Want a $1,299 Android tablet? Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-core Developer Tablet Is Just The One For You

Say you’re in the market for a high-end Android tablet but none of the options on the market tickle your fancy. Well, Qualcomm is here to help with their Snapdragon S4 Pro Developer Tablet. Not only does it feature a huge name but it also comes with a huge price tag of $1299. For that money, you get a Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 quad-core processor with four asynchronous cores running at 1.5GHz each, an Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM, 32G storage, a 10.1″ WXGA display, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, 7 microphones for “Ultrasound”, and finally stock Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running the show. Shut up and take my money. Now.

Obviously this isn’t meant for the average user but if you want to create the next major game then this is the thing for you. Orders won’t be shipping for 2-3 weeks due to demand but if you want to order then follow the links below. Now, you guys can give your thoughts in the comments while I drool over my keyboard.

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DevinG5423 7 pts

That bezel, it doesn't really look like a 10.1"

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kanoneyez 71 pts

But wait! There's more. Call in now and receive TWO, that right, two Android bobble heads. Call now, supplies are limited, operators are standing by.

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ChopStickSamuri 9 pts

Wow. Why does Android still have competition? But until I get some serious cash, I'm gonna rock my Nexus 7.

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RaphaelMastromonaco 10 pts

Yea but it still runs android...which means how many master resets in 6 months? how many times will it freeze? 13 mpx camera but then how are the optics? WIll it need an update as soon as u buy it bc they just realized some of the hardware wont work 100% or will you get an update that will screw up the OS...Android can blow me ok lol. For the record, Ive had way too many highend android devices and switched to IOS and say what u will about apple lacking certain functions and playing catch up but it always works when i need it to and android has failed me every single time on ever single device ive ever owned.

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DevinG5423 7 pts

 RaphaelMastromonaco Can't tell if you are just overreacting like an apple fanboy normally would, or if you just really never owned an android smartphone, actually, it seems like both.I say this because I've had the same android phone for 2 years and it never broke on me, I will just say that you have horrible luck with handling the obviously superior smart phone race.

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RaphaelMastromonaco 10 pts

 DevinG5423 I really love apple computers...But phones, i went 3 years owning almost every android device from verizon and tmobile. Then i actually worked for Tmobile and saw customer after customer come in with their android phones month after month with issues and returns and warranty exchanges. It took my 3 years to finally give in to getting an Iphone bc i thought Android was better but the proof is in my actual use. Ive had my iphone4 7 months now i have almost no complaints about it. Its the best phone ive ever had and most reliable. Im not Brand loyal to shit. If it works i keep it if it doesnt i sell the POS and move on to the next one. That simple!

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ChopStickSamuri 9 pts

 RaphaelMastromonaco I'm glad it runs Android. More things your able to do unlike IOShit.

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TheOneandOnlyAnonymouse 36 pts

 RaphaelMastromonaco ha. You know how many family members of mine own apple devices. We even have an ipad 3 (the "new" ipad) in our home that our kids use regularly as the toy it is. Ive had more issues with apple software and products (macbook pro, ipad 2, ipad 3, iphone 4s, etc) than ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE I HAVE EVER OWNED......and I do IT, Programming, and other random tech work....so I have owned a TON, a MASSIVE TON, of electronic devices. This ipad 3 alone has not gone a single say without an issue. Not a single day. The macbook pro would whine because of a battery defect, the iphone 4s wont connect bluetooth properly, the ipad 2 wont run apps right, and this is just the beginning of all the issues. I WISH I could fix it as easily as I fix an android issue, but no such luck. These issues are inherent to iOS, and many of them because of restrictive and/or poor programming. 

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RaphaelMastromonaco 10 pts

 TheOneandOnlyAnonymouse Well i wiil agree to disagree, bc then that means they both suck and both companies owe us alot of money and time back. I dont have time to make up my expierences (not saying you are, but just know im not just saying this to just complain) they are what they r. Lemme comment on Android...if its so great, why is it people cant wait to root their phones bc the rooted OS is better then the stock one, Updates take forever to come out and when they come out end up damaging the phones causing new issues and as far as roms go...which eventually every rom has a shelf life...YEs, you can make the same argument about jailbreaking Iphones. I think Android roots, while they, if new to the device, can be complicated to do and install, are far superior to Iphone Jail breaking. Jailbreaking sucks but i will say returning it to stock was very simple where getting some of these Android rooted phone back to stock could sometimes be troublesome. When i sold electronics i would tell people this...No device is perfect, they are all electronics and all of them can fail at some point in time, some more frequent then others. Doesnt matter if its apple or dell or android or samsung or whatever, they will all fail randomly, its just a matter of time not a matter of what device 

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MannyMolina 9 pts

For that price I would actually expect MORE. They can easily increase RAM, Internal Storage, etc and still keep the $1,299 price tag.

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roboguy12 31 pts

 MannyMolina Agreed, except for the 13MP camera, these specs are for the most part on par with standard Android tablets. If they want us to spend as much on a tablet as I would on a computer it better have a quad-core 2.67GHz processor with 8 gb of RAM! They could have EASILY stepped it up big time here

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astontopgears 19 pts

 roboguy12 I wish it could work like that. But, Android doesn't support chips like those. It's a completely different architecture. That's why we're stuck with SoCs like Tegra and OMAP that are based on ARM.

 

Also, Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, so 8GB of RAM would be overkill since it wouldn't know what to do with it or how to use it. 

 

Hey, at least it has a fingerprint reader :D

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