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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  • 25 Oct 2020

Truther, 25 Oct 2020All the people who are saying that we already have enough p... moreGet a PlayStation.

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    • Anonymous
    • Lj$
    • 25 Oct 2020

    Any chip from 6xx is more than enough.
    Do not come with excuse it cannot run games.
    636 and above are stronger than 810 that's pretty capable of any app.

      Loved this piece.

      I'm on a Redmi Note 9S and with a great experience.

      One thing to remember is that some people like myself buy phones for the family, so it's hard to justify paying 1000 bucks for a single device when I can buy one for each of my folks spending half that sum.

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        • Truther
        • XQP
        • 25 Oct 2020

        All the people who are saying that we already have enough power never tried running emulators on their phones or actual good wireless VR games with sufficient framerates

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          • MR45
          • t7X
          • 25 Oct 2020

          It all depends on your needs. Other people, especially gamers, want their phones to be fast. While other non-gamer people, like me, don't need a flagship chipset. Other features like stereo speakers or OIS on camera is more important to me than high-end chipset.

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            • Anonymous
            • 0xU
            • 25 Oct 2020

            tkSteveFOX, 25 Oct 2020Hm, not true. The thing is there is too much of a gap betwe... moreActually people who bought the mi max(sd652) could still use their phones/tablets without a problem today. I've upgraded this year from a redmi note 3(sd650) to a poco f1(old but gold), just because kenzo died and the only noticeable difference for everyday use is the screen having a cutout and being taller.

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              • LDd
              • 25 Oct 2020

              Genshin Impact shows us that a new generation of gaming is right in the corner

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                • Anonymous
                • XB6
                • 25 Oct 2020

                Rog Phone 3 the only thing worthy it.

                  It's still necessary WE must never WAIT until the power is needed

                  Develop the technology so it exists we can have breakthroughs that revolutionize sometimes from even accidents

                  Let's not get comfortable just because currently midrange performance seems "enough"

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                    • tkSteveFOX
                    • ntk
                    • 25 Oct 2020

                    Hm, not true. The thing is there is too much of a gap between mid-range and high-end chips.
                    How about putting a 4 big and 4 small cores in it, but clock them 15% lower and cut the GPU in half, but keep the process node.
                    The end result will be perfect.
                    Biggest overkill with SD865 class chips is the GPU. Nobody needs that computing power in their phone.
                    SD660 had that back in the day and was sensational! People with it didn't need to upgrade until 765!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • sbJ
                      • 25 Oct 2020

                      except flagship phones actually get updates, both officially and unofficially through XDA. low/mid range phones are dead the second they come out.

                        Right after pixel review lol. Yes we need flagship chips. Don't be a shill

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                          • Dometalican
                          • 7BB
                          • 25 Oct 2020

                          Awesome read. This is why I can't wait to see more Dimmensity 1100 phones (taking a guess at the next one's name) next year. That performance is solid, efficiency is great, and they price those processors perfectly.

                          I hope more of these phones make it to the US (LG opened that door). Even Razer could consider a lighter gaming phone with one.

                            But can it run Genshin Impact at highest settings?

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                              • AnonD-940827
                              • 8pQ
                              • 25 Oct 2020

                              Smart phones are no longer necessary. Nokia 3310 has it all.!

                              Of course the hardware is necessary.! Unless you only use the phone for social media.

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