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iPhone 6 laps top Android competitors in multi-tasking speed test

Starfyre said:
Thanks for the share OP! This is a win for Apple "fanboys and fangirls" as they call us.

I have a feeling it has to do with how background processes are managed/paused/stopped. On android, using an application that uses the GPS drains battery very fast even when its not running, yet on iOS, it seems like there is better power management there with a paused GPS app actually not chewing through battery life. Though I do wonder if it did have 2GB of RAM, how much faster would the iPhone 6 fare? Would it take advantage of it and blow the others out of the water?

I would also be curious how it stacks up against the One Plus One
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If you are somewhat aware of how each os handles multitasking then howmis this a win for either one..its almost like you somewhat stating that you have a orange n lemon but still want to compare

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Starfyre said:
Your missing the point. Its not that they operate differently, but the 1 os operates BETTER than the other OSes... and that one OS happens to be the Apple one! :):):)
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Your joking right? Because they do operate differently, oh as to the more ram 2gb if it blow something out the water its not just about the ram..its how the ram n processor work in tandem
 
BlueGoldAce said:
No one claims Anandtech is wrong....

But, safari on iOS is horrible with page reload. I tested it earlier today. 4-5 pages before it reloaded.

On chrome for ios...I got it all the way to 12 pages...then I have up trying. Never reloaded.
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I just tried chrome on my sisters iphone 6 and I didn't get reloads with 14 tabs. They were almost all mobile but that's better than I thought, the thing is though I went to the home screen and went to the camera and garage band for 1 sec, then when I went back to chrome every tab but one reloaded.

So chrome is better but it still does it. So in a way I guess I was partially wrong. I need to try with safari and mercury to see if they're the same as chrome.
 
ANTAWNM26 said:
If you are somewhat aware of how each os handles multitasking then howmis this a win for either one..its almost like you somewhat stating that you have a orange n lemon but still want to compare

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Your joking right? Because they do operate differently
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We are not talking about orange n lemon, but mobile operating systems that are competing platforms designed to be for mobile devices. iOS and Android are compared directly all the time!

You still miss the point. Yes, they do operate differently, but as the test in the video shows... the iPhone outperformed the Samsung and HTC flagship android phone. Now sure it could have something to do with the hardware and not the OS, but you cannot deny the fact that the iPhone, with the combination of its OS and hardware, has performed better than those other phones in this test.

If you find a phone that shows those same phones performing differently and outperforming the iPhone 6, do share. Until then, the iPhone 6, which runs iOS performs better. Or maybe Objective C is just more efficient than Java and encourages better app writing on iOS :p
 
Starfyre said:
We are not talking about orange n lemon, but mobile operating systems that are competing platforms designed to be for mobile devices. iOS and Android are compared directly all the time!

You still miss the point. Yes, they do operate differently, but as the test in the video shows... the iPhone outperformed the Samsung and HTC flagship android phone.
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Ok let me end this if im correct ios does not do true multitasking as android... thatsnwhat I meant by they handle it different so how n why would you compare

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But anyway I will be enjoying my iphone 6 plus in about 3weeks hopefully...I have an open mind and can enjoy the great things eash os or platforms do...im on the lg g3 at the moment and typing on my ipad how cool is that
 
CupertinoSlave said:
Android phones are garbage, I feel bad for the people who go for Android flagships because the "specs" are "better" than iPhone.
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I agree they are garbage... when you customize them with 3rd party launchers. Those are what cause the lag everyone associates Android with - stick with the stock launchers on Android phones and there is no lag - unfortunately this sort of defeats the purpose of customization as an added benefit of Android - I guess it's more of a tradeoff.

Either way, best case scenario, root both Android and iOS for max speed.

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ANTAWNM26 said:
Lol..true but the fact is that ios does not do true multitasking just because someone say its multitasking doesnt mean its true

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This should clear some things up about multitasking:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/112013-how-multitasking-works-on-android-and-ios
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That's not really multitasking though... it's running through programs one at a time as quickly as possible. I'd be curious to see what happens when you open up 15 internet tabs on each device, then start playing a game while watching a youtube video at the same time.
 
markusbeutel said:
I agree they are garbage... when you customize them with 3rd party launchers. Those are what cause the lag everyone associates Android with - stick with the stock launchers on Android phones and there is no lag - unfortunately this sort of defeats the purpose of customization as an added benefit of Android - I guess it's more of a tradeoff.

Either way, best case scenario, root both Android and iOS for max speed.
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I've never heard of launchers like nova launcher giving people lag, only manufacturer skins and crap like touchwizz.
 
markusbeutel said:
That's not really multitasking though... it's running through programs one at a time as quickly as possible. I'd be curious to see what happens when you open up 15 internet tabs on each device, then start playing a game while watching a youtube video at the same time.
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Aaaaaaaand... that's why we have computers. A phone is a phone. You're demanding too much. I don't even think it's a necessity. It's just "for science". Who would need that on their phones, besides people who'd love to brag about it? 15 tabs and play a game WHILE watching video? I mean, really? WHY?
 
ANTAWNM26 said:
Ok let me end this if im correct ios does not do true multitasking as android... thatsnwhat I meant by they handle it different so how n why would you compare

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But anyway I will be enjoying my iphone 6 plus in about 3weeks hopefully...I have an open mind and can enjoy the great things eash os or platforms do...im on the lg g3 at the moment and typing on my ipad how cool is that
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You are not correct. You saw the video right? When the tester opened up Google Earth after it was running in the background, the iPhone 6 resumed right where it left off. The Androids on the other hand had to "reload" the earth and the same applied to the other games and Photoshop Touch. There are background processes running I am sure, but they sure arn't efficient.

I am sure you will enjoy your 6 plus, I am an android user myself. Was on the Nexus 5 and typing on iPad before, there are still many things I like about android more than iPhone or that I wish iPhone had... like notification light, pictures/icons next to email, being able to assign a wireless hotspot name that is independent from that of the phone, data usage graphs over time as opposed to a simple number, face unlock (which Apple will never get due to patent unless they... no they wont cause Jobs probably wouldnt give Google any money), sorting of the 3 kinds of gmail in the mail application.... need I go on?

But the iPhone 6 has NEVER crashed on me on any applications at all, and the GPS doesn't seem to be hogging battery life which really goes to show the Apple "experience" and solidness of the iPhone 6. You will love it despite its little shortcomings.. that get made up by a bunch of other things.
 
deviant said:
Aaaaaaaand... that's why we have computers. A phone is a phone. You're demanding too much. I don't even think it's a necessity. It's just "for science". Who would need that on their phones, besides people who'd love to brag about it? 15 tabs and play a game WHILE watching video? I mean, really? WHY?
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Well, that's multitasking. I usually have anywhere from 3-5 tabs open on average, sometimes 10 or more if I'm shopping or doing comparisons for example. Just pointing out that what this test shows should not at all be considered multitasking... It shows that iPhones are the best at running one app at a time, sequentially.
 
markusbeutel said:
Well, that's multitasking. I usually have anywhere from 3-5 tabs open on average, sometimes 10 or more if I'm shopping or doing comparisons for example. Just pointing out that what this test shows should not at all be considered multitasking... It shows that iPhones are the best at running one app at a time, sequentially.
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that's what we call multitasking on the phones now. launch an app, exit, launch another one, go back and it remember where you were (in theory, not always of course) i'm perfectly fine with it. i have computers for 10 tabs shopping. shopping with 10 tabs on a phone, at least to me, sounds like a painful experience and a total waste of time. i can do that on my computer 10 times faster.. but hey, who am I to tell how to get work done.
 
deviant said:
that's what we call multitasking on the phones now. launch an app, exit, launch another one, go back and it remember where you were (in theory, not always of course) i'm perfectly fine with it. i have computers for 10 tabs shopping. shopping with 10 tabs on a phone, at least to me, sounds like a painful experience and a total waste of time. i can do that on my computer 10 times faster.. but hey, who am I to tell how to get work done.
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I would say most people define multitasking differently, as in multiple apps in the foreground for the user to multitask. If background processes count (in a suspended state at that) then even a dumb/feature phone can multitask since you can use the calculator while receiving text.

As an example of usefulness I'll use myself. I'm currently sitting in hell or BWI airport (one or the other) and I can't let the ads for HuluPlus app play out or put it in a separate screen while I type this. I also run into that a lot when I want to watch a YouTube video someone post while I continue to read. Or have two browsers open so I can copy info from one to the other.

Some of the competition devices are capable of that.

BTW I'm on an iPad so its less relevant on an iPhone but I could certainly see its usefulness on an iPhone 6/6+ at times.

What the person you quoted said I find, at least for my usage to be accurate.
 
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