What has the Google Tensor delivered?

What have we gained from Google using the Tensor in the Pixels?

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Performance - seems like its slower than competitors

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Ai - competitors seem to have to trouble matching features

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Efficiency - Tensor seems to deliver worse battery performance and efficiency

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Cooling - Tensor seems to run hotter

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Cost - pixel phones are priced at the same or higher levels than equivalent competitors in most markets

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The one thing I can think of is it allows Google to deliver long term support. Remember when snapdragon phones only had 2 - 3 years of updates? Qualcomm not making drivers for new kernels was cited as a reason. However, now they offer seven years....

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Feature direction? Perhaps Google can build new things for its chip without worry, but then again they offer seven year support on their pixels so changing the feature set too much won't end well.

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What say you? What have we gained?

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