Qualcomm LiQUID might be Windows 10 QHD Lumia 2520 successor

Microsoft may have practically sealed the fate of Windows RT with the demise of the Surface (not Pro) tablets, but it seems it has something quite interesting in the works. Rumors of a 2K display, Snapdragon 805 device for Windows Phone have been going around but, considering recent announcements and rebranding, that seems to be taking a slightly different turn. Indeed, a GFXBench listing now shows an ARM tablet bearing those features and running a "WINDOWS" operating system, hinting this could very well be the successor to 2013's Lumia 2520.

Back then, the Lumia 2520, still under the Nokia brand, was a rather odd duck. It was, in a way, inevitable as the company's first full-fledged tablet. But instead of Windows Phone, it ran Windows RT, the only non-phone Windows variant for ARM devices. Fast forward to today, Windows RT is dead, but Windows on ARM devices have yet to see a writing on the wall. This Qualcomm LiQUID might very well stay death's hand for a while.

Windows runs on tablets, no doubt about that, but each and every one of those are powered by Intel, or sometimes even AMD, chips. If the speculation does come to pass, this will most likely be the first ARM-powered Windows 10 tablet that the market will see. That is, if rather enterprising Chinese device makers don't beat Microsoft to the punch.

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