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The 670 is a far bigger downgrade than you indicate. Yes it's "only" 20% slower from a pure clock speed perspective, but performance is more like half. It's a
by tw04 8y ago
The 670 is a far bigger downgrade than you indicate. Yes it's "only" 20% slower from a pure clock speed perspective, but performance is more like half.
It's also missing the IP68 certification - after having a waterproof-ish phone, I would never go back.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoHow does it compare to the OG Pixel or the Nexus 5?
- thaumasiotes 8y ago3a to N5: Wider (left-to-right) by a millimeter or two. Double the RAM. More storage capacity. Two quad-core CPUs which are each somewhat slower (2.0GHz + 1.7GHz) than the N5's one (also quad-core) CPU (2.26 GHz). I'm vaguely curious what the difference is between "one quad-core CPU" and "two 2-core CPUs". I missed my Nexus 5 so badly since it failed catastrophically and Google shut down the product line. This seems like a return to form, hopefully. The internal speaker was a notable weakness of the Nexus 5 for things like playing music; no idea whether the 3a is better or worse.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI loved my N5 to death until it fell victim to the power button issue - I’m tempted by this but concerned by the 670. If it’s faster than the 821 in the Original Pixel I’m probably sold...if it’s equivalent I might just have to get the Pixel 1 for cheap.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoOriginal Pixel: dual-core 2.15 GHz + dual-core 1.6 GHz Pixel 3a: quad-core 2.0GHz + quad-core 1.7 Ghz If you're doing 8 different things, probably better? Based purely on clock speed, it looks like the original Pixel is slower than the N5. Based on speed and core count... it still looks like that. It seems kind of hard to believe, though. Anecdotally, I replaced my N5 (4x 2.26 GHz) with a OnePlus 3 (2x 2.2 GHz + 2x 1.6 GHz) and I was impressed by how the OnePlus 3 seemed smoother and faster compared to the N5. Possibly the difference was more based on RAM (2GB for the N5, 6GB for the OnePlus 3). I have no experience with the Pixel. I picked up a cheap one with the intention of installing LineageOS when they announced support for it... but it seems the Pixel's USB port has some kind of problem that prevents my computer from recognizing it. So it's just been sitting around, unused.
- alzoid 8y agoYou can compare the phones here: https://store.google.com/magazine/compare_pixel https://store.google.com/magazine/compare_pixel
- manfredo 8y agoDo most mobile users encounter applications where processor speed is the limiting factor? Almost all smartphone usage in my experience is bottle necked by network IO. I don't really use my phone for gaming or anything intensive - I guess people expect their phones to run Fortnite these days so maybe processor speed is more important.
- eanzenberg 8y agoyes
- Shank 8y ago> I don't really use my phone for gaming or anything intensive Let me be the first to tell you that for many, many people, smartphones are their primary computing platforms, and they do everything on them. I've had to help people file taxes on smart phones, sign documents, and more. Processor speed isn't important now so much as it is later. A good portion of the budget market is going to grab a phone because of the price and hold on to it for years. Will a 20% slower processor stand up as well as its bigger cousin in the future? Probably less so.
- owaislone 8y agoSure but then primary computer for most people don't need that much computing power. It's mostly about documents and communication. People who really need more processing power are either tech/gaming enthusiasts or professionals, and for sure this device isn't aimed for them.
- silversconfused 8y agoIt's been fun watching this line be repeated for 30 years without getting more correct. Normal users need good performance too, but the bottom end of the market is always saturated with completely unsuitable crap. A safe way to look at it is that most users need roughly the power of a 2 year old flagship device. That has been true for many years as well.
- parthdesai 8y agoI mainly use my smartphone to browse web/reddit and for uber/lyft. The drop in performance doesn't really matter when you compare it to the price drop.
- scilro 8y agoMy Pixel 3's charging stopped working after a few seconds underwater, so I don't think it's that much of a loss anyway.
- creato 8y agoWas it salt water? I'm pretty sure salt water will wreck the exposed charging port contacts in seconds on any device, even if it is otherwise waterproof.
- Ajedi32 8y agoIs there a site that has benchmarks of mobile SoCs? I've been using notebookcheck.net, but it doesn't seem like it has benchmarks for the SD 670.