OnePlus says recent smartphone SoCs are an overkill for many apps
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Jul 2021
What's the point in buying newer phones if last year's phones are still good for another 5 years lol
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- Ben Tulloch
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- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Oneplus, it's not what you did (which is a sensible op... more100% agree, the issue is not that they did it but that they didn't tell anyone.
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- Ben Tulloch
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- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Easy, do not use best qualcomm cpu anymore. They have to for marketing purposes.
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- 13 Jul 2021
Did this scenarios has been made too by iPhones 2 years ago when iPhones truly get caught slowing it's high performance only for low health battery to extend it's battery life via software updates? That makes consumers in some country against this policy to the courts? And now 1+ did it again? Maybe CEO 1+ is Britney Spears's fan..
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Jul 2021
hardly a surprise, even 845 and maybe even 835 are pretty much all most normal people need for normal everyday use
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L950, 13 Jul 2021The "phone stutter" is not as a result of the und... moreI wasn’t talking only about Android phones. My iPhone 11 stutters every now and then too which is only going to get worse over time. You can check app opening speed tests on YT. Apps don’t open instantly even on flagships. We clearly have a long way to go in terms of performance.
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- Samath N8 808 owner
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- 13 Jul 2021
While I'm ready to admit that most SoC's are an overkill(because they are, even Snapdragon 410 runs most apps ok), I must say that with bloated OS'es, the effect is mostly negated and everyone in real life must've faced micro-stutters and lags in using Android.
Oneplus also leads in bloated OS'es.
Oneplus' mistake is that they didn't give users a choice.
Qualcomm's mistake is called Snapdragon 888 by most of us.
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- Anonymous
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AnonD-876481, 13 Jul 2021Yeah the problem is the SD888 cpu itself, it overheats on a... moreWhat?!!! When did Samsung ever say their phones were downclocked?
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- Brian
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- 13 Jul 2021
So why do we pay you for the latest and highest performance? Idiot OnePlus! I am switching to Poco/Asus.
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- Praneeth
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- 13 Jul 2021
You are the one who started this mess Oneplus and with high SOC and cheaper price tag...and when the world is against you say its overkill...when shit comes back to hit on your face
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- NyxSin
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- 13 Jul 2021
Wrong, its always better to have an overkill specs because smartphones aren't modular that you can easily replace every parts to upgrade if the old hardware can't handle Apps/programs or slows down overtime due populated files/apps.
they just want us to replace phone every year by giving us an acceptable specs for our current needs, how about in the future?
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021So you already concluded it's battery drainer? Based o... moreMany phones use at least 25% more power set 120Hz compared to 60.
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- RealLifePhones
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- 13 Jul 2021
the phone gained 3 more minutes of battery life over 12 hours but which phone has done more work in that time?
In computing it's sometimes more efficient to do a task with high power quickly than to do it with low power slowly. (1s x 10W = 10J < 12J = 3s x 4W)
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- One Minusz
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- 13 Jul 2021
As per the author of this article, Oneplus just can not stop digging !
OneMINUSZ !
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Samsung also underclocked Snapdragon 888 which is why they ... moreThe difference is oneplus straight up lying on you face. promising never settled compromised performance while give you this rubbish.
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- 13 Jul 2021
"In recent years, the performance of smartphone SoCs has reached a point where their power is often overkill in certain scenarios for many apps including social media, browsers and even some light gaming."
That is precisely why I never recommend a flagship smartphone to an average consumer. A midrange Snapdragon 600 series chipset can do those jobs nicely. Even my younger brother can play COD Mobile with Medium setting from his Nokia 5.4 absolutely no problem at all. If you buy a flagship-grade smartphone, you do want to squeeze every drop of performance from that crazy powerful chipset. That is why HDMI ALT and Desktop Mode support should be a necessity for flagship smartphones. With such support, it can easily replace any Chromebook and budget Windows 10 laptop.
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Religious Playboy , 13 Jul 2021It's become a trend to hate on OnePlus in the past cou... moreYou mentioned "I dare anyone to use my OnePlus 9 and proclaim it is slower than other flagships." - Lol at that. Anandtech found exactly that and then dug into the reasons behind it and found that OnePlus has implemented SD888 in the most pathetic way possible.
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Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021OnePlus knows what's best for its customers. They are ... more😂😂😂