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I had the HTC One S before, but wanted the Google Nexus experience (vanilla Android, latest updates (and on this phone compared to the One S quad core, 2GB RAM, etc..) and the price was too good to pass up. I mean, the value for money with this phone is amazing, I don't think I have ever seen, or will ever see better, but...
Coming from the One S, it seems like a huge step down. The phone seems a lot bigger in comparison (mainly width and especially depth), yet when taking into consideration the on screen back/home buttons, the screen is pretty much the same size, but a little wider (maybe 5mm)
Also, when doing a Quadrant test, the One S looks much smoother on the video parts, and the overall score is miles better (score of 6452 vs 4798) on everything
One S v Nexus 4
CPU: 9211 v 10402
RAM: 12383 v 7020
I/O: 7408 v 4149
2D: 1014 v 247
3D: 2245 v 2173
The One S also has HTC Sense which I like (but can live without)
Maybe I will get used to this phone, or just appreciate it more when the next update comes out, but in the mean time I don't really see a huge improvement in speed/responsiveness or the screen over the One S
I can imagine it being a huge improvement over plenty of other phones however, but I think the One S is unbelievably underrated and actually more powerful than I thought it was before. I feel like the Nexus 4 is a downgrade for me right now. I understand the Nexus is thicker because of the wireless charging plate? Well, this is something I would give up for a slimmer phone, especially considering the phone doesn't come with a wireless charging unit.
I don't wanna sound like I'm just bashing the phone, is there anything I should try out on the Nexus 4 that I would be missing on other phones (already tried Photosphere which is great btw)
There is already a nexus 4 vs any other phone thread present as a sticky in which this should have been posted. Didn't need a whole new thread dedicated to this
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Honestly, noone cares...
I think I regret reading your thread
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I think I regret reading your thread
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Awe man you beat me to it:good:
Eh, if anything, I'm sure you could probably trade back for a One S.
Both are great phones, but at least you can say you gave the Nexus 4 a try.
I don't get why people care so much about the quadrant score. Nexus 4 runs very smooth; no lag at all. Does it makes you feel special when u see a higher number? Most of the stuff OP mentioned could been avoided if he/she done a little research before purchasing N4. It all comes down each user likeness. Now days just Google any phone vs any phone and you will see a very great comparison of every spec.
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I don't get why people care so much about the quadrant score. Nexus 4 runs very smooth; no lag at all. Does it makes you feel special when u see a higher number? Most of the stuff OP mentioned could been avoided if he/she done a little research before purchasing N4. It all comes down each user likeness. Now days just Google any phone vs any phone and you will see a very great comparison of every spec.
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This. Quadrant is a random number generator at best.
naripsta said:
Eh, if anything, I'm sure you could probably trade back for a One S.
Both are great phones, but at least you can say you gave the Nexus 4 a try.
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I like the Nexus 4, but I really like the One S too
In fact one thing I just noticed (found in another Google search) is if you put them side by side on a table they're the same depth (of course the One S is slimmer in the middle)
Maybe I need to get used to the feel of it...
I'm gonna use the Nexus 4 for one full week instead of the One S and see how it goes
Anything you recommend me trying out on the N4?
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I don't get why people care so much about the quadrant score. Nexus 4 runs very smooth; no lag at all. Does it makes you feel special when u see a higher number? Most of the stuff OP mentioned could been avoided if he/she done a little research before purchasing N4. It all comes down each user likeness. Now days just Google any phone vs any phone and you will see a very great comparison of every spec.
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Nah I don't care about the Quadrant score, but the scores just really surprised me. I think the RAM comes down to LPDDR2 (low power DDR2 instead of DDR2) and I don't know about the I/O (thought it was all flash storage)
The GPU results surprised me though (the video looks smoother) as I thought the N4 had a dedicated GPU chip?
One of the problems I think is everybody compares phones to the One X, nobody has really done any great One S v Nexus 4 comparisons
The nexus 4 runs fast, is a great phone to use, has sufficient battery life for me, and cost half of the HTC phone you mentioned.
I really don't see the point in running benchmarks all day and not worrying about real usage and real cost. If you want to be a benchmark jockey you will always be running after the latest and greatest phone and lusting after every new phone ever 2 months.
The nexus 4 is a great phone and a solid purchase. If you regret buying it, sell it and get something else. But if your nexus 4 isn't defective in some way realize that the problem is with you and your inability to be happy with anything, and not with the phone that is a great performer and great value. I can already see that you're the kind of guy who will never be happy with anything, as you owned an HTC One S and then bought a phone that came out 6 months later. You won't be happy with anything as long as you see something shinier. You are the perfect customer.
Quadrant gets weird scores on Nexus 4, no one really 100% sure why.
Try Antutu, with a bionic optimised rom (most roms have this now) you get 21000+ scores; Antutu had to be updated when Nexus 4 (with 4.2.1) came out because of weird low scores, quadrant was never updated.
Also get your full screen by removing the nav bar and using something else like pie controls from LMT.
edit.. also '3dmark' test will show you the adreno320 in the nexus4 blowing everything else away.
You're incredibly stupid to base your phone choice over some benchmarks.
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Quadrant gets weird scores on Nexus 4, no one really 100% sure why.
Try Antutu, with a bionic optimised rom (most roms have this now) you get 21000+ scores; Antutu had to be updated when Nexus 4 (with 4.2.1) came out because of weird low scores, quadrant was never updated.
Also get your full screen by removing the nav bar and using something else like pie controls from LMT.
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Yeah, I have seen some people posting Quadrant scores of like 7500+ on the Nexus 4
I'm still running stock everything (unrooted) - maybe I need to just root it and try some different ROMs, etc..
Pie Control looks sweet too, will check it out
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You're incredibly stupid to base your phone choice over some benchmarks.
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leave it out
Quadrant doesnt like 4.2. Antutu and 3Dmark are better guages of performance.
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Anything you recommend me trying out on the N4?
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Hmm, not sure really. The Nexus 4 is pretty much that, a Nexus device with pure Android. I can see why it may (not saying that it does for you) be boring or not as flashy. But there's not much to try out for the Nexus 4. Everything is pretty basic and minimalistic, and that's why some go for the Nexus I suppose.
With the N4, you get a decent device that can run with the best of them. If you're into flashing ROMs, pretty much almost every ROM posted here will work with very very minimal bugs, if any bugs at that. Although the One S isn't a bad device at all, so it's really up to you. :good:
My Nexus 4 absolutely fly's.. it speeds through everything.
It's all well and good having a number on a screen but I owned a HTC ONE briefly and many apps on that lagged yet run fine on my Nexus 4?
Oh great another one of these threads. IB4L
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Can you please give your phone to me? I will pay you 50 $ because its so not good and you can go back to your wonderfull htc one s... :banghead:
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LooieENG said:
Yeah, I have seen some people posting Quadrant scores of like 7500+ on the Nexus 4
I'm still running stock everything (unrooted) - maybe I need to just root it and try some different ROMs, etc..
Pie Control looks sweet too, will check it out
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yea, if you are running your device at 1.8ghz+ and have other things optimized(custom rom/custom kernel), itll score high. at stock speeds and the stock rom/kernel it will never get close.
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Hi guys, if you use nexus 4, I think you will be probably disappointed by the battery life of nexus 4. Things seems to changed this year.
Here's what Google says about nexus 5's battery life
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It seems pretty good compare with nexus 4, based on the way how Google test the device and the result.
I can't wait to receive my new nexus 5 :laugh:
How you guys think? Are you satisfy with the battery life?
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according http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/ said, the nexus 5 maudio playback can up to 60 hrs, witch is really incredible!!!
did you notice by any chance that battery test has been don on airplane/no sim with wifi on?
Any cellural reception has significant impact on battery life therefore it is most likley goi9ng to be the same or worse due to size of the screen vs battery capacity
MattSkeet said:
did you notice by any chance that battery test has been don on airplane/no sim with wifi on?
Any cellural reception has significant impact on battery life therefore it is most likley goi9ng to be the same or worse due to size of the screen vs battery capacity
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Yes I do notice, but for the LTE internet browsing 7 hrs are pretty awesome, and they are using the default settings with wifi on
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Hi guys, if you use nexus 4, I think you will be probably disappointed by the battery life of nexus 4. Things seems to changed this year.
Here's what Google says about nexus 5's battery life
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It seems pretty good compare with nexus 4, based on the way how Google test the device and the result.
I can't wait to receive my new nexus 5 :laugh:
How you guys think? Are you satisfy with the battery life?
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according http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/ said, the nexus 5 maudio playback can up to 60 hrs, witch is really incredible!!!
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Damn.... After going from bad to worse in my last devices (from SGS, to SGS2, to Gnex), it looks like I'm finally gonna be satisfied with the battery life of my phone.
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Damn.... After going from bad to worse in my last devices (from SGS, to SGS2, to Gnex), it looks like I'm finally gonna be satisfied with the battery life of my phone.
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The same here. the specs even look better than iphone, lol
I think it might have something to do with the optimized OS. The phone can run the OS with a minimum of 512mb of the RAM. I was pretty disappointed with the Nexus 4 battery life but it was better than the Galaxy Nexus for sure.
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Anyone know if the Nexus 5 also has G-RAM that's in the LG G2? supposedly helps improve battery life of display by about 20% if it's displaying static pages.
Hey guys, just joining the discussion for the upcoming news about the battery from all of you.
Personally, I am going to wait for a while until the typical problems of a "newborn phone" get solved.... IF THERE IS FOUND ANY, which I hope not. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
I hope the battery life isn't too bad. I decided to skip getting the LG G2 and instead ordered the N5.
How do you think the battery life compares to the GS4?
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Let's hope
Battery life shouldn't be that bad at all i suppose. From years now we are used to charge our phones one per day at least...this won't change for the n5. That said, i think this is a big failure of modern smartphones. Lg is tring to make a change, and it's a point to his favour i think.
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Battery life shouldn't be that bad at all i suppose. From years now we are used to charge our phones one per day at least...this won't change for the n5. That said, i think this is a big failure of modern smartphones. Lg is tring to make a change, and it's a point to his favour i think.
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Failure of a smartphone? What makes you say that? The software that is debuting with the phone is a huge push forward in mobile communications, that's at least a little win.
The thing that will probably greatly help the N5's battery life is that it's the Snapdragon 800... which has the same "bonus core" that the G2, Moto X, and other devices have that allows very little battery usage while the phone is asleep, while still being able to do stuff like play music.
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Failure of a smartphone? What makes you say that? The software that is debuting with the phone is a huge push forward in mobile communications, that's at least a little win.
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You've misread him.
He was saying that the battery life is a failing of all current smartphones. Not that the N5 is a failure of a phone
Dan1909 said:
You've misread him.
He was saying that the battery life is a failing of all current smartphones. Not that the N5 is a failure of a phone
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whoops! My derp there. In that case yea, I'll agree. Google should have but in a bigger battery, but alas I think they're really trying to stick with the philosophy of it being a developer's phone and less of a general consumer's phone.
That said the battery thing is the only thing stopping me from placing my order this very second...
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Failure of a smartphone? What makes you say that? The software that is debuting with the phone is a huge push forward in mobile communications, that's at least a little win.
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I mean a failure of a generation of phones. Before the advent of smartphones the recharge of a phone came, how much a week? Three times? Even twice on some phones. That said, we had a great progression on software and hardware, with a clear loss in term of duration per single charge.
The advancement in hardware and software were not matched by the advancement in battery tecnology.
Someone said that you can build the best car at all, but you will need good wheels to make it run faster..Or in our case, to make it "run" xD
Got to admit, I'm a little dissapointed they didn't throw a USB 3.0 port on this beast for multi-charge bonuses :/
drew_grant said:
I think it might have something to do with the optimized OS. The phone can run the OS with a minimum of 512mb of the RAM. I was pretty disappointed with the Nexus 4 battery life but it was better than the Galaxy Nexus for sure.
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Amazing Google designed 4.4 to run on devices with as low as 512mb of Ram but they are not updating the Galaxy Nexus to 4.4.
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Amazing Google designed 4.4 to run on devices with as low as 512mb of Ram but they are not updating the Galaxy Nexus to 4.4.
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It's not because of the RAM, it's because of the processor. The manufacturer stopped supporting it.
I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.
Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1
The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.
I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.
My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.
One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.
I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.
My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.
One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.
What do you guys think?
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I've been playing with Pokemon Go for a week now and find the OnePlus 3 not very good with Pokemon Go.
Running latest Oxygen OS 3.2.1
The game itself is already buggy and laggy depending on your connection but on the OnePlus 3 it seems more unstable than other phones I have on Tmobile.
I can't blame Tmobile since I've compared Pokemon Go running on other phones using the same service or sim card the OnePlus 3 is the least stable.
My wife uses S6 and it too has issues but not as bad as OnePlus 3. Doesn't freeze or lockup as much.
One the Samsung Note 4 running Kitkat, it seems to work the best. Freezes less often more Pokemon spawns.
I also have a LG G3 running Lollipop also on par with the Note 4 gets less freezes also.
My guess is the OnePlus 3 GPS & radio reception is inferior to plastic Android phones.
One strange thing is that I had the Note 4 tethered to the OnePlus 3 and it seemed to get more Pokemon spawns. Which sort of validates my theory that the Note 4 GPS is superior to the OnePlus 3.
What do you guys think?
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I had the exact same issues! Pokemon Go on my Nexus 5 is smooth and on my OP3 it was so laggy and stuttery. I have since sent my OP3 back. The reception was the worst of any phone I've owned.
Works great on mine and finds a GPS lock about 10x faster than my OPO.
@vision33r
This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)
Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.
I have pokemon Go installed too and no problem with it so far.
You maybe you guys have some apps that conflicts with the game, here what should you do, try the game with a fresh install of OxygenOs and/or try it with CM13
I'm posting this to see if people share the same real-world experience. I think it deserves some attention because I've had OnePlus 2 and the signal quality is pretty good. The OP3 I believe may need some tweaking, because its got a Snapdragon 820 much superior than older devices but yet I am able to get better performance on Pokemon Go with older devices. It maybe radio signals as Pokemon Go is very data intensive.
My OnePlus 3 works just fine. The problem is that its hot as heck.
Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.
I've been playing since it was released on my OP3. Also have S7 and S4 phones same network. It's laggy but equally to my Samsung's. Seems the same for me on any phone I try. I'm very happy with PoGo on my OP3. It's niantic that sucks. Also I haven't had any reception issues... Hopefully that's just rare faulty devices.
Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.
Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".
no problems at all with my op3. it freezes as often as it does on other devices.
fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related
andlin97 said:
@vision33r
This has absolutely nothing to do with the phone, (if it's not a faulty one)
Stop giving Oneplus such a hard time and go ahead and delete this thred. Menaingless in it's highest grade.
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This is a community forum and he doesn't have to do anything you say, pal. He had a bad experience with the phone, so he is letting everyone know. Just because yours is fine, doesn't mean they all are.
Accept the criticism of your beloved phone, it isn't perfect!
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fine on my OP3 aswell, freezes are server/app related
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Then why did my Nexus 5 (2013...) play it at twice the frame rate? And my Xperia Z3 and Nexus 7 2nd Gen. There is an issue there, definitely.
Before someone says it, I factory reset the phone and only had the game installed and still had issues.
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Lol it works pretty good on my OP3. Pretty sure it's just you.
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It clearly is not just him.
I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.
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I live in a suburban area and go to work in a very urban area (downtown San Jose, Ca) and I haven't had an issue with GPS or 4g/3g signal (in parking garages or the office buildings). Pokemon Go is almost always smooth for me, except for when there is server instability. Compared to my Oneplus One, my spouse's iPhone 6 plus, and my brother's Galaxy S5, I tend to get more stable data signal.
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It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.
It's the other way around, most people don't have problems.
I just can tell you its running smooth, i didn't compare framerates with other devices nor did i check the fps my device delivers.
When the App bugs its the same bug as it occures on different devices, therefor not OP3 related.
I did some further testing, I do think the OP3 has a smaller & weaker signal range. I'm getting about -113dbm to -103dbm compared to my Note 4, getting about -93dbm to -100dbm around my house where there are two Poke centers that I frequent.
Last night both my friend and my wife gotten Ghastly at the center and my OP3 did not get it. I quickly tethered my iPad Pro LTE to the OP3 and sure enough that Ghastly showed up.
Keep in mind my OP3 already has Google Maps offline enabled for the area and the iPad didn't My wife's phone is S6 Edge and friend has Nexus 5X.
So something is up with the GPS, the data seemed to be ok as the iPad tethered to the OP3 gotten much better results.
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Works great on my phone. I'm using rooted 3.2.1 stock.
Here's a secret: works even better with Xposed "add on".
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I figured at some point they will disable running on rooted or jailbroken devices. But I really don't want to cheat because to me the fun part is catching them. It wouldn't be fun if I just cheat and take away the fun part of finding them.
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It's good to hear that some people don't have problems. However, a very large number of people do, which is not acceptable! Even for a cheap phone.
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99% of people with this phone most likely have no issues at all with PoGo...
Now, moving on, after doing some tests, the OnePlus 3 is clearly inferior to it's testing partner the LG G Flex 2 when it comes to general reception. Using the speedtest.net app, the OP3 consistently has weaker speeds than the Flex 2 on T-Mobile's 4G LTE. The upload speeds were drastically worse than the download speeds for some reason.
Second the OP3 also appears to significantly pick up less satellites using the GPS Test app.
My findings line up well with the OP's observations and the concerns many already have regarding the reliability of these features.
Below is a side by side sample of the general GPS performance differences between the OP3 and the LG G Flex 2. The screenshot with the VoLTE icon obviously identifies the OP3.
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How is battery life ? on screen time ? on Android 8 vs 9
what the he***, many seen this post but no one comment ? really ?
It's optimized.
I have been using this phone for almost a year. It gives me an easy 12 hours of life.
I usually -- scroll Instagram, watch youtube, listen to Music & bit gaming. Mostly I'm always on headphones.
After the upgraded to android 9, I didn't see any huge difference or drain in the battery. The Samsung Updates have become a lot better and the phone is really worth every penny you spent.
Does anyone have any thoughts about the long term use of this processor.
Just to explain my query better, I usually keep my phone's for at least 3 year's. I currently have the Huawei P20 PRo which has been a brilliant phone and still runs flawlessly.
I would like to go back to pixel, the pixel 5, because of the software and the simplicity and beauty of the photos.
A concern I have is the processor. Will it be as good in 2 to 3 year's? Obviously you can't guess at future of software and programs which may need greater processing power.
I don't have a technical background so this question may be a bit basic and not easy to answer.
But I would just be interested in anyone's thoughts on this.
My two cents, we've gotten to a point where phone processors are great and software isn't getting massively more intense. Of course it will be "slower" than newer "top end" cpus, but one of the things to highlight from the review here on xda was the app opening time benchmark and compare between the S20 and the P5. Note how the P5 crushes the S20. You can also compare to the OP8T. Yes, the OP8T is faster. But are you really going to notice the difference between 20ms and 10ms to open Chrome? I won't...
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I think the longevity of a phone nowadays is based on the battery life.
And the pixel 5 with this tremendous battery life has this well covered.
Some people will even put maybe 1 cycle every two days. So this also means that after 3 years. The battery should have much more health
(My pixel 2 has 70-75% health and my pixel 4 93% health. Both had similar battery life when they were brand new)
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My two cents, we've gotten to a point where phone processors are great and software isn't getting massively more intense. Of course it will be "slower" than newer "top end" cpus, but one of the things to highlight from the review here on xda was the app opening time benchmark and compare between the S20 and the P5. Note how the P5 crushes the S20. You can also compare to the OP8T. Yes, the OP8T is faster. But are you really going to notice the difference between 20ms and 10ms to open Chrome? I won't...
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Thanks, it's not an easy question to answer I know and I suspect I wouldn't notice the difference either
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I think the longevity of a phone nowadays is based on the battery life.
And the pixel 5 with this tremendous battery life has this well covered.
Some people will even put maybe 1 cycle every two days. So this also means that after 3 years. The battery should have much more health
(My pixel 2 has 70-75% health and my pixel 4 93% health. Both had similar battery life when they were brand new)
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Perhaps longevity was not quite the right word to use , as I was really looking at the processor life and performance over time rather than the battery. I don't know what the battery health is like on my P20 but it's still lasting more than a day after 3 year's so hopefully the 5 will be as good if not better
i think it is hard to say and it really depends on how google maintains the software and optimizes it especially for this phone. If google has success with their own soc the pixel might look comparatively week in 1-3 pixel generations. Comparing the pixel 5 to other phones is hard because pricing differs so much around the world, but if you can get something like the onplus 8T for the same price? It's a hard sell to be honest.
I am still using my oneplus 3 which is still absolutely fine for day to day use. So you should be able to use the pixel until it won't get any updates anymore. Which is what i would say is the real limit of longevity on modern phones. The only reason i still enjoy my oneplus is that the community support is amazing and i already have a choice of multiple android 11 roms.
The oneplus only shows it's age when it comes to gaming and image processing times. So overall i wouldn't rely too much on a synthetic benchmark like the ones posted here because i don't think a few milliseconds in app opening times is ever going to be a problem. App opening is just something that is easy to compare but i think it's a more or less useless benchmark. So overall the pixel 5 should easily last a few years, it is a fine phone.
But if you are into gaming or just processing heavy tasks i don't think the Pixel is a great choice because other phones for the same price* just pack a bigger punch.
*depending on where in the world you are
Floge999 said:
i think it is hard to say and it really depends on how google maintains the software and optimizes it especially for this phone. If google has success with their own soc the pixel might look comparatively week in 1-3 pixel generations. Comparing the pixel 5 to other phones is hard because pricing differs so much around the world, but if you can get something like the onplus 8T for the same price? It's a hard sell to be honest.
I am still using my oneplus 3 which is still absolutely fine for day to day use. So you should be able to use the pixel until it won't get any updates anymore. Which is what i would say is the real limit of longevity on modern phones. The only reason i still enjoy my oneplus is that the community support is amazing and i already have a choice of multiple android 11 roms.
The oneplus only shows it's age when it comes to gaming and image processing times. So overall i wouldn't rely too much on a synthetic benchmark like the ones posted here because i don't think a few milliseconds in app opening times is ever going to be a problem. App opening is just something that is easy to compare but i think it's a more or less useless benchmark. So overall the pixel 5 should easily last a few years, it is a fine phone.
But if you are into gaming or just processing heavy tasks i don't think the Pixel is a great choice because other phones for the same price* just pack a bigger punch.
*depending on where in the world you are
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Thanks for your reply, I don't do gaming or anything particularly heavy, watch videos and you tube, social media and emails, although I do have quite a few apps
Another example I have was my brother's Pixel 1.
The phone was as fast as day 1. The only issue he had was the battery life, after 4-5 years was destroyed.
He tried to replace it and he failed (broke the screen) otherwise he would be still enjoying Pixel 1 with a nice battery life and smooth performance
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nchesh said:
Does anyone have any thoughts about the long term use of this processor.
Just to explain my query better, I usually keep my phone's for at least 3 year's. I currently have the Huawei P20 PRo which has been a brilliant phone and still runs flawlessly.
I would like to go back to pixel, the pixel 5, because of the software and the simplicity and beauty of the photos.
A concern I have is the processor. Will it be as good in 2 to 3 year's? Obviously you can't guess at future of software and programs which may need greater processing power.
I don't have a technical background so this question may be a bit basic and not easy to answer.
But I would just be interested in anyone's thoughts on this.
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Plenty of people in the world still happily using phones with a SD 835 (and even older to be fair). My Nokia 8.1 uses the SD 710 and feels just as snappy as my Pixel 5 and that is 2 years old.
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Plenty of people in the world still happily using phones with a SD 835 (and even older to be fair). My Nokia 8.1 uses the SD 710 and feels just as snappy as my Pixel 5 and that is 2 years old.
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I'm sure it is, I've always been one for going for the best processor I could afford, my Nexus 6p was a brilliant phone as is my present Huawei p20 pro, so it would a change for me to go for a so called lesser chip but the phone seems so good in all aspects, looking forward to it.
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Another example I have was my brother's Pixel 1.
The phone was as fast as day 1. The only issue he had was the battery life, after 4-5 years was destroyed.
He tried to replace it and he failed (broke the screen) otherwise he would be still enjoying Pixel 1 with a nice battery life and smooth performance
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My Nexus 6p was brilliant too
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I'm sure it is, I've always been one for going for the best processor I could afford, my Nexus 6p was a brilliant phone as is my present Huawei p20 pro, so it would a change for me to go for a so called lesser chip but the phone seems so good in all aspects, looking forward to it.
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It's not necessarily about the fastest chipset. Like computers it's more about the marriage of components. And I think Google have achieved this with the Pixel 5. I'm finding mine just as fast if not faster than my one year old Samsung S10e. The OS and SoC really work hand in hand on this phone.
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It's not necessarily about the fastest chipset. Like computers it's more about the marriage of components. And I think Google have achieved this with the Pixel 5. I'm finding mine just as fast if not faster than my one year old Samsung S10e. The OS and SoC really work hand in hand on this phone.
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Thanks, I've ordered mine today so will look forward to receiving it and seeing how well it does
Frankly I do not understand this fantasy with the fastest chipset. When we are buying pcs how many of us actually buy a core i9 processor with 32gb ram and the best dedicated graphics? I bet like me most will stick to an i3 or i5 and by stats those are the ones most people buy.
Same goes with phones. I believe in a few years people will realize this and simply go with the mid end processor line up which just like the core i5 is good enough for everything most of the people will need anyway.
1000 plus for a flagship mobile phone every two years is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. The user experience should factor in a lot more than just the specs!
no, the processor isn't going to slow down in a few years.
battery is the main killer with aged phones.
don't worry about the processor.