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> Are these Androids actually less powerful than an 11 year-old, base-spec MacBook? Yes. Definitely. a Macbook Pro from 2013 has between 4-16GB of memory for
by ericra 3y ago
> Are these Androids actually less powerful than an 11 year-old, base-spec MacBook?
Yes. Definitely. a Macbook Pro from 2013 has between 4-16GB of memory for one thing. The lowest spec phone in the article (Itel P32) has 1GB. A 2013 Macbook Pro has a 4th gen i5 processor. This phone has a MediaTek MT6580. It's not even in the same ballpark.
This is a bit of an extreme example, but the fact is that a very large number of people in many areas of the world use phones like these.
- jwells89 3y agoAdditionally, weak Android devices are not necessarily old Android devices. New underpowered Android stuff is sold every day. Cheap tablets are particularly bad about this — I have a Lenovo tablet that I bought maybe a year ago which uses a SoC that benches a bit above a 2015 Apple A9.
- neurostimulant 3y ago$50 android phones are still sold in developing countries and they usually have an MT6580 or UMS312 with 720p screen.