Sunday debate: What matters more - performance or efficiency

08 April 2018
What do you prioritize when getting a new phone - a screamer of a device or one that's power efficient?

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  • Anonymous
  • r06
  • 08 Apr 2018

feature request: we need an update to mobile chipset guide article for 2018 →gsma editors.

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    • AnonD-558092
    • r7b
    • 08 Apr 2018

    Anonymous, 08 Apr 2018That's good, haven had a Samsung. But it's still not an And... moreYes indeed. But it might get implemented in the future as Android releases get less creative.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0BG
      • 08 Apr 2018

      AnonD-558092, 08 Apr 2018That's something that can be done depending on your UI. TW ... moreThat's good, haven had a Samsung. But it's still not an Android feature, only a rom feature.

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        • AnonD-558092
        • r7b
        • 08 Apr 2018

        Anonymous, 08 Apr 2018It may but it also still makes your phone useless by disabl... moreThat's something that can be done depending on your UI. TW allows to set Power Saving Mode so it only throttles the SoC and exclude what you said.

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          • AnonD-558092
          • r7b
          • 08 Apr 2018

          Both are complementary. Intel knows that (Pentium 4). If you don't have an efficient chip, it will draw much more power. Power that can be repurposed in significantly higher performance. But software is a big player in both too. Programmers are much more sloppy today. They write poorer code since it gets offset by the work of chip makers. So the answer is software.

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            • Anonymous
            • 0BG
            • 08 Apr 2018

            AnonD-558092, 08 Apr 2018It already does. See for yourself and download AIDA64. Your... moreIt may but it also still makes your phone useless by disabling/limiting tons of other things you actually need.

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              • AnonD-558092
              • r7b
              • 08 Apr 2018

              Anonymous, 08 Apr 2018It would be great if there was adequate battery saving func... moreIt already does. See for yourself and download AIDA64. Your phone won't be at 100% and full clock speed.

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                • Anonymous
                • Kg%
                • 08 Apr 2018

                Efficiency all the way. Let us learn from Snapdragon 810.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • tZj
                  • 08 Apr 2018

                  Both them are important in smartphone todays than the crap sh*** camera thing.

                  Now phone is more effective as gaming and social network device.Thats why we need performance and also efficiencies as just like how PC hardware evolve todays.We want smartphone to be success platform in gaming as what pc was today.

                  Offcourse smartphone will not replace PC/console but gaming in mobile has become important aspect drive the smartphone industries and also the rise of mobile game company.

                  Now is 2018 , people should less talk about camera.
                  camera in a handset already 15 years in history and camera was most redundant thing to talk when come to computational power.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 0BG
                    • 08 Apr 2018

                    Mitochondria, 08 Apr 2018If your phone died, you can brag about the performance at a... moreYea unfortunately they never bother to read polls or threads like that, they are completely detached from reality. Same happened with the notch. Nobody wanted it and yet they did'n have a clue and expected approval (Oppo, LG).

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0BG
                      • 08 Apr 2018

                      Imperator Neubaticus, 08 Apr 2018I think you need to strike the right balance between them a... moreIt would be great if there was adequate battery saving function in Android that underclocks the cpu instead of making your phone useless by doing stuff you can do manually anyway. Like reducing brightness or disabling sync or mobile data, which is totally ridiculous.

                        If your phone died, you can brag about the performance at all. Yet manufacturer failed to increase battery life significantly.

                        Efficiency all the way!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • xL3
                          • 08 Apr 2018

                          Anonymous, 08 Apr 2018it is all down to software google needs to do a lot more t... moreIt's also hardware

                            I think you need to strike the right balance between them and that neither is more important than the other.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0BG
                              • 08 Apr 2018

                              Efficiency all the way! Anything more powerful than Snapdragon 625 is currently useless and can't be noticed if you don't play games.
                              I hate phones that tend to heat up too, it makes them crippled in my eyes so despite being more powerful, they can do less. Plus, i'd hate if the battery is depleting even on charger. Sure a quick charger would "fix" that....by damaging your battery in no time.

                              Too powerful phones are just totally impractical.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • mpv
                                • 08 Apr 2018

                                it is all down to software
                                google needs to do a lot more to make efficiency and performance better

                                  Yordan is right IMO.
                                  Excellent performance is easy to achieve if the efficiency is great beforehand.
                                  Say, for instance, SD835 is just as powerful as SD821, but since it's made in a newer and more efficient process, it can be overclocked to reach higher performance peaks while remaining just as efficient as the 821.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • fD7
                                    • 08 Apr 2018

                                    just wondering why they keep the phone slim and small battery but camera bump as hell.

                                    bigger battery is a most welcome for high end specs. so the thickness can have room for bigger sensor and larger aperture lens.

                                      If a phone can handle everything I throw at it smoothly and lasts atleast half a day its good for me but if it cant handle my demands what good is that 2 days battery life

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                                        • brandstifter
                                        • YRb
                                        • 08 Apr 2018

                                        Efficiency matters more, of course.
                                        The only reason I buy phones with 8xx chips is that only these phones tend to get decent cameras. But I will never understand why the interface of my LG G6 on 821 works slower than one of Sony Z1C on 801.

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