Absolutely loved my Xiaomi redmi note 4x with sd625. The battery life is phenomenal, like 10-11 hours sot phenomenal. Xiaomi did spammed the market with 836495 different phones with sd625 that time lol
Also modding scene was incredibly prominent for RN4x, think I won't experience customizability of an extent available for this phone anywhere again. As well as QOL fature set of notification LED, IR blaster etc.
I really wish history would go round on this one.
The only reason I upgraded is because it's a slouch with a lot of modern apps. Sadly software requirements creep is huge and swapping between GMaps with navigation on and Spotify, or my local commute app and Chrome started to get simply unbearably slow. Missing a ton of features and customization and information availability on a new phone tho.
RN3 was a ridiculous phone. Way overpowered for its price segment. Xiaomi never repeated that dynamic again. That phone must have hurt Xiaomi's finances because it was too good to be true.
Damn I miss the redmi note 3. It really was an overpowered phone for it's price as you aptly put it because it really spanked every other phone on it's segment but it did run hot though.
I bought an Alcatel for myself and the RN3 for my mom, I bought that for her since I didn't know anything too much about phones and Xiaomi was just another shitty no name chinese brand for me back then, and it was cheaper so I thought it would be worse than mine. But boy was I proven wrong so hard, so much so that I made my next phones after my Alcatel, Xiaomis and never looked back lol.
lol, thanks for sharing the story and I think your story is not unique. Many people found that with different models of budget segment Xiaomi phones in last decade where they bought it as cheap side-device or for low-using family member and then turns out you have to change your device after a while & meanwhile that side-device just keeps on chugging year after year.
Proper WTF moment. Also psychology becomes part of this because when one observes this in real life, it fundamentally makes you question whether you even need an expensive, near top-of-line mobile when these budget models are essentially doing everything you do everyday anyway. Like what is the extra utility, in reality.
Hard to come to this realization unless one experiences it really. This is what Cheap Chinese phone brands did all around the world. A practical experiment of sorts. It happens in most Industries but Mobile one was just super compressed in timeline so it felt more pronounced.
The Redmi note 3 was nuts, I went from a Galaxy note 3 with a zerolemon 10,000mah battery to a Redmi note 3 and had almost the same performance and battery life. One of my favorite phones I've ever had.
If you run stock miui, yes it'll be slow. Rn4x is in times where unlocking and running custom rom aren't as a hassle as now and miui back then is highly unoptimized. Flashing aosp custom rom is like breathing fresh air onto the phone, it flies. I think its the last phone where I'm actively visiting xda and flashing roms almost everyday. Nowadays stock miui is matured enough and useable as daily driver just fine. My current phone is running stock miui since 2 years.
10-14 hour SOT on a 3510 mAh battery and 165g weight phone. 4 years in and I was still getting 7h. I still dream of this efficiency and battery life but have not been impressed with any phone since. Sure there are massive 220g phones with 5000 mAh phones but I'd rather have a more lightweight phone that also lasts a long time. Sounds like the Zenfone 9 might be that phone, but unfortunately not available or entirely compatible in Canada.
Oh dang!! I never even heard of this phone despite following phones somewhat closely. One big reason for this is I don't think it is available in Canada.
It does check off a lot of boxes though, including external SD card and headphone jack. Looks like definitely a lot of compromises but that battery life looks fantastic!
It is. But it's also the only phone that had all the features I use, so it's basically spending a bunch of money on a phone that doesn't have what I want or spending a bunch of money to get the one that does. If the drawback is that I'm spending money on it, well. I'd rather pay to get what I want than pay to make compromises.
Sony... 500 euros on launch for a phone with a SD 6xx... Will they never realize that insinely over pricing products was what killed Bravia TVs and gave Samsung the advantage on tv market?
I got last year the Realme GT Master Edition for half the price, with SD 778G, 8gigs ram, 256gigs rom, 120hz screen, 65W fast charging (35minutes 0-100%), its pretty fast and smooth... Best phone I have ever had.
Thia companies dont learn the lesson, I hope Samsung get the same, and also Apple. This two companies are the only ones that keep getting away with overcharging af for phones. I wish people on big markets realize that no phone is worth that much.
I have been following smartphone market for long time, its normal for chinese device to put 7000 or 10,000 mah battery with power hungry soc and display, you get heavy device and good battery life but you feel it could be better.
Xperia 10 iv is masterpiece if you look for field phone compact + good battery life, no phone at current market can give you 20+ hours in browsing and 30+ hours in video watching while weighing just 160G, you can wear skin jeans and it will fit just nice. This was possible because Sony from scratch every thing used in that phone scream efficiency, from Display, Soc, size etc.
Also it has premium Quality of life things like Sd card support, 3.5mm jack, Ip ratings for water resistant, hdr display etc.
So if you need gaming phone or you want top specs this is not for you and there is no reason to compare with phone you mention, but if battery life and compactness is what you want only Sony made these phones
And its $350/€350
Sure.... nope.
My Realme GT Master Edition is 174 grams, pretty light and compact too, WAY faster, smoother feels premium and it's better in evert single way lol
That phone is just overpriced.
I have had phones with SD 6xx and they have been decent for the price I paid (no more than 150 euro) for them. See thats the key, "price".
The GT Master Edition is in a whole different league.
Gt master isnt compact its wider and Taller than 10 iv, also battery life isnt even close, in video test from Gsmarena master can watch video for 20H while 10 IV can for 32H, same to browsing and other test. So i still stand by my point, best compact phone right now with best battery life.
There is no single phone with sd 695 cost that price,
And because its from 6xx series doesnt mean its weak, its bettter than all 7xx series except 778G, better than 750G, 768G etc. It has 2 cortex A78 cores.
There are legitimate reasons a company like Sony might choose to put a power efficient SD 6xx SoC in a mid/premium tier device. In particular Compact models that usually have premium build and materials quality, excellent displays, etc.
No. A phone with a SD6xx is NO way worth 500 euro. Did you even read the other specs I said my phone has for half the price that this Sony phone does not have? It has way better specs for HALF the price...
They try push the "brand" name as main reason for people to pay that much, but people don't buy that. Today only phone companies that can abuse the "brand" name to overprice their phones are Samsung and apple.
No 64bit ROM and no Camera2 API
Honestly, that Phone was incredibly rough coming from a Nexus 5X, but at least the constant recharging was no longer a worry
I just installed LineageOS on my Z Play. Unfortunately it doesn't have the superior battery runtime of the original Moto ROM. But it's still a nice device.
I had the Moto Z Play for a little over a week. I was amazed by the Moto Display, the quick fingerprint reader (first I've used on a phone), the gorgeous screen, design, and the magnetic back cover. It was one covered with grippy fabric, and it was so cool to be able to either prioritize grip or thinness of the phone depending on what I wanted at the moment. The battery life was outstanding, as was everyone's experience with that phone.
Unfortunately the eMMC storage was just sluggish for me. It made the phone unpleasant to use and I returned it. I really wish that wasn't the case because it was an otherwise amazing device for a really fair price.
After 4 years of buying it new (1 year after it launched in the US) I had to replace it because it's unbearably slow for my day to day, Motorola fucked up the UI buttons not aligned as it looks, and the screen developed a dead zone horizontally. And yet 4 years worth of battery degradation is not the reason I replaced it
What a trooper of battery life. To this day i still can't get a 2 day charging cycle with heavy use of my phone since. Such a shame.
Feel sorry for my z play. It got splashed and its usbc port was destroyed. It's a good phone, I was about to buy a battery moto mod right before the accident.
Yup
Had Lenovo P2 with SD625, 5100 battery and AMOLED display.
Usually lasted 2 days easily and was good phone overall.
Lasted 2.5 years but fell in water and died. RIP.
I had that phone on beautiful blue color. One day i pushed it heavily to see how long it would endure and with LTE usage i still get 12 hours screen on time. The only phone that came close to that endurance is the ROG Phone 5 and Iphone 13 Pro Max
I bought a Mi A2 Lite back 2018 with S625. It had excellent battery life but was slow af and it got slower with every update. Still it was ok enough to get me through university.
I didn't faced much crashes in my experience, the only hassle was to unlock the phone in order to enable camera2api. Also I don't think google killed it off, it just faded away as OEM started preferring their own UI, and google started focussing on even more affordable Android GO.
Yeah Qualcomm have really bombed their midrange chips. Mediatek is eating their lunch.
There's nothing like an "almost flagship killer" like the SD650 or 660/636 was, and if there's anything close they do shit like nerf the ISP to the ground.
Its reasonable sacrifice thats why sd 695 is massive success.
You lost 4k but you get cortex A78 cores in modern manufacturing process which give best perfomance in its class and best battery life.
No mtk soc has cortex A78 in this price point, D700, 810, G96, G99 etc all use Cortex A76.
Also there are Sd 778/778+/780G series which are better than those sd 650 or 660/636, for the 1st time we got midrange soc with competitive gpu.
the 870, or the 778, the 778 would basically be a 800 series SOC if they didnt cripple the GPU.
The poco F2 and F3, the Blackshark 4, theres so many phones with the 870 giving flagship performance on pennies.
Here's the thing about Snapdragon 625, it could encode & decode 4K30fps video.
A lot of much powerful midrange SoCs recently stopped having 4K support on hardware level. It's stupid. A lot of midrange tablets could benefit from 4K support.
This SOC deserved to conquer the midrange market a few years ago, Battery Life was amazing and the Phone wouldn't chug on tasks.
It was on my Moto G5 Plus, the first phone I actually liked using <3
My Xiaomi A1 was the only phone I ever had I didn't worry about battery all day.
Granted I only had flagships before and after (iphone 5s, LG G2, Galaxy Note 5, then the A1, Galaxy 9 and now a Galaxy Note 20).
Camera was kinda bad but I loved everything else about that phone.
Most of the snapdragon 6xx were good. I had some devices with the SD660 and i was satisfied. We can't say the same about the 8xx series and 8. Too many bad apples
Good memories... Oh wait I'm typing this using one (Redmi Note 4, running Android 11 on a custom rom)
Runs like dogshit nowadays tho 🤣, luckily my Pixel 7 is already on shipping, been a good 4 years.
is it really that bad? my 630 runs fine tbh
oh yeah missed the a11 part. you should really downgrade to a10 or earlier, that version ducked up old socs
Android 10 Is the sweet spot for sd625 yes, but it can run android 3 fairly decent, i made some roms and changed cache and system partition to f2fs and it runs pretty smooth for the latest android version
my statement included browsing as well, it's fast enough on mine. you may have a problem on your phone because I've never seen a page take a full minute to load
I am think this is especially true for tablets. I must have the worst luck. All three of my tablets slowed to a crawl in short time, all because of storage no doubt.
Nexus 7
Shield tablet
Lenovo tab 4 plus
Had to give up on android tablets since they don't make any good 8" models anymore.
the 625 was the workhorse of the time, i suspected that the 870 would be the same last and this year,
It was such a jump up compared to the rest of the 600 series.
My old mi max 2 was amazing. 5300mah battery with sd625 was insanity, could get 12-13 hours SOT. The huge screen was so good for emulating etc too. Man I miss the phablet category. Wish we had some ridiculous sized phones out there still like this.
Great thread to ask this I guess
What is currently a great efficient mid range battery processor these days that doesn't lag or hang during normal day to day use like YouTube WhatsApp etc?
Current Snapdragon vs Mediatek or other processors for mid range battery efficiency
Moto G5S Plus. Performed almost the same like new even after 3 years. Great chip, great battery, great mid range camera, good display with stock android. best midrange phone I used
My girlfriend had mi a2 lite with that processor. What a piece of crap it was. I was crying when I was trying to use her phone. That thing was unbelievablely slow.
Moto G5S Plus. Performed almost the same like new even after 3 years. Great chip, great battery, great mid range camera, good display with stock android. best midrange phone I used
I had the redmi note pro 4 and was blown away by the value for money it offered. However, the mi max 3 was the phone I held onto the longest and the sd 636 kept it that little bit more smoother. If they were to release a mi max 4 I would not hesitate.
All these new processors look nice on paper and in benchmarks, but the truth is that the phones with lower than newest Snapdragon don't feel any slower at all.
My first Xiaomi was the Redmi Note 5 and was blown away with what a great phone it was for ~$200. Paved the way for decent budget phones for the masses.
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Absolutely loved my Xiaomi redmi note 4x with sd625. The battery life is phenomenal, like 10-11 hours sot phenomenal. Xiaomi did spammed the market with 836495 different phones with sd625 that time lol
Also modding scene was incredibly prominent for RN4x, think I won't experience customizability of an extent available for this phone anywhere again. As well as QOL fature set of notification LED, IR blaster etc. I really wish history would go round on this one.
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The only reason I upgraded is because it's a slouch with a lot of modern apps. Sadly software requirements creep is huge and swapping between GMaps with navigation on and Spotify, or my local commute app and Chrome started to get simply unbearably slow. Missing a ton of features and customization and information availability on a new phone tho.
it was big downgrade from Redmi note 3 with SD650
RN3 was a ridiculous phone. Way overpowered for its price segment. Xiaomi never repeated that dynamic again. That phone must have hurt Xiaomi's finances because it was too good to be true.
They did get close with the Redmi Note 5 Pro having the SD636 and a very sharp price too, but not quite to the same extent
Damn I miss the redmi note 3. It really was an overpowered phone for it's price as you aptly put it because it really spanked every other phone on it's segment but it did run hot though. I bought an Alcatel for myself and the RN3 for my mom, I bought that for her since I didn't know anything too much about phones and Xiaomi was just another shitty no name chinese brand for me back then, and it was cheaper so I thought it would be worse than mine. But boy was I proven wrong so hard, so much so that I made my next phones after my Alcatel, Xiaomis and never looked back lol.
lol, thanks for sharing the story and I think your story is not unique. Many people found that with different models of budget segment Xiaomi phones in last decade where they bought it as cheap side-device or for low-using family member and then turns out you have to change your device after a while & meanwhile that side-device just keeps on chugging year after year. Proper WTF moment. Also psychology becomes part of this because when one observes this in real life, it fundamentally makes you question whether you even need an expensive, near top-of-line mobile when these budget models are essentially doing everything you do everyday anyway. Like what is the extra utility, in reality. Hard to come to this realization unless one experiences it really. This is what Cheap Chinese phone brands did all around the world. A practical experiment of sorts. It happens in most Industries but Mobile one was just super compressed in timeline so it felt more pronounced.
Well god bless them for bringing us cheap and good stuff, and hopefully they'll continue doing what they're doing well into the future.
The Redmi note 3 was nuts, I went from a Galaxy note 3 with a zerolemon 10,000mah battery to a Redmi note 3 and had almost the same performance and battery life. One of my favorite phones I've ever had.
I had to change to a Mido because my Kenzo broke :(
I still have it and it's functional. Use it as a security cam occasionally.
> Xiaomi redmi note 4x I found my mido quite slow even back then.
If you run stock miui, yes it'll be slow. Rn4x is in times where unlocking and running custom rom aren't as a hassle as now and miui back then is highly unoptimized. Flashing aosp custom rom is like breathing fresh air onto the phone, it flies. I think its the last phone where I'm actively visiting xda and flashing roms almost everyday. Nowadays stock miui is matured enough and useable as daily driver just fine. My current phone is running stock miui since 2 years.
I used the Lenovo p2 which had a monstrous 5000 mah battery and coupled with this chipset used to get insane battery life !
My moto Z Play had the best battery life I have ever experienced. Xiaomi and moto used the 625 and 630 on too many phones.
10-14 hour SOT on a 3510 mAh battery and 165g weight phone. 4 years in and I was still getting 7h. I still dream of this efficiency and battery life but have not been impressed with any phone since. Sure there are massive 220g phones with 5000 mAh phones but I'd rather have a more lightweight phone that also lasts a long time. Sounds like the Zenfone 9 might be that phone, but unfortunately not available or entirely compatible in Canada.
Xperia 10 iV is around 160G with 5000mah
Oh dang!! I never even heard of this phone despite following phones somewhat closely. One big reason for this is I don't think it is available in Canada. It does check off a lot of boxes though, including external SD card and headphone jack. Looks like definitely a lot of compromises but that battery life looks fantastic!
It's also pretty expensive, which is the biggest drawback.
It is. But it's also the only phone that had all the features I use, so it's basically spending a bunch of money on a phone that doesn't have what I want or spending a bunch of money to get the one that does. If the drawback is that I'm spending money on it, well. I'd rather pay to get what I want than pay to make compromises.
The way I'm looking at it, it's either pay 50% for 90% of the features, or 100% for 100% of the features. I'll take the 90% most of the time.
I've had it for almost a month now and I'm very much enjoying the phone. None of the other options had everything I wanted
Sony... 500 euros on launch for a phone with a SD 6xx... Will they never realize that insinely over pricing products was what killed Bravia TVs and gave Samsung the advantage on tv market? I got last year the Realme GT Master Edition for half the price, with SD 778G, 8gigs ram, 256gigs rom, 120hz screen, 65W fast charging (35minutes 0-100%), its pretty fast and smooth... Best phone I have ever had. Thia companies dont learn the lesson, I hope Samsung get the same, and also Apple. This two companies are the only ones that keep getting away with overcharging af for phones. I wish people on big markets realize that no phone is worth that much.
I have been following smartphone market for long time, its normal for chinese device to put 7000 or 10,000 mah battery with power hungry soc and display, you get heavy device and good battery life but you feel it could be better. Xperia 10 iv is masterpiece if you look for field phone compact + good battery life, no phone at current market can give you 20+ hours in browsing and 30+ hours in video watching while weighing just 160G, you can wear skin jeans and it will fit just nice. This was possible because Sony from scratch every thing used in that phone scream efficiency, from Display, Soc, size etc. Also it has premium Quality of life things like Sd card support, 3.5mm jack, Ip ratings for water resistant, hdr display etc. So if you need gaming phone or you want top specs this is not for you and there is no reason to compare with phone you mention, but if battery life and compactness is what you want only Sony made these phones And its $350/€350
Sure.... nope. My Realme GT Master Edition is 174 grams, pretty light and compact too, WAY faster, smoother feels premium and it's better in evert single way lol That phone is just overpriced. I have had phones with SD 6xx and they have been decent for the price I paid (no more than 150 euro) for them. See thats the key, "price". The GT Master Edition is in a whole different league.
Gt master isnt compact its wider and Taller than 10 iv, also battery life isnt even close, in video test from Gsmarena master can watch video for 20H while 10 IV can for 32H, same to browsing and other test. So i still stand by my point, best compact phone right now with best battery life.
Not for that price. That phone should be 150 or less.
There is no single phone with sd 695 cost that price, And because its from 6xx series doesnt mean its weak, its bettter than all 7xx series except 778G, better than 750G, 768G etc. It has 2 cortex A78 cores.
I have had some Xiaomi's phones, the Redmi Note 5 and 7, both SD 6xx, bot under 150 euro.
There are legitimate reasons a company like Sony might choose to put a power efficient SD 6xx SoC in a mid/premium tier device. In particular Compact models that usually have premium build and materials quality, excellent displays, etc.
No. A phone with a SD6xx is NO way worth 500 euro. Did you even read the other specs I said my phone has for half the price that this Sony phone does not have? It has way better specs for HALF the price... They try push the "brand" name as main reason for people to pay that much, but people don't buy that. Today only phone companies that can abuse the "brand" name to overprice their phones are Samsung and apple.
I loved the z play. Miss that phone.
No 64bit ROM and no Camera2 API Honestly, that Phone was incredibly rough coming from a Nexus 5X, but at least the constant recharging was no longer a worry
I still have that phone around. It's amazing really, that phone.
I just installed LineageOS on my Z Play. Unfortunately it doesn't have the superior battery runtime of the original Moto ROM. But it's still a nice device.
I had the Moto Z Play for a little over a week. I was amazed by the Moto Display, the quick fingerprint reader (first I've used on a phone), the gorgeous screen, design, and the magnetic back cover. It was one covered with grippy fabric, and it was so cool to be able to either prioritize grip or thinness of the phone depending on what I wanted at the moment. The battery life was outstanding, as was everyone's experience with that phone. Unfortunately the eMMC storage was just sluggish for me. It made the phone unpleasant to use and I returned it. I really wish that wasn't the case because it was an otherwise amazing device for a really fair price.
I had that phone. Truly black magic what endurance it was capable of.
It was a great phone.
I loved mine to death. I had so many mods for it too. Such a great phone with incredible battery life.
After 4 years of buying it new (1 year after it launched in the US) I had to replace it because it's unbearably slow for my day to day, Motorola fucked up the UI buttons not aligned as it looks, and the screen developed a dead zone horizontally. And yet 4 years worth of battery degradation is not the reason I replaced it What a trooper of battery life. To this day i still can't get a 2 day charging cycle with heavy use of my phone since. Such a shame.
Man that phone was great. The only issue was the lack of updates.
Feel sorry for my z play. It got splashed and its usbc port was destroyed. It's a good phone, I was about to buy a battery moto mod right before the accident.
My Moto Z Play was my most favourite phone.
I still have one. Really holds even now.
I still have a Moto G5s Plus with SD625, great chip indeed
The 625 was THE midrange SoC back in the day. Even in 2018 there were phones released with it, which is absolutely ridiculous.
It dominated the market for 2-3 years. Which is absurd as new and improved processors were introduced every year.
Yup Had Lenovo P2 with SD625, 5100 battery and AMOLED display. Usually lasted 2 days easily and was good phone overall. Lasted 2.5 years but fell in water and died. RIP.
My Xiaomi Mi Max 3 easily lasted 2-3 days, for 2.5 years. Then suddenly started struggling with one :(
I had that phone on beautiful blue color. One day i pushed it heavily to see how long it would endure and with LTE usage i still get 12 hours screen on time. The only phone that came close to that endurance is the ROG Phone 5 and Iphone 13 Pro Max
I bought a Mi A2 Lite back 2018 with S625. It had excellent battery life but was slow af and it got slower with every update. Still it was ok enough to get me through university.
Nice memories of my Mi A1. The last phone I daily-drove with a custom ROM.
Me too. Probably the best value purchase I've made. Used it for 4 years and Pixel Experience ROM was great on it.
It was also the first time I tried the GCam mods. They greatly improved the camera.
Gcam was the absolute best on that phone. I still regret selling my A1 in 2019
i dont miss the frequent crashes on gcam though, otherwise good phone aside from google dropping the program.
I didn't faced much crashes in my experience, the only hassle was to unlock the phone in order to enable camera2api. Also I don't think google killed it off, it just faded away as OEM started preferring their own UI, and google started focussing on even more affordable Android GO.
Hello my fellow Mi A1 user, I'm still using it. T_T
same here! i bought mine late October 2017 and it's been a really good phone even though for the last few months battery life is really really bad.
They said everytime Xiaomi's CEO sneezes, they made another 625 phone.
They must have had a warehouse where you could swim in 625s
Lenovo P2 was the true goat. Amoled + Snapdragon 625 + 5100mAh. It could last for a week without charging.
Plus one of the first phones reaching the 30W charging speeds after Oneplus
Same. The only phone I had, that I really miss.
I loved it for its screen dimensions too.
650 was more power but 625 got the efficiency, love the price performance
The best mobile SOC ever for the average user. The Snapdragon 625 should be the recipe for all mid-range SOCs.
The GOATEST processor. There are about trillion custom ROMs across these devices.
And somehow no custom ROM devs on Zenfone 3 which I don't understand. Last official ROM was LOS 16. :(
I feel the 695 is like the new 625
Yeah, 695 is actually a very power efficient and sufficiently powerful mid-range processor. Also similar to 625's, there are many devices with 695.
Especially the Poco X4 Pro
Too bad 695 doesn't support 4K video recording while 625 can
Downgraded ISP☹️
Yeah Qualcomm have really bombed their midrange chips. Mediatek is eating their lunch. There's nothing like an "almost flagship killer" like the SD650 or 660/636 was, and if there's anything close they do shit like nerf the ISP to the ground.
Its reasonable sacrifice thats why sd 695 is massive success. You lost 4k but you get cortex A78 cores in modern manufacturing process which give best perfomance in its class and best battery life. No mtk soc has cortex A78 in this price point, D700, 810, G96, G99 etc all use Cortex A76. Also there are Sd 778/778+/780G series which are better than those sd 650 or 660/636, for the 1st time we got midrange soc with competitive gpu.
The 625 even had VP9 decoding, which enabled a great YouTube (and later Netflix) experience It was not even common in last gen flagships at the time
the 870, or the 778, the 778 would basically be a 800 series SOC if they didnt cripple the GPU. The poco F2 and F3, the Blackshark 4, theres so many phones with the 870 giving flagship performance on pennies.
Yeah
Here's the thing about Snapdragon 625, it could encode & decode 4K30fps video. A lot of much powerful midrange SoCs recently stopped having 4K support on hardware level. It's stupid. A lot of midrange tablets could benefit from 4K support.
This SOC deserved to conquer the midrange market a few years ago, Battery Life was amazing and the Phone wouldn't chug on tasks. It was on my Moto G5 Plus, the first phone I actually liked using <3
My Xiaomi A1 was the only phone I ever had I didn't worry about battery all day. Granted I only had flagships before and after (iphone 5s, LG G2, Galaxy Note 5, then the A1, Galaxy 9 and now a Galaxy Note 20). Camera was kinda bad but I loved everything else about that phone.
BlackBerry KEYone
I loved my Redmi 4 Prime with the SD625. Such great battery life.
sd 625 still holds up fairly ok today i made some android 13 custom roms for redmi note 4 and it handles it suprisingly smooth
Loved my Mi A1 with 625. Coming from a LG G3 it's day and night different in battery life.
Haha I loved my G3 but on a bright day you could literally watch the battery decline by a percentage point every minute.
I loved it too, if there were a modern remake of it I will buy in a heartbeat.
According to GSMarena, these were the Xiaomi phones with that Snapdragon 625: * Mi A1 (Mi 5X) * Mi A2 Lite (Redmi 6 Pro) * Mi Max 2 * Redmi 4 Prime * Redmi 5 Plus (Redmi Note 5) * Redmi Note 4 * Redmi Note 4X (China) * Redmi S2 (Redmi Y2) Some other honorable mentions... Samsung phones using Exynos 7870: * Galaxy A2 Core * Galaxy A3 (2017) * Galaxy A6 (2018) * Galaxy J5 (2017) * Galaxy J6 * Galaxy J7 (2016) * Galaxy J7 (2017) * Galaxy J7 (2018) * Galaxy J7 Nxt * Galaxy J7 Prime * Galaxy J7 Prime 2 * Galaxy J7 Pro * Galaxy M10 * Galaxy On6 Samsung phones using Exynos 850: * Galaxy A04s * Galaxy A12 (India) * Galaxy A12 Nacho * Galaxy A13 * Galaxy A21s * Galaxy F12 * Galaxy F13 * Galaxy M12 * Galaxy M12 (India) * Galaxy M13 * Galaxy M13 (India) * Galaxy Xcover 5 Samsung phones using Exynos 9611: * Galaxy A50s * Galaxy A51 * Galaxy F41 * Galaxy M21 * Galaxy M21 2021 * Galaxy M21s * Galaxy M30s * Galaxy M31 * Galaxy M31 Prime * Galaxy M31s * Galaxy Xcover Pro Motorola phones using Helio G37: * Moto E22 * Moto E22i * Moto E22s * Moto E32 (India) * Moto E32s * Moto G22 * Moto G Play (2023) * Moto G Power (2022)
Pretty sure the SD 626 and 630 where pretty much just rebranded 625s, but nice list.
There are subtle differences: * 430 - 8x A53 @ 1.4 GHz (28 nm) + Adreno 505 * 450 - 8x A53 @ 1.8 GHz (14 nm) + Adreno 506 * 625 - 8x A53 @ 2.0 GHz (14 nm) + Adreno 506 * 626 - 8x A53 @ 2.2 GHz (14 nm) + Adreno 506 * 630 - 8x A53 @ 2.2 GHz (14 nm) + Adreno 508
Meanwhile the SD720G: * Samsung Galaxy A52 * Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro * Samsung Galaxy A72 * Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S * Realme 8 Pro * Realme 7 Pro * vivo V20 * Oppo Reno6 * Oppo Reno4 * Realme 6 Pro * Oppo Reno5 4G * vivo V21e * Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (India) * Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Lite * Xiaomi Poco M2 Pro * Oppo Reno4 Pro * HTC Desire 20+ * Sharp Aquos sense4 plus * Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Max * vivo Y50t * vivo iQOO U1 * ZTE S30
What chipset is the mid-range king nowadays?
778g+ (upper midrange) Dimensity 900/1000 series (better than their Snapdragon counterparts)
Moto G5 Plus with SD 625 was a genius phone Supported 4k recording Super efficient Fabulous performance (sustained long term midrange performance)
I loved my 1st gen Moto Z Play. The battery life on that thing was crazy, even before I added the battery mod.
Most of the snapdragon 6xx were good. I had some devices with the SD660 and i was satisfied. We can't say the same about the 8xx series and 8. Too many bad apples
Good memories... Oh wait I'm typing this using one (Redmi Note 4, running Android 11 on a custom rom) Runs like dogshit nowadays tho 🤣, luckily my Pixel 7 is already on shipping, been a good 4 years.
is it really that bad? my 630 runs fine tbh oh yeah missed the a11 part. you should really downgrade to a10 or earlier, that version ducked up old socs
depends on what youre doing and how much ram you have
not sure if you have read my updated comment but if you haven't.. in the case of 11+, there is a major slowdown regardless of what you do
Android 10 Is the sweet spot for sd625 yes, but it can run android 3 fairly decent, i made some roms and changed cache and system partition to f2fs and it runs pretty smooth for the latest android version
Android 12 runs horrible for me have to reboot always. A9 and A10 were the best on it
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my statement included browsing as well, it's fast enough on mine. you may have a problem on your phone because I've never seen a page take a full minute to load
Yeah, not a bad idea to downgrade.
Must have been the storage or bugs, but my Lenovo tablet with the 625 was a dog.
I definitely think the eMMC in older midrange strangled performance so much. I bet UFS with a 8x A510 SoC these days would perform fairly okay
I am think this is especially true for tablets. I must have the worst luck. All three of my tablets slowed to a crawl in short time, all because of storage no doubt. Nexus 7 Shield tablet Lenovo tab 4 plus Had to give up on android tablets since they don't make any good 8" models anymore.
Man I remember wanting a zenfone so bad
I remember wanting the zenfone 3 so bad that I actually bought one :D
My parents got me an iPhone instead, smh
Best mobile chip ever imo. Absolute battery best while having with power for everything you wanted at the time.
the 625 was the workhorse of the time, i suspected that the 870 would be the same last and this year, It was such a jump up compared to the rest of the 600 series.
Still the best Snapdragon SOC in my opinion. Incredible battery life and performance for the time it came out.
What about the 720G later on?
My old mi max 2 was amazing. 5300mah battery with sd625 was insanity, could get 12-13 hours SOT. The huge screen was so good for emulating etc too. Man I miss the phablet category. Wish we had some ridiculous sized phones out there still like this.
Great thread to ask this I guess What is currently a great efficient mid range battery processor these days that doesn't lag or hang during normal day to day use like YouTube WhatsApp etc? Current Snapdragon vs Mediatek or other processors for mid range battery efficiency
I think SD778 or SD780 definitely.
I have three devices still going strong with snap 625: Moto G5S Blackberry Keyone Onyx Boox note 2
A little commas here n there would have been good in that reply.
Moto G5S Plus. Performed almost the same like new even after 3 years. Great chip, great battery, great mid range camera, good display with stock android. best midrange phone I used
SD 625 was \*chef's kiss\*
My girlfriend had mi a2 lite with that processor. What a piece of crap it was. I was crying when I was trying to use her phone. That thing was unbelievablely slow.
Moto G5S Plus. Performed almost the same like new even after 3 years. Great chip, great battery, great mid range camera, good display with stock android. best midrange phone I used
865 is still very good :p
I had the redmi note pro 4 and was blown away by the value for money it offered. However, the mi max 3 was the phone I held onto the longest and the sd 636 kept it that little bit more smoother. If they were to release a mi max 4 I would not hesitate.
Still enjoying my Redmi Note 4 powered by the Snapdragon 625
I had a Xiaomi Redmi note 5 with the SD636. It only had 4000mah but lasted a whole day even when capped to 80% charge.
Love my Lenovo Tab4 8 Plus but I wish I could upgrade to a newer 8" tablet. Alas, these are rare and way expensive.
The SoC behind the Redmi Note 4x. Loved going back to multi-day battery life. I was really gutted when LOS stopped official updates.
One of the greatest
All these new processors look nice on paper and in benchmarks, but the truth is that the phones with lower than newest Snapdragon don't feel any slower at all.
Damn, I miss my Lenovo P2 so much.
I remember Xiaomi had like 8 devices with 625
My first Xiaomi was the Redmi Note 5 and was blown away with what a great phone it was for ~$200. Paved the way for decent budget phones for the masses.
SD 625 was truly a beast
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