Reasons for Buying a Dual Core Smartphone

Be Top Of The Class
Popularity can be measured in terms of status. No more so then having the latest smartphone.
2011 has become the year of the dual core mobile phone

Within the last six months or so these super smartphones have been released with brand-new features that will put to shame any of the other cell phones on the market today.

Want to be top of the class? Then there is no time like the present then getting on the dual-core bandwagon and showing your friends that your the cool guy with the best smartphone that technology has developed.

I Need More Power
2010 saw the best smartphones, like the HTC Desire HD and iPhone 4 make use of 1GHz single-core processors.

Even they are powerful devices but the new dual-core phones make them look like slow-coaches. You might think that due to the increase in processor speed means double the price. In fact the new dual core processors are available at the same price as the single core processor smartphones.

So why settle for second best?

The famous saying "two heads are better than one" rings true for a dual-core phone. Two cores means more applications can be run at once without slowing down the phone or producing that dreaded lag that we have all experienced. More power helps speed up performance and make running multiple applications from impossible to now a reality.

Gaming Galore
One of the greatest advantages of a dual-core phone's power is it's ability to provide an amazing gaming experience.

This extra grunt that the dual core processors provide means the cell phones can render more complex textures of images, and produce higher framer per second rates.

The anti-aliasing graphics will smooth out the rough edges when playing the more depending games.

Soon the graphics provided on smartphones will be as good as the graphics you get from games consoles.

As graphics put a strain on the processing power of a device, the dual-core processor will allow the in-game physics to provide better artificial intelligence enemies, racing games where the cars handle just like in real life.

1080p Full Metal Jacket
Dual-core processors that can enable 1080p resolution video, are cutting-edge both in terms of their ability for movie playback and able to capture video from the phone's built-in camera.

Up until now, the most powerful smartphones with their single-core processors were only able to handle 720p video, but now with the new dual-core phones, 1080p is now a reality.

This enables them to out put the videos they capture and display them on the HD 1080p televisions but with no loss is picture quality.

For example, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus II is now capable of 1080p and 30 FPS (frames per second) which is the same as a top-of-the-range digital video camera. In no time at all, people will be able to film their holiday in full glorious Blu-ray quality. Cool Huh?

As well as this obvious advantage, the phone manufacturers are also adding features such as HDMI outputs and wireless streaming abilities to the phones as standard, allowing a person to watch a video from a handset in the comfort of your own living room on your TV.

Your phone can now become that home media centre that you have always wanted, full of your favourite films and TV shows.

Two Heads Are Better Than One!
The architecture that relates to how dual-core CPUs work is perfect for the demands of "multi-tasking".

Even though the top-of-the-range single core processors can do this, you will easily be able to notice the difference between the two.

Dual-core processors will be able to run more applications at the same time without any slowing in performance.

For example, listening to music whilst editing video or image files or browsing the internet will now be done without thinking and it will be as if you are using a normal computer.

Bigger is Always Better
The applications that are most demanding make great use of dual-core CPUs through a technique known as multi-threading.

Basically, this means that multiple processors are executed all at once.

Therefore, the most demanding apps can squeeze every bit of juice out of the dual-core processor.

Of course as dual-core technology has only just been released this year, we must wait awhile for app developers to bring out something that can really utilise all this power properly.

Keep On Going, Never Stop
With all the benefits of dual-core technology there are always going to be a few set backs....

Despite the fact that with all the functionality and the screen sizes getting bigger, they may be a little bulky for some people's liking. But if you are looking for a phone packed full of features then this is a minor issue.

The one piece of a smartphone where a lot of people still seem to complain about is the battery life.

For those people who already have some sort of smartphone then you know that with using your phone constantly then you are really only going to get a days worth of life from it.

More processing power unfortunately means more power consumption.

Of course the plus point of having two cores is that when one one core is being used then the other core can be kept for when it is needed to run the high-end applications like the gaming or video so helps save power.

Some manufacturers are keeping the processing power lower so to save battery life, but as dual-core cell phones manage the power consumption smartly, this is no longer a problem.

People are always cynical when a new bit of technology comes out and there is always going to be something and one person hates, but another aren't too worried about. Well I think that sacrificing a bit of battery life is an easy compromise when you think of the excellent features you are getting in the form of a dual-core smartphone.

What do you think?