Carl Pei confirms Nothing Phone (2) will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC

19 May 2023
Pei also revealed the rationale behind opting for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip.

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TECH--BEAST, 19 May 2023Rumors have it that they will use an underclocked snapdrago... moreFinally, the Snapdragon 8= Gen 1.

    Anonymous, 19 May 2023The reviews speak for themselves. 8+ gen 1 phones run for 2... moreI can bet that if they would have done that people would complain that they don't use a 8 series chip

      Digdigfig, 19 May 2023The tensor chips are made by samsung?yes

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        ALEX HUS, 19 May 2023That statement is garbage, watch geekerwan video & you&... moreThe reviews speak for themselves. 8+ gen 1 phones run for 20% longer in battery life than 8 gen 1 phones doing the exact same thing. It throttles less when under sustained load.

        Nothing could go with the 7+ gen 2 though. It is just an 8+ gen 1 underclocked. It is much more premium than previous 7 series chips. I would do the switch if it can save money.

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          • 19 May 2023

          Rumors have it that they will use an underclocked snapdragon 8+ gen 1 (clocked to 3.0 GHz matching the original one)

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            • 19 May 2023

            Digdigfig, 19 May 2023The tensor chips are made by samsung?Tensor chipsets are based on Exynos

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              Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... moreThat statement is garbage, watch geekerwan video & you'll see how much difference it actually made from moving away from Samdung to TSMC

                Anton-, 19 May 2023Google should do the same with the pixelThe tensor chips are made by samsung?

                  Digdigfig, 19 May 20238+ gen1 is SO much better than 8 gen1 because they switched... moreGoogle should do the same with the pixel

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                    • 19 May 2023

                    Digdigfig, 19 May 20238+ gen1 is SO much better than 8 gen1 because they switched... moreYes absolutely. The Snapdragon 888 and 8 Gen 1 are to be avoided at all cost

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                      • 19 May 2023

                      Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... moreWhat a shallow comment LOL

                        Honestly its a very good decision.
                        It will bve a flagship kilelr device eve it will be a upper level midranger.

                          A pity it won't be the same size as iphone 14. I consider that the perfect phone size.

                            Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... more8+ gen1 is SO much better than 8 gen1 because they switched from samsung manufacturing to tsmc

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                              Ottonis, 19 May 2023"Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen... moreThe 8 Gen1 was bad but the 8+ Gen1 was actually pretty decent and could be fairly efficient when not loaded up

                                Looking at how Apple is dominating TSMC's orders, it could be that other OEMs like Nothing had no choice other than to pick an older SoCs. Maybe Qualcomm cannot even have enough slots to fab the 8gen2.

                                  "Pei also said that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was chosen because "it’s best-in-class when it comes to power consumption and heat management."

                                  This must be a joke... The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 was one of the worst Snapdragon generations with regards to thermals and power-efficiency.
                                  The "plus"-Version didn't change any microarchtecture but just changed the manufacturer from Samsung to TSMC. The TSMC process was slightly better than Samsungs, but the difference was nothing (pun intended) to write home about.
                                  The SD 8 Gen 1+ is no contender for the 8 Gen 2, so what they are doing here is to just save money by acquiring stocks of previous-gen SoC that nobody wants to have anymore.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 19 May 2023

                                    Ching for buck phone

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                                      • U}}
                                      • 19 May 2023

                                      nice choice , hope its has reasonable price

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                                        Anonymous, 19 May 2023Difference would be much less than ppl think. Somehow man... moreYeah, the difference wouldn't be that much that they could just retain the original price while using the newer chipset.