[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;38015694]Even I agree that you know what you're talking about. I just think you try too hard to say it's the only valid opinion. if that were true, nobody would buy the Galaxy Ace.[/QUOTE]
budget is a different tier
compared to high end smartphones the iphone still has the most under the hood
OS is simply a preference however android by nature runs slower
[editline]12th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38016187]I'll be looking into the x86 surface, but the battery life needs to be acceptable.[/QUOTE]
well seeing as after JB the battery life on my xoom is about a shit's worth I'm selling that to some poor sod
[QUOTE=Anglor;38013360]Fuck me the MacRumors-forum makes me want to kill myself sometimes...[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's a circlejerk of pure idiocy. Fucking hipsters. I got banned from there recently because I called a guy an idiot for recommending an iPhone 4 over an iPhone 5 to somebody because he himself had a 4 and probably had an inferiority complex or something. Apparently saying "idiot" bans people over there. What a bunch of boring pussies.
[editline]13th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;38015406]My grandma has an iPad 2 and since the iPad 3 I cannot look at the iPad 2 before and think "wow what a great device"
The screen is icky on the iPad 2, the camera sucks, it stalls sometimes but it's lighter and it seems to not overheat as much as the iPad 3
In saying that, I don't think android tablets will appeal to me much anymore, I do like the nexus 7 but the iPad wins to me
Just wish telstra supported 4g for the iPad :([/QUOTE]
iPad 2 and iPad 3 have an identical CPU. Vastly improved graphics, but also twice the resolution. In some instances involving graphics, the iPad 2 actually outperforms the iPad 3. iPad 3 does very slightly better with shaders, though.
So aside from a relatively bad resolution, both iPads should perform almost equally.
In my possibly controversial opinion, I say the iPad 2 is slightly superior. Better battery life, lighter, and thinner. Only trade-off is a slightly worse screen. But honestly I don't use my iPad 4 inches from my face so I don't give a shit.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;38016176]with surface in 2 weeks I don't give a shit about android or iOS tablets
[editline]12th October 2012[/editline]
just sayin'[/QUOTE]
That's true, has the full specs been released yet can't seem to find them anywhere
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38014953]So you appreciate a difference that is in many cases imperceivable due to the differences in time being so small as well as no interaction occurring while it happens, and something readily apparent in almost every situation. That's very interesting.
Unfortuntely, it really doesn't do things that quickly either, especially when paired with Android's shoddy code. Lets look at browser performance. The HTC Sensation is fairly comparable to the Raider, just has a bit less RAM.
[img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6324/49989.png[/img]
[img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6324/49988.png[/img]
It looks like the Snapdragon S3 doesn't really excel in either of those areas, check out the Sensation in relation to the iPhone 4 on iOS 6. I think the Galaxy S II would have been a better 2011 device for "real performance" and "visual performance".[/QUOTE]
At least use the Samsung Galaxy S III with Jelly Bean - it might not be in first place, but browser performance is closer. Also, I'm not certain in this argument, but aren't the browsers hardware accelerated? That's why I'm a bit reluctant to use Sunspider and the like as cross-platform benchmarks (not that they don't give a good real-life benchmark), there's simply too many factors. The browser itself (and I'd imagine Apple could do a good one), the GPU (of course only if it's hardware accelerated, but I don't honestly know what benchmarks are and what benchmarks aren't) and even then I get different results from different tests. The A6 excels in GPU performance, but I honestly don't think these benchmarks says much about the SoC as a whole. I'd also argue that neither of these benchmarks are all that telling - IE10 on Windows 8 scores higher in Sunspider than Google Chrome, yet I find that Chrome makes for a better experience. These benchmarks are probably the best we have when it comes to cross-platform benchmarks, but I'd argue that you shouldn't draw conclusions from them.
Buddy, I wasn't comparing it to the S3, I was comparing it to the HTC Raider which will never see an update to Jellybean. Read the entire argument before you post.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38019746]Buddy, I wasn't comparing it to the S3, I was comparing it to the HTC Raider which will never see an update to Jellybean. Read the entire argument before you post.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, the point is the same, though. I did read the discussion, but I honestly didn't see that you were only talking about the Snapdragon S3 - care to point me towards the original post?
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;38020523]Sorry, the point is the same, though. I did read the discussion, but I honestly didn't see that you were only talking about the Snapdragon S3 - care to point me towards the original post?[/QUOTE]
Oh I agree your point matters, but I don't have any charts that have the S3 on 4.1.1. The original post is the one with the charts, responding to what was mentioned about preferring "real performance" to "visual performance" on the Snapdragon S3, despite it not excelling at either of those things.
Does anyone actually use that search home screen that appears when you swipe all the way to the left?
[QUOTE=jaybuz;38024881]Does anyone actually use that search home screen that appears when you swipe all the way to the left?[/QUOTE]
It's called spotlight search. I never use it, but I'm sure someone does.
Nobody at my work place uses it and they all have iPhones. Even the guy with the iPad said he doesn't use it.
It's the worst!
I've used it sometimes to find an app quickly. Strangely, it has the ability to search your messages and I remember being able to click a message in iOS 5 in spotlight and it would bring me to the actual message in the sms app. Now in iOS 6 it's almost completely useless as when I click the message in spotlight it goes to the message thread of the person but not the actual message
nobody I know where I work uses it either.
Sweet, my one v isn't last in those charts!
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38015639]Haha, there's nothing to argue. You even tried to call me out in the Android thread and everyone said I know exactly what I'm talking about. Nice job, not even the people in the thread that you claim I just argue in agree with you.[/QUOTE]
Congratulations, you are right about something utterly insignificant. Now you've polluted this thread with countless posts that nobody wants to see and should never have been posted, and continuously veered the discussion away from useful, informative discussion to petty, destructive arguing. Please stop this stupid ego-boosting geek contest and get back to the actual discussions.
[QUOTE=superadamwo;38042010]Congratulations, you are right about something utterly insignificant. Now you've polluted this thread with countless posts that nobody wants to see and should never have been posted, and continuously veered the discussion away from useful, informative discussion to petty, destructive arguing. Please stop this stupid ego-boosting geek contest and get back to the actual discussions.[/QUOTE]
I actually don't mind his posts. They're accurate and often make good arguments. I don't see why you're so butthurt.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38015218]Oooh looks like I struck a nerve. If you don't want to be argued with, then don't post things that you can't back up when someone disagrees. The reason you end up on the other end of a lot of my arguments is because you make lots of bad posts that you can't back up when anyone questions them. Then you just resort to insults, and you seem to be taking this very personally, which would amuse me if I didn't feel so bad that you seem to be taking any criticism of your ideas straight to heart.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38015639]Haha, there's nothing to argue. You even tried to call me out in the Android thread and everyone said I know exactly what I'm talking about. Nice job, not even the people in the thread that you claim I just argue in agree with you.[/QUOTE]
These are not good arguments, these are personal attacks. There's a difference between objectively debating something and trying to discredit your opponent.
[QUOTE=superadamwo;38042273]These are not good arguments, these are personal attacks.[/QUOTE]
Hence the, "often." He doesn't have to have an argument in every single post. Anyway, stop, let's not shit this thread up further.
[QUOTE=superadamwo;38042010]Congratulations, you are right about something utterly insignificant. Now you've polluted this thread with countless posts that nobody wants to see and should never have been posted, and continuously veered the discussion away from useful, informative discussion to petty, destructive arguing. Please stop this stupid ego-boosting geek contest and get back to the actual discussions.[/QUOTE]
"i don't care if this shit stopped two days ago I GOTSTA BE A CONFRONTATIONAL ASSHOLE"
[QUOTE=superadamwo;38042273]These are not good arguments, these are personal attacks. There's a difference between objectively debating something and trying to discredit your opponent.[/QUOTE]
lmao and it's okay for you to make personal attacks
-snip- Lavacano and SA Spyder summed it up pretty well.
Should I Update my ipod touch 4g to ios 6?
[QUOTE=smileykiller447;38067530]Should I Update my ipod touch 4g to ios 6?[/QUOTE]
My brother says his actually feels faster on iOS 6, though he lost his jailbreak and is going to wait for an untethered one.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38067772]My brother says his actually feels faster on iOS 6, though he lost his jailbreak and is going to wait for an untethered one.[/QUOTE]
Huh, my friend told me that too. Maybe I should, but not before SHSH blob backup.
IOS 6 runs quite nice on my 4g iPod touch. What i have noticed though is the battery drains faster than it did when i ran 5.0.1
So this is weird. I'm not supposed to have LTE service on my plan, but when I put my Rogers SIM in an iPhone, it gives me LTE connectivity. If I stick it in my S3, it won't work. Does anybody know the APN the iPhone uses to connect to LTE?
[QUOTE=DaNoob;38072911]So this is weird. I'm not supposed to have LTE service on my plan, but when I put my Rogers SIM in an iPhone, it gives me LTE connectivity. If I stick it in my S3, it won't work. Does anybody know the APN the iPhone uses to connect to LTE?[/QUOTE]
What plan are you on? I know on Bell and Telus every data addon aside from UMB is provisioned to use LTE. I know because Rogers is horrible, when they were first to launch LTE they had special LTE plans with exorbitant prices, but now that their LTE plans are the same price I would assume all the accounts are LTE enabled besides UMB ones. What's your plan?
[QUOTE=garrynohome;38073407]What plan are you on? I know on Bell and Telus every data addon aside from UMB is provisioned to use LTE. I know because Rogers is horrible, when they were first to launch LTE they had special LTE plans with exorbitant prices, but now that their LTE plans are the same price I would assume all the accounts are LTE enabled besides UMB ones. What's your plan?[/QUOTE]
I'm billed for the "6GB Smartphone Data" plan. I've been told that I'd have to pay extra to have LTE enabled, even though it should've been included in all data plans like most carriers.
The thing is, LTE never worked on my S3, even with their LTEMobile.apn.
[QUOTE=DaNoob;38073515]I'm billed for the "6GB Smartphone Data" plan. I've been told that I'd have to pay extra to have LTE enabled, even though it should've been included in all data plans like most carriers.
The thing is, LTE never worked on my S3, even with their LTEMobile.apn.[/QUOTE]
That's unfortunate, but Rogers is the worst Canadian major carrier so its fitting. You should do a speedtest on the iPhone to see if you are really on LTE.
[QUOTE=DaNoob;38073515]I'm billed for the "6GB Smartphone Data" plan. I've been told that I'd have to pay extra to have LTE enabled, even though it should've been included in all data plans like most carriers.
The thing is, LTE never worked on my S3, even with their LTEMobile.apn.[/QUOTE]
Did you call them or something? I mean you pay for that so you should get it.
If its a problem from your provider we can't help you. Try contacting them and ask for help.
[QUOTE=Lord_Schrotty;38073956]Did you call them or something? I mean you pay for that so you should get it.
If its a problem from your provider we can't help you. Try contacting them and ask for help.[/QUOTE]
No it's very possible that because it's Rogers that the older 6GB plans weren't provisioned for LTE service, which means he's not "paying for it" since his data is deemed incompatible. Rogers probably just left it since the Fab 10 6GB plans rolled out in the summer have data as part of the plan and not as a separate addon like the 6GB/$30 data option.
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