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A new iPhone SE would be in a weird place IMO. If they keep the current iPhone 8 design, the battery life is going to be atrocious, especially when you are using 5G making it a pretty bad purchase. If they adopt the iPhone 11/iPhone XR design to fit a bigger battery it is going to cannibalize iPhone 13 sales since (excluding the pros) there aren't enough added features to make the price difference worth it. I'd like to see this iPhone SE have an iPhone 8 Plus body so that they can fit a proper size battery in it, if they did that the SE would be one of the best value for money phones on the market.

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2 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

How is it complicated?

If you're from the US you'll get SD, if you're not from the US you'll get Exy. Doesn't seem hard to me.

Maybe complicated wasn't the right word. How about cumbersome? Basically half the information/reviews you find about the phone you want to buy is for a version that is not available in your region. If the difference between the 2 is small like it is with the S21 then it's no big deal, but this has typically not been the case with one version being clearly better than the other.

17 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

It's not "slightly worse in every way". Way to overdramatize the whole thing. If we look at the S21 we see that the Exynos 2100 model and the Snapdragon 888 models are:

Within margin of error in terms of CPU performance overall. If I had to give the crown to someone it would actually be the Exynos model since that pulls ahead and with a marger margin in more tests than the Snapdragon 888.

The Exynos is lagging behind quite a bit in GPU performance. Like 10-15% or more.

The Exynos version is slightly behind in terms of power consumption (around 5% in tests with no idle time),

The Exynos has a slightly better tuned dynamic refresh rate (might have changed since launch).

The Exynos model takes slightly better pictures (might have changed since launch).

 

The rest of the phones are the same, like speakers and so on.

This is only true for the S21. Historically the difference between exynos and snapdragon has been more significant.

20 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

That's how it is. The same is true for iPhones.

It's really not though. Samsung is the only major phone manufacturer that has different SoCs for different regions in their high end models. A different modem for the different bands used in different regions doesn't make any meaningful difference to anyone, a different SoC does.

23 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Haven't watched the second video but the first one shows a ~8% difference in SoT.

If we look at the test as a whole (so mixed workload) then the difference is 3% worse battery life on the Exynos version. It's basically a rounding error. You're gonna want to charge your phone once a day regardless. It makes no difference in the real world.

I think when it comes to battery life absolute values are more important than percentages. Battery capacity is not a constant, power draw is. The more efficient chip will have significantly better battery life a year or two down the line if the difference is already at 8% for two brand new devices.

7 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

There are small variations in iPhones too. Sometimes they dual source stuff like the screen, flash and at one point even the SoC. They use slightly different modems in various phones, and so on. The European model of the iPhone 13 for example do not support mmWave, but the US one does.

I remember that Apple got a decent amount of shit for the SoC differences in the 6s and I don't think they ever did that again. The difference in modems has to do with the different data bands in different regions, no? Everyone does that I think.

6 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

Average consumers don't even read reviews. For the most part they don't even know what phone model exactly they have if oyu ask them 6 months after purchase. It was shitty move back when Exynos was inferior to Snapdragon, with Exynos 2100 and newer, it seems they'll be pretty similar if not Exynos even better in some regards. It just sucks they don't give users a choice. If you're in Europe, it's Exynos whether you like it or not. And you can't just import them from USA because of stupid different data bands.

If exynos is better it's still a problem though. It's just that Americans will be getting the short end of the stick instead of Europeans. I agree that with the S21 it's no big deal because they are about the same in every way, but this is basically the only time this has ever happened. 

4 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I don't think the average consumer even watches reviews at all. But even if they did, does it really matter? The difference is very small to begin with, and there has been plenty of times when the Exynos model was the superior one as well. 

I'm not complaining about exynos. I just want consistency. It just makes no sense to me that two people can spend the same amount of money and buy the same phone and get a different experience because one lives in the US and the other in Europe.

8 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

[Citation Needed]

In the tests I saw the difference was negligible. 11.33 hours vs 10.93 hours during Anandtech's WiFi battery test for example. Or 10.02 hours vs 9.35 hours in the PCMark Work battery life test.

So we're talking like 5% less battery life when running things on the devices. The Exynos model also had lower standby power so in real world scenarios the difference would probably be like 1-2%.

The 1-2 hours worse SoT for the exynos was quite common in "real world" tests done on YouTube as far as I remember, since real world use is what we are talking about.

8 minutes ago, Rauten said:

But normal people don't do heavy use. They watch a couple youtube videos, MAYBE. Do some whatsapping, bit of e-mailing, some web browsing...

Normal people's phone usage is actually usually relatively light, waaaaaayyyy under-utilising what these phones can truly do.

The difference in battery longevity will only truly be felt by power-users, and those probably do their research but are also in the minority.

You'd be surprised. Browsing tiktok or something on 5G and playing some light mobile games can actually drain the battery quite quickly. 

1 minute ago, Rauten said:

They won't notice. "Normal" people don't go around worrying about how long the screen has been turned on or off.
Their mind is more "boolean": Is charging my phone a hassle/bother? Y/N

Yep, which is why 1-2 hours worse screen on time is not a minor issue. If you watch a review which claims that this phone lasts all day with heavy use and you get one that doesn't, you'd feel a little cheated. And as the phone ages, the difference will get worse and worse to the point where charging the phone will become a hassle.

5 minutes ago, Rauten said:

They should. They don't. They don't give a crap, they don't care. Do you honestly think that the majority of iPhone buyers give a rat's ass about the chip that's running in it? They don't. They care that it's tHe lAteSt iPhonE  and that's it.

That's kind of my point. People should just be able to walk into a store and buy tHe lAtEsT samsung, no strings attached. Right now, only half of the world can buy the latest samsung, the others get the latest samsung but slightly worse in every way.

15 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Like 99% of their customers will not even know that there are two variants of the S21 (or whichever phone we're talking about). My mom certainly don't know that her S9 is a different variant than the S9 sold in the US for example.

Which is precisely the problem. The average customer will just watch one or two reviews which are typically from the US and just go to a store and buy one not knowing that the phone they are buying may not actually be the exact same as the one the reviewer has.

17 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

And if you are interested in phone hardware it isn't really that hard to keep track of. It seems like a extremely minor issue that only affects people that are interested enough in the hardware to know that there is an Exynos and a Snapdragon version, but they are not interested enough to just look up which one is sold in their country and what the differences are.

I disagree that it doesn't affect most people. Yes, the performance difference is probably not going to be noticed unless you are running benchmarks, but things like overheating and battery life are very much noticeable by the average user. Iirc, the exynos version of the S20 and the S10 had 1-2 hours less screen on time compared to the snapdragon version, which is quite significant and is going to make a difference even to the average user who has no idea what an exynos is. 

If you are spending $1k for a phone, you should know exactly what you are getting, even if you are not very tech savvy. An iPhone from the US is no different than an iPhone from Europe, the same should hold true for samsung phones.

13 hours ago, LAwLz said:

I saw that some people were speculating that the Exynos 2200 has major issues, and that Samsung will go with the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 for all regions.

Not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, it would be good if Samsung consolidated their development efforts into a single variant. On the other hand, the Snapdragon 8 gen 1 is kind of crap... So it's not exactly the best time for them to move to SD-only.

Maybe it's not the best time, but they really should eventually choose to either go exynos or snapdragon only. More often than not, the 2 variants have a relatively big difference in performance and battery life which makes shopping for a high end samsung phone too complicated. Granted, this difference was minimized with the S21, but that's the exception rather than the rule. 

10 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

Right, then the said overheating, you'd really wonder how much power it's using over existing chips. 

My biggest concern if that were the case would be battery life, especially considering that the S22 lineup will be up against the iPhone 13s which have some of the best battery lives on the market.

Ben Shapiro PC built with facts and logic when?

In all seriousness, hilarious video, definitely one of the funniest I've seen in a while.

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Just now, NotTheFirstDaniel said:

They are hashing images you upload to iCloud and comparing those hashes to known CSAM hashes. Once your iCloud account gets to a certain threshold, all the images will be "unlocked" and sent to authorities.

 

They are not scanning local pictures and they aren't using AI with "unknown accuracy"

The original post did imply that they were scanning local pictures as well, if it's only iCloud, fair enough, their servers their terms. 

And here I was thinking that Apple, unlike Google, had at least some respect for their users privacy. Turns out I was wrong. Obviously child abuse is horrible and anyone guilty of it deserves to go to jail, but shouldn't that be the job of the police/authorities? A multi-trillion dollar corporation scanning your locally stored pictures for child abuse with an AI of unknown accuracy even if there is no evidence to support that you might have such images on your phone seems more like an excuse for collecting even more data they can sell to advertisers/governments.

19 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

"Yeah a private company using cameras in our homes to determine what we are allowed to do and when sounds good. It's for a good cause after all!"

"I hope this system extends to other things as well!"

10 minutes ago, Tech Enthusiast said:

 

Sorry to break it to you, but that is already happening on cars of every major company.

If you don't pay for the features, they are still there.... but don't work.

 

Break assistant? Installed, but disabled.

Obstacle avoidance? Installed, but disabled.

 

It sucks, but it is already happening and here to stay, unfortunately. 

Still, that's a one time payment. Having a subscription for a safety feature is a whole other level of scummy.

11 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Then I feel like that would be false advertisement at least to the people who bought the game when it wasn't free to play. Even if it doesn't replace the original ladder it would inevitably divide the playerbase and restrict "proper" competition to the paid ladder.

Perhaps, but this is kind of already happening in CS. Most people who take the game seriously (including pros) are almost exclusively playing on third party servers (mainly faceit), a service like this would just bring those players back on official servers rather than third party ones.

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

As a one time payment... maybe. Used to be a paid for game after all. I was specifically talking about making a ladder subscription based on top of full price for a game that originally came with that ladder included.

I was talking about a subscription, some players have actually been asking for this. Not as a replacement of course, but as an additional paid ranked playlist. 

I don't really know what stats this paid option provides, but it's not like stats are that important in a game like CS. They are heavily influenced by your rank and playing for stats can often hinder your ability to play with your team. There are services that provide more interesting and detailed stats anyway (leetify, iirc).

On 5/6/2021 at 9:55 AM, Sauron said:

I mean, if this is ok then who is to say you won't suddenly have to start paying to access competitive ladders in games you already paid full price for when that feature was included?

That wouldn't be such a horrible idea tbh, it would definitely somewhat mitigate the cheater problem.

1 hour ago, The Real LWK said:

But double the price? Even the limited edition KDA is cheaper and you get a free mouse pad. 

Yeah, depending on your region pricing can be weird like that. I've seen the same thing happen with the G102/203, which are also the same mouse. Other than the name, there is no difference, compare the specs if you want.

They are the exact same mouse, I think the G304 is for asian markets and G305 is for western markets. Just get the cheapest one.

Don't see much of a point honestly, tactical shooters like valorant are either ruined by aim assist or pretty much unplayable with anything other than a mouse and keyboard. Could be cool for those who have bottom-tier PCs but still want to play valorant, I guess.

There's no need to post about the same issue in 3 different subforums.

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2 hours ago, Brooksie359 said:

The revenue has declined im pretty sure the last time I checked. That being said it's still over 1 billion dollars so can't say it's a small amount of money they are making on fortnite still. Honestly I don't think the game will ever really go away just like games like csgo or league of legends. Sure the popularity might fall but not to zero. Multi-player games have incredible replay ability which is why they are so popular and because the fortnite is free it is easily accessible to all while also having good ways to monetize it. 

Yeah, compared to its peak fortnite definitely isn't making as much money as it used to, but quite frankly, I don't think any game can compete with fortnite's peak. My point was that the game is still alive and brings in huge amounts of money to epic games, the only thing that has (at least in my experience) changed is the target audience.