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Some 2024 flagship phones might stick with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 instead (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah to c/android

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Call me a crotchety old man, but we're hitting the point where SoC no longer feels like the limiting factor of phone performance.

Unless there's somehow a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, new SoCs don't really see a benefit without some other significant advancement. E.g., significantly higher resolution displays, bigger and better image sensors (with the storage to back them up), etc.

Not saying there's not more that can be done with faster phones, but more that the average user browsing the web, scrolling social media, and taking selfies will never notice a 20% increase in performance unless it's paired with something else.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Make them more efficient and make them run cooler. It solves way more problems than making them 18% faster then following year.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Imagine getting 18% extra battery life each year. That would be something to write home about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

*than

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I don't think there's much point to higher resolution displays either. After you can't see individual pixels from a normal viewing distance (which I think for most people is already the case) all a greater pixel density does is increase battery usage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Battery life pls

All the extra processing power we have these days is just used up by unneccessary tracking and surveillance bullshit

[–] robert235 6 points 1 year ago

I agree with you. I played around with SD gen 1 and 2 , the performance felt the same across multiple devices, however improvement to heat management and battery was noticeable on gen2.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

With the iPhone 14 line, Apple decided that $800 isn't enough to get you the top-of-the-line SoC anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if the Android world follows Apple's lead yet again.

Samsung is already focusing more on their Ultra. Maybe the S24 will just be a recycled S23, and only the Ultra will get a performance upgrade.

It'll be a hard sell for me though. Why would I pay full price for a 2024 8G2 phone instead of buying a 2023 8G2 phone at discount?

[–] Deftdrummer 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next big evolutions I care about in phones?

Usable in rain / moisture 👀 One Plus
Displays that go bright enough to use outdoors.
1080p front facing cameras as standard.

Otherwise, don't talk to me.

[–] r2p2 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Battery that holds longer than 1.5 days?

[–] Deftdrummer 3 points 1 year ago

That would be amazing as well. Just think of how great of battery life we'd have without all the tracking nonsense.