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0 pointsbpye7y ago0 comments

Have Purism explained their processor choice anywhere? It would have been nice to have used the i.MX 8 QuadMax - it would have given a little more hope for the phone lasting.

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seba_dos17y ago

I'd guess that power consumption characteristics of those two i.MX8 variants are different enough to explain that choice.

floatboth7y ago

Well, the mainstream phones have much more powerful processors than Cortex-A53, they just power manage them well…

seba_dos17y ago

I wouldn't expect a SoC that's not even targeted for mobiles to "power manage them well". Mainstream phones are completely irrelevant there.

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seba_dos17y ago

I'd guess that power consumption characteristics of those two i.MX8 variants are different enough to explain that choice.

floatboth7y ago

Well, the mainstream phones have much more powerful processors than Cortex-A53, they just power manage them well…

seba_dos17y ago

I wouldn't expect a SoC that's not even targeted for mobiles to "power manage them well". Mainstream phones are completely irrelevant there.

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