No, it will not be equal. It takes numerous years/manpower to make google maps what it was, you can't just throw money at it. And it kinda sucks for ios users to not have street view, which is a VERY useful feature.
And while consumers don't read tech blogs, they do read Consumer Reports:
http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2012/10/apple-iphone-5-test-results.html
The whole maps thing is overblown, I've had Google Maps route me in circles many times, a year from now, I suspect Apple's maps/navigation will be nearly equal to Google's
Yeah but all iPhones use that and, apparently, all iPhones don't lag.
So how can people tell newer iPhones are faster?
No, it will not be equal. It takes numerous years/manpower to make google maps what it was, you can't just throw money at it. And it kinda sucks for ios users to not have street view, which is a VERY useful feature.
Yeah but all iPhones use that and, apparently, all iPhones don't lag.
So how can people tell newer iPhones are faster?
I don't think any of us are so stupid as to say Apple will rule tech forever, and I suspect the logarithmic growth we've seen won't continue.
And it kinda sucks for ios users to not have street view, which is a VERY useful feature.
First it's a question of what people and exactly what are they saying?
I have a feeling that when people say the new iPhone is faster, they mean in terms of app launch speed, etc. Maybe it really is smoother, and perhaps it's even possible for the average human to detect, but I'd rather see actual numbers to back it up. Otherwise it's probably just some overblown claim made by an idiot tech pundit.
If someone really wants to test smoothness, just get a high speed camera and video some simple drag gestures and other animations. At that point it's just a matter of analyzing the video to see how smoothly something animates.
Wouldn't that be exponential growth? Logarithmic growth would be the inverse of exponential growth.
I'd have to check on my iPad, but couldn't iOS users just use the web-based version of Google Maps for this? I haven't tried it, so perhaps it doesn't work all that well.
Edit: after trying it out, it would appear as though it doesn't include street view. If it does I couldn't find it.
Yes, meant exponential, and Google just added street view to the iOS web app.
No, it will not be equal. It takes numerous years/manpower to make google maps what it was, you can't just throw money at it. And it kinda sucks for ios users to not have street view, which is a VERY useful feature.
Just out of curiosity, where's it located at?
So despite having virtually unlimited resources, Apple will never be able to equal Google Maps?
The probably will eventually, if only because there's a point where the ability to improve hits diminishing returns, but Google can always think of new features to add.
I think it's more of a question of how long it takes Apple to get good enough that most people don't care.
First it's a question of what people and exactly what are they saying?
I have a feeling that when people say the new iPhone is faster, they mean in terms of app launch speed, etc. Maybe it really is smoother, and perhaps it's even possible for the average human to detect, but I'd rather see actual numbers to back it up. Otherwise it's probably just some overblown claim made by an idiot tech pundit.
If someone really wants to test smoothness, just get a high speed camera and video some simple drag gestures and other animations. At that point it's just a matter of analyzing the video to see how smoothly something animates.
Wouldn't that be exponential growth? Logarithmic growth would be the inverse of exponential growth.
I'd have to check on my iPad, but couldn't iOS users just use the web-based version of Google Maps for this? I haven't tried it, so perhaps it doesn't work all that well.
Edit: After trying it out, it would appear as though it doesn't include street view. If it does I couldn't find it.
Edit: Apparently I'm just blind and it actually does have street view.
It really depends on how long it takes for Apple to get to the point that they are no longer relying on 3rd parties to collect data and instead do it themselves. And that almost invariably means mounting equipment to a car and driving it around on roads to collect data about streets, highways, signs, etc... which is time consuming (and there's a rapidly diminishing point of return to spending money to make that process go faster).
Speed improvements on the iPhone 5 are easily seen with web browsing, which is and always has been CPU limited.
That can also be outsourced. It's not as though there aren't several other companies already doing similar things.
United States: Streetside, EveryScape and MapJack provide street views of some cities.[9] Mapquest had a street view service called 360 View, which was discontinued in August 2011.[28] Nokia Maps offers street views of San Francisco.
Uh....
For the most part historically open platforms have beat out controlled propriety ones. Controlled platforms often do well in the beginning, but eventually the collective force of a larger development base and sharing of profit combined with competition drive innovation faster than the controlled platforms team could ever achieve.
Android devices have been outselling Apple iPhones ones for over 18 months. In the end the iPhone will likely be an irrelevant blip because Apple squandered market position for short term gains.
Yet we don't see iPhone overtaking Android on those same carriers that have had an iPhone for the while.
I don't think history is repeating itself, what seems to be happening is companies that can are following Apple's lead, MS is considering making it's own phone, has already committed to making it's own tablet, HP is throwing resources at Web OS again and talking about developing a phone, Google flipping owns Moto, and Samsung has Bada in the wings...
I think a future of Android phones for everyone is far from locked in, and goddamn boring if it happens.
Apple made more from iPhones than Microsoft made last year.
Apple can't build iPhone 5's fast enough.
The same argument keeps going on year after year.
Apple is doomed, LOL
Yeah but all iPhones use that and, apparently, all iPhones don't lag.
So how can people tell newer iPhones are faster?
Don't know who you speak of kemosabe, but I have an S3 I bought off a crack addict on Craigslist for $300 and a Note on Straight Talk.
Just rooted the S3, have to love tethering 4G on an unlimited Verizon plan.
Am tired of the Note, it actually makes my hand hurt. I don't buy into the small screen argument by Apple, but 5+ inches really is too big, at least for me.
Looking forward to scoring an iP5 used (on Straight Talk) when the prices take a bit of a dip.
Note is too big. I can't carry the Note in my work pocket and if I can't do that, I might as well carry something bigger than the Note.
iP5 just doesn't do it for me. I hate the long screen and think it's retarded. I much prefer the 4:3 vs 16:9. Everything about iP5 bored me when I played with it, from the physical design to the OS. I think 4S is better phone in every aspect of the physical design.
Every phone exhibits lag of some sort but its much less on iOS. With every new iPhone it is faster and smoother. The iPhone 5 is on another level in this regard.
You don't notice the lag until something faster comes out. For example when the iPhone gen 1 came out, it was unreal. Also looking back at the G1, people may have thought that was fast, but it was pure shit.
Android can get you from point A to B faster but that speed would take a big hit if it tried to mimic iOS animations. Which may have been why project butter took so long to come around.
In my usage, I feel that iOS is more pleasant to use when it comes to responsiveness.
I don't understand the people who bitch about the screen being too big yet buy phones with big screens anyway only to bitch about the screen being big.