Would you choose 1.35 GHz Octa-core or 1.4 GHz Quad-core on a smartphone?

[conceptualclarity]

The former is the processor for the Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit, and the latter is for the LG Rebel 4.

I'm buying my first smartphone. I'm not looking for a premium product or plan; I have other things I need to spend the money on now.

 

[Paul Lee]

1.35 GHz Octa-core just by looking at the specs but there's more to it than raw specs. The 50 MHz difference is negligible

 

[Aleeyen]

I recently got a new phone and I chose an octa-core over quad-core, all the other things were more or less identical.
If your case is quite the same for you, then I would suggest you to with the octa-core.
You may not need the octa-core's power right now, but because of OS and apps getting updated you will need more power in the future.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

it also depends on the phone makers
LG is known be weak at optimization despite having good chipset

my experience tells that having an octa-core processor will benefit everyone in 2019
Why? My galaxy S7 G930U snapdragon 820 has quadcore processor and the exynos variant has 8 cores
after upgrading to android 8, my phone has become a midrange phone instead of a flagship because the speed has decreased very noticeably. Meanwhile, everyone with exynos variant reported they noticed a performance boost and their phones were still fast

Galaxy S6, which also uses old exynos octa-core processor also received a performance boost after upgrading. Some people said S6 exynos on android 8 was even faster than S7 snapdragon on android 8

IMHO, having a quadcore in 2019 will cause a lot of trouble

how to test if they are good enough in 2019 or not:
- open google maps, latest version
- try to navigate from place A to B and notice the smoothness
- zoom in and out or drag around

my phone is super slow while doing these tasks

 

[dJim]

Not really .. im dont need a mosnter phone for using youtube or telegram...