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cababah

macrumors 68000
Jun 11, 2009
1,891
504
SF Bay Area, CA
'But iOS 6 has gotten rather refined and stable...so stable that it did not crash nearly as much as Android which made it a less exciting experience. That is why Android is a better operating system.'
 

cynics

macrumors G4
Jan 8, 2012
11,959
2,154
Riveting, a newer phone is faster then an older phone. I'm willing to bet this is a trend we will continue to see as we always have....
 

fizzwinkus

macrumors 6502a
Jan 27, 2008
665
0
it should be riveting; a dual core 1.3ghz cpu is besting a quad core 1.5ghz cpu.

one of those is a large, power hungry beast and the other is an iPhone.
 

GoSh4rks

macrumors 6502
Sep 14, 2012
310
41
Riveting, a newer phone is faster then an older phone. I'm willing to bet this is a trend we will continue to see as we always have....

In a few months time when A15 powered phones are out, there will be dozens of people in these forums that will downplay any perceivable advantage of those new phones.

Biases, don't you love them?
 

F123D

macrumors 68040
Sep 16, 2008
3,776
16
Del Mar, CA
I love how iPhone users say they don't care about specs or features when comparing android devices and say "it's all about the user experience" yet they gloat over the exact same things if the iPhone comes out on top.
 

fizzwinkus

macrumors 6502a
Jan 27, 2008
665
0
specs? the iphone 5 loses to the gs3 on specs.

where the iphone is better is anytime you're using it. that's not a spec.
 

jetlitheone

macrumors 6502a
Sep 16, 2012
604
106
I have an s3 US version and on geekbench it only gets 1350 points. and thats with an overclock so...

Must be international:rolleyes:
 

cynics

macrumors G4
Jan 8, 2012
11,959
2,154
it should be riveting; a dual core 1.3ghz cpu is besting a quad core 1.5ghz cpu.

one of those is a large, power hungry beast and the other is an iPhone.

I'm an iPhone guy, don't really compare specs. Most of the time I have an incredibly difficult time seeing the speed difference between the 4S and 5. So in real world how would a phone that is in between them in performance be all that earth shattering?

This is as silly as when the S3 was trumping the older 4S. I'm sure a couple months from now there will be a faster Android phone out and we will have to hear about that and the cycle will continue.
 

fizzwinkus

macrumors 6502a
Jan 27, 2008
665
0
I'm an iPhone guy, don't really compare specs. Most of the time I have an incredibly difficult time seeing the speed difference between the 4S and 5. So in real world how would a phone that is in between them in performance be all that earth shattering?

This is as silly as when the S3 was trumping the older 4S. I'm sure a couple months from now there will be a faster Android phone out and we will have to hear about that and the cycle will continue.

what that means is the iphone 5's processor uses significantly less battery for the same or better performance. that means it can be thinner and lighter, and still run as long. differences between the 4s and 5 are easy to see when multitasking, or in battery life. my iphone 5 lasts significantly longer than my 4s did. enough that i don't need to worry about it at all for a day. that's a pretty big improvement to me.

if i were using an android phone, it would have to be much bigger and heavier to get through the same usage. i'm very much enjoying not having an awkward bulge in my pants all day. androids will soon start shipping with a15 based SOCs. while it will improve performance over the iphone 5, it's a server oriented chip that's going to be even bigger and hungrier.

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/6330/the-iphone-5-review/13

some of the best battery testing i've seen in a while.
 

eeguh

macrumors member
Sep 25, 2012
39
0
I'm an iPhone guy, don't really compare specs. Most of the time I have an incredibly difficult time seeing the speed difference between the 4S and 5. So in real world how would a phone that is in between them in performance be all that earth shattering?

This is as silly as when the S3 was trumping the older 4S. I'm sure a couple months from now there will be a faster Android phone out and we will have to hear about that and the cycle will continue.

Yep.

Just as a side note, I'm actually looking forward to seeing the new Nexus phone (more so than Galaxy Note 2).
 

Vetvito

macrumors 6502a
Sep 30, 2012
532
13
^they're getting bigger? You sure about that or making stuff up?

Riveting, a newer phone is faster then an older phone. I'm willing to bet this is a trend we will continue to see as we always have....

Wow, thats a weird theory. Newer tech beating older tech, that's wild.
 

Kaze105

macrumors member
Sep 27, 2012
37
0
This is as silly as when the S3 was trumping the older 4S. I'm sure a couple months from now there will be a faster Android phone out and we will have to hear about that and the cycle will continue.

+1. Came from android and I guess this is simply everywhere. On the forum i visit a lot, people were boasting that the iphone 4s was better than the older android phones and then different people were boasting that the newer android beats the iphone 4s.

Although no one is really boasting, but still the same thing.

Number of CPU cores doesnt even really matter for me. 4 cores doesnt mean it will always be better than 2 cores., if you know about computers, im sure you know why.
 
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