iPhone 5 Performance Leaves Competition Eating Dust

Rob Williams · 09-24-2012, 01:33 PM

When Apple announced its latest iPhone, rumors soon-after hit the Web of leaked benchmarks that placed it well above the competition. With phones finally reaching the hands of fans, though, we're finally able to get some hard numbers, and as usual, Anand wasted no time to get down and dirty with some benchmarking. The results? Very much in Apple's favor.

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MacMan · 09-25-2012, 04:48 PM

I am not that keen on specs, but yesterday, in Fredericton, on the way to Halifax and PEI, I actually got to play with an iPhone 5 from a guy I met at Future Shop, and I was quite impressed with its speed and power, and the screen was fabulous, just fabulous, not too big, not too small, and even though it sort of looks like the iPhone 4S, I find it much more attractive.

09-24-2012, 01:33 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	iPhone 5 Performance Leaves Competition Eating Dust When Apple announced its latest iPhone, rumors soon-after hit the Web of leaked benchmarks that placed it well above the competition. With phones finally reaching the hands of fans, though, we're finally able to get some hard numbers, and as usual, Anand wasted no time to get down and dirty with some benchmarking. The results? Very much in Apple's favor. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

09-25-2012, 04:48 PM	#2
MacMan Partition Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 432	I am not that keen on specs, but yesterday, in Fredericton, on the way to Halifax and PEI, I actually got to play with an iPhone 5 from a guy I met at Future Shop, and I was quite impressed with its speed and power, and the screen was fabulous, just fabulous, not too big, not too small, and even though it sort of looks like the iPhone 4S, I find it much more attractive. __________________ http://www.my2cents4theday.blogspot.com/ M a c OS X!