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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo
IMO Meaningless numbers since the OS running is different. In the end is all about perception. Fast clock speeds mean nothing if the software is laggy, or even worse if the battery life sucks.
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Not meaningless at all. Apple claimed the 5 was 2X faster than the 4S. People were bitching saying it's too vague. 2X faster at what? Loading web pages, booting up, launching Apps, taking pictures? The benchmarks are showing they were being slightly conservative as it's about 2.2-2.5x faster on tests run so far. So it's tangible proof that Apple wasn't lying.
In reading over the reviews comparing the 4S to the 5 in terms of speed I've heard terms like "it feels zipper", "speedier", "smoother" and one reviewer who called the speed increase "barely noticeable". Clearly one of these reviewers is lying, but how would you know without hard data on how it performs compared to the 4S?
It's also highly useful information for App developers who might have ideas that are now feasible to consider based on the performance increase. Especially game developers who no doubt are awaiting the graphics benchmarks (for the ones who didn't get early access to the A6).
I don't buy my phones based on GHz or specs, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in what's under the hood.