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Originally Posted by gTen
That goes both ways actually...for example..the SGS2 is definitely faster and smoother then the iphone 4 which is to be expected considering the processor...now if I were to guess the iphone 5 may match or beat that and SGS 3 will surpass even the iphone 5...
As long as Apple releases 1 device a year, companies have multiple attempts at one upping them..
At one point we will come to the "limit" of smoothness...I mean if we get 8 core phones with 2gb ram..if they can't make the UI smooth whether it be sense on top or stock then I'd be shocked...
Samsung for one actually includes cpu optimization within their TouchWiz Framework...
As for battery..cellphones are low powered devices..considering Apple's obsession with thinness and built in batteries...I don't see it out of the ordinary if a company goes in with a phone that charges of solar/heat etc and has a 2x larger battery...
Realistically speaking I see a phone with unlimited power in the near future..considering the low power consumption of cellphones and how they are shrinking the die size...
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I don't know if I agree with the whole "SGS2 is faster than iPhone 4" bit, we've already established that the Evo3D/Sensation aren't as smooth/fast/etc.. and only offer dual-core pros such as 1080p video playback and such.
I'll have to play with an SGS2 and that TW4 launcher before I decide that.
But yeah, I'll agree that either phone flashed with CM7/CM8 (when ICS comes out) will blow the iPhone4 out of the water, and I see where you're going, but when is the SGS2 hitting the US market again? The iPhone5 is slated for a sept release and will basically outperform any dual-core Android phone for a year till the quad-cores hit the scene, so I guess if the SGS2 hits US market in 2 weeks, they'll have an entire 6 week head start...
And if you put a car battery on your phone and 5 solar panels and maybe glue a windmill to it so it competes with the iPhone built-in then that's fine, but personally I like being able to keep my phone in my pocket or being able to put a case on my phone that doesn't have to accommodate an extra thick battery rear case.
But right now, the iPhone is king of battery power, and will be for some time. And the fact that iOS doesn't need the gpu to run the UI shows again how well coded it is because I don't see that the TW4 framework is any better than iOS5 unless you add LWPs into the mix.
Overall though I'd take an SGS2 flashed with CM7/CM8 over iOS5.