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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Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022why bother buy all useless flagship when just a D8100 on po... more1. D8100 has memory issues and you can see not so good standby in battery life, Gsmarena reviewed few phones, all of them didnt impress.

2. D8100 is upper midrange/highend soc and not flagship so it lack some features in Gpu, Modem, isp etc feature wise its inferior to like of sd 888.

    RealLifePhones, 21 Nov 2022In my opinion flagship chips are making the wrong improveme... moreActually this is wrong. Better CPU performance on flagships isn't noticeable to casual users. Efficiency is more important if you're a casual who buys flagships.
    Punishing people cause they want the best of everything in a Flagship but the majority wants mediocrity in rendering perfomance and just high CPU numbers is just plain absurd.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 21 Nov 2022

      Hemedans, 21 Nov 2022am talking about flagship there are plenty of examples out ... morewhy bother buy all useless flagship when just a D8100 on poco x4 gt can crush em all.also its cheap af

        RealLifePhones, 21 Nov 2022In my opinion flagship chips are making the wrong improveme... moresame flagship soc can be underclocked and run efficiently, if you dont want that perfomance buy Samsung phone and run in lite mode, or any other brand with equivalent feature.

          AhmedSLL, 21 Nov 2022I'm talking about flagships, not upper midrange phone ... moream talking about flagship there are plenty of examples out there,

          -Xiaomi 11X had sd 870 while his other Siblings like 11 pro had sd 888
          -Moto edge 30 fusion sd 888 while Edge 30 ultra sd 8 gen 1
          -Bkack shark 5 RS sd 888 while Black shark 5 sd 8 gen 1
          -Vivo Iqoo 9 sd 888 while Iqoo 9 pro sd 8 gen 1
          -Realme Gt 2 sd 888 while GT 2 pro sd 8 gen 1

          you can see there different brand using different type of chipset in same flagship series, so its normal in Android world has nothing to do with Apple.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 21 Nov 2022

            Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022what point? he said SD625 was a slow chip, back then even f... moreTry to use your brain next time before responding.
            Clearly the chip may be old and not as strong as today's.
            But itmom the less was strong by standards then and ran fine.
            The problem is that nothing is well optimized. Things run heavy just because they can. Why optimize or worry about how certain hardware handles it if you can just the muscle of stronger chips to make up for it.

            Even a device like that should be able to run the simple apps they mentioned without any major struggle. But poor optimizing and planned obsolescence among others issues is sadly very real.

              In my opinion flagship chips are making the wrong improvements by focusing on GPU power over everything that benefits few gamers instead of pushing efficiency and CPU performance that benefits most.
              A vast majority buys entry-level to midrange phones so game devs who don't wanna miss out on most of the potential market optimize their games for lower specs so flagship GPUs are mostly overkill.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 21 Nov 2022

                Feira, 21 Nov 2022I'm still using SD870 and its enough for everything. Same happy with my Moto G100 SD870.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 21 Nov 2022

                  IpsDisplay, 21 Nov 2022People claiming old flagship SOC beating new midranges must... moreD8100 ain't really quite mid-range. It is like what a SD865/870 is to Snapdragon at the current moment.

                    I'm still using SD870 and its enough for everything.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 21 Nov 2022

                      Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022Their point still stands. what point? he said SD625 was a slow chip, back then even flagship doesn't run smooth due to bad android optimisation and just slow chipset by comparison to modern chip.

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                        • 21 Nov 2022

                        snapdragon 888 and 8 gen 1 was a failure. Its a overheating and throttling mess. 7 series is good enough for most people. It's still worth buying used sd865 phones nowaday

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                          • 21 Nov 2022

                          SuperSpruce, 21 Nov 2022I have a novel idea for phone companies using SD888 or SD8G... moreAlready in works for the newest one
                          https://m.gsmarena.com/rumor_samsung_to_bring_the_light_performance_mode_to_galaxy_s23_phones_for_better_battery_life-news-56395.php

                            The poll results are a satisfaction to me. Glad to know most people are aware that you don't need the most high-end chipset in today's world (can't say the same thing 5 years ago).

                            We've really reached (or are close to reaching) a singularity point in smartphone performance. You can't go wrong with any midrange chipset nowadays.

                              IpsDisplay, 21 Nov 2022People claiming old flagship SOC beating new midranges must... moreFair. It's incredible how powerful these dimensity chipsets are. Even the midrange D1200 beats flagship snapdragon chipsets (855,865) from 2-3 years ago.

                                alski10, 20 Nov 2022I prefer flagship chipsets but not when they overheat and d... moreI have a novel idea for phone companies using SD888 or SD8G1 or other "overheating battery eating" chips: Make an efficiency mode that disables the X core and lowers clock speeds, toggleable via quick settings! That should increase battery life greatly in exchange for negligible performance loss in 90% of situations.

                                  Anonymous, 20 Nov 2022Facebook/Tiktok doesn't need the top of the line flags... moreFacebook/TikTok: That means we can bloat our apps so that you need SD778G to make it smooth and D700 to run at all! Because we're "improving the experience!"

                                    Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022These vote options never match up right. Obviously they m... moreBut the satisfaction you get from going with the flagship chipset is purely psychological now, don't you think?

                                    Of course we want the best specs for our money, but are you really going to notice such a significant increase in performance when switching from—say—a SD778G or a Dimensity 1200 to an 8 Gen 1?

                                    5 years ago, the urgent need for top-of-the-line CPU is because we don't want slow laggy devices. But now that's not an issue anymore. Which brings me back to my initial point: it's purely psychological satisfaction knowing you got the best for your money. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • q8Q
                                      • 21 Nov 2022

                                      Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022you do realise that SD625 is nearly 7 years old? its bad by... moreTheir point still stands.

                                        People claiming old flagship SOC beating new midranges must not have gotten the memo

                                        Tell me which old flagship soc is beating the Dimensity 8100

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