fasterquieter

"Those numbers are presumably expected to increase, as the publication also reports an estimate that TSMC must sell at least 300 million processors to return a profit."

Wow. I wonder how many iPhones Apple needs to sell to make a profit? 7?

Samsung jankiness and Android for $1K is not a very enticing proposition. My last trip into the Samsung/Android world was the Galaxy Tab S4. A beautiful screen tied to an awful operating system and slow processor. Sold it after a few months.

I am so excited I could burst! /s

I bought the previous version for $99. I was very pleased with myself, as I'd have a tablet to take traveling without having to worry about losing it. Traveling with my expensive iPad Pro made me very nervous. Turns out is was just a waste of $99. The volume was too low, the screen had a terrible light leak that drew my eye away from any movie I was trying to watch. It was too dim to see in a bright room. It was painfully slow. Almost felt broken sometimes waiting for the home screen icons to appear. I hated it so much.

The article states that if you don't have enough money then you don't have a choice between this and the iPad. This is true, but I think a third option is to put the extra $150 toward a better phone. I found the Kindle device to be so horrible to use, I used my phone instead. Maybe the faster chip will make this revision worth it, but I doubt it.

Here's what you need to know about article headlines that start with "Here's what you need to know". You very rarely "need to know" any of it.