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Honestly why would you need a quad core for a phone? Im buying the iphone because its a great phone, not for a great portable game player, although its app store kicks some serious ass.

Sorry but smartphones are more computers than phones. Certain application may benefit from a faster processor.

I would say 'Why would you need a quad core on a phone?' if you were talking about this:

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