Google Pixel Event: @16m.16s in: The spec race is over.

[Rum_Becker]

I don't ever see that happening to be honest......
If that was a viable option they would have done it by now.

It's a longshot but stranger things have happened.

 

[macgeek18]

I have started looking at the software way more than the hardware recently. Heck even my quad core Pentium in a 2-in-1 with an SSD and Linux is super capable. Almost as capable as my i5 in my MacBook.

 

[Puddled]

Not sure about a new product line, but I could see Macs ditching x86. 99% of my computer use is in Chrome, so my next laptop will be a chromebook.

I don’t think Apple’s processors are being pushed to new heights of performance for simple bragging rights.

It’s pretty clear Apple is working toward something. It’s not apparent to the public yet but I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple released a new product line around their A Series of processors in the next 5 years.

Samsung are already there.

DEX.

 

[Technarchy]

Samsung are already there.

DEX.

I'm not entirely sure that's a direction Apple would want to go in due to the possible impact to both iPad and MacBook sales.

I think Apple is more likely to target the Switch or Xbox. They've already got the tools in place.

Apple TV + A11 + Controller with mobile screen support in any iOS device = Switch Competitor Apple style

I don't Apple keeps pushing metal and beastly processors and graphics because they don't have an interest in expanding into gaming.

 

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Rick Osterloh:

I found this particular comment during the event very striking and i am surprised it hasn't got more attention tbh. It is a huge statement on the current and future state of mobile phone tech.

I think we will look back at that statement by Google - "The playing field for hardware components is leveling off.......Core features are Table stakes now...... Moore's law and Dennard scaling are ideas from the past"
- and put it in the same archive with Ballmer's famous statement about the iPhone not succeeding. When companies think this way in the tech industry (or really most industries these days), its to their own peril.

Samsung supposedly has folding display technology ready to go into the next Note; and they dominate the OMLED space at this point. If that is a hit, then who is going to stop them soon? We don't know if Apple's all-in bet on FaceID is going to pay off, and if someone does finger print under glass, that could also be interesting. Microsoft has been kicked in the crotch with Windows Phone, but there are plenty of other things they could do hardware-wise to disrupt the market.

Google has a rounding error or market share in mobile phone hardware... has just bought a struggling smartphone hardware maker (who was dominant in making smartphones long before Apple showed up), and has proclaimed that hardware innovation is over. I think its laughable frankly.