Weekly poll: do flagship chipsets still matter?

20 November 2022
Do you have to have the latest top of the line chip or is an older one okay? Or even a mid-range chip?

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  • 22 Nov 2022

Anonymous, 22 Nov 2022comfort of use depends on user hand size, phone size and th... moreBut most of the people who would struggle with a thicker phone do so already just because they want a bigger phone. Thin or or not.

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    • 22 Nov 2022

    Hemedans, 21 Nov 2022Gt neo 2 has 102H with 14H browsing and 18H video playback,... moreVideo playback time has really oddly gotten worse on these tests.

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      • 22 Nov 2022

      YUKI93, 22 Nov 2022Got a few friends of mine who owns an LG V60 and they reall... moreThe v60 was very nice. Definitely decent battery.
      Performance is indeed good. As expected with an s865. And of course the quad dac with 3.5 was awesome.
      The UI did seem slightly lackluster for my liking though.
      And it was a little more quirky than I I'm used to. And by no means nothing major or deal breaking but just a couple more bugs than normal.

        Rosso, 21 Nov 2022Only thing I am not a fan of with midrange chips is their I... moreYeah, I noticed it as well. That is why I like what Oppo did with the Reno8 Pro by putting their MariSilicon X custom ISP chip in it. More smartphone brands that make custom ISP chips should do it for their midrange offerings.

          Invincisst , 21 Nov 2022Dude D8100 is a flagship chipset. On par With SD 8 Gen 1 at... moreBoth D8000 and D8100 are Mediatek's upper-midrange SoC built to compete against Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 series. The D9000 series is Mediatek's flagship offering.

            grat3fuI, 21 Nov 2022my phone with SD 865 (2 years old) are still good enough fo... moreGot a few friends of mine who owns an LG V60 and they really impressed with that SoC and the overall battery life. One of them even managed to get 11 hours of SoT with 40% battery left albeit on WiFi. But even on mobile data, they said it's an easy 7 to 8 hours of SoT.

              sanshiro, 21 Nov 2022High-end CPUs are constantly optimized and OS feels snappy.... moreGoogle can give equal treatment to their midrange phones. For me, it's all about how well you optimize the whole OS in the first place.

                Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022I used to have a flagship phone until I got myself an LG Ve... moreIt's funny you mention that phone. I got myself a Wing 5G that has the same exact SoC as it and I'm truly impressed with its performance when using Screen+ Desktop Mode. Even console emulation exceeds my expectations. With modern midrange and upper-midrange SoCs nowadays giving crazy firepower, you got to ask yourself if you really need a flagship phone in the first place.

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                  • 22 Nov 2022

                  Sin, 21 Nov 2022It definitely won't be uncomfortable too hold unless... morecomfort of use depends on user hand size, phone size and thickness. A smaller phone with thicker body will be much more acceptable than a big phone with thick body, this is at least true for any single hand usage. Thicker body makes the already hard to reach corner of larger phone even more inaccessible.

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                    • 22 Nov 2022

                    Amomus, 21 Nov 2022People dont realise that low and mid range are useless afte... morenothing much to do with update, most brand offer 2yrs update for mid and high end phone anyway. Also phone doesn't become unusable without update unless its more than 4-5 generation behind.

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                      • 22 Nov 2022

                      yalim, 20 Nov 2022I think midranger chipsets are useless.just go buy a flagsh... moreMan you clearly have no clue.
                      But from chinese i did not expect anything else.
                      Since 1960 or so Chinese low or poor quality ruined everything.
                      Now even european or american brands are china made because this low and poor quality they can sell like a top end device.

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                        • AnonD-731363
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                        • 22 Nov 2022

                        Midranger chips are good enough.
                        Top end CPU consumes much more battery for nothing.
                        Most midrange phones have much better endurance rating than flagship grade devices.

                          High-end CPUs are constantly optimized and OS feels snappy. That's a big advantage.

                            Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022Look for realme gt Neo 3. Has better battery life than snap... moreGt neo 2 has 102H with 14H browsing and 18H video playback, nothing impressive here.

                            Compare it to same Realme device gt2 with sd 888 has 115H endurance with 18H browsing and 22H video playback

                            Realme GT2 pro with 117H endurance 13H browsing and 20H video playback.

                            So its not true that Realme GT neo has better results than Flagship snapdragon soc from same Oem.

                            As i told you to get better score mediatek clock memory higher in d8100 which led to baf standby score and battery life as a whole. If you can root it and reduce clock speed its not bad soc.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 21 Nov 2022

                              HyperionBurn, 21 Nov 2022It will be super uncomfortable to hold and 50% is hugeOh wow....4mm is so huge and uncomfortable.....

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                                • 21 Nov 2022

                                HyperionBurn, 21 Nov 2022It will be super uncomfortable to hold and 50% is hugeIt definitely
                                won't be uncomfortable too hold unless you're a fan of mid size or mini smartphone
                                It scales battery size too screen and phone size

                                A 7500mah battery or similar really just isn't as big as you think it is
                                Most smartphones today are nearly tablet size

                                The smartphone still be normal form factor
                                As long as you stay between 6000mah-9000mah
                                On 6-7 inch smartphones

                                If the smartphone is only 5 inch a 4000mah battery be more suitable

                                A mini smartphone like 4 inch smartphone a 2500mah battery be ideal

                                It only be the thickness of a say pack of cards this isn't anything crazy in size
                                Just extra battery life

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 21 Nov 2022

                                  Mid range chips are lacking in gpu power so bad that couple generation old flagships are much better for mobile gaming.

                                  For people who do not game on phone mid range chipsets are fine.

                                    my phone with SD 865 (2 years old) are still good enough for camera, video editor, and playing games like pubgm and other AAA games.

                                    Power efficiency is usual. The battery can hold up to 3.5 hours if playing games without stop, and 5 hours for non-stop Social apps and Youtube. If i'm at my work, the battery can hold up from 8am - 6pm

                                      Sin, 20 Nov 20227000mah or 8000mah battery won't make a smartphone thi... moreIt will be super uncomfortable to hold and 50% is huge

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                                        • 21 Nov 2022

                                        I picked the "Absolutely, I'm not buying a phone without one" but I should have selected the "Yes, but I don't need the latest one". As it stands, I'm still using the ROG Phone 2. despite being over 3 years old, it's still considerably faster than my fiance's Galaxy A52s. I understand that Galaxy is a midrange phone but I guess that's the point; even at over 3 years old, a flagship phone with flagship SoC and all the bells and whistles can STILL be faster than a midranger that's more than 2 years ahead.

                                        So yeah, flagship SoCs really DO matter to me but I don't need the latest one.