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iPhone XS Proves Faster Than iPhone X but Slower than Galaxy Note 9 in LTE Speed Test
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As someone else said The real world differences are pretty negligible What isn't so palatable is the fact Apple charge a hefty premium for its brand. Not for its features. People are loyal to the OS more than the hardware such is the closed wall effect of owning Apple stuff. The fear of peering over that wall is stronger than accepting its perceived poor value. So people take the easy way out and cough up the readies for the latest model even though the competition is far and away cheaper and better specified. Logic and common sense doesn't come into it and never will. Such is the draw of IOS and is still one of the remaining examples of the visionary power extolled by the guy who used to run the show.
Are you in the UK? Anyways, sitting at my desk in downtown San Francisco I'm seeing 28.9 Mbps down and 26.6 up using AT&T on a Xs Max. Multiple tests yield similar results. I forgot what I was getting when I had the X.
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What is this I don't even. At what point is the Intel modem even remotely competitive, seeing as it is outclassed by 50-100% across the entire spectrum - until it dies completely, well before the Qualcomm modem does btw. This is just pure apologist claptrap. Apple should wrap up its lawsuit nonsense ASAP so it can get back to buying the best cellular modems in the business, because this is just embarrassing.
But I'm told the A11 is so much better than the Snapdragon 845...
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iPhones appear slower because of animation speeds, let's be honest.
Following what Apple does? You mean like Apple's lead in offering large screen smart phones?
I seem to remember not so long ago a Front Page article where the S9 was beaten by the iPhone X.
Dying to see a S9 to XS comparison.
While I always welcome increases in performance I have to ask: Does processor speed really matter to the majority of the people buying these phones? For that matter does the connection speed really matter? My cable provider keeps trying to convince me to purchase their higher speed plans when what I've got is perfectly adequate, probably overkill, for my needs. Seems smart phone processor performance is more about bragging rights than anything else.
XS will win again in processors. But what does the huge discrepancy between the two mean in real world usage?
It's 2018. All the chips are so powerful you won't notice any difference in 99% of the apps you use. There's a reason every speed test these days include a video editing test and they all open the same heavy duty games. That's the only way to even show off the power of the a12.
Other than that it comes down to optimization and transition speed. That's why even with a less powerful chip, you see the note 9 open up daily use apps like internet, fb, Instagram, camera etc just as fast if not faster than an iPhone. You can't tell the difference of the two phones apart in every day use. The geek bench score just makes you feel better for spending 1500
And in real world experience, I haven't noticed much of any difference between my phones. I highly doubt most consumers will see any difference unless download races are a new dinner table game.
Or you could just give credit where credits due.
Bravo Samsung.
See, that wasn’t too hard.
Apple has made component/design choices for years that lead to worse signal/data speeds. So yeah bravo Samsung for not making the same stupid choices.