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That's far from ubiquitous. And while speeds may be high, data transfer costs are also still quite high. Most people have a monthly cap. Halving (made up number
by lorenzhs 10y ago
That's far from ubiquitous. And while speeds may be high, data transfer costs are also still quite high. Most people have a monthly cap. Halving (made up number) the data consumption of FaceTime has a very positive effect on that.
Also, battery usage difference should be small as video codecs are usually implemented in hardware on phones. I would expect the radio and screen to make up for the majority of power usage, not CPU/GPU.