Snapdragon-based Windows 10 laptops to offer longer battery life

Hong Kong Oct 19 (IANS) A senior Microsoft executive has confirmed that upcoming Windows 10 laptops driven by Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile chips will offer "multi-day" battery life.

"Expect an extreme gain in battery life . For Netflix streaming with LTE we re looking at 28-29 hours playback. We re looking at all-day computing with everything on in excess of 16 17 or 18 hours " Trustedreviews.com quoted Cristiano Amon Executive VP of Qualcomm Technologies at the 5G Summit late on Wednesday.

The company last year said it had been working with chipset-maker Qualcomm to debut a series of laptops powered by mobile chips.

"The final numbers aren t in but the battery life is really really good " said Pete Bernard Principal Group Programme Manager for Connectivity Partners at Microsoft told Trustedreviews.com.

"Amazingly good. To be frank it s actually beyond our expectations. We set a higher bar for (our developers) and we re now beyond that " he added.

The upcoming laptops Windows 10 laptops would run on Qualcomm s Snapdragon 835 platform which is the same processor that powers flagship Android smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy S8 OnePlus 5 and LG V30.

Snapdragon chipsets are said to be more power-efficient by design and nature.

These chips are smaller than a traditional laptop processor hence provide more room to manufacturers to fit in a bigger battery.

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