Suggestion: better performing pinephone
06-02-2020, 02:06 AM
Hello,
I am too waiting for a more powerful CPU / GPU.
40nm for the a A64 is pretty ancient, this has an impact on battery life.
Having an A63 in 28nm would be already more up to date.
I have really felt the difference on my smartphone with 14nm CPUs.
Since ~2017 you get smartphone that lasts long + you can play 3D games which looks sufficiently good like the PS2 / PS3 erra.
With the A64 we are stuck in an age of 2D games because most 3D games will not run on such old specs.
As some pointed out, this is not a "daily driver".
To summarize :
Pinephone is a very good proof of concept / V1.0 .
But having a CPU in 14nm would be a sweet spot to get good battery life and usable game platform.
Hopefully as the industry moves to 7nm and below , we will get low cost 14nm CPUs.
I am too waiting for a more powerful CPU / GPU.
40nm for the a A64 is pretty ancient, this has an impact on battery life.
Having an A63 in 28nm would be already more up to date.
I have really felt the difference on my smartphone with 14nm CPUs.
Since ~2017 you get smartphone that lasts long + you can play 3D games which looks sufficiently good like the PS2 / PS3 erra.
With the A64 we are stuck in an age of 2D games because most 3D games will not run on such old specs.
As some pointed out, this is not a "daily driver".
To summarize :
Pinephone is a very good proof of concept / V1.0 .
But having a CPU in 14nm would be a sweet spot to get good battery life and usable game platform.
Hopefully as the industry moves to 7nm and below , we will get low cost 14nm CPUs.