Actually they have done the right thing by going with MTK cause Qualcomm is just **** this year
615 is a joke, 810 is a joke, in fact their whole current lineup is a joke.
Sony's Emerges in The Middle: Is The Price Right
Editorial: Snapdragon Sorrows - Has Qualcomm Begun A Long, Slow Fall From The Top?
"The octacore Snapdragon 615 was purposed for the $250-$400 smartphone segment, powering devices with relatively "premium" features (LTE, high-res cameras, big displays, stylish looks), but built with more modest computing capabilities to save on cost. Such phones include the Oppo R5, HTC Desire 820, Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3, Xiaomi Mi 4i, and Huawei Ascend P8 Lite (US version).
All of these devices are notorious for at least one thing: relatively awful 3D graphics performance. Especially those with 1080p displays, like the Idol 3 or Xiaomi Mi 4i, which struggle to maintain intense 3D games beyond single digit frame rates at times. Most are also saddled with complaints of poor screen-on battery life - something I've experienced with almost every Snapdragon 615 device I've used. The one exception to the poor battery life rule, Alcatel's OneTouch Idol 3, is also by no coincidence the slowest 615 phone I've tested day-to-day, quickly throttling itself at the first sign of high power consumption."
Now its best to go with anyone but Qualcomm till they get their **** together
thats utter nonsense
even if the arguement would have been Qualcomm vs Intel,It would have made sense
but the fact that you are trying to justify Mediatek is just ridiculous im afraid
Sure Qualcomm has been having issues lately,that doesnt mean the competition is automatically better
the competition is still sh*t,im speaking from my own experience with Mediatek
also its absurd to compare Qualcomm vs Mediatek based on brands such as Alcatel,Xiaomi,Huawei etc which are notorious for their poorly optimised roms
Compare it with a proper phone instead like Moto etc which have really well optimised roms
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somebody please tell me how mediatek will effect on music, camera, FHD video recording, FHD playback features...except gaming. I am sure it wont effect any of them
I am asking coz I am interested in M5 for sure
it impacts performance
from my own experience with a quad core mediatek device, I can safely say even if there are 2 devices with identical gpu,ram etc , the snapdragon one will perform much much better
my tab struggles with even 720p youtube, while my "inferior" Lumia 720 has no issues with even recording 720p and playing it with half the specs
I wouldnt suggest M5 especially given Sony's financial situation right now, the fact that they opted for mediatek instead of SD or even intel suggests cost cutting imho
rather get Mi4 or Mi4i instead if you want something with a good camera in that range
