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In this day and age there is a solid case to be made that the mid-rangers offer a better user experience for a significant number of customers as shown in this video. The mid-rangers are more durable: simpler designs, bigger bezels, more durable materials (Alu, plastic vs. glass and...
- kpkp
- Post #13
- Jul 1, 2018
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The "Core 2 Quad" club

My main desktop is Q9550, most of its life running stock @ 1.08v (the modo doesn't get lower). Over the years, it has been running anything from Windows XP to 10, from OSX 10.5 to 10.9, various Linux... Still perfectly usable.
- kpkp
- Post #67
- Mar 22, 2017
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel going after 2018 iPhone foundry deal

Of course Qualcomm is doing worse then a few years back, as they should, it perfectly mirrors their products. By making their own SoC (it could even be with ARM cores since they are arguably the best at the moment) Intel would make sure the foundry has business, they would sell their own...
- kpkp
- Post #20
- Aug 27, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel going after 2018 iPhone foundry deal

It wouldn't make more sense for them to reenter the ARM market and directly compete with Qualcomm, the margins would be better? Maybe this is just the first step of that process?
- kpkp
- Post #13
- Aug 27, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Asus chromebook flip: update for android apps live!

Rough official explanation: https://youtu.be/yDy1WWUdlY8?t=13m
- kpkp
- Post #18
- Jun 19, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
OnePlus 3

It would actually be more battery efficient with less RAM... But they need marketing talking points.
- kpkp
- Post #36
- Jun 18, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
OnePlus 3

While I was skeptical about the big.Little approach, it appears it does way better on your 1st point than Qualcomm big cores. Reading the GSMArena review of the "Sony X Performance" it appears to not be able to stand up to the regular X with a SD 650 in terms of battery life. Even with a more...
- kpkp
- Post #33
- Jun 18, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
Google officially bringing Android apps to Chromebooks

Toys sells better than pro machinery. If it's not for you it doesn't mean it has no potential.
- kpkp
- Post #13
- May 21, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
Google officially bringing Android apps to Chromebooks

This will not significantly affect the high end laptop/PC sales, but it really could be a big thread at the low end and the only growing segment, the detachables/2in1s. New Chromebooks might be more compelling touch devices than Windows with this big touch enabled apps catalog. It will be...
- kpkp
- Post #11
- May 21, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
[PCWorld] Intel kills the Atom line

ARM won tablets, tablets just didn't win customers. There are clear indications of an upcoming attempt to push Chrome/Android on PCs (NUC like boxes and convertibles) in the following years, mostly for casual costumers and that might be ARMs next opportunity. With Intels latest moves, the...
- kpkp
- Post #16
- Apr 30, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Snapdragon 830 Specifications

825 is the weirdest SoC ever, doesn't seem likely to me. I question in what way it would be better than the 820 beside the process. What are the workflows on Android that would require that kind of single thread performance if is even realistically achievable without being a completely...
- kpkp
- Post #2
- Apr 30, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
State of mobile chip (Qualcomm Kryo, ARM Cortex A72, Intel Goldmont)

Isn't this really similar to the claims ARM made for the A72?
- kpkp
- Post #27
- Jan 11, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Android on your PC: Remix OS

From using the leaked version for a few hours the last 2 days: - its surprisingy fluid - apps load fast (even from an USB 2 flash drive) and once you load them, they stay in RAM even when you close the app, so the next time it starts "immediatly" I think if they managed to make a deal...
- kpkp
- Post #6
- Jan 11, 2016
- Forum: Mobile Devices
Mediatek Helios X20 Geekbench

Krait was doing fine on the CPU side too. They just messed up with the last gen, lets hope they are back on track now.
- kpkp
- Post #18
- Jan 1, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Mediatek Helios X20 Geekbench

It seems GPU isn't perceived as a priority by the Chinese companies as Huawei uses the same "weak" GPU configuration.
- kpkp
- Post #14
- Dec 31, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Mediatek Helios X20 Geekbench

If that's the case, you need to mention the different manufacturing process, right? From that standpoint the X20 should be compared to the A8.
- kpkp
- Post #11
- Dec 31, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Snapdragon 820 Previews

3 top smartphone sellers have their own SoCs, Mediatek will be a strong competitor on the low to mid-high end where the Android volume is. Qualcomm midrange and low end SoCs are quite bad now, hopefully they learned something from the 810, this way they don't make the same mistakes with the...
- kpkp
- Post #38
- Dec 11, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Snapdragon 820 GeekBench

All being equal (or no thermal limits) it could be faster in MT, but 620 will be build on 28nm.
- kpkp
- Post #8
- Nov 16, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Samsung Exynos Thread (big.LITTLE Octa-core)

It's not about Apple gaining share, it's more about Android phones showing that "premium" price tier is becoming more and more pointless. That's fascinating to me, how does an iPhone provide you 2X the value?
- kpkp
- Post #531
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
If there was an android phone with a cooling fan would you buy it?

As a human with a brain I can guarantee you are wrong. The Shield has a battery bigger than most tablets and a screen of a phone. The last thing we need is phones full of dust and less water resistant. Performance is an issue only for a small niche of phone users.
- kpkp
- Post #18
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The final nail in the coffin for HTC. HTC One A9.

Because I like small phones not small screens, the bigger the ratio the smaller the phone.
- kpkp
- Post #99
- Oct 25, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The final nail in the coffin for HTC. HTC One A9.

Not true, the bezels are bigger than on the iPhone 6s. The combined side bezels are basically the same 8,54mm for HTC and 8,57mm for the iPhone. Top+bottom Apple has a slight lead: A9 35,11mm vs 6S 34,25mm. If we adjust for the phone size (in other words, mount a 5" display on the iPhone...
- kpkp
- Post #96
- Oct 25, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The final nail in the coffin for HTC. HTC One A9.

HTC had 2 guys sneak in the iPhone manufacturing line, :D:
- kpkp
- Post #90
- Oct 23, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
9/29 Google Press Event Discussion (Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X)

You mean: You posted the 6P.
- kpkp
- Post #259
- Oct 23, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
9/29 Google Press Event Discussion (Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X)

Link?
- kpkp
- Post #248
- Oct 23, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The final nail in the coffin for HTC. HTC One A9.

No wonder the USA is one of the few markets where HTC still show up on the charts. I wonder, why are they even bothering selling in other places, they would probably lose less money by just exiting those markets all together.
- kpkp
- Post #81
- Oct 22, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
The final nail in the coffin for HTC. HTC One A9.

It's not a bad phone, except I am not sure they can go away with copying the iPhone bezels and battery size. Also the $399 appears to be the promotional/launch price, making everything even less appealing.
- kpkp
- Post #38
- Oct 21, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
So is a iPhone 6S/Plus review not happening?

https://twitter.com/JoshuaHo96/status/656693155513823232
- kpkp
- Post #3
- Oct 21, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
Intel team of 1,000 people working on iPhone modem, foundry SoC

Regardless, it's in Apples interest to not be stuck with one foundry. Nothing all that impressive, cost aside as we do not know at what prices ASUS got those.
- kpkp
- Post #53
- Oct 18, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Intel reportedly partnering with Apple to provide (LTE) chips for next gen iPhone

I like the definition of (truly) mobile as: "always connected and poketable". The rest is just portable computing.
- kpkp
- Post #8
- Oct 18, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Apple loses A7 patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces $0.9 billion damages

Principle is defined as a fundamental truth and as such it needs to be universal, example: "the initiation of force against others is evil", that's a principle as it applies universally. Political ideals can be principles only if they are fundamentally true and as such can be applied...
- kpkp
- Post #55
- Oct 16, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Apple loses A7 patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces $0.9 billion damages

After reading my post that finished with "just politics", you quote some old politics ideas/rules and promote them to principle. Impressive. "The Congress shall..." I don't care... Where is the principle that gives them the power to promote whatever by force? Promoting anything is a fair game...
- kpkp
- Post #49
- Oct 16, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Apple loses A7 patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin, faces $0.9 billion damages

Having rules (laws) backed up by principles is not communism. Patents, through the state, defend the patent holder from competition for an arbitrary amount of time. No principles, just politics.
- kpkp
- Post #46
- Oct 16, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Apple A9X the new mobile SoC king

Does that look like a bug in the CPU part?
- kpkp
- Post #667
- Oct 12, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
iPhone 6s A9's and battery life

It's up to Apples quality control to eliminate those 2 iPhones not the costumers, so you are basically betting on Apples bad QC. That's binning, that has always happened but there were no major complains from iPhone owners before, I suspect because the differences were never this big. I am...
- kpkp
- Post #38
- Oct 9, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
iPhone 6s A9's and battery life

Messing up fingerprint security would hurt Apple, so it's in their best interest of doing it right, but with all the NSA tech and resources caution is welcome. Selling iPhones with both SoCs, without returns, is in Apple interest, so they have no incentive of telling the truth if the truth...
- kpkp
- Post #33
- Oct 9, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
iPhone 6s A9's and battery life

That 2-3% from Apple can't be read as a fact but as PR, they have a conflict of interest and as such they have no say, otherwise why even review phones, let's just watch keynotes and ads and decide form that. There are 2-3% tolerances even in battery capacity. That number is just pointless.
- kpkp
- Post #27
- Oct 9, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
iPhone 6s A9's and battery life

It's a bit early to blame everything on Samsung process, Apple (paper to metal) SoC team had to work on 2 processes, with 2 fabs meaning they had less resources which could lead to worse results (on one)?
- kpkp
- Post #6
- Oct 8, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
iPhone 6s A9's and battery life

Has anybody compared sustainable performance?
- kpkp
- Post #2
- Oct 8, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
Wireless charging inefficiencies

In the UK, you can get the Samsung one for about $25, taxes and delivery included.
- kpkp
- Post #15
- Oct 6, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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