Snail Mobile i7 Gaming Phone May Actually Make it to Western Markets


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If you're in the market for an absurdly-large android phone with built-in gaming controls, you may soon be in luck. China's Snail Mobile has plans to sell its upcoming 6" gaming phablet outside of Asia. I wouldn't hold my breath for these to be offered free-on-contract from Verizon or Sprint, but there's at least a chance that some retailer or other will distribute and support them locally. Base specs are

  • 6" 1080p display
  • 10-core mediatek CPU
  • 6GB RAM
  • 64GB storage
  • 16MP & 5MP cameras
  • 6000mAH removable battery
  • Dual SIM slots (unknown band support)
  • ~$280 retail price

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I have doubts about its speed.

I will look for reviews and videos showing performance. Even if I don't want one for myself, I am interested in seeing things like this here. There was a time where this would have been perfect for me at home and abroad (if they sell one that can be used globally).
 
rygD said:
I have doubts about its speed.
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You're right to have doubts. The SoC is newish, but it's not exactly a barn-burner. It's a cheap, middle-of-the-road affair. Lots of little cores that are probably great for regular smartphone use, but aren't exactly ideal for emulation.

levi said:
Horrible d-pad looks horrible.
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Seriously. I don't know why a plastic cross is so difficult, but I have yet to see a Chinese manufacturer not frack it up.
 
The company making the thing calling it a "phone" doesn't make it a phone. It's a freaking tablet with phone capabilities. We don't call Pyra a phone for a reason.
 
Chip said:
Seriously. I don't know why a plastic cross is so difficult, but I have yet to see a Chinese manufacturer not frack it up.
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There might still be confusion out there about the Nintendo patent on cross-shaped D-pads that expired in 2005. That was always the reason why Sega, Sony, and MS didn't have a cross shaped D-pad on controllers. And (now that it's expired) why the Xbox One controller is allowed to have a cross.
 
It looks very much like they took a stock phone, made small changes, and for the most part designed a controller around it.
Looks harder to break the screen because of it though :)
 
Chip said:
You're right to have doubts. The SoC is newish, but it's not exactly a barn-burner. It's a cheap, middle-of-the-road affair. Lots of little cores that are probably great for regular smartphone use, but aren't exactly ideal for emulation.
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I meant that the name "Snail" doesn't make me confident that it will be fast enough for games. ;)
 
The X20 should be plenty fast enough, it has:

Two fast Cortex-A72 cores running at up to 2.3 GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.83 GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.4 GHz

The two A72 cores should be pretty good
 
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vcoleiro1 said:
The X20 should be plenty fast enough, it has:

Two fast Cortex-A72 cores running at up to 2.3 GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.83 GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.4 GHz

The two A72 cores should be pretty good
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Second that.

The latest Snapdragon is faster (AFAIK it already has A73 cores) but A72 are pretty fast as well.

BTW: The Helio x30 would be one of my favorite Pyra Processors
 
Yeah, but that one is snail powered for maximum sliminess!
 
always amazed at how cheap these (chinese) specced-out phones can be...
 
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