Will the Pixel Fold’s Tensor G2 be too slow to compete with the Z Fold 5?

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1. Its so frustrating that pol talk about SOCs but clearly dont understand that flagship SOCs in 2023 can handle your realworld use & the difference is at most a few percentage, points if that depding on what you're doing

2. Something that ive seen is that sustain load doesnt have as sharp of a throttle as other chips. So if you start a 30 minute task, the tensore g2 will outperform the snapdragon chips which throttle very hard very quickly and keep getting slower as it goes. Having said that, if you are running large tasks' you might as well use a pc. Day to day itll he negligible and for short tasks such as a editing a short video or creating an image the snapdragons will outperform the g2. Its all a shoot really and people should pick their device based on their real world usage. If all they do is simple social media posts and multitasking the g2 will be fast enough. If you edit a lot of video on your phone, as teenagers tend to do because they cant get a real computer, the G2 might save you some time but probably not that much in the long run. Also depends on how big your edits are. Short, under ten minute videos will probably go to a snapdragon but by like 30-40 sexonds. I want to get a pixel 7 to run some tests based on real world scenarios just cant justify a third phone.

3. Love your content. The items that have me leaning more to the Fold 5 more than the google fold are: newer tech (despite performance) pixels in cameras (though pixel may be more dependent on software to compete), faster charging (if only by a few watts) and polished generation ( 5th vs 1st). The only thing that can 100% wow me towards pixel fold is if like you said in an earlier video is if the android/pixel software exclusivity performs like surface duo where one half of the screen is independent to the other.

4. For me it comes down to the trade in deals. If they offer really good trade in deals from T-Mobile or the Google store I'll play. Hopefully they'll incorporate a desktop mode too.

5. I'll be upgrading from a 2017 galaxy note 8 that still plays genshin impact fine, so either will be an improvement for me. Do we know yet if the pixel fold will support wireless charging?

6. Milliseconds of speed difference. What a nice problem to have compared to living with Duo wonkiness.

7. It's not the T2 it's the software experience and customer support that are going to make fee Pixel fold and inferior product. As well as most likely the build quality at least in my opinion

8. 👍Excellent topic. I'm in the camp of "for $1800 I do not want old hardware." This was the exact reason I skipped the OG Duo.

9. Stock Android OS vs Samsung's custom Android OS. It's more about software efficiency than raw processor speed. Over time, the custom OS will always bog down and will always be a step or two outdated compared to stock.

10. What I've not been hearing people talk about is if the pixel fold will have ufs 4.0 or not. sure its not a big jump over 3.1 but the fold 5 will definitely have it given Samsungs past record.
    I hope google doesn't cheap out.

11. I'll take battery life over Geek Bench scores any day!

12. I don't get people who are still stuck on phone synthetic benchmark performance, sure 10-15+ years ago it mattered since mobile SOCs were quite slow so the improvement was noticeable, now though it's not as phone apps outside gaming don't need anywhere near the performance of modern phones, I can go back and boot up my Galaxy Note 8 and for normal phone use even it's dated Snapdragon 835 keeps the phone feeling snappy and responsive.

13. My pixel 6 pro feels fast enough and that's tensor 1 right? People love to moan

14. For the algorithm. ✊

15. The biggest concern for the TensorG2 on the Pixel Fold isn't necessarily it's app opening speed but rather it's power consumption during multiple apps; since opening an app is a quick an instantaneous load.

    Yes, instantaneous load perfomance is marginal in day to day, but I do wonder what the efficiency is like during mid to high loads. The Tensor doesn't have great efficiency to begin with, which is why I hope Google's handling of multitasking on a software level will let their Tensor shine.

    I have a feeling this device is just testing the grounds if there is demand for a Pixel Foldable. Their Pixel lineup is already for a market that (generally) don't require 100% of the SoC power. I hope they manage to get more utility out of their Tensor TPU in the Pixel Fold.

    I could be completely wrong, but it's fun to think about these things.

16. it is big if you want to emulate, and sure as shi* if i pay this much i want to have a option to

17. Exactly
    For someone like you, purchasing this phone makes sense because you review phones. For the normal user you should wait for the second iteration or third