The dual core and quad core processors frenzy spread world wide when it comes to smartphones.

Technology fans are looking the other way around when they hear about single core smartphones, however do we really need  super processors on our smartphones ? Please read on.

The answer to this question is strongly related to the software used by the smartphone. Even the new iPad 3, with quad core graphic processor, is powering the additional ores only when it is required for running applications.

People who were or are in a hurry to purchase a dual core smartphone truly benefit from major improvements ?

Dual core processors come with some improvements, but they also come with flaws, so you should think twice before investing a lot of money in smartphones that brag with super processors.

1) Processor Speed

The direct link between the processor and the reaction speed of the smartphone does not necessarily depend on the number of cores. When the smartphone is not optimized to truly use the additional power provided by the processor, dual core is just a specification without meaning. A quality single core smartphone can be just as efficient.

Most Android smartphone users continue to use 2.2 Froyo and Gingerbread 2.3. Although Gingerbread introduced a few dual core optimizations, only Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones are fully using the power of dual core processors.

2. Battery for Dual Core

With every additional core, the battery has to offer additional power or the autonomy suffers.

Dual core smartphones are generally smaller than single core smartphones, which does not always please users.

Even if some manufacturers managed to introduce more advanced batteries without sacrificing a thin design, dual core smartphones are too expensive for regular users.

3. Dual Core Versus Single Core: Gaming

Third party apps and games are the most important advantage of dual core smartphones. Developers who optimize games to use all the cores of the processor get the best graphical results.

Games created for Nvidia Tegra 3 offer an improvement compared to the ones on single core smartphones. Users for which games are a priority when purchasing a phone are those that truly benefit from dual core and quad core processors.

4. Do we really have to upgrade to dual core ?

People who were not impressed with the dual core revolution and they are skeptical about quad core processors released this year do not have a reason to upgrade.

Some of the single core smartphones out dare are capable to handle the usual tasks perfectly for most users.