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cgod · 3894 days ago · link · · parent · post: Don't Diss Cheap Smartphones . They're About to Change Everything.
More processing power is in high demand with mobile right now and efficiency necessarily is taking a back seat.
Look at Intel and x86. Computers have become fast enough for the average user and raw computing power is only increasing modestly each generation but the new 14nm chips are estimated to be 30% more energy efficient than the previous generation. At some point mobile will come to heavy battery life competition.