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I'm a bit confused as why this is still such a big deal. A couple of years back when phones were a bit lackluster in performance I followed news like this all t

I'm a bit confused as why this is still such a big deal. A couple of years back when phones were a bit lackluster in performance I followed news like this all the time, but as we've passed the jank-barrier I really don't need the fastest phone to have a good experience anymore. I really hope these top-of-the-line phones stop being the "standard" and that they be regarded as enthusiast devices instead.

meddlepal 9y ago
The media thrives on manufacturing controversy to drive clicks and create a self-feeding outrage conversation which they can then tap into. That's why.
- hi41 9y ago
  Well put. Do you think that there is some truth when Trump calls it fake media?
  - matthewmacleod 9y ago
    No, not really.
  - mcphage 9y ago
    > Do you think that there is some truth when Trump calls it fake media? I'm not sure you understand what the word "fake" means.
draw_down 9y ago
Somehow I doubt that would be the response were the findings reversed.
esturk 9y ago
This is a big deal because the next barrier of greater use is for a dockable phone to desktop environment. You may not have heard about Dex, but Samsung has been pushing it since S8. This was the dream for window phones. You may not care about performance but there will always be people that harp about mobile can't run Photoshop, etc. The natural progression of processing speed is important to some people.
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huebnerob 9y ago
AR uses all the power it can get. On-device ML becomes possible and practical. On top of that, the A series processors are also getting more energy efficient, so longer battery life. I can't believe people are still making "640K should be enough for anyone" arguments after watching decades of waves of innovation crash over them.
- ac29 9y ago
  I dont think a 20% performance difference is going to make people jump from Android to iOS or vice versa. That's solidly in the "only detectable by benchmarks" range. I've personally moved to a ~3 year upgrade cycle, primarily driven by software support. I think I could happily use a smartphone for 5 years if I didn't care about having full support for the latest software.
  - huebnerob 9y ago
    Who's taking about switching? The question was whether YOY increases in performance still matter. I don't know about Android, but on iOS I see developers consistently rise to the challenge of a bigger performance envelope every year with new and innovative use cases. If that's something you don't care about, fine, but that doesn't mean the whole industry finds it pointless.

meddlepal 9y ago

The media thrives on manufacturing controversy to drive clicks and create a self-feeding outrage conversation which they can then tap into. That's why.

hi41 9y ago
Well put. Do you think that there is some truth when Trump calls it fake media?
- matthewmacleod 9y ago
  No, not really.
- mcphage 9y ago
  > Do you think that there is some truth when Trump calls it fake media? I'm not sure you understand what the word "fake" means.

draw_down 9y ago

Somehow I doubt that would be the response were the findings reversed.

esturk 9y ago

This is a big deal because the next barrier of greater use is for a dockable phone to desktop environment. You may not have heard about Dex, but Samsung has been pushing it since S8. This was the dream for window phones. You may not care about performance but there will always be people that harp about mobile can't run Photoshop, etc. The natural progression of processing speed is important to some people.

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huebnerob 9y ago

AR uses all the power it can get. On-device ML becomes possible and practical. On top of that, the A series processors are also getting more energy efficient, so longer battery life. I can't believe people are still making "640K should be enough for anyone" arguments after watching decades of waves of innovation crash over them.

ac29 9y ago
I dont think a 20% performance difference is going to make people jump from Android to iOS or vice versa. That's solidly in the "only detectable by benchmarks" range. I've personally moved to a ~3 year upgrade cycle, primarily driven by software support. I think I could happily use a smartphone for 5 years if I didn't care about having full support for the latest software.
- huebnerob 9y ago
  Who's taking about switching? The question was whether YOY increases in performance still matter. I don't know about Android, but on iOS I see developers consistently rise to the challenge of a bigger performance envelope every year with new and innovative use cases. If that's something you don't care about, fine, but that doesn't mean the whole industry finds it pointless.