Google picks a MediaTek modem for the Pixel 10 series
Google picks a MediaTek modem for the Pixel 10 series
In an unexpected move, Google has decided to use a next-gen Mediatek modem in its upcoming Pixel 10 series phones.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23192047
Good, no need to pay for overpriced Snapdragon. It would make sense to stick to Snapdragon only to outcompete China, but Mediatek is a Taiwanese ally instead.
I wonder what this will mean for custom roms. Mediatek are among the only chipsets with available microcode and therefor e.g. supported by OpenWRT, which gives me hope.
OpenWrt mentioned!!!
also I feel like google knows they'll lose like 25% of their phone market share if they dont allow custom ROMs on pixels. No one's buying a pixel for the "status" and it is not a budget device by any means.
I buy it for the camera, best Android camera imo.
Mediatek has been making phone SoCs since forever now, they have two lines - Helios and Dimensity. They're used in many phones, usually on the lower end. Even Samsung uses them. Both lines have abysmal custom rom support compared to Snapdragon phones, so I don't think you can hope for much there.
Would you want to run OpenWRT on the phone? If yes, why? I'm genuinely interested in examples of actual use cases.
Or are you hoping something new will emerge that takes advantage of the MediaTek chipset, similar to what OpenWRT already does for routers etc. but with a slightly different, smartphone-focused approach?