Why these exynos modems again?! CPU performance I don't care that much as long as it serves the standard and productivity apps. But the modem made my life difficult in pixel 7 for half a year. Until I switched to another phone :( terrible network performance, no network or some 10s to max 100 kb/sec in so many places places where others next to me with same carrier were having video calls just fine. Sent back 3 times and lost faith. Would it really cost THAT much more to get the right hardware?! Pixels are not cheap for this hardware at all.
To be fair there was a time, mainly up until 2018 where top end flagships were a must to avoid laggy, awkward responsiveness, and generally poor performance, and would need upgrading every other year. Nowadays entry level phones are sufficient, high-mid tier like this run perfectly and continue to do so for 3-4 years. I was guilty of always chasing performance and had annual upgrades until ~2019 but since the pixel 6 pro I only upgraded due to a broken screen, I'll keep my 8 pro until at least next year as it's as I honestly don't think I'd feel a difference upgrading to the 10, heck upgrading from the 6 was barely noticeable uplift.
Can soc Google Tensor G5 compete Exynos 2500 (3GAA generation 2) cpu arm cortex X925 (clocked 3.3 ghz) think of a smartphone cooling system to get antutu 3 million is difficult, if soc can be tamed.
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold has made its Geekbench debut with a shiny new Tensor G5 SoC. It features last-gen Arm Cortex CPU cores and a new PowerVR GPU from Imagination Technologies.