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The A6 SoC makes use of a pair of Apple's own CPU cores that implement the ARMv7 ISA. These aren't vanilla Cortex A9s or Cortex A15s, but rather something of Apple's own design. For its GPU Apple integrated a PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU running at higher clocks than the dual-core 543MP2 in the A5.

As always, our performance analysis starts out on the CPU. Although we originally thought the A6 ran its two CPU cores at 1GHz, it looks like max clocks range between 800MHz and 1.2GHz depending on load. Geekbench reports clock speed at launch, which varied depending on CPU load

The other thing I noticed is that without a network active I'm able to get another ~10% performance boost over the standard results while on a network. The same was true for SunSpider performance, I saw numbers in the low 810ms range before I registered the device with AT&T.
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As expected, fastest phone out right now, until the S4 comes out. Absolutely stomps every other phone in GPU performance which is no surprise as iOS devices are huge for gaming.
Youtube and Google Maps have been moved to the App Store.
Edited by Nope oO - 9/22/12 at 6:22am
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Posting from mine right now, it's a truly great piece of technology
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I'm ok with this. iPhone 5 in a few months for me...
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The A6 SoC makes use of a pair of Apple's own CPU cores that implement the ARMv7 ISA. These aren't vanilla Cortex A9s or Cortex A15s, but rather something of Apple's own design. For its GPU Apple integrated a PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU running at higher clocks than the dual-core 543MP2 in the A5.

As always, our performance analysis starts out on the CPU. Although we originally thought the A6 ran its two CPU cores at 1GHz, it looks like max clocks range between 800MHz and 1.2GHz depending on load. Geekbench reports clock speed at launch, which varied depending on CPU load

The other thing I noticed is that without a network active I'm able to get another ~10% performance boost over the standard results while on a network. The same was true for SunSpider performance, I saw numbers in the low 810ms range before I registered the device with AT&T.
source

As expected, fastest phone out right now, until the S4 comes out. Absolutely stomps every other phone in GPU performance which is no surprise as iOS devices are huge for gaming.
Youtube and Google Maps have been moved to the App Store.

 

The GS4, didn't Samsung deny the rumours about it being released early next year (Link)? The Xiaomi MI-2 should give the iPhone 5 a run for its money and it comes out in October.

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Messed around with my buddy's iPhone 5 yesterday. Navigating around the OS felt slippery smooth. It was amazing.
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All those gpu benchies are useless ..why? It's no secret Iphones always had the fastest GPU out of all phones (Android gpu are poop compared to the PowerVR) but i wouldnt say it is the fastest phone out there, there is a lot to take into consideration regarding software implementations and optimization.
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All those gpu benchies are useless ..why? It's no secret Iphones always had the fastest GPU out of all phones (Android gpu are poop compared to the PowerVR) but i wouldnt say it is the fastest phone out there, there is a lot to take into consideration regarding software implementations and optimization.

Which Apple does very well. I'd say it's a pretty safe bet.
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I'd be shocked if the phone wasn't "slippery smooth" considering that Apple releases one new phone a year (compared to the dozen+ smartphones that Samsung releases each year). If they're only releasing one new product each year, they'd better get it right.

However, "map-gate" is still a massive issue. So is Wi-Fi connectivity. I feel sorry for any of the first iPhone 5 owners that have to use navigation. Good luck. thumb.gif
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Navigation works perfectly for me here in Cali. Dual-band WiFi is awesome. Google has had 5+ years to work out the kinks in their app. Are people's memory so short that they forget when Google Maps was missing huge chunks of areas when it first launched too?
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Navigation works perfectly for me here in Cali. Dual-band WiFi is awesome. Google has had 5+ years to work out the kinks in their app. Are people's memory so short that they forget when Google Maps was missing huge chunks of areas when it first launched too?
At least it wasn't a requirement way back then...

LG Optimus G already beat it. lol
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