Actually, I've thought about this before. In order to write this answer, I also chatted with my friends on Windows Phone Central.
Finally, the conclusion is that it's not that manufacturers don't use it to save money, but that WP8. 1 probably won't support the new 64-bit SoC for the time being.
This has led to a very serious result.
Because Snapdragon 6 10, 6 15 and 6 16 of midrange 600 series processors are all 64 bits, so is Snapdragon 4 10, and the positioning is lower.
From Xiaolong 800 to below, a bunch of machines are directly stuck on Snapdragon 400 instead of 600 series.
The flagship Lumia930 is equipped with Xiaolong 800, but the second flagship 830 can only be equipped with Snapdragon 400. What kind of product line is this?
(Unfortunately, the excellent design of Lumia 830 can only be matched with low-end processors. )
Looking down at the product line, Lumia 735, 730, 640, 640XL, 635 and 630 can only use the same SoC, which leads to the product line being extremely crowded and uncharacteristic.
Even LG, a manufacturer that used 4 10 and 6 15 in Android series in the early days, has recently returned to Snapdragon 400 as a WP8 mobile phone.
Others say that WP optimization is so good that Snapdragon 400 is enough to kick Apple off Android at the last second.
Is it? As long as you play a big game like Modern Warfare 5 or Wild Racing 8, your true colors will be revealed immediately.
Although not everyone can play large-scale games, it is inevitable to feel uncomfortable to think that the performance of machines with more than 2,000 RMB is less than half that of others' Android.
However, don't worry, according to past experience; I believe that when we upgrade Windows 10 for phone in a few months, we will see many WP phones equipped with new Qualcomm quad-core or eight nuclear processors.
At that time, Lumia900 was 480P from 6 10 to 4000. Because the PPI of the big screen was lower than that of the low-end machine, it really made people laugh and cry.
The resolution of WP8 mobile phone can only be between 480X800 and 1920X 1080, which is not supported regardless of the height.
In fact, this rule is formulated to facilitate the rapid upgrade of WP products, but it is Microsoft's fault that the standard is slower than the times every time.
Finally, I still have to spit out Microsoft, a professional pig teammate on the mobile side. The manufacturers who have been pitted together can circle the earth twice.