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32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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Re: 32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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... but it's still more than fast enough for any process which executes on the phone.

Except for writing photos and videos to disk, as stated in the article.

It's not the CPU that is the problem, it's the flash storage and the cellular modem. Two things which can definitely impact users on a day-to-day basis.

Re: 32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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post #5

title omission: "... in benchmarks". In the real world, the flash speed difference is rather insignificant. I don't copy around huge 4K movies on my phone very often.

I think this really depends on how long you are expecting to use your phone. Presently the iPhone 7 feels unnecessarily fast, but in 2-4 years when more data is consumed and operating systems are more taxing, I may care more about those difference.

Re: 32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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post #7
post #5

title omission: "... in benchmarks". In the real world, the flash speed difference is rather insignificant. I don't copy around huge 4K movies on my phone very often.

I think this really depends on how long you are expecting to use your phone. Presently the iPhone 7 feels unnecessarily fast, but in 2-4 years when more data is consumed and operating systems are more taxing, I may care more about those difference.

"unnecessarily fast"

I'm curious what you mean by this. No snark, genuinely curious.

Re: 32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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post #7
post #5

title omission: "... in benchmarks". In the real world, the flash speed difference is rather insignificant. I don't copy around huge 4K movies on my phone very often.

I think this really depends on how long you are expecting to use your phone. Presently the iPhone 7 feels unnecessarily fast, but in 2-4 years when more data is consumed and operating systems are more taxing, I may care more about those difference.

How can something feel unnecessarily fast? It may be unnecessarily fast but to me tech never feels fast enough. Unless it would respond before I do something perhaps... I'd like lag to approach zero to be honest.

Re: 32GB iPhone 7 significantly slower than more expensive versions, tests show

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A slowdown is to be expected with Solid State Disks; as smaller SSDs are slower then larger ones. Simply because larger ones have more NAND chips and are therefore able to write to more locations at once.

https://superuser.com/questions/977080/does-a-large-ssd-perf...

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