| ▲ | simjnd 10 hours ago |
| New Linux phone drops Looks inside Still the good old A76 and A55 cores (they're 8 years old at this point) |
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| ▲ | numpad0 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That used to mean couple SI prefixes worse than current gen processors, which was why old equalled useless. Not anymore, so okay. |
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| ▲ | spaqin 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| As much as I admire the FOSS nature, it's always the problem of underspeccing and overpricing the tech at the same time. |
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| ▲ | hackrmn 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | And don't forget _overdimensioning_. Vendors love this because volume scales cubically with increase in any one of width, height and depth -- they're not the ones carrying the phone, but they can pack more features into one, quite literally. FOSS vendors more so since they need more ground to compete on (hardware being older and price being high enough because of economy of scale). | | |
| ▲ | zamadatix an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | FOSS mobile hardware vendors already have a hard enough niche to target, "people who say they want small phones" is just fuel to the already burning fire for them. Each niche they add does not add the user base together, it multiplies the userbase percentages. | |
| ▲ | nine_k 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Standard-size phone screens are easier to procure. This determines the dimensions. Same for batteries. |
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| ▲ | marcos100 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | No economies of scale. Niche things will always be more expensive. | |
| ▲ | varispeed 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | If you are small, there is no way around it if you want to grow. "overpricing" is often higher cost of parts at lower quantity, future R&D and other costs that are much higher than for big corporation. |
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| ▲ | jauntywundrkind 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 2x A78 + 6x A55? G68 MC4 GPU. It's not great but should be pretty usable, spec wise! |
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| ▲ | righthand 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You’re expecting cutting edge tech in something that gets no financial backing to make it practical? That doesn’t seem fair. |
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| ▲ | simjnd 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | What is even more unfair is you making me say something I did not say. Extremely sad that nuance is no longer a part of this world. | | |
| ▲ | righthand 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | simjnd 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | This is not on me. You chose to interpret that me pointing out the hardware is 8 years old meant I expected cutting edge technology, as if there wasn't 8 years oh hardware innovations in-between the hardware used and "cutting-edge technology". (The A720 and A510 are 4 years old, not exactly cutting-edge but would be a dramatic improvement) There was nothing to extrapolate. I made a remark on the hardware, and you chose to view the world as black and white ("if he mentions the old age of the hardware he must necessarily expect the brand new cutting edge hardware and must not realize that small indie FOSS projects don't have the same resources as Apple"). You lacked nuance, it is not on me. | | |
| ▲ | righthand 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don’t lack nuance because other commenters made the same mistake. In which case your comment is disingenuous at best. > As much as I admire the FOSS nature, it's always the problem of underspeccing and overpricing the tech at the same time. > Laughs in iPhone ;-) Both those comments refer to that exact topic, yet you chose to single me out. | | |
| ▲ | simjnd 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Because both comments you quoted did not put words in my mouth like you did. They can laugh in iPhone all they want, they didn't say I expected iPhone performance out of this Linux phone. Same for the other comment, they're expressing their opinions, not projecting it on me. You're the one being disingenuous, and I'm done exchanging with you. | | |
| ▲ | righthand 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ah I see, makes sense. We’ll talk again when you purchase a Linux phone device and have something to add beyond the obvious component spec talk. So it’s okay to reply to nuance with more nuance but if I specifically point out what you might be referring to then I’m a monster because I didn’t have the supreme intelligence to respond to snark with more snark? Got it. |
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