In terms of performance, the iphone wipes the floor with any android.
1- iphones have a realtime operating system that is far smoother and far more responsive than android.
2- iphones have superior CPU+GPU than androids. Apple concentrates on single-core power which is the ONLY thing that matters in real-world performance. And their single core performance blows androids away (plus they always have a superior GPU than android flagships)
3- iphones have the metal api which makes games run infinitely smoother than on androids.
4- iphone apps have primary developer support and optimization, especially games, whereas android is an afterthought for most devs since more than 90% (maybe 99%) of android users pirate all the apps.
Now here's the thing, android phone manufaturers try to use marketing gimmicks such more cores and greater clock speeds to get people to buy. It's been said time and again that more than 2 CPU cores on either androids or iphones make absolutely ZERO difference on performance. It's also been said that higher clock speeds are misleading because they are not thermally feasible, it means the android phone will throttle more than the iphone, for example an android at 2.5 GHz will drop to 900MHz in a few minutes whereas an iphone at 1.4 GHz will drop to 1000 MHz so the drop in performance will be much more severe and noticeable on an android.
I recall the head of Qualcomm once made fun of Samsung for putting so many extra cores in their phones, claiming that more cores made no difference. Then Qualcomm came out with the octacore 810 themselves. Why? Because they found out that while customers in the West were most concerned about a phone's external features (such as screen size and camera) Chinese customers were demanding more cores in their phones.
Now ok, I get that third world people in India and China are not capable of learning that more cores does not mean more performance since they tend to have low education rates and low national IQs (no offence), but how come people in the West don't care about having an iphone which they know has better performance? Is it just for the "more for less" cheap prices? Cause I understand iphones are more expensive. But if you had the money why would you buy an android flagship instead of the newest iphone?
1- iphones have a realtime operating system that is far smoother and far more responsive than android.
2- iphones have superior CPU+GPU than androids. Apple concentrates on single-core power which is the ONLY thing that matters in real-world performance. And their single core performance blows androids away (plus they always have a superior GPU than android flagships)
3- iphones have the metal api which makes games run infinitely smoother than on androids.
4- iphone apps have primary developer support and optimization, especially games, whereas android is an afterthought for most devs since more than 90% (maybe 99%) of android users pirate all the apps.
Now here's the thing, android phone manufaturers try to use marketing gimmicks such more cores and greater clock speeds to get people to buy. It's been said time and again that more than 2 CPU cores on either androids or iphones make absolutely ZERO difference on performance. It's also been said that higher clock speeds are misleading because they are not thermally feasible, it means the android phone will throttle more than the iphone, for example an android at 2.5 GHz will drop to 900MHz in a few minutes whereas an iphone at 1.4 GHz will drop to 1000 MHz so the drop in performance will be much more severe and noticeable on an android.
I recall the head of Qualcomm once made fun of Samsung for putting so many extra cores in their phones, claiming that more cores made no difference. Then Qualcomm came out with the octacore 810 themselves. Why? Because they found out that while customers in the West were most concerned about a phone's external features (such as screen size and camera) Chinese customers were demanding more cores in their phones.
Now ok, I get that third world people in India and China are not capable of learning that more cores does not mean more performance since they tend to have low education rates and low national IQs (no offence), but how come people in the West don't care about having an iphone which they know has better performance? Is it just for the "more for less" cheap prices? Cause I understand iphones are more expensive. But if you had the money why would you buy an android flagship instead of the newest iphone?
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