Pi 3 and the V1.2 revision of the Pi 2 were ARMv8 too (Cortex-A53). edit: also re smartphones, Android SoCs started to move to v8 CPU cores 5 years ago, in

Pi 3 and the V1.2 revision of the Pi 2 were ARMv8 too (Cortex-A53). edit: also re smartphones, Android SoCs started to move to v8 CPU cores 5 years ago, in the Nexus 5X/Pixel 1 generation.