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But 20 dollars more expensive than A16 Bionic Despite the state-of-the-art 3nm process technology, the Apple A17 Pro SoC is reportedly less expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. [caption id="attachment_69898" align="alignnone" width="780"] Apple A17 Pro[/caption] Nikkei estimates that each A17 Pro SoC costs $130. That's more expensive than the A16 Bionic at $110, but the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 costs an impressive $160. The most advanced 3-nanometer SoC Apple A17 Pro turned out to be cheaper than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Of course, a direct comparison here is somewhat incorrect, since Apple does not sell its platforms to anyone, but in the case of the Snapdragon SoC, there is Qualcomm, which buys platforms from TSMC and then sells them to smartphone manufacturers. Of course, making money from it. Against this background, it will be quite interesting to find out how much the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will cost.

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The module with a telephoto lens providing 5x zoom will have a 48-megapixel sensor Insider RGcloudS has revealed new details about the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera. According to the informant, it will continue to provide 100x zoom even though the optical zoom will be halved - from 10x to 5x. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will retain 100x zoom even though optical zoom will decrease from 10x to 5x The insider gave the characteristics of all four main camera modules of the Galaxy S24 Ultra, they look like this: 200-megapixel HP2SX sensor, 1/1.3-inch optical format, wide-angle lens; 12-megapixel Sony IMX564 sensor, 1/2.55-inch optical format, ultra-wide-angle lens; 10-megapixel Sony IMX754 sensor, 1/3.52-inch optical format, 3x zoom lens; 48-megapixel GMU sensor, 1/2.25-inch optical format, 5x zoom lens. Insider RGcloudS last year predicted the massive appearance of flagships with LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0 memory, the use of additional chips in smartphones for processing data from cameras and screens with an increased PWM frequency.

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So that they are not disappointed in the performance of the SoC Tensor G3 Google has taken a rather unexpected step to ensure that users of the latest Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are not disappointed in the performance of their smartphones: the company has simply banned the installation of popular benchmarks like Geekbench and 3DMark on its new flagships. [caption id="attachment_68767" align="aligncenter" width="771"] Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro[/caption] The ban is not absolute, since benchmarks cannot be downloaded only from Google Play, but you can use a third-party marketplace or install them via an APK file. However, the very fact of restricting the freedom of buyers of expensive smartphones does not speak in favor of Google: it is not for the manufacturer to decide what the user installs on his smartphone. The company has banned Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro users from installing popular benchmarks Google is proud of the Tensor G3 SoC and calls it its most powerful platform. But in terms of pure performance, it is inferior to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, not to mention the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 looming on the horizon. In reality, the overall performance of the Tensor G3 is approximately at the level of the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. To be convinced of this, you don’t even need to install benchmarks – the Internet already has detailed independent tests and comparisons of Google’s new products with other models in all popular benchmarks. [caption id="attachment_68766" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro[/caption] When talking about the "power" of its SoC, Google focuses on accelerating AI tasks, while Geekbench measures overall performance and 3DMark focuses on measuring graphics performance. In both cases, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have nothing to brag about.

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But soon there will be more smartphones with Samsung E7 screens Yesterday we wrote that Google’s newest flagships – Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 – topped the DxOMark “screen” rating. And today it became clear why the new products performed so well in tests: it turned out that Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 became the world’s first smartphones with the latest Samsung E7 panel. Data about this is contained in the source code of the Google Pixel software. [caption id="attachment_68744" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8[/caption] News October 14, 2023 Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 are the world's first smartphones to feature Samsung's latest OLED panel The current generation of flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Xiaomi 13 Pro are equipped with Samsung E6 OLED screens, and the new generation of devices will switch to E7 panels - the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. This will happen quite soon (the premiere of the Xiaomi 14 line is expected on October 27 ), and it’s not a fact that after the release of the new flagships, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 will continue to lead in the DxOMark “screen” rating.