Comments on: Intel Blows Hot Air: Says iPhone is Slow and Doesn’t Deliver on Full Internet

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:19:56 +0000

Anybody know how to improve this???

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:19:13 +0000

Internet is very slow. Sucks. Other than that great phone.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:16:55 +0000

Those Intel guys are just big jerks. Sore losers. There will always be something better out there.

By: kidtreo

kidtreo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:36:12 +0000

Well – as much as I rely on my iphone – and as much as it IS better than virtually everything else available – I can still see some truth to these claims by Intel!

I’ve found my iPhone to be frustratingly slow on many occasions and crash prone at times. The honeymoon is certainly over and even better performance, reliability, and features are necessary for Apple to keep their lead. Even as an evangelist since the 80’s I would drop my iPhone for a superior device in a second.

By: Tuna

Tuna — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:08:53 +0000

Agreed with what Mark said above. Sounds like a plea for attention to me.

By: ilanasense

ilanasense — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:48:29 +0000

shame on intel.

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:44:57 +0000

I always love it when The Reptile Speaks. =)

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:05:04 +0000

Could the iPhone be faster – yes. But you would have to give up battery life. And for a phone that does not allow you to swap out your battery that’s a non-starter. Even as Apple improves their batteries they’re going to still going to favor CPU’s that consume less power (PA Semi, anyone) because they want to extend the usage between charges on their devices. They have a history of doing just that with the iPod and we should expect that to continue as the iPhone evolves.

What may end up happening over time is the same arguments that happened between PC’s and MAC’s when Apple was using Motorola, then PowerPC chips. Their clock speeds were slower, but because Windows was more massive the performance between the two was non-existent. Think of a heavy car with a big block v8 versus a light car with a small turbo. Both can be fast even though the HP rating of the V8 is going to be higher. So numerical speed is going to mean less than what the user will experience. Since Apple has a track record of building devices that meet or exceed the user’s expectation I’m not going to lose any sleep over these arguments that only mean something to those who live in Silicon Valley.

By: avt

avt — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:25:33 +0000

Judd how can you say the internet on the iPhone is a joke when it is better than any other phones browser? Saying Mobile Safari is a joke, is a joke within itself. Even the new BlackBerry Storm Browser has been labeled by reviewers to be the “closest thing to mobile safari”.

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:23:34 +0000

everything i do on the iPhone is fast.. and surfing the web is NOT a joke.. name a mobile device out there right now that has better web surfing speeds or capabilities... not to mention all of the good well known websites that have made iPhone Formatted web pages.. which is a +.

My iPhone is jailbroken right now.. and i know some people still may not want to jailbreak but i'm going to use an EXAMPLE just for arguements sake here on the "Speed" of the iphone.

Has Anyone who has Jailbroken seen the Picture app called Snapture? it's nothing short of amazing. The fact that you get a GUI menu on screen while snapping pictures and being able to do different things while still in camera mode is amazing. and guess what? it's FAST not only that but if you pay for it.. you get to see these little preview pics on the lower hand of the screen.. i would venture to say that this is a taxing application.. and the iPhone handles it well it's never slow.