Steve Adams
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Its not as important as software. I have been involved with professional DSLRs for many years. And how the software processes is much more important than the processor itself.
You need a better process for fast processing of high quality images at more than 20MP. A fast processor is also required in burst mode.
No you really don't.
Spec geeks that understand nothing about technology (except bigger spec numbers = better) will tell you the iPhone sports what is basically a low end SoC (dual core, 1.3GHz clock, etc), yet it's one of the fastest shooters around. How does it do that despite completely contradicting your point about specs?
But if you have better software, that doesn't mean that you should ignore the specs have use low specs with the flagship devices, compared to its competitors.
iPhone shoots 8MP images at burst mode. Can it shoot 20MP images with the same speed maintaining the same quality?
MS should just use Snapdragon S4 for all their future devices...apparently spec does not matter with wp.
Oh...and be prepared to pay the same price as other flagship phone.
It really shouldn't be that hard of a concept to grasp:
Specs don't matter... performance does... not the same thing.
The 20mp pureview is an amazing sensor. Being optimized it will be better than any camera on a phone that is built at that time. I can assure you. apple, LG , samesong, and HTC will all be behind the 950 in image quality.
Is there a rumored release date for this thing? This year, next year? My 1520 is on its last legs and I'm wondering whether to try and hang on or get something else to tide me over.
There's an engineering term called "the point of diminishing returns" that could answer your query. Too much of a good thing can sometimes be detrimental.Here's my novice thoughts on optimization vs. specs: I agree that optimization is just as important as specs, if not more important. However, take the same optimized software, and put it in a device with higher specs. In other words, everything is exactly the same except for specs. Won't the higher spec'd device perform better?
Why do we need to choose one or the other? Why can't we have both? Is it any more difficult to optimize software for a higher spec'd device?
There's an engineering term called "the point of diminishing returns" that could answer your query. Too much of a good thing can sometimes be detrimental.