Quote from: notabenem on December 12, 2019, 22:23:55
After reading arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/12/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-865-is-a-step-backwards-for-smartphone-design/ I am not sure if the (slightly?) lower benchmarks scores won't return a huge benefit in battery life etc, thanks to the built-in 4G modem? After all, my S6 is still speedwise OK for me and the 990 must be faster than the 5 year old 7420...

Wow that article, "Verizon's first public mmWave speed test hit an outrageously fast 760Mbps down"
Rather outrageously pathetic? As tested in both Xiongan and HK, 4G, LTE with 3CA or above, could reach over 1Gbps under ideal (but still real-world) circumstances. If mmWave doesn't hit 4Gbps then it's an epic fail, or an epic scam. Sub-6 could still mean 4-6GHz and the bandwidth around that frequency supports at least twice Verizon's tested mmWave speed, with worlds better stability and coverage than mmWave. Pathetic, utterly pathetic.
Seems that since the Chinese government handed a huge piece of the pie directly to Huawei, they're not in a hurry to dig in, while Qualcomm's really getting their hands dirty.

After reading arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/12/qualcomms-new-snapdragon-865-is-a-step-backwards-for-smartphone-design/ I am not sure if the (slightly?) lower benchmarks scores won't return a huge benefit in battery life etc, thanks to the built-in 4G modem? After all, my S6 is still speedwise OK for me and the 990 must be faster than the 5 year old 7420...

They are guessing, since Arm Hercules was pushed through certification with Samsung 5nm design tools.

Since A77 is already taken, the next is presumed to be A78.

"ARM's high-performance Cortex-A78" does not exist.