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I care about performance in my phone too, so where can I buy an Intel phone? The truth is that my phone doesn't have to be the fastest; it just has to be fast
by Cyberdog 9y ago
I care about performance in my phone too, so where can I buy an Intel phone?
The truth is that my phone doesn't have to be the fastest; it just has to be fast enough in balance with other factors important to me (size, battery life, etc).
And the same goes with my laptop. I currently have an MBP with an i7 processor, and I'm a web developer - it's overkill. I also play games with it now and then, but it's clear that the iGPU is the bottleneck there and not the processor. Very rarely do I do heavy compiling or video encoding or other CPU-maxing tasks on this thing.
So would I trade the i7 for an A-series plus a couple more hours of battery life and/or a lower (or at least not further increased, damn it Apple) price? Yes, I would take that trade, and probably never suffer for it.
- hawski 9y agoWhy you bought a laptop with an i7 then in the first place? There are already more energy efficient alternatives - i5, i3, core m. I have a theory that probably when Apple will release a laptop with their own SoC it will be more expensive...
- Cyberdog 9y agoBecause it checked the other boxes I was looking for with regards to screen size, memory, and so on. Perhaps an A-series laptop would be more expensive for consumers (damn it, Apple), but I don't think it would cost more for Apple to manufacture, since they can do so much more of it in house.
- skykooler 9y agoAsus Zenfone smartphones use Intel processors.
- grkvlt 9y agoI've had Intel phones running Android. For example the Asus ZenFone as mentioned below, also the Lenovo K80. [0] I also used to have a Motorola RAZR ages ago, that I think was one of the first Intel powered phones? Not just phones, watches with x86 series Intel CPUs exist! The Tag Modular 45 [2] has an Intel Atom Z3400 [3] in it... 0. https://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_k80-7216.php https://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_k80-7216.php 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_RAZR_i https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_RAZR_i 2. https://www.tagheuer.com/en-us/watches/tag-heuer-connected-modular-45-sbf8a8013-80bh0933 https://www.tagheuer.com/en-us/watches/tag-heuer-connected-m... 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(system_on_chip) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(system_on_chip)