| bananaking21 said: this is crazy, why the hell would a phone need an 8 core CPU and GPU? to play angry birds? what the fuck is this nonsense! 4 cores is MORE than enough! |
It's called featurebating. Eight is more that four, so eight must be better.
Meanwhile, in the real world, phones with two powerful cores show better performance than phones with four weak cores.
Same goes for a 1080p display. It's going to have a lower framerate, chew more power for the backlight, consume more CPU/GPU cycles and RAM to run, and you'll only notice the difference from a 720p display if you bring it within a foot of your face. Be sure to enjoy those moments you hold your phone right up to your eyeball, since you're getting a worse experience the 99.9% of the time you aren't.
GPUs are an exception here. More cores in a GPU may very well mean that you get better performance while sucking up less power, and power envelope is really all that matters in a mobile SoC.
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