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Just Released Galaxy S9 Slower Than iPhone X/8

9 points by nkjoep 9y ago

mindcrash 9y ago
However, this Galaxy S9+ vs iPhone X video review apparently tells a completely different story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4a0IPXotA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4a0IPXotA While the S9+ seemingly handles everything and anything you throw at it the X has some obvious difficulties every now and then. PS: I (still) have a (ancient) iPhone 4 right now. No fanboyism here.
cryptonitez 9y ago
Even better, it loses to iPhone 7. Apple silicon is really far ahead right now.
- lern_too_spel 9y ago
  And Apple software is really, really far behind. You can find videos going back many years on YouTube of previous generation midtier Android phones besting latest generation top of the line iPhones in day-to-day tasks like launching communication, browsing, and social apps. Somehow, Apple forgot to optimize for what people actually use their devices for. Years ago: https://youtu.be/hPhkPXVxISY https://youtu.be/hPhkPXVxISY Months ago: https://youtu.be/YH3uVWFoHe0 https://youtu.be/YH3uVWFoHe0
- bitmapbrother 9y ago
  How is it that their software and OS is unable to use that processing power? Or does the A11 get so hot that it needs to be substantially throttled? The countless speed tests on YouTube showing the iPhone X losing to Android phones with an old Snapdragon 835 are amusing to say the least.
throwaway84742 9y ago
As a rule, performance of flagship Android phones lags iPhone by 2 years or so. Been that way as long as I can remember. Worse, floating point perf lags by about a factor of 3. I don’t know why Qualcomm and Samsung keep doing this to themselves. It’s not like they can’t design decent chips. They just choose not to. The situation is further exacerbated by Android being a disorganized, sloppily put together pile of excrement.
- brokenmachine 9y ago
  That's your opinion. I personally wouldn't touch an iphone with a ten-foot pole. I don't like Apple's business practices, and I don't like their hardware (no headphone socket/no SD card/smaller screen than I'd like). Android isn't perfect, but I find it to be much more usable and logical in the way it works. I have done some Android programming so maybe I just understand it better than most, but my partner and my mother also seem to be able to use it fine. I certainly wouldn't describe it as a "sloppily put together pile of excrement". I am able to work around Android's deficiencies, something I can't do when locked in the Apple jail. FWIW, when I think of a "sloppily put together pile of excrement", I think of itunes.
  - throwaway84742 9y ago
    Try to use their camera2 api to see what I mean about sloppily put together. I’m with you on iTunes. Thankfully I haven’t had to use it in years.
    - brokenmachine 9y ago
      An enduser doesn't need to know about the camera2 api to take a photo. I was mistaken, I thought you were discussing usability for endusers, not about programming issues.
    - bitmapbrother 9y ago
      You mean the same camera2 API that's used by the Google Pixel 2 - the world's best smartphone camera?
      - throwaway84742 9y ago
        Let me assure you, this was possible in spite of, not thanks to this API. Words fail to describe how horrible and unusable it is.
        londons_explore 9y ago
brokenmachine 9y ago
This is for the Exynos version which is slower than the USA/China version which uses Snapdragon 845.

9 points by nkjoep 9y ago

However, this Galaxy S9+ vs iPhone X video review apparently tells a completely different story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4a0IPXotA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY4a0IPXotA While the S9+ seemingly handles everything and anything you throw at it the X has some obvious difficulties every now and then. PS: I (still) have a (ancient) iPhone 4 right now. No fanboyism here.

cryptonitez 9y ago

Even better, it loses to iPhone 7. Apple silicon is really far ahead right now.

lern_too_spel 9y ago
And Apple software is really, really far behind. You can find videos going back many years on YouTube of previous generation midtier Android phones besting latest generation top of the line iPhones in day-to-day tasks like launching communication, browsing, and social apps. Somehow, Apple forgot to optimize for what people actually use their devices for. Years ago: https://youtu.be/hPhkPXVxISY https://youtu.be/hPhkPXVxISY Months ago: https://youtu.be/YH3uVWFoHe0 https://youtu.be/YH3uVWFoHe0
bitmapbrother 9y ago
How is it that their software and OS is unable to use that processing power? Or does the A11 get so hot that it needs to be substantially throttled? The countless speed tests on YouTube showing the iPhone X losing to Android phones with an old Snapdragon 835 are amusing to say the least.

throwaway84742 9y ago

As a rule, performance of flagship Android phones lags iPhone by 2 years or so. Been that way as long as I can remember. Worse, floating point perf lags by about a factor of 3. I don’t know why Qualcomm and Samsung keep doing this to themselves. It’s not like they can’t design decent chips. They just choose not to. The situation is further exacerbated by Android being a disorganized, sloppily put together pile of excrement.

brokenmachine 9y ago
That's your opinion. I personally wouldn't touch an iphone with a ten-foot pole. I don't like Apple's business practices, and I don't like their hardware (no headphone socket/no SD card/smaller screen than I'd like). Android isn't perfect, but I find it to be much more usable and logical in the way it works. I have done some Android programming so maybe I just understand it better than most, but my partner and my mother also seem to be able to use it fine. I certainly wouldn't describe it as a "sloppily put together pile of excrement". I am able to work around Android's deficiencies, something I can't do when locked in the Apple jail. FWIW, when I think of a "sloppily put together pile of excrement", I think of itunes.
- throwaway84742 9y ago
  Try to use their camera2 api to see what I mean about sloppily put together. I’m with you on iTunes. Thankfully I haven’t had to use it in years.
  - brokenmachine 9y ago
    An enduser doesn't need to know about the camera2 api to take a photo. I was mistaken, I thought you were discussing usability for endusers, not about programming issues.
  - bitmapbrother 9y ago
    You mean the same camera2 API that's used by the Google Pixel 2 - the world's best smartphone camera?
    - throwaway84742 9y ago
      Let me assure you, this was possible in spite of, not thanks to this API. Words fail to describe how horrible and unusable it is.
      - londons_explore 9y ago

brokenmachine 9y ago

This is for the Exynos version which is slower than the USA/China version which uses Snapdragon 845.