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Android, GPS, Note 4, Runkeeper

Can confirm, Note 4 is useless for run tracking with Strava. I thought it was good enough to keep track of the the time for runs at least but the GPS is so bad that sometime it stops updating for long enough that Strava thinks I've stopped running. I'd pick up a used android phone like you said.
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- Post #8
- Dec 4, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Apple A9X Geekbench

Wow that is weird. Anandtech left L3 of their initial iPad Pro table so it looks like it is true. http://anandtech.com/show/9780/taking-notes-with-ipad-pro/2 I though L3 was mainly needed to improve latency but considering that A9 needed double the L3 of A8 the main reason for having a big L3...
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- Post #266
- Nov 27, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Aanandtech's iPhone 6S Review

They just about doubled RAM, NAND, CPU, and GPU throughput, noticeably improved camera performance, and improved the touchscreen with haptics and force sensitivity. I'm happy with the screen, 326 ppi is plenty for me and LCD performs better than AMOLED at low brightness. iPhone 7 wish...
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- Post #10
- Nov 3, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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12" Retina MacBook graphics? External cooling?

The 13" MBP is smaller than the 13" MBA so that doesn't say much. It could fit depending on what your limiting dimension is. M11xr3 is 1.30 x 11.26 x 9.17 in 13 MBP is 0.71 x 12.35 x 8.62 in
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- Post #7
- Mar 13, 2015
- Forum: Apple
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Need advice ... just bought an Ipad Mini 2 with Retina

No screen protector to keep the display as good looking as possible. I'm a big fan of the super cheap "TPU wave" style cases. They make it easier to hold and aren't very bulky. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soft-TPU-Silicone-Rubber-Back-Case-Cover-Skin-For-ipad-mini-Retina-2nd-New-/261475632096
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- Post #5
- Dec 10, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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AnandTech Podcast ?

I'm sad that era of Anandtech podcasts came to an end. Anand and Brian were an amazing podcast duo. The podcasts were the best thing I've ever seen in tech news, even better than articles on Anandtech itself and any tech youtube channels so far.
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- Post #18
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Apple A8x

I think the key differentiating feature to have at launch for a ~12.5" ipad would be side-by-side multitasking. Having two iPad Mini sized apps open each taking exactly half the screen would be a very Apple like UI choice. They would hopefully increase the resolution to iPad Mini like DPI (3k...
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- Post #197
- Nov 12, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Any chance of new iPod Touches this year?

iPod touches are tiny, they feel about half the physical size of a normal 5" smartphone. In reality they're about half the weight of an iPhone 6 plus sized device, nowhere close to an iPad mini.
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- Post #4
- Nov 10, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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Air vs Retina Pro sustained performance

Last time I checked I couldn't find any task where you should expect less than 90% CPU/GPU performance comparing 13" base model to base model with the originally launched CPUs. It depends on the exact clocks of the chips being compared. I didn't find any synthetic loads that throttled so it is...
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- Post #2
- Nov 7, 2014
- Forum: Apple
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Core M v.s. A8X in Geekbench 3

3.5W average seems low but spikes to 12W is likely higher than an iPad ever hits, hence the active cooling. In AnandTech iPad Air testing, peak platform power went as high as 12W on the Air, up from 4W with the CPU idle so that is about 8W peak for the CPU+platform. They found that the system...
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- Post #56
- Oct 22, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Apple A8x

A8X single threaded performance is getting stupidly fast. With a ~4W chip at 1.5 GHz they are hitting 70% of the performance of a 2.6 GHz 15W i5? Put that in a Mac already! 3 Billion transistors is insane for a low end consumer device. Even the base model 15" MBPR's $400 chip has 1.7B...
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- Post #124
- Oct 22, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Leaked iPad photos: *** CONFIRMED!!! *** iPad Air 2 tri-core CPU, 2 GB, 8-CLUSTER GPU

A8X single threaded performance is getting stupidly fast. With a ~4W chip at 1.5 GHz they are hitting 70% of the single threaded performance of a 2.6 GHz 15W i5? Put that in a Mac already!
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- Post #116
- Oct 21, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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9to5 Google claims this is the Nexus 6/X.

If it is a good value I'll probably end up upgrading from a Nexus 4 to this giant thing. I'm not convinced 6" is the ideal size for me but it will be an interesting experiment.
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- Post #50
- Sep 26, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Blackberry Passport anyone?

The centerpiece of the phone is the keyboard yet they change the locations of the lower letters and the space key? I don't get it. Everyone is used to one keyboard layout on phones and PCs so I don't see how they expect to be successful getting people to adopt a niche product with a completely...
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- Post #5
- Sep 26, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Surface Pro 3 thread - Info, thoughts, opinions

The only way to do that is to make the keyboard base significantly heavier than the display and add a bulkier hinge. With a light keyboard and everything else behind the screen the "laptop" would just flip over backwards, even just using it on a desk. The best compromise that still leaves a...
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- Post #168
- Jun 6, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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