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>I feel sorry for the guys signing 2 year contracts on this stuff. This comes off as a fanboy response or at least ill-informed. Right now 4G devices drain bat

>I feel sorry for the guys signing 2 year contracts on this stuff. This comes off as a fanboy response or at least ill-informed. Right now 4G devices drain battery life. It is faster but there are compromises to be made. One could easily argue that Samsung has a lower res screen and ppi, the A5 is vastly superior to the Enyox and the S II has a rear casing made of plastic. There are benefits to the S II as well such as a larger screen (if that is your preference), better front camera and removable battery. I don't think that 4G/HSPA+ is a clear benefit to customers considering that real world speeds aren't what is stated by Apple or Samsung and it it is still not widespread.

ZeroGravitas 15y ago
Why do you think you could easily argue that the A5 is vastly superior to the Exnyos?
- technoslut 15y ago
  The Galaxy S II’s processor/GPU combo is the fastest in the mobile industry according to Anandtech with the major difference being the A5 with the SGX-543. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4760/arms-mali400-mp4-is-the-fastest-smartphone-gpufor-now http://www.anandtech.com/show/4760/arms-mali400-mp4-is-the-f... In terms of performance, the Mali-400 MP is only slightly behind the PowerVR SGX543MP2. The only major performance difference is the A5.
  - ZeroGravitas 15y ago
    They said that it was the best GPU in smartphones. The processor shouldn't be radically different from any other dual A9 at the same clock speed and I'm guessing that the one in the iPhone 4S is a slower clockspeed. As for the GPU, that again will depend on what speed it is run at. There was speculation that the iPhone 4S would lose one GPU core compared with the iPad 2. It appears to have both from what information is available, but speed hasn't been specified. They may have lowered it for heat or battery reasons. Even if you allow Apple all the benefits of the doubt here, I'm not sure it mounts up to easily arguing that it's vastly superior, "has a slower CPU, less RAM (guessing, sort-of) and a better GPU" maybe.
lookelsewhere 15y ago
One thing I do wonder about is how the Galaxy S II's cpu matches up with the A5 after an overclock. That's one of the greatest things I love about Android. You have direct control over how fast you want your device to be provided you have a custom firmware installed.

ZeroGravitas 15y ago

Why do you think you could easily argue that the A5 is vastly superior to the Exnyos?

technoslut 15y ago
The Galaxy S II’s processor/GPU combo is the fastest in the mobile industry according to Anandtech with the major difference being the A5 with the SGX-543. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4760/arms-mali400-mp4-is-the-fastest-smartphone-gpufor-now http://www.anandtech.com/show/4760/arms-mali400-mp4-is-the-f... In terms of performance, the Mali-400 MP is only slightly behind the PowerVR SGX543MP2. The only major performance difference is the A5.
- ZeroGravitas 15y ago
  They said that it was the best GPU in smartphones. The processor shouldn't be radically different from any other dual A9 at the same clock speed and I'm guessing that the one in the iPhone 4S is a slower clockspeed. As for the GPU, that again will depend on what speed it is run at. There was speculation that the iPhone 4S would lose one GPU core compared with the iPad 2. It appears to have both from what information is available, but speed hasn't been specified. They may have lowered it for heat or battery reasons. Even if you allow Apple all the benefits of the doubt here, I'm not sure it mounts up to easily arguing that it's vastly superior, "has a slower CPU, less RAM (guessing, sort-of) and a better GPU" maybe.

lookelsewhere 15y ago

One thing I do wonder about is how the Galaxy S II's cpu matches up with the A5 after an overclock. That's one of the greatest things I love about Android. You have direct control over how fast you want your device to be provided you have a custom firmware installed.