XDA Labphone
The XDA Developer forum, the largest and
most famous forum of its type anywhere on the planet, is getting into the
hardware business. The XDA Labphone is a highly customizable handset that
features the latest high-end specs. The phone offers a Gorilla Glass 4
protected 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display. The Snapdragon 820 chipset is under
the hood with a quad-core CPU and the Adreno 530 GPU. 4 GB of DDR4 RAM is inside
and offers better app-holding capabilities than any other smartphone. This
means you'll be able to hold 6 more apps than the average smartphone packing
4 GB of RAM. 32 GB of expandable native storage is included.
The rear-facing camera is the same one
found on the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X, but includes OIS 2.0. An 8 MP front-facing
camera shoots selfies and handles video chats. If you like what you've heard so
far, you'll flip out over the 4,500 mAh removable battery that includes Quick
Charge 3.0. It will take just 1 hour and 20 minutes to fully charge the
battery. Using wireless charging, you'll need two and a half hours to top off
the cell. Updates will hit the phone less than 14-days after Nexus releases.
On AnTuTu, the Labphone tallied a quite
respectable 125,223. Pricing, availability and other important information will apparently be
revealed in the days ahead. The XDA Labs app will be updated to include
easy-to-flash themes for the Labphone. Developers will get to keep 100% of the
money they raise by selling these themes.
