Galaxy Note 7 gets embarrassed by iPhone 6s in speed test

[ThrottleJohnny]

Re: Even If It Is True That The Note 7 Isn't as fast or fluid out of the box than an iPhone, are the

Android isn't as fast or efficient as iOS. Just a fact.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Even if it's true that the Note 7 isn't as fast or fluid out of the box than an iPhone, are there tweaks that can be made to change that? If so, what are they?

Anything and everything. That is the difference in Android and iOS, Android is full of customizations and choices, iOS is not.

 

[rushmore]

I wish the A chip was in the Note 7, since even the few year old A6 blows the 820 away for CPU performance. For some emulators it makes a big difference. For everything else though, the 820 with current apps is more than fine. MAME 139 is the one app where the Apple chip would be great.

In other words, most people will fine the Note 7 outstanding overall. Samsung just needs to update the 820 to the same dev level as their own chip's firmware.

 

[rushmore]

Re: Even If It Is True That The Note 7 Isn't as fast or fluid out of the box than an iPhone, are the

Android isn't as fast or efficient as iOS. Just a fact.

Yep, if designing for one platform it is much simpler to be more efficient. Android hardware fragmentation is a negative in that regard. In real world though, it is a slight negative compared to all the positives that Android offers being less constrained for the user.

 

[PraetorianGuard14]

Galaxy Note 7 vs iPhone 6S speed test video doesn’t accurately reflect real-world performance - SamMobile

Some things were off with this test

 

[rushmore]

Should have posted this here:

Folks, there are reasons (to this point) why Apple left the iPhones at FHD for displays: Battery life and performance (Apple stated that and not my conjecture). If you change the the Note 7 to FHD, it performs faster than with QHD and the battery life lasts iPhone 6+ level. Even at FHD, my N7 still looks better than my son's iPhone due to the better contrast.
Most of the benchmarks are tech funny, since compare a device that is pushing half the pixels. The impact to the GPU, cache, app and memory management is huge.

 

[dpham00]

I wish the A chip was in the Note 7, since even the few year old A6 blows the 820 away for CPU performance. For some emulators it makes a big difference. For everything else though, the 820 with current apps is more than fine. MAME 139 is the one app where the Apple chip would be great.

In other words, most people will fine the Note 7 outstanding overall. Samsung just needs to update the 820 to the same dev level as their own chip's firmware.

Ok then... Let's stick the a6 chip in the note 7...I can't really believe that that would improve performance.

 

[EnemiesInTheEnd]

Speed does matter if your app is slow as hell it is an issue. To this otherwise is mindless fandroid defensiveness.

If the note 7 out performed you'd be bragging.

The bigger question is why? The year old iPhone has inferior hardware and less ram doesn't it? Is it a simple tuning issue?

So much less? They run all the same apps. My wife's iPhone actually runs smoother over all and has more clean graphic transitions than droid. Her phone has almost 300 apps on it and no slow down. Even if you hate apple you should make informed comments.

I'm guessing the apple gpu may be better helping off load some of the cpu functions.

The iPhone runs at half the resolution of the Note 7 (or any other flagship Android device), so that means the load on the iPhone is already less than what the Android phones have. iPhones also have a lot less features and customization than Android phones. That is a fact. The Note 7 is an easy example of that.

 

[1213 1213]

Speed does matter if your app is slow as hell it is an issue. To this otherwise is mindless fandroid defensiveness.

If the note 7 out performed you'd be bragging.

The bigger question is why? The year old iPhone has inferior hardware and less ram doesn't it? Is it a simple tuning issue?

Seems like apps like asphalt just aren't optimised to perform on the note 7.
Also Samsung doesn't seem to have optimised the snapdragon variant as much as the exynos.
And then there's the fact that android does more.

Not sure about this but the full disk encryption on android is software side as opposed to Apple's hardware side, and its more taxing on reading storage. And Apple's storage is somehow different and better anyway I think.

 

[UP2NoGooD]

I'm in IT business I get to play with just about any device. I always tell people if you are a novice and like simple things go with Apple but if you want top to button customization and never ending features without restrictions go with droid. I look at itunes and I get ready to vomit. Not to mention the whole apple id and sync this with that and this gross get me a bucket. You want a dummy phone get iphone you want something you will enjoy customizing and having fun with get a droid PERIOD.

 

[rushmore]

Ok then... Let's stick the a6 chip in the note 7...I can't really believe that that would improve performance.

Actually, it would help a lot with CPU heavy apps and probably choke some with GPU heavy apps. The Apple chip in the phones is currently intended for FHD. Bigger footprint (battery and heat solution) on the tablets for a more robust GPU, hence the higher display res on the iPads.

The speed test does not account or weight the FHD vs QHD factor and that is HEAVY. Poor science.

 

[anon(27512)]

Wow... really. Did you come here to gloat? My flip phone is faster than my Note 7 and your iPhone, but much like your iPhone, I would far rather have my Note. I couldn't care less about opening 300 apps in 2 minutes. I like my features, and if they cost me speed, then so be it. The iOS system is getting very old, and stale. Its apps are tightly wrapped into the OS, because they control every little part of the OS, and leave no customization to the user.

If someone said iPhone OS or Touchwiz, but remember touchwiz is going to be slower, I would still take TW any time. Call me a fanboy, whatever, I like my phone.. its better than be an iSheep.

(Oh and this maybe news to you... but there have been several threads already on this video)

Ugh. Whenever I read "isheep" I want to destroy every Android phone I see with a sledge hammer. So stupid.

Just because someone chose a phone that works better for them makes them stupid? Sigh. I'll never understand.

Back to the topic at hand. I have a 6S+ and love it. That being said it is Much faster, and smoother than my Note 7 will ever be.

But I love my Note. I've owned a Note since the Note 2 and loved the Note line since the Note 3.

I love that Android allows me to do things like set notification and ring tones without being a pita and causing me headaches. I don't have to use iTunes to get ring tones and that is great.

I don't have to jailbreak to have a file system or to make my phone mine. I can also download files and make my phone look and feel and operate any way that I want.

I also like that if the keyboard or calendar sucks I can replace it as the default.

So yes, Android is a trade off. You're trading: speed, OS updates, and perhaps security (assuming you are a twit and you download things willy nilly from unknown sources ).

For me the trade is worth it. I love making my phone mine and playing with new apps that create entirely new experiences.

 

[Almeuit]

We are going to close this down (instead of merging it all) and use one thread for the lag issue. No needs for 2-3-4 threads about it .

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-7/715657-note-7-lag-unfreakingbelievable.html

Thanks.