Grrr... @slightlylate gave me a low-powered phone to use that is similar to popular phones in emerging markets. zomg we gotta fix web perf. This freaking thing may be the most annoying piece of hardware I've ever interacted with.
(and I've programmed an actual VCR)
But no cache anywhere! If they'd sacrificed 2 (or 4) cores for L2/L3, just imagine how much better these experiences would be
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Indeed! Perhaps there is no incentive to innovate in the low-end SoC because it hardly constitutes a cash cow? Or, the future lies in the Xiaomi's strategy, pigeon-hole the 4-series for sub-$99 phones and live with it.
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But seriously, the lack of technology refresh for the 2-series should be an opportunity for e.g. Exynos, MediaTek etc. At least MediaTek attempted octa-core A7.