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Hynad on 22 September 2012
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rocketpig said:
michael_stutzer said:
rocketpig said:

By the way, here are some tests of the iPhone 5 versus the US dual-core SIII:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410034,00.asp

Spoiler alert: the Galaxy doesn't do very well, especially considering its ability to use a MUCH higher frequency processor due to its larger physical size and battery capacity. People who are dismissing the iPhone 5's hardware just aren't paying attention to what Apple did with the device. It's bloody impressive.

That comparison is a pure lie. On geekbench I get around 1700 on my friends S3 and that is before the update. On Jelly Bean it is above 1850. Also lol at the score from Sunspider. It is impossible, no matter what you do it doesn't go above 1450 and on Jelly Bean it is around 1150. The US variants might skew the results a bit but I don't think it would be that much, already pointed out in the comments.

The latest benchmark news acually made me realize that how crappy 4S was. Kudos to Apple for finally making a device that can compete with other high end phones.

Also I always lol at drop tests. They were trivial in the Galaxy S/S2 era because Iphone was inferior. Now that Iphone has a strong case it is one of the reasons it is more expensive. LOL. And with Iphone you still need a case for the phone because of the scuffs.

And drop tests are useless, I agree on that. Who doesn't put a case on their $200+contract phone anyway?


The point of the drop test I posted was to illustrate how good the build quality of the iPhone 5 is, without a shell attached to it. The 4s also had a really good build quality.  Compared to most every other phones out there that are mostly made of cheap plastic and nothing else.