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A7 Processor to Be 31% Faster and 64-Bit, iPhone 5S to Support Motion Tracking?

64 bit has never really been something most of us want or care about.
Me I would love a larger screen iPhone, but i'd also love something faster and more responsive than the iPhone 4 that I have no. So in which case I shall be upgrading.
 
littyboy said:
Here's how I'm looking at it. Speed is always a plus, especially if you put a lot of things inside your iphone like I do. Sure the iphone is fast, but if you store lots of videos and music and take up the space, you start to feel the actual lag. A lot of people use their iphones, but many of them just use a few apps, nothing that really slows down the phone so to them, the iphone 5 is blazing fast.

Another reason why you would want a speed boost is to assure you that the iOS will be progressing. You're going to need more processing power if you want to add more things to iOS. If Apple doesn't substantially upgrade the CPU, it'll give you an idea that iOS won't be going anywhere for a while...
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I have a 64GB iPhone I have 1.7GB free, and my phone is lagging (I don't have any music and only a few short videos) My space is taken up by apps, photos and messages (I have used 3GB in messages and 18GB in photos) But my iPhone 5 is not lagging - Yeah I understand it needs to be future proofed for the next two iOS's but lets face it how many features have been added which really taxes the system?

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viperGTS said:
Personally, I want the extra power for even better graphics in games. I also want the apps I use to load faster (I'm definitely noticing some wait on apps like Twitter and Chase). Although, I come from a 4S so I'm probably not the best example. My 4S is pretty decent with speed, but I want it to be faster, I know the potential is there!
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Ahh well the 5 is much better than the 4S - my 4S was starting to lag too and my 4 reallllly lagged. So I am sure it's only a matter of time before the 5 lags - but it hasn't yet even on iOS7 beta.

I am looking forward to the 5S though - especially if it has 128gb as I am running out of space!
 
I'd be nice to get a bump to 1080 & 4.5", with a bit longer battery life

The iPhone is still faster and smoother than the GS4 and others, and it's use of space is waaaaaay better.

It'd be nice if Apple would add simultaneous Voice/LTE. Every single LTE Android device can do it.
 
I'm happy with the size of the iPhone screen if I wanted something bigger I'd get an iPad.... Oh hang on I have that too :) another reason I don't need more space, 32 or 64 GB does me fine.
 
Like every year i will pass on the 'S', however it is nice to see features like motion control and the finger sensor when i come to update my iPhone 5 for a 6 next year. But this year i can at least enjoy the new iOS7 which looks sexier and sleeker than its counterparts cannot wait.
 
BJonson said:
Here are some simple maths.

My iphone 5 gets a 1577 geekbench score. At 31% faster the score will be 2065.

My Galaxy S4 gets a 3200 score in geekbench and my LG Optimus G pro gets a 3000. Both use the same 600 cpu but the S4 is clocked 200mhz faster. My old Galaxy Note II gets a 2000 geekbench score and its almost a year old.

Couple that sad fact with the other sad fact that apple is keeping only 1gb of ram in the 5s and you got a pretty old phone right off the get go.

Why do you need more ram? If you have to ask that then you don't deserve a response.
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Didn't Samsung get caught cheeting on benchmark tests?
 
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Dreamliner330 said:
I'd be nice to get a bump to 1080 & 4.5", with a bit longer battery life

The iPhone is still faster and smoother than the GS4 and others, and it's use of space is waaaaaay better.

It'd be nice if Apple would add simultaneous Voice/LTE. Every single LTE Android device can do it.
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As far as Im concerned, it has simultaneous Voice/LTE
 
So is it after all Spec bump?

Previously, when Samsung boasts of higher specs, we used to see familiar reaction that it is just a spec.

Later we started seeing you don't need Quad Core processing capabilities for mobiles.

Then Octa Core is a fail,

Motion sensor and associated applications are thoughtless (atleast the way it was implemented in S4).

Now what are we seeing in this? 64 Bit Architecture for Phone or Tablet ?
 
MacDownunder said:
warthog ugly? ;)
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Bebop-and-Rocksteady-Cospaly.jpg
 
Dreamliner330 said:
Nope, Apple didn't add a 3rd antenna to allow for simultaneous Voice/LTE. Even on AT&T, the iPhone drops to HSPA when on a call.

Every LTE phone on Verizon has simultaneous Voice/LTE except the iPhone.


You use HSPA.
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Nope. Simultaneous voice + LTE work for GSM stack.

Only CDMA networks like Verizon can't support it until they upgrade their back end. You obviously don't have an iPhone on GSM.

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osofast240sx said:
Didn't Samsung get caught cheeting on benchmark tests?
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Yes they did.
 
A7 Processor to Be 31% Faster and 64-Bit, iPhone 5S to Support Motion Tracking?

viacavour said:
Nope. Simultaneous voice + LTE work for GSM stack.

Only CDMA networks like Verizon can't support it until they upgrade their back end. You obviously don't have an iPhone on GSM.
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Your wrong. Not possible. Many people are misinformed on this...including Apple employees.

The iPhone 5 drops to HSPA when using voice on GSM.

Voice + LTE is not possible on any network with an iPhone.
 
Dreamliner330 said:
Your wrong. Not possible. Many people are misinformed on this...including Apple employees.

The iPhone 5 drops to HSPA when using voice on GSM.

Voice + LTE is not possible on any network with an iPhone.
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Bull. My data speed is still speedy while on a call.
 
A7 Processor to Be 31% Faster and 64-Bit, iPhone 5S to Support Motion Tracking?

viacavour said:
It is.
Where is your source ?
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Apple, my mind, about 800 tech news sources. The ability for you to confirm this in about 5 minutes with a phone call and your vision.
 
A7 Processor to Be 31% Faster and 64-Bit, iPhone 5S to Support Motion Tracking?

viacavour said:
I already did. They all said it only affects CDMA. Check your own eyes.
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20/20.

"iPhone 5 will not support simultaneous LTE data and voice on any carrier, and cannot possibly support SVDO on CDMA carriers.

So on AT&T, iPhone will fall back to HSPA+ while on a phone call. On Verizon/Sprint, there will be no data while on a phone call (while every other CDMA/LTE smartphone does support LTE data while on a phone call)."
http://m.imore.com/iphone-5-reporte...e-and-data-over-lte-or-all-verizon-and-sprint




" When an AT&T iPhone gets a call, it just falls back from LTE to UMTS and runs both voice and data over 3G."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409716,00.asp



" It should be noted that iPhone 5 users will not be able to access LTE speeds while on a call."
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12..._data_over_4g_lte_limited_to_certain_networks
 
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