Do you have some evidence that all Andriod phones -- or even some -- multitask the same as desktop OSes? I doubt what you're saying because you seem to think that iOS doesn't do background processing or that iOS doesn't have some very high resolution screens to run.
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iPhone 7 Series is Faster Than Any MacBook Air Ever Made
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Yup, that's why it's exciting to think Apple is working to one day make a desktop-class Ax-series chip. Found this interesting apple insider article on what they'd need to overcome to achieve this: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...ck-from-moving-intel-macs-to-custom-arm-chips
Doesn't matter, this is a CPU benchmark. Besides, that has more to do with RAM than anything else. iOS can run multiple apps at once, just by switching in between apps or the split screen feature for iPads.
The fact is, Apple's in house SoCs are destroying the competition with half the number of performance cores. Apple is single handedly at least a generation ahead.
Wasn't Microsoft trying to do something like this with their Windows phones for developing nations?
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iOS handles multitasking differently than Android. Android enssentaily alllwa unrestricted background process and app can wake up different apps. So if app developer want, WeChat can wake up QQ and other TenCent apps.
Android does not remove app from memory unless the device runs of memory.
iOS however, only allow certain kind of background processes. App does not really stay in memory for long time.
The way iOS handles background processes and multitasking are drastically different from Android or any desktop process.
The way iOS do background processes and multitasking allows better performance for forgrounbd app and better battery life. I much more prefer the way Apple design its OSes.
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Because Microsoft is in position of doing that. Microsoft can leverage its advantage on Windows and transition developer to develop app that works on all kind of devices.
Right now, iOS and MacOS are entirely two different animals. When Apple want to do what Microsoft is doing, Apple need make sure iOS app runs on new platform.
That happened once, with the original MacBook Air. That chip overheated and frequently shut down cores. In October 2010 Apple mainstreamed the Air and released it with a 2-year old processor.
what you typed doesn't make sense. it already is running 64-bit applications. are you referring to x86?
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when it comes to android, don't you mean "full blown-up"? seems to be what the leading seller of android does best. have fun with that.
I thought it was common knowledge that iOS freezes whatever apps it can in the background?
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Yesterday, John Gruber at Daring Fireball highlighted just how well Apple's A10 Fusion chip found in its iPhone 7 stands up to the competition in terms of raw speed.
Looking at Geekbench results for single and multi-core performance across a range of smartphones, Gruber noted that the iPhone 7 series beats all newcomers on every score, including Samsung's new Galaxy S7 and Note 7 Android phones.
More impressively perhaps, the A10 Fusion processor scores faster overall results than every MacBook Air Apple has ever made, only once falling behind a multi-core score recorded for the early 2015 MacBook Air, which is powered by an Intel Core i7 and scores 5650, just edging the iPhone 7's result of 5630. Still, the laptop can't keep up with the A10 chip's raw single-core performance (2989 compared to 3261). Apple's latest flagship phone also performs comparably to an early 2013 MacBook Pro, powered by an Intel Core i5.
Apple has invested heavily in its Ax-series of processors, with some commentators and rumors suggesting it could eventually transition an ARM-based processor to future MacBooks. You can learn more about the technology behind Apple's A10 Fusion chip in MacRumors' dedicated article on the subject.
Article Link: iPhone 7 Series is Faster Than Any MacBook Air Ever Made
Boom! Mind blow. I can see it now. Probably like 10 years away, but for a second I imagined it... and it was awesome. On second thought, as I write this on a MacBook Pro, it's really nice to have this swivelling screen and this attached keyboard: clean, simple package.
Surely though, the Air comes with a GPU therefore handling more graphic-intensive stuff. I think once we get fully-fledged versions of our favourite design software on our Apple Watch, allowing us to wirelessly work from any screen, that's when things really heat up.
It was a hardware comparison, which is interesting in its own right.
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That's the future.
You do actually know that the iPhone 7 Plus runs at 2272 by 1280 (scaled down to full HD), which is much higher resolution than any MacBook Air (not that it matters on the CPU)...
Running background apps on a mobile, with higher resolution than the eye can see, is exactly the nonsense that led Samsung to hit their heads on a very hot and painful ceiling. Now they've hit this limit, where will they go? They relied on throwing ever more power at the problem, which they can no longer afford to do. Meanwhile, the ever more efficient iOS and A series processors continue to outpace at lower and safer power levels.
This reminds me of an earlier suggestion.
Why not have a iPhone 7 docking station that links to your keyboard and monitor in the office?
Out in the field get it down in iPhones notes, back in the office get it typed up in Pages with a bit of formatting. They already have the tech to make it quick.
And while your at it Apple make it wireless docking so I can leave the phone in my pocket.
That's the future, right there!
In the meantime can anyone tell me how to force the keyboard to return to the letters after I press the comma? It seems to have been changed.
Why not have a iPhone 7 docking station that links to your keyboard and monitor in the office?
Out in the field get it down in iPhones notes, back in the office get it typed up in Pages with a bit of formatting. They already have the tech to make it quick.
And while your at it Apple make it wireless docking so I can leave the phone in my pocket.
That's the future, right there!
In the meantime can anyone tell me how to force the keyboard to return to the letters after I press the comma? It seems to have been changed.
Oops missed this post before I wrote mine, sorry for the plagiarism there Ballis
I happen to have the MacBook Air they are discussing. A very good computer. I find speed is needed on a laptop. On my phone, iPhone 6S, speed is not nearly as important as UI and apps and display resolution and radio quality.
The one feature request I have is a thicker double battery option. I ain't gettin' it under the facist Cook regime.
You can't even get a wireless modem on a laptop!
Bottom line, totally different use cases.
The one feature request I have is a thicker double battery option. I ain't gettin' it under the facist Cook regime.
You can't even get a wireless modem on a laptop!
Bottom line, totally different use cases.
Most newer Windows 10 mobile phones ( 950, 950XL and HP elite x3) support Continuum where you can plug them into a dock and run Microsoft Store apps on a big screen whilst continuing to use the phone as normal I.e. Not screen mirroring.
All these phones also support IRIS scanning too.
Does that mean it finally could run Logic Pro X?
Yesterday, John Gruber at Daring Fireball highlighted just how well Apple's A10 Fusion chip found in its iPhone 7 stands up to the competition in terms of raw speed.
Looking at Geekbench results for single and multi-core performance across a range of smartphones, Gruber noted that the iPhone 7 series beats all newcomers on every score, including Samsung's new Galaxy S7 and Note 7 Android phones.
More impressively perhaps, the A10 Fusion processor scores faster overall results than every MacBook Air Apple has ever made, only once falling behind a multi-core score recorded for the early 2015 MacBook Air, which is powered by an Intel Core i7 and scores 5650, just edging the iPhone 7's result of 5630. Still, the laptop can't keep up with the A10 chip's raw single-core performance (2989 compared to 3261). Apple's latest flagship phone also performs comparably to an early 2013 MacBook Pro, powered by an Intel Core i5.
Apple has invested heavily in its Ax-series of processors, with some commentators and rumors suggesting it could eventually transition an ARM-based processor to future MacBooks. You can learn more about the technology behind Apple's A10 Fusion chip in MacRumors' dedicated article on the subject.
Article Link: iPhone 7 Series is Faster Than Any MacBook Air Ever Made
