Why compare the characteristics of smartphones - a waste of time
Devices / / December 19, 2019
When choosing a new smartphone, we used to pay attention to the key parameters: CPU speed, memory size, battery capacity, the number of megapixels the camera. But in fact, a comparison of the characteristics of more and more becomes a waste of time.
CPU
If a few years ago on the flagship Android could be very different processors, today the comparison of this criterion is practically lost its force. The top smartphones receive the same or nearly identical chips. We do not look over the specs to see how fast the new flagship.
Of course, like AnTuTu benchmarks allow to allocate the most powerful of leaders, but such tests can not reflect the real picture and the speed of the device when performing everyday tasks. The largest chip maker Qualcomm compared the choice of processor performance smartphone with the car of choice for its tires. And this comparison is the best describes the fact that a CPU powerful enough to set the gadget to work faster.
In 2018 it is more important to get acquainted not with the number of cores and the results in benchmarks, with the opportunities offered by the chip. This may be to support high-speed LTE-networks, the fastest charging, recording 4K-quality video.
RAM
Some modern flagships are equipped with 8 GB of RAM, which allows them to keep in mind a much larger amount of data. However, it is not necessary that this smartphone will provide faster access to games and programs in the background, for example, than iPhone X 3 GB of RAM. It plays a major role management efficiency RAM.
In the case of Apple laugh 2 or 3 GB of RAM rather silly. If the application for Android should be developed under a huge amount of devices with completely different equipment, the software for iOS is sharpened only by a few iPhone models that are slightly different volumes RAM. Developers always know exactly iron the only possible configurations to optimize the code better and reduce the load on working memory.
Camera
Over the past few years with a constant race for megapixels smartphone manufacturers have switched to the optimization of the more important details. Changing dimensions themselves pixels appear auxiliary sensors improved focusing and stabilization technology. All this, of course, great, but the list of features photo module still does not give you an overall picture of how well it removes the smartphone.
A striking example of what to rely on naked performance is not worth it, is Google Pixel 2 chip Visual Core. Last created specifically for processing photos with the 12 megapixel camera. It is responsible for an incredible effect HDR + blur and portrait mode, for which competitors use a second camera.
Even if you do not take into account the leaders of Google, which is not officially sold in Russia, it is necessary to understand that the camera with the top performance does not guarantee you the best quality shooting. Record aperture ratio and an increase of the pixels reflect only the potential to reveal which software algorithms have photo processing. Just they and squeezed out of the camera everything that is possible.
Battery
The capacity of the battery of smartphones is measured in mAh (milliampere-hours). It is this parameter allows you to characterize a charge of energy that can hold the battery. It would be logical to say that the more the better. However, raw numbers in this case, too, does not guarantee anything.
The way phone will dispose of this charge depends on technical equipment and software algorithms. The power and efficiency of the processor, the size and resolution of the display, the number of built-in sensors and even sound setup - all this affects the autonomy of the smartphone.
Some manufacturers to increase the duration of the smartphone resorted to tricks like temporarily disable sensors or forced unloading of background applications. And often this is done by default. Such moments are definitely worth checking out in the battery configuration and performance.
Total
But still turn a blind eye to the specifications is not necessary. The main thing - not to exaggerate their importance, and used only as a guide. Sometimes, some manufacturers of the less impressive for iron paper obtained maximum, whereas the top specification of another gadget in practice can be completely imperceptible.
choosing a new smartphoneIt is very important to study as much as possible reviews, read reviews and compare with the resources you trust. That field trials and experience with other buyers may be more useful features list.