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News: iPhone 5 - Fastest Phone On Market Proven By Benchmarks
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Originally posted by RastaMentality
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Sis we got it, the Iphone has the fastest browser, but is that really the most important thing in a 600$ phone ?
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Originally posted by RastaMentality
Yes, one of the few. There's other options but it doesn't matter since Apple can just continue to sue them while they make their parts because chip making is important to their company. It's nice you've acknowledged the iPhone as a single selling force.
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Of course it is, the principal objective of a company is to make money, and if making chips for your biggest concurrent can make them win, even 100$ more, then they'll do it.
And no, it's not that important, 3.9 billion from the 4.5 came from their smartphone sales, not from their chips..
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Apple announced staggering profits of $11.6 billion for Q1 2012, while Samsung broke its own records and reported $4.5 billion in profit, $3.9 billion of which come from mobile alone. This translates into Apple having an 80% share of the market, while Samsung holds 20%, leaving zero space for other phone makers.
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Lumia 920>iPhone 5>SGS3
#thatsall
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Originally posted by H-I-M
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Not gonna happen with the Lumia 920 around
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Originally posted by jomarr
Not gonna happen with the Lumia 920 around
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We'll see
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Member Since: 6/22/2011
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This has definitely finalised my decision on my next phone. I was stuck between the Lumia 920, SGIII & iPhone 5. My brother got the SGIII and all though it looks beautiful, it is waaaaay too cluttered and confusing for me, hated it. The Lumia looks so good, but iPhone is just the most convenient with my mac
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Those extra 2 cores are useless. Quality > quantity.
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Originally posted by H-I-M
Sis we got it, the Iphone has the fastest browser, but is that really the most important thing in a 600$ phone ?
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I'll post it as much as much I like. And people use their browsers so yes, it is important. Just not most important.
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Originally posted by H-I-M
Of course it is, the principal objective of a company is to make money, and if making chips for your biggest concurrent can make them win, even 100$ more, then they'll do it.
And no, it's not that important, 3.9 billion from the 4.5 came from their smartphone sales, not from their chips..
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It's obviously important.
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Samsung's component sales could hit $13 billion next year and bring in $2.2 billion in operating profit, according to a recent estimate by Morgan Stanley. That's nearly 8 percent of estimated group operating profit for next year.
Samsung announced just last week a $4 billion investment to boost output at its U.S. chip plant, where it makes chips for the iPhone and iPad. That comes on top of $2 billion of spending Samsung unveiled two months ago to build a new chip plant and the conversion of existing chip lines to make logic chips to power mobile gadgets.
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Member Since: 4/21/2011
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Originally posted by RastaMentality
I'll post it as much as much I like. And people use their browsers so yes, it is important. Just not most important.
It's obviously important.
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It's important, but not THAT important
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So that means iPhone's chips are actually reliable and functioning. I wonder what Samsung's quad is made of:
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Its common knowledge that Android stock browsers are crap.
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
Its common knowledge that Android stock browsers are crap.
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Not Sammy's stock browsers.
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When it comes to the internet, there's not reason to think that a phone with a quad core chip, HD screen and powerful GPU shouldn't be able to present a stellar internet experience, and the Samsung Galaxy S3 doesn't disappoint.
From the zoomed out web pages that offer still-legible text to the speed with which web pages render even over 3G, we're massive fans of this phone as an internet tablet.
The UI has been overhauled to present a smaller URL bar, a Forward button for easier navigation and an overall more fluid feeling to the handset.
There's only one flaw, and we'll get it out of the way first: when zooming into text you can't make it all reformat to fit the page the closer you zoom in. There's a decent level of auto-fit to be had when double tapping the words, but you can't select your own level sadly.
However, the rest of the sensation is excellent - and it's only going to get better for some regions. The UK is on the cusp of getting DC HSPA (which is capable of delivering 42Mbps connectivity), but sadly it appears the Galaxy S3 is not able to access this signal speed.
Only LTE-enabled handsets will get the next-generation speeds, so other countries get the blazingly fast connectivity - although over Wi-Fi there were some lighter websites that rendered in the blink of an eye already.
Web pages are rendered in clear and crisp formations that lacks for nothing compared to a larger PC screen - Flash video plays right out of the gate, although we recommend you look to pick up the Flash Player 11 app before trying out all the sites (and make sure you have Flash player enabled in the settings as well).
More here
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pho...articleContent
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Originally posted by H-I-M
Not Sammy's stock browsers.
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Honestly I've had so many bad experiences with Android stock browsers in the past, I just d/l Dolphin and use that instead.
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
Honestly I've had so many bad experiences with Android stock browsers in the past, I just d/l Dolphin and use that instead.
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Sis, every Android has a different browser, and of course, the cheaper your phone, the worse the stock browser will be.
Have you ever tried the Samsung Galaxys (S1/2/3/Note) browsers ? They're really amazing.
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
Honestly I've had so many bad experiences with Android stock browsers in the past, I just d/l Dolphin and use that instead.
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Looks like this:
Unless this is the Chrome one and Im mistaken.
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Oh.. so the new, revolutionary and amazing iPhone that isn't even out yet barely beat these old androids that have been on the market for months? I see. That's.. nice.
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Originally posted by abdielol
Oh.. so the new, revolutionary and amazing iPhone that isn't even out yet barely beat these old androids that have been on the market for months? I see. That's.. nice.
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Sis, the same articles came out when the SGSIII came out and bested month old android phones too. Don't be so flustered. and all the gaps are small. Y'all were the ones saying how bad the specs are in comparison.
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