I have little issues with accuracy (but still there). Most of my issues are time related. 10 seconds isn't an exaggeration, and usually she can't even understand what I said. And I said it pretty clearly.
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I have little issues with accuracy (but still there). Most of my issues are time related. 10 seconds isn't an exaggeration, and usually she can't even understand what I said. And I said it pretty clearly.
There will be, of course. If things like XCom are any indication. Even if games start to move a step up so that the 4S is the lowest common denominator, that would be a big improvement.
Great the thing can run crysis 3 60 fps at 4k resolution. The screen is 4 inches you can't see anything. Make the battery last longer, that is all that matters at this point.
My desktop computer is way more powerful than the 5s. When is Apple going to get off their lazy butts and rectify this problem?
because it's based on the network speeds, if you have crappy signal, it can take 10 seconds or a bit longer for siri to respond. At home I have decent speed and get reasonable responses, at under 10 seconds, but on 3G in certain areas of my city, I may as well not even try.
Strange, I just ran the 2.5 Egypt HD test on my S4 and got 4516 frames - 40fps (offscreen)
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Dinnae worry 'boot it, laddie ... save up yer pennies for the Six next April - with its 128gb, bigger screen AND 112 X speed .... and just enjoy IOS 7 next week .. All guid things come tae those who wait ... aye!
You have some inside info on that April 2014 iPhone 6 release???
Are you running android 4.3 with opengl 3.0.
Samsung plans on releasing 4.3 for the s4 in by October.
It's far, far beyond a G3 era computer
If the GPU performance really has doubled over the iPad 4 then the GPU is comparable to a Geforce 8600, which shipped in the mid 2007 Macbook Pro. This is going by theoretical GFlops.
If the CPU performance really has double over the iPad 4 then the CPU is comparable to a Core 2 Duo (many Macs from the years 2007 - 2010). This is going by Geekbench scores.
Can I use an iPhone as a GPU in my Mac? That would be better than what I have in my MacBook. Better CPU too I'll bet.
Much earlier in this thread it was explained that one benchmark was limited to 60fps. Once you display 60 frames per second, the benchmark isn't going to run any faster, no matter how fast the GPU is.
I hate to say this because it will upset iPhone fans, but I can't wait for this to show up in the next iPad. This is where 64 bit hardware will really shine, especially if the bump RAM and flash.
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It really depends upon what the app does, if just makes a bunch of OpenGL calls, it will be library dependent. I would expect vast improvements to the libraries but we may already be seeing that. Ultimately new hardware will have to be tested.
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It really depends upon what the app does, if just makes a bunch of OpenGL calls, it will be library dependent. I would expect vast improvements to the libraries but we may already be seeing that. Ultimately new hardware will have to be tested.
I was kinda expecting 64 bit, but honestly I have too say that I'm surprised that they are claiming yet another 2X boost in performance. This can't go on forever.
This is highly debatable! Even if not told explicitly developers will have a sense about where Apple is going. Right now though the real physical issues holding developers back is the lack of RAM and secondary storage space. If Apple doesn't address this in the next iPad update they are nuts.
In any event it depends upon the app and the developer tools. Some apps will port to 64 bits very quickly with simple recompiles. How well simple recompiles leverage the 64 bit architecture is very app and developer dependent. Remember from the keynote how quickly that game was ported. The other thing is most of the industry has moved to a 64 bit compatible code base long ago, 32 bit hardware is really legacy hardware these days.
That would be nice. I'm impressed though that they went 64 bit with a vastly improved GPU and are claiming the same run times. That is pretty amazing right there.
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If it isn't a custom Rogue, Apple is certainly moving in that direction. They have hired a number of AMD engineers with GPU experience. So if not in A7 we will likely see a custom GPU in A8.
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I'm not sure if that is what he meant but ultimately much of the Siri AI needs to operate locally. This appears to be another Apple goal that is unfortunately a ways off. The rush to get a 64 bit processor into iOS devices though may be driven by the need to add some of that Siri capability locally.
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That is the ARM solution but we don't know what exactly Apple has implemented here. In any event your point is correct, the new hardware will support much more efficient execution once apps and libraries are recompiled for it.
The interesting thing here is that Apple is using a custom LLVM back end to support this architecture. We don't really know anything about its quality, performance optimization or anything else. Given that it is version one, we could see some performance gains in the future from revisions to this back end.
The big hold up for a lot of apps though is RAM, Apple really needs to address this on the iPads.
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I'm not sure where he heard it but this is the new Apple. I'm expecting many promotional programs in time for holiday shopping.
No, they don't. What they need to do is keep the iPhone small enough to be comfortable for one handed use and a comfortable fit in small pockets.
If you suffer from phablet envy, they already have a solution for you:
http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/overview/
Just add Skype.
64bit also means moving around more data than necessary, therefore increasing resource utilization in certain areas of the architecture. In general, for application like gaming, there won't be any benefits to 64bit processing. I doubt there is a practical need on any smartphone platform right now - really can't see an app that will significantly benefit from 64bit processing.
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I think Apple should focus on refining iOS rather than pumping out new hardware. But then again, iOS doesn't make Apple any money.
Actually, the self reported attributes from this benchmark report Apple as the GPU vendor as opposed to imagination technologies. Rogue is meant to be very scalable, with the interfaces staying the same and the execution paths scaling. This allows circuitry to not be repeated in "cores". It may be that apple took a cluster count, tweaked the interface based on their memory needs, and possibly reimplemented the logic with their own internal standard library of cells.
Try comparing tablets to the A7X.
And try not to rely on unreleased phone benchmarks. Maybe like the Nexus 4, the Nexus 5 will need to be used in a freezer in order to get its best possible graphics performance
Makes me wonder if the Nexus 5 will get the Snapdragon 800 but not the Adreno 330 because of heat dissipation issues with a smaller chassis.
Either way, it looks like it's just a leapfrog game now. Apple is now competing with Qualcomm in performance. Qualcomm has come a long way.
You did see the WWDC presentation on iOS 7, right? I don't recall all the Siri improvements, but I know that was a big part of it.
John Gruber wrote, "Now that theyve gone 64-bit, Ive got to start wondering about ARM-based MacBooks in the near future." Can someone elaborate/explain for me? Thanks.
I can't believe these arguments now show up for a PHONE, this isn't Windows vs OS X, the iPhone is plenty fast and Apple are playing a different game as they did (do) with Windows, they aren't playing the spec game and only people like you care about FPS and benchmarks.
As long as the phone (Not 7" Tablet/Phablet) runs flawlessly that;s all that matters, comparing a Nexus 7 to an iPhone is like comparing a 13" MBP and 17" MBP, of course the bigger device is going to have an advantage spec-wise.
That said I think they've stuffed up with the 5C, way too expensive, pointless when it's only $130 less than a 5S this is the part of Apple that annoys me.
Would it be embarrassing?
Remember this letter?
"First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, and that now is the right time to do it. iPhone is a breakthrough product, and we have the chance to 'go for it' this holiday season. iPhone is so far ahead of the competition, and now it will be affordable by even more customers. It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone 'tent'. We strongly believe the $399 price will help us do just that this holiday season." - Steve Jobs
Now replace that with the 5c and with Tim Cook saying it.
Right now Cook is looking like he's leaderless. And Jobs did that exactly for the reason they should have priced it lower..to get more customers into the Apple tent/eco-system.