I disagree. Benchmarks do not matter for speed comparisons between different operating systems, but they do matter for many who like to have the highest-scoring devices.
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"It's not a phone, it's a Galaxy"
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I have better things to do with my evenings than watch companies perform their annual puff pieces on how great a device is.
I might own an iPhone mate but thats as far as it goes. Real world use, services and hands on reviews are what sells it to me.
Geek bench scores are great, but what do they actually mean to somebody like me? Genuine question now, what do they show that makes people choose devices with higher scores over others?
I disagree. They do matter. Even during the keynote address for the new iPhone they mentioned all the specs and how much faster it is then previous models. They only get this information from benchmarks.
Then if you want to get a new phone....why would you want to get a slow phone?
Or lets say...great phone but the battery underperforms in comparative benchmarks....oh yeah People will rush out to get that phone. /s
But they only matter on iPhone when the iPhone is the top dog of the food chain right?
Listen apple somehow is always first to use arms next gen instruction set(you know the people they license there architecture)they did it first with the 64bit set and are doing it now again with there latest custom version of the a72 instruction set.that architecture that apple is using from arm...I know its a custom version bla bla I don't want to get into pipe line dept and fetch and decode etc but that base architecture is 40-50% faster clock for clock and more efficient then the last gen set used in the gs6,note 5 etc.
Apple just has perfect timing to be the first to use it and the fans are loving its performance so far.I can only imagine what's going on over at apple insider with apples a9 monster single core performance. It's like a holiday over in the other thread.
Now in a few months when all the top players use that same new base instruction set the iPhone will be left in the dust like it always had and people will again say specs don't matter.
I don't think they mean much to anyone that's not on a tech forum. IMHO people are bought into either ecosystem so they're going to get a new Android/iOS phone when their contract expires..
Oh, you know, only 200 points off for single-core score and 800 for multi-core score. Not very reliable if you ask me.
Wouldn't be surprised if the Mongoose's scores were much lower than those "leaked" scores.
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Sorry, but everyone outside Liverpool thinks Rodgers is doing a great job !
I don't see Samsung ever reaching #1 in the U.S. It will be an iPhone country for a long time no matter how much Samsung pays celebrities to use Samsung phones on TV only to watch them revert back to their iPhones in real life.
If Samsung is strange, Apple is just as comical too. Only fanboys really might care about every little thing they do. Hardcore phone fans can care about obscurity and be content with whatever brands or OSes since the difference between high reviews vs 7's isn't as big as it seems. It is similar to movies. Alot of overrated movies aren't that much better or entertaining than badly reviewed ones. Would anyone prefer watching like 80% of Best Picture winners over something like Tron: Legacy? Anything universally acclaimed and popular can be considered overrated. I know some who loathe The Beatles and The Godfather.
Me personally likes LG, Xiaomi, Meizu, ZTE, and Nokia but others can trash them. Actually my perfect budget phone is the design of Lumia 730/735 with a flagship camera and Android on it. Apple and Samsung is the Nintendo vs SEGA for smartphones. Apple is more strict but about quality like Nintendo was. Samsung is a little more innovative, willing to take chances but can act like a guinea pig like SEGA was. Maybe in 20 years, BOTH will still be relevant or not. Motorola had decades being on top.
Obviously, iPhones is Apple's biggest business. In other venues, not so much. The iMacs got the ball rolling but they didn't hit true mainstream until the more affordable iPod minis and iTunes being available to Windows around 2003-2004. To me, iTunes is the real linchpin to Apple's successful ecosystem. Without it, people wouldn't be so invested or locked into them. Samsung has only been relevant for a decade in TV's and SoC's and half that with smartphones.
No perfect company. Whatever minor inconvenience or compromise prevents perfection. If Samsung DEFINES innovation, Apple REFINES it. But a perfect system? Nah just like in any medium with film, music, and literature. A perfect something should please everyone. But 7 BILLION people out there don't always have the same taste or defines beauty or perfection the same way.
OT, but I'm not into Samsung anymore after my relatives $4,000 TV broke after six years and Samsung wants $1,700 to replace the panel. I don't find their prices justifies their quality that a less popular brand could do. I could still buy Samsung products depending on its quality but I don't trust the brand as much. They are becoming the new Sony of this century. If they fall, I wouldn't miss them. Same applies to Apple since I don't miss Nintendo in the console wars. But I do miss the old Nokia... :*(
If Samsung is strange, Apple is just as comical too. Only fanboys really might care about every little thing they do. Hardcore phone fans can care about obscurity and be content with whatever brands or OSes since the difference between high reviews vs 7's isn't as big as it seems. It is similar to movies. Alot of overrated movies aren't that much better or entertaining than badly reviewed ones. Would anyone prefer watching like 80% of Best Picture winners over something like Tron: Legacy? Anything universally acclaimed and popular can be considered overrated. I know some who loathe The Beatles and The Godfather.
Me personally likes LG, Xiaomi, Meizu, ZTE, and Nokia but others can trash them. Actually my perfect budget phone is the design of Lumia 730/735 with a flagship camera and Android on it. Apple and Samsung is the Nintendo vs SEGA for smartphones. Apple is more strict but about quality like Nintendo was. Samsung is a little more innovative, willing to take chances but can act like a guinea pig like SEGA was. Maybe in 20 years, BOTH will still be relevant or not. Motorola had decades being on top.
Obviously, iPhones is Apple's biggest business. In other venues, not so much. The iMacs got the ball rolling but they didn't hit true mainstream until the more affordable iPod minis and iTunes being available to Windows around 2003-2004. To me, iTunes is the real linchpin to Apple's successful ecosystem. Without it, people wouldn't be so invested or locked into them. Samsung has only been relevant for a decade in TV's and SoC's and half that with smartphones.
No perfect company. Whatever minor inconvenience or compromise prevents perfection. If Samsung DEFINES innovation, Apple REFINES it. But a perfect system? Nah just like in any medium with film, music, and literature. A perfect something should please everyone. But 7 BILLION people out there don't always have the same taste or defines beauty or perfection the same way.
OT, but I'm not into Samsung anymore after my relatives $4,000 TV broke after six years and Samsung wants $1,700 to replace the panel. I don't find their prices justifies their quality that a less popular brand could do. I could still buy Samsung products depending on its quality but I don't trust the brand as much. They are becoming the new Sony of this century. If they fall, I wouldn't miss them. Same applies to Apple since I don't miss Nintendo in the console wars. But I do miss the old Nokia... :*(
I disagree they look like they just lack creativity.
Samsung reminds me of the kid at school who is always looking over your shoulder during a test.
You hit the nail in the head! That's EXACTLY how I feel about Samsung, especially when that kid gets away with it!
I would continue that analogy by saying that even though the kid might have gotten away with it a couple of times, he never learned anything and the lack of knowledge caught up to him and failed his classes.
I'm sure they do, especially those in Salford.
I don't live anywhere near Liverpool either.
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I don't live anywhere near Liverpool either.[/QUOTE]
Lucky you.
I don't live anywhere near Liverpool either.[/QUOTE]
Lucky you.
They need to focus on the Android platforms strengths and market those instead of bash Apple making them look desperate and weak. Confidence in your product breeds success
I hope you are never in the bracket you term as 'the poorer people' because I would hate for you not to be able to buy the latest iPhone or even worse actually have to mix with other members of 'the poorer people' and have to deal with it.
If all they are bragging about is wireless charging, there are other devices out there with that. It's not like they've made it from scratch all revolutionary like.
At any rate, the Note 5 looks exactly like an iPhone and took away features I really liked on my Note 3.
They want to lease their Android cloned iPhone's with over inflated specs in attempts to woo the Apple crowd?
Samdung is on my poo poo list now.
At any rate, the Note 5 looks exactly like an iPhone and took away features I really liked on my Note 3.
They want to lease their Android cloned iPhone's with over inflated specs in attempts to woo the Apple crowd?
Samdung is on my poo poo list now.
What a unique answer, it is not like other people with little imagination have come up with before.
I have geek bench runs of my gs6 from 1380 single core to 1570 single core and multi bench runs from 4300 to 5570
They do fluctuate based on a lot of things.heck having the phone battery under 30% makes a difference just from the heat the lipo pack makes draining it.
Here is my phone on a decent run to prove my point.there is also optimization in the OS from the time the leaked runs were made that could easily add a few hundred point multi scrore as well.
You do know it was done on a beta ios 9 right? I'm sure you have seen the new exynos leaks that just came out but if you haven't a known credible leaker just posted
2304 single score and 8038 multi score for the upcoming exynos 8890 aka m1
The thing that gets me when they compare devices is that the iPhone technically has less of everything, yet still holds its own. It's just a dual core, only 2GB RAM, yet still hitting similar marks.
I do like Android, I love my Note 3. However, it's running a ROM that's getting it to the best potential. So much redundancy, underclocking their own processors, clustered updates that can't be sustained.
I like iPhone and Android but for a phone that works to full potential right out of the box, that goes to iPhone. With a good ROM and the right tweaks, Android can easily speed ahead.
The question is, do most people mod devices like I do? No, probably not...
I totally can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Either way, it's just my opinion. Everyone has one right? =)
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