Snapdragon Elite X Dev Kit mini PC dies silent death as Qualcomm cancels software support, refunds all outstanding preorders

[Redaktion]

Qualcomm has officially cancelled the only currently Snapdragon Elite desktop implementation available along with any software support for the $899 mini PC. It will refund all existing pre-orders for the ARM-powered desktop, but existing owners are left in the dark. An email to buyers of the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit confirmed that the mini PC did not meet Qualcomm's expectations, and no further software support will be issued for the few buyers that have received their orders.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Snapdragon-Elite-X-Dev-Kit-mini-PC-dies-silent-death-as-Qualcomm-cancels-software-support-refunds-all-outstanding-preorders.903092.0.html

[Konstantinos]

No marketing BS translation of the notice:

"We Qualcomm as a pure patent troll realized that a dev-kit running linux could allow the community to build open source drivers and create, GOD FORBIDS, an open system used in ways that is not completely controlled and milked by us."

[meltingcheese]

Fundamentally its still a good product, but its their finished hardware that was lacking and the price that it was sold at is still way too high for what it is. If they priced it at $599 for a dev kit it would have been the next big thing. The other issue is that every snapdragon x elite product that was launched was flawed in one way or another. WHile the performance & battery life was there the actual devices that launched that day were all extremely mid to say the least. It felt more like the companies that they collabed w/ (Asus, Acer, Samsung, Dell, Lenovo) all just half committed and made a product that was way too conservative for the launch. The only Snapdragon product that was actually decent was the surface pro which ended up not even being ready for the launch date.