How much will phones advantage from 14/16nm?

[desura]

It seems like phone performance has plateaued in the past 3-4 years, as in my old Moto x and iPhone 5 are really, fast enough for most apps and web surfing especially.

Will we see significant improvements as TSMC and Samsung move to 14 and 16nm nodes? Say, 50% improvements in battery life?

 

[Graze]

It seems like phone performance has plateaued in the past 3-4 years, as in my old Moto x and iPhone 5 are really, fast enough for most apps and web surfing especially.

Will we see significant improvements as TSMC and Samsung move to 14 and 16nm nodes? Say, 50% improvements in battery life?

....yeah the Exynos 7420 in the Galaxy 6 is already at 14nm.

read then ask questions
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9330/exynos-7420-deep-dive

 

[Mopetar]

The battery life will barely budge due to that. Most of the battery drain in phones comes from the screen or the cellular/wireless radios. You're more likely to see a battery life increase because the newer nodes allow for more and more components to be integrated into the SoC, making the logic board smaller and allowing more space for a battery.

We'll just get smoother performance and better looking games due to CPU improvements.

 

[MarkizSchnitzel]

Well, I can tell you that Galaxy SII that I was forced to use as a replacement for a while now was performing atrociously. Barely usable. My new L60XL with just a lowly snapdragon 400 absolutely destroys it in every conceivable way. I know it's apples to oranges, but still.

L640XL performs also much better than f.e. L520, though the difference is not that noticeable, except in games, where you can see what went on in these 3 last years.

 

[kpkp]

The battery life will barely budge due to that. Most of the battery drain in phones comes from the screen or the cellular/wireless radios.

If you look at Anandtech web and SoC intensive battery life tests, you will understand you are in the wrong. It's not even close. It depends on use cases for sure, but everything does.

link for the lazy