Windows Phone Beats 88% of Competitors in Speed Test

[in_the_loop]

[citation][nom]mrkdilkington[/nom]The sample is more or less random.[/citation]
But the tests chosen were of course not random. They did the test they knew they would win in most of the times. Do you for one moment think that Microsoft would choose just random things. Just take a look at how Windows phone gets beaten in standard Benchmarks by a wide margin to most android phones and Iphones.javascript:%20void(0);

 

[TheCapulet]

[citation][nom]in_the_loop[/nom]It's a simple thing to set up these kind of tests that almost any smartphone OS would win.How?Just pretest hundreds of different scenarios against other phones and pick the specific test where the phone (in this case the windows phone) wins the test.Then do this kind of thing. Let there be a possibility that the phone got beaten in just some tests to make it look less "staged".This wasn't a more neutral benchmark, where we KNOW that Windows Phone gets beaten really bad![/citation]
Read the included story link, moron. Those who challenged them were able to decide whatever challenge they wanted.

 

[Guest]

So stupid. They didn't even say what they were testing.
I believe they must have used something that depends mostly on the user instead of the phone. That guy must be really quick.

 

[molo9000]

[citation][nom]mrkdilkington[/nom]The sample is more or less random.[/citation]

Maybe, but the test itself was stupid.
They are not comparing phones or phone operating systems, they are comparing the performance of a trained guy from Microsoft vs. random phone users.

 

[SchizoFrog]

I'm just waiting for a good phone to come out that matches the upcoming Androids. Then I'll get one myself.

 

[epdm2be]

I'm not waiting anymore. All the new stuff is crap. It's 5 years back in time. None of these 'smart-'phones can record phone-calls (with a notification beep or not). Even my mums Sony-Ericsson T715 is smarter than every jack shit X-crapperia SE itself release today.

The same with Nokia. All new post-Symbian models are crap compared to every other phone they brought to market the last few years. None of the new singing and dancing phones (and phone-OS's can record calls). And are therefore useless as a vital communication-tool in my business.

Let them stick these insignificant 'tests' in a place 'where the sun don't shine'.

Djeez

 

[Guest]

I have Iphones, Androids and now a Windows 7 phone in the house. I like them all each for different reasons but I have to say that the Windows phone is bar far the most responsive and seems faster than the rest for everyday task. It also has the best battery life out of all my phones. Every one seems to forget that with dual cores comes shorter battery life. Do we really need multicore cpu's in our phones?

 

[Guest]

for android to run you need dual core

 

[AznCracker]

Man If you got a free phone for losing and $100 for winning. I would rather lose and take the phone.

 

[silver565]

I think the guy in charge of WP7 has done a good job. He's been challenging people all over the internet, at shows etc to try, and beat WP7.

 

[zybch]

[citation][nom]mohsh86[/nom]Plus, he already tried those test before he goes on camera, just to make sure he beat those poor guys..[/citation]

Of course. You wouldn't expect ANY hardware maker to do this kind of thing without having done a LOT of testing to make sure they didn't end up with egg on their face. After all, its a marketing thing, and nothing more, and it does illustrate how good the WP7 platform is compared to the darling of the geek world, android.

I had an iPhone for about 6 weeks, then replaced it with a galaxy s that I kept for 4 months, but then tried out an HD7 (now have the titan) and I'd never go back. My tablet has android HC and is great, but I'd never use it on a phone.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Awesome, now do a similar thing as they did with the Atrix 4g, but allow the phone to take on different hardware. Make it "bootable" on a Desktop/Laptop environment. Allow it to connect to a projector. Not everyone wants to play Crysis on their phones, anyway. Have it such that a message will display "This application will not run on this station. It requires a docking station with a different processor and video card." if necessary,

 

[cesar44]

Who cares?

 

[alikum]

[citation][nom]digiex[/nom]I hope the phone they use is available on the market, if not, it's just a publicity stunt.[/citation]
HTC Titan is available world wide. Do a check.

 

[alikum]

[citation][nom]cesar44[/nom]Who cares?[/citation]
People who use the features that come with the phone do.

 

[rolled]

Well also...some people turn their phones on for days...maybe months? How does that compare to a fresh out of the box phone (which may or may not be the case, but probably is)

 

[fb39ca4]

If I knew about this I would go there with an Android phone preprogrammed with macros to do all of those tasks.

 

[Guest]

That is just objective way of "speed test" a bunch of hardware, when it comes to mobile system it is very much less useful testing such way.

But I do cross my finger for a WP7 going AWS and under $100 (without subsidy; my carrier is prepaid anyway) so I can get a feel of it, if it runs TCPMP I'll go for it totally.

 

[razor512]

even on a dual core phone, most of the apps will only use 1 core.

If you have something to monitor CPU usage, you will see that very few apps actually use both cores at the same time.

If they are able to use a single core CPU where the core is slightly faster than 1 of the cores of a dual core chip, then have a select few built in apps where they are well optimized for the hardware, then they will win in most benchmarks.

 

[aftcomet]

Why wouldn't they say which phone it was? This is just stupid.