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dasanman69 wrote: » My guess is that they think that the reviewers will give their device a positive review because of its supposed performance. . So they think that lying about the benchmarks will help them in reviews. So your "it's nothing…
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dasanman69 wrote: » It's a geek pissing contest. How many people actually consider benchmark scores when buying a phone? I think it's laughable that anyone would cheat on something that most people know nothing of. Then why did all those compan…
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satalite wrote: » My 2009 MacBook Pro runs faster than a lot of newer computers. It's amazing what a SSD and 6-8 GB or RAM can do. I've extended the life of my MBP almost 2 fold. Unfortunately I'm limited by the processor and graphics. I just w…
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malax wrote: » Just an observation: 4 of the people in this thread posting that the sky is falling because Apple QC has really dropped off each have a couple dozen posts. One almost think there is a coordinated effort to spread FUD about Apple fo…
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tallest skil wrote: » Similar topic: Does Straight Talk also allow for the complete and utter blocking of cellular data to and from a device? Straight Talk doesn't, but it's pretty easy to put your phone into airplane mode.
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hjb wrote: » I agree with you that benchmarks do not matter, especially to those anything but Apple people here. neo42 wrote: » Benchmarks don't matter... unless there is some reason to use them in order to bash 'Fandroids'. I don't know what…
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gatorguy wrote: » If you read the support thread you'll find the schools involved in the discussion didn't choose to update to iOS7 nor download it in the first place. With that said they didn't actively block Apple from sending the update to stud…
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command_f wrote: » Sounds to me as if it was Samsung's legal team that screwed up. If the document "should have been redacted" before being sent to Samsung then Samsung could argue that the fact that it wasn't constituted legal advice (from their …
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lightknight wrote: » So much for anyone who bashed IT teams right? You mean the IT teams that rolled out an upgrade without testing it?
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j1h15233 wrote: » It was dumb of them to upgrade their devices before they knew whether or not it would mess anything up. When you're dealing with something this important and this widespread, you look before you leap. You can do all the testing i…
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akqies wrote: » Those are not stock devices as sold by OEMs and tested by reputable sites like AnandTech. if you really want to disparage the performance benchmarks of an OS simply because it's posted on Geekbench then you need to discount OS X as…
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akqies wrote: » The only "they" that should be used are those listed by AnandTech as doping their results. I haven't read anything about these companies killing or even staling other Android services in order to run these benchmarks. Since Android…
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gatorguy wrote: » :err: Of course you'd deny it. http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/11/24/list-of-android-benchmarks-and-software-optimizations-results-analysis/ You may have seen the demo that shows Linaro Android is 100% faster than Stock …
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starbird73 wrote: » @jrogosta - honest question for you. How have you been able to get your ACA information? Each time I try, once I get in, I get as far as the 3 security questions. They are always (save exactly one time) blank. That one time the…
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segaboy wrote: » Doesn't anyone recall when Apple installed an A-Series processor into a MacBook Air and achieved outstanding results...I believe that was an A5 or maybe an A6...don't recall... There's no official evidence of that. There are ru…
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mikejones wrote: » Fandroids routinely trot around benchmark numbers to pump up their self esteem against the "sheeple" that buy iPhones. Any time some new generic Android phone #32343 is released they are all furiously hitting F5 on their favori…
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davebarnes wrote: » Whatever. How many people actually BUY a phone based on benchmarks? One or three? Enough to make Samsung, Asus, HTC, LG, and others cheat on the benchmarks.
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penguinisto wrote: » To top it off, no one is forced to purchase an iPad or iPhone... not so much the case with the ACA. To be accurate, no one is forced to buy insurance under the ACA, either. Essentially, the government says "we want you t…
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apple ][ wrote: » Well, I got news for you. Plenty of different kinds of people use Macs and Apple products. George Bush used Macs too. Meanwhile, Obama has trouble operating an iPhone. So? What's your point? I don't recall being able t…
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patpatpat wrote: » I responded to a wide-sweeping comment that more ram means horrible battery life. Sure any idiot could add some very power hungry RAM to a design and screw with battery life but why on earth would anyone do that. If apple decide…