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TOTA - APPLE iPHONE & iPAD & Mobile News Thread PT1 (CLOSED) (pg. 495)
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| urban_legend |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
iPhone 4S Processor is Throttled
Tech reports seem to point to the fact that the iPhone 4S has a throttled processor – like the iPhone 4.
The dual core A5 chip in the iPhone 4S is the most powerful iPhone processor yet. It even blows every other mobile phone out of the water in benchmarks. The power of this phone is absolutely astounding and it even competes with some of the highest performance tablets in speed.
The A5 processor is currently found in two of Apple's devices, the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. The iPod Touch does not have it yet; it remains at an A4 level processor. However, would you believe me if I said that the iPhone 4S had a throttled processor? It appears so. Geekbench, a popular benchmarking program for machines shows that the iPhone 4S indeed runs an 800Mhz A5 processor. The iPad 2 runs a 1Ghz A5 processor.
Although the A5 processor is throttled to 800Mhz, it still holds water in what Apple said, "It's up to 2x faster than the iPhone 4." Shown by the Geekbench benchmark test above, the iPhone 4S is way above the iPhone 4 however is slightly lower than the iPad 2. Of course, it really wouldn't make too much sense for Apple to make a mobile phone as powerful as their golden tablet, would it? That being said, don't count out the A5 processor just yet. Let's compare it to some of its competition.
The iPhone 4S, without a doubt, blows every mobile phone out of the water in performance. It's almost as powerful as Apple's market-leading tablet. The graphics power of the dual core A5 chip is absolutely unmatched by any phone out there as of late. According to Apple, the iPhone 4 has 7x slower graphics rendering than the iPhone 4S. They may have been very liberal on those numbers because according to the benchmark tests, the iPhone 4S has 8x faster graphics instead of 7x.
If I were you, I wouldn't let the throttle get in the way of my decision. The power is still unmatched by a long shot. Most of it probably has to do with battery life.
Some iPhone 4S's are already being obtained in Europe. What do you think about the dual core A5 processor? Share below!
(Told you guys I wasn't BS you and tomorrow you see how extra buttery iOS5 runs on the IP4 ... even better then iOS4 without any doubts.)
iOS 5 and iPhone 4S Show Huge Performance Leap According To BrowserMark Scores
According to new benchmark tests performed on the iPhone 4S, the new device shows a significant increase in performance over the existing iPhone 4. Furthermore, iOS 5 shows a huge improvement in Apple’s devices as well. The test goes to show that software plays a big role in performance and Apple seems to be headed in the right direction in terms of efficiency.
If you look at the table, you’ll notice the that an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2.1 achieved a score of 31,375 in Rightware’s BrowserMark suite of tests (which profiles the web browser proficiency of the system). In this specific table, you’ll see that a number of smartphones beat out the iPhone 4 including: Motorola’s Atrix 4G, LG’s Optimus 2X, and Samsung’s Galaxy S II. Each of these phones seem to have better processors though, but it should be noted that when upgraded to iOS 5, my iPhone 4 achieves a score much similar to these phones, with a score of 53,609. This information can conclude that Apple did quite a bit of tweaking in iOS 5 to enhance performance (at least on the browser front and we imagine the increase in performance isn’t limited to just the browser).
A quick note for everyone, you yourself can run the test on your own devices by heading to the following link: BrowserMark™ - The Browser Benchmark from Rightware
(State your firmware and post your results below as a quick comparison to test accuracy)
According to the folks over at AppVV (who have somehow managed to get their hands on the iPhone 4S early), the new iPhone 4S hardware received a score of 89,567 when running the same test. This goes to show that the iPhone 4S is packing some mean hardware improvements over its predecessors – worthy of an update, especially for those who were or still are arguing against the improvements the iPhone 4S brings to the table.
After being announced, the iPhone 4S disappointed many, as the rumors caused many to raise the bar on what to expect out of the newest iteration of the iPhone. Since then, people have started to slowly change their minds and with more information being revealed, the 4S is now seen in a new light. Furthermore, preorder sales have been the highest this year for the iPhone 4S than any other iPhone in the past as the Apple continues to broaden their audience not only by releasing the flagship device in more countries at launch but also by releasing the device on AT&T, Verizon, AND Sprint simultaneously for the first time.
The iPhone 4S is expected to be released on October 14 and hopefully many of you will be receiving your shipments that day and/or getting your hands on the device one way or another (even if it means waiting on a long line). The newest software update (iOS 5) will be available to the public on October 12, and for those of you who are too anxious and haven’t already, you should be able to get your hands on iOS 5 GM if you look around hard enough.
For those who decided to go out and buy Android devices such as the Galaxy S II, are you regretting making the purchase? I bet those of you who are waiting on your iPhone 4S are more excited than ever as more information like this pours in. Share any thoughts and comments you have below! |
Noticed there was no comparison with the new Blackberry Phones here :rolleyes: |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
So what happends when I get emails to GrooveENERGY.ca or my work? How does this work with iCloud? |
Man you really don't get it?
Those emails services you've stated above have nothing to do with iCloud. iCloud has it's own EAS service; such as @me.com, Gmail & Hotmail also enabled too.
Contact your IT dept to see if those e.mail address are EAS enabled, if not you're out of luck. You'll have to stick with iMap or POP3.
I'm running all these emails that are EAS'ed since 2009, hotmail was the last to enable it.
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| E2EK1EL |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Man you really don't get it?
Those emails services you've stated above have nothing to do with iCloud. iCloud has it's own EAS service; such as @me.com, Gmail & Hotmail also enabled too.
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No I didn't. Perhaps if you'd have mentioned the fact that an email address must comply with EAS (which I've never heard of), it would have answered my question from the beginning. I might go a bit further and suggest that the majority of iPhone users wanting to use iCloud wouldn't have known this either. |
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| jester |
| Finally I can migrate my MobileMe account to iCloud. I wonder when Apple will release Siri for their desktop and laptop line. |
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| cammaxwell |
| When is the iOS5 update available for us? |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by cammaxwell
When is the iOS5 update available for us? |
I already have it on my ipad2. Been playing around with newsstand. |
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| cammaxwell |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
I already have it on my ipad2. Been playing around with newsstand. |
Cool, I'm updating now... |
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RIM clarifies global service outage, doesn't provide ETA for restore
If you don't own a BlackBerry yourself, chances are you know somebody who does. And if that person lives in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America or South America, they're probably quite unhappy with RIM at the moment. This week's service outage began with a server failure in the UK, and spread like wildfire to Africa and the Middle East, before continuing on to parts of Asia, the US, Canada and a good portion of South America. This is only the latest BlackBerry service outage for RIM, bringing email, BBM and web browsing services to a halt. But with BlackBerry services playing a critical role in real-time business and government communications, any interruption is unacceptable, and costly for all.
RIM CTO David Yach responded to questions during a press conference this afternoon, explaining the original cause of the outage (that UK server failure, along with a series of failed redundancies), and how that grew into the global outage we're experiencing now:
"It's a backlog issue. Clearly we have a backlog in Europe, based on the initial outage and the time it's taken to stabilize that. At this point, we have not throttled the other regions, but as you can imagine, with the global reach of BlackBerry, people using it to contact others around the world, there's a lot of messages coming to Europe from Asia and the Americas, and those would be backed up on the other system. It's looking like over time that backlog built, and started impacting those other systems."
The obvious solution would be to clear the backlog and restore service, but in doing so, RIM would purge any undelivered messages. Yach said that all emails will eventually be delivered, however, so you shouldn't have anything to worry about there (there was no related comment regarding BBM messages). When asked what the company would be doing to "make right" by way of its customers, Yach emphasized that his focus was only on restoring service at this point, and made no promises of restitution.
(EDIT: BIS coming back online - 9:36pm) |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
No I didn't. Perhaps if you'd have mentioned the fact that an email address must comply with EAS (which I've never heard of), it would have answered my question from the beginning. I might go a bit further and suggest that the majority of iPhone users wanting to use iCloud wouldn't have known this either. |
You didn't know about Exchange Active Sync all this time? Even the first iPhone in 2007 had this function, only one slot though. Everyone has been posting about this since 2008 in here, I'm sure you must have seen several posts about it.
EAS has been around a very long time ... |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
You didn't know about Exchange Active Sync all this time? Even the first iPhone in 2007 had this function, only one slot though. Everyone has been posting about this since 2008 in here, I'm sure you must have seen several posts about it.
EAS has been around a very long time ... |
I'm definitely at fault 'cause I've never paid attention to it and never used the feature on the iPhone. If I can ever update to IOS5 without getting that error that everyone seems to be getting tonight, then I'll try out this iCloud thing with my emails, etc. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
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I got 30313 on a 3GS with 4.3.5
it's really weird, as good as an iPhone4.
My 3GS is a month old btw. |
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