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It seems capable, but calling it "high end" is quite... generous. No LTE, 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage - they made some obvious compromises to hit this pri
by JeremyNT 13y ago
It seems capable, but calling it "high end" is quite... generous. No LTE, 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage - they made some obvious compromises to hit this price point.
I think it's probably a smart play for Moto/Goog to target this space, but "high end" it ain't.
- jonknee 13y agoNote that the iPhone 5s also has 1GB of RAM and has a similar CPU speed (1.3GHz). I feel you on the LTE portion, but much of the targeted market has no opportunity to use LTE. Maybe they could have a Moto G+ that costs $50-75 more and includes LTE.
- TylerE 13y agoHigh-end Android is way past those specs. For instance, my HTC One has a 1080p screen vs 720p, twice the RAM, four times the storage, and a 1.7Ghz quad with twice as much on-die cache as the 1.2GHz Quad in this thing.
- kenrikm 13y agoSpecs lie. The HTC One does have a super high-res screen though! http://www.macworld.com/article/2049270/benchmarks-iphone-5s-lives-up-to-the-hype.html http://www.macworld.com/article/2049270/benchmarks-iphone-5s...
- TylerE 13y agoThat's literally Apples and oranges.
- BillyMaize 13y ago>That's literally Apples and oranges. Yes literally, my orange phone rings off the hook cause I'm so popular.
- vshade 13y agoBut the iPhone 5s has a much more capable CPU, you can't compare both based purely on clock speeds. Each Cortex-A7 should be slower clock for clock than an Cortex-A9, so it should put the single threaded CPU performance between the iphone 4s and the iPhone 5, although it can maybe outperfom an iphone 5 in highly threaded tasks.
- wisty 13y agoApple still sells the 4s, which has half the RAM and a slower CPU. And I wouldn't call the 4s a low-end phone. Basically, the days when a <$200 Android was painful to use (click, wait for the UI to figure out what you just did) are past.
- r0h1n 13y agoI can't for the life of me figure out why you were downvoted for this comment.
- kayoone 13y agoi just recently tried an Android device with a 1Ghz Dual Core, 800x480 4inch screen and Android 4.1 and it was quite painful to use. Not very responsive, scrolling lagged on the browser or content heavy apps like facebook/instagram to the point that it was really annoying. Seems to be more of an Android problem though, as a similarly priced and specced Windows Phone didn't have these problems.
- ismail 13y agoLTE is available in Africa. look into the mobile industry in Africa in some ways we have leap frogged . theres an entire generation of tweens whos access to the net is via mobile. I Will never forget my visit to canada in 2009. I get there, purcuase a prepaid sim card, and data does not work. go back to the store, and I am told you have to have a contract for data. wtf? LTE/3g all cost the same here both on prepaid and and contract. As long as you have coverage.
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- wlesieutre 13y agoDid you mean to reply to tsunamifury?
- ismail 13y agoYep. Damn mobile client. Anyone got a good recommendation for android HN client?
- ismail 13y agoLTE is available in Africa. look into the mobile industry in Africa in some ways we have leap frogged . theres an entire generation of tweens whos access to the net is via mobile. I Will never forget my visit to canada in 2009. I get there, purcuase a prepaid sim card, and data does not work. go back to the store, and I am told you have to have a contract for data. wtf? LTE/3g all cost the same here both on prepaid and and contract. As long as you have coverage.
- esolyt 13y ago>and has a similar CPU speed (1.3GHz) It just has a similar clock speed. Not similar performance.