Wine on ARM

Ha that’s crazy. 😋
But so was Wine on Linux 20 years ago, although it kind of worked sometimes even back then, and it’s such a cool tool today.

I feel like features like Samsung Dex could actually become a serious desktop replacement

I sooo much wanted an Arm based laptop that could run Linux well, when the netbooks came out originally, competing with the OLPC.
But it never happened, all we got were handicapped Chromebooks and some shitty Android devices. Next year it will be 20 years since I dreamed of that, and now I frankly don’t care anymore.
Talk about a missed opportunity for Arm.

Wow that’s some pretty wild speculation, that could be fun, but the last part about Apple I think is highly unlikely.
But an Arm based Steam Deck could be very interesting. ;)

WTF? M4 beats it with around 35-40%, and Apple also has M4 Pro and Max!
I was not aware that Apple is still so far ahead?
Still the Dimensity is both efficient and a beast and a huge improvement over last gen top Android SOC’s.
Way more power than I personally need in my phone.

Flatter display

I’ll draw that up as a bug fix. 😋

Looks like it could be interesting.

Are ultrasonic sensors better apart from the light hing? That I have never even thought about could be a problem.
Mine detects b between up to 5 fingers, and it’s fast and with good accuracy, which is nice because depending on the situation I may use either hand.

To be fair the Dimensity 9400 is a marvel, the 3nm process and all the technologies in a modern SOC contain more know how and research than sending people to the moon.
So in a way it’s sort of equivalent to having your own personal moon rocket.

The cumulative level of expertise required to make a modern SOC is mind blowing. Just imagine aligning multiple masks with nanometer precision! Just a “simple” thing as the light source required is so sophisticated a single “lamp” cost about $300 million USD!! The quantum theory principles used to make the motion sensors, the massive design and logistics behind the development of the billions of logic gates.

IMO this modern SOC is the “biggest” world wonder humanity has created yet. Who would have imagined it would be so small?

Absolutely, but considering the rave around AI, I wouldn’t be surprised if AI is improved more than the other parts.
I have a Dimensity 9200+ based phone, and that’s freaking fast IMO, this new SOC is nearing twice the speed of that!

Considering Moore’s law was declared dead many years ago, it’s impressive how much power and efficiency is squeezed out of new components.
AMD revived the desktop 8 years ago, and they too are able to improve significantly each year.

Wow! Just wow. This is a beast. Compared to last year flagship it’s 40% more power efficient, and about 30% faster CPU, up to 80%faster AI, and 40% faster Immortalis GPU!
Qualcomm is getting some tough competition from MediaTek lately.

Qalculate is an amazing calculator, highly recommend it.
It’s my default in Linux.

You can still get a cover, and still have the advantages of better drop resistance and lower weight and being slimmer than a glass back with cover.
I suppose the wear resistance is slightly better than your average cover. Mine looks OK IMO, but it doesn’t look new anymore. I usually put my phone on surfaces like tables or whatever convenient when I sit down, and the edges where the back curves are clearly a bit matte, and there are a few scratches from the incidents. But there is no discoloration or cracks or anything that looks broken or is an eyesore.

I had the Motorola G9 power for 3 years, and used it without cover of any kind for all that time. And yes you can see some wear of 3 years of use on the back, it has also licked the asphalt a couple of times, but it still looks fine, and nothing ever broke.
1 slip out of my pocket while sitting on the terace with my 4 times as expensive Xiaomi 13T pro, and the back was broken.
So yes the Motorola synthetic back is definitely more durable than glass.
To have the cool look and feel, they could add a thin replaceable back cover like we used to have on almost all phones a few years ago.

That’s what mostly ended metal (aluminium) backs, there are zero problems with synthetics in that regard. So no need for glass.
OnePlus have stupidly made the Nord 4 with aluminium back, despite they claim it was hell to get it to work.
A completely worthless faux premium feature IMO. It ads cost and has no benefits. Except being slightly less bad than glass.

I agree, but reviewers and consumers are falling for it, so I’m just trying to point out how utterly stupid it is. So hopefully at some point no reviewer will praise the “luxury” feel of glass, and consumers will stop falling for it.

The 13T did have a vegan leather option, but that’s not much better, and is also made to have a “luxury feel” but low durability. That’s just vulnerable to wear instead. I did consider the leather option, and then give it some sort of coating, but I decided against it, because I would probably just mess it up. That is why I include “durable” as a required feature of the synthetic material.

I curse reviewers for failing to see the advantages when the Galaxy S2 came out with a synthetic back, that was superior in every way to the glass back of the iPhone. But many reviewers complained that it felt cheap, completely forgetting to mention it was way more drop proof, and it reduced the weight significantly. They friggin complained that the lower weight also felt cheap!!!

Reviewers are sometimes morons, that should be kicked on the shin for their stupidity. 😋

All around a nice insanely fast phone. But it sucks it can’t do macro with the tele lens anymore, and it’s a bit expensive.
The camera is really good, but I don’t understand why it splashes the white areas so much, my 13T Pro does the same?

And my Pet peeve: Get rid of the stupid glass back and replace it with a quality durable synthetic. It’s both lighter and thinner and it’s way more durable than glass.
The glass is fragile, so you need a glove for it, so most people never get that “quality” feel anyway, if you don’t have a glove on it, glass is also insanely slippery and will try to escape your pocket first chance it gets.
1 drop on a hard surface even from just ½ a meter can break the glass back.

Considering it’s called “Note” I find it curious they don’t mention anything about the screen.
But this SOC should be very good from what I’ve heard, and I love they’ve finally increased the battery to 6000mah and even added 200 extra.
IMO 6000mah should have been standard for bigger phones already years ago. It was a major feature for me on my old Moto Power G9 that came out 4 years ago.
It’s been very disappointing to have to go down to 5000mah on phones at more than twice the price, because 6000mah simply wasn’t available as an option. It’s laughable IMO that phones advertised as great for gaming are sold with only 5000mah batteries.

This may get a lot worse for every non Chinese phone maker, as they get access to cheap subsidized chips from SMIC that are extremely competitive for low end phones.

will feature a 5G modem developed by Unisoc.

Interesting, these are difficult to make, Intel couldn’t make it work well enough, and had to abandon it.
I’d be careful buying this until tests show they are actually any good.

PS:
Intel tried to make a 5G modem without the Qualcomm patents, if Unisoc works with those, it will probably be OK.

This is mostly a Camera update to support 200 Mp.
IDK why they find that necessary for a chip for lower mid range phones?
That said Camera speed is really nice, my current phone is way way snappier taking pictures than the old one.

OK, I looked at the link you provided, and the Dimensity 9200+ is rated faster than the Snapdragon 7+ gen 3 with a score of:

1. box (Cyan) 199,1 vs 178,9 Mobile phone/tablet chip comprehensive performance ranking
2. box (blue) 146,8 vs 146,2 (even) Mobile phone/tablet chip CPU performance ranking
3. box (yellow) 321,8 vs 255 Mobile phone/tablet chip GPU performance ranking
4. box (red) 120,8 vs 114,5 Mobile phone/tablet chip GPU performance ranking

So the Dimensity 9200+ is similar in CPU speed, and the 8200 Ultra is similar in CPU speed to 9200+ (slightly faster), according to tests between Xiaomi 13T (Dimensity 8200 Ultra) and Xiaomi 13T Pro (Dimensity 9200+).

PS it’s a very cool page, so I made the effort to translate what the numbers actually were. Thanks for good info. ;)

Damned! I was sure it said 7+, I’ve been looking quite a lot for it, and even put the “Snapdrogon 7+ gen 3” in quotes searching for it.

Then I have to apologize, that I can’t even find a comparative speedtest!? And I couldn’t read the Chinese one you linked.