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Smartphone and tablet titles will be graphically superior to the current generation of consoles by the end of next year. That’s the bold claim from chip manufacturer ARM, which said that as mobile hardware already exceeds the visuals of the PS3 and Xbox 360, portable devices would surpass PS4 and …
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