Hot take: Flagship chipsets are no longer necessary

25 October 2020
As we approached the limit of Moore's Law, it became apparent that any further advancement would come at a cost

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  • 26 Oct 2020

[deleted post]Indeed

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    • Rokka
    • fIP
    • 26 Oct 2020

    Try and play genshin impact with cpu less than SD845, the heat will come so fast

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      • I@a
      • 26 Oct 2020

      Overpriced Pixel 5, 25 Oct 2020Very true bro. The money spent on a 765G Google pixel 5 you... moreye right boi

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        • 26 Oct 2020

        They might not be necessary but they are if you're dropping $600+

          Anonymous, 26 Oct 2020the chinese phones sell because of people who only need spe... moreYeah pixel 5 price justifies with clean, and 3 years promised and speedy update. Even almost 5 month of redmi note 9 pro from xiaomi did not have MIUI 12

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            • Anonymous
            • MnP
            • 26 Oct 2020

            If a Flagship phone costs 1000 plus $€£ nowdays you see why flagship chipsets are no longer necessary

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              • LDd
              • 26 Oct 2020

              Anonymous, 26 Oct 2020the chinese phones sell because of people who only need spe... moreSamsung and LG phones laughs on the back.
              iPhone SE 2020 laughs too.

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                • Anonymous
                • TLP
                • 26 Oct 2020

                Overpriced Pixel 5, 25 Oct 2020Very true bro. The money spent on a 765G Google pixel 5 you... morethe chinese phones sell because of people who only need specs and good hardware on paper. software wise xiaomi is one of the worst out there, enjoy your crappy UI and ads

                  Kingslayer, 25 Oct 2020The commenter is telling you to stop wasting your time play... moreWaste your time reading books then, i have fun with my videogames.

                    Now wait until midranges phones get to 1000$ in price just because "we don't need a flagship chipset" and people will preffer a lower-end processor because, "The budget chip is actually pretty speedy enough"

                      I strongly disagree. Flagship phones have always been about providing the best hardware money can buy, they are not defined by their performance as much as by their hardware.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 26 Oct 2020

                        DragonNF, 25 Oct 2020when you are in a public transport which takes like 1 or 2 ... moreIn Public transport it's not possible...the people seem closer to you but hardly touch you... The people are maintaining an inch distance... Many years i saw the same...

                          Very nicely written, good job guys👍👌

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                            • Anonymous
                            • kk0
                            • 25 Oct 2020

                            Yeah, seriously. Instead of flagship chips, maybe use almost-flagship chips. Not mid-rangers, but like snapdragon 850 or Kirin 985.

                              DragonNF, 25 Oct 2020when you are in a public transport which takes like 1 or 2 ... moreThe commenter is telling you to stop wasting your time playing video games. Read a book or do something else productive.

                              I grew up with the NES and loved playing video games for 20 years (1988-2008) so I understand being addicted to them. I realized video games is like work and can stress me out. It's similar to sports debate shows and social media. It gets people's blood pressure to rise.

                              Learning a new language or how to cook is way better than wasting time playing video games.

                                Good article. I am agree with author, 4 years ago buy $200 smartphone is difference than now. Nowadays about $200 you can have Snapdragon 732G and have good and thermal performance (poco x3 nfc)
                                But I think we nees to keep progress, maybe someday $200 can run ps4/ps5 games

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 25 Oct 2020

                                  Anonymous, 25 Oct 2020Use console at home. Outside home, do things instead of p... moreAfter u experience movie quality pc or console gaming the experience on mobile gaming is nothing but a waste of time

                                    Anonymous, 25 Oct 2020Use console at home. Outside home, do things instead of p... morewhen you are in a public transport which takes like 1 or 2 hours to work, you will know what I mean.

                                      Calculating power was always developed for business users until the first PlayStation and Xbox came along. Running a complex MS Excel or Access file still requires a Core I7 or I9, whereas browsing the web works fine on an I3.
                                      Do we have real life graphs (no Antutu etc) that shows the daily difference between 765 and 865? I cannot imagine it is much.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Lj$
                                        • 25 Oct 2020

                                        DragonNF, 25 Oct 2020you didn't get the idea... you can't use playsta... moreUse console at home.
                                        Outside home, do things instead of playing games.
                                        It will make your life better.

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