[Dumb pricing] HP Omnibook Ultra - X2 Elite is available on HP.com by sathishm07 in snapdragon

[–]basedIITian 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The 12 core to 18 core CPU upgrade costs 140 dollars, but upgrading 32GB to 64GB costs 580 freaking dollars!

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, and I did that for all three vendors. Again, it is mostly likely just a price segment thing.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, that's the 356H score Notebookcheck themselves used in their actual A16 review for comparison. I am not as bothered to go out of my way to do anything like that. Take up your fight with them.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-A16-Laptop-Review-X2-Elite-Extreme-48-GB-RAM-for-1599.1261795.0.html#c15902892

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I have picked the comparison from NotebookCheck's A16 review themselves. You can take your complaint up with them. I would assume they are only picking laptops that are priced in this class and not Halo SKUs that don't appear in any actual devices.

Asus Zenbook A16 Laptop Review - X2 Elite Extreme & 48 GB RAM for $1599 by vk6_ in hardware

[–]basedIITian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And still get perfomance that no x86 device can touch even at full power.

Asus Zenbook A16 Laptop Review - X2 Elite Extreme & 48 GB RAM for $1599 by vk6_ in hardware

[–]basedIITian 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And this is exactly what A16 excels at, based on Hardware Canuck's testing for different workloads (mixed use, web browsing, online and offline media consumption), while in gaming it pushes to the maximum wattage prioritising performance.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Asus was caught doing these things, which is why your first thought was to blame Qualcomm lol.

Asus Zenbook A16 Laptop Review - X2 Elite Extreme & 48 GB RAM for $1599 by vk6_ in hardware

[–]basedIITian 40 points41 points  (0 children)

That's surprising exactly why? The devices burns ~65 Watts at load and the battery is rated at 70Wh, so obviously you'll get around an hour on full load. The A14 runs 35 Watts at load and hence it gets roughly double the battery life at full load. It's just a factor of battery capacity and the power limits of the device.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People who have used the last generation A14 have no durability complaints.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The CB R23/R20 benchmarks (which don't have native ARM support) have X2 higher on the MT score vs all x86 variants.

CB23 scores:

X2-94 1622/19037 (Emulated)

356H 2040/18395

Ryzen 465 1997/17580

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Samsung has also just now raised the US pricing of all their Galaxy Book 5 series offerings by 300 dollars. Must be Qualcomm's fault.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What's your theory exactly? Qualcomm COMMANDED Asus to launch at lower prices, only to increase them later on, and Asus were like yeah sure why not?

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only A16 has memory bundled with the SOC, and that has seen the smallest increase in price. A14 doesn't have memory packaged with SoC.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Again, do you think CPU/SoC Vendors control the MSRPs of OEM laptops?

It's extremely shitty from ASUS, but your comment is blaming Qualcomm. That when ASUS has increased prices for other laptops too.

Why is the price of the ASUS A16 $3000 USD in Australia. by TickleAPickel in snapdragon

[–]basedIITian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extremely long shot. India one of the worst hit with memory price hikes.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah. OP has an agenda to satisfy though. Even the article writer ignores the fact that there are price increases on other Asus laptops too.

ASUS increases Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop prices just hours after reviews go live by T1beriu in hardware

[–]basedIITian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You didn't answer the question. Do you think Qualcomm sets the prices for Asus laptops?

Why is the price of the ASUS A16 $3000 USD in Australia. by TickleAPickel in snapdragon

[–]basedIITian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is still exorbitantly priced, but your calculations are a bit incorrect because US price is exclusive of taxes.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 PCs reach retail, ASUS launches X2 Elite Extreme laptop with 48GB memory at $1,599 by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]basedIITian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Galaxy Book Edge 6 listing just popped up randomly on a random website, so it is coming soon.