logoalt Hacker News

grapheneos • today at 6:06 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's not going to be the only supported Motorola device. It's the first device they're making with proper MTE support and has much better secure element integration too. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was the only Qualcomm smartphone SoC with MTE support. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 also provide it. It wasn't available in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 but hopefully it will be for the next generation.

Pixels fill the need for budget devices well via the 'a' series, especially when purchased as used devices. 7 years of decent updates from launch for budget devices is very unique and makes used devices much more useful.


Replies

ysnp • today at 6:15 PM

>much better secure element integration too

Is this confirmed as the latest iteration of the Qualcomm SPU or a different dedicated secure element?

➕ show 1 reply