How do people like the folding phones? I’ve seen a couple in person and they felt really bulky when folded, and the crease was super noticeable

I think we found one…

Tying a game feature to the cloud is so moronic. You’re forced to either require an internet connection, or make the feature not affect gameplay at all. Not to mention the continuous cost of cloud compute

I’m gonna bet a lot of it is business. They could use a risc-v core, but that could require a lot more in-house expertise. Paying arm for a license also means you get a lot of support from arm on integration, performance, etc

It’s clear we can’t have a conversation if you think theres no difference between x86 and arm lol

You don’t understand what microcode is, it’s not a magic spell that can hide all problems of an instruction set.

The goalpost never moved, you just didn’t understand what we were talking about :)

Why are you so confident about a subject you clearly know nothing about?

x86 could always compete in raw performance, but never in efficiency. If we were to compare two hypothetical cpus on the same node size, one arm and one x86, that can both run a program at the same speed; I guarantee you the arm one will use less power.

We can argue the pros and cons of x86 vs arm all day long but suggesting that the choice isn’t impactful is just wrong.

Oh boy!

Yes there are a lot of factors that make the M series chips so impressive and their incredibly small node size (which is what they get from tsmc) is one of them. The choice of arm is another huge one.

And of course the kicker is that none of these cpus actually run x86 or arm. Haven’t done for decades, the machine code is compiled down to a chip specific bytecode at execution time. Bloat isn’t a problem because the cpu doesn’t run x86.

Are you talking about microcode? Because that is not at all analogous to compilation. I don’t think you have a good grasp of the hardware that you’re talking about.

At the end of the day, the processor does still “run x86”. The implementation detail of most instructions being microcoded doesn’t change that. The x86 isa is large, complex, and old. It has compatibility decisions that date back all the way to the Datapoint 2200.

Okay buddy, stay ignorant

Well yes, but not just because they’re cheaper. x86 is ancient and bloated. Computers could be just as fast but use way less power with a more modern ISA like Arm

The future is Arm!

It’s a lot easier to build a bespoke OS than you think! Sony could definitely do it if they cared enough. It’s just one of many reasons it’s doomed to fail lol

Yes I know what Android is lol. My point is that Android is too bloated for purpose built product like this. Your better off doing it yourself and building only what need.

It’s not the right choice for purpose built handhelds or performance sensitive devices like this. You’ll end up with a half baked android skin and terrible latency issues. If you want to make a good product, you’re much better off building you’re own OS on top of Linux. The remarkable tablets are living proof of this

It’s be nice if they didn’t choose to go with Android

I really wish star citizen was real, but it’s so bad. It’s completely unplayable on most hardware and full of bugs