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Android phone makers won't be as affected since midrange/lowend devices can use older manufacturing processes which are (relatively speaking) widely available.
by The_Colonel 5y ago
Android phone makers won't be as affected since midrange/lowend devices can use older manufacturing processes which are (relatively speaking) widely available.
Apple needs the best to keep its edge and justify the premium.
- saurik 5y agoWell, most of (a while back it was "almost all of"... it might still be) the profit in Android is made by Samsung, which makes high-end devices that compete with the iPhone.
- tomjen3 5y agoThat is a good point, but I wonder: how many second-rate chips are available and how bad are they? Because if the top end is 3 nm and they need 10 nm, then I don't know if there are enough other places to get them.
- The_Colonel 5y agoI think Android phones aren't really CPU/GPU constrained anymore. I bought a cheap Realme phone (130 EUR) for a relative and the thing runs everything you throw at it fluidly, even pretty demanding games. (SOC is MediaTek G95 on 12nm).