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Re: Got to play with a brand new Evo today... Start up is fast.

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Originally Posted by Cicatrize View Post
It's a combination of both, actually. Android does start faster, yes, but the snapdragon also speeds it up a ton.
Ya, the Scorpion/Cortex A8 core in the Snapdragon is much faster than the crappy old ARM11 core in the MSM7XXX's. Clock speed doesn't tell the whole story either (even though it is nearly double), with the new cores supporting newer ARM instruction sets.
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