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    1. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      When an SOC vendor doesn't go into details of their part, it's because it's nothing to be proud of, and the Bharat 2 is shameful for a 2018 device.

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    2. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      ...or a 2017 device. Or a 2016 device. Yes, it's 4-core, but no cache is spec'd (which is Android ecosystem for "it ain't there")

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    3. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      And that horiffic 28nm process with all the electron leakage that kept 2014 era Androids from scaling up core frequencies that you assumed was dead? SURPRISE! 👻👻👻

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    4. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      Both variants pack this 💩 of a chip, differing only in memory and stock Android version (neither being up to date):https://m.gadgetsnow.com/compare-mobile-phones/Micromax-Bharat-2-vs-Micromax-Bharat-2-Plus …

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    5. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      It's an in-order, 32-bit chip and Micromax had to play the usual thermal games; Spreadtrum says it's a 1.3ghz chip, but it's clocked 20% slower for power reasons.

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    6. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      It's good this is 32bit because Android's base memory use is *abysmal*. 64 bit is a disaster in the 512mb-1gb segment.

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    7. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      Let's compare this to my recommended "baseline" device, 2016's Moto G4: https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g4-8103.php …

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    8. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      High-level comparison: https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8103&idPhone2=8917 …

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    9. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      The G4 has twice the memory, double the number of cores, fab'd on the same process.

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    10. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      The Bharat also "features" half the base storage (8gb), meaning these users are *highly* likely to hit storage limits in its serviceable lifetime

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      Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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      The base model only has 4gb of storage. That might be fine for a Chromebook, but Android isn't built to function on this sort of diet:https://www.flipkart.com/micromax-bharat-2-champ-4-gb/p/itmetfzcskkwpfg2?lid=LSTMOBETFZCEHZNZDMKQUCKY6&pid=MOBETFZCEHZNZDMK …

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        2. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          But you know what? It's $50. New. Unlocked. For real.

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        3. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          This is why smartphone ASPs continue to fall. The Bharat 2 buyer couldn't afford the G4.

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        4. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          By volume, phones aren't getting faster, they're getting cheaper and will continue to do so until NBU markets saturate the way established markets did in '12.

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        5. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          2014's phone never went away. It's still with us and in ever greater numbers. THESE ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS AND USERS.

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        6. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          Think they're not? The second largest market for cheap Android devices is the US. Let that really sink in.https://www.androidauthority.com/android-go-usa-market-773723/ …

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        7. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          It's great to see some press around how tough these devices are, but the framing is misleading: this isn't an NBU thing. It's everywhere. 2014's undead tech is in the hands of your users.

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        8. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          Outlets like @CNET, @verge, and @TechCrunch have totally, utterly, entirely failed at this beat. People you know and care about have been failed badly as a result. And no, it's not improving (@PranavDixit's piece being a rare and therefore notable exception)

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        9. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          No outrage, no opinion pieces calling out the vendors like @Qualcomm, @SamsungSemiUS, and @MediaTek who continue to pump out crappy, underpowered chips on ancient process nodes because "budget segment".

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        10. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          This is paired with a lack of honest, detail-oriented coverage of the lived experience of most user's devices. It's abdication of journalism's one legit calling: holding the powerful to account.

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        11. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          And if you're a web developer, the takeaway is suuuuuper simple: "modern", JS-heavy frontend doesn't work for most of your users; at least not without serious discipline and infrastructure. DIY front-end infra ISN'T WORKING.

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        12. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          The only serious options I know of today are Preact CLI and Polymer PWA Starter Kit. Vue sadly leaves this as an exercise to the reader: https://router.vuejs.org/guide/advanced/lazy-loading.html#grouping-components-in-the-same-chunk … Honourable mention to Svelte for just being so darned small, delaying the onset of the problem.

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        13. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          Let's be super specific about this: if your team or project stated with "just the framework" and a hand-me-down webpack config that you're bolting onto, you're probably failing. Not maybe, very probably with high confidence.

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        14. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 14 Jul 2018
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          You literally cannot afford today's "best-practice" popular frameworks unless you're making websites exclusively for Gucci or Porsche. They literally set you up to fail.

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