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  • Google's Pixel XL priced like Apple's iPhone 7 Plus, but it lacks numerous key features

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    canukstorm said:
    sonic2hide said:
    john.b said:
    2016 price with 2015 specs...
    Snapdragon 821 is not 2015 specs
    It is no A10 Fusion either.
    Note that the benchmark Dilger talks about is just the single core benchmark. On multicore applications, the Pixel is only about 10% slower than the iPhone 7. High single core performance is not necessarily a good thing on mobile devices, since it may translate into less battery life.

  • Google's Pixel XL priced like Apple's iPhone 7 Plus, but it lacks numerous key features

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    sog35 said:
    RedPanda said:
    As noted, the Pixel has 4GB of RAM. It also doesn't have a weak processor. It may or may not be weaker than the A10 Fusion, but it's just about the best mobile processor available outside that (at least on paper). The issue from what I understand is more that Android requires more power and doesn't have the same unity between hardware and software as iOS. Though anyone who's used both high end Apple and Android phones should be able to tell you that there's no real discernible difference. Benchmarking scores are all well and good, but when a phone instantly does everything you want it to the differences are irrelevant. It also has some features the iPhone 7 doesn't have. That said, it is over-priced. The iPhone 7 / 7 Plus are too, but the Apple brand is big enough to support the pricing, I'm not sure Google (as a hardware brand) is.
    This is not true.

    The current king of Android speed S7 got absolutely demolished by the iPhone7 in real world tests.

    It took the S7 3 minutes and 14 seconds.
    It took the Iphone7 only 1 minute and 40 seconds.



    Those are significant real world differences.

    That benchmark mostly seems to measure starting up a lot of applications. That's certainly not a CPU benchmark. Android generally launches apps slower, but it's not clear that that matters, given how rarely people start up apps on Android.

  • Google's Pixel XL priced like Apple's iPhone 7 Plus, but it lacks numerous key features

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    The decision between the iPhone 7 and the Pixel really comes down to software. I just ordered a Pixel XL because I prefer Android, because I like the VR support, and because I prefer Google's online services to Apple's. I also like the USB C support and the standard headphone jack. Whether one phone is a bit faster than the other doesn't really matter to me. 
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