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I remember reading something about mediatek based phones saving on the BOM by utilizing virtualization on a single SoC to run the baseband RTOS and the Smartpho
by cptskippy 7y ago
I remember reading something about mediatek based phones saving on the BOM by utilizing virtualization on a single SoC to run the baseband RTOS and the Smartphone OS.
- arcticbull 7y agoThat’s actually kind of brilliant.
- londons_explore 7y agoUntil you get bugs like "3D games lag when in fast moving car due to constant cell handovers" and "4G doesn't work at the same time as playing a 1080p60 video, so netflix/youtube are broken unless on wifi".
- arcticbull 7y agoSure but the phones $80. Getting to that price point requires some compromises. You’d think they’d also set the baseband VM at highest QOS.
- himlion 7y agoI'm currently using a Xiaomi Redmi Go that was a bit less than that and I think it's remarkable how few compromises it has.
- scarface74 7y agoThat’s a fair compromise to make a smart phone more affordable.