Galaxy S4: fastest smartphone ever!

[karl]

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has produced the highest benchmark scores yet recorded, thanks to Qualcomm’s processor.

Using the popular Geekbench 2 programmes to produce an independent measure of smartphone speed, John Poole of Primate Labs compared the relative performance of various phones. He found the S4 scored 3163, beating the new HTC One’s 2687 as well as the Google Nexus 4 and the previous Galaxy model, the S3.
Apple’s iPhone 5 was ranked fifth on 1596. The original iPhone scored 130 when it was launched six years ago.
The website Android Authority ran Geekbench 2 last week and posted the results on YouTube.

Full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/9940535/Galaxy-S4-fastest-smartphone-ever.html

[Gwen]

I still don't understand why we need more powerful phones; They're phones not tablets or mobile gaming devices, they can be but we are slowing drawing away from using them as telecommunication devices to a small gaming device you can play on the go or sit on the toilet. I'd perfer they work on something other then faster phones and work on a tablet something more designed for it. I don't hate the idea but the mobile gaming market affects other markets that I enjoy.

[Magus]

I still don't understand why we need more powerful phones.


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In the 70s, it was a dream that one day, a device the size of a palm can run a fully functioning desktop operating system.

[Cicero]

I'm surprised Apple ranked so low compared to its competitors, then again Apple hasn't released a new phone for 8 months or so. So Samsung had that advantage.

[CaliforniaMatt]

S4 has 8 cores right?
90% of people won't need the processing power it packs, it's mostly to brag to the competition.