This test is definitive in the controlled test environment it was done in.
When you sit for your university entrance exam like GCE or SAT, aren't this in a controlled environment to determine who is better. This is the only practical way to rank.
Not sure what your rant is about.
I would consider a test like the SAT or GRE much more inclusive than the above tests which measure only 3 uses (and at one time as well).
For example - are we shocked the iPhone 5 charges faster? It has a much smaller battery, OF COURSE it will charge faster. Why does that even need to be mentioned? Basically they felt bad the iPhone got trounced in other areas and decided to throw it a bone at the end by listing a common sense statistic.
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But if accolades for the Galaxy S4 bothers you....just walk away....ignore it....why jump in and say negative things? Kinda paints you in a bad light.
How would you feel about someone that takes the time to post about products they don't like or own? Like maybe the IP5.......what you think of me if I took the time to always post something negative about the IP5. Especially if I didn't own one......I did own one but got rid of it for the S4. Sow would that not seem like sour grapes for me to do that?
Oh and BTW....i have had both the IP5 and currently have the S4. They are both great phones......Have nothing negative to say about the IP5. For me and my normal use.....the batteries on the S4 and IP5 lasted about the same. I could go about 24 to 30 hours between charges.....
When did I say accolades for the GS4 bother me? This article wasn't the issue. It was the fact that people jumped on a poster for claiming his iPhone 5 gave him better battery life - as if that statement was blasphemy.
Samsung is the new Apple - its followers have become the very thing they've mocked. Really quite ironic. I just get sick of the double standard. Like I said, Samsung has been on top of the smartphone world (as a whole) for YEARS. This isn't new, yet people act like Samsung JUST blew up and took Apple's lunch money over night.
Truth is, Apple could never compete (on the whole) with a company like Samsung. Its simple math - I put out 1000 products, you put out 3. I can sell 1 of each and for you to keep up you have to sell 300+ times of each. I don't get why this is so hard to understand.
Both are great phones. Heck, I would go so far as to say there really isn't a bad flagship out there (a buddy of mine has a Z10 and the gesture controls are awesome). The obsession with being the best, or having the "best" smartphone is idiotic.
The iPhone 5 is NOT the best smartphone on the planet. I can easily admit that. Though for my uses, I prefer it. There isn't a one size fits all, there is no BEST smartphone on the planet. If we HAVE to rank them (which it appears we do), then you better know that these ranking are done with the most GENERAL of data.....don't be surprised if you find someone who disagrees with you claiming you hold the king of all smartphones in your hand.
Personally, I'd just as soon let sales speak for themselves and do away with rankings. What sells well will continue - right now the iPhone and Samsung's galaxy line sell the best. But as we all know, that doesn't mean they ARE the best.