ~2 years ago to the HTC One S, with the latest 28nm Qualcomm 1.5ghz dual core. TBH, the alleged 4x-ish the CPU performance and improved efficiency of ICS is hardly noticeable, the experience hasn't improved significantly. Battery life, however, is and will always be important, and Intel isn't in a position to be competitive there.

 

[wildkitten]

[citation][nom]jimmysmitty[/nom]If you consider the price ($200) vs that Razr ($599) and the fact that in everything but two its beating said Razr (keeps up in graphics) thats a pretty damn good deal so long as the battery life is near the Razr.Still $200 for no contract on a phone that performs that well would be great as thats what you pay normally with a new two year contract for a Razr like phone normally.[/citation]
If the battery is removable and able to be swapped out, then it beats the Razr there.

 

[youssef 2010]

And a new player emerges in the smartphone market. Let's see what Intel's deep pockets and infinite patience will do to the smartphone industry

 

[ojas]

lmao. Do you people seriously not realize that this is the exact same phone launched in India? All these intel smartphones (San Diego, Xolo 900) are based off a common reference design. In fact, that's what they are, THE ref. design.

AnandTech benchmarked this phone over a month ago:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5770/lava-xolo-x900-review-the-first-intel-medfield-phone

Has battery info too, page 6.

[citation][nom]wildkitten[/nom]If the battery is removable and able to be swapped out, then it beats the Razr there.[/citation]
iirc it can't be.