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I actually think a Merrifield dual core with Intel LTE modem would make for a fine midrange phone (that would actually feel like a high end one in terms of speed). Not really sure whether consumers actually care about the number of cores built into their phone and I wouldn't really expect them to be that uninformed - often they read a few lines in the internet before buying something and if there's statet that a two core phone with Intel is running as fast as the fastest ARM quadcore (let alone octacore) ones, they will buy the product nevertheless. The OEMs have to think this way too, though.

Intel may just not be ready yet with Merrifield, be it driver issues or other stuff. Maybe they are working hard on 64 bit Android and this could be an advantage, but that also depends largely on Google when it will be available. Delaying the release of the platform for that reason is a very bad one in my opinion. They could release it with 32 bit Android first and guarantee for a 64 bit Android update later.

Anyway, it feels annoying that we don't get any information about particular design wins. I mean, how can you launch a platform and then not announce any design wins? Intel can't be that lousy in selling their stuff and they also sold Medfield, which was definitely not better at the time it was released than Merrifield is today.