SD 810

[teamnowak]

I'm wondering why I haven't heard any concerns over the use of the 810. I know this thing is supposed to have had major heating issues. Have all the bugs been worked out or can we expect to have some issues (or is it massively throttled)?

 

[Shadnic]

Well in some of the initial hands on (I think even the one by android central), they said they were putting the phone through everything they possibly could, and they couldn't even get the thing to feel warm. I think the phrase they used was something along the lines of, "finally putting those overheating concerns to rest once and for all."

 

[wunderbar]

it was less of an issue that people were making it out to be from the start. Yes, it throttled down more/faster than the 805 generation. But no, 99.9% of the time it doesn't matter in real world usage.

 

[zorak950]

Yes it was an issue, no it wasn't as bad as the press made it out to be, yes it's better now. Still, the 810 is just not the best chip design Qualcomm has made; it was their first crack at 64-bit octacore and it had problems that no X.1 iteration will completely solve, but it's been around long enough now that manufacturers know how to work around them and despite the issues it's still plenty fast. Will the 820 make it look like an Edsel? Probably, but as has been said many times in these forums in one form or another, there's going to be something better coming soon no matter what or when you buy. Today, the 810 is a fine piece of silicon to have in your phone.

 

[jdot104]

I'm wondering why I haven't heard any concerns over the use of the 810. I know this thing is supposed to have had major heating issues. Have all the bugs been worked out or can we expect to have some issues (or is it massively throttled)?

I have a OnePlus 2 (which uses an 810) and it runs perfectly fine. All of the reviewers you've seen mention later versions running fine with no heating issues are being truthful. You won't notice any drops in performance or any exaggerated heat. No one is concerned about it because the issue has been fixed.

 

[Alex98]

My only concern actually is how much the s810 will hit the battery life on the 6P.

 

[wunderbar]

My only concern actually is how much the s810 will hit the battery life on the 6P.

No more, comparatively, than say, the Snapdragon 800 on phones 2 years ago, and the Snapdragon 805 on phones a year ago.

Also the 6P has a giant battery.

 

[krazyatom]

Interesting. Nexus 6p will be the first smartphone with 810 snapdragon and QHD.

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[Alex98]

No more, comparatively, than say, the Snapdragon 800 on phones 2 years ago, and the Snapdragon 805 on phones a year ago.

Also the 6P has a giant battery.

I can't agree with you. All S810 smartphones have worse battery life than their predecessor from last year.

I remember that Anandtech wrote about it for the last Xiaomi release and made it pretty clear that this SoC is pretty bad in terms of power consumption.

 

[mchockeyvette27]

I just don't believe this heating up talk of the 810 until I use it. After owning the g4 for a while now, with the 808, this thing gets hotter than any other phone I've had. And no one says anything about the 808 heating up...

Don't sell it short till the reviews are out and in peoples hands for more than an hours hands on. Can't wait till my 6p gets here.

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[qnet]

The Nexus 6P is using the 810 V2.1 Isn't that a different or improved processor?

 

[bhatech]

The Nexus 6P is using the 810 V2.1 Isn't that a different or improved processor?

Just branding same but I'm least concerned about the 810 for the tasks we do daily based on my earlier experience with 810 devices.

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[Jdane07]

Having used a OP2 the last month, I'm not concerned in the slightest about the 810 being used.

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[jdot104]

I can't agree with you. All S810 smartphones have worse battery life than their predecessor from last year.

I remember that Anandtech wrote about it for the last Xiaomi release and made it pretty clear that this SoC is pretty bad in terms of power consumption.

I think given the improvements Google has made with Marshmallow (and the benefit of running stock Android anyway), the 6P will likely be a battery champ regardless. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[syspry]

Given the hubub about this chip from the early versions has disappeared I'm confident it's resolved based on no negative feedback from devices on the v2.1. IMO this is just another updated qualcomm snapdragon chip now. Anything recently released with it plus a decent amount of RAM appears to be faster than predecessors from reports I've read. Although I admit a certain amount of jealousy at the overall benchmark scores Apple's chips get over the Snapdragon every year. nVidia's newest tegra CPUs were the only ones I've seen so far that really gave the A chips a run for their money over the last 12 months. Still, benchmarks often don't translate into naked eye visibility so there is that to consider.

 

[coolbreeze78]

99.9999% of devices in the market have the 2.1 chip. One Plus was busted for being all snowflakey about the OP2 using it. Duh, all phones use it guys, thanks.

Heat and battery drain are real on the 810. This is a fact. We are all just hoping Huawei are masters at heat sink design I guess, while praying Marshmallow can throw power consumption a bone.

I'm hopeful, but also skeptical. Funny how the M9 got blasted as trash for the 810, yet the 6P is the best thing ever. We shall see.

 

[Mrrikki]

My OnePlus Two has an S10 and does not get hot.

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[Mrrikki]

Also to add I can get 6 hours of screen time during a full days use 6am till 11am!

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[getbretweir]

99.9999% of devices in the market have the 2.1 chip. One Plus was busted for being all snowflakey about the OP2 using it. Duh, all phones use it guys, thanks.

Heat and battery drain are real on the 810. This is a fact. We are all just hoping Huawei are masters at heat sink design I guess, while praying Marshmallow can throw power consumption a bone.

I'm hopeful, but also skeptical. Funny how the M9 got blasted as trash for the 810, yet the 6P is the best thing ever. We shall see.

I think the m9 was blasted more for the aesthetics, black bar and camera then the 810. and that was 9 months ago, so the chip has gone through some changes, which is why we expect things to be different. I don't think it's gonna blow up in anybody's hand or cause any noticeable difference.

as far as "the best thing ever" ... stock with no carrier or OEM interference is what's most appealing to Nexus fans, not processors. and don't most people think their phone is the best ever? I mean, if they didn't, they'd have bought whatever phone they thought was.

I'm not discounting your opinion though, none of us know for sure. as you said, we shall see.

 

[zorak950]

Heat and battery drain are real on the 810. This is a fact.

I don't remember hearing that the 810 was particularly bad with power consumption; do you have a reference I can look at? Whatever the case, I'm sure that rushed early builds of Lollipop and the fact that some major 810 devices had smaller battery capacities than their direct predecessors contributed to a perception that the 810 was less power efficient.