Carl Pei confirms Nothing Phone (2) will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC
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- 19 May 2023
Anonymous, 19 May 2023The reviews speak for themselves. 8+ gen 1 phones run for 2... moreI think it is a good plan using the 8g1+ if it keeps the phone under £600 while getting the benefits of battery endurance and performance.
7g2 is definitely not an unclocked 8g1+ though, only thing really similar is the cores used for the cpu, gpu is weaker (adreano 725 vs 730), only runs dual chnnel memory (vs quad channel in the 8 series), i think worse ISP, worse modem too (x62 vs x65). Phones performance isnt just cpu performance but everything else included (dont think nothing use their own custom ISP etc to reduce the actual overall performance between the 2 SoCs).
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- 19 May 2023
Anonymous, 19 May 2023I don't see anything using av1. Hevc still used everyw... moreGoogle has been encoding and streaming in AV1 most popular modern videos for quite some time now. At least for a year I guess.
8K videos on YT are *only* in AV1. Granted not that many people are interested in this resolution but if you're buying a new smartphone in 2023, you wanna make your purchase futureproof, don't you?
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- 19 May 2023
AngryLithuanian, 19 May 2023Just like majority of people don't upgrade to the late... moreExactly the right point. Sometime you hit on a brand and two or 3 years later the latest model to upgrade to.
Only Apple each year has uses the phrase best ever iPhone. Apple order 3nm chips
https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_reportedly_hoards_90_of_tsmcs_3nm_capacity_this_year-news-58560.php
You can bet that the iphone15 won't get a 15% jump in one go
6nm now 5nm will be mid range Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)
or Google Pixel 7
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- 19 May 2023
I love how some ppl believe trading 8g2 for 8+g1 would make phone cost $200-250 less, when impact on bill of materials is not even 1/4 of this.
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- 19 May 2023
Anonymous, 19 May 2023I don't see anything using av1. Hevc still used everyw... moreThat's probably because you don't have any devices with HW AV1 support. I can tell you that YouTube for one has been making great use of it so far, and Netflix and Twitch are expected to hop on the bandwagon shortly. It's particularly great at improving video quality at lower bitrates.
Also, you show your total ignorance by claiming that everyone is using HEVC, when pretty much no one does because of its high licensing costs. Right now you can use VP9 as long as you promise to never sue Google, or you're stuck with AVC/H264.
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- 19 May 2023
AnonD-864404, 19 May 2023As soon as something new comes in, previous one is *obsolet... moreThis is stupidity and planned obsolescence. Period.
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- 19 May 2023
As soon as something new comes in, previous one is *obsolete*
This is tech. Period.
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- 19 May 2023
"the Snapdragon 8+ gen 1 is an old chip"
Okay I get it, the tech industry moves fast. But that was less than a year ago!
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- 19 May 2023
Artem S. Tashkinov, 19 May 2023No HW AV1 decoding support, Carl Pei. You're releas... moreI don't see anything using av1. Hevc still used everywhere. If you're gonna include big streaming sites as example then their video players do the job fine.
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- 19 May 2023
Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... moreSince you know so much, you must also know that 8 gen 2 heats more than 8+ gen 1. Pei chose it as it's reliable and will cost him less.
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- 19 May 2023
Anonymous, 19 May 2023How is 8+ gen 1 better than gen 2 in efficiencyIts not, but the fact that its an older chip makes it much cheaper o manufacture.
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Artem S. Tashkinov, 19 May 2023No HW AV1 decoding support, Carl Pei. You're releas... moreThen buy ZTE phone instead, problem solved.
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Cyclonite, 19 May 2023Compared to the chipset I'm more curious about whether... morethose where definitely not issues with phone 1
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- 19 May 2023
Just like majority of people don't upgrade to the latest phone every year, why do we need every phone to be with the latest chip?
Nothing Phone is a midrange device, starting at £399 and 1/2 year old processor is more than enough for it, especially when there was nothing wrong with 8+Gen1. It's a logical move.
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- 19 May 2023
Only neards care about the year of a thing and not what can do that thing. 8+1 is an extremely powerful chip, much better than 90% of all sold around the globe.
This chip should be kept in production for years and just optimized for a better price, instead of producing new but inferior products on entry and middle products.
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- 19 May 2023
iWalkman, 19 May 2023No AV1 decoding then. The phone is obsolete already.Calling 8+ gen 1 obsolete, you must be from the future.
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Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... moreThe gap in performance between 8gen1 and 8+gen1 is almost 20% while also being more efficient, same performance gap of 20% is between 8+ gen 1 and 8gen2.
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- 19 May 2023
Sd 7 gen2 was a better choice
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- 19 May 2023
thedeev1, 19 May 2023Funny cuz it seems only Mediatek is including this feature.SD 8 Gen 2 supports it (finally).