Many of us in the Android community are getting pretty hyped – the promise (or at least, rumoured promise) of two Nexus devices, one from LG and one from Huawei, is almost too good to be true. Today’s rumour refers to the Huawei part of the equation, and it could almost be seen as bad news. Just yesterday, renowned leaker @evleaks said that the Huawei Nexus was going to have the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor when it launches in Q4 this year. An analyst has come out of the woodwork today to refute this – according to Pan Jiutang, it’s pretty much impossible for the Snapdragon 820 to be in the Huawei Nexus due to the fact Qualcomm won’t be shipping the chip till December. The implicit meaning in all of this is that Huawei Nexus will have a Snapdragon 810 if it really does launch in Q4, which Pan and @evleaks both agree on – that isn’t bad necessarily, but it’s not exactly the beast we were hoping for.
Depending on which side of the fence you’re sitting on, this could be a dealbreaker. What’s more, if Pan’s prediction is indeed true, this implies that the Snapdragon 820 won’t feature in the LG Nexus either, which is expected to launch sometime in October or November. Maybe Google will have to rely on Huawei’s Kirin processor after all. I’m sure many of you are hoping that Pan is wrong in his analysis – we shall see.
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Source: Mobipicker via Phone Arena
