PCWorld: A lot of new 64GB Android phones use more SYSTEM space than does a Windows 10 PC due, apparently, to seamless updates & hardware abstraction

On 6/11/2020 1:00 PM, John Doe wrote:
sms wrote:

John Doe wrote:

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You don't need fancy graphics on a playing card size screen. The
most obvious impediment is battery life. You can't do ANY
power-hungry applications on a smartphone. Even if you could (you
can't), you would need to dissipate much more heat than possible.

You are missing the point. The phone is not being used for the
display, or for input for that matter. It's sitting on the table,
probably on an inductive charger, connected to external
peripherals. And you aren't running CAD/CAM or Non-linear video
editing applications, you're running office applications or using
a web-browser.

Years ago, I met with IBM who was pushing the concept of a
"compute core" which essentially was a smart phone, sans screen,
that was pocket sized and that the user would carry around and
hook to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It would be cheaper and
smaller than a full-blown laptop. When you're somewhere with a
projector, or large-screen monitor, the phone's screen size is
immaterial.

Sounds like a USB flash drive.

It's not a "compute core" since it cannot handle the processing.

It had an x86 processor. It was for computing.

comp.mobile.android sms wrote:
On 6/10/2020 9:30 PM, John Doe wrote:
Arlen Holder wrote:

"For some perspective, that's more space for system files than a
Windows 10 PC requires. On a 64GB phone, system files could eat up
30 percent of your allotted space. Add some bloatware, a few
games, your favorite apps, and a 4K movie or two, and you're
pushing the limits of what your phone can hold. Clear cache and
restart all you want, that space isn't coming back."

But who cares. Using a smartphone as a personal computer would be like
wearing a straitjacket. Ewww.

Actually, with a flagship phone with a fast processor, people use their
phones for many tasks that would normally require a computer.

From my Note 9 I can use a Bluetooth presentation device, keyboard,
mouse, and external monitor (wired or wireless) and do Powerpoint (or
Google Slides), play video, etc..

Get out of here! Next thing you'll claim that you can make phone calls
with it!

The phone has just become the
processing unit, the small screen is irrelevant. It's a lot easier than
carrying around a Core i7 laptop to do presentations.

There's about to be a quantum leap in performance of flagship phones by
Samsung, using an ATI GPU and Samsung's newest SOC.