Use a mobile measurement envelope for latency, network bytes, provider cost, and joules while keeping synthetic examples out of real-world conclusions.
“On-device AI saves battery” and “cloud AI is more efficient” can both sound plausible. Neither is a measurement.
The placement decision crosses at least four different budgets:
user wait + network transfer + provider spend + device energy
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