QUOTE(buybuylaptop @ Sep 3 2017, 04:29 PM)
Basically 16nm=14nm, 16nm maybe even better few years ago(search iphone 6 tsmc vs samsung), just different company. For battery life lower nm is better. Then also must see type of core, big core(a75/73/72) are more powerful performance wise but use more energy.
So like this phone you can see, the mediatek version has big cores but on older process, that's why they have good benchmarks but bad battery life. SD version has no big cores and newer process so worse performance but very good battery life. And the thing you need to keep in mind is also that when phones heat up, they don't have fan to cool down, they drop their clockspeed instead whereas chips on newer process can run at higher clockspeeds for longer cause it takes longer for it to heat up. Thats why many feedback sd version redmi note 4 better.
To simplify, right now the power/performance these chips can consider same range. Of course radio signal strength I cannot say cause i never use all the different product before.
sd625, kirin65x, mediatek p series, Exynos 7870 Octa
sd660, kirin 960
sd835, exynos 8895, x30(maybe lower performance cause only 2 big core), kirin970
Ppl have been saying that sn625 with 8 low core is shyt. But, in terms of value and efficiency. This chip works wonders. My next phone would be the one that have sn670 chips in it.
If the rumours were true, and snapdragon 3rd gen kryo core performs like it should. then this chip would be ranks in the tops of middle level chip (performance wise should be on par or better than end of 2015 flagship chip). 10nm LPP, 3rd gen kryo core ( sn835 and sn660 uses 2nd gen kryo). DinamIQ (more flexible version of big.LITTLE). But, surely no more sub 1k phone if uses this chip.
http://m.gsmarena.com/snapdragon_670_rumor...-news-27013.phphttp://m.gsmarena.com/arm_announces_cortex...-news-25291.phpQUOTE(1qaz1qaz @ Sep 3 2017, 07:19 PM)
btw does note 4 have the same issues as mi5s+ after applying tempered glass around the edge got bubble due to the 2.5 screen?
Yes. Very ugly halo effect. But, better have halo effect than have deep scratch effect.
This post has been edited by exwan: Sep 3 2017, 07:48 PM