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The HTC Thunderbolt won’t have a Dual core MSM8960 Chipset

The HTC Thunderbolt won't have a Dual core MSM8960 Chipset

HTC ThunderBolt smartphone

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Some funky HTC Thunderbolt specifications have just pooed up on a German HTC fansite claiming tat the device will pack the newly announced MSM8960 dual-core chipset from Qualcomm. This is practically impossible given that according to Qualcomm this new 28nm chipset, which is a brand new architecture with an Adreno 220 GPU (or Adreno 300 if we are lucky), is only scheduled to start sampling in early 2011 which means that it won’t available in devices before the end of 2011 at the earliest. The device will most probably feature an MSM8x55 coupled with MDM9200 LTE multimode modem..well unless Verizon isn’t planning to ship it until next fall…

source: HTC-inside via Pocketnow

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