Posted on 08/22/2016 11:25:17 AM PDT by Swordmaker
There’s always a very interesting period of smartphones comparison whenever a manufacturer introduces a new device into the market. The majority of non-technically au fait consumers will simply make their decisions based on the manufacturer of the hardware or the underlying operating system, but there’s always another particular subset of enthusiasts.
Such users are not only passionate about how a new device performs, but also how it performs in comparison to the competition that’s already available. With that in mind, it was inevitable that Samsung’s latest 2016-released Galaxy Note 7 was going to be compared with Apple’s 2015 iPhone 6s range.
The recently announced Galaxy Note 7 has managed to once again reignite the appetites of those who prefer their smartphone to come packing with a stunning display that eclipses the size found on most smartphones. As is always the case with Samsung’s Galaxy Note range, the stunning 5.7-inch display is the focal point of the hardware, but if you abstract that away, has Samsung made enough changes in the underlying hardware and software to allow the Note 7 to compete on-par with other devices on the market? We find out in this video which pits the Note 7 against the iPhone 6s in a head-to-head real-world speed test.
We would have much preferred to see the Galaxy Note 7 compared against Apple’s iPhone 6s Plus, as that is the Apple device that would most likely compete with Samsung’s latest flagship, but even with the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s, we can get a good understanding of how Samsung’s latest hardware and software combination compares to a device that’s pushing close to its twelve month anniversary, and in all honesty, the results don’t speak overly highly of the product that Samsung has built.
On the first round of launching apps, Apple’s iPhone 6s almost instantly catapults itself into a lead by managing to invoke and run apps much more efficiently than the Note 7.
In fact, as much as Samsung and fans of the company’s devices may not actually want to hear this, Apple’s iPhone 6s, which is nearly a year old and has half the RAM of the Note 7 at 2GB, managed to complete both laps of app launches before Samsung’s latest hardware had even finished the first.
Yes, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s has a dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, and it runs iOS. But this software and hardware combination has been extremely well optimized to drive the 1334×750 resolution display smoothly in real-world situations. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on the other hand has octa-core processor, 4GB RAM, and it runs TouchWIz UI on top of Android, and if this video is anything to go by, it clearly isn’t enough or hasn’t been optimized well to drive 2560×1440 resolution display smoothly in real-world situations.
Check out the video for yourself to see what you think of this head-to-head race.
Performance asides, there’s no denying that many consumers have been eagerly awaiting the launch of Samsung’s latest Android-powered device. Apple on the other hand is due to launch its 2016 flagship smartphone range in a few weeks time. It will be interesting to see how will those perform against Galaxy Note 7.
Watch the Real World Speed Test Video from PhoneBuff [YouTube]
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They were giving out free slushies at their promo booth at the local mall on Friday though. :)
The only information that matters...
That Apple is run by a radical sodomite.
No thanks. I’ll stick with my Android products.
Same here. I will never buy anything Apple. mostly because of their politics , but the product is crap anyway compared to Android.
I am not giving my money to them in order for them to spend it to push liberal homosexuals agendas.
Apple truly makes a superior product but, for some reason my photos come out amazing on my Note5 and my friends take pics from the late 1970’s on their CrApple Cramera....
Biased test...
It takes more processing power to run a 1334×750 resolution than a 2560×1440 resolution. Double the resolution on the iPhone and watch it slow way down...
Considering different code base and OS that’s pretty close. Java and android are pigs compared to Obj-C and IOS.
Apple hardware is always a day late, but applications run well in it’s North Korean like OS.
Politically, there are no clean hands; Android = Google, founded on owning your information, dedicated to left-wing causes, and currently engaged in promoting H.
With those as choices, I’m sticking to the efficient (and minute market share) Windows Phone. At least their business doesn’t hinge on reselling every electronic detail of my life, although MS corporately isn’t particularly any better on the political scale.
I don’t get the latest silly games I don’t want, but I do enjoy the UI.
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My son recently got a Note7, and its a darn fine piece of hardware though, so I ain't hatin on it.
I think you said that backwards for what you meant to say, Michael, but I get what you mean.
No, ask your self why does a phone need a screen with a 2560 x 1440 resolution screen?
There is absolutely ZERO reason a 6" diagonal phone you look at from 12 to 18 inches away requires anything near that level of resolution to manipulate the pixels around. The only reason is marketing claims of "my screen has more pixels than yours has!" There is no way the human eye can discern the resolutions above number of pixels above the 326 PPI that Apple has provided.
Phil Plait, a physicist who handled the resolution calculations for the Hubble Space Telescope, explains why resolution matters and how the human eye cannot resolve more than a certain level in a 2010 article. LINK.
The human eye with 20/20 vision cannot see granular detail less than about 300 PPI at 12 inches (Actually 286 PPI). The average person is defined to have a resolution of 1 arc minute of resolution, which can only resolve a dot of 0.0035 inches at 12 inches. Apple's Retina display on the iPhone is 40 PPI greater than that limit at 326 PPI, which when calculated (1"/326) results in a dot of 0.0031 inches, below that limit.
I will grant you that a person with 20/10 vision, so called "perfect" vision, can actually resolve a dot that is 0.6 arc minutes, which is a dot of 0.0021 inch at 12 inches, which is a resolution of 477 PPI. Only 1% of the population has 20/10 vision. Most of those are under 4 years old and unlikely to be concerned with using smartphone screens.
A very rare portion of the population has 20/5 vision. . . above perfect vision, who can resolve a dot of around 0.3 arc minutes. Only those could possibly use the 515 PPI or the really ridiculous 577 of the Samsung Galaxy S6, which has a dot pitch of 0.0017 inch, half of what can be discerned by a human eye and requires the hard ware to push around FOUR TIMES THE PIXELS really necessary for clear images. Ridiculous, especially of they are moving images!
Over the top DennisW
The old line is,
Lies, damn lies and benchmarks!
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