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ryandrake11/04/20252 repliesview on HN

I don't even understand why computer and phone manufacturers even try to make their devices faster anymore, since for most computing tasks, the bottleneck is all the data that needs to be transferred to and from the modern version of the mainframe.


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tim33311/04/2025

There are often activities that do require compute though. My last phone upgrade was so Pokemon Go would work again, my friend upgrades for the latest 4k video or similar.

charcircuit11/04/2025

Consumers care about battery life.

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