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iPhone 6s Bests Samsung's New Galaxy Note 7 in App Speed Test

SMIDG3T said:
Same. To me, the iPhone's display can stay the same for however long they want. It's good enough at "normal viewing distance".

What you don't have you don't miss, right?
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I do think that iPhone could benefit from a higher res display, but it really is only a small difference in graphical fidelity. Certainly not the night and day difference a lot of people proclaim it to be, and most definitely comes underneath things like efficiency and real world speed in my priority list.
 
Lol, the typical drivel in a Mac forum to boost oneselfs ego even more.

Let's all just disregard 2016 technology and look at how fast an iPhone 6S can open 14 apps.

* 750p display
* non-IP68
* 4.7" display
* pathetic battery life
* no wireless charging or fast charging
* no expandable memory
* no curved glass
* 2nd class camera and sensor
* Apple Pay that works at 1% of places
* no NFC access
* no VR support
* no real multi-tasking
* pathetic camera features, no dual camera modes, low resolution front camera
* no LED notification indicator
* no dual app modes
* no one handed modes
* no EVS calling
* no dual LTE/Wifi download aggregation

The list goes on and on...but let's not even look at this list of things missing - we'll just enjoy watching how an iPhone 6S destroy a Note 7. LMAO.
 
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I knew that Samsung phones aren't as fast as an iPhone, despite the 8-core CPU, 4 GB RAM etc. etc. But this was just pathetic to watch. The iPhone was finished with the second lap before the first one was even finished on the Galaxy Note 7. I mean.. what?!

But this just proves something that no other smartphone manufacturer has been able to do yet: making hardware and software work together in such a perfect way. Apple has incredible chip engineers. The A9-chip is so fast. Makes me think about how fast the A10-chip will be.

It was fun watching this. Now I've got some new proof to show the Fandroids in my class that the iPhone 6s is still much faster than a Samsung phone with over double the specs. 😀
 
Jsameds said:
I do think that iPhone could benefit from a higher res display, but it really is only a small difference in graphical fidelity. Certainly not the night and day difference a lot of people proclaim it to be, and most definitely comes underneath things like efficiency and real world speed in my priority list.
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People who say there's a night and day difference are just responding to the wow factor of oversaturated screens, specially with blue tones. Sure, blue tones might create an illusion to the untrained eye that the screen is more high tech, but I favor color accuracy over wow
 
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fourthtunz said:
I think after hearing for so long that the other phones are so superior just because of the apparent superiority of the hardware that its nice to see that its all show and no go!
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This is just another way to trivialize the results of a single test. Do keep in mind that, for example, if one phone has 2GB RAM and another has 4GB RAM, depending on the size (memory requirements) of a particular app(s) RAM size may not be a factor in performance. However, "ask" the two phones to load an app that needs 3GB RAM and the winner will be obvious. In most cases, though the developers may take care of this by saving/reading to/from storage but this comes with severe performance penalties.
 
JamieLannister said:
Lol, the typical drivel in a Mac forum to boost oneselfs ego even more.

Let's all just disregard 2016 technology and look at how fast an iPhone 6S can open 14 apps.

* 750p display
* non-IP68
* 4.7" display
* pathetic battery life
* no wireless charging or fast charging
* no expandable memory
* no curved glass
* 2nd class camera and sensor
* Apple Pay that works at 1% of places
* no NFC access
* no VR support
* no real multi-tasking
* pathetic camera features, no dual camera modes, low resolution front camera
* no LED notification indicator
* no dual app modes
* no one handed modes
* no EVS calling
* no dual LTE/Wifi download aggregation

The list goes on and on...but let's not even look at this list of things missing - we'll just enjoy watching how an iPhone 6S destroy a Note 7. LMAO.
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If you want people to take you seriously then maybe try writing a list that isn't 80% BS next time.
 
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iTom17 said:
I knew that Samsung phones aren't as fast as an iPhone, despite the 8-core CPU, 4 GB RAM etc. etc. But this was just pathetic to watch. The iPhone was finished with the second lap before the first one was even finished on the Galaxy Note 7. I mean.. what?!

But this just proves something that no other smartphone manufacturer has been able to do yet: making hardware and software work together in such a perfect way. Apple has incredible chip engineers. The A9-chip is so fast. Makes me think about how fast the A10-chip will be.

It was fun watching this. Now I've got some new proof to show the Fandroids in my class that the iPhone 6s is still much faster than a Samsung phone with over double the specs. 😀
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Before you rush to judgement, remember that iPhone has much lower resolution. This helps "performance" a lot even in the tests like this. BTW, I believe Note 7 allows users to set resolution different from the display's native resolution (just like computers do). It would be interesting to set iPhone's resolution and re-run the test.
 
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keysofanxiety said:
Embarrassingly low resolution? You do have a gift for overstatement. You can't distinguish the pixels on the 6S resolution at normal viewing distance. Or even if you press your face to it. That's what a Retina display means. The human eye cannot distinguish the pixels without prodding a magnifying glass against the screen. That's far from embarrassing.

And what of failure rates? It's all well and good touting specs and numbers, but there's a fallout from it, and from adopting early technology before it's primed. If iPhones had that kind of failure rate, we wouldn't hear the end of it.

The truth is that Samsung can't compete with Apple on equal ground. So they just one-up with 'specs', to pander to the people who love numbers. More RAM. More cores. Quicker clockspeed. Better resolution. More megapixels.
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Yes, embarrassing, not even full HD , excuse me HD plus lol, another marketing BS gimmick.

I suppose you think Blu rays are a gimmick and are no better than normal DVD 's?

You enjoy the rest of your day sir, it's been good chatting..
 
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keysofanxiety said:
Embarrassingly low resolution? You do have a gift for overstatement. You can't distinguish the pixels on the 6S resolution at normal viewing distance. Or even if you press your face to it. That's what a Retina display means. The human eye cannot distinguish the pixels without prodding a magnifying glass against the screen. That's far from embarrassing.

And what of failure rates? It's all well and good touting specs and numbers, but there's a fallout from it, and from adopting early technology before it's primed. If iPhones had that kind of failure rate, we wouldn't hear the end of it.

The truth is that Samsung can't compete with Apple on equal ground. So they just one-up with 'specs', to pander to the people who love numbers. More RAM. More cores. Quicker clockspeed. Better resolution. More megapixels.
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6S has a fine screen, but if you were to OBJECTIVELY look at it next to a phone like Note 7, you'd realize how much better modern screens are. Obviously Apple knows it too as they are gearing up to get rid of LCDs next year...

As to your spec comment, this is precisely what Samsung DIDN'T do - they left the CPU/GPU/RAM same as S7 and many other flagship Android phones. They actually went down from 16 to 12 megapixels on the camera, but improved the optics. Modern phones are fast enough these days. No, what they DID do is make the Note 7 significantly smaller than 6S Plus, yet have a bigger AND better screen.
 
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JamieLannister said:
Lol, the typical drivel in a Mac forum to boost oneselfs ego even more.

Let's all just disregard 2016 technology and look at how fast an iPhone 6S can open 14 apps.

* 750p display
* non-IP68
* 4.7" display
* pathetic battery life
* no wireless charging or fast charging
* no expandable memory
* no curved glass
* 2nd class camera and sensor
* Apple Pay that works at 1% of places
* no NFC access
* no VR support
* no real multi-tasking
* pathetic camera features, no dual camera modes, low resolution front camera
* no LED notification indicator
* no dual app modes
* no one handed modes
* no EVS calling
* no dual LTE/Wifi download aggregation

The list goes on and on...but let's not even look at this list of things missing - we'll just enjoy watching how an iPhone 6S destroy a Note 7. LMAO.
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Sounds like you want a Samsung S7 Edge.
Some of those items are factually incorrect, some show that you prioritize paper specs over actual usage, some seem to disregard any downsides and trade-offs of said features, and some of them are just useless. Moreover, that comment screams selection bias all over it.
I do agree with the non-IP69 though.
 
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fourthtunz said:
Evidently Apple thought that a faster phone and a better user experience was more important than screen resolution,
I think they made the right choices.
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Do you remember Apple PR when they launched "retina" displays? I'd say they disagreed with you. Besides, in case of Note 7 high resolution is required for VR. Since Apple/iPhone don't have this feature, higher resolution is less critical. But iPhone users can't have VR experience.
 
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mi7chy said:
This test is meaningless since it's not something that people normally do. Also, Android and iOS behave differently in regards to background multitasking with Android allowing apps to run in the background like a modern PC whereas on iOS apps get suspended in the background then killed after three minutes so it's inadequate if you need to run an app that requires a persistent connection in the background like SSH, VNC, RDP, FTPS, bittorrent, etc. Apps like vSSH even warn of this iOS limitation. That's why iOS can get away with lower specs/DRAM/battery since it's not true multitasking and more like task switching.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vssh/id527244258



Now, that we're aware of the 3 minute kill limitation of iOS we can question why they massaged this test to run under 3 minutes to avoid iOS killing and reloading apps. If they actually use all the apps they open like most people do the test would run over 3 minutes and show just how more meaningless this test is.
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You can't argue for both "normal users" and trot out the minute thing with SSH as an example.
 
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polbit said:
6S has a fine screen, but if you were to OBJECTIVELY look at it next to a phone like Note 7, you'd realize how much better modern screens are. Obviously Apple knows it too as they are gearing up to get rid of LCDs next year...

As to your spec comment, this is precisely what Samsung DIDN'T do - they left the CPU/GPU/RAM same as S7 and many other flagship Android phones. They actually went down from 16 to 12 megapixels on the camera, but improved the optics. Modern phones are fast enough these days. No, what they DID do is make the Note 7 significantly smaller than 6S Plus, yet have a bigger AND better screen.
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You lost 90% of this forum when you said "objectively" mate lol
 
admob71 said:
Even which device has the best screen, or takes the best pictures? I'd wager most folk are more concerned with.those metrics than fractions of a second loading apps...

Have a nice day..
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I'm concerned that the expensive device that I use every single day is optimized in the best possible way with the software that runs it.

You have a good one, too.
 
I use both the iPhone 6S Plus and Samsung S7 Edge as my daily phones, to be honest in the real world I have not noticed any issues on the S7 Edge or it really hasn't hindered anything that I do with the phone. It runs smooth when I'm running split view, watching YouTube while browsing on the other.

The only issue I have with Android is that sometimes the apps are missing a few features than the iOS version but that's most likely down to the developers.
 
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lmao a 3rd part app test...
Needs a real benchmark.

This test should be called "who has the better optimization of third party apps"
 
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admob71 said:
Or the Samsung devices with built in Google now.just automatically display your popular travel routes, traffic info, rerouted if needed. No waiting required...

Have a nice day sir.
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Get back to work before your South Korean bosses realize you're playing on the internet.
 
JamieLannister said:
Lol, the typical drivel in a Mac forum to boost oneselfs ego even more.

Let's all just disregard 2016 technology and look at how fast an iPhone 6S can open 14 apps.

* 750p display
* non-IP68
* 4.7" display
* pathetic battery life
* no wireless charging or fast charging
* no expandable memory
* no curved glass
* 2nd class camera and sensor
* Apple Pay that works at 1% of places
* no NFC access
* no VR support
* no real multi-tasking
* pathetic camera features, no dual camera modes, low resolution front camera
* no LED notification indicator
* no dual app modes
* no one handed modes
* no EVS calling
* no dual LTE/Wifi download aggregation

The list goes on and on...but let's not even look at this list of things missing - we'll just enjoy watching how an iPhone 6S destroy a Note 7. LMAO.
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That's what makes Apple uniquely Apple. They start with the desired end user experience in mind, then work backwards to see how that experience can be delivered using current technology. And the limitations of the iPhone 6S simply represent the compromises Apple took to maintain this desired experience.

You want lightning fast and smooth operation, longer battery life while keeping the form factor light and thin, the tradeoff is a lower res display. Compared to Samsung which crammed in the highest resolution screen they had, regardless of the impact on speed and performance.

Apple is banking on consumers trusting them on the compromises they have chosen to make compared to the rest of the competition. And their sales shows that enough people do appreciate their choice of compromises enough to buy them despite their high price tags.

That's all there is to it - some people preferring a company's choice of compromises over that of another company's.
 
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