Disadvantages of mobiles with mediatek processor

When choosing a new mobile, there are many aspects that we take into account, from its design and price, to the capacity of the battery or its internal storage that allows us to save many applications, photos, videos and others. However, sometimes we do not pay attention to something as essential as “the heart of the smartphone”, the processor, the component that moves everything. There are several manufacturers of mobile processors, and today we will talk about one of them, specifically, the disadvantages of the MediaTek processor.

MediaTek loses strength against Qualcomm

In recent times, some smartphone manufacturers have stopped integrating high-end processors made by MediaTek into their smartphones, replacing them with mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. It's kind of funny isn't it? Why would a mobile phone maker want to go from a high-end processor to a mid-range processor? Maybe because that high-end processor isn't as high-end as it claims to be?

Right now, two are the undisputed kings in the mobile processor manufacturing sector. On the one hand, Qualcomm with its series of Snapdragon chips that, I'm sure, sound to all of you. On the other hand, MediaTek, with whose processors Helio X10, Helio X20 and Helio X30 seemed to make a significant leap forward. But Qualcomm and MediaTek are not the only ones. Huawei also makes its own processors, the Kirin series, just like Samsung (Exynos series) or Apple (A series) does. But why are manufacturers refusing to offer their smartphones with an integrated MediaTek processor?

Main disadvantages of a MediaTek processor

First of all, it is convenient to clarify that, despite the essential importance of the processor in a mobile phone, other aspects such as the GPU, RAM, the operating system and even the applications that we usually use, also have a lot to do with the feeling that we get from power, performance, fluidity, etc. Therefore, what we will see next are generalities, not absolute truths. First, because there are several MediaTek processor models, some more powerful than others, some more energy efficient than others, and so on. And secondly, because the same MediaTek processor will not respond in the same way in a smartphone with 512 MB of RAM and Android 4.4, as in a powerful high-end smartphone with 4 or 6 GB of RAM and the latest version of Android Nougat. running.

Having clarified this aspect, we can point out that some of the disadvantages that have been observed in Mediatek's mobile processors are related to the following aspects:

• Battery. For many users, the battery is essential because they need their smartphone to reach the end of the day without worries. For this, the capacity of it (the mAh it supports), are a fundamental factor, but so is the management that the processor makes of the battery. On similar smartphones but with different processors (you know that it is common for brands to differentiate processors by region), MediaTek processors manage the battery less efficiently than Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors. This translates into a decrease in autonomy over the months, and also in an overheating of the terminal that, by no means, is pleasant. If you have two or three gigs of RAM, an updated or at least not old version of Android, and your phone is supposed to be "good" but it is hard for you to switch between simple applications with multitasking, then is that something happens. Usually, this happens when we find a MediaTek processor, which has a hard time jumping between such basic and usual applications, I love WhatsApp and Telegram, something that a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor does not pose any problem. In fact, you may find smartphones at a laughing price that, including a Snapdragon, offer greater fluidity of use than another more expensive terminal but with a MediaTek processor.

  

  Custom ROMs and updates. Many users of Android phones prefer to work with custom ROMs because they want to fully exploit all the possibilities offered by their terminal, which is what they have paid for, right? However, MediaTek has a hard time releasing the source code from its processors, which results in more difficulties in importing custom ROMs. On the other hand, this also affects the operating system updates themselves: leaving aside the terrible fragmentation problem of Android, not a few users who, after a few months with a terminal in their hands, have discovered the sad news that they will not be able to update it. We have talked about fluidity, battery and autonomy, and updates and custom ROMs, but the fourth most important area where MediaTek usually clicks is in stability, that is, unexpected closings more common than they should be, which is never. And this usually happens on different custom ROMs, so the problem is not, at least, exclusively this one, although in some cases, obviously, it may be.

Considering the disadvantages that Mediatek processors usually offer, and taking into account that the price between two versions of the same smartphone is usually similar, whenever possible you will be advised to get a phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor because, globally, It has proven to be more efficient and offer better performance than MediaTek.